Navin Jayakumar

Neuro Eye Quizmaster Pianist. Too many interests, too little time :)

[QFI @quizfoundation]

An announcement from QFI regarding events that transpired recently at the Kolkata International Quiz Festival 2026.

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

A thoroughly enjoyable stroll through 70 years of history of Quizzing in Chennai.
The video of this event will follow shortly.

[Sriram V @MadrasMobile]

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

[Scharada Dubey @scharada_d]

Our elders and betters, the men who shaped India's progress and policies without an inferiority complex... #Prithvi #IGMDP #SelfReliance

https://t.co/lVHs1BWBwW

[Siddhartha Basu @babubasu]

Remarkable ! You've distilled an hour long podcast into a crisp 800 word column on something vital facing us - finding facts in a jungle of information & misinformation.
For those interested in the full chat, which is insightful & great fun, here it is - https://t.co/fydSI4i11O

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

@simpleharish @quizramana Yes there will be

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

Time to plan travel, form teams and start mental push-ups. Because in August, Chennai will be the Curio-City with a long weekend of quizzing #zifoopenquiz and #QFIesta

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

What an evening. Thank you @dalhousieinst and @derekobrienmp for originating the amazing Neil O'Brien's Indian Quizzing Hall of Fame. Grateful for the accolades for my mother Saranya Jayakumar captain of the legendary Motley Crew team, and me and by extension @quizfoundation

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

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: https://t.co/8UpRUfO5NI

[Scharada Dubey @scharada_d]

A 🧵about the genius, determination and collective strength that gave us Indians the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme #IGMDP

Before the claims and posturing, there was true grit and actual performance...

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

QFI-PURPLE RIBAND Challenge Quiz
3 pm, 16 March 2025 at The Folly at Amethyst, Chennai.

A quiz ABOUT WOMEN, BY WOMEN, FOR ALL!

Meet our AMAZING TRIO of QUIZ HOSTS - Saranya Jayakumar, Jayashree Mohanka and Nirupama V.

Details here: https://t.co/zO5i1W2piA

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

QFI-PURPLE RIBAND CHALLENGE QUIZ
A women themed general knowledge quiz for two member teams (see details)
REGISTRATION & ENTRY FEE MANDATORY FOR ALL – PARTICIPANTS & SPECTATORS.

Rules & Format, and Registration Form on QUIZ FOUNDATION OF INDIA webpage https://t.co/zO5i1W2X88

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

@quizfoundation
QFI will reveal all in a few days. Meanwhile let the excitement build. And who's the First Lady in the poster? Answers please, and Ladies First!

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

@ggmarquez Follow the purple ribbon and one of the dates mentioned in the poster 😊

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

Let the excitement begin! All will be revealed over the next seven days. If you can use your quizzing skills to work out what this is about, post your comments below....and watch this space😊

[QFI @quizfoundation]

Facilitated by the Champions of Chennai Awards of KSA Trust, @JayakumarNavin recently conducted workshops on Knowledge and Curiosity at the Asan Memorial School and the National Public School in Chennai.

Reach out to us at [email protected] to know more!

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

@quizfoundation And not just that, they just missed qualifying for the Semifinal in the Open Quiz itself!

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

QFI UNUSUAL SUSPECTS QUIZ Experience the thrill of reaching a quiz final.
QFI has removed all the "Usual Suspects" quizzers from play.
Details below
Registed here
https://t.co/XwRIatT3Ro

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

And to the third pillar - a salute to the people of Chennai for their unquenching curiosity and unbounded love of quizzing.
Three Cheers

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

31 years of the grand tradition of quizzing on Independence Day captured in one photograph. 
With sincere thanks to...
Hemu for starting the Landmark Quiz
To Raj @Raj_Zifo for carrying the torch forward as the Zifo Open Quiz

[Navin Jayakumar @JayakumarNavin]

@JamesSangma1 Thank you James and Anirban for such a pleasant surprise visit to the Music Academy for the Zifo Open Quiz 2024. We were thrilled to have you taken part and trust you will drop by again next year!

[James K Sangma @JamesSangma1]

What a great way of spending Independence Day, participated in the Zifo Open Quiz 2024, one of the longest running quizzes of Chennai, along with my quizzing partners Anirban and Saran.