NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Pilani, Rajasthan, India, 03/02/2009 - Tata Crucible Campus Quiz is known to be the highest rated ground quiz and the BITSians from Pilani campus of BITS which is one among the top ranking universities in India today walked away with the Prize money of Rs 75000 and a berth in Mumbai Final.

'Tata Crucible - The Business Quiz' is designed to bring together sharpest young minds in India to take on the heat of the toughest business quiz in India. Youth is a key audience cluster which the Tata Group has been focusing its communication at and Tata Crucible is one of the key initiatives towards this engagement. The name "Crucible" was chosen as it signifies test of fire where-from the individual comes out unscathed and successful if he / she is able to withstand the test of fire.

The Jaipur round of the Tata Crucible quiz was held on 14 Feb 2009. This was the first time Jaipur was hosting this mega quiz. The enthusiasm was reflected by close to a 100 teams that turned out for the quiz. After topping the elimination rounds, the BITSian team joined five other teams on stage to battle it out.

The final witnessed a very tense battle till the fourth round of the quiz but in the final round BITSians from Pilani represented by Shailesh Jha & Rishabh Kaul marched ahead to emerge as winners. Shailesh is a third year student at BITS pursuing B.E.(Hons ) Electrical & Electronics while Rishabh Kaul is pursuing his coveted dual degree in M.Sc.(Hons) Economics and B.E. (Hons) Civil.

Proud to be BITSians Shailesh and Rishabh from Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani Campus will now travel to Mumbai for the grand finale scheduled for the last week of March 2009.

About BITS Pilani
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (bits-pilani.ac.in), Pilani Rajasthan which has the reputation of pioneering the online examinations for admissions through the path breaking BITSAT and setting a bench mark in industry university collaborations is one among the top ranking universities towering above the rest in various best college surveys in India today. Recently it has been reaccredited by NAAC with a CGPA of 3.71 out of 4. BITS offers degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses apart from an array of work integrated learning programmes for HRD of a vast spectrum of Indian corporates. The alumni of the Institute who are Proud to be BITSians peaking with Passion Quotient for Alma mater and spread across the globe from Australia to America are the true ambassadors of Brand BITS Pilani.

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