It was a battle of wits and quick thinking as 14 Schools from across the country came together for the much-anticipated Mayoor Invitational Quiz Competition held on Thursday, 29th August 24. Shri Pradeep Dharamapalan, the famous Journalist, Copywriter and Radio Newscaster conducted the Final Round of the Quiz which comprised six teams. The Preliminary Rounds of the Quiz were conducted by Quiz Master Ms. Sonia Minocha and covered a wide range of subjects.

 

Cambridge Court High School, Jaipur lifted the beautifully carved MIQ Trophy entirely designed in-house.

 

Mayoor School, Ajmer and Jaishree Periwal Global School, Jaipur were jointly declared the First Runners-up.

The Mayoor Invitational Debates and Quiz culminated on Saturday, 31st August 24 with a captivating showcase of rhetoric and arguments. The Final Round featured a face-off between Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur and Scindia School, Gwalior, a match-up determined after multiple rounds of debates, including the Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals, which were equally engaging.

 

The success of the mega event lied in the fact that fourteen schools from across the length and breadth of the country vied for the aesthetically carved and indigenously designed teak wood Debates and Quiz trophies.

 

Jaishree Periwal High School were declared the winners after the well-contested Final Round of the Debate on the topic "This House regrets the Human Desire to leave behind a Legacy".

 

Tanish Agarwal of Scindia School, Gwalior was adjudged the Overall Best Speaker with Ivy Khali of Mayo College Girls School and Rishank Gupta of IPHS being declared the most Promising Speakers. The Chief Guest of the Closing Ceremony Shri Navneet Mathur, well known Entrepreneur and Business Scaling Up Coach, gave away the prizes and also made an instant connect with the audience through his power packed speech.

 

The Principal, Shri Sanjay Khati, emphasized the importance of developing the ability to deliberate and transform imperfections into strengths, highlighting these as essential 21st Century Skills that Mayoor is committed to instilling in its students.

 

The event's convener, Smt. Karuna Tandon, also congratulated and thanked all the participating teams for their enthusiastic involvement.