VigyanSpace: The Hindustan Times National School Science Quiz witnesses 11,500+ registrations
₹49 only. The riveting two-hour long quiz, comprising a holistic mix of both multiple-choice and type-in questions, held asynchronously on Kahoot! between 12 noon to 2 PM on 2nd October, was an individual, open-to-all contest for schoolchildren.
With students across Junior Grades (1-5) and Senior Grades (6 to 12) vying to showcase their Vigyan IQ, the quiz saw a whopping 11,500-plus registrations, including 7,000-plus Senior category participants and 4,500-plus Junior category participants, respectively. Presented by OTTplay Premium, VigyanSpace — The Hindustan Times National School Science Quiz — an initiative by Hindustan Times and HT School offered exciting gifts such as Smart TVs, mobiles, smartwatches, and an amazing OTTplay Science Pack subscription worth ₹5,000 for 1 year for each registered participant.
Moreover, be it the Top 3 winners or Top 100 rank holders, all would take home ₹1L+ worth prizes cumulatively. Sharing his thoughts about the quiz, renowned ophthalmologist and quizmaster Dr.
Navin Jayakumar said, “As Kurt Vonnegut once quipped, science is magic that works! And the ignited minds participating in this year’s VigyanSpace Quiz have emphatically proved that they are wizards indeed, when it comes to knowledge about science and technology! I feel that the future of India’s STEM capabilities lies in safe hands with such brilliant young minds." The brain teasers in VigyanSpace 2023 comprised questions ranging from scientific discoveries and inventions to space missions and latest technologies like artificial intelligence. Questions such as the name of which common laboratory method comes from a French word meaning “the proportion of gold or silver in coins or in works of gold or silver; thereby denoting a
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