The Community’s leading establishment for children and young adults – the XYZ (Xtremely Young Zoroastrians) Foundation, held its annual events – ‘Brainiax’, as also celebrated its sixth Annual Day, on 19^th December, 2020, conducted virtually, over Zoom.

‘Brainiax’ was conducted across three age groups (Under 9, Under 12, and Under 17), and comprised four activities – ‘Mathemagix’ (Mental Maths); ‘Blox’ (Lego/Building blocks); ‘Scientifix’ (Experiments); and ‘Smartex’ (Quiz). The day started with a common Zoom call where the enthusiastic participants were briefed for the day. The Mathemagix eliminations commenced, followed by the Blox finals, where participants across age groups displayed their creativity and mechanical intelligence.

After a brief lunch break, the Smartex eliminations were held, followed by the Scientifix finals, where participants displayed interesting and fun experiments. The finals for Mathemagix and Smartex was conducted on a one-on-one basis across all age groups. After the event concluded, the participants regrouped for the Prize Distribution, where Tehmurap’s Titans were announced the Champions of ‘XYZ Brainiax 2020’!

XYZ commenced its sixth Annual day celebrations by announcing the winners of the Braniax event held earlier in the day. A video launching the new XYZ song was screened alongside a compilation showcasing the activities conducted during the year.

This year, XYZ’s ACE Award (for Achieving Continuous Excellence) was presented to Jehan Daruvala (F2 car racer) for his exemplary global performance in car-racing, which was followed by a short ‘Q and A’ session posed to him by XYZ members.

Other awards given out included ‘Best President’ Award of 2020 to Sanaya Bacha (Noshirwan’s Knights); Jamshed’s Giants was declared ‘The Best Group’ of the year. The new office bearers were officially sworn in and welcomed into their new roles and activities for the coming year were discussed.