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Saevus magazine, the country’s foremost nature and wildlife magazine, in association with Rotary Clubs across the country brings the SAEVUS ECO ACHIEVERS QUIZ, Powered by Skybags and Hemchand Mahindra Foundation as conservation partner. Teams of three comprising students from standards 5th, 6th and 7th standards will be taking part in the quiz championing the cause of the natural world!
The Eco-Achievers Quiz is a hugely successful and the first of its kind programme run by Saevus magazine celebrating its vision of ‘conservation through appreciation’ with an aim to develop a strong environmental consciousness among schoolchildren. The theme of the quiz is “Juxta” whereby the students are questioned about nature and wildlife related topics from all walks of life like literature, science, movies, mythology etc.
The quiz is being organized in association with Rotary Clubs in 40 plus cities in the country between September and January. City rounds will be conducted from August to December. The winners from these city rounds will be pitted against each other in the national finale to be held in Feb 2019. The winner, first runner-up and second runner-up teams from each of the city rounds will be given trophies, certificates and backpacks from Skybags. Winners in the national finale will be winning cash prizes from Skybags besides many other goodies.
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General Information |
- There is no participation fee for the programme.
- Each school can send in three teams. This team will consist of one student each from standards V, VI and VII respectively.
- All teams from one school has to be accompanied by one teacher.
- Travel arrangements to and from the venue has to be done by schools.
- Parents and fellow students are welcome to watch the quiz. However, schools are requested to check with the local organizers regarding the availability of seating space.
- The quiz master's decision will be final and cannot be contested.
- Prizes will be distributed during the final felicitation programme after the quiz is completed.
- Images for the quiz can be downloaded from EcoAchievers website(EcoAchievers.in) two weeks after the quiz has been conducted.
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Format - 2019 |
City Rounds : 40
- In all major cities for 2019-2020 season 40-50 schools participate from each city and the Winner and Runner-up teams qualify for the National Round
National Round: 1
- To be held in one of the Metropolitan city.
Each school sends one team of 3 students from Middle school.
The quiz will have two rounds.
Round 1: Elimination Round of 30 Minutes consisting of Yes/No Questions
Round 2: On stage round:
- Buzzer, Audio-visual, Rapid fire based on the Core Theme of Nature , Wildlife, Environment & Conservation
- Questions merged with more popular subjects like Sports, Movies, Literature, Music: “Juxta” theme
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List of Cities |
South Zone: Trivandrum, Mysore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Vijaywada, Cochin, Bengaluru
West Zone: Ahmedabad, Belagavi, Goa, Pune, Surat, Thane, Mumbai I, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai II
Central Zone: Indore, Nagpur, Bhopal, Amravati
North Zone:Jodhpur, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur ,Udaipur, Faridabad, Gurugram, Ajmer, Gwalior
East Zone: Kolkata, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Burdwan, Puri, Purulia, Guwahati, Ranchi, Patna
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Prizes |
The allocation of prizes will be as follows:
- Eco-Achiever Winner (Trophy & certificate)
- Eco-Achiever 1st Runner-up(trophy & certificate)
- Eco-Achiever 2nd Runner-up(trophy & certificate
- Consolation prizes
- Audience prizes
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- Backpacks from VIP Skybags, Winner and Runner-up teams
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| City Schedule 2019 - 2020 |
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| Surat |
September 03, 2019 |
| Mysore |
September 24, 2019 |
| Cohin |
September 28, 2019 |
| Varanasi |
October 04, 2019 |
| Vijayawada |
October 12, 2019 |
| Navi Mumbai |
October 13, 2019 |
| Jodhpur |
October 19, 2019 |
| Gurugram |
October 24, 2019 |
| Trivandrum |
November 01, 2019 |
| Nagpur |
November 02, 2019 |
| Delhi |
November 07, 2019 |
| Chandigarh |
November 08, 2019 |
| Bengaluru |
November 09, 2019 |
| Belagavi |
November 13, 2019 |
| Nashik |
November 16, 2019 |
| Puri |
November 16, 2019 |
| Goa |
November 16, 2019 |
| Bhubaneshwar |
November 17, 2019 |
| Bhopal |
November 17, 2019 |
| Hyderabad |
November 17, 2019 |
| Ahmedabad |
November 19, 2019 |
| Guwahati |
November 22, 2019 |
| Thane |
November 23, 2019 |
| Patna |
November 23, 2019 |
| Chennai |
November 30, 2019 |
| Indore |
November 30, 2019 |
| Lucknow |
December 01, 2019 |
| Ranchi |
December 03, 2019 |
| Burdwan |
December 07, 2019 |
| Purulia |
December 08, 2019 |
| Faridabad |
December 10, 2019 |
| Mumbai 1 |
December 13, 2019 |
| Kolkata |
December 14, 2019 |
| Durgapur |
December 14,2019 |
| Amritsar |
December 18,2019 |
| Mumbai 2 |
December 21,2019 |
| Udaipur |
January 10,2019 |
| Pune |
January 10,2019 |
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| Quizmasters |
RAJIB SANYAL
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He has hosted more than 2500 quizzes during the period spanning more than two and a half decades for many leading schools and educational institutions, for corporate entities, chambers of commerce, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Department of Post and Telegraph, at IITF, PragatiMaidan, New Delhi, for Ministry of Finance, Health Quiz for Ministry of Health and Family Planning, The Times NIE Quiz, and so on. His Quiz Book titled ‘Quiz Express’ from ParulPrakashanihas been published and he is presently writing two more books for a reputed publishing house. Besides hosting quizzes, he is also into mentoring &delivering motivational seminars for schools, colleges & corporates. |
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RAJIV D’SILVA
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Rajiv D'Silva is an architect who lives and works in Goa. He has won competitive quizzes all over the country, prominent among them being the Tata Crucible National Finals in 2010 and the Karnataka Quiz Association Open Sesame Quiz in 2011. He is a co-founder of Goa’s Sunday Evening Quiz Club and has served as quizmaster for more than 200 quizzes, including the annual Navhind Times School Quiz, the Goa Management Association BizQuiz, the Times of India College Quiz, the Backwaters Quiz at IIM-Kozhikode, the Quark Open Quiz at BITS-Goa and the Oasis Quiz at BITS-Pilani. He is also the Hon. Secretary of the Goa Bird Conservation Network. |
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VRUSHAL PENDHARKAR
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Vrushal is a freelance Science and Environment writer & journalist working with media publications like Firstpost, The Wire, Indiabioscience etc. He has undergone field naturalist training and worked extensively in this capacity with leading names like Camp Forktail Creek and TajSafaris. |
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BHAVNA MENON
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Bhavna Menon graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Arts from Delhi and later moved to Mumbai to pursue her post-graduate studies in Journalism. She is currently employed with Last Wilderness Foundation, an NGO working towards wildlife conservation. |
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AISHWARYA SHRIDHAR
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Writer, poet, amateur wildlife photographer & filmmaker and passionate conservationist, Aishwarya is a 22-year-old mass media graduate. She has been awarded the Sanctuary Asia's Young Naturalist Award and is the youngest girl to receive it. Recently was awarded, the International Camera Fair Award for the Youngest Female Photographer in Nature And Conservation Photography. Her articles, poems and images have been published in the Sanctuary Asia, BBC Wildlife, Saevus, Guardian and other magazines. She won the Young Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2018-in the ''It’s a Small World'' Category and her image was showcased at The Photography Show at NEC, Birmingham, early March 2018. A promotional short she had directed titled ''Jewel of Vidarbha'' was a finalist at the 14th Pune International Film Festival in the MTDC section.
Her first documentary ''Panje-The Last Wetland'' was aired on DD National and was nominated for the Best Documentary at the 9th Jagran Film Festival 2018. |
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SHRAVAN KANCHAN
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30+ years of expertise from the relem of teaching and conducting Live Shows, I bring about srides of transformation in the remit of corporate & education to cultivate change, vision, judgement and responsibility amonst all. My teaching career of 22 years at Daly College has given me a exposure to a global education scenarios.
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LEENA MUTHALALI
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A Soft skills & Leadership Trainer, public speaker, avid Toastmaster, mentor to aspiring public speakers, who also likes to moonlight as MC/Quiz master sometimes. |
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DAANISH SHASTRI
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Daanish Shastri is an aspiring filmmaker currently living in Delhi. His passion for wildlife came from his parents who have been traveling with him to numerous jungles across the country since he was six months old. Daanish has been an avid wildlife photographer over the years and has won a number of awards like Sanctuary Asia Wildlife Photographer of the year and Canon Wild Clicks to name a few. The ex-environment secretary of the Delhi University Students' Union, Daanish has made conservation a way of life and hopes that he can use his profession in the field of mass media for the greater good! |
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| National Winners |
| WINNER SCHOOL |
1ST RUNNER-UP |
2ND RUNNER-UP |
| PSBB T Nagar, Chennai. |
Centre Point School, Dhaba, Nagpur |
Delhi Public School, Bhopal |
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| Rushil Chandrasekar - STD V |
Ahaan Thakur - STD V |
Aarush Shrivastava - STD V |
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| S.Arnav - STD VI |
Yukta Singh - STD VI |
Ameya V Som - STD VI |
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| Pranav A Gautm - STD VII |
Manas Singh - STD VII |
Dhairya Garg - STD VII |
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| Zonal Round Winners |
| Zone |
WINNER SCHOOL |
1ST RUNNER-UP |
2ND RUNNER-UP |
| South |
PSBB T Nagar, Chennai. |
DAV Boys School, Mogappair Chennai. |
Holy Angels School, Trivandrum. |
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| North |
Delhi Public School, Bhopal. |
MVN School Sector 17 Faridabad. |
Seth MR Jaipuria School, Lucknow. |
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| East |
Trinity Global School, Patna. |
Delhi Public School, Kalinga, Bhubaneswar. |
MC Kejriwal Vidhyapeeth, Kolkata. |
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| West |
Udayachal School, Mumbai |
Centre Point School, Dhaba, Nagpur |
Pragnya Bodhini High School, Mumbai |
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City Round Winners |
| City |
WINNER SCHOOL |
1ST RUNNER-UP |
2ND RUNNER-UP |
| Surat |
Ryan international school |
Lok bharti school |
P R Khatiwala school |
| Hardik Chaudhary |
Tanishq Bothra |
Vrushit Patel |
| Kevin Solanki |
Preet Patel |
Tanish Kapadia |
| Poornima Raki |
Annu Moriya |
Prasoon Mehta |
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| Mysore |
Excel Public School |
Excel Public School |
Huda Central School |
| Niharika Chandan |
Suhas Gowda |
Afreen Khanum |
| Vaishnav Rajeev |
Sameer Murtaza |
Areej Manna |
| Aditya Rao |
Akanksha Poovaiah |
Syeda Zara |
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| Cochin |
Bhavans Girinagar |
Bhavans Kakkanad |
Bhavans Elamakkara |
| Kiran Thomas Tyson |
Anirudh Prasad |
Aman B Manoj |
| Tarun Thomas Tyson |
Raihan Thomas |
Soorya Neeraj |
| Shree Shankar |
Ardhra Arunkumar |
Sunandh P Menon |
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| Varanasi |
Little Flower School |
Sunbeam School,
Annapurna, Varanasi |
Central Hindu Boys
School, Kamachha,
Varanasi |
| Ayan Raza Khan |
Anshika Singh |
Satrujeet Rana |
| Raj Dwivedi |
Agrim Upadhyay |
Sanidhya |
| Harshit Dwivedi |
Animesh Srivastava |
Utkarsh Agrahari |
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| Vijayawada |
VPS Public School |
Nirmala High School |
ICON Public School |
| G.Neha |
D. Hamsini |
B.Vamsi Siddartha |
| D.S.S. Dhyanesh |
G.K.R.V.Koushik |
V. Manaswini |
| M.S.K. Teja |
M.Tharshith |
T.manusree |
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| Navi Mumbai |
New Horizon Public School, Airoli |
Apeejay School, Khargary |
Podar International School, Nerul |
| Akash Korde |
Nalin |
Riddhi |
| Shaurya Yadav |
Tejas |
Hari |
| Sarthak Lambat |
Aryan |
Mudakar |
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| Jodhpur |
Mayoor Chopasni School |
Bodhi International School |
Alma Matter School |
| Somil Bhandari |
Ayaan Kanungo |
Nikunj Agarwal |
| Aarnav Satyani |
Prakhar Pareek |
Lakshya Raj Singh |
| Nishita Mathur |
Lakshya Kalla |
Ujjwal Vadhar |
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| Gurgaon |
Shalom Presidency School |
Delhi Public School, Sec45 |
Scottish High International School |
| Rivaan Sharma |
Arghy Shravasti |
Rian Sanghi |
| Vatsal Srivastava |
Hridhaan Jagodia |
Spandan Yadav |
| Krishna Mishra |
Aryan Garoo |
Nihal S Bajwa |
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| Trivandrum |
St. Thomas Residential School |
Holy Angels ISC School |
Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom Shift II |
| Ryan Mathew |
Akshaya Pradeep |
Aadish Banerjee |
| Abhirami Balasubramanian |
Akshara Sankar |
Aman Arun |
| Govind Krishnan |
Johanna Esther |
Rehan S |
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| Nagpur |
Centre point school Dabha |
Centre point school Wardhaman Nagar |
Centre point school Katol Road |
| Yukta Singh |
Adya Girhe |
Urvi Bagdi |
| Manas Singh |
Jumana Gulzar |
Hardik Basantwani |
| Aahan Thakur |
Taskin Chimthanawala |
Mohd.Nashit |
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| Delhi |
Tagore international school |
Hopehall Foundation school |
The khaitan school |
| Saisha Agarwal |
Alprince |
Pratyush Singh |
| Khushi Seth |
Mahibah |
Rishika Agarwal |
| Shubhangi |
Yatharth |
Abhivira Singh |
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| Contact us |
If you wish your school to participate in the current edition of the Eco-Achievers Quiz
contact us at +91(022) 49742301 / 302 or write to us at saevus.ecoachievers@gmail.com
Please mention the subject line as Eco Achievers Quiz
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