Ravi Prakash, Founder & CEO, Rodha.
A puzzle begins with a challenge: making sense of incomplete information. Each solution demands careful observation, logical decisions and the patience to reconsider an approach when it fails. At the World Sudoku & Puzzle Championships 2026 in Kolkata, these abilities take centre stage as competitors represent their countries in a contest of speed, accuracy and reasoning.
Supporting India's contingent is education platform Rodha, whose sponsorship connects the world of competitive puzzles with its belief that learning should help students become independent thinkers.
The championships, hosted by Logic Masters India under the aegis of the World Puzzle Federation, run from October 11-18 at The Westin Kolkata Rajarhat. The event brings together leading solvers for individual and team competitions across the 19th World Sudoku Championship and the 33rd World Puzzle Championship. Rodha's logo features on Team India's official jerseys.
For Ravi Prakash, Founder & CEO, Rodha, the association reflects a purpose that extends beyond examination preparation.
"Education should go beyond helping students clear an examination, it should teach them how to think, how to approach an unfamiliar challenge, and how to keep working until they find a solution," he says.
That philosophy finds a natural expression in competitive puzzle-solving. A solver must recognise patterns, test possibilities and distinguish a sound deduction from an assumption. Under time pressure, deciding when to persist and when to change direction becomes part of the challenge.
These are also useful habits for students navigating competitive examinations. Understanding a concept is one step; applying it to an unfamiliar question requires judgement. A difficult puzzle offers an opportunity to practise that process, including accepting an unsuccessful attempt and returning with a different approach.
Rodha's learning programmes emphasise conceptual foundations, rigorous practice and mentorship. Its association with Team India brings that approach into a setting where intellectual effort becomes a shared national pursuit.
The sponsorship also seeks to bring greater visibility to India's competitive puzzle-solving community. For young people, seeing Indian players compete internationally can offer another way to engage with logic and mathematics, through curiosity, challenge and the satisfaction of finding a solution.
As India hosts the championships for the third time, Rodha's support puts a spotlight on the people behind those solutions: thinkers whose achievements reflect sustained practice, resilience and the willingness to keep questioning.
