School Crossword Champions swamp the Podium Positions In National Inter College Crossword Expedition 2023
New Delhi : On Sunday, Omkar Joshi, a student of Flame University , Pune ( Maharashtra) was declared the National Winner of the Practice Round of the National Inter-college Crossword Expedition (NICE) 2023. He has also been the winner of the National Inter College Crossword, 2018. We also have other two runners ups named Harshul Sagar ( Second Runner up), a defending champion from IIT Delhi, and Vijwal Ekbote( First Runner up) from Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi who have successfully tagged themselves as the National Winners in the Practice Round of the Nation level Contest. While V K Sai Gayatri who was the South Zone Winner, as well as had been the ACAD Winner in 2020, has also claimed herself to be the winner of the Teaser Round of NICE 23.
The 1st Teaser Round of NICE 23 was held on March 19. The Teaser Rounds were held to warm up the participants and make them aware of the format of the competition.
The 2nd Teaser Round was formally launched across the nation on April 2 with an Online Practice Round. This will be followed by three online scoring rounds on three consecutive Sundays on April 9, 16, and 23 in Stage I of the three-stage contest. While the first stage is an online mode, the rest of the two stages will be offline. Stage II will comprisese five Zonal Finals in designated cities and Stage III will witness the National Finals in Delhi.
Being organized by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the contest aims at challenging the student's mental mettle and provides an opportunity for bringing laurels and National recognition to the institute. It is open to students of any college, university or deemed-to-be University recognised by the University Grants Commission.
The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a partner in the exercise. Civil society initiative Extra-C has received the AICTE mandate for conducting the competition through the three stages across the country.
The free-of-cost registration will remain open throughout Stage I on www.crypticsingh.com. The official website of Extra-C will also be the hosting platform of Stage I and any other online activities associated with the contest.
