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Competition Commission of India (CCI) National Level Essay Competition 2019

Competition Commission of India (CCI) proposes to conduct the CCI National Level Essay Competition 2019 for students pursuing under-graduate and post-graduate degree courses in various Indian universities/institutes/colleges recognized by the designated authorities.

Topic:
“Competition issues in New Age markets- Challenges and Way Forward.”

Language:

English language only.

Eligibility
The applicant must be a student as on 31st October, 2019 falling in any of the following two categories:
Category I would include students pursuing under-graduate course including students in first three years of an integrated post-graduation course/ students pursuing foundation & executive programmes of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
Category II would include students pursuing post-graduation (including M. Phil. & Ph.D. students) or final programme of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

Wards and relatives of employees of Competition Commission of India or office of Director General-CCI or Ministry of Corporate Affairs, GOI are NOT ELIGIBLE to participate in this competition

Fee: There is no entry/application fee to the competition. 

Cash Prizes: Winners will receive cash prizes as per the following 

Category I  Under-graduate Students 
First - One 40,000 
Second – One 20,000
Third - One 10,000
Consolation – Two 2 x 5,000
Total 80,000 
Category II Post-graduate Students
First - One50,000
 Second – One25,000
Third - One 15,000
Consolation – Two 2 x 5,000
Total 1,00,000

The prize winners shall also be given a certificate. Names of the winners will be
published on CCI’s website.

The Essay Competition entries shall have to be only on topic provided and submitted by the last date stipulated (i.e. 31st October, 2019 by 1730 hrs).
Co-authored papers of up to two authors are permitted to be submitted as a team. In such case both the authors must fulfill the eligibility criteria.

Length of Essay:
The essay should not be more than 3000 words including footnotes. There is no minimum word limit; however, authors are encouraged to submit essays of not less than 1500 words.

Format of the Essay:
Typed on A4 size.
Font size shall be 12 points (English) in Times New Roman
1.5 interlinear space
Margins of one inch (2.54 cm) on all the four sides

Citations:
Participants may use any recognized style of referencing system and this must be consistently used throughout the Essay.
The List of References shall include all cited texts throughout the Essay.

Last Date: Entries may be submitted by 31st October, 2019 (1730 hrs)

How to Submit Essay
The scanned essay entry with each page signed along with the coloured scanned copy of self-attested valid student Identity Card and duly filled-in and signed entry form endorsed by the college/institution/university in pdf format have to be sent, latest by 31st October, 2019 (1730 hrs) through email only at advocacy@cci.gov.in in ENGLISH language only. Entries submitted in
hard copies and not in the prescribed format shall be summarily rejected without any intimation and NO query, correspondence; representation etc. pertaining to such entries shall be entertained by the Commission under any circumstances.
Subject of such email must be “CCI Essay Competition 2019”.
Entries shall be forwarded by the participant or collaborating team of co-authors directly and shall not be forwarded through any other person at the mail prescribed above. All the fields in the entry form shall be compulsorily filled.
Only original essays will be considered for the competition. Previously published essays shall be rejected outright. Any form of plagiarism will result in disqualification of the essay. 

Scoring of the essay:
Entries will be assessed independently by a committee taking into account:
 Originality and clarity of the content
 Quality of the analysis and research
 Language and Structure of the essay 

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