‘Saksham’ National Competition 2022 - Essay Contest

Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) is a registered society set up under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India. PCRA is a national government agency engaged in promoting fuel conservation and energy efficiency in various sectors of the economy. It also helps the government in formulating policies and strategies for petroleum conservation, aimed at reducing excessive dependence of the country on oil imports.

PCRA is organising a painting competition for the students. This is a golden opportunity for millions of young, budding students to test their calibre & bag coveted certificates, prizes and an all-expenses paid educational foreign trip to a foreign country.

Eligibility:

Eligibility: Students of classes 7, 8, 9 & 10

Topic :

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav through Green & Clean Energy

हरत और वछ ऊजा अपनाए, आज़ादी का अमत महोसव मनाए

Prizes
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PRIZES	NO. OF PRIZES	PRIZE DETAILS
NATIONAL	20	Cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-
STATE	1800	Cash prize of Rs. 2,000/-	Top 50 students of each of the 36 State/UT
TOTAL	1820	Total Cash prize of Rs. 38 Lakhs

1. Only those schools in India which are recognized by central & State Boards, can participate.

2. The school is requested that all eligible (maximum number of) students take part in this competition, as this is in National interest.

3. The schools shall register themselves on our portal www.pcracompeons.org first and then they can

register the names of all Students on the same portal http://pcracompetitions.org/. All the students can

then participate as Individuals in First Round, i.e. School Level Round from their residence or school.

4. Schools to conduct Essay competitions in one or more of the following languages- Hindi, English,

Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Maithili, Dogri, Nepali, Bodo and Santhali. Only the languages which can be evaluated by school teachers maybe permitted by the school.

5. Eligibility: Students of classes 7, 8, 9 & 10.

6. One student can participate in only one language. However, a student can participate in Essay and

Painting both.

7. Essay should not exceed 700 words.

8. Student must write the essay in his/her own handwriting, and scan/click photo and upload on the

web portal (http://pcracompetitions.org/) as advised by the school, or submit hard copy to school.

9. Topics are given above

10. Registration period 03.01.2022 to 02.02.2022

11. School is required to evaluate the entries, and select/ upload best two entries in essay (irrespective

of language) and best two entries in painting on our web portal (www.pcracompeons.org). The

selection and upload of best 2 entries to be completed by the school latest by 10.02.2022 (09:00

pm). These 2 best students from each school will be awarded with downloadable e-certificate on

the website itself. Last date for downloading the e-certificate will be 28.02.2022. .

12.  Best two students short-listed by the school will be eligible and evaluated by the jury for State Level

th th Compeon. Students getting rank from 6 to 50 from each State & UT will be State Level

Runner’s Up and awarded with Cash prize of Rs. 4000/- each with downloadable e-certificate as

well as hard copy of the certificate.

13. The top 5 students of each State & UT for both Essay & Painting will be State Level winner and invited for online National Level competition, and the top 40 students in the National level competition will be National Level winners and will be awarded with cash prizes of Rs. 15000/- each with downloadable e- certificate as well as hard copy of certificate. Rest of the Students will be National Level Runner’s Up and awarded with a Cash Prize of Rs. 4000/- each with downloadable e-certificate as well as hard copy of the certificate.

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