As an endeavour to pay tribute to the educationist, scientist, missile man and the People’s President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his birthday on 15th October, the Central Board of Secondary Education announces CBSE Expression Series on Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam on 15 th October, 2015. The details of this Expression Series are as follow:
i. To be held on 15 th October, 2015.
ii. The three categories of participation are: a) Classes I to V, b) Classes VI to VIII and c) Classes IX to XII
 iii. Topics are given below
iv. Students may submit their entries as Essay/ Poem/ Drawing.
v. Entries may be submitted in any one of the 22 scheduled languages and English.
vi. Entries may be submitted using any of the three following modes: a) Online mode through the link to be made available on www.cbseacademic.in (Details given in Annexure II) b) Uploading only the jpeg/ jpg/ doc file of the entry through the link to be made available on www.cbseacademic.in . (Details given in Annexure II) c) Mobile App using the numbers (Details given in Annexure III) For Classes I to V 7065963925 For Classes VI to VIII 7065963926 For Classes IX to XII 7065963927
vii. To cater to the need of students of schools of such areas where internet connectivity is limited, the Board has devised a registration-cum-response sheet (Annexure-IV). This response sheet may be downloaded, printed and photocopied for distributing to participants. After completion of activity, participants are required to scan it/ click an image of the entry and upload it through link or send through Mobile App. Images without clear details may not be considered.
viii. The links and Mobile App for submission of entry shall remain activated from 08:00hrs in morning to 23:59 hrs in night on 15 th October, 2015.
 ix. Entries submitted through email/ by post will not be considered.
 x. Best 36 entries in each category shall be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 2500/- and a Certificate of Merit.
 xi. Each participant will get a Certificate of Participation.
xii. Selection of best entries will be on the basis of originality of content and creative expression. Students may be contacted telephonically on the phone numbers provided by them to ascertain the originality of the entry submitted.
xiii. Plagiarism check may be done and the entry will be liable to disqualification if found plagiarized at any point of time.
For any query, you may contact Joint Director at 011-23215130 from 10:00 AM to 5:30PM or e-mail at praggyasingh.cbse@gmail.com.

CBSE EXPRESSION SERIES on Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 
15th October, 2015
TOPICS 
Classes: 1st to 5th 
Participants may submit Essay (250 words)/ Poem/ Drawing on: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s school days and how it influenced me…
Classes: 6th to 8th 
Participants may submit Essay (500 words)/ Poem/ Drawing on: Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam: the father of India’s Missile Programme
Classes: 9th to 12th 
Participants may submit Essay (700 words)/ Poem/Drawing on: “You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”, said Dr. Kalam. I dream for India to be...

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• The competition is open to school students from grades  7 - 11, studying in India.
• Teams should contain a maximum of two students.
• Students must choose one of the following four themes: 
  • Social entrepreneurship
  • Creative Animation
  • Robotics
  • Marine Sciences
• Schools can nominate a maximum of four teams (one for each theme)
• Teams must produce a short video in English, no longer than 3 minutes, on their chosen theme and upload it to YouTube.

Four grand prizes

In remembrance of the renowned freedom fighter and social reformer Sh. Jayaprakash Narayan, popularly known as JP, Central Board of Secondary Education announces CBSE Expression Series on Sh. Jayaprakash Narayan on 11th October, 2015.
The details of this Expression Series are as follow:
i. To be held on 11th October, 2015.
 ii. The three categories of participation are: a) Classes I to V, b) Classes VI to VIII and c) Classes IX to XII
iii. Topics are given in Annexure 1.
iv. Students may submit their entries as Essay/ Poem/ Drawing.
v. Entries may be submitted in any one of the 22 scheduled languages and English.
vi. Participation is voluntary. 11th October 2015 being a holiday, interested participants may submit the entry from home or from a place as per their convenience.
vii. Entries may be submitted using any of the three following modes:
a) Online mode through the link to be made available on www.cbseacademic.in (Details given in Annexure II) b) Uploading only the jpeg/ jpg/ doc file of the entry through the link to be made available on www.cbseacademic.in . (Details given in Annexure II) c) Mobile App using the numbers (Details given in Annexure III) For Classes I to V 7065963925 For Classes VI to VIII 7065963926 For Classes IX to XII 7065963927
viii. To cater to the need of students of schools of such areas where internet connectivity is limited, the Board has devised a registration-cum-response sheet (Annexure-IV). This response sheet may be downloaded, printed and photocopied for distributing to participants. After completion of activity, participants are required to scan it/ click an image of the entry and upload it through link or send through Mobile App. Images without clear details may not be considered.
ix. The links and Mobile App for submission of entry shall remain activated from 08:00hrs in morning to 23:59hrs in night on 11th October, 2015.
x. Entries submitted through email/ by post will not be considered.
xi. Best 36 entries in each category shall be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 2500/- and a Certificate of Merit.
xii. Each participant will get a Certificate of Participation.
xiii. Selection of best entries will be on the basis of originality of content and creative expression. Students may be contacted telephonically on the phone numbers provided by them to ascertain the originality of the entry submitted.
xiv. Plagiarism check may be done and the entry will be liable to disqualification if found plagiarized at any point of time. For any query, you may contact Joint Director at 011-23215130 from 10:00 AM to 5:30PM or e-mail at praggyasingh.cbse@gmail.com.

TOPICS
'Classes: 1st to 5th
Participants may submit Essay (250 words)/ Poem/ Drawing on: Jayaprakash Narayan’s role in Indian freedom struggle
Classes: 6th to 8th
 Participants may submit Essay (500 words)/ Poem/ Drawing on: Jayaprakash Narayan: the real ‘Lok Nayak’
Classes: 9th to 12th
Participants may submit Essay (700 words)/ Poem/Drawing on: Jayaprakash Narayan said, “True politics is about promotion of human happiness.” My opinion on this is…

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District Level Inter School Chess  Championship is organised by Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation, Palakkad.

Date: 25.10.2015
Venue: Govt. Moyan Memorial Girls Higher Secondary School, Palakkad
Time: 8.30 am - 6 pm

Category
1. Class I-IV
2. Class V-VIII
3. Class IX-XII

Each school can send two representatives from any class for the competition

Last Date: 20.10.2015

Address:
Santosh, District Incharge
Sai Karunya
Sri Sathya Sai Community Cenre, Koppam
Palakkad - 678001

Phone: 9946662699

Participqants must bring authorisation letter from School Principal, Head Master.

Information Security Education and Awareness,Department of Electronics and Information technology, governemnt of India( DeitY) invites applications from VII to XI standard students from all the reconized State/Central  Government schools (State/CBSE/ICSE/NCRT) across the country to participate in National level Painting & Drawing competition.The competition is organized by CDAC Hyderabad,  A Scientific Society of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India.

Specifications:

  A3 size Paper

Medium :

Crayons
Sketch pens
Water colours
Colour pencils
Poster colours

Last Date:
November 30th  2015  either by post or in person.

 To do:

The back side of the paintings should carry the following information:

DOB ( as per school records )
Father’s/Mother’s name
Class
Roll No
School name & address
Mobile number of the participant ( if not either father/teacher no. is must).
Email ID of the participant (if not  either father/teacher ID is must)
Signature of the Head of the Institute along with stamp

Selection Process:

All entries must on the theme only
Each participating school need to select best three paintings irrespective of the classes and age group and send it to C-DAC Hyderabad before the due date.( The paintings may be selected at school level by the school head masters or head mistress/Head of the institution or concern authority.)
C-DAC Hyderabad would send the paintings to the committee and selection would be done by the committee.

Terms and Conditions

The organization reserves the right to cancel the competition without any prior intimation.
The decision of the Jury / Expert committee at all levels of the painting competition will be final.
The paintings received are the property of ISEA project, C-DAC, Hyderabad.
The paintings will not be returned back.


Where to send?
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, (C-DAC)
Plot No. 6 & 7, Hardware Park,
Sy No. 1/1, Srisailam Highway,
Pahadi Shareef Via Keshavagiri (Post)
Hyderabad - 500005

Target Group:
 The children in the schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary education in the following categories.
 Primary : I- V
 Middle : VI- VIII
  Secondary : IX –XII

Eligibility: Any bonafide student of a school affiliated to CBSE studying in standard I to standard XII can participate in the competition in the respective categories.
Type of Quiz : Face to Face Competition in Schools followed by selection of best talents by CBSE through an online quiz.
Medium : English/Hindi
Prizes:
Top ten students from each category (Primary-10, Middle-10 and Secondary-10) shall be shortlisted based on their performance and time for completion of the Online Quiz conducted by the Board. Each winner shall be given Rs.2500/- ( Rs. Two thousand five hundred only).
Conduct of Quiz: 
 To ensure wider participation of students, involvement of schools and selection of the winners on merit, the competition is proposed in two stages. The school level competition shall be held first as detailed below. Thereafter in the last week, the Board shall conduct an online quiz for finding out the best talents from the school level competition who have registered successfully.
Stage: 1- School Level Competition: 
The school shall organize an in-house Quiz Competition on any day during 7-13th October on the given theme i.e. “Light and Cinema”. The focus should be on creativity and innovation in the area of Mathematics, Science and Technology. The school shall select best two students from each category ( Primary, Middle and Secondary ). The selection of the candidates should be made in an impartial manner involving all students interested in the Quiz competition. The school may evolve its own mechanism for initial shortlisting. However conduct of Quiz competition on any day during 7-13th October 2015 in the school is a mandatory condition to be eligible for the next stage .
The names of two winners in each category ,two photographs of the event, a report in 200 words and contact details must be uploaded by the school on a link which will be available on CBSE website www.cbseacademic.in under the link “ Aavishkar Quiz” during 15th and 16th October , 2015. Schools shall be able to register only upto 5-00 p.m on 16th October 2015 . The specifications of the photograph for uploading are as given below.
 Image Format – JPEG
 Size of Image –Maximum 200 KB
Utmost care should be taken while filling up the registration form and submission of report of first stage. In case, the email id registered is found to be invalid, no user id and password will be issued. Report submitted by any other mode like email, post etc. shall not be considered for registration. This is only the first level of the Quiz and no prizes are given by the Board to winners of the first stage.
Stage: 2 – Online Quiz conducted by the Board : The Board shall allot user id and password to the schools who have successfully registered within stipulated time. The date of the Online Quiz shall be 28th October 2015 . Best entries shall be selected on the basis of maximum scores obtained and minimum time for completion of the Quiz.
 All the schools which have registered for Aavishkar quiz series in the first stage by uploading their reports on the link given on www.cbseacademic.in latest by 5-00 p.m. on 16th October 2015 may conduct Online Quiz competition and shall follow the guidelines given below :
1. The Online Quiz Competition will be held on 28th October 2015.
2. User id and password can be downloaded from the link ,which will be available on the link “ Aavishkar quiz”on www.cbseacadmeic.in latest by 21st October 2015 .
You may provide the user id and password to the students only on the day of the Online quiz. Please note that, those who have not received any registration number shall not be given any user id and password.
The participating schools may note the following:
a) Participants have to be present in their own school and the Online Quiz competition will be held under the personal supervision of the Principal of the school.
b) The quiz will be held in three categories as per the following schedule :
1. Primary : I-V 9:45 a.m to 10: 30 a.m.
2. Middle: VI-VIII 11:30 a.m to 12: 15 p.m.
 3. Secondary : IX-XII 1: 00 p.m. to 1: 45 p.m.
c) The link shall be available on www.cbseacademic.in under the link Aavishkar quiz fifteen minutes prior to the commencement of the quiz for each category.
d) The total time duration for the quiz will be 45 minutes.
e) There shall be a total of 50 Multiple choice questions.
f) There shall be no negative marking.
g) Attempting all questions is not compulsory.
h) Once submit button is clicked, the score and time shall be saved and no changes can be made thereafter.
i) The candidate has to login using his/her user id and password. Login is allowed only once.
 j) The final selection will be based on the maximum score obtained and minimum time taken.
k) Quiz shall not be conducted again if there are technical problems at the Centre.
l) The principals shall be personally responsible for smooth and fair conduct of the Online quiz in their schools by giving all technical support required .
 m) However no support whatsoever shall be given by the school to the candidates participating in the Online quiz competition for answering the questions.
3. The schools must ensure the following for the smooth conduct of online quiz competition.
a) Uninterrupted Broad band connection/back up dongle in the school for proper access of the website.
b) One computer for each candidate.
 c) Backup power in case of power failure with UPS connected to each computer and the internet router.
d) The school must test the system one day in advance.
e) The technical failure shall not be considered the reason for re conduct of the quiz and School shall be responsible for provision of all required technical support.
For claiming the prize money, the Principal of the school shall sent a bonafide certificate of the winner in the Proforma given in Annexure- 1 within three days of declaration of the result on the email id: aavishkarquiz@gmail.com. You may ensure maximum participation of the students in the Quiz Competition which will in turn promote inquisitiveness and creativity among them in the area of Mathematics , Science and Technology. For further queries you may send an email to aavishkarquiz@gmail.com or call on 011-23211574

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The World Photography Organisation and British Journal of Photography are pleased to invite registered universities from across the world to submit entries to the 2016 Student Focus competition, one of the world’s leading programmes for photography students.
New this year, British Journal of Photography (BJP), the world's longest running photography magazine, will partner with WPO to deliver the 2016 Student Focus competition. As part of this collaboration, on top of receiving €30,000 worth of Sony photography equipment for his or her university, the winning Student Focus photographer will receive an online feature showcasing a body of work on the BJP website and will have the opportunity to take over the magazine’s Instagram feed for one weekend.

Key dates:
4th December 2015: Student Focus competition closes
1st March 2016: shortlist revealed
21st April 2016: winner announced at gala ceremony in London

The 2016 Student Focus Brief: Millennials
"53% of of Millennials would rather lose their sense of smell than their technology"
Source: McCann Worldgroup Study "Truth about youth", May 25th 2011
Definition: The term Millennials is usually considered to apply to individuals who reached adulthood around the turn of the 21st century.
Life is different for millennials; technology & social media have changed the way the youth of today interact. Information is instantaneous, easier than ever to find, create, and share. Social upheaval and political change is now possible across the world, in both established and emerging nations, through the power of a single hashtag or tweet.
But technology isn't the be all and end all. The day-to-day has changed too. The very idea of friendship, family and love - the staples of the human condition - is perhaps more different today than ever before.
The youth of today dream and aspire just as their parents and grandparents before them. So what sets them aside? What traits and common characteristics can we recognise in ourselves, our friends and those around us, that speak to the unique times we live in?

Eligibility
Academic membership criteria:
1) Academic institutions must teach a programme* of photography.
2) Institutions must promote the competition to students using materials provided by the WPO.
Students must be:
3) Aged 18 – 28, study at the institution and will still be studying April 2012.
4a) Study photography as their primary programme, in order to receive a diploma/degree within a field of photography or

b) Study photography as a recognised programme as part of their chosen diploma/degree of study.

Entries can be submitted by any Indian. One individual can send entries in multiple categories i.e. Short Film, Audio Jingles, Poster, and Design. Only individuals are allowed in contest and no group or organizational entries will be entertained.

Last date of the submitting entries in all four categories is 17th October, 2015


For further details visit http://drishti.org.in/

नेत्रदान प्रोत्साहन हेतु दृष्टि 2015 – क्रियेटिव कांटेस्‍ट (लघु फिल्‍म, पोस्‍टर, डिजाइन और ऑडियो जिंगल) की घोषणा

Kerala Tourism brings to you the ‘International Photography Contest of Kerala’, a platform in which photographers from across the globe compete to win the coveted prize money.

Here is a photography competition in which anyone with a passion for photography can participate. All participants may submit their photographs which will then be shared and rated by visitors to the website.

PRIZES
The prizes are as follows:*

Category I First prize Rs 5.00 lacs
Category II Second Prize Rs 3.00 lacs
Category III Third Prize Rs 2.00 lacs
Category IV Consolation Prize (5 prizes) Rs 1.00 lac**
* If the Judging Committee decides that there is more than one winning entry in any category, the prize amount will be divided and distributed accordingly.
** There will be 5 consolation prizes of Rs.1.00 lac each

GUIDELINES FOR THE CONTEST

• The photographs should be on Kerala. The theme should support promotion of the tourism potential of Kerala.
• The photographs should portray Kerala in a positive manner.
• The photograph should be original and the participant should hold its copyright.
• Kerala Tourism, its officers and agents should be totally indemnified against any third party claim on the photograph.
• The Contest begins on 24th September 2015 and the closing date for receipt of entries is 31st December 2015.
• A maximum of three images will be accepted from each participant.
• All images should be submitted online through the Kerala Tourism website. For submission the login id and password received at the time of registration are to be used.
• Digital submissions must have at least 1000 Pixels and less than 3000 pixels in either height or width and saved as Jpegs (.jpg), and not exceed 4MB per file, at 72dpi resolution.
• Digitally manipulated photos (using programs like Photoshop or any other software) will be disqualified.
• Entries to this competition must have been taken in the period - 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2015.
• Regarding the competition and selection of winners, decision of Kerala Tourism will be final.
• Kerala Tourism reserves the right to publish or use any of the photographs submitted.
• By participating in this photography competition, it is construed that all contestants hereby give their consent to use the entries submitted for this photography competition for Kerala Tourism promotion irrespective of the fact whether the entries win a prize or not. However the copyright of the non-winning entries will be vested with the photographer.
• Copyright of the winning entries will be vested with Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala and the photographs which won the prizes will be the exclusive property of the Kerala Tourism.
• The winners must forward the RAW files or 300 dpi high resolution photographs of the winning entries to the Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala on demand before the formal declaration of prizes. Winners who do not submit high resolution images of winning entries before formal declaration of prizes will be disqualified and the Judging Committee will select new winners from remaining contestants.
• Taxes will be applicable in accordance with Indian law and will be deducted from prize money.
• The distribution of prizes to potential winners is subject to the express requirement that the prize winner submit all documentation requested by Kerala Tourism to Kerala Tourism in order to permit compliance with applicable tax laws.
• If the Judging Committee decides that there is more than one winning entry in any category, the prize amount will be divided and distributed accordingly.
• Kerala Tourism or its Consultant retain the right to make any changes to the event, its format, dates, distribution of prizes, rules, terms and conditions and in any matter related to this event without any prior notice.

District Information Office, Palakkad is organising various competitions for school students in connection with Gandhi Jayanthi Celebrations.
Date: 4 October 2015
Venue: PMG School, Palakkad

Timing: 09:30 oto 11:30
Painting (Water Colour) for L.P and U.P students
Essay Writing for High School and Higher Secondary Students

12:00 to 02:00 pm
Quiz competition for L.P. U.P, High School and Higher Secondary

Students need to present bonafide certificate from the Head of the Institution
Contact: 0491-2505329