TCS IT Wiz is India's largest inter-school IT quiz competition, held every year in India & UAE by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Launched in 1999, it is a quiz aimed at students studying between class 8-12.
This quiz has been conducted by Giri Balasubramanium, popularly known as PickBrain. He is the CEO of Greycaps, an on-stage quizzing and knowledge service provider company based in Bangalore, India.
TCS IT Wiz is one of the most popular inter-school quizzing circuit in India. It draws more than 15,000 students annually nationwide.
In 1999, The TCS IT Quiz, as it was called before is an initiative of the Tata Consultancy Services, conducted for the first time in Bangalore. Then in 2000, it spread into six other major cities. Since 2011, it is being held in 14 cities, followed by a national finals . The finals of 2012 edition were held on 8 December 2012 with New Era Public School, Delhi winning the national crown. The finals of 2013 edition were held on 15 December 2013 in Taj Land's End, Mumbai with Modern School, Barakhamba Road winning the champions. The finals of 2014 edition were held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai with the winners being P.S. Senior Secondary School and in 2015 was won by Adnan Azmat and Shadan Kalam from Rajendra Vidyalaya, Jamshedpur. The current national champions are Parth Dhar and Pranava Dhar from Delhi Public School, Noida.
Hyderabad - Syed Mohammed Hashmi and Hussain Ahmed, Little Flower High SchoolBangalore - Samarth Raju and Suketh K.S., Presidency schoolAhmedabad - Sujay Nigam and Sachin Agarwal, Navrachana Sama, VadodaraChennai - Jayakrishna J and Gokul Rajan.A , Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, PuducherryCoimbatore - Bragadeeswaran and Hari Krishna, GKDBhubaneswar -Akshat Praneet and Sampriti Panda, SAI International, BhubaneswarKolkata - Anubhav Kumar Singh and Praneet Shekhar. Loyola School, JamshedpurVisakhapatnam - Rohit Mishra and Ashutosh Kumar, Navy Children SchoolNagpur - Taha Uddin and Devesh Rajput, Centre point school, kataol Road, NagpurIndore - Nishchay Shopurkar and Hardik Pathak, DPS BhopalKochi -Nandu Krishnan and Arjun Sunil,Navy children's school KochiDelhi - Anmol S Chatha and Pranava Dhar, Delhi Public School, NoidaLucknow-Ishaan Srivastava and Atul Patel, City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Extension, LucknowMumbai -Kavi Singh and Adarsh Agarwal, Lokhandwala Foundation School, MumbaiPune -Shiv Shakti and Ayush Singh, Army public school, PuneNational Winners - Parth Dhar and Pranava Dhar, Delhi Public School, NoidaIndore - Dev Seth and Vaibhav Singh, The Emerald Heights International School, IndoreHyderabad - Siddhartha Rao and Upamanyu Dutta, Chaitanya Jr KalasalaBangalore - Shyamgopal and Akhil, National Public School (I)Bhubaneswar - Akshat Praneet and Sampriti Panda, Sai International School, BhubaneswarNagpur - Rahul Bhagat and Udit Parmar, S.F.S. Jr. College, NagpurAhmedabad - Sujay Nigam and Sachin Agarwal, Navrachana School Sama VadodaraChennai - Jayakrishna and Venkata Sai Adarsh, St. Patrick Matric. Hr. Sec. School PuducherryKolkata - Adnan Azmat and Shadan Kalam, Rajendra Vidyalaya JamshedpurCoimbatore - JK Faizan and Ms. Sudharsana, St. Jude's Public School & Junior College, Kotagiri, The NilgirisVizag - Krishna Prakash and Vibhor Pandey, Visaka ValleyPune - Ayush Yembarwar and Dhananjay Katkar, P Jog Junior CollegeKochi - Thomas John and Thomas Philip, Mar BaseliusMumbai - Abhishek Muthange and Nikhil Kumar, RN Podar SchoolLucknow - Siddhant Singh and Pranay Mishra, Army Public SchoolDelhi - Udit Kalra and Saarthak Sachdeva, Rukmini Devi Public SchoolNational Finals of TCS IT WIZ 2015
Winners - Adnan Azmat and Shadan Kalam, Rajendra Vidyalaya, JamshedpurRunners-up - Jayakrishna and Venkata Sai Adarsh, St. Patrick Matric. Hr. Sec. School, PuducherryKolkata - Adnan Azmat and Shadan Kalam, Kerala Samajam Model School, JamshedpurDelhi - Dhruv Khurana and Sayan Chaudry, Delhi Public School, RohiniBhubaneswar - Krishnendu Mohapatra and Dibyendu Mishra, DAV Public School, Pokhariput, BhubaneswarLUCKNOW - Sanchit Bansal and Abhinav Singh, Lucknow Public School, Sector D, Lucknow.Kochi - Adit Chandra and Vignesh Krishnan, Loyola School, Trivandrum.Nagpur - Shouvik dey and Aniruddha Morarka, Centre Point Katol Rd.[28]Coimbatore - Ashik Reji and Ashwin Philip, St. Jude's Public School & Junior College, Kotagiri, The NilgirisChennai - Abhinav Sridharan and Arjun Aravind, P.S.Senior Secondary School, ChennaiUAE - Madhur Singal and Madhav Subramanyam, Delhi Private School, SharjahHyderabad - Siddharth B Rao and Upamanyu Dutta, Sri Chaitanya Jr., KalasalaAhmedabad - Abhay Venkatesh and Anshul Roy, DPS Bopal, AhmedabadBangalore - Harikiran and Siddharth, St. Paul's English School, BangalorePune - Ayush Yembarwar and Dhananjay Katkar, Late P. Jog Jr. College, Mayur ColonyIndore - Aditya Nair and Ayush Songra, Sagar Public School, Saket Nagar, BhopalMumbai - Abhishek Muthange and Nikhil Kumar, RN Podar School(Sanatcruz), MumbaiThe winners of the Mega Finals 2014 Edition are Abhinav Sridharan and Arjun Aravind, P.S.Senior Secondary School, Chennai and the runners-up are Krishnendu Mohapatra and Dibyendu Mishra, DAV Public School, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar.
Nagpur - Shouvik Dey and Kshitij Gupta, Centre Point School, Katol RoadHyderabad - Siddharth B Rao and Yash Baldawa, Gitanjali Senior School, BegumpetAhmedabad - Jalaj Maheshwari and Ravija Amlani, St. Kabir Drive-In New, AhmedabadBangalore - Harikiran and Siddharth, St. Paul's English School, BangaloreChennai - Abhinav Sridharan and Bharat Sivakumar, P S Senior SecondaryCoimbatore - Nivin Krishnan and Rahul Raj, GKD Matric.Hr.Sec.School.Pune - Supreeth Ravish and Divij Ghose, Fergusson College, PuneDelhi -Naman Dhanuka and Apratim Chandra Singh, Modern School, Barakhamba RoadIndore - Shubham Rao and Mayukh Nair, Sagar Public School, Saket Nagar, BhopalBhubaneswar - Prathamesh Dash and Rishav Aditya Sathapthy, Naidu +2 Science College, BhubaneswarKolkata - Aviral Dasgupta and Shubham Agarwal, Loyola School, JamshedpurKochi - Sachin and Abhijhit Menon, Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan (Eroor)Lucknow - Lovish Pandey and Varun Singh, Lucknow Public School, Sector-IMumbai - Sanyam Satia and Mihir Belgaonkar, DAV Public SchoolUAE - Arpit Raorane and Manas George, The Indian High School, DubaiThe 2013 National Champions were Naman Dhanuka and Apratim Chandra Singh from Modern School, Barakhamba Road.
Ahmedabad - Manas Gupta and Yash Goyal, Maharaja Agrasen (Ahmedabad)Bangalore - Shishir U and Aashrith Bharadwaj,St.Paul's English SchoolBhubaneshwar - Ayush Kumar Sinha and Sameer Sekhar, DAV Unit 8Chennai - Navin Sridhar and Saiprasanth, SRDFVVCoimbatore - S.Adhithyan and G.S.Anto Felix Sotvik from GKD Matric.Hr.Sec.School, CoimbatoreDelhi - Prempal Singh and Arnav Sharma of New Era Public School Mayapuri, New DelhiHyderabad - Syed Murtuza Hashmi and Aneesh Kallapur, Chaitanya Jr.CollegeIndore - Pankaj Manchanda and Pratyush S, St.Pauls.Kochi - Sachin and Abhijhit Menon, Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan (Eroor)Kolkata - Aviral Dasgupta and Shubham Agarwal, Loyola School, JamshedpurLucknow - Shubham Kumar and Shashank Shekar,The Avadh SchoolMumbai - Sanyam Satia and Mihir Belgaonkar,DAV Public SchoolNagpur - Aniruddha Morarka and Paritosh Kanhe, Centre Point Katol Rd.Pune - Gyanendra Mishra and Siddharth Agarwal, Army School.UAE - Arpit Raorane and Manas George, The Indian High School, DubaiNational Champions - Prempal Singh and Arnav Sharma, New Era Public School, DelhiNagpur - Rajorshi Gon and Akshay Shukla,Centre Point School, Katol Road(TCS IT Quiz-Rural)Ahmedabad - Manas Gupta and Yash Goyal of Maharaja Agrasen VidyalayaBangalore - Pratheek I and S. Arul Prakash of St. Paul's English SchoolBhubaneswar - Anirban Kundu and Shubham Agarwal of Loyola School, JamshedpurChennai - Aditthya Ramakrishnan and Gokul.T.S of S.B.O.A School and Junior CollegeCochin - Karthik Prakash Nair and Advaitshankar of Loyola School, TrivandrumDelhi - Prempal Singh and Arnav Sharma of New Era MayapuriHyderabad - Syed Murtuza Hashmi and Umair Abdullah of Chaitanya Jr.CollegeKolkata - Kishalay Raj and Avnish Ranjak, Rajendra Vidyalaya, JamshedpurLucknow - Pranshu and Himanshu of Lucknow Public School Sec DMumbai - Krishnav Roy and Ajaykrishnan J of Lokhandwala FoundationPune - Gyanendra Mishra and Rishiraj of Army Public SchoolUAE edition - Shruthi Shreedharan and Kirti Kuchimanchi, Dubai Modern High SchoolNational Winners - Aditthya Ramakrishnan and Gokul T.S. of S.B.O.A School And Junior College, ChennaiAhmedabad - Abhinav Goyal and Anshul Shah, Navrachana, VadodaraBangalore - Radhika Radhakrishnan and Udbhav Tiwari, SBM JainBhubaneswar - Wasim Sajjad and Pratap Singhe, BJB Jr.Chennai - Manikandan and Varun R Sekar, The Hindu Sr. Sec SchoolCochin - Boby Sabu and Tomson George, St Joseph's HSS, PaingottoorCoimbatore - Nithin Vidya Prakash and Srikkanth Sridhar, Stanes, CoonoorDelhi - Prempal and Anshul, New Era Public SchoolHyderabad - Krishna and Rohan, FIITJEEKolkata - Sayantan Bhattacharjee and Debargha Bose, WWA Cossipore Eng SchoolLucknow - Rohit Kashyap and Swapnil Palash, Lucknow Public SchoolMumbai - Ajaykrishnan and Krishnav Roy, Lokhandwala FoundationPune - Priyam Patki and Tejas Deshpande, MMCSNational Winners - Krishna and Rohan, FIITJEE