Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur felicitates Fit India Quiz State Round Winners, gives away over Rs 2cr as prize money

The Honourable Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Information and Broadcasting Shri Anurag Singh Thakur on July 21 felicitated 72 students from 36 states and UTs, who are winners of Fit India Quiz State Rounds and will now participate in the final round that will be telecast on Star Sports.

The Fit India Quiz, which is a first-of-its-kind national-level quiz exclusively on sports and fitness, saw participation of 36,299 students from more than 13,500 schools across the country in the preliminary rounds and had a total of 360 selected schools across the country compete in the State Rounds. The winners of the state rounds were given cash awards at a glittering function in Mumbai. The schools from which the winners have made it to the finals were also given cash rewards.

Speaking to the students at the function Shri. Thakur said, “You are not just representing 36 states and Union Territories today. You are those 72 students among 1.3 billion Indians who are now Ambassadors of sports and fitness. The amount of knowledge you posses about sports and fitness, very few people in this country have that.” He went on to motivate the students further by saying, “You are the future of the country and I am sure that you will contribute greatly to Azadi ka Amrit Kaal, the 75 years that begin after our 75th year of Independence, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.”

The 36 winning teams (2 students in each team) of the state rounds and their school representatives were on Thursday given prize money for being the State Round Champions, with the School being awarded Rs 2,50,000 and the two students being rewarded Rs. 12,500 each. The total amounting to over Rs 2 Cr was released for the prize money on the day itself.

Further, for the National Rounds, the champion school will receive – Rs 25 lakh, Rs 2.5 lakh for two students (1.25 lakh each), 1st runner up will get 15 lakh (school) and 1.5 lakh (75k for each student) and 2nd runner up will get 10 lakhs (school), 1 lakh (50k each student).

The 36 State Round Champions who will compete in the national finals are;

1) ANDAMAN NICOBAR – KAZI RYAN HOSSAIN & AYNUL HAYAT -NAVY CHILDREN SCHOOL, SOUTH ANDAMAN

2) ANDHRA PRADESH – B GURU PRASAD & A MANI – MJPAPBCWR SCHOOL , CHITTOOR

3) ARUNACHAL PRADESH -KUSAL KUMAR SONAR & SONAM WANGE – KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA TENGAVALLEY , WEST KAMENG

4) ASSAM – PRAGAN PRATIM SHARMA & MANALI ROY – TEZPUR SCIENCE ACADEMY , SONITPUR

5) BIHAR – MOHIT RANJAN & AASHISH RANJAN – JAY PRATAP SINGH PUBLIC SCHOOL , SAHARSA

6) CHANDIGARH – JIYA TAKEJA & YATHARTH RATTI – BHAVAN VIDYALAYA CHANDIGARH , CHANDIGARH

7) CHHATTISGARH – MANAN SETHIA & ISHANT TALREJA – KRISHNA PUBLIC SCHOOL , RAIPUR

8) DADRA NAGAR HAVELI DAMAN&DIU –
MOHIT NILESH PATIL & DIVYANSH SHARMA –
ALOK PUBLIC SCHOOL , DADRA NAGAR HAVELI

9) DELHI – VEDANT SINGH & APARNA KANODIA – DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL , CENTRAL DELHI

10) GOA – ZIYAN CHARANIA & TUHASHRI ANIL RAWAL – NAVY CHILDREN SCHOOL , SOUTH GOA

11) GUJARAT – PRATIK SINGH & SARTHAK MAHESHWARI – S B R MAHESHWARI VIDYAPEETH , SURAT

12) HARYANA – LAKSHAY SURA & ADITYA MALIK – DAV MULTIPURPOSE PUBLIC SCHOOL , SONIPAT

13) HIMACHAL PRADESH – MOHAMMAD HAMMAD & SAHIL BHATIA – DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL JHAKRI , SHIMLA

14) JAMMU & KASHMIR – RITIK KATAL & VASUDEV SINGH JAMWAL –
KOTWAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TEACHING , JAMMU

15) JHARKHAND – SHAKEB ARSALAN & VAISHNAV GARODIA – DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL , RANCHI

16) KARNATAKA – NAMRATA SANJIV GUNJIKAR & YANDRAPU INDU HASINI –
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA BRBNMPL , MYSURU

17) KERALA – SREENANDH SUDHEESH & NAVANEETH KRISHNAN – GOVT. MODEL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL. CALICUT UNIVERSITY , MALAPPURAM

18) LADAKH – NARGIS KHATOON & ZAHIR ABASS – GOVT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL AKCHAMAL , KARGIL

19) LAKSHADWEEP -RANA JABIN K P & SHANIB JALEEL CN – DRKKMKGSSS KALPENI , LAKSHADWEEP

20) MADHYA PRADESH – TRISHYA AGRAWAL & AADITYA JOSHI – CHOITHRAM SCHOOL NORTH CAMPUS , INDORE

21) MAHARASHTRA – TANAY GAUTAM SHETH & AAKASH VISWANATH – P. G. GARODIA SCHOOL (ICSE) , MUMBAI CITY

22) MANIPUR – NAOREM DIANA CHANU & NAOREM DIASY CHANU – MOIRANGPUREL HIGH SCHOOL , IMPHAL EAST

23) MEGHALAYA – PRABHJOT KAUR & SADIK CHOUDHURY – KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA TURA , WEST GARO HILLS

24) MIZORAM – JUSTIN LALVENPUIA & LALNUNPUIA – ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI HIGH SCHOOL , MAMIT

25) NAGALAND – TANUBHAV BHAGOWATI & WALUNIBA LONGCHAR – KV LUMAMI NU , ZUNHEBOTO

26) ODISHA – KANISHK & WHEEP KUMAR BEHERA – DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL NTPC DEEPSHIKHA KANIHA , ANGUL

27) PUDUCHERRY – AJISH PRIYAN.K & NAVEENA PRIYAN.S – AMALORPAVAM LOURDS ACADEMY , PUDUCHERRY

28) PUNJAB – MANAN THAREJA & JAIVIR SINGH SANDHU – YADAVINDRA PUBLIC SCHOOL , MOHALI

29) RAJASTHAN – NALIN BANSAL & HUNAR PANDYA – ST PAULS SR SEC SCHOOL , UDAIPUR

30) SIKKIM – JIGYASHA GIRI & SHRISTI MUKHIA PIRTHAWAR – DON BOSCO SCHOOL , WEST SIKKIM

31) TAMIL NADU – H NAVEED AHAMED & VARUN ANAND IYENGAR – DEVI ACADEMY SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL , TIRUVALLUR

32) TELANGANA – VINAYAK BHARDWAJ & MOHAK DUGAR – JUBILEE HILLS PUBLUIC SCHOOL , HYDERABAD

33) TRIPURA – SASWATA BHATTACHARJEE & UTSAB DAS – SHISHU BIHAR HS SCHOOL , WEST TRIPURA

34) UTTAR PRADESH – SHASHWAT MISHRA & AYUSHMAN DUBEY – SUNBEAM SCHOOL LAHARTARA , VARANASI

35) UTTARAKHAND – SUHANA VERMA & ANAND JHA – DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL RANIPUR , HARIDWAR

36) WEST BENGAL – SREEJAN BOSE & PUSHAN BHATTACHARYA – DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL RUBY PARK KOLKATA