IITKGP student tops Round 2 of national college crossword contest

Akshay Kumar Joshi of IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, and Rishita Kumari of Patna University, Patna, secured the second and third places, respectively, in the second round of the National Inter-college crossword expedition 2023 (NICE 2023).

Aaditri Vaibhav, a student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, bagged the first position in the second round of the National Inter-college crossword expedition 2023 (NICE 2023) held recently. Akshay Kumar Joshi of IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, and Rishita Kumari of Patna University, Patna, secured the second and third places, respectively.  

In the zonal rankings, Jyoti Kumari of Nalanda college of engineering (Bihar) topped the east zone, while Charangundala Sailaxman from National Institute of technology (NIT) Meghalaya secured the first position in the North east zone. 

Tiya Agarwal from Sanskriti University of Mathura bagged the top spot in the North zone, while Poojalakshmi of Panimalar engineering college of Thiruvallur of Tamil Nadu clinched the top spot in the South zone. Premthilak of BJ medical college in Ahmedabad of Gujarat claimed the west zone title. 

NICE 23 is the second edition of the national contest which was inaugurated last year. It comprises three stages. Stage I is an online individual contest consisting of four rounds. On the basis of cumulative scores at the end of the fourth online round, participants qualify for Stage II which is an offline team contest. In this stage, five zonal finals are held where qualifying students have to form two-member teams to represent their institutions.   

The winners of the zonal finals then converge on the national capital to play the grand finale to claim the national championship trophy. The contest is being organised by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in association with the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), New Delhi, and Extra-C, a civil society initiative for the promotion of a holistic educational environment. 

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