India @ WPC

The Indian team has regularly participated at the World Puzzle Championship (WPC) since 2003.

In WPC 2022, Prasanna Seshadri secured 2nd place in the Individual section - the best and only podium finish by an Indian thus far.

Also in 2022, Nityant Agarwal impressively won the Under-18 category while being on the B team in his first year.

The Indian team has finished in the 10th place in the Official Team standings, in 2015 and 2016. In 2022, India finished in the 12th position in Official Team standings.

Rohan Rao has been part of the India A team ten times; Amit Sowani nine times; Prasanna Seshadri eight times; Rajesh Kumar seven times; Swaroop Guggilam four times; Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla and Rajib Ranjan Borah three times each.

Top 5 Individual Performances @ WPC

Indian	Rank	Year
Prasanna Seshadri	2nd	2022
Prasanna Seshadri	16th	2019
Prasanna Seshadri	18th	2016
Prasanna Seshadri	19th	2015
Prasanna Seshadri	20th	2018

Top 5 Team Performances @ WPC

Team	Rank	Year
Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao, Amit Sowani, Swaroop Guggilam	10th	2016
Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao, Amit Sowani, Swaroop Guggilam	10th	2015
Prasanna Seshadri, Amit Sowani, Kishore Kumar Sridharan, Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla	12th	2022
Prasanna Seshadri, Rohan Rao, Amit Sowani, Swaroop Guggilam	12th	2019
Prasanna Seshadri, Amit Sowani, Rohan Rao, Ashish Kumar	12th	2018

Summary of India A team performances over the years

Year	Venue	Participants	Rank	Team Rank
2022	Krakow Poland	Prasanna Seshadri	2	12
		Amit Sowani	47
		Kishore Kumar Sridharan	61
		Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla	80
		Nityant Agarwal (B-team)	Best U-18
2019	Kirchheim Germany	Prasanna Seshadri	16	12
		Rohan Rao	39
		Amit Sowani	48
		Swaroop Guggilam	69
2018	Prague Czech Republic	Prasanna Seshadri	20	12
		Amit Sowani	34
		Rohan Rao	44
		Ashish Kumar	65
2017	Bangalore India	Kishore Kumar Sridharan	62	18
		Jaipal Reddy Mogiligundla	77
		Harmeet Singh	79
		Rajib Ranjan Borah	81
2016	Senec Slovakia	Prasanna Seshadri	18	10
		Rohan Rao	28
		Amit Sowani	39
		Swaroop Guggilam	72
2015	Sofia Bulgaria	Prasanna Seshadri	19	10
		Rohan Rao	42
		Amit Sowani	47
		Swaroop Guggilam	57
2014	London UK	Prasanna Seshadri	23	12
		Rohan Rao	36
		Swaroop Guggilam	48
		Jayant Ameta	90
2013	Beijing China	Prasanna Seshadri	24	15
		Amit Sowani	42
		Rohan Rao	45
		Rajesh Kumar	68

Summary of India A team performances over the years

Year	Venue	Participants	Rank	Team Rank
2012	Kraljevica Croatia	Amit Sowani	32	12
		Rohan Rao	38
		Prasanna Seshadri	46
		Rakesh Rai	61
2011	Eger Hungary	Rohan Rao	34	23
		Rajesh Kumar	85
		Rajib Ranjan Borah	91
		Tejal Phatak	97
2010	Warsaw Poland	Rohan Rao	41	18
		Rajesh Kumar	54
		Aman Pruthi	81
		Tejal Phatak	95
2009	Antalya Turkey	Puneet Goenka	84	22
		Lovely Krishna	88
		Harmeet Singh	90
		Jaipal Reddy	92
2008	Minsk Belarus	Rohan Rao	68
		Jaipal Reddy	80
		Lenson Andrade	81
2007	Rio de Janeiro Brazil	Amit Sowani	28	13
		Ritesh Gupta	66
		Rajesh Kumar	68
		Sumit Bothra	74
2006	Borovets Bulgaria	Amit Sowani	56	18
		Rajesh Kumar	69
		Amit Agarwal	78
		Raghavendra Ganesh	89
2005	Eger Hungary	Rajesh Kumar	70	25
		Srihari Mullapudi	72
		Vinay Deshineni	77
		Amit Agarwal	93
2004	Opatija Croatia	Rajesh Kumar	77	22
		Aditya Utturwar	80
		Prateek Agrawal	85
		Rajib Ranjan Borah	86