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QuizIT.com 2000 at Hyderabad is a resounding success
November 22, 2000

QuizIT.Com 2000, the IT quiz organised by Tata Consultancy Services for the school children of Hyderabad was a resounding success. Over 1000 students representing schools from all over the city participated in the quiz -- the first of its kind in Hyderabad.
                            
The quizmaster, Giri Balasubramaniam of Quizbrain.com, had the students fielding questions in areas such as the Internet, IT buzzwords and acronyms, personalities -- international, national and local, advertisements of IT and communications companies, software products, history of events pertaining to IT, and also humour in IT.

The average scores in the preliminary round in the Hyderabad quiz were far higher than those in the quizzes held in Chennai, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram, which underscored Hyderabad's potential to become the IT capital of the country. By the quiz master's own admission, the questions for the final round were 'tough' for children belonging to classes between eight and twelve, but the children proved that they were better than even IT professionals when it came to IT awareness.

The winners were Bhaskara Aditya and Vinesh Reddy from St. Patrick's High School. The winners and runners-up received a large booty of prizes that included cash prizes, desktop organisers, cameras, watches and much more.

The guests of honour, Dr T.H. Chowdary (IT advisor, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh), Mr. J. Satyanarayana (IT Secretary, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh), and TCS Hyderabad's regional manager, Mr V. Chandrashekhar, distributed the prizes.

Mr. J. Satyanarayana was impressed with the students' high standard of knowledge in the IT area. Dr Chowdary remarked that these were the students who would help make India an intellectual superpower. The students and organisers felt a sense of achievement, and everybody was inspired to reach for greater heights.

The quiz was organised by TCS with the intention of instilling, encouraging and promoting IT awareness among school children, in tune with the organisation and the Tata Group's larger purpose of service to society and promotion of education. The quiz in Hyderabad was the fourth in a series of IT quizzes being held in various Indian cities.

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