32000 Schools participated in the first round. 3600 schools made it to the second round. In the Quarter finals, the team battled it out with 216 teams in the Southern Command. The school team qualified for the semifinals that was conducted at OTA Chennai on 28th November. They were one among the 72 teams who participated in the semifinals in the 4 command levels.
A team of four former NCC cadets – Nimai Ramesh Devankush, Shamanth S Raghav, Riya Raj and Riddhi Sharma of class 10 of DPS Bangalore South participated in the quiz BATTLE OF MINDS, organised by the Indian Army on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas.