Quiz on the Beach® (QoTB)
Quiz on the Beach® (QoTB®), Asia’s largest on-campus business quiz is the flagship quizzing event of T A Pai Management Institute held every year in the first week of January. What started off as an inter-college fest 16 years ago has shaped into the mega event of QoTB® that we witness today. Over the years, QoTB® has successfully developed a unique identity and has gone from strength to strength amplifying its presence across Indian and International Institutes.
QoTB® was conceptualized in the year 2004 with the aim of creating a healthy competitive environment in which students from across the world would contest with teams in different stages of qualifiers, semi-finals, and finals to win the coveted title of QoTB® Champions. Besides bringing together the sharpest student minds, it serves as an opportunity for them to interact, network and more importantly, learn from their colleagues in other top institutes.
With its roots spread across three countries- India, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates, QoTB® has grown exponentially. The 16th edition of QoTB® saw over 6000 participants from 3 countries fighting it out for fame, glory, and a grand cash prize. This year QoTB® has expanded to new cities. The qualifiers were held across 12 Indian cities namely Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Coimbatore, Guwahati, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Manipal, and Bhubaneshwar. To add on to the royal trail, the international qualifiers were held in Singapore and Dubai.
The grand finale took place on the grounds of TAPMI with the renowned quizmaster Giri ‘Pickbrain’ Balasubramaniam hosting the show. QoTB® 2019 witnessed the victory of Preetham Upadhya and Akhil Siddharth from PES University, Bangalore as winners and Shalini Gupta and Vikhyat Muthyala from SIM Global Education, Singapore Institute of Management as runners-up.
| Contact Us
Abhishek Madhavan (Convenor)
Phone:+91 99007 36068
Subramanian K (Co-Convenor)
Phone:+91 74189 12337
Quiz Masters
Giri began his career as a media sales executive in 1992, in 2000, he quit a division of Walt Disney India Pvt. Limited to pursue his passion as a profession. He is also the ‘brain’ behind the Global Awareness Program (GAP), one of India’s first structured knowledge enhancement programs for school children.
A well-traveled man and a voracious reader, he is the author of a fortnightly quiz column in ‘Bangalore Spotlight’, a publication of The Times of India.
Quiz Format
- There will be 7 city qualifiers.
- Two teams from Manipal Qualifier and one team each from the remaining 6 city qualifiers will be advanced to the Grand Finale.
- A total of 8 teams will participate in the Grand Finale.
Rules
- TAPMI QoTBTM is a Business Quiz and is open to full-time students from all disciplines.
- The quiz is open to students from institutes that are affiliated to universities or are universities themselves.
- The quiz is open to institutes that fall under the purview of AICTE or UGC or the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India and other institutes of repute.
- It is NOT open to junior college/foundation students lower than the undergraduate category.
- It is NOT open for teams from courses run by professional associations such as ICAI, ICSI etc. This list is merely indicative and NOT exhaustive.
- Each team should consist of two participants only.
- Both the participants in a team SHOULD belong to the same institute.
- A participant can be part of one team only.
- Individual participants are NOT allowed to take part.
- An institute can send any number of teams to register for the quiz.
- Team composition cannot be changed after the qualifying rounds are conducted.
- There is NO ENTRY FEE
- Once registered, organizers have the right to communicate with the teams, from time to time,any information regarding the quiz.
- The organizers retain the right to make any changes to the event, its format, date, rules and in any matter related to this event, at any time before or in the course of the event.
- The decision of the organizers and Quiz Master will be final and binding on all issues related to QoTB and no correspondence in this regard would be entertained.
- Disputes, if any, are subject to jurisdiction of Udupi district, Karnataka.
- The usage of cell phones, laptops, tablets or any electronic devices during the quiz is strictly prohibited. Any individual or team found using the same would be disqualified.
- All participants are required to carry a valid college/institution photo ID to the venue without which participation will NOT be allowed.
- By entering the event venue and/or participating in the quiz, the attendees permit themselves to be photographed/video-graphed/recorded by electronic and print mediums for telecast/publication and other display usage of the organizers.
- Eatables are not allowed inside the venues where the city qualifiers are being conducted.
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