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Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School Emerges as North East Champion of WWF-India's Wild Wisdom Global Challenge

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By AT News |

The North-East Finale of the WWF-India Wild Wisdom Global Challenge 2023 was held on November 3, 2023, at Royal Global University in Guwahati, Assam. This year's challenge was themed "Birds of the World" and was open to students from classes 6 to 9.

A total of 80 schools with 160 students from Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, and various districts of Assam participated in the finale.

After a closely contested competition, the team from Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Assam, represented by Ritvik Anand (class 6) and Garvita Jain (class 8), emerged as the North East Champions. The 2nd position was bagged by the team from Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya Tezpur, Assam, and the 3rd position by South Point School, Guwahati.

The winning team will represent the North East in the National level of the challenge, which will be held online this month.

Highlights:

  • Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School, Assam, emerges as North East Champion of WWF-India Wild Wisdom Global Challenge 2023
  • Themed "Birds of the World", the challenge was open to students from classes 6 to 9
  • A total of 80 schools with 160 students from Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, and various districts of Assam participated in the finale
  • The winning team will represent the North East in the National level of the challenge, which will be held online this month
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