Ganga Quest is an online quiz on Ganga being conducted by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), an authority under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. TREE Craze Foundation, a not for profit organization working on Ganga, Rivers, and Environment, is the implementation partner for Ganga Quest. The unique feature of the quiz are: a) conducted in both Hindi and English; b) an online quiz; and, c) being a pan-India quiz. Apart from engaging the youth, creating awareness and knowledge, Ganga Quest initiative aims at building sensitized next generation that cares for our river ecosystem and adapts sustainable lifestyle that commensurate with the nature. Thus, the targeted objectives of Ganga Quest are; Knowledge Building, Awareness Creation, Attitude Orientation, Knowledge Gap Assessment, and Baseline Determination.
It was launched for the first time in 2019 under the aegis of Namami Gange programme, a national flagship programme for restoration of river Ganga. Even though it was first year of implementation, the involvement came from across the country with a total of 36,321 participants in 2019. Due to
the success of Ganga Quest 2019, National Mission for Clean Ganga committed its association with Ganga Quest for next three years from 2020 to 2022 to be conducted on annual basis.
The uniqueness of Ganga Quest is its online format which enables pan-India reach with much less time and resources than otherwise. Looking at the success of first version of Ganga Quest, Ganga Quest 2.0 (www.gangaquest.com) is being launched again in 2020. The format and structure of the quiz is similar to previous year with even more attractive and user- friendly web interface. Registrations have started on April 7th and other important dates are given below.
