Karnataka team wins National Rural IT Quiz

Slate and Tablet were expected names for which product before it released? "I-pad," answered the Karnataka team to win the National Rural IT Quiz in the city on Saturday.

The home team - two 12th standard students Nakul Kamath and Athreya Rao from Udupi's Poornaprajna College — were cheered by an auditorium full of school students as it beat teams from Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Nagaland, Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh in the thrilling finale of a competition that saw participation of over 14.5 lakh students in the preliminary rounds.

In the end an internet-savvy team from the IT state clinched the championship of the event that is part of BangaloreIT.biz 2010.