Patna, Ahmedabad, Secunderabad contestants win crossword challenge
The results for the month of April in the year-long daily online crossword challenge, known as ACAD (A-Clue-A-Day), have brought to the fore remarkable performances by school students in the hinterland of Bihar.
While young crossword aficionado Bittu Kumar of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Residential School, Bharra, Begusari, sits at the apex of the national ranking in the School category, Aditya Raj and Ravi Kishan, both of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Residential School, Pokhraira, Muzaffarpur, have clinched the 2nd and the 3rd spots, respectively.
Shraddha Shree of St. Michael’s High School, Patna; Dhirendra Kumar of Ahmedabad; and Samit Kallianpur of Secunderabad have won the 1st position in the College, Senior, and Global categories, respectively. The 2nd and the 3rd place winners, respectively, in these categories are as follows: College – Tisha Taneja of IIT Madras and Sohamm Sarthak of IGIMS, Patna; Senior – Jacob Brahmakulam from Thrissur and Sree Prakash from Ernakulam; and Global – Ramakrishnan Krishnan of and Aashirwad Vishwanathan, both from Chennai.
ACAD started in the year 2014 to engage school students on a daily basis to provide a quality pastime that also worked as a learning tool, combining fun. Over the past 13 years, this has grown into a four-segment contest due to an overwhelmingly popular demand. Conducted by Extra-C, a civil society initiative, it is conducted on the organization’s official website www.crypticsingh.com. While the first two categories are obvious by their nomenclature, ACAD Senior is meant for participants in the age-group of 60 and above. ACAD Global is for anyone, anywhere in the world, who wants to partake of this intellect-driven challenge. The participation at any stage of the contest is free of cost. A participant may register on the website, get a password, and enter the game daily. There are surprise gifts for top performers in different categories. Though a year-long event, its competitive phase runs between Feb 1 and October 31 every year.
