WINNER
Navrachana School Sama, Vadodara : Sujay Nigam and Sachin Agarwal
Runner Up
DPS Bopal - Smeet Madlani and Aditya R
Mr.Hasit Kaji, the Head of TCS Gujarat,appreciated the growth of the quiz beyond the city to all major locations of the state and envisioned the quiz to soon be a state wide phenomenon
WINNER
National Public School (I)- Shyamgopal and Akhil
Runner Up
National Public School (K)- Ankit and Vikram
"The quiz is back to where it all began in 1999". The same venue, almost the same date pointed quizmaster Pickbrain as he commenced the quiz. Mr. NagarajIjari, the Head of TCS Bangalore and Mr. N. G. Subramaniam, Chairman, Tata Elxsi were also present on the occasion.
WINNER
SAI INTERNATIONAL : Akshat Praneet and Sampriti Pand
Runner Up
DAV Unit 8 : Sibaprasad Reddy and Spandan Dash
On a cloudy, yet humid morning at Bhubaneshwar, over 400 teams gathered with a lot of enthusiasm and expectations for the city edition of TCS IT Wiz. The quiz has been extremely popular here with the winning team a year ago, going on to become the national runner up.
WINNER
St.Patrick Matric, Pondicherry - Jayakrishna and Venkata Sai Adarsh
Runner Up
St.Patrick Matric, Pondicherry - Jayakrishna and Venkata Sai Adarsh
Truly a memorable day for the quiz as the guest of honour Mr.Ravi Viswanathan, President Growth Markets and Head Chennai Operations, TCS also appreciated the sharpness of the students and their knowledge of IT
WINNER
St. Jude's Kotagiri - JK Faizan and Ms. Sudharsana
Runner Up
GKD Matric - SharatChandar and Hari Krishna
Enthusiasm and excitement were in abundance as close to 1000 students converged at Coimbatore. The guest of honour Mr. Kritivasan, President, Banking and Financial Services, graced the occasion and gave away the prizes to the top teams.
WINNER
Rukmini Devi Public School - Udit Kalra and Saarthak S
Runner Up
Modern School: Ayan Marwaha and Paavas Bhasin
"This is like a national final before the national final" thundered quizmaster Pickbrain about the high calibre of a Delhi final. The guest of honour, Debashis Ghosh, President and Head Northern Operations, TCS said "I think these students are well poised for a bright future".
WINNER
Chaitanya Jr Kalasala - Siddhartha Rao and Upamanyu Dutta
Runner Up
Sri Chaitanya High School - Priyansh Shandilya and Akashdeep S
The guest of honour Mr.Jayesh Ranjan (IAS) Secretary - Information Technology, Govt. of Telangana advised the students to use their interest and build their careers while Mr.Rajanna the Head of TCS Hyderabad underlined that the future will be digital.
WINNER
The Emerald Heights : Dev Seth and Vaibhav Singh
RUNNER UP
St. Paul School, Indore: Rudhraksh Tripathi and Prahkar Mishra
Mr. Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Vice President and Global Head, Govt. Industry Solutions the guest of honour, pointed out that there is no difference between cities that are seen as Tier 1, 2 or 3 when it comes to knowledge.
WINNER
Mar Baselious Kottayam - Thomas John and Thomas Philip
Runner Up
Chinmaya Vidyalaya Tripunitura - Aadith Menon and Goutham H
The guest of honour Mr. VJ Kurian (IAS), Principal Secretary Water Resources, Govt. of Kerala and Director Kochi Metro appreciated the teams for a grand performance and gave away the prizes. Mr. Dinesh Thampi, VP and Head of TCS Kochi was also present.
WINNER
Rajendra Vidyalaya Jamshedpur (JSR) - Shadan Kalam and Adnan Azmat
Runner Up
MP Birla Foundation (KOL) - Xerxes Rahman and Srijan Banerjee
The guest of honour Mr. Debashis Sen (IAS), Principal Secretary Urban Development Dept., Govt. of West Bengal, appreciated the students for their ability to process information and wished them well for their future.
WINNER
Army Public School - Siddhanth Singh and Pranay Mishra
Runner Up
Seth Jaipuria School - Kanishk Singh and Tatagath Bhatia
The guest of honour Dr. Vinay Kumar Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam University graced the occasion and gave away the prizes to the top teams. Mr. Jayanth Krishna, the Delivery Centre Head for TCS Lucknow was also present.
Winner
RN Podar - Abhishek M and Nikhil Kumar
Runner-Up
Rajhans Vidyalaya - Avi Seth and Yash Sharma
The guest of honour Mr. Rajesh Gopinath the CFO of TCS, remarked that the quiz was a "true reflection of modern India", pointing to how teams did not wait for others to make mistakes but took the risks themselves. “That is the hallmark of a champion” he added.
WINNER:
SFS Jr. College - Rahul Bhagat and Udit Parmar
RUNNER UP:
Center Point - Sanchit K and Archit Venugopalan
Over 500 teams and the auditorium was buzzing with activity in anticipation of Pickbrain to take stage. The prizes were distributed by the Guest of Honour, Vice President and Global Head of Internal IT and Shared Services, TCS, Mr. Alok Kumar.
WINNER:
P Jog Jr. College - Ayush Y and Dhananjay Katkar
RUNNER UP:
SES Gurukul School - Atharva Joshi and Pranav Kirsur
The guest of honour Dr. Balachandra Chaudhari, a well-known academician from Pune, appreciated the teams and said it feels nice to see his 'future students' and was confident 'our dream of today would be fulfilled by them' given their talent.
WINNER:
Visaka Valley - Krishna Prakash and Vibhor Pandey
RUNNER UP:
Navy Children - Vipul Shukla and Debabrata Malik
The guest of honour Mr. J. Satyanarayana, Advisor to the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh quipped "It feels great. I wish I was 50 years younger", while Mr. Rajanna of TCS underlined that the future will be digital and that these students are ready to be a part of digital growth.
