Varsity Battles 2024 rewards Cluster 1 winner

Team 3, Faculty of Technology, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka – Cluster 1 winner of Varsity Battles 2024 inter-faculty quiz competition 

• Team 3 from Technology Faculty of South Eastern University emerges as overall winner 

Varsity Battles 2024, organised by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka and Colombo Stock Exchange, successfully concluded its Cluster 1 competition recently at the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. 
The overall winner for Cluster 1 of the Varsity Battles 2024 inter-faculty quiz competition was the exceptional Team 3 from the Faculty of Technology of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, walking away with a Rs.100,000 cash prize.This exciting event, aimed at promoting capital market education and awareness amongst state university students, brought together teams from faculties of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Eastern University of Sri Lanka and Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka.

The Varsity Battles quiz competition, now in its second consecutive year, consists of two stages: stage one - the Inter-Faculty competitions and stage two - the National Level competitions. These stages are expected to attract teams representing 13 state universities. In the Inter-Faculty stage, all universities are divided into three clusters and this event marked the Cluster 1 competition.The competition saw a turnout of 31 teams from various faculties across the three universities, all competing in a series of rounds that tested their knowledge in capital markets, general knowledge, Sri Lankan economy and business, current affairs, sports and entertainment.

The top three winning teams from each university will represent their universities in the National Level competition of the Varsity Battles during stage 2.

South Eastern University of Sri Lanka will be represented by two teams from the Faculty of Technology and one from the Faculty of Management. The Eastern University of Sri Lanka will be represented by three teams from the Faculty of Agriculture, while the Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka will field two teams from the Faculty of Applied Sciences and one from the Faculty of Management. These teams will compete in the finals, along with the faculty winners from other universities.

Advancing to the National Level competition, these teams will compete for the title of ultimate champion of Varsity Battles 2024, with cash prizes of Rs.400,000 for the winning team, Rs.300,000 for the first runner-up and Rs.200,000 for the second runner-up.