On 15th February 2019, Vrittanta – Undergraduate Student Association of the Department of International Studies and History organised its first university level quiz competition commemorating Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. The theme of the quiz was centred on the life and ideology of Mahatma Gandhi.
The quiz was designed and conducted by second year MAIS (Masters in International Studies) students Aishwarya, Nishanth and Vishal in the Panel Room. The Quiz was opened to the entire University campus with exciting cash prizes. The first prize winners were to receive a whopping Rs. 5000, the second prize winners Rs. 2500 and the third prize winners Rs. 1000.
With almost 40 teams participating, the quiz began at around 2pm with a written preliminary round. It contained tricky trivia questions about Gandhi’s life and ideology with a couple of tie-breaker questions. After a tense 30 minutes, five leading teams advanced to the final round out of which the team of Ayush Rai and Sumanth S. from 4HEP emerged as top scorer with 74 points.
After three exciting rounds which included one visual round, two teams were eliminated leaving three teams with promised prize giveaways. Finally, the team of Shreyansh Shukla and Pawan Waldia of 4BCom-Hon (A) and 4BCA (A) respectively emerged as winners of the university level quiz conducted by Vrittanta. The second place was secured by Ayush Rai and Sumanth S. of 4th semester HEP and third place went to Amrita Datta and Mehul Agar
The prizes were handed over to the winners by the respected faculty members Dr. Anurag Tripathi, Dr. Manoharan and Dr. Joshy Paul. They appreciated the wide participation and congratulated all the winners.