New Delhi/Bhopal: Bhopal’s Lakshmi Narain College of Technology (LNCT) has hosted the West Zonal round of the National Inter College Crossword Expedition (NICE) 2025, bringing together some of the region’s sharpest young problem-solvers.
The Bhopal leg of the zonal competition saw a clean sweep by LNCT students. The top spot went to Pushkar Parashar and Sahil Kaurav, followed by Riddhi Singh and Aanshik Tiwari in second place, and Rose Banga with Gautam Rai in third. All three teams have earned a place in the Grand Finale, to be held in New Delhi.
The event was attended by LNCT principal Dr Sahu, professors Anoop Chaturvedi and Amit Upadhyaya, CrossMaster Vinayak Ekbote, and Raj Narayan Singh from Extra-C.
This year’s West Zonal finals are being split across two locations, with the second leg set for i-Hub, Ahmedabad, on August 19. The North Zonal finals will take place at IIT Delhi on August 16, while the North East Zonal finals are scheduled for August 22 in Guwahati.
Now in its fourth edition, NICE is organised jointly by AICTE, IIT Madras, IIM Mumbai, and Extra-C, aiming to encourage analytical thinking, vocabulary skills, and a love for competitive crossword solving among college students nationwide.
