Quick Bites

The much-anticipated City Rounds of the National Inter-School Cryptic Crossword Contest (CCCC 13.0) are set to take place on August 12, 2025, in Patna and Bhopal.

The venues for these rounds will be the Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna (CIMP), and the Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Bhopal, respectively.

General Guidelines:

  1. Participation is completely free of cost.
  2. No prior registration is required; students can register on the spot at the venue.
  3. Students may participate individually or in teams of two.
  4. In case of team participation, both members must be from the same school, regardless of their class or grade level.
  5. There is no cap on the number of students or teams from a school.

ACAD National Winners
Rank-1: Shraddha Shree, St. Michael's High School, Patna
Rank-2: Don Bosco Academy, Patna
Rank-3: Saptak Gupta, Patna

ACAD Plus National Winners
Rank-1: Om Kumar Jha, NIT Manipur
Rank-2: Shivam Jha, SDDNG Govt. High School, Araria
Rank-3: Bhargav Vinayak, IIM Rohtak


ACAD Senior National Winners
Rank-1: Dhirendra Tripathi, Ahmedabad
Rank-2: R Nagendra Prasad, Bangalore
Rank-3: KK Rao, Hyderabad


ACAD Global Winners
Rank-1: Harish Kamath, Bangalore
Rank-2: Samit Kallianpur, Secunderabad
Rank-3: Ramki Krishnan, Chennai

  • South Zone: 2nd August 2025 at IIT Madras, Central Lecture Theatre, Near OAT, IIT Madras
  • West Zone: 12th August 2025 at Bhopal LNCT campus Seminar Hall :  S - 21, Jagadish Chandra Bose,  Block 
  • East Zone: 12th August 2025 at CIMP, Patna
  • North Zone: 16th August 2025 at IIT Delhi, The seminar hall 
  • West Zone : 19th Aug 2025 I Hub, Ahmedabad 
  • North East Zone: 22nd Aug 2025 Royal Global University, College Auditorium, Guwahati 

The National Inter School Cryptic Crossword contest 2025 (CCCC 13.0) will unfold in multiple stages between July and November 2025

Stage I: Online Rounds
Two students from Classes VII to XII from the same school can team up, regardless of their class levels.
Practice Round (non-scoring): July 27, 2025
Round 1: August 03, 2025
Round 2: August 10, 2025
Round 3: August 17, 2025

Stage II: Face-to-Face Online/Offline Regional Rounds
Shortlisted teams will compete in face-to-face rounds, either online or at select offline locations, depending on logistical and local considerations.

Stage III: National Grand Finale
The best-performing teams from Stage II will battle it out in a thrilling offline National Grand Finale in New Delhi. Dates for Stages II and III will be announced later.

Who Can Participate?: Students from Classes VII to XII enrolled in any school affiliated with a recognized board in India.
Prizes and Recognition: Top-performing teams will win exciting prizes, and certificates will be awarded to all participants, acknowledging their intellectual effort and competitive spirit.