Shrivalli wins national champion of Classmate Spell Bee

Chandigarh: Shrivalli Ghosh of St. Michael School, Siliguri has declared winner of national champion of Classmate Spell Bee’s Season 12. She won a grand prize of Rs 2,00,000, apart from an all-expenses-paid trip to witness the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee with a parent in Washington DC, USA.
 
Bhadra Panicker of Delhi Public School, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad was announced first runner-up. The four semi-finalists won a cash prize of Rs 50,000 each.
 
The winners were announced by Bollywood star, Soha Ali Khan in a thrilling finale which was held here yesterday. Classmate Spell Bee is India's largest spelling competition and its an initiative by Radio Mirchi.
 
This year, the competition engaged with more than 3.5 lakh students across 1,000 schools in 30 cities. The competition was conducted in various phases comprising on-ground, online and a final televised phase. The top 15 spellers from each school competed for a place in the city finals and then further onto the national finals. The top 16 students from across India battled it out in the televised national finals, which was simulcast on Nick, Nick HD and Sonic.
 
Yatish Mehrishi, COO, Radio Mirchi said, “ Theme for the competition was 'Be Better than Yourself' which is in line with Classmate's philosophy of encouraging children to excel in the field of their choice by striving to continuously improve by competing with themselves and not with others and to be better than themselves.”