PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Oct 26: SAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant did the country proud.
The 18th edition of Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz, India’s largest and coveted business quiz, conducted in an online format, successfully concluded with the national finals today.
Anand Raj from SAIL Bokaro Steel Plant emerged as the national winner getting a grand prize of Rs 2,50,000 and took home the coveted Tata Crucible trophy.
The Tata Crucible Corporate quiz which took place virtually in an online mode, got more than 3000 participants from across India.
The country was divided into 12 clusters (regions) in the online format. The winner from each of the 12 cluster finals competed in two semi-finals.
Jayakanthan Ranganathan from Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai; Sethu Mahadevan, Capgemini, Bangalore; and Kapinjal Chowdhury from Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad progressed to the national finals from the 1st semi-final while from the 2nd semi-final, Anand Raj of SAIL Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro; Rohan Khanna from Barclays, Noida; and Aniruddha Dutta from TCS, Mumbai secured their place in the national finals.
The chief guest for the finals, T. V. Narendran, CEO and managing director, Tata Steel Limited felicitated the national winner in a virtual award ceremony and said, “The pursuit of knowledge and excellence is an incessant process of self-development and has always been an integral part of the Tata Group. This programme that embodies excellence and is a great platform for people to showcase their talent, is testament to the Tata Group’s commitment towards enabling greater learning and showcasing excellence. The biggest lessons we as individuals can learn from events like these are recalibrating the truly important things in life and the importance of cherishing the opportunities we have at hand. My heartiest congratulations to the winner and all the participants for taking part and making the Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz an event to look forward to.”
In a fiercely fought contest, Anand Raj from SAIL Bokaro Steel Plant, an avid quizzer displayed his prowess over corporate history and trivia as he navigated the rounds to emerge victorious in Tata Crucible’s test of fire.
Expressing his happiness, Anand Raj said, “It’s hard to put the feeling of winning coveted Tata Crucible Championship into words. The whole journey was a great experience. As Quizmaster ‘PickBrain’ calls this trophy, the Wimbledon of Business quizzing, definitely it was a dream come true for me. I would also like to acknowledge the help received directly or indirectly from my family, friends, my seniors and colleagues at workplace. Each round of the quiz was challenging and got more so as we neared the finals. But as they say all’s well that ends well. This trophy will always be dear to me. Being an ex-Tata employee, winning this also takes me to the wonderful days of working with the Tata Group.”
Adapting to the challenges of the new normal, Tata Crucible brought in its first ever virtual format last year. Continuing the online format this year too, the quiz attracted participants from different parts of the nation.
Giri Balasubramaniam, aka ‘Pickbrain’, quizzed the participants on a host of topics testing the alacrity and creativity of the participants in a riveting national finale.
