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Patna Mindfest 2019 and 2021


Our Quiz Club participated in the Patna mindfest held at Bihar museum on 24 August 2019 . We won the 2nd Prize in the General Quiz and 3rd Prize in the India Quiz. 

The Quiz was conducted by Venkatesh Srinivasan, alumni of IIM bangalore and a very popular QM in the Quizzing Circuits

The Team members were :- 

Vishnu Upadhyay, Prateek kumar and Anshul kumar Thakur. 






*2021 

Our quiz Club members stood 3rd in  Dumb charades  in Patna Mindfest  held in March 2021 . 

The members were :-  kislay kumar, Swetank Kumar and Karan . 




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