Quiz Format
- Physical on-ground event in 12 cities
- Each city will have a preliminary round, followed by the regional finals, on the same day.
- The winning team from each regional round will qualify for the semi final round.
| S. No. | City | Date | Day | Venue | Address |
| 1 | Pune | 29-Jul-25 | Tuesday | Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hall | Atur Foundation House, 4, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Road, Camp, Pune, Maharashtra 411001 |
| 2 | Indore | 05-Aug-25 | Tuesday | Devi Ahilya University Auditorium | Khandwa Rd, Near IT Park, DAVV Campus, Davv Takshila Parisar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452001 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 12-Aug-25 | Tuesday | Chowdiah Memorial Hall | 16th Cross Road, Vyalikaval, Kodandarampura, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560003 |
| 4 | Nagpur | 19-Aug-25 | Tuesday | Kavivarya Suresh Bhat Auditorium | Great Nag Road, near Gandhi putla, Juni Shukrawari, Reshim Bagh, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440009 |
| 5 | Hyderabad | 22-Aug-25 | Friday | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, King Koti Road, Basheer Bagh | 5-9-1105, Kulapati Munshi Sadan, King Koti Rd, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad, Telangana 500029 |
| 6 | Chennai | 26-Aug-25 | Tuesday | The Music Academy | 168, TT Krishnamachari Rd, Pudupet, Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600004 |
| 7 | Delhi | 27-Sep-25 | Saturday | Dogra Hall, IIT Delhi Campus | Main Building, IIT Campus, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, Delhi 110016 |
| 8 | Bhubaneswar | 11-Oct-25 | Saturday | Hotel Pal Heights | A unit of Hotel Pal Regency PVT LTD - Ekamra Kanana Rd, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751013 |
| 9 | Kochi | 29-Oct-25 | Wednesday | Taj Vivanta, Kochi | Vivanta Ernakulam, Marine Drive, Shanmugham Road, Cochin, Kerala, India, 682011 |
| 10 | Kolkata | 4-Nov-25 | Tuesday | GD Birla Sabhaghar | The Ghanshyam Das Birla Sabhagar,29 Ashutosh Choudhry Avenue, Near Birla Mandir, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019 |
| 11 | Ahmedabad | 12-Nov-25 | Wednesday | Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Auditorium | 1, Rajpath Rangoli Rd, PRL Colony, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380054 |
| 12 | Mumbai | 16-Nov-25 | Sunday | Sheila Gopal Raheja Auditorium | Balgandharwa Rangmandir Junction, 24th and 32nd Road, Next to Patwardhan Park, Opp: National Collage, Bandra (W) Mumbai - 400050 |
| 13 | Semi & National Finals - Mumbai | 06-Dec-25 | Saturday | President - IHCL SeleQtions, Mumbai | 90, Ganesh Murti Nagar, Cuffe Parade - Mumbai 400005 |
| REGIONAL ROUND SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE) | |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Registrations |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Preliminary written round |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon | Correction Break |
| 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM | Regional Finals |
| 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Prize Distribution and Photo Opt. |
rules and prizes
* All participants are required to carry their school ID card along with a valid Govt. ID card.
* Participants need to answer the preliminary written round on a pre-printed answer sheet supplied by TCS to a single team. Participants are requested to carry necessary stationary with them.
* Basis the performance in the written preliminary round, after corrections, teams selected will be invited by the quizmaster to participate in the regional finals.
* The regional finals will consist of oral, audio, visual, buzzer based rapid-fire rounds.
* The scoring system will be explained by the quizmaster before each round.
* Students can choose to carry their own refreshments during the regional rounds as TCS will not be providing the same.
* The winning team from each regional round will qualify for the semi-finals, which will take place in Mumbai.
* All participants are required to carry their school ID card along with a valid Govt. ID card.
* The scoring system will be explained by the quizmaster before each round.