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The tech quiz organized by IEEE was one such assignment which aimed at testing not only a person's technical knowledge but also his spontaneity and instinctive nature and thus revealing their true ability. This tech quiz was held exclusively for the SE's by IEEE.

The first round was a eliminations i.e. the preliminary stage provided the necessary 'oiling' to the slightly 'rusted' SE minds by giving them questions from their first year syllabus. The general questions in this eliminations round warmed up the participants and prepared them for the road ahead. This was a questionnaire round.

From the second round scores, the top 48 were selected for the second round. Here the quiz got a lot more interesting as every person was given a partner with whom they had to work for this round. This round being an interactive one was more fun. It consisted of 4 rounds of normal passable technical question and then an amazing rapid fire round.

With the scores of the above two rounds taken into consideration, the cumulative individual scores of the participants were formulated and then the top 32 were selected. Each person was given a call to tell about their selection but with a twist. Each person was given a topic (like Adrastea –Jupiter's moon or chanakya) on which they had to research with their team member. This marvelous theme or the research round was a different and a surprise element to all but in the end it also turned out to be very scoring and added a new dimension to the technical quiz. This round tested three R's of the participants i.e. Researching, Remembering and Recalling. This second elimination round was started with a bang with the puzzle paper consisting of astonishing riddles. The next round was a question answer round which consisted of four headings i.e. who's who, company taglines, guess the gadgets and technical acronyms. These fantastic four examined all the technical aspects of the participants. And the last one was the above mentioned theme round. The top 16 were selected for the semifinal according to their individual scores of these three rounds.

The 16 semifinalists were divided into 8 teams. The penultimate final took place in two slots, in each slot 4 teams were competing. This semifinal was made even more interesting by adding the 'bidding factor' in the scoring which made the result unpredictable. With this type of scoring, a single correct answer and a respective high bidding could result in a 'dark horse wining the race'. This round also had the sensational theme round in which all teams in a slot were given the same topic and thus it further increased the level of quiz!! The two topics were- worms and Einstein guns and roses. This semifinal also had a visual round which spiced up the wonderful quiz.

And then it was the time for the finale!!!!!!! Of the top 8 teams, all 4 teams which were selected were ready to take the final stride and get declared as the winner. Unlike other cases where winner gets it all here each and every person gained a doze of technical knowledge which has no other parallel. The final were even more stimulating than the other rounds!!! It was very well hosted by Amalendu Mani. The finals took place in the college's audiovisual room and the teams had a good audience to cheer them up. The final started with the appetizers- the normal question answer session and it resulted in the participants and the audience asking for more! This round consisted of two stages- in the first stage each the question asked was a team question but in the second stage it was the individual who had to answer and get the points. The next round was again a surprise where the participants were told to research about a particular theme right then and there in half an hour in the final theme round.

During this half an hour a question answer session was there for the audience in which they were given freebies for the correct answer. The audience had an amazing time dealing with 'pretty easy' questions with 'quite tough' answers. After winning a lot of freebies and fulfilling their 'appetite', the audience was ready to get on with the quiz as the participants were back from their research.

The topics given were space-time, solar system…. Each team was then asked questions on their respective topics. The next round was the visual round where they had to recognize the various photos projected. The last was a completely different round where clues were given to participants to guess the answer and marks were given accordingly. The whole quiz was amazingly hosted by the junior council.

In the end, the format of this quiz was such that it did not test a team but it was testing an individual's knowledge and their ability to adjust with people with different intellectual. Hence in the end along with the announcement the winner team the 'whiz kid' was also declared.
After this final, a documentary on black holes was also shown to provide the audience with some knowledge.

Winners: Amruta Sali (D6) Pranay Gupta (D7)
Whiz kid: Amruta Sali (D6)