THE 2007 DEBUT OF TATA CRUCIBLE IN SINGAPORE

On October 24th, 2007 after a month long campaign at universities and polytechnics in Singapore the Tata Crucible Quiz was held at the University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore. 159 teams from 10 universities participated in the Quiz. The team of Anirban Dattagupta and Bhavya Khanna from SMU won the coveted trophy and SGD 7,000 prize in the gruelling stage final, competing against 7 other teams from NUS, SIM and SMU.

There was also a significant presence of professors, teachers and top executives from various companies of Singapore who enjoyed the riveting contest and later interacted with the students.

Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Honourable Minister of Community Development, Youth & Sports and Second Minister for Information, Communications & the Arts of Singapore graced the occasion as the Guest of Honour.

The event was covered by Channel News Asia and was telecast as two episodes both on local and international feeds.

ABOUT THE TATA GROUP

The Tata Crucible Quiz is brought to you by the Tata Group, a global business conglomerate comprising 96 operating companies in seven business sectors: information systems and communications; engineering; materials; services; energy; consumer products and chemicals.

Tata is a rapidly growing business group based in India with significant international operations and estimated revenues of US$ 62.5 billion in 2007-08. The Group employs around 350,000 people worldwide. The Tata name has been respected in India for over 140 years for its adherence to strong values and business ethics.

The Group's major companies are counted globally. Tata Steel became the sixth largest steel maker in the world after it acquired Corus. Tata Motors is among the top five commercial vehicle manufacturers in the world and has recently acquired Jaguar and Land Rover. TCS is a leading global software company, with delivery centres in the US, UK, Hungary, Brazil, Uruguay and China, besides India.  Tata Tea is the second largest branded tea company in the world, through its UK-based subsidiary Tetley. Tata Chemicals is the world's second largest manufacturer of soda ash. Tata Communications is one of the world's largest wholesale voice carriers.

TATA PRESENCE IN SINGAPORE

Singapore is an extremely important market and hub for the Tata Group. The Group has significant business interests in Singapore, including the Asia-Pac headquarters of TCS, offices of Tata Communications, NatSteel operations, Tata Technologies, Voltas Limited, Tata Chemicals, Tata Power and Tata International among others. The Tata Group has an employee base of 2000+ people in Singapore.

The Tata Crucible Quiz offers a unique opportunity to Singapore's student community to involve themselves with the subject of international business, in an engaging and intellectually stimulating contest. It is of mutual interest coming from the Tata Group, which has its own structured engagement activities for Global Talent Development including a Global internship program and MoUs with a number of universities including SMU. Thus , the Tata Crucible Quiz seeks to add value to both Singapore and the Tata Group.