MES Indian School and Bhavan’s Public School (BPS) teams clinched top honours in the fifth Inter-School competition organised by Millennium Kids, an expatriate social group at the Doha Modern Indian School recently.
The winning teams in the junior section
The questions in the annual event are based entirely on Kerala and covers a host of topics associated with the southern Indian state.
The competition “Keralam, Namude Keralam” was held in both senior and junior categories.
MES Indian School teams bagged the top two spots in juniors and Birla Public School clinched the first and second positions in the seniors.
According to the organisers, more than 700 students participated in the preliminary rounds, representing nine Indian schools in Qatar.
Sixty eight students in the juniors section and 44 seniors qualified for the semi-finals.
Eight teams from each category vied for the honours in the finals.
Taj Aluva was the quizmaster.
Pallavi Sudhakaran welcomed the gathering prior to the commencement of the quiz. MT Nilambur, VKM Kutty and Najma Naseer were present as the expert panel members. The audience was also allowed a special round of questions with several prizes.
Megha Manoj proposed a vote of thanks.
The organisers said the prizes would be given away at a function to be held at the Indian Cultural Centre on June 14.
Results: Juniors: 1 Deepak Sajikumar/Devika Unni (MES Indian School), 2: Ziyad Ibrahim/Abdul Rahman (MES Indian School), 3. Milan Thomas/Godwin Davis (Birla Public School), 4:Adila Jaleel/Ashmi Ameen (Shanti Niketan Indian School). Seniors: 1. Irene Ann Varghese/Checha Susan Mathew (Birla Public School), 2. Jerry Thomas/Sumith Sebastian (Birla Public School), 3.Aswini Raveendran/ Nidhi Radhakrishnan (MES Indian School).