IIT team wins quiz, takes home Rs 75,000

A record number of 1,179 teams battled it out in the city level finale for the top honours, held at Madras Music Academy. Pranav Hari G. and Rahul Humayun took home a cash prize of Rs. 75,000 and will compete in the zonal round to qualify for the national finale. Ganesh Balaji and Kapil Agarwal from D.G. Vaishnav College were declared runners-up, winning a cash prize of Rs. 35,000. S. Sukanya, Vice President & Global Head - Delivery Excellence and Governance, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. was the Chief Guest at the finale.

This year, the theme of the quiz has been designed in a T-20 cricket format to celebrate the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Noted quizmaster ‘Pickbrain’ Giri Balasubramaniam hosted the quiz in his masterful, unique and witty style.

The fifteenth edition of India’s biggest campus quiz will run for a little over two months, traversing 40 cities, with five zonal rounds leading to the grand national finale in Mumbai. The winners of the National Finals will receive a grand prize of Rs 5,00,000 along with the coveted Tata Crucible trophy. Fastrack is supporting the prizes for this edition of the quiz.