Classmate All Rounder programme 2024 winners announced
ITC’s Classmate, India’s leading notebook and stationery brand, concluded the third edition of its flagship Classmate All Rounder (CAR) programme with a spectacular national finale in New Delhi. The event brought together 60 exceptional students from across India, who had emerged as national finalists after two rigorous prior rounds of assessment.
These finalists competed for the prestigious All Rounder titles, which culminated with the victory of two teams—each consisting of four students. One winning team represented the junior category (classes 6–8), and the other the senior category (classes 9–12).
Each student was awarded a cash prize of `1 lakh, along with the coveted Classmate All Rounder 2024 trophy. With a vision of helping each child discover their inner all-rounder and unlocking their inherent potential, Classmate All Rounder - a novel intellectual property developed by Classmate, serves as a platform for school students to compete across multi-dimensional skills, including critical thinking and logical reasoning, cultural awareness, environment and sustainability, sports and fitness, ethics and values along with other skills such as creativity, public speaking and performing arts, as well as providing a space for demonstration of their unique talents, ensuring that students are prepared for a dynamic and everchanging world in the 2024 edition, CAR, India’s premier multi-skill inter-school challenge, spanned several months with this edition recording participation of 2.1 lakh students from 700 schools across 14 cities of India.
The finale was graced by eminent personalities, who served as judges, continuing the tradition of excellence set in previous editions.
Dr Joseph Emmanuel Chairperson, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) graced the event as the chief guest.
The judging panel included Siddharth Bannerjee (Chairman, CII Education committee), Apurva Chamaria (Global Head, Venture Capital and Start-up Partnership and Author) and Manoj Mittal (Founder, DAV United).
Vikas Gupta, Chief Executive, Education and Stationery Products Business Division, ITC Ltd, said Classmate All Rounder is designed to create space for students to nurture their unique talents and be recognised for their all-round achievements.
