Nalanda College of Engg students shine in crossword contest

Patna: Shubham Kumar and Pankaj Kumar of Nalanda College of Engineering emerged winners while Ujjawal Surya and Aman Kumar Jha (of Government Engineering College, Vaishali) finished runners up in the East Zone finals of the National Inter-college Crossword Expedition (NICE-23) held at the Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP) here on Friday.Amritansh Kumar and Prity Kumari of Government Engineering College, Bhojpur, emerged as second runner up.Top 50 institutions from the east zone had qualified to participate in the battle of wits and crossword-solving abilities at the zonal final.The NICE was introduced last year as part of the initiatives to fulfill the objectives outlined in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The contest aims to create a dynamic campus environment and foster a comprehensive education ecosystem that nurtures students’ multi-disciplinary talents.The contest was organized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the apex body for technical education in India, in collaboration with the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, and Extra-C, a Patna-based civil society organization.State’s development commissioner Vivek Kumar Singh, while presenting the keynote address, highlighted how crosswords, once relatively unknown, are gradually gaining popularity and becoming a topic of discussion. He expressed his gratitude to all the supporters and associates who contributed to the successful organization of the event..