TCS iON Announces Winners of the 3rd Edition of its IntelliGem Contest

  • Tata Consultancy Services’ Contest that is Structured as a Test, Helps Young Learners Develop 21st Century Skills 
  • Devi Kashyap makes Hyderabad proud
  • Only student from the region to make it to the winner list. Excels in value awareness

January 27, 2021: TCS iON™, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, announced the winners of the Grand Finale of the 3rd edition of the TCS iON IntelliGem contest.

TCS iON IntelliGem helps students gain 21st century skills through a contest format. It was conducted for students of Grades 5 to 9 in three stages – qualifiers, pre-finals and a national-level Grand Finale. To ensure student safety, TCS iON IntelliGem went fully online this year and witnessed participation from schools across over 180 cities from 27 states of India.

Of the 50 students who made it to the Grand Finale, 10 emerged winners. The winners and finalists were awarded exciting cash prizes, new age toys, trophies, certificates, books and subscriptions.

Devi Kashyap, from Meridian high school was the only student emerging as a winner from Hyderabad. Complete list mentioned below:

Contest Topic

Winner

Category

School

Universal Values

Devi Kashyap

Senior

Grade 9, Meridian School For Boys And Girls, Hyderabad

Universal Values

Zoha Farheen

Junior

Grade 6, Presidency School, Kasturinagar, Bangalore

Global Citizenship

Saicharan S

Senior

Grade 8, National Hill View Public School,
R R Nagar, Bangalore

Global Citizenship

Mihir Apte

Junior

Grade 6, The Orchid School, Pune

Communication Skills

Naina Bagchi

Senior

Grade 9, Suncity School, Gurgaon

Communication Skills

Mihir Apte

Junior

Grade 6, The Orchid School, Pune

Creativity & Innovation

Vrishab Venkataraghavan

Senior

Grade 9, PSBB Sr. Sec. School, Nungambakkam, Chennai

Creativity & Innovation

Jyotsna V Vadivel

Junior

Grade 5, Presidency school, Rt Nagar, Bengaluru

Financial Literacy

Vrishab Anurag Venkataraghavan

Senior

Grade 9, PSBB Sr. Sec. School, Nungumbakkam, Chennai

Financial Literacy

Kritika Rakhecha

Junior

Grade 6, National Hill View Public School,
R R Nagar, Bangalore


Venguswamy Ramaswamy, Global Head, TCS iON, said, “At TCS iON, our objective is to enable educational institutions to integrate the necessary life skills in their curriculum and drive focus on 21st century readiness. Watching these young, bright minds showcasing their preparedness at a national platform assures us that our initiative has laid the foundation for future leaders, in its true sense. We believe these young gems have the potential to go on to become impactful nation builders in an exciting and challenging world.”

Registrations for the 4th edition (2021-22) of the contest are open from today. Schools across the country can register for the contest on intelligem.tcsion.com

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