Vaibhav Srivastav and Aman Oberoi make IIFT proud at 'DARE' 2011

The following article was published in Business Standard :

The team from IIFT, India’s premier B-school, won the first prize at 'DARE' - an International B-School marketing Quiz hosted by bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The winning team comprised of two prodigiously talented students Vaibhav Srivastav and Aman Oberoi who defeated participants from over 190 colleges across the country.

DARE’11, organized by IIPM is more than just another quiz as it is a perfect synergy of an international meeting ground for the very best of the planet’s business and management students to meet, ideate & vie for honors while challenging their marketing wits and acumen.

This intelligence combat was carried on through Zonal, National and International levels where top national and international teams from colleges like London Business School, Duke University and Booth University, California had to compete in the Pre- Quarter Final, Quarter Final & Semi Final at the IIPM International Campus in New Delhi. From which six finalists comprising of four National and two International teams made it to the Grand Final held on 23rd February 2011 at “Parkland Exotica” in New Delhi. Winners Vaibhav Srivastav and Aman Oberoi, who did wonders at the Quizzing Arena of IIPM, are first year IIFT Delhi students. The students were awarded with a cash Prize of Rs 2.5 lakhs, two Yamaha Motorcycles, two canon Printers, two Videocon LED televisions and two Nokia phones.

“It is a proud moment for IIFT to receive such recognition and I congratulate both the winners. This is just the beginning of their successful journey and I wish them greater success ahead. IIFT promises to provide all the support required to their students for setting another series of milestones,” said K. T. Chacko, Director IIFT on the team winning the DARE’11 Quiz award.

Finance Quiz Results

Cashonova congratulates Dr. Vijay Malik and Vamsi Krishna for winning the finance quiz organised by Cashonova in association with Quintessential.

Long Night of Quizzing

Hi all,

Quintessential conducted a Long Night of Quizzing on 21st from 8 PM to 6 AM on 22nd.
We would like to thank all the participants who made the Long Night of Quizzing a big success by staying on till 6AM(for the food & drinks maybe) and there was never a dull moment in the entire time. We had good fun and hope it was the same for the junta as well.

The consolidated list of winners are as follows:-

General Quiz:-

Chaitanya V
Harihar Adarsh

Bollywood Quiz:-

Chaitanya V
Geetanjali Keerti

Cricket Quiz:-

Anushil
Shantanu Munshi

Finance Quiz:-

Dr Vijay Malik
Vamsi Krishna

Trade Quiz:-

Abhijith B
Amit Kumar

IT Quiz:-

Chaitanya V
Harihar Adarsh
Rehber Nazir

Literature Quiz:-

Praveen P
Amandeep

We congratulate all the winners and once again thank everyone else for being there and making the night long event a success.


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Finance Quiz on 21st Feb

Hello All

Quiz @Quintessential

1. Let me start with my favourite topic: FOOD. It is the Italian word for hors d’oeuvre, and literally means ‘before the food’. In Italian cuisine, this typically consists of cold foods such as cheeses and raw or marinated vegetables, as well as meats, especially cured meats such as prosciutto. Identify the term?

2. “A worker in _____________ must work 89 minutes for a kilo of rice, while a Swiss needs only five to seven minutes,” the survey from UBS, the Banking group from Switzerland said. Fill the blank.

3. What is unique to Mario Brothers, Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raider?

4. We often hear of the ‘Chancellor of the Exchequer.’ How did the word Exchequer come into use?

5. This film superstar holds a degree in business and finance from the University of Wisconsin, and had earned a small fortune in mail-order and real estate before he launched his career in the film industry. Who?

6. It was once referred to as a “Punjabi newspaper written in the Roman script”. Which newspaper?

7. On 31st October 2000, four centuries after his death, who was declared the patron saint of politicians and statesmen?

8. The name was an acronym for the German text translating to “limited company for dye manufacture”. It was established in 1867 at Rummelsburger near Berlin, and took its name in 1873. After the second world war, the factory was re-established in West Germany, at Leverkusen and Munich. What company?

9. This product came as a result of a research work titled ‘the third browser’. The success of the endeavour led to the formation of a new company. What am I talking about?

10. Record book…. This Indian company started in 1956 with a capacity of 25 units a day. Today they produce them in 100 seconds flat. They are world’s largest. Which company?

11. Son of a London cabbie, he dropped out of school, but eventually mastered degree in fashion design from the prestigious Martins College. Three times winner of ‘the British designer of the year’, he drew media attention when he impudently dismissed his employer Hubert de Givenchy as ‘irrelevant’. He has a petulant bad boy image and is widely known as ‘L’enfant Terrible’. One of the most controversial but talented fashion designers today, he is currently employed by Gucci. Name him.

12. Irving, Texas is a small-town which has the HQ’s of a Fortune 5 company. Name the company.

13. Expand AIG as in Tata-AIG or ManU shirts AIG?

14. In the 1860s a pharmacist, developed a food for babies who were unable to breastfeed. His first success was a premature infant who could not tolerate his mother’s milk or any of the usual substitutes. People quickly recognized the value of the new product, after his new formula saved the child’s life, and soon, the product was being sold in much of Europe. This was the start of a great multinational. Which one?

15. Name the legendary French New Wave director who made the 1964 movie after which Quentin Tarantino, one of his biggest admirers, named his production company.

16. On which US states’ license plates would you find the slogan “The Spirit of America”?

17. On 9th February 1950 this US senator accused more than 200 staff in the State Department of being members of the Communist Party. He made the startling allegation in a public speech saying the State Department was infested with communists and brandished a sheet of paper which purportedly contained the traitors’ names. Name the senator.

18. The Japanese brand “Canon” is named after?

19. A talented, self-taught artist, he sold his first drawing to Life magazine when he was only 14! He was also a natural athlete who longed for a career in baseball, but his dreams of pitching in the Big Leagues were shattered when he broke his arm while playing his first professional game. He became a sports cartoonist and created a strip called “Champs and Chumps”, which was renamed later. The cartoon was an instant success. Who and what was it renamed as?

20. Frank McNamara went to a New York restaurant to have dinner. On his way out he faced a problem. What problem did he face and how did he resolve the problem?

Club Coordinators @IIFT

Congratulations to all the newly elected coordinators of various clubs at IIFT.


Vibhu Mishra
Vishnu Bhotla Subbaramasarma (100)
Mayur Toshniwal




Akshay Moorthy
Raghav Mehta
Shweta Gaggar







Anit Roy
Sunil Kishore Bhatia
Vinay Suri






Deepak Jain
Archit Tiwari
Herry Dhawan





Jeevan Raju
Karthik Krishnan
Saurav Tibrewal




Abhijit
Dhruv









Amit Kumar
Bafpalbir Singh
Keerthi Samata


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