Navin Jayakumar
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Navin Jayakumar
@JayakumarNavin
Neuro Eye Quizmaster Pianist. Too many interests, too little time :)

The second of the @MadrasMusings lectures for #MadrasDay 2025 - @JayakumarNavin, Gopal Kidao and @iksiddhanthrao on quizzing in Madras - thanks @parkhotelsindia for the wonderful hospitality



Just published. My column in Indian Express (Zero Hour) & three newspapers TWO QUIZMASTERS, ON THE FACTS Facts are important. The need today is also to train people to sift out misinformation and propaganda. Link: tinyurl.com/58zf9pf5




55th year of ‘Neil O'Brien’s DI Open Quiz’ for the Errol Cowper Trophy in Kolkata. 108 teams. QMs: Shouvik Guha & Andrew Scolt. Team Inmaniacs win. Also, Indian QUIZZING HALL OF FAME ceremony felicitating some of the legends of ‘open’ quizzing. (clockwise) Francis Groser, now 88, inducts Shouvik Guha, Abhijit Banerjee, Saranaya Jayakumar (Sumana receives) and @JayakumarNavin. Terrific evening in quiz capital, Kolkata. Am on Instagram: tinyurl.com/57ppnj8c



















The Best School Team prize at the QFI Unusual Suspects Open Quiz is the team from PSBB, T Nagar, receiving their prize from @JayakumarNavin. They came agonizingly close to qualifying for the semifinals missing out by just half a point.











