Meet Mangesh Ghogre, who got ‘Einstein Visa’ in the US for his exceptional crossword skill

The Einstein visa is a nickname for employment-based, first-preference visas.

According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services website, for this visa category one has to be a "non-citizen of extraordinary ability, are an outstanding professor or researcher, or are a certain multinational executive or manager."

“You must be able to demonstrate extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics through sustained national or international acclaim,” the website states.

Mangesh Ghogre started taking an interest in crosswords in 1997 to develop a good vocabulary. With a crossword career spanning 25 years, Ghogre became a crossword constructor in 2010. He is the former executive director and head of equity capital markets at Nomura India.

Some of the renowned newspapers globally, including the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal have featured Ghogre’s crossword puzzles.

A few months ago, Ghogre needed his crossword creation, featured in The New York Times along with Brendan Emmett Quigley. The puzzle was reported of the Taj Mahal.

Back in 2019, Ghogre was in the news for his Mahatma Gandhi-themed puzzle on his 150th birth anniversary on October 2.

He is an alumnus of Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS).