Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir wards book semifinal spot in Heritage India Quiz

Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir, Bengaluru North, overcomes intense competition to qualify for semifinals of Historytv18 CBSE Heritage India Quiz for the year

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: It took a lot more than just knowledge, as the students of Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir, Bengaluru, put on an exemplary display of teamwork, strategy, and steely nerves to book their place in the semifinals of HistoryTV18 CBSE Heritage India Quiz 2022 by coming out on top in the regional round that took place at Sri Kumaran Children’s Home English Nursery & Primary School, Bengaluru.

Launched in 2001 by CBSE, the Heritage Quiz today is the benchmark for pan-India inter-school quizzes and attracts the brightest and the sharpest young minds from various prestigious CBSE schools.

Its success can be gauged by the fact that more than 8,049 students participated in the preliminary elimination rounds followed by regional rounds, where 90 students from 30 schools faced the challenging questions from quizmaster Meghavi Manjunath.

Schools from all over the country were invited for the quiz competition with the central theme of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of independence and the glorious history of its people, culture, and achievements.

The inter-school quiz competition was divided across 16 zones under which 2,683 CBSE schools sent their entries via online registration. Representing Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir, Bengaluru the winning team of Adithya S Nair, Jeevika Giri, and Pranav M Patil put on a display of harmony and synergy that kept them on the front foot right from the beginning.

Competing against teams from 30 prestigious schools for a spot in the semifinals, the team from Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir, Bengaluru held on to its nerves under pressure to emerge victorious. Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir, Bengaluru will now be competing with three other schools in their semi-final round in their quest to grab a spot in the National Finale of the quiz competition.