Mysuru: Mahesh G. Bhat and Harshit V. Hawaldar from The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) decimated their opponents to win the Mysore edition of Tata Crucible Campus Quiz-2018.

A total of 380 teams battled it out in the city-level finale for the top honours, held at Kalamandira. Mahesh and Harshit took home a cash prize of Rs. 75,000 and will compete in the zonal round to qualify for the national finale.

Suvija Iyer and Mary Glady from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), were declared runners-up, winning a cash prize of Rs. 35,000.

Dr. C. P. Nanjaraj, Director and Dean, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) was the chief guest at the finale.

This year, the theme of the quiz revolves around 150 years of business to mark the 150th year of the Tata group. In keeping with the tradition, renowned quizmaster ‘Pickbrain’ Giri Balasubramaniam hosted the quiz in his inimitable style of presenting clever questions with equal humour.

The fourteenth edition of India’s biggest campus quiz will run for a little over two months, traversing 38 cities, with five zonal rounds leading to the grand national finale in Mumbai. The winners of the National Finals will receive a Grand Prize of Rs. 5,00,000 along with the coveted Tata Crucible trophy.

All details of the quiz are available on www.tatacrucible.com

For details, contact Priyal Dave on Mob: 9833420186, according to a press release.