Young minds from city school win laurels at IIT-Guwahati
The Statesman | 19 September 2025The theme was “That’ll Spark Your Curiosity”.
Technothlon is an international school championship and a flagship event of Techniche. Spread over 450 cities across India and abroad, the competition takes young minds on an enthralling and challenging journey on the path of logic that tests logical and creative thinking to its limits. Technothlon tests critical thinking and analytical skills of the students.
The winners, Swarnasish Mukherjee and Sourya Majumder, achieved AIR-27 in the Hauts Squad of Technothlon Prelims 2025 and qualified for the main event. The next leg of the competition comprised 50 teams from the prelims who were invited to IIT Guwahati for the event. The main event, divided into three days, started from 29th August.
The first day’s event was Risk and Rialto, a game of trading and management based on mathematical reasoning related to stock market events, which tested the thinking as well as management skills of the participants. They performed well and secured first place. The second task was to make a model of a spaceship docking yard using Arduino Uno. The third day event was the ultimate test of survival, dodging, and brainpower to win in a totally different form of chess with Pawns.
The Kolkata duo was crowned the grand champions. They were awarded Platinum Certificate, a trophy and a trip to ISRO, and a cash prize of Rs 75,000.
An excited Swarnasish Mukherjee, who is preparing for the JEE exams, said: “The trip to ISRO is scheduled in December and am looking forward to be there as I want to know how the ISRO functions and the life being there, said the computer science enthusiast, who plans to study in IIT. His partner, Sourya too plans to be in IITs. Swarnasish thanks his s teachers, who spent time to clarify their doubts and guide them.
School’s physics teacher Antara Chatterjee says she was confident that the duo would have a good show at the main event. “Our school nurtures talents like them. both have been studying in our school since nursery. We give students personalised attention. Both Sourya and Swarnasish scored above 95 per cent in their ICSE exam. I see a bright future ahead of them. I feel they would do well if they get into research,” said Mrs Chatterjee.
