RBI school quiz
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 06 2014:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has organised the third edition of All India RBI Inter School Quiz contest at Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Imphal on Wednesday.
Conveying it in a press release, Imphal is one of the 62 centres where RBI has decided to conduct such quiz programme in this year and the quiz was conducted by Quiz Master Pradeep Atmaram from the renowned Greycaps India Pvt.
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Altogether 48 teams from 23 schools have participated in the contest, it said and added that the objective of the quiz programme is to build a 'connect' between the Reserve Bank and the young student community across the country so as to disseminate financial literary extensively and also to recognise and encourage the bright students on a national platform, it added.
SS Barik, Regional Director, RBI Guwahati inaugurated the programme in the presence of over 400 audiences comprising teachers, parents, students of various schools.
The Director of the JN Manipur Dance Academy L Upendra Sharma also graced the occasion while Sainik School Imphal represented by Master Md Umar Faruk and Master Soumyajit Saha won the contest.
On becoming the winner from Imphal, they will represent Manipur in Zonal Finals which is scheduled to be held at Kolkata.