OREANDA-NEWS. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions firm, has announced the dates for the TCS IT Wiz 2013. This year, through the TCS IT Wiz, the hunt for smart Tech Wizard will be held in 14 locations across the country — Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Pune.

The event is open to all school students studying in class 8-12 (including pre-university or junior college students). There is no entry fee. Each institution is allowed to send multiple teams of two-members each to participate.

The Hyderabad edition of TCS IT Wiz 2013 will be held on Tuesday, July 30, at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Basheerbagh. The Ahmedabad edition of the event will be held on Friday, August 2, at Town Hall, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad. The Bangalore edition of TCS IT Wiz 2013 will be held on Thursday, August 8, at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Vyalikaval (Near Sankey Tank), Bangalore.

The winners of the Tech Wizard from each of these 14 locations will contest for the ‘Smart Tech Wizard 2013’ title in the mega finals to be held in December. The winners of the UAE team will also compete in this mega finals for title.

Entries have to be sent through the respective institutions on or before July 25 to TCS IT Wiz Coordinator, Tata Consultancy Services, Plot No 1, Software Units Layout, Madhapur, Hyderabad - 500081, Andhra Pradesh, India. For further details contact: 09705391007 or can register online: www.tcsitwiz.com. You can also follow us on Twitter: @TCSITWiz

TCS IT Wiz Format: The written prelims are a common set of 20 questions for all the teams at the venue. Questions are in the oral, visual and audiovisual form. Participants will answer the preliminary written round on pre-printed answer sheets given by TCS.

Final: The top six teams from the written prelim will qualify for final. Only the top scoring team from each school will be called on stage in the event of multiple teams from the same school qualify for the final. The winner from these 6 teams will compete in the Mega Finals to be held in December.

The 2013 TCS IT Wiz Regional champion will walk away with an iPad each while the runners-up will be rewarded a tablet along with a specially designed winner’s trophy and the runner’s up trophy. The six finalists will also receive an array of prizes from TCS ranging from Double Duffle gym bag, headphones, USB pen drive, notebook speakers, and more.

The regional finals will also have a Twitter contest for all the participants and two winners will receive a notebook speaker each.

Subject: The quiz will focus on applications of information technology across various sectors such as world of internet and unique web sites, IT buzzwords and acronyms, IT personalia — international, national and local, advertisements of IT and communication companies, software products and brands, history of IT as well as the humorous side of IT. The quiz will also cover areas where IT has made an impact — education, entertainment, books, multimedia, music, movies, internet, banking, advertising, sports, gaming, social networking, blogging, cell phones, etc.