NIE South wins Mysuru edition of TCS TechBytes
IT quiz conducted by TCS and BITES tested students’ knowledge of emerging technologies
Mysuru : Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) and the Board for IT Education Standards (BITES) an autonomous body promoted by the Government of Karnataka, announced the winners of the Mysuru Regional Finals of the 15th edition of TCS TechBytes.
Winner: Ayush P – NIE South, Mysuru
Runner-up: Aditya J. Shetty – R.N.S. Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
TCS presented gift vouchers worth Rs 12,000 to the winner and the runner-up received vouchers worth Rs 10,000. All finalists were awarded gift vouchers. Dr BG Naresh Kumar, the Principal of the Maharaja Institute of Technology, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The winner will go on to represent Mysuru at the State Finals which will be held in Bengaluru on the 5th of April.
Students from the Mysuru region underwent a preliminary written test, from which the top six students qualified for an interactive quiz. The quiz had five segments – Tech Dashboard, Tech Recognition, Data World, Tech Connections, and Generative Insights – testing the students’ technology acumen.
Sunil Deshpande, Regional Head, TCS Bengaluru, said “TCS TechBytes is a great opportunity for students to keep pace with evolving technology trends. We are impressed with the performance of the finalists who have demonstrated their passion for continuous learning.”
Prof S Sadagopan, Chairman, of BITES, said, “TCS TechBytes builds a culture of excellence, which is vital in today’s competitive environment. We are proud to partner with TCS in this important initiative as it provides students across Karnataka a platform to expand their tech knowledge.”
TCS TechBytes is a campus outreach program that strives to provide a better understanding of IT to students of all streams of engineering, to enable them to compete in a technology-intensive industry. The Regional Finals of TCS TechBytes are being conducted across six cities in Karnataka – Mangaluru, Mysuru, Kalaburagi, Dharwad, Tumakuru, and Bengaluru.