Winner
SBOA, Chennai - Aditthya & Gokul
Runner-Up
St.Paul's English School, Bangalore - Pratheek & Arul Prakash
It was a battle of nerves, with intensely fought rounds as 12 teams battled hard against the clock and each other at a 100-minute long action packed National Finals of TCS IT Wiz, India's biggest inter-school quiz held at Taj Coromandel, Chennai.
WINNER
Maharaja Agrasen Vidyalaya - Yash Goyal and Manas Gupta
Runner Up
St.Kabir Vadodra - Digant Bakari and Harshil Vaidya
In an exciting and riveting final at Ahmedabad, two young boys from Maharaja Agrasen Vidyala won the quiz getting the better of some stiff challenge from other teams including the defending champions Navrachana from Vadodara.
WINNER
St.Paul's English School - Pratheek and Arul Prakash
Runner Up
Frank Anthony Public School (FAPS)- Jeydev CS and Pranav K
The IT Capital of the country, Bangalore, played the first host to the nationwide TCS IT Wiz 2011, a cerebral extravaganza that enthralls school kids across 12 cities with high quality quizzing and a fun platform to learn IT.
WINNER
Loyola Jamshedpur - Anirban K and Shubham Agarwal
Runner Up
DAV Unit-8 - Bikash KM and Ayush Sinha
"The growing popularity of the quiz and the level of quizzing truly stumps me" exclaimed Pickbrain as he summarized the event after 500 plus teams from all over the eastern region barring West Bengal which has a separate edition at Kolkata took part in a power packed event.
WINNER
SBOA - Aditthya and Gokul
Runner Up
Bala Vidyamandir - Vishal and Rishi Rajashekaran
'Phenomenal' exclaimed quizmaster Pickbrain during the course of the Chennai final and that seemed to summarise the entire quiz in one apt word. The finalists at Chennai left the packed auditorium and the guests stunned with their amazing knowledge of IT.
WINNER
Laidlaw Ooty: Hari Hara Sudhan and Manikandan
Runner Up
GD Matric Coimbatore: Nandakishore and Vidhya Prasad
Blockbuster it was and in truly grand style. Over 1600 kids thronged the auditorium for the annual TCS quiz, a record turnout, not just for Coimbatore but for all non metro cities in India.
WINNER
New Era Mayapuri - Prempal Singh and Arnav Sharma
Runner Up
Rukmini Devi School Pitampura - Saarthak Sachdeva and Vishal Golcha
"The old order changeth yielding place to the new" thundered quizmaster Pickbrain as he summarized the Delhi edition of the quiz.
WINNER
Chaitanya Jr.College - Syed Murtuza Hashmi and Umair Abdullah
Runner Up
Gitanjali Sr.Sec School - Vasishta P and P Aakash
The champion city of the 2010 edition of the TCS IT Wiz, Hyderabad played host to the quiz on the birth anniversary of the great JRD Tata, who would have been glad to see the fantastic talent with young India.
WINNER
Loyola School, Trivandrum - Karthik Prakash Nair and Advaitshankar
RUNNER UP
Bhavans Adarsh Vidyalaya - Atul Chacko Philip and Ravi Krishnan
Over 600 teams at a classy convention centre was a perfect setting for the grand quiz with teams from right across the state converging at Cochin.
WINNER
Rajendra Vidyalaya JSR: Kishalay Raj and Avnish Ranjak
Runner Up
Birla High: Harsh Gupta and Luv Mehta
"I am amazed at the level of the kids and I urge you keep on learning as education earns you respect and success" were the words of the chief guest and Hon. Minister for IT West Bengal Sri Partha Chatterjee.
WINNER
Lucknow Public School Sec D: Pranshu and Himanshu
Runner Up
Seth MR Jaipuria: Ansh and Samridh
Earlier in the day a tough prelim described by the quizmaster as 'by far one of the toughest so far'.
WINNER
Lokhandwala Foundation - Krishnav Roy and Ajaykrishnan J
Runner Up
Thane Pace Jr.College : Nishit Dehia and Shantanu T
"If are talented you will win once, if you combine that with preparation you will win again and again" observed Pickbrain as the duo from Lokhandwala Foundation won the Mumbai final for a second successive year.
Winner
Army Public School - Gyanendra Mishra and Rishiraj
Runner-Up
Modern Jr.College - Tanay Chandkar and Nishad Dawkhar
'This is the kind of quality that gives me an inferiority complex' quipped Mr.Srish Godbole President IT, Suzlon, the guest of honour with a touch of humour as a perfect reflection on the high standards the schools from Pune set at the quiz.
Winner
Dubai Modern High School - Shruti & Kirti
Runner-Up
Indian School Dubai - Karthik & Hanumanth
The second edition of the TCS IT Wiz at UAE was a huge hit with over 600 students taking the prelim. It was a well balanced set of questions, all internationally relevant research to ensure students from all nationalities had a level playing field.
