Energy Q: 3 City kids to compete at quarter finals

Club Enerji, Tata Power’s nationwide energy conservation programme, recently announced the names of Bangalore champions of its national quiz ‘Energy Q’ 2015. Energy Q is an annual property that enables the Club to propagate its message of energy and resource conservation in a fun and engaging manner. 24 students from 8 schools in Bengaluru participated at the city level of the quiz, out of which Trisha R K, Chaitra B R, and Vijeth Hegde from Sri Kumaran Children’s Home – DKS emerged victorious.
During the city finals, the participating students enthralled the audience with their knowledge on Energy conservation, Science and General Knowledge. Principals, teachers and energy mentors of the participating schools also shared experiences on their long association with Club Enerji.
Speaking about the initiative, Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Power, said, “Club Enerji’s Energy-Q brings together teams across India and provides them a platform to showcase their zeal in the area of energy conservation and resource conservation. It is really wonderful to see the enthusiasm with which the students participated in the quiz, and the extent of their knowledge on things related to energy conservation and environment preservation. We would like to congratulate all the winners, and thank all the schools for lending their full support and whole hearted participation in the competition.”
At the preliminary round of the national quiz, a total of 62 schools from across Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad participated enthusiastically. Post the city finals in Mumbai on the 13th of January, the winners of these cities would further compete at the quarter finals of National Quiz & Carnival on 15th January and the semi finals on the same day. The grand finale would see the teams competing for the winning trophy.
The Club Enerji programme has reached out to over 450 schools in India and has sensitised over 7 million citizens, who in turn have helped save more than 11.2 MUs of electricity till date. This is equivalent to saving 11,200 tonnes of CO2, and is enough to light up over 5,200 houses for a year. The Club also has 1,150 self-sustaining Mini Club Enerjis and has won several national and international accolades.