Shantanu Sudarshan and Shravan Balaji, Class VIII students of PSBB Millennium School, Gerugambakkam, walked away with the awards in the Chennai regional finals of The Hindu Young World quiz in the senior category on Saturday.
Magizhan Natarajan and Vishnu Muthiah, of Class VI, in PSBB Millennium School, OMR, won in the junior category.
Conducted by V.V. Ramanan, the quiz had over 550 participants.
The senior category saw 166 teams competing to get into the finals. Teams from PSBB Senior Secondary School, T. Nagar and Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School, Puducherry came second and third respectively.
In the junior category, there were 112 teams in the preliminary round, and six of them made it to the finals. A team from Head Start Learning Centre came second, and the PSBB Senior Secondary School team, third. The quiz was Powered by Eveready. Knowledge Partner: Arrow Publications; Associate Sponsor: Integrated and Hachette Publications; Regional Sponsor: CK College of Engineering and Technology Cuddalore; Venue Sponsor: Anna Adarsh College for Women; Beverage Partner: Aachi Water; SnackPartner: Anil; Sweet Sponsor: Satyam Snacks and sweets.; The National Gift Sponsor: Fantom Bikes for the seniors. Regional Gift Sponsors: Just Buy Cycles for the juniors. Other sponsors: GM Pens; WarHorse; Kiddy Kuts; Balam Pichkari and Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital.
