TCS IT Wiz

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TCS IT Wiz
Website http://www.tcsitwiz.com

TCS IT Wiz is India's biggest[1][2] inter-school IT quiz competition, held every year in India & UAE ( from 2011 onward) 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]

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[edit] 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 mostly held in December at Taj Coromadel,Chennai. The finals of 2012 edition were held on 8 December 2012 with New Era Public School, Delhi winning the national crown. [4]

[edit] Winners

[edit] 2013 Edition

  • UAE - Manas George and Arpit Raorane, The Indian High School, Dubai

[edit] 2012 Edition

  • Ahmedabad - Manas Gupta and Yash Goyal, Maharaja Agrasen (Ahmedabad)[5]
  • Bangalore- Shishir U and Aashrith Bharadwaj,St.Paul's English School[6]
  • Bhubaneshwar- Ayush Kumar Sinha and Sameer Sekhar, DAV Unit 8[7]
  • Chennai - Navin Sridhar and Saiprasanth, SRDFVV[8]
  • Coimbatore - S.Adhithyan and G.S.Anto Felix Sotvik from GKD Matric.Hr.Sec.School, Coimbatore[9]
  • Delhi - Prempal Singh and Arnav Sharma of New Era Public School Mayapuri, New Delhi[10]
  • Hyderabad - Syed Murtuza Hashmi and Aneesh Kallapur, Chaitanya Jr.College[11]
  • Indore - Pankaj Manchanda and Pratyush S, St.Pauls.[12]
  • Kochi - Sachin and Abhijhit Menon, Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan (Eroor)[13]
  • Kolkata - Aviral Dasgupta and Shubham Agarwal, Loyola School, Jamshedpur[14]
  • Lucknow- Shubham Kumar and Shashank Shekar,The Avadh School [15]
  • Mumbai- Sanyam Satia and Mihir Belgaonkar,DAV Public School [16]
  • Nagpur - Aniruddha Morarka and Paritosh Kanhe, Centre Point Katol Rd.[17]
  • Pune - Gyanendra Mishra and Siddharth Agarwal, Army School.[18]
  • UAE - Arpit Raorane and Manas George, The Indian High School, Dubai
  • National Champions - Prempal Singh and Arnav Sharma, New Era Public School, Delhi
  • National Runners Up - Aviral Dasgupta and Shubham Agarwal , Loyola School, Jamshedpur

[edit] 2011 Edition

  • 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, Jamshedpur
  • Chennai - Gokul.T.S and Aditthya Ramakrishnan 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 - Gokul T.S. and Aditthya Ramakrishnan of S.B.O.A School And Junior College, Chennai
  • National Runners-up - Pratheek I and S. Arul Prakash, St. Paul's English School, Bangalore

[edit] 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[19]
  • 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
  • National Runners up - Radhika and Udbhav, SBM Jain PU College

[edit] Prizes

A lot of exciting prizes are given to the all winners as well as the finalists of the quiz. Some of the prizes are listed below.

[edit] 2012 Edition

  • Microsoft xbox 360 320GB with Kinect(Grand Prize, National Finals, First Place)
  • Apple iPod Touch 64GB(National Finals, First Place)
  • Apple iPad 3rd Generation (National Finals, Runners up)
  • Samsung Galaxy Note (regionals, first place)
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (regionals, second place)
  • Panasonic earphones
  • Croma binoculars (regionals)
  • TCS T-shirt (regionals)
  • a thumbdrive (regionals)
  • a laptop bag (regionals)
  • a coffee mug (regionals)

[edit] 2011 Edition

  • Macbook Pro (national final, first place)
  • iPhone 4 (national final, second place)
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab and Sony Digital Camera (regionals, first place)
  • iPod Touch (regionals, second place)
  • Logitech speakers (regionals)
  • Sennheiser HD 180 headphones (regionals)
  • Flash Drives (Regional Finalists)
  • Laser Pointers (Regional Finalists)
  • Travel Bag (Regional Finalists)

[edit] 2010 Edition

  • Samsung Galaxy Tab (national, first place)
  • Ipod Touch 64 GB (national, second place)
  • Lenovo Thinkpad X100e ( Regional, first place)
  • Lenovo Ideapad Netbook( Regional, second place)
  • Croma pendrives (regionals)
  • TCS T-shirt (regionals)
  • Earphones (Regionals)
  • Sun glass ( Regionals)
  • a laptop bag (regionals)
  • a coffee mug (regionals)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "About TCS IT WIZ". Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
  2. ^ "It is time for TCS inter-school quiz". The Hindu. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
  3. ^ http://www.tcsitwiz.com/content/aboutquiz.html
  4. ^ "TCS IT Wiz 2011 Bangalore Edition on July 27". DNA India. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 
  5. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Ahmedabad". Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
  6. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Bangalore Report". Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
  7. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Bhubaneswar Report". Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
  8. ^ "SRDFVV stun Chennai". 
  9. ^ "GKD win Kovai for the first time". 
  10. ^ "New Era win Delhi cliffhanger". 
  11. ^ "Chaitanya retain Hyd in style". 
  12. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "St.Pauls take Indore debut". Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
  13. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "BVB Eroor top Kerala final". Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
  14. ^ "Loyola conquer mighty Kolkata". 
  15. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "The Avadh School win UP". Retrieved 9 October 2012. 
  16. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "DAV impress at Mumbai". Retrieved 14 October 2012. 
  17. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Centre Point take Nagpur debut". Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
  18. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "Army School's gutsy win at Pune". Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
  19. ^ Event Tracker, TCS IT WIZ. "St. Joseph's tops kochi". Retrieved 7 October 2012. 
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