by the name of the company. The first three editions of the quiz, hosted by Ochintya Sharma, were held in Bangalore, and attracted participation from more than 200 schools in the region. The quiz went national in 2006, with winners from Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi facing off at a grand finale in Delhi. In the year 2008, the contest was extended to two more cities - Pune and Kolkata. Texas Instruments Science & Technology Quiz winners 2003: National Public School (Indiranagar) 2004: Delhi Public School, Bangalore 2005: Sri Kumaran Children's Home 2006: Bangalore Winners—National Public School (Indiranagar) 2006: Chennai Winners—SRDF Vivekananda Vidyalaya 2006: New Delhi Winners—DPS RK Puram 2006: National Winners—National Public School (Indiranagar) 2007: New Delhi Winners—Bluebell 2007: Chennai Winners—Vidya Mandir, Mylapore 2007: Bangalore Winners—Sri Kumaran Children's Home 2007: National Winners—Vidya Mandir, Mylapore, Chennai 2008: Bangalore Winners—National Public School, Indiranagar 2008: Delhi Winners—Delhi Public School, RK Puram 2008: Pune Winners—Vikhe Patil School 2008: Kolkata Winners—Don Bosco Kolkata 2008: Chennai Winners—Padma Sheshadri Bal Bhavan, Chennai 2008: National Winners—Padma Sheshadri Bal Bhavan, Chennai 2009: Kolkata Winners—Birla High School 2009: New Delhi Winners—Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad 2009: Chennai Winners—PSBB Sr Secondary School, Nungambakkam 2009: Pune Winners—Abhinava Vidyalaya English Medium High School 2009: Bangalore Winners—Sri Kumaran Public School (ICSE) 2009: National Winners—Sri Kumaran Public School (ICSE) - Bangalore 2010: National Winners—Sri Kumaran Public School (ICSE) - Bangalore 2011: Kolkata Winners—Nalanda Talent School, VIZAG 2011: New Delhi Winners—Amity International School, SAKET 2011: Chennai Winners—Sri Sankara Sr Sec School, Adyar 2011: Mumbai Winners—St. Augustine's High School 2011: Bangalore Winners—Sri Vidya Mandir High School 2011: National Winners—Nalanda Talent School, VIZAG 2013: Kolkata Winners—Don Bosco 2013: New Delhi Winners—Amity International School, SAKET 2013: Chennai Winners—P S Senior Secondary School 2013: Mumbai Winners—St. Augustine's High School 2013: Bangalore Winners—Sri Kumaran Children's Home(CBSE) 2013: National Winners—Sri Kumaran Children's Home(CBSE) MahaQuizzer Mahaquizzer was begun in 2005 as an attempt to popularise KQA-style quizzing in other parts of the country. The quiz is a solo championship requiring contestants to try out 150 questions over 90 minutes on the same day at different venues across the country. The first edition of the quiz was held in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai. In 2019, the contest was held in over 20 cities. A version for school students, titled Junior Mahaquizzer, was started in 2019. Winners are declared for each city and the overall winner is awarded the MahaQuizzer title for that