Media Release

Udupi, Nov 21: Every year since its inception in 2000, the prestigious National Rural IT Quiz is jointly hosted by the IT, BT and Science and Technology department of Government of Karnataka and TCS in the state.

This year, the 18th edition of the quiz was conducted by the famous quiz master Giri Balasubramanium aka 'Pickbrain'.

The students of Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar Vishwas Adiga and Clifton D'Silva of class XI competed with the state champions of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh in the National final which was held at Wadeyar Hall, Bengaluru Palace on Friday November 17. They won the National runners-up position this year.

The quiz was organized as part of Bengaluru Tech Summit, India's largest Tech Summit to encourage the students in rural parts of India. Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar has created a record by winning the State Championships for the sixth time. This includes National Championship once and National runner's up twice in this prestigious Limca Book of Records quiz.