Tata Crucible Campus Quiz Launches its 18th Edition

KOCHI:
Tata Crucible Campus Quiz, India’s largest and most awaited business quiz for campuses, is back for a power packed 18th edition. Continuing with the successful digital version, the quiz will be held in an online format this year too. The registration for this edition of the quiz will be open from February 7 to March 7, 2022.Tata Crucible is a knowledge initiative by the Tata Group and provides a platform for bright young minds across the country to showcase their impeccable knowledge.

Tata Crucible quiz evolved into an online format since 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic. To ensure fair play inthe online format, Tata Crucible quiz has implemented various protocols including in terms of format, self-declaration by finalists, proctored monitoring at select Finals and so on. These mechanisms have ensured that the quiz continues to be fair and transparent even in the online format and such mechanisms will be implemented in this edition as well.

For the online version of the Campus Quiz, the country has been divided into 24 clustersand after two levels of online prelims, top 12 finalists from each cluster will be invited for wild card finals out of which top 6 finalists will then compete in the 24 online cluster finals.These 24 clusters are further grouped into four zones- south, east, west and north and each zone will comprise of 6 clusters.

The Winner from each of the cluster finals will then qualify for the Zonal Finals. The winners and runners-up at the cluster finals will receive prizes of Rs. 35000* and Rs. 18000* respectively. Winners at the four Zonal Finals will directly qualify for the National Finals. The runners-up from the four Zonal Finals will compete in a Wild Card Final, and2 out of the 4 runners-up will then qualify for the National finals. In all, 6 Finalists will compete at the National Finals and the top scorer will be crowned as the National Champion who will receive a grand prize of 2.5lakhs*along with the coveted Tata Crucible Trophy.

Commenting on the quiz, Adrian Terron, Vice President, Corporate Brand and Marketing, Tata Sons said, “The Tata Crucible Campus Quiz, true to its long-term legacy of positive transformation among the younger generation, continues to celebrate knowledge and provides a wide platform to students across the country. We feel reinforcing global competence is vital for individuals to thrive in the rapidly changing world and this Quiz is an attempt to make our younger generation future-ready. Through the digital space, we are confident that we will be able to connect and engage with the quiz participants on a much larger and wider scale.”

Noted Quizmaster Giri Balasubramaniam, aka ‘Pickbrain’, who has been conducting the quiz right from its genesis,will continue to be the Quizmaster for this edition too. The prizes for this edition of the quiz aresupported by Tata CLiQ.