Tata Steel organised the annual JRD Tata Inter-School Quiz on the eve of the 112th birth anniversary of Tata group chairman.
The team from Rajendra Vidyalaya, Kautuk Raj and Salman Khan won the JRD Tata Inter School Quiz with 32 points after an interesting tie breaker with its nearest rival Aryan Kumar and Ashit Kumar from SDSM School for Excellence.
There was a tie breaker for the third position too between the teams of little Flower School and DAV Public School, Bistupur where the former with its students Anish Roy and G.S. Vishnu won the third place.
Mita Singhal, secretary of AIWC (All India Women’s Conference), Jamshedpur the chief guest on the occasion gave the prizes at the Michael John auditorium, Bistupur.
Bangalore based company Greycaps with its host lloyd Saldanha hosted the quiz .
After a written preliminary round answered by some 270 students from about 35 schools across the city only six schools — Kerala Samajam Model School, DBMS English School, little Flower School, SDSM School for Excellence, Rajendra Vidyalaya and DAV Public School, Bistupur reached the final round.
The winners received a cash prize of Rs10,000 while the first runners up received a cash prize of Rs8,000.
They will also get a joy ride in a plane on the JRD Tata’s birthday tomorrow. The second runners up received a cash prize of Rs6,000. All the finalists received certificates too.
Speaking on the occasion Singhal said, “JRD Tata used to emphasise on Ethics and Values. He wanted us to invest in Education, Research and Science & Technology. He wanted to improve the quality of life for the general people. I am happy to see that today some questions on Ethics were also included in the quiz. I believe Ethics and Values should be our way of life and it is possible if we start early in life.”