Teams from IIT Madras win at quiz
Students from IIT Madras secured the top two positions at the national 'Electron Quiz 2026-27' organized by NTPC. The competition involved over 1,100 teams across nine regional locations.
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This highlights academic excellence and industry-academia engagement between major Indian technical institutes and public sector utilities.
A team from IIT Madras emerged as the national champions at ‘Electron Quiz 2026-27’ conducted by NTPC, a Maharatna company of the Government of India and India’s largest integrated power utility.
The grand finale saw Advik Kabra and Ashish Cherian Thannickal of IIT Madras emerge as the national champions, while Sreeram Madhavan V. and Ishaan Joshi of IIT Madras and Waqar Moid and Parth Arya Bhat of IIT Kanpur secured the second and third positions respectively. The winning team was awarded ₹1,00,000, while the teams that came second and third received ₹60,000 and ₹40,000 respectively. Anil Kumar Jadli, director (HR), NTPC congratulated the winners.
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