Neel AcharyMumbai, Dec 20: YES SECURITIES successfully concluded Season 2 of WongaWits, its flagship Investor Education Initiative with a high energy grand finale held on December 19 at YES Bank House, Santa Cruz, Mumbai.
The grand finale featured 10 finalist teams, comprising two members each, who travelled from across India to compete for the WongaWits Season 2 title. Representing leading academic institutions nationwide, the finalists demonstrated strong proficiency across capital markets, economics, personal finance and current financial affairs.
The event was attended by Mr. Anshul Arzare, Managing Director & CEO, YES SECURITIES, and Mr. Rajan Pental, Executive Director, YES Bank, and Non-Executive Director, YES SECURITES, along with the Chief Marketing Officer, Nipun Kaushal from YES Bank, reflecting a shared commitment towards strengthening financial literacy and nurturing future ready talent.
The journey to the grand finale was highly competitive, with each participating city witnessing close to 400 participants in the preliminary rounds. The top performing teams from their respective cities progressed through multiple stages, eventually narrowing down to the final 10 teams who earned the opportunity to compete at the national grand finale in Mumbai underscoring the scale, rigor and pan-India reach of the initiative. After an intense and closely contested finale, Team NIT Raipur, comprising Prabhat Sharma and Tanish Agarwal clinched the WongaWits Season 2 Champion title, emerging victorious in a contest marked by sharp intellect, speed, and strategic depth.
Team IIT Bhopal, represented by Kabir Dubey and Maanas Vishwakarma, secured the first runner-up position. The competition also witnessed a thrilling tiebreaker between the second- and third-placed teams, with Team IIT Guwahati Yash Dev Singh and Divyam Kulshreshtha finishing as the second runners-up.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Anshul Arzare, MD & CEO, YES SECURITIES, said:
“WongaWits was created to make finance engaging, competitive and relevant for future generations.. With Season 2, we have already seen strong participation from students across the country, reaffirming our belief that early exposure to financial and market concepts plays a critical role in shaping confident, informed decision makers. Building on this momentum, WongaWits is set to return stronger and bigger in 2026, further expanding its reach.”
In addition to the WongaWits Season 2 finale, the event also felicitated the winners of The Wize Whispers Season 2 Annual Quiz , which witnessed its largest ever participation with 12,009 registrations this year. For the first time, the quiz was conducted in a hybrid format, combining online participation with offline rounds held in school classrooms, expanding its reach to younger audiences. The season concluded with six winners three from the online format and three from the offline format further reinforcing the growing interest in structured financial learning at the school level.
WongaWits continues to be a key pillar of YES SECURITES’ investor education initiatives, aimed at building curiosity, awareness and practical understanding of finance among India’s youth. Following the successful completion of two seasons, the initiative is set to scale further, reaching more campuses and students nationwide.
