CHENNAI: Two class 11 students from SBOA School and Junior College won the TCS IT Wiz 2011 national finals conducted on Saturday. Gokul T S and R Aditthya who competed against 12 teams from across India won an Apple Mac Book Pro each.

The runners-up, Pratheek I and S Arul Prakash, from St Paul's English School in Bangalore received an iPhone each. Both the winning teams also received a Blue Ray DVD player, Fastrack watches and personalised coffee mugs from TCS.

Speaking after the quiz competition, CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services N Chandrasekaran said, "All the winners of TCS IT Wiz 2011 can propel India's future growth and prosperity. Events like quizzing are important to create global individuals who can collaborate under pressure as well as compete under the spotlight. The national quest for science and technology knowledge displayed by students across India has been remarkable throughout the competition and validates our belief that India's talent pipeline in this area is only growing."

Students were quizzed on the internet, IT buzzwords and acronyms, IT personalities, brands of IT and communication companies, software products and brands and the history of IT. The rounds included crossword puzzles, visual-based questions, lateral thinking rounds, questions on TCS, the chronology of computing history and a few buzzer rounds. TNN

