State Finals at B’luru on Mar.21

Mysuru: The Mysuru Regional Finals of TCS TechBytes 2019 was conducted on Mar. 8 at JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru. The IT quiz was organised by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the Board for IT Education Standards (BITES), an autonomous body promoted by Government of Karnataka in association with IT industries and educational institutions, for engineering students.

At the Mysuru Regional Finals, students underwent a written preliminary round and the top 6 teams were called on stage to participate in an interactive quiz.

The animation based quiz format had the following segments: Byte Link, Byte Pixel, Byte Jumble, Byte Connect and Byte Waves. After an intense battle, Guruprasad Veerannavaru and Chandan Hegde from National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, emerged winners followed by Adith A. Danthi and Nikhil Ramesh from Vidyavardhaka College of  Engineering, Mysuru, as the Runners-Up.

The winners took home an educational scholarship of Rs.12,000, a trophy and prizes while the Runners-up received a scholarship of Rs. 10,000 and prizes. The teams that stood 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th received earphones, pendrives, haversacks, T-shirts and speakers.  

Dr. T. N. Nagabhushan, Principal JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, distributed the prizes. The winners will now participate in the State Finals at Bengaluru on Mar.21.