NITK-Suratkal won the Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2012 in the Manipal regional round

By Snehalatha, Udupi
Bellevision Media Network

• An inter-collegiate business quiz hosted by the Tata Group
• TAPAI-Management Institute college finishes as runner-up
• Participation from 200 teams colleges in the Manipal regional round

 

Manipal, March 8, 2012: The Manipal regional round of Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2012 witnessed one of the most exciting and enthralling battle of wits on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at the Manipal Institute of Technology. After a grueling and close contest, the team from NITK-Suratkal comprising of Chaitanya and Samrat edged out Nil Jadhav and Vikas Rao of TAPAI-Management Institute  to make it to the national finals to be held in Mumbai on April 8, 2012.

 

 

The chief guest Mrs.Kumkum Garg- Director, Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) felicitated the winners with a cash prize of Rs 75,000. The winning team from Manipal will now compete with the regional winners from across the 23 other cities, where the quiz is being organised. The runners-up teams from TAPAI-Management Institute were awarded a cash prize of Rs 35,000.
The Manipal regional round of Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2012 saw participation from almost 200 at the preliminary rounds. The top six teams who qualified for the regional stage rounds were:
   
1.  NITK College-Suratkal
2.  TAPAI Management Institute
3.  Manipal Institute of Communications
4.  NMAMIT College
5. NITK College-MBA
6. NITK-Suratkal

 

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz is known for producing new innovations in its quiz format to keep the contestants and audience on their toes, and this year was no different. The quiz was hosted by ace quizmaster Mr. Giri Balasubramaniam a.k.a. Pickbrain who through his distinctive style got the best out of the contestants and kept the audience captivated with the high-voltage action on stage.

 

After Manipal, the Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2012 will now move on to Cochin (9th Mar), Amritsar (13th Mar), Chandigarh (14th Mar), Rohtak (15th Mar), Guwahati (18th Mar), Jaipur (20th Mar), Goa (23rd Mar), Mumbai (24th Mar), Pune (25th Mar), Indore (27th Mar), Ahmedabad (29th Mar), Delhi (31st Mar), Lucknow (1st Apr), Patna (2nd Apr) and Kolkata (6th Apr).

 

To add to the excitement and scale of the event, there will be a mega International Final in Mumbai wherein the winners and runners-up from the national finals will compete with the winners and runners-up of the UK and Singapore editions, held earlier this financial year, for the coveted title of International Champions.

 

To follow this exciting and fun-filled quizzing circuit log onto www.tatacrucible.com. The interactive website also provides an opportunity to participate in the Crucible Mock Prelims and the weekly Tata Crucible Online Contest.