loyola School team won the Kolkata edition of TCS IT Wiz, India’s biggest inter-school quiz, organised by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions.
Over 820 students participated in quiz held on Thursday. Kolkata edition also witnessed school teams travelling from Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Durgapur and Siliguri for this years’ quiz.
After five rounds of quizzing at the regional finals, Abhishek Patra and Shobhit Mahato from loyola School, Jamshedpur won the title. The regional champions this year walked away with an Rs 60,000 worth gift vouchers while the runners-up represented by Imon Bhattacharyya and Ankit Maity from Heritage School Kolkata were rewarded an Rs 40,000 worth gift voucher along with a specially designed trophy and medals.
The prizes were distributed by the guest of honour Professor Partha Pratim Chakraborti, director, IIT, Kharagpur.
The TCS IT Wiz 2017 is held in 12 cities across India–Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Indore, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.