| Mangesh Ghogre | |
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 Ghogre in 2019 | |
| Born | 1980 (age 43–44) Chandrapur, India |
| Education | Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), NMIMS |
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Mangesh Ghogre (born 1980) is an Indian crossword constructor who has had puzzles published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. He is credited as being the first Indian to have constructed crosswords for the LA Times and Wall Street Journal. His crosswords have also been featured in publications like Games and World of Puzzles.
Ghogre was recognized as the first India-based crossword constructor for the Los Angeles Times in 2010 and in 2012 became the first Indian to judge the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. In 2014, The New York Times published one of Ghogre's crosswords for the US Independence Day edition on July 4 which was aimed at bringing the people of India and the US closer together.
In 2019, Mangesh Ghogre created a Mahatma Gandhi–themed crossword to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary, which The New York Times published on October 2.
Career
Ghogre was born in Chandrapur in 1980 and grew up in Mumbai.
His interest in crosswords began in the year 1997, when, in order to develop a good vocabulary for the GMAT, he started solving crosswords originally published in the Los Angeles Times.
After several rejections, his first crossword was published in the Los Angeles Times. As a tribute to the city of Mumbai, he published another crossword in the LA Times with the byline "Mangesh Mumbaikar Ghogre".
Ghogre is an investment banker by profession. Ghogre graduated from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) as a mechanical engineer received an MBA degree from NMIMS with specialisation in finance.
In June 2019, Ghogre was featured in Fortune magazine's annual list of the 40 under-40 sharpest minds in business.
Ghogre also contributes to the "Speaking Tree" column of the Times of India.
In 2022, he was granted the prestigious EB-1 visa ("Einstein visa") for his extraordinary skills in making American crosswords.
In December 2022, Mangesh Ghogre resigned from Nomura and moved to the US. According to The Economic Times, Nomura completed 27 IPOs while Ghogre was employed as the head of the bank's equity capital markets division, including a number of deals worth over $500 million.
References
- ^ "Cracking It". Openthemagazine.com. Open The Magazine. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- "He'll be 1st desi to judge NYT crossword contest". epaper.timesofindia.com. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Mumbai banker's crossword makes it to New York Times". Mumbai: Hindustan Times. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Last, Natan (18 December 2023). "Can Crossword Be More Inclusive?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- "Nomura hires Mangesh Ghogre to grow its ECM business". Mumbai: The Economic Times. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "He'll be 1st desi to judge NYT crossword contest". The Times of India. 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- "40 under 40 - 40 of India's Brightest Young Entrepreneurs". Fortune India. Fortune India Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- Dec 25, B. B. Nayak / Mumbai Mirror /. "Navi Mumbai crossword constructor gets US govt's Einstein visa | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Balakrishnan, Reghu. "Mangesh Ghogre quits Nomura, goes to the US with Einstein visa". The Economic Times. The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
