The State level Quiz organised by IIM Raipur was successfully held here on Wednesday. More than 500 students from various schools and colleges across the State attended the event.
Out of the 250 teams that participated, 6 teams each qualified for the school and college final rounds which were held on Wednesday evening. The theme of the quiz was based on India and on awareness about areas that ranged from mythology to sports. It was the first quiz to be organised at this magnitude in the state of Chhattisgarh, by the quizzing club of Indian Institute of Management Raipur.
At the outset Prof. BS Sahay, Director, IIM Raipur mentioned that it was a beginning of a promising quizzing culture across the state. The quiz master was Prof Rajeev Roy, Chairperson Placements, IIM Raipur. The aim of the quiz was to promote a quizzing culture among students across the educational institutes in the State.
After a series of intense question and answer rounds, the team from the Kendriya Vidyalaya number 1 Raipur, emerged as the clear winners followed by DPS Raipur as the runner ups. The college winner was the team from Hidayatullah National law University (HNlU) Raipur followed by IIM Raipur as runner ups.
The prizes were distributed by Pradeep Tandon, VP Corporate Affairs, Jindal Steel and Power, Saurabh Chaubey, Director, IMS Raipur, Dinesh Agarwal, Senior Director of HIRA Group along with Professor Vinita Sahay, Chairperson FPM and Professor Abhishek Sharma, Student Affairs Coordinator. College winners were awarded a cash prize of Rs 15,000 followed by a prize of Rs 10, 000 awarded to the runners up. The best school team won Rs 5,000.