IBM logs on in Bangalore!

The Bangalore leg of BEQ was expected to be a big hit and the event lived up to the expectations every bit of the way. Guests and participants began trickling in at around 5:30 pm and within twenty minutes there was a rush forcing the quiz to begin a few minutes earlier than planned. As many as 37 teams signed on: among them was a team that comprised the COO of Titan whose partner was a Management Trainee (no less!). Another team had in it an SBU head of Infosys. Clearly, Quizzing is not the realm of youngsters alone but draws people from varied levels. After an engrossing evening in which scores of as many as four teams were very close, it was the IBM team that carried the day against rivals such as CISCO, Yahoo, Kotak and Nokia. The team, comprising Lahar Appaiah (Counsel – Legal, IBM India Pvt. Ltd) and Sumantra Mukherjee (System Engineer - IBM India Pvt. Ltd), now go onto the finale in Mumbai. Will they take Bangalore to the pinnacle there as well? Watch this space to get the answer to that.