IIT-IIM Alumni Association hosts annual Open Quiz
DPS FAIPS team top winner
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 11: IIT-IIM Alumni Association pulls it off in style again, in succession with their associate partner, IBPC, Kuwait. IBPC has been associating with IIT-IIM Association for the last two years. The Alumni Association of India’s Premium Institutions, IITs & IIMs, organized its spectacular annual open quiz program QOQ-2018 for the fifth year running Nov 30 at the grand Cambridge School Auditorium in Mangaf, Kuwait.
The quiz was conducted by renowned quizmaster and an alumnus of Harvard Business School, Giri Balasubramaniam from India, popularly known across the world as “Pickbrain”.
The event proceedings began by the young comely compere Miss Astha, welcoming all the dignitaries, members of IIT-IIM and IBPC, the contestants and all the spectators. She invited the Quiz Master, Giri Balasubramaniam to take over the proceedings. Giri then gave a brief of the format and salient features of the competition format as well as the program.
The Format of the contest was at three levels – written prelims, semifinals and grand finale.
Participation
This year the program has reached new scales of test, crossing the high bar set last year with the enthusiastic participation of over 100 quiz admirers from all walks of life, sizes, ages, gender, nationalities including many ankle biters. The quizmaster too was an exception, with his distinctive style of high quality quizzing, great sense of humor, impromptu quick wit and affable personality.
The quiz participants and the avid enthusiastic audience were enthralled with a great range of interesting questions posed. With unique format aided by efficient electronic gadgets and software systems, the event was super conducted in a flawlessly smooth seamless fashion.
Bhasin, President of IBPC, spoke on the importance of knowledge pursuit competitions like quiz, and congratulated all the persons from the school kids and the young at heart adults for having come enthusiastically to participate,
A group photo from the event
enjoy or just to cheer.
The semifinals and main grand finale event began after the felicitations of the honorable guests and co-hosts. Peeyush Jain, the President of the IIT-IIM Alumni Association thanked the Star Quiz master, Giri the Pickbrain and the dignitaries and distinguished guests who graced the occasion making it a grand success. He expressed his gratitude to all those who whole-heartedly supported the association like the event partners Indian Business and Professional Council, Kuwait (IBPC), who stood by IIT-IIM Alumni in organizing this event as the associate partner. It was well represented by the large presence of their members led by the current Chairman, Bhasin, and Vice- President, and Anant Kapadia.
The IIT-IIM Alumni Association President Peeyush Jain along with HE The Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, Jeeva Sagar felicitated the quizmaster Giri Balasubramaniam and his deputy Vishnu Rao.
The President, Peeyush Jain, thanked the chief guest, the Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, HE Jeeva Sagar, for gracing the occasion. He thanked and felicitated all the sponsors by presenting with mementos.
The IIT-IIM Alumni Association President expressed his sincere thanks to the principals of the participating schools. The association also recognized some personalities who have devoted themselves in providing a good education system in Kuwait. Mrs Anju Dhiman, Principal of FAIPS, Mrs Asha Sharma, Principal of Learners Own Academy, Dr Shantha Maria James, Principal of Indian Central School, Mr Anis Ahmad, Director Salmiya Indian Model School, Dr Binumon, Principal and Senior Administrator, Indian Community School (Seniors), and Malaji Moosa Koya, Director, India International School were felicitated by the Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, HE Jeeva Sagar.
The quiz was of very high quality, with great range of cryptic questions drawn from different fields of arts, science, sports, politics, fiction etc. from medieval to modern ages, and needless to say the competition was very stiff. Pickbrain in between kept the audience glued with his very interesting and fascinating audience questions, as many prizes were open to them as well.
This year winners were the top team from DPS FAIPS, participated under the team name “TRIADS”, represented by three brilliant kids, Aishwarya Shaji, Aaron John and Sharath Menon who were simply superb throughout the contest. The runner up team, QUIZTELMATH, represented by Ramu Menon, Ramesh Athreya and Sanjay Samuel gave the winners a run for their money.
Quality
This year too, the quality and the value of prizes was raised substantially higher to attract the best lot of the talent among the competing teams. The Principals of DPS and GIS, Mrs Anju Dhiman and Mrs Shyamala Diwakaran, respectively, were made to feel proud by the achievements of their wards.
President Peeyush Jain thanked all the participating teams, principals, teachers and coordinators, all the contestants and the audience. He welcomes all to be a part of this event in coming years too! Vote of thanks was followed by the Prize distribution.
IIT-IIM Alumni Association in Kuwait and its Core Team, thanks Pickbrain, Chief Guest HE Jeeva Sagar, Indian ambassador to Kuwait, other dignitaries, Vishnu Rao (Pickbrain’s assistant), all the quiz contest participants, teachers, parents, volunteers (Astha, Anish, Jasmin, Fritzie, Suzzette, Akram, Binoy, George, Ajay), Ms Jasmin for providing all artwork and lovely designs for the event,and all the concerned who have contributed in making the event an enjoyable and extremely invigorating quizzing experience!
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are globally renowned premier Indian institutions of higher education in the fields of Engineering Technology and Management, respectively. The association can be reached atcontact@iitiimkuwait. com or the official website www. iitiimkuwait.com.
It is the aim of IIT-IIM Alumni association to promote the knowledge quest, high quality competitive spirit and expose the residents of Kuwait especially the young students to take a path of knowledge seeking and in the process improve themselves and the society around them. With this noble high aim, the Association conducts this Annual Quiz Event, which is its signature event.