Basavaraj and Madhu Preetha, representing St. Joseph’s College, Bengaluru, bagged the first prize at the tenth annual Climate and Environment Science quiz organised by the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, at J.N. Tata Auditorium, recently.

Sriya and Aishwarya representing Academy for Climate Change from Kerala and Diksha and Ayushi from Maharani’s College, Mysuru, won the second and third prizes respectively.

According to the organisers, the aim of the quiz was to create awareness, enlighten and educate the youth about the perils of climate change. As many as 1,200 participants from 80 institutions took part in the day-long event.

Anurag Kumar, Director, Indian Institute of Science, who was the chief guest, distributed prizes and certificates to the winning teams, with a cash prize of ₹10,000 and a trophy, ₹6,000 and ₹4,000 respectively.