To encourage students to have increased awareness about contributions made to the world of Science, Art & Culture by civilizations previously unrecognized. Encourage young people to increase their engagement with, and seek careers in, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. To inspire the youth to make positive contribution to the society and in community development by channelling their energies in productive ways. To revive the works of great scientific thinkers like Ibn Al-haytham and other Muslim & Non-Muslim scientists and thereby demonstrate that the modern world is the product of the complementary nature of many civilizations.

i Quiz 2015 is a national-level quiz competition aimed to promote awareness among the student population about the scientific discoveries made during the 7th to 16th century period, with emphasis on light based discoveries and its impact on different fields of science viz. agriculture, astronomy, mathematics, optics, education, medicine etc.The competition will be open for school children aged 13-16 years studying in any recognized government/private school in West Bengal.

Having laid out the energy & motivation behind the scientific progression during the medieval times, the organizers of i Quiz 2015 intend to make use of this opportunity available through International Year of Light platform to call upon the youth of today to pursue science not merely as a theoretical subject or as an applied subject to make breakthrough discoveries that more often than not fail to place humanity at its core; but instead encourage the students to pursue science with a purpose to connect with nature & its design and contemplate on ways to bring about more collaboration amongst human race. We intend to fulfill our purpose by focusing the event on contributions of scientists, mathematicians, philosophers & thinkers of the medieval period with emphasis on contributions made in the field of light, optics & other light-based technologies. Taking inspiration from one of the themes at the 2015’s International Year of Light, and highlighting the contributions of Ibn al-Haytham’s contributions to light & optics, i Quiz 2015 will also focus its format around the works of this pioneer & co-scientists of his time.

1) MESCO, 2) ILM Foundation, 3) MS Education Academy