October 2021

Ecothon by HackerEarth

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Hackers,

The United Nations has issued a code red - our world is headed towards disaster! It's up to us to halt our environment's degradation. With Ecothon, you're finally getting your chance. String those green bits together, and let's fix our world!

Quiz on Awareness Campaign on Dyslexia

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Dyslexia is one of the most common language-based learning disabilities. This quiz is an ingenious initiative by the All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of Education for the purpose of creating awareness regarding Dyslexia all across the country. It is aimed to engage citizens to learn more about dyslexia, create awareness about Dyslexia, and address dyslexia hesitancy among general people by making efforts to spotlight a range of dyslexic needs, struggles, and signs by raising awareness. It provides an opportunity for the participants to assess their awareness about dyslexia, learn new facts about it and at the same time, win exciting prizes!

The quiz will be on the theme Awareness campaign on Dyslexia.

Padma Awards Quiz 2021

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The Padma Awards 2021 emphasizes on acknowledging the tireless efforts of those who have been rendering services to their communities and the society at large. Though this quiz based primarily on the lives of India’s heroes, MyGov makes an honest attempt at giving them their due recognition. At the same time, the selected participants of the quiz get an opportunity to virtually interact with Padma Awardees.

(पद्म पुरस्कार 2021, उन हस्तियों के अनवरत व अथक प्रयास को सम्मान है, जिन्होंने अपने समुदायों और समाज में सेवाएं प्रदान कर रहे हैं। मुख्य रूप से देश के इन्हीं नायकों के जीवन पर आधारित इस क्विज़ के माध्यम से उनकी उपलब्धियों की सराहना का MyGov का एक ईमानदार प्रयास है। इस क्विज़ के चयनित प्रतिभागियों को पद्म पुरस्कार विजेताओं से वर्चुअल बातचीत करने का अवसर प्रदान किया जाएगा।)

HackNITR 3.0: Hackathon by NIT Rourkela

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Dive deep into your innovation journey with HackNITR 3.0 and manifest your skills. Re-envision what's conceivable with hack and turn your fanatical ideas into reality. Calling out all innovators, it's your time to showcase your skills and creativity.

No registration fee!

Eligibility

Everyone is welcome to apply, any student or working professionals. If you can innovate or just want to have a fun weekend, you are most welcome.

You can make teams of up to 4 members. Lone wolfs are also welcome.

Tracks

Inclusivity: This track is a reminder of the beauty of inclusion and equality. Base your hacks on altering the social norms and build for the society on the lines of women empowerment, gender emancipation and societal justice.

COMMUNITY: This track serves to build for the community. Build for solving the problems of the society. Find solutions for the issues in healthcare, education etc. Each and every project that makes our lives better will adore this track.

SUSTAINABILITY: This track will seek to build projects that will make our lives more sustainable, including but not limited to teaching others how to consume and creating greener technologies for the future ethically.

OPEN INNOVITY: This track demands creativity. Don’t feel afraid to think out of the box and bend the rules. Be innovative by taking inspiration from existing ideas and building something unique that aligns with your ideas. Like we did to the track name!

Judging

The teams will be judged based on Viability, Technical Complexity, Presentation Skills and most importantly, Creativity.

Win Exciting Prizes and Swags

You will get cash prizes if you win; otherwise, you will always get an excellent opportunity to network with like-minded people, learn many things and get cool schwag.

1st

₹20,000

2nd

₹15,000

3rd

₹10,000

and various other exciting prizes---

Speech and Essay Competition for Students

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Department of Koumarabhritya, Santhigiri Ayurveda Medical College Palakkad is organising "Prajna" online speech competition and essay competition for students on the occasion of "Azadi ka Amruth Mahotsav"

Eligibility

Higher secondary school students

The Football Art Prize

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The Football Art Prize is a new open call opportunity for artists. To coincide with 2022 World cup year Touchstones Rochdale, with generous support from Arts Council England, have created The Football Art Prize to celebrate art and football. Artists over the age of 18 working in all two dimensional mediums including photography and moving image will be eligible. The show gives artists the opportunity to showcase their work in a regional touring exhibition opening at Touchstones Rochdale in March 2022 and touring to Sheffield and Sunderland.

The online submission process will be open until 19 November 2021, making it even easier for artists from around the world to submit their work and take part. Please read all the information below carefully before entering.

Alongside the exhibition there will be a virtual gallery showcasing all the artists’ shortlisted works. All exhibiting artists will be included in a fully illustrated print catalogue. Awards will be given out to the winners in a prize giving at the start of the exhibition.

Airtel iCreate 2021

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Airtel iCreate is back for young and bright business minds pursuing a full-time MBA program from the list of regional and wildcard campuses

Eligibility Criteria: The competition is open for all full-time 1st and 2nd-year MBA students, irrespective of the specializations they are pursuing. Students pursuing a full-time 1-year MBA program are also eligible to apply. Students currently pursuing part-time, distance learning, and executive MBA programs are not eligible to participate from the same list of B-Schools.

#Being Women - Story Contest

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What's the actual meaning of empowerment? Is it only literacy? Maybe that is the first step.

There are more things to conquer. Barriers need to be broken, compromises need to be overruled, taboos need to be overpowered by the fighter residing in all women.

“There are some women who feel not treating them differently is gender parity, for those are the blessed ones who are nurtured well and treated at par in the society but there are still a lot who struggle to come to terms. Should women really be needing a difference and called a second gender?

Girl, maiden, woman - they put more and more effort every single day to achieve what is rightfully theirs. They want to contribute to society's betterment like a normal person.

#Dark Secrets - StoryMirror Writing Contest

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“Confession is good for the soul in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff—it is a palliative rather than a remedy.” — Peter De Vries

Sometimes, in our life, we are a victim of some unfavorable incidents that we are afraid of sharing with others. We suffer its consequences but we never share it with others.

Secrets are a part of everyone's life. Writing down your confessions can be a healing form of writing used to unearth deep hidden feelings. It can also be a way to know yourself better and bring about a peaceful state of mind. StoryMirror in collaboration with Author Amanpreet Singh presents "Dark Secret", a writing contest that tries to bring out the dark stories and poetries.

Theme: Dark Secrets

Language: English

Category: Story | Poem

Philips Code to Care Challenge 2021

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Code to Care Challenge is a hackathon from Philips, aimed at generating ideas and solutions that ensure better health outcomes, improve patient experience and enhance healthcare staff satisfaction. Philips has always invested in the workforce of the future. With this hackathon, they aim to bring the best minds in India together, on a single platform and give the next generation ideas a chance to step forward.

Eligibility and Team Rules:

This competition is open to students pursuing B.Tech/B.E./M.Tech/Dual degree programs across select engineering colleges in India (Graduation year – 2nd to 4th year ( B.Tech), 1st & 2nd year (M.Tech) and 2nd to 5th year (Dual degree)).

Students must register in teams of 3 members.

The participating students should be from the eligible speacialisations mentioned for their campus (refer to the list of eligible campuses below)

They should be full-time students from the same engineering college

One person cannot be a member of more than one team

Students should have 65% (6.5 CGPA) and above marks (overall) till their current semester to qualify for the Hackathon

Any deviation from the above will result in immediate disqualification of the entire team

Weather & Climate Poster Making Competition

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India Meteorological Department; established in 1875, is the National Meteorological Service of the country and the principal Government agency in all matters relating to meteorology and allied subjects. The Department is building a weather-ready nation, managing all aspects of weather and climate monitoring, forecasting & warning and continuously rendering one of the most fundamental and widely used services to the nation through many diversified activities.

To commemorate 75 Years of India’s Independence and as a part of the ongoing ‘AzadiKaAmritMahotsav’, the India Meteorological Department is conducting an Open Poster Making Competition through MyGov Portal with an aim to raise awareness about various aspects of Weather & Climate Sciences and to explore the creative instinct of the masses.

Weather & Climate Poster Making Competition

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On an average, more than 1,37,000 people die of road related accidents in India every year. About 413 road accidents took place daily in 2016 which caused over 1000 deaths in India. These statistics only re-emphasize the importance of road safety measures in our daily life.

In this respect, Indian Road Safety Campaign extends an invitation to the Movie-Making Competition. With the competition centered around road safety, the purpose of the event is to raise awareness regarding road mishaps, traffic laws, emergency services, new reforms etc. across the nation. The movies made by the participants must motivate the general public to adopt safer behaviors to make Indian roads safe and secure. These films will be used for digital road safety awareness on various platforms. So put your film fanatic foot forward and create videos that leave an impression.

OBJECTIVES

The Movie Making competition aims to increase awareness regarding road safety among the participants and the public utilizing a video-based platform. Furthermore, the event is also conducted in hopes that participants reflect on the current issues faced by society relating to road safety and familiarize themselves to become better informed and proactive road safety warriors.

K-RIDE Tagline/Brand Motto Competition

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K-RIDE is a joint venture of the Ministry of Railways and Government of Karnataka. It has been created to boost “Rail Infrastructure Projects” in the state of Karnataka on the principle of cooperative federalism. The joint venture has been mandated with the critical responsibility of executing two large Doubling projects and the flagship Bangalore Suburban Rail Project (BSRP). Head quartered at Bangalore; K-RIDE aims to become a benchmark in executing Rail related infrastructure projects in an agile and innovative manner.

The winning tagline (Brand Motto) for K-RIDE will be awarded Rs. 10,000 prize money.

Bengaluru Suburban Rail Services Brand Name Competition

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Metro rail systems around the world are recognized by their short, simple catchy name for their Rapid Transit Systems. Eg- Berlin Metro Rail is known as U-Bahn, In London it is known as the Underground/Tube. On similar lines, K-RIDE’s Bengaluru Suburban Rail services aims to enhance rural-urban connectivity and provide safe, affordable, eco-friendly and seamless mode of Rail-based travel to lakhs of daily commuters. The Nickname/ Brand name denoting Bengaluru Suburban Rail services should be short, simple, easy to remember, capture the nativity and essence of a Mass Rapid Transit System. The Nickname can be in English/Kannada or a mix of both the languages or even a clever/catchy Acronym.

The winning Brand name/ Nickname for BSRP will be awarded Rs. 10,000 prize money.

Weather & Climate Poem Competition

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To commemorate 75 Years of India’s Independence and as a part of the ongoing ‘AzadiKaAmritMahotsav’, the India Meteorological Department is conducting an open Poem/ Song Competition through MyGov Portal with an aim to raise awareness about various aspects of Weather & Climate Sciences and to explore the creative instinct of the masses.

Reliance TUP 7.0 #TheUltimatePitch

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The power of innovation and ideas have shaped the Reliance legacy. The Ultimate Pitch was born as a strategic elevator pitch contest to celebrate the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurial zeal. We believe that ideas are no one’s monopoly and even the simplest of ideas could spark something huge. With this belief we see this competition as a platform to help your innovative ideas reach the right audience the experienced Reliance leadership,

who could nurture, mentor and help your ideas reach the heights it deserves to. Growing in popularity, The Ultimate Pitch has managed to break into the mind space of the campus audience to become one of India’s most prestigious B-School competitions.

Eligibility

TUP 7.0 is open to full-time MBA/PGDM students from all B-schools in India.

ALL INDIA LEVEL ONLINE DRAWING COMPETITION 2021

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Talent Foundation and Magizh Academy present an All India Level Online Drawing Competition for kids.

The competiton will be held under the following categories

CATEGORY A : Pre KG, L.K.G, U.K.G – Colouring

CATEGORY B : I, II - Flowers

CATEGORY C : III, IV, V - Dream House

CATEGORY D : VI,VII, VIII - Natural Scenery

Online Quiz Competition for Students by ICSI

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The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is conducting an Online Quiz Competition for students during the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, on the topic ‘India-It’s struggle for independence, and 75 years of Indian independence.

Date of the Quiz: October 27, 2021

Topic: India-It’s struggle for independence, and 75 years of Indian independence.

Who can participate?

Any student from all over India who have completed 12th and not more than 25 years of age as on the date of the Competition.

Cyber Security Awareness 2021 Quiz

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October is celebrated as Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) globally. The theme for this year is ‘Do Your Part’ #BeCyberSmart.

In order to bring attention to Cyber Security and as a concentrated effort to stay safe and secure online, CSAM is celebrated all over the world. It is an initiative to put conscious efforts towards ensuring better cyber security hygiene and incorporate stronger security measures. It is a collective responsibility of the Govt., organizations, employees, consumers, and citizens alike to Do Your Part and #BeCyberSmart.

The objective of this quiz is to spread awareness around Cyber Security Best Practices among citizens who access online services and must impart basic security hygiene to keep using Digital services securely and stay safe online.

Important Dates:

• Start Date & Time: 21 October 2021, 2:00 pm

• End Date & Time: 31 October 2021, 11:59 pm

Gratification Details

• 5 Winners will be declared who will get Rs.2000/- each and a Winner’s certificate from DSCI.

• Everyone who participates will receive a Certificate of Participation.

Logo Design Contest for Lok Samvaad !

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Lok Samvaad is a micro blogging platform, developed jointly by NIC and NICSI, to promote networking of ideas, topics and thought leadership that provides a sense of empowerment to the common people as well as to the Government users. Lok Samvaad enables all concerned stakeholders to become a part of the conversation platform, extends the outreach of the Government in an unprecedented manner to serve the common man and encourage citizens’ participation to share their thoughts and ideas on day to day issues of local and national importance.

Lok Samvaad enables user engagement by virtue of which stakeholders are active participants rather than passive viewers. Registered users on Lok Samvaad platform can share important information and do multiple tasks such as:

• Reach a large number of people quickly through Posts and reposts

• Keep up-to-date with the latest news and developments, and share it with others instantly

• Reach new audiences

• Track and contribute to have discussions on events

• Seek feedback about their work and give feedback to others

• Track the work of other experts in their field

• Build relationships with experts and other followers

• Easily promote their research, for example by providing links to their blog stories, journal articles and news items etc.

NICSI proposes to invite entries for Lok Samvaad logo through a Logo-designing Contest on MyGov platform which will be open to all Indian citizens.

Awards and Recognition:

First Prize - Rs. 25,000/-

First Consolation Prize - Rs. 15,000/-

Second Consolation Prize – Rs. 10,000/-

Online Poster Making Competition

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October is globally celebrated as Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM). It is a public awareness effort to raise awareness on the importance of cybersecurity and empower citizens to be safer and more secure online. It encourages people to view Internet safety as a shared responsibility of citizens, government, organizations, employees, and consumers alike to take Security as a Priority and Stay Cyber Safe at home, workplace, and in our community.

This year’s theme “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart” encourages individuals and organizations to own their role in protecting their part of cyberspace for ensuring better cyber security hygiene. We also need to do our part to spread the word among our family and friends to take proactive steps to enhance cybersecurity and maintain a safe and secure online environment.

To know more on the campaign and download awareness content, visit: https://www.dsci.in/content/CSAM/2021

In order to further the Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign, Data Security Council of India (DSCI) and MyGov have organized an ‘Open Poster Making Competition’ with an aim to create a safer cyberspace through public awareness and to explore the creative instinct of the masses.

Vaccine Century Rap Contest

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India hit the 100-crore vaccination mark on 21st October 2021.

Since the dawn of the pandemic, India has shown its commitment to protect its citizens by taking on this arduous and formidable task involving enormous resources, unstinted support of the States/UTs, untiring efforts of Health Care Workers, Front Line Workers and proactive participation of all stakeholders.

Here’s your chance to join the celebrations by sharing your version of Vaccine Century Rap song with us.

Netaji ke Sapnon ka Bharat - Video Contest

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Years back, our nation's pride, great freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose saw a dream of free & progressive India. Today as we commemorate 75th year of free India, it is time to live his dream and make a video representing "Netaji ke sapnon ka bharat" under #KadamKadambadhayeja and #Netaji125 It is an initiative to encourage youth of the country to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and get inspired by Netaji's life.

Format is Open & Original Content should be shot on mobile/cameras in Hindi/ English or any other language with English subtitles. Participants have to prepare a video up to 3 mins on "Netaji ke sapnon ka Bharat".The best 10 videos will be awarded exciting prizes and will be showcased on social media handles of @AmritMahotsav on 23 January 2022( Birth anniversary of Subash Chandra Bose)

Theme: "Netaji ke sapnon ka Bharat"

Date of launch: 21st October 2021 till 10th Jan 2022

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose- My Inspiration - Essay Contest

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As a part of #kadamkadambadhayeja and #Netaji125, Ministry of Culture and Amrit Mahotsav team organizing an essay writing contest for all the age groups to encourage the audience giving a tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Put on your creative cap and showcase your thoughts and knowledge. Writing will be judged on the basis of creativity. The essays should meet the word limit of 1000 words and should be in a pdf format.

Last date for the submission of the contest is 21 November 2021.

Best writings will be shared on social media handles. Top 3 essays will get prizes.

Veer Gatha Project in the honour of Gallantry Award Winners

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To honour the acts of bravery and sacrifice of the officers/personnel of the Armed Forces, other lawfully-constituted Forces and Civilians, gallantry awards are announced twice in a year on the occasion of Republic Day and Independence Day.

In order to disseminate the details of acts of bravery and the life stories of these brave-hearts among the students, it has been proposed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) that school students may be motivated to do projects/activities based on gallantry award winners. Accordingly, the Ministry of Education, Department of School Education & Literacy, is organising the Veer Gatha Project from 21st October to 20th November 2021. The Project shall be open for all schools in all states and Union Territories including all schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

As part of Veer Gatha Project, the students can frame different projects on gallantry award winners and the best project will be awarded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Ministry of Education (MoE) on the forthcoming Republic Day i.e. on 26th January, 2022.

In this connection, it has been decided that for CBSE Schools, the Veer Gatha Project may be launched on CBSE IT platform and for State Schools on MyGov platform for facilitating larger participation of students from all School Boards in the country. The links for these platforms will be communicated separately. Detailed instructions/schedules are available on the website of Ministry of Defence (MoD), Ministry of Education (MoE) as well as CBSE which can be accessed at the following:

Bhumi Eco-Champs Programme

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Eco-Champs is an environment sensitisation program to empower students to become proactive practitioners of eco-friendly lifestyle through an immersive and hands on experience spanned across 5 months.

The program also builds 21st century life skills including compassion, team work, critical thinking and problem solving in the children to enable change in their communities.

The program has impacted 22 schools in Chennai to become eco-friendly campuses and mentored 2700+ students to become eco-conscious

Bhumi is one of India's largest volunteer organisations. It provides comprehensive educational support for over 25,000 underprivileged children across India to become better citizens of tomorrow.

Dekho Apna Desh Webinar Quiz-Cave Temple Circuit of Western India

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The Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India is arranging a series of Webinars under the over all theme of ‘Dekho Apna Desh’. Recognising the fact that revival in the tourism sector will be largely spearheaded by Domestic Tourism, the Ministry is focusing on the promotion of Domestic Tourism.

The objective of these Webinars is to promote various tourism destinations of India – including the lesser known destinations and lesser known facets of popular destinations. The Webinars include glimpses of the culture, heritage, handicrafts and cuisine of the destinations, in addition to the tourist spots. Concepts of Responsible Tourism, Accessible Tourism, Wildlife, Trekking, Bicycling and Motor Cycle Tours, etc. have also been promoted through the Webinars. They are an attempt to present an undiscovered India to its citizens and encourage them to travel. A repository of all the Webinars is being maintained by the Ministry and YouTube links to the Webinars are made available on the Incredible India Social Media handles of the Ministry of Tourism.

The webinars have been well received with participants including the travel industry stakeholders, students as well as the general public. The webinars have had a total viewership of over 200,000 and have seen participation from more than 60 countries across the world.

To acknowledge and felicitate the participants the Ministry of Tourism is running the quiz focussing on each episode. Each participant of the quiz shall be rewarded with an e-certificate.

The Netaji Quiz

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To commemorate 75 Years of India’s Independence and as a part ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, remembering Indian freedom fighters and their sacrifices, a tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the occasion of 125th anniversary of INA flag off.

Start Date : 18/10/2021 15:30

End Date : 18/11/2021 23:59

Weather and Climate Quiz

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Since 1875, India Meteorological Department is the National Meteorological Service of the country and the principal government agency in all matters relating to meteorology and allied subjects. The department is building weather-ready nation, managing all aspects of weather and climate monitoring, forecasting and warning and continually rendering one of the most fundamental and widely used services to the nation through many diversified activities.

To commemorate 75 Years of India’s Independence and as a part of the ongoing ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the India Meteorological Department is conducting a quiz competition on various aspects of weather and climate sciences.

Start Date : 18/10/2021 10:00

End Date : 18/11/2021 23:59

THE GOOD SAMARITAN- National Road Safety Quiz

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This quiz an ingenious initiative by the Indian Road Safety Campaign (IRSC) solely developed for the purpose of creating awareness regarding Road accidents, Traffic laws, emergency services, new reforms and safety all across the country. The quiz is aimed at making the roads and streets in India safer by raising awareness about how to avoid accidents and injuries while on the road. It provides an opportunity for the participants to assess their awareness about road safety, learn new facts about it and at the same time, win exciting prizes!

The quiz will be on the theme of The Good Samaritan. The questions under this theme would include the following topics:

● The Good Samaritan Law and the latest additions to it

● Basic First Aid

● Emergency responses

● Emergency contacts and agencies in India

● Vehicles for emergency duties

The aim of the quiz is to provide the participants with necessary information regarding road safety in a more approachable and fun way, through a quiz format. We wish to make Indian roads safer by laying out useful details to avoid road accidents, understand traffic regulation, act quickly during a road mishap etc.

Dekho Apna Desh Webinar: Durga Puja Quiz

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To acknowledge and felicitate the participants the Ministry of Tourism is running the quiz focussing on each episode. Each participant of the quiz shall be rewarded with an e-certificate.

Slogan Writing Contest - National Road Safety 2021

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More than 13 Lakh people lose their lives every year from traffic accidents, and that number has been slowly rising. In India alone, this number stands at a massive 1.5 Lakh people per year.

This not only affects the people involved in the accident directly, but also their loved ones, and the people that know and depend on the victim. Road safety is an important issue that demands attention. To raise awareness and minimize such accidents from occurring, Indian Road Safety Campaign is hosting a Slogan Writing Competition.

How do you sum up an important message in three or four words? That is where slogans come into play. Road safety slogans are imperative to remind individuals to adhere to traffic rules. The slogan can be written in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia. These slogans will then be used to promote road safety in a creative manner.

Poster Making Contest - National Road Safety 2021

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Posters as a type of visual art have become an important tool for advertising and promoting a plethora of causes. It is in fact a scientifically proven fact that posters have the potential to effectively expand knowledge, change attitudes and alter behaviors. When 17 lives are lost every passing hour in India owing to road crashes and close to 150 wild animals die due to the carelessness of the one on the driving seat, it would be a relevant measure to utilize the creative thinking and aesthetic skills of young artists across the nation especially in propagating the message of road safety to the masses.

In light of this, warm welcome to all the budding artists to participate in this Poster-Making competition and use your creative minds to create art that inspires. So, pick up your art supplies, turn on your graphic tablets and create breathtaking posters on the theme!

IAPT-NBHM Pre Regional Mathematics Olympiad PRMO (INMO and IMO)

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IAPT in association with National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) announced the Pre Regional Mathematics Olympiad PRMO as the first selection examination for the team to represent India in International Mathematics Olympiad.

The Mathematical Olympiad Programme in India is organized by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) on behalf of the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. Apart from the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), in which India is participating since 1989, since 2015 India have also started participating in two more international Olympiad events: the Europen Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) and Asia Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (APMO). The process for selection of students for participation in the events have been merged, taking into account the requirements of the individual tests.

Eligibility:
Candidates born on or after August 1, 2000 and studying in Class 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 are eligible to write PRMO 2019. Further, the candidates must be Indian citizens. Provisionally, students with OCI cards are eligible to write the PRMO, subject to conditions as explained below:
As per the orders of the Madras High Court, students with OCI status will not be eligible for selection to the Indian team in the International Mathematical Olympiad. However, such students are provisionally eligible for selection at ALL prior stages, up to and including the IMOTC provided they fulfill all other criteria. This policy is subject to revision without prior notice depending on any further orders issued by the courts, or by a competent Government authority.

The PRMO will be a machine-correctable 3-hour duration test with 30 questions. Each question has an answer which is a number with one or two digits.

School Registration

Schools can register as “registration centres” for PRMO at this link: https://mtaexam.com. (registrations will start soon) In order to register students individually or in groups, the registration centres will collect the exam fees from the students from any school and register them at the portal. The fee will be Rs 230.00 for each non-KV and non-JNV student. The registration centre will retain Rs 20.00 (to be used for making student lists and printing admission tickets) and remit the balance of Rs 210.00 to MTA. There will be a reduced fee of Rs.125.00 for each KV and Rs.100 for each JNV student. For such students, the registration centre will remit the entire amount (Rs.125 or Rs.100) to MTA.

All KV and JNV students have to register through their schools to avail the reduced fee.

The PRMO exam portal will be open from June 1 to June 30 for centre registration. The centre registration closes on June 30, 2019.
The PRMO exam portal will be open from June 1 to July 7 for student registration through registered Centres. Registered centres should start registering students from June 1 to avoid last minute rush.
Non KV and Non JNV students can also directly register for the PRMO exam through the portal. Such registration will be provisional and subject to verification by a designated registration Centre. The link for direct student registration will be available from July 1 to July 7, 2019.

Student Registration
Students can approach one of the approved “registration centres” in the list of approved centres which will be updated on the website and register through them for the PRMO exam between June 15 and July 7, 2019 for a fee of Rs 230.00 (and reduced fee of Rs.125.00 for KV and JNV students). Optionally, non KV and non JNV students can also register directly from the portal between July 1 and July 7, 2019 (see para 10 above.) However they must complete the verification process through a designated registration centre.

Selection to RMO
From each region, the top (up to) 300 students from Classes 8, 9, 10, 11 and the top (up to) 60 students from Class 12 will be eligible to write the Regional Mathematics Olympiad exam. For the KV, JNV schools which have a countrywide coverage, the number to be selected is up to 5 per cent from Classes 8, 9, 10, 11 and up to 1 per cent from Class 12, of the number of registrations.
Students studying in non-KV and non-JNV schools affiliated to CBSE will belong to their respective geographical regions.

The list of students who qualify for RMO will also be announced on the HBCSE website.
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Stages of Mathematics Olympiad

Stage 1:
The first stage examination, the pre-Regional Mathematical Olympiad (PRMO) is a two and half hour examination with 30 questions. The answer to each question is either a single digit number or a two digit number and will need to be marked on a machine readable OMR response sheet. The PRMO question paper will be in English and Hindi.

Sample PRMO questions and Sample OMR sheet showing marked answers can be downloaded from below

Queries regarding PRMO may be sent by email to mtaprmo@gmail.com Queries will not be replied to individually, but via the FAQ section on this website.

Stage 2:
The second stage examination, the Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO) is a three hour examination with six problems. The RMOs are offered in English, Hindi and other regional languages as deemed appropriate by the respective Regional Coordinators. The syllabus may be found here. The problems under each topic involve high level of difficulty and sophistication.

Stage 3:
The best-perfroming students from the RMO (approximately 900) qualify for the third stage – the Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO). The INMO is held on the third Sunday of January at 28 centres across the country.

Stage 4:
The top students from the INMO (approximately 35) are invited for the fourth stage, the International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp (IMOTC) held at HBCSE during April to May. At this camp orientation is provided to students for the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). Emphasis is laid on developing conceptual foundations and problem-solving skills. Several selection tests are held during this camp. On the basis of perfromance in these tests six students are selected to represent India at the IMO. Resource persons from different institutions across the country are invited to the training camps.

Stage 5:
The selected team undergoes a rigorous training programme for about 8-10 days at HBCSE prior to its departure for the IMO.

Stage 6:
The Olympiad programme culminates with the participation of the students in the IMO. The students are accompanied by 4 teachers or mentors.

How to Prepare for Regional/National/International Mathematics Olympiad

Books for Preparation