9th All Kerala Vidya-Rotary Quiz Competition held
The 9th edition of the Vidya–Rotary All Kerala Inter Collegiate Quiz (Quest 2017) was held in the College on 16 August 2017. The event was jointly organized by the Rotaract Club of the College, Rotary Club of Kunnamkulam and Inner Wheel Club of Kunnamkulam. The competition was held in two stages. The first stage was held, with Rotarian PHF Dr. Harikrishnan as the Quiz master (PHF is an abbreviation used by Rotary Club to denote Paul Harris Fellow), as a written round in which as many as 47 teams from different institutions in Kerala took part. Six teams were qualified for participating in the second and final round. The following were the teams which qualified for the final round:
- Nandhu Ashok (MITS, Cochin) and Arun Ghosh (Govt. Medical College, Thrissur)
- Abdul Wahid P A (Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad) and Deepak Nandakumar (Govt. Medical College, Thrissur)
- Sreeram Madhav (Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Thrissur)
- Harikrishnan (Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur) and Akhilesh P (Muthoot College, Cochin)
- Akhil Ghosh (Govt. Engineering College, Kozhikode) and Ashlyin (Govt Medical College, Thrissur)
- Sayooj Sojan (Vidya Academy of Science & Technology) and Neeraj T (Govt Engineering College, Thrissur
The following teams cornered the glory of securing the first, second and third positions in the final round:
First : Abdul Wahid P A (Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad) and Deepak Nandakumar (Govt. Medical College, Thrissur)
Second : Nandhu Ashok (MITS, Cochin) and Arun Ghosh (Govt. Medical College, Thrissur)
Third : Harikrishnan (Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur) and Akhilesh P (Muthoot College, Cochin)
The valedictory session of the competitions was presided over by Rotarian Dr. Shaji P S, President, Rotary Club of Kunnamkulam. Er. G Mohanachandran, Executive Director, Vidya International Charitable Trust, was the Guest of Honour. Rotarian Baby A M, Director, Rotary International District 3201, gave away the prizes for the winners. Dr. Renu, President, Inner Wheel Club of Kunnamkulam, Rotarian K Balan, Organizing Secretary, Quest2017, Rotarian Dr. K Mukesh, Organizing Chairman, Quest 2017, Rotarian K V Anandan, Treasurer, Rotary Club of Kunnamkulam, and staff and students of Vidya Academy of Science and Technology attended the function.