Rajya Sabha member and Bhashyam Educational Institutions chairman Bhashyam Rama Krishna stressed the importance of intellectual games in developing students’ language proficiency, analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
Addressing the Bhashyam Central-Level Scrabble Tournament in Guntur, on Saturday, he said the objective of the event was to encourage students to participate in national and international competitions and excel. He said the tournament was organised under the Bhashyam Scrabble League 2026-27 in collaboration with Word Wizards and Mellow Learning.
More than 1 lakh students from Bhashyam institutions across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana participated in the league, making it one of the largest online Scrabble competitions. The competition was conducted in three stages for students of Classes V to X. Of the participants, 1,730 qualified for zonal rounds, followed by 256 students from 23 zones. A total of 128 finalists competed in the central-level tournament, where 18 emerged winners.
The event was conducted under the supervision Scrabble Association of India president Siddharth Nityanand. Mr. Rama Krishna presented prizes to the winners.
Karnataka State Scrabble Association secretary Shubha Shivashankar, World Youth Scrabble Championship Under-14 runner-up Samarth Manchili, coordinators, volunteers and other dignitaries attended the programme.