SEC/CSE Varsity Battles 2023 starts with Rajarata and Jaffna

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) will be organising the ‘Varsity Battles 2023’, an inter-university quiz competition, with the objective of educating university students of all state universities on the capital market. 

The competition will be launched, commencing with the University of Rajarata on 24 May and the University of Jaffna on 25 May. 

The quiz will consist of two stages. The first stage will be, inter-faculty competitions followed by the second stage which will be an inter-university competition, with seven rounds for each stage, including questions from global markets, general knowledge, Sri Lankan economy, business, current affairs, sports, entertainment, and a rapid-fire segment. 

The top three teams with highest scores in the inter-faculty competition will compete at the inter-university competition. The winning team of the inter-faculty competition will receive a cash award of Rs. 75,000 whereas the winning team of the inter-university competition will receive a cash prize worth of Rs. 300,000 whilst 1st and 2nd runner-up teams would receive Rs. 200,000 and Rs. 100,000 respectively.

A group of organisations have come together as sponsors to make this inter university competition a reality. The Varsity Battles 2023 is sponsored by the following organisations.

Platinum sponsors: First Capital Holdings PLC and Bartleet Religare Securities Ltd.

Gold sponsors: CIMA Sri Lanka, Capital Trust Holdings Ltd., London Stock Exchange Group Sri Lanka, CT CLSA Securities Ltd., and Senfin Securities Ltd.

Silver sponsors: Lanka Securities Ltd., LOLC Holdings PLC, Asha Securities Ltd., Softlogic Stockbrokers Ltd., Almas Equities Ltd., and Senfin Asset Management Ltd. 

Co-sponsors: Vidullanka PLC, Millennium IT ESP Ltd., CryptoGen Ltd. and Crypto Labs Ltd., Data Management Systems Ltd., Sunshine Holdings PLC, Barista Coffee Lanka Ltd., Cargills (Ceylon) PLC, Lanka IOC PLC, N-able Ltd., and E Futures Ltd.

Official Airline Partner: SriLankan Airlines Official Transport Partner: Easy Lanka Express

Regional Refreshment Partners: Ulankulama Dairies Ltd. and VS Engineers & Contractors Ltd. and the Regional Hospitality Partner of the event is Jetwing Jaffna.