India Institute of Technology, Patna team consisting of Shri Deepankar Jauhari and Shri Kirtan Jain clinched the ER-I regional round of NTPC Electron Quiz competition, 2023 held today at Chandragupta Institute of Management campus, Patna.Shri Abhimanyu Singh Bisht & Ms. Chanya of IIT-Patna and Shri Aryaman Sahay & Shri Aditya Joshi of Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya came second and third, respectively.

Two teams from IIT-Patna and one team each from IIM-Bodh Gaya, and Birla Institute of Technology, Meshra, Amity University, Patna and Bakhtiyarpur College of Engineering were selected based on an on-spot written round held in the morning. The final round of the quiz competition was an audio-visual round in which teams showcased intense competition for the title till the end. Renowned quiz-master, Shri Bivash Rath from Bhubaneswar conducted the quiz.

A total of 70 teams comprising of two participants from India Institute of Technology, Patna, IIM, Bodhgaya, National Institute of Technology, Patna, Chandragupta Institute of Management, Patna, Bakhtiyarpur College of Engineering, MIT-Muzaffarpur, BIT, Meshra, PMIR, Patna along with others management and technical institutions of Bihar & Jharkhand have participated.

The top three teams from the competition would take part in the semi-final and national finals to be held at NTPC Business School cum Power Management Institute (PMI), Noida on 6 & 7 December 2023, respectively.

The top three teams were honoured with certificates and cash prizes. The prizes were awarded by Shri Sudip Nag Regional Executive Director (East-I), NTPC worth Rs. 30,000, Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively to the top three winners. Three consolation prizes were also given to the remaining participants of Audio-visual rounds.

While speaking on the occasion,Shri Sudip Nag,RED(East-I), NTPC said that “the motto of ‘NTPC Electron Quiz 2023' is to inculcate a culture of learning amongst the young minds and the way NTPC is electrifying the nation, Electron quiz is a platform that electrifies the young & talented minds year after year.” This quizzing concept was introduced first time in the year 2004 by NTPC and almost all regional headquarters have been organizing the regional rounds followed by a national round every year, he added.

On the occasion Samiran Sinha Ray, GM(HR) NTPC-Patna, K.M. Prasanth, GM (HR),NTPC-Muzaffarpur, Saurabh Sharma, Addl.GM (HR),Kahalgaon and other senior officials of NTPC-ER-1 along with a large number of students from various engineering & management colleges of Bihar & Jharkhand witnessed the event.