National Essay Competitions on Indian Constitution and Fundamental Duties

The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of HRD, in association with UGC, is organizing 11 rounds of National Essay Competition as part of the year long Fundamental Duties Awareness campaign of Govt of India to commemorate the 70th year of adoption of our Constitution. There will be one National Essay Competition every month, based on one Fundamental Duty. All students enrolled in any Higher Educational Institution in India are eligible to participate.



The details of the National Essay Competition are as follows :

Competition	Announcement	Registration Open	Registration close	Allot centres	Essay Day	Result day
1st	26-Nov	26-Nov	10-Dec	16-Dec	26-Dec	11-Jan
2nd	26-Dec	26-Dec	10-Jan	16-Jan	27-Jan	11-Feb
3rd	25-Jan	25-Jan	10-Feb	16-Feb	26-Feb	11-Mar
4th	26-Feb	26-Feb	10-Mar	16-Mar	26-Mar	11-Apr
5th	26-Mar	26-Mar	10-Apr	16-Apr	26-Apr	11-May
6th	26-Apr	26-Apr	10-May	16-May	26-May	11-Jun
7th	26-May	26-May	10-Jun	16-Jun	26-Jun	11-Jul
8th	26-Jun	26-Jun	10-Jul	16-Jul	26-Jul	11-Aug
9th	26-Jul	26-Jul	10-Aug	16-Aug	26-Aug	11-Sep
10th	26-Aug	26-Aug	10-Sep	16-Sep	26-Sep	11-Oct
11th	26-Sep	26-Sep	10-Oct	16-Oct	26-Oct	11-Nov

Eligbility

Should be a student of any Higher Education Institution in India

Registration

on Portal kartavya.ugc.ac.in

Exam

Online exam in designated centres

Applicants can choose centre from drop down menus

2 hours duration

Essay has to be written online

Language – Hindi or English ( English can be written online, For Hindi paper will be provided at the exam centre, after writing essay will be scanned at the exam centre and uploaded )

It has to be proctored exam

Evaluation

Experts will be identified in advance

Essays will be sent online and (blind) evaluated online

Costs

There shall be no costs on the participants

Prizes

There will be 4 prizes: Rs. 15,000, Rs. 12,000, Rs. 10,000 and Rs 7500, along with certificates

Subject for the first competition - “TO ABIDE BY THE CONSTITUTION AND RESPECT ITS IDEALS AND INSTITUTIONS, THE NATIONAL FLAG AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM” (Topic will be announced on the spot )

Visit http://kartavya.ugc.ac.in/student_page.aspx for further information and registration