Team Southern Birdwing emerged winners at ecoXplorers 2023, the first nature, biodiversity, and forests intercollege quiz competition organised by Azim Premji University on 22 Oct 2023. 

The quiz competition, which saw participation from 45 teams, was held as part of Forests of Life, the second edition of the annual climate festival at Azim Premji University, after Rivers of Life in 2022, to be unveiled on 2 Nov 2023.

The Quiz focused on a range of themes, including planetary phenomena, climate change, biodiversity, and urban ecology, among others, and was open to undergraduate and postgraduate students from any discipline. 

Team Life is Wild came second. The top three teams in the final round came from Azim Premji University, National Centre for Biological Sciences and St Joseph’s University. Multiple teams contested from each of the participating colleges/​universities.

Each winning team member received INR 10,000, while each runner-up team member received INR 7,500, in addition to prize medals, and a set of books on the environment authored by Azim Premji University faculty members. The prizes were handed over by Indu Prasad, Vice Chancellor, Azim Premji University.

First Prize: Team Southern Birdwing

Team members: (L‑R) Parth Heblekar, M Nishanth Arvind, Prithham Balaji

Second Prize: Team Life is Wild

Team members: (L‑R) Yamini Srikanth, Nikita Vijay Mohan, Taksh Sangwan

Third Prize: Black Panthers 

Team members: (L‑R) Karthik Nagendra, Md. Abdurazak, Shreyas Sudip Mitra

Glimpes from the event