Illuminati - 05

Quizzing has always been a popular game to pick one's brains. It is one the most popular events in the Corporate world and everybody loves a little challenge.

Riding on this wave of popularity, Concorde Motors (India) Ltd in association with ITM Bangalore had conducted a Corporate Quiz - Illuminati - 05, where Corporate houses, Public Sector undertakings, Media and Ad Agencies in Karnataka were brought together. The day chosen to match and pick their brains was December 10, 2005 at the Sathya Sai Samskruti Sadanam, Bangalore.

Calling it a grand success would be an understatement as we had some of the biggies from Bangalore's corporate world vying to prove they have the best brains. There were prizes worth Rs.30,000 and Rs.20,000 for the winner and runner-up respectively. The finalists also got interesting gift hampers. Even the audience was awarded a few prizes for matching their brains with the contestants.

The Quiz was conducted by Quizmaster - "Pickbrain" Giri is famous in the quizzing circles and is known to get the best out of the Corporate quizzers. Giri conducted the quiz using a newly introduced Format 20 X 20.

To make Illuminati - 05 a complete show you had the who's who from the world of Tata. The Chief Guest was Mr. S. Krishnan - Head Passenger Cars, Tata Motors Ltd., Mumbai. In fact, he had the privilege of giving away the prizes to the winners along with Mr.Shyam Maller - President, Concorde Motors. Also present at the occasion were Wing Commander A H Babu - Director ITM Bangalore, Mr Tom Cyriac - Regional Manager (South), Tata Motor Finance, Passenger Car Business and Mr Anupam Misra - Regional Manager, Tata Motor Ltd, Passenger Cars Business (South).

At the end of it all, Sun Microsystems was the winner and they took home a booty of awards which included cash Rs.30,000/-, 2 TVs from LG Electronics Ltd, Rs 20,000 Gift Voucher from Tata Indicom, 2 set of Alloy Wheels from Hindalco Industries Ltd along with Certificates and Mementos The second prize was won by Wipro Technologies and they got a cash price of Rs. 20,000/-, 2 Microwave -ovens from LG Electronics, Rs 10,000/- Gift Voucher from Tata Indicom along with Certificates and Mementos

The third prize was bagged by Lowe-Lintas India Pvt Ltd and they tool home 2 sets of Nippon Music Systems.

The other winners were HCL, Ogilvy & Mather, Titan Industries Ltd, Ernst & Young & WYSE Technologies respectively who won Titan Watches from Titan.

The event was supported by TATA Motors Ltd & TATA Motor Finance, Castrol India Ltd., TATA Teleservices Ltd & Akzonobel Car Refinishes India Pvt Ltd.

The co-sponsors were LG Electronic India Pvt. Ltd, Nippon Audiotronix Ltd, TITAN Industries Ltd., Hindalco Industries Ltd as Prize sponsor , Business Standard Ltd as Media Partner & Castrol India Ltd, TATA AIG General Insurance Company, 3M India Ltd & Wurth India Pvt. Ltd in other sponsorship category.