Adya Singh of St Stephen’s College is winner of Online Rounds crosswords expedition

Bihar Foundation National Inter-College Crossword Expedition (NICE) 2026 concluded its last E Round. Adya Singh of St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and V K Sai Gayatri from BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus took the top honours in Round E.

The NICE Overall and NICE Round-E brought together some of India’s finest young crossword enthusiasts, with participants representing leading universities, engineering institutions, colleges and professional institutes.

Besides Adya and Gayatri the national winners include Arnav V Raju from IIT Delhi and Shrawon Dey from IIT Guwahati, while the zonal winners are Aman Kumar from Government Engineering College, Vaishali; Divyam Jain again from IIT Delhi, Shivam Kumar Jha, IIIT Senapati, Ashish CT of IIT Madras and Anju Sengar from Government College, Joura, Morena.