‘Varsity Battles’ 2024 organised by SEC and CSE concludes

Team 3 from the Technology Faculty of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka emerges as the overall winner of the Cluster 1, ‘Varsity Battles 2024’ – inter-faculty quiz competition.

The ‘Varsity Battles’ 2024, organised by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), concluded its Cluster1 competition recently at the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.

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 Cluster1 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. Eastern University of Sri Lanka will be represented by three teams from the Faculty of Agriculture, while 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 faculty winners from other universities.