IIM Calcutta Retains Top Spot in B-school Quizzing Arena, Wins Acumen 2008 National Finals

IIM Calcutta Retains Top Spot in B-school Quizzing Arena, Wins Acumen 2008 National Finals

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) retained the top spot in the B-school quizzing arena by winning the Acumen 2008 National Quiz.

Represented by Ram Shankar and Shobhit Bhatnagar, the IIM-C Team, winners of the East Zone Finals, met their counterparts from SIBM Pune, IBS Bangalore and IIM Lucknow in the final showdown that was hosted on Saturday, December 13 at the Taj Palace in Delhi. Initially scheduled to be on November 29 at the Taj Mahal in Mumbai, the event was postponed and relocated after the terrorist attacks at that hotel.

Acumen has been a highly reputed annual quiz show since its inception. This year's edition was hosted by Harsha Bhogle, who also hosted the four zonal finals at Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.

IIM-C, defending champions of the title, have been the East Zone Champions in every edition of Acumen Quiz till date. After this year's performance, they have emerged as the undisputed national leaders in quizzing among B-schools.

The Eastern Zonal Finals, hosted at the IIM Calcutta campus, saw participation from leading business schools in this region such as IIM-C, IIT Kharagpur, IIFT Kolkata and Praxis Business School, Kolkata. A hard-fought battle saw IIM-C coming out on top.

In sharp contrast, the East Zone winners found the finals a relative cake-walk, winning the quiz with 130 points as against 50 points obtained by the first runner-up. "A lot has got to do with the culture out there. Each of the colleges we faced in the East Zone finals was a potential national champion," says Ram, a first year student in IIM-C's post graduate management programme.

IIM-C has a very dynamic and enthusiastic quiz club (called ICQC - IIM-C Quiz Club), well-respected by its peers in and around the city. Its members have won various awards over the last few years on all levels of quizzing. "The quizzing culture at IIM Calcutta is one of the best in the country. The regular quizzing sessions by ICQC help keep our interest alive, even in highly competitive academic environments such as this," says Shobhit, who is also in the first year of the PG management programme.

Acumen is a venture by Business Today, and sponsored by the Aditya Birla Group.

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Contributed by -
Paul Savio,
External Relations Secretary,
IIM Calcutta.

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