16th Regional Brain Bee held

The Department of Neurology, PGIMER in association with Indian Brain Bee, International Brain Bee and the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) are proud to announce that 16th Regional Brain Bee was held on 1st February 2025.Since its institution in 1999 by Prof. Norbert Myslinski of University of Maryland at Baltimore, the International Brain Bee (IBB) competition has been inspiring young kids to indulge in neurosciences. The Brain Bee Quiz in India is a live question and answer competition about neuroscience for 11th grade. It is conducted as a 3-tiered (Regional, National and International) where young men and women from all over the world compete to determine the “best brain” on topics pertaining to neurosciences such as intelligence, memory, stress, emotions, sleep, and various neurological diseases. The 16th Chandigarh Regional Brain Bee was aimed at developing the knowledge and excellence base among the students through healthy and highly motivating meet. The students crammed themselves up with a lot of knowledge on neurosciences. The Regional champions qualify for Nationals and National winners represent their respective countries at International level. Last year Regional winner from Chandigarh bagged third place in the National event.The 16th Regional Brain Bee registered 24 students from various schools from tricity. It was co-ordinated by Prof. Dheeraj Khurana, Department of Neurology, PGIMER. 12 students were selected through a written elimination round for the final oral rounds of the quiz. The event was judged by Prof. Parampreet Singh Kharbanda (Department of Neurology, PGIMER), Dr. Manjul Tripathi (Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER), Dr Kamalesh Chakravarty (Department of Neurology, PGIMER) , Dr. Sucharita Ray (Department of Neurology, PGIMER) – eminent Neurophysicians and Neurosurgeons of the country. The Chief Guest presiding the event was Prof Vivek Lal, Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh and Guest of Honor – Prof Sudesh Prabhakar (Director and Chief of Neurology, Fortis Hospital Mohali and Emeritus Professor, PGIMER Chandigarh. The quiz was conducted by the quiz master Dr Tanya Banerjee (Senior Resident, Neurology, PGIMER). The students were taken through the three levels of quiz with interesting and grueling questions, testing each aspect of neuroscience. After a display of their exceptional knowledge, the students who emerged victorious were: Ms Yoshita Thakur from Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh was the Brain Bee Champion closely followed by a spirited performance by Ms Mansi Tiwari from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula the 1st runners -up and Ms Shreya Lamba from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh was 2nd runners -up. The winner at Regional level shall participate in the National Brain Bee likely to be held on April, 2025. The National winner will represent India at International Brain Bee to be held likely in Aug-Sep this year.