Tata Crucible Campus Quiz
26th March 2017
Five students Abhimanyu Srivastava(17763), Shubham Rauthan(17777), Aayushi Nayak(17762), Shivani Rao(17776) from ECS Departmentand Ankita Makhija(17896) fromCSIT Departmentof Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon attended “Tata Crucible Campus Quiz” at Taj Palace, Delhi.
India’s largest and highest rated inter-college business quiz, Tata Crucible Campus Quiz began conducting the nationwide hunt from February 11, 2017 and ended on 9th April 2017. It involves 38 key cities in India in search of its national winner. Based on the theme of ‘Gamification’ the new format comprised of three segments, inspired by very popular contemporary games. It was set up at Delhi on 26th March to measure the knowledge quotient of the participating students of NCR by engaging with their intellectual curiosity.
The Tata Crucible Campus Quiz was hosted by noted quizmaster Mr. Giri Balasubramaniam, whose distinctive style of quizzing has earned him several accolades. In the opening ceremony of the event Mr. Atul Agrawal, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Tata Services, said, Tata Crucible Campus Quiz has set new benchmarks in pursuit of knowledge and is an ideal platform for the students to display their skill sets and razor sharp minds in this decade. This reflects the growing acceptance that knowledge will be the true differentiator for the future and so very important for the nation’s progress.
It was a team event and the students participated in it forming two teams. To ace this competition the teams need academic prowess, strategic thinking and the ability to take risks, along with team work. With its unique formats, rapid fire rounds and innovative themes, the event provided a great platform to the participants. DCE students got to interact with students of other colleges and explored national level quiz competition.
The experience of attending the event has been extremely enlightening.