TCS IT Wiz
TCS IT Wiz is India's largest[1][2] inter-school IT quiz competition, held every year in India & UAE by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Launched in 1999, it is a quiz aimed at students studying between class 8-12.
This quiz has been conducted by Giri Balasubramanium, popularly known as PickBrain. He is the CEO of Greycaps, an on-stage quizzing and knowledge service provider company based in Bangalore, India.
TCS IT Wiz is one of the most popular inter-school quizzing circuit in India. It draws more than 15,000 students annually nationwide.[3]
History
In 1999, The TCS IT Quiz, as it was called before is an initiative of the Tata Consultancy Services, conducted for the first time in Bangalore. Then in 2000, it spread into six other major cities. Since 2011, it is being held in 14 cities, followed by a national finals . The finals of 2012 edition were held on 8 December 2012 with New Era Public School, Delhi winning the national crown. The finals of 2013 edition were held on 15 December 2013 in Taj Land's End, Mumbai with Modern School, Barakhamba Road winning the champions. The finals of 2014 edition were held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai with the winners being P.S. Senior Secondary School. The current national champions are Adnan Azmat and Shadan Kalam from Rajendra Vidyalaya, Jamshedpur.
Winners
2016 Edition
- Hyderabad - Syed Mohammed Hashmi and Hussain Ahmed, Little Flower High School
- Bangalore - Samarth Raju and Suketh K.S., Presidency school
- Ahmedabad - Sujay Nigam and Sachin Agarwal, Navrachana Sama, Vadodara
- Chennai - Jayakrishna and Gokul Rajan, Kendra Vidyalaya, Puducherry
- Coimbatore - Bragadeeswaran and Hari Krishna, GKD
- Bhubaneswar -
Akshat Praneet and Sampriti Panda, SAI International, Bhubaneswar
- Kolkata - Anubhav Kumar Singh and Praneet Shekhar. Loyola School, Jamshedpur
- Visakhapatnam - Rohit Mishra and Ashutosh Kumar, Navy Children School
- Nagpur - Taha Uddin and Devesh Rajput, Centre point school, kataol Road.
- Indore - Nishchay Shopourkar S and Hardik Pathak, DPS Bhopal
- Kochi -Nandu Krishnan and Arjun Sunil,Navy children's school Kochi
- Delhi - Partha Dhar and Pranava Dhar, Delhi Public School, Noida
- Lucknow-Ishaan Srivastava and Atul Patel, City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow
- Mumbai -Kavi Singh and Adarsh Agarwal, Lokhandwala Foundation School, Mumbai
- Pune -Shiv Shakti and Ayush Singh, Army public school, Pune
2015 Edition
- Indore - Dev Seth and Vaibhav Singh, The Emerald Heights International School, Indore
- Hyderabad - Siddhartha Rao and Upamanyu Dutta, Chaitanya Jr Kalasala
- Bangalore - Shyamgopal and Akhil, National Public School (I)
- Bhubaneswar - Akshat Praneet and Sampriti Panda, Sai International School, Bhubaneswar
- Nagpur - Rahul Bhagat and Udit Parmar, S.F.S. Jr. College, Nagpur
- Ahmedabad - Sujay Nigam and Sachin Agarwal, Navrachana School Sama Vadodara
- Chennai - Jayakrishna and Venkata Sai Adarsh, St. Patrick Matric. Hr. Sec. School Puducherry
- Kolkata - Adnan Azmat and Shadan Kalam, Rajendra Vidyalaya Jamshedpur
- Coimbatore - JK Faizan and Ms. Sudharsana, St. Jude's Public School & Junior College, Kotagiri, The Nilgiris
- Vizag - Krishna Prakash and Vibhor Pandey, Visaka Valley Runners up: Vipul Shukla and Debabrata Malik, Navy Children School, NSB
- Pune - Ayush Yembarwar and Dhananjay Katkar, P Jog Junior College
- Kochi - Thomas John and Thomas Philip, Mar Baselius
- Mumbai - Abhishek Muthange and Nikhil Kumar, RN Podar School
- Lucknow - Siddhant Singh and Pranay Mishra, Army Public School
- Delhi - Udit Kalra and Saarthak Sachdeva, Rukmini Devi Public School
National Finals of TCS IT WIZ 2015
- Winners - Adnan Azmat and Shadan Kalam, Rajendra Vidyalaya, Jamshedpur
- Runners-up - Jayakrishna and Venkata Sai Adarsh, St. Patrick Matric. Hr. Sec. School, Puducherry
2014 Edition
- Kolkata - Adnan Azmat and Shadan Kalam, Kerala Samajam Model School, Jamshedpur
- Delhi - Dhruv Khurana and Sayan Chaudry, Delhi Public School, Rohini
- Bhubaneswar - Krishnendu Mohapatra and Dibyendu Mishra, DAV Public School, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar
- LUCKNOW - Sanchit Bansal and Abhinav Singh, Lucknow Public School, Sector D, Lucknow.
- Kochi - Adit Chandra and Vignesh Krishnan, Loyola School, Trivandrum.
- Nagpur - Shouvik dey and Aniruddha Morarka, Centre Point Katol Rd.[28]
- Coimbatore - Ashik Reji and Ashwin Philip, St. Jude's Public School & Junior College, Kotagiri, The Nilgiris
- Chennai - Abhinav Sridharan and Arjun Aravind, P.S.Senior Secondary School, Chennai
- UAE - Madhur Singal and Madhav Subramanyam, Delhi Private School, Sharjah
- Hyderabad - Siddharth B Rao and Upamanyu Dutta, Sri Chaitanya Jr., Kalasala
- Ahmedabad - Abhay Venkatesh and Anshul Roy, DPS Bopal, Ahmedabad
- Bangalore - Harikiran and Siddharth, St. Paul's English School, Bangalore
- Pune - Ayush Yembarwar and Dhananjay Katkar, Late P. Jog Jr. College, Mayur Colony
- Indore - Aditya Nair and Ayush Songra, Sagar Public School, Saket Nagar, Bhopal
- Mumbai - Abhishek Muthange and Nikhil Kumar, RN Podar School(Sanatcruz), Mumbai
The winners of the Mega Finals 2014 Edition are Abhinav Sridharan and Arjun Aravind, P.S.Senior Secondary School, Chennai and the runners-up are Krishnendu Mohapatra and Dibyendu Mishra, DAV Public School, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar.
2013 Edition
- Nagpur - Shouvik Dey and Kshitij Gupta, Centre Point School, Katol Road
- Hyderabad - Siddharth B Rao and Yash Baldawa, Gitanjali Senior School, Begumpet[4]
- Ahmedabad - Jalaj Maheshwari and Ravija Amlani, St. Kabir Drive-In New, Ahmedabad[5]
- Bangalore - Harikiran and Siddharth, St. Paul's English School, Bangalore[6]
- Chennai - Abhinav Sridharan and Bharat Sivakumar, P S Senior Secondary[7]
- Coimbatore - Nivin Krishnan and Rahul Raj, GKD Matric.Hr.Sec.School.[8]
- Pune - Supreeth Ravish and Divij Ghose, Fergusson College, Pune[9]
- Delhi -Naman Dhanuka and Apratim Chandra Singh, Modern School, Barakhamba Road[10]
- Indore - Shubham Rao and Mayukh Nair, Sagar Public School, Saket Nagar, Bhopal[11]
- Bhubaneswar - Prathamesh Dash and Rishav Aditya Sathapthy, Naidu +2 Science College, Bhubaneswar[12]
- Kolkata - Aviral Dasgupta and Shubham Agarwal, Loyola School, Jamshedpur
- Kochi - Sachin and Abhijhit Menon, Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan (Eroor)[13]
- Lucknow - Lovish Pandey and Varun Singh, Lucknow Public School, Sector-I
- Mumbai - Sanyam Satia and Mihir Belgaonkar, DAV Public School
- UAE - Arpit Raorane and Manas George, The Indian High School, Dubai
The 2013 National Champions were Naman Dhanuka and Apratim Chandra Singh from Modern School, Barakhamba Road.[14]
2012 Edition
- Ahmedabad - Manas Gupta and Yash Goyal, Maharaja Agrasen (Ahmedabad)[15]
- Bangalore - Shishir U and Aashrith Bharadwaj,St.Paul's English School[16]
- Bhubaneshwar - Ayush Kumar Sinha and Sameer Sekhar, DAV Unit 8[17]
- Chennai - Navin Sridhar and Saiprasanth, SRDFVV[18]
- Coimbatore - S.Adhithyan and G.S.Anto Felix Sotvik from GKD Matric.Hr.Sec.School, Coimbatore[19]
- Delhi - Prempal Singh and Arnav Sharma of New Era Public School Mayapuri, New Delhi[20]
- Hyderabad - Syed Murtuza Hashmi and Aneesh Kallapur, Chaitanya Jr.College[21]
- Indore - Pankaj Manchanda and Pratyush S, St.Pauls.[22]
- Kochi - Sachin and Abhijhit Menon, Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan (Eroor)[23]
- Kolkata - Aviral Dasgupta and Shubham Agarwal, Loyola School, Jamshedpur[24]
- Lucknow - Shubham Kumar and Shashank Shekar,The Avadh School[25]
- Mumbai - Sanyam Satia and Mihir Belgaonkar,DAV Public School[26]
- Nagpur - Aniruddha Morarka and Paritosh Kanhe, Centre Point Katol Rd.[27]
- Pune - Gyanendra Mishra and Siddharth Agarwal, Army School.[28]
- UAE - Arpit Raorane and Manas George, The Indian High School, Dubai
- National Champions - Prempal Singh and Arnav Sharma, New Era Public School, Delhi
2011 Edition
- Nagpur - Rajorshi Gon and Akshay Shukla,Centre Point School, Katol Road(TCS IT Quiz-Rural)
- Ahmedabad - Manas Gupta and Yash Goyal of Maharaja Agrasen Vidyalaya
- Bangalore - Pratheek I and S. Arul Prakash of St. Paul's English School
- Bhubaneswar - Anirban Kundu and Shubham Agarwal of Loyola School, Jamshedpur
- Chennai - Aditthya Ramakrishnan and Gokul.T.S of S.B.O.A School and Junior College
- Cochin - Karthik Prakash Nair and Advaitshankar of Loyola School, Trivandrum
- Delhi - Prempal Singh and Arnav Sharma of New Era Mayapuri
- Hyderabad - Syed Murtuza Hashmi and Umair Abdullah of Chaitanya Jr.College
- Kolkata - Kishalay Raj and Avnish Ranjak, Rajendra Vidyalaya, Jamshedpur
- Lucknow - Pranshu and Himanshu of Lucknow Public School Sec D
- Mumbai - Krishnav Roy and Ajaykrishnan J of Lokhandwala Foundation
- Pune - Gyanendra Mishra and Rishiraj of Army Public School
- UAE edition - Shruthi Shreedharan and Kirti Kuchimanchi, Dubai Modern High School
- National Winners - Aditthya Ramakrishnan and Gokul T.S. of S.B.O.A School And Junior College, Chennai
2010 Edition
- Ahmedabad - Abhinav Goyal and Anshul Shah, Navrachana, Vadodara
- Bangalore - Radhika Radhakrishnan and Udbhav Tiwari, SBM Jain
- Bhubaneswar - Wasim Sajjad and Pratap Singhe, BJB Jr.
- Chennai - Manikandan and Varun R Sekar, The Hindu Sr. Sec School
- Cochin - Boby Sabu and Tomson George, St Joseph's HSS, Paingottoor[29]
- Coimbatore - Nithin Vidya Prakash and Srikkanth Sridhar, Stanes, Coonoor
- Delhi - Prempal and Anshul, New Era Public School
- Hyderabad - Krishna and Rohan, FIITJEE
- Kolkata - Sayantan Bhattacharjee and Debargha Bose, WWA Cossipore Eng School
- Lucknow - Rohit Kashyap and Swapnil Palash, Lucknow Public School
- Mumbai - Ajaykrishnan and Krishnav Roy, Lokhandwala Foundation
- Pune - Priyam Patki and Tejas Deshpande, MMCS
- National Winners - Krishna and Rohan, FIITJEE
References
- ↑ "About TCS IT WIZ". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ "It is time for TCS inter-school quiz". The Hindu. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ http://www.tcsitwiz.com/content/aboutquiz.html
- ↑ Gitangali Duo Stun Hyderabad http://www.tcsitwiz.com/report2013/hyderabad2013.html
- ↑ St. Kabir clinch Amd thriller http://www.tcsitwiz.com/report2013/ahmedabad2013.html
- ↑ St Paul's retain Bangalore crown http://www.tcsitwiz.com/report2013/bangalore2013.html
- ↑ PS Senior are Chennai Kings! http://www.tcsitwiz.com/report2013/chennai2013.html
- ↑ GKD triumph at Kovai http://www.tcsitwiz.com/report2013/kovai2013.html
- ↑ http://tcsitwiz.com/report2013/pune2013.html
- ↑ http://tcsitwiz.com/report2013/delhi2013.html
- ↑ http://www.tcsitwiz.com/report2013/indore2013.html
- ↑ http://www.tcsitwiz.com/report2013/indore2013.html
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "BVB Eroor top Kerala final". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ http://tcsitwiz.com/report2013/delhi2013.html
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Ahmedabad". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Bangalore Report". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Bhubaneswar Report". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ "SRDFVV stun Chennai".
- ↑ "GKD win Kovai for the first time".
- ↑ "New Era win Delhi cliffhanger".
- ↑ "Chaitanya retain Hyd in style".
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "St.Pauls take Indore debut". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "BVB Eroor top Kerala final". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ "Loyola conquer mighty Kolkata".
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "The Avadh School win UP". Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "DAV impress at Mumbai". Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Centre Point take Nagpur debut". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Army School's gutsy win at Pune". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "St. Joseph's tops kochi". Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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