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 21^st Century Skills
• Mihir Apte from Pune outperforms
• Only student from the region to make it to the winner’s list

INDIA: 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 3^rd 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. Mihir Apte, from the Orchid School Pune outperforms showing exceptional Communication Skills & awareness about Global Citizenship. Becomes the only student from the region to enter the winner’s list.

PSBB Group of Schools from Chennai bags the Group School Excellence Award along with Ryan Group of Schools, recognizing the superior performance of their students

The winners and finalists were awarded exciting cash prizes, new age toys, trophies, certificates, books, and subscriptions.

Complete list given 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 4^th 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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January 27, 2021