Mumbai students shine at Horlicks WizKids 2010

Company Brief

Mumbai, July 23, 2010

Horlicks WizKids 2010 by Krayon, the country's biggest interschool fiesta started off with a bang in Mumbai! The top winners at the much awaited city finals were Hartej Sawhney and Rohini Sen. They will represent the city at the national finals in November 2010. More than 5000 students across 70 schools in Mumbai have participated in the event which was held at Bhai Das Auditorium.

The national winners will get an opportunity to represent South East Asia at an International Conference scheduled later this year. Horlicks WizKids 2010 by Krayon is expected to witness participation from more than 200,000 students across 1500 schools in 17 cities in India.

"We congratulate Hartej and Rohini for demonstrating the talent and the drive to shine at India's biggest interschool fiesta. The effort, dedication and enthusiasm of these multi-talented students at Horlicks Wizkids is simply outstanding and makes us feel very proud to be part of this journey in discovering and nurturing this talent," said Puneet Das, GM-Marketing, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited.

Horlicks Wizkids, now in its seventh successive year, has been consistently facilitating the students to contribute, experience, encourage their peers, create awareness, imbibe knowledge, recognize potential, hone skills and demonstrate their talent in diverse vocations.

As part of the final evaluation process for the South Asia Finals, the winners from every city will work on social projects and undertake various initiatives for the society. Like every year, Horlicks WizKids 2010 by Krayon will witness a demonstration of uniquely gifted talent beyond academics through more than 30 different competitions on diverse subjects such as music, literature, dance, singing, writing, speaking, creativity, talent, art and design.

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