High octane excitement
The Hindu : y>It’s that time of the year when The Hindu Young World Quiz is back… with convincing winners.
PHOTO: K.MURALIKUMAR.CHIEF GUEST with the winners :Actor Puneeth Rajkumar with Athith.K, (left) and Subham Nandy.
Actor Puneet Rajkumar expressed his surprise over the energy present in Chowdaiah Memorial Hall, the venue of The Hindu Young World Quiz 2009 held in Bangalore recently. He said though he had not participated in such competitions when he was in school, he always had a special regard for those who did.Huge lead
Later, distributing prizes to the winners, the actor urged the Bangalore team to bring laurels to the city at the All India Final. The team from Sri Kumaran Public School (SKPS), Mallasandra, Bangalore, comprising Athith.K and Shubham Nandy won the regional finals. They beat the Sri Kumaran Children’s Home team comprising Pranav. C and Abhishek. V. S. by a margin of 45 points. “We were confident of making it to the regional finals. But, we never expected that we will win the competition. Athith is a history buff and hence, we could score 100 points in the third round. We built a huge lead and maintained it till the end,” said Shubham.
Rahul. D. Murthy and Rohit Sar from Manasarovar Pushkarni Vidyashraya (MPV), Mysore, were the second runners up .
The team from The Oxford Senior Secondary School, JP Nagar, Bangalore took the fourth place, while the team from National Public School (NPS), Koramangala, came fifth. The second team from Sri Kumaran Public School which made it to final round had to be satisfied with the sixth place.
In all, 503 teams from 139 schools participated in the tenth edition of the competition. There were teams from Mysore and Tumkur in Karnataka, and Hosur and Shoolagiri in Tamil Nadu.The sponsors
For this year’s edition, S&M Kids Wear was the title sponsor, while Kalasalingam University, the associate sponsor. The national sponsors…More
