PG Department of psychology conducted on a quiz namely Knowledge Knockout on behalf of Autism day. The main objective of the quiz was to generate an awareness about autism. On 2nd April 2024, 31 students from various programs participated in the quiz conducted by the PG Department of Psychology (Ist and IInd year BSc Psychology). It was conducted after an orientation on the same topic done in the morning session. The quiz was conducted in four rounds, each round an elimination round. The first round consisted of 10 true or false questions. The second round was a picture based round consisting of 10 questions. The third round consisted of 5 questions set to low difficulty. In the end only 4 participants remained for the final round consisting of 5 difficult questions on Autism. The winner Rishikesh Menon (of IInd BSc Geology) was decided in a tie breaker round and the IInd place was bagged by Lakshmi Ramachandran of IInd BSc Computer Science. At the end of this activity students gained a deep insight into what Autism is and how it affects society around us. The students inherited a better general knowledge on Autism and it’s after effects. This helped reduce the stigma associated with Autism and understand how it affects people better
