Dharamsala: Beating young fellow quizzers at a competition held to mark the ‘Tourism Week’ celebration, Ankush Rana and Sourav Kaundal of Green Field Public School, Nagrota were declared winners after five rounds of structured questioning.
Ayush Sharma and Aditya Sharma of Gurukul Senior Secondary School, Dharamsala did the winners a run for their money but finished second. Shelly Thakur and Suchetan Pathania of DAV School, Palampur were placed third.
The Himachal School Quiz Competition was organized by Himachal Pradesh Central University at Shahpur, near Dharamsala today.
School that participated included Gurukul Senior Secondary School, Dharmasala; Green field Public School Nagrota; Government Senior Secondary School, Shahpur; DAV School Palampur; Himalayan Public School, Nagrota; Our Own English School, Shahpur; and New Era Public School Chhatdi.
The prize distribution ceremony is to be held on 26th September.
Arvind Sharma is an award winning bi-lingual journalist with more than 20 years of experience.
He has worked with Divya Himachal, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhasker, Vir Partap, Ajit and PTI.
In 2010, he was conferred the Himachal Kesri journalism award. He reports on the Tibetan Government in Exile, politics, sports, tourism and other topics. He lives in Dharamshala.
