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Name of the Competition : Tata Building India School Essay Competition 7th Edition 2012
Location : India

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Tata Building India School Essay Competition 7th Edition 2012

Introduction :
The Tata Building India School Essay Competition is one of the key initiatives undertaken by the Tata group of companies to motivate the youth of India towards thinking about nation building. The essay competition provides a unique platform to encourage young leaders of tomorrow to showcase their expressions in writing, on a host of subjects related to nation building. Started in 2006 with 6 cities and 1 lakh students in English language, the competition has grown manifold to become India's largest essay competition touching almost 2 million students across 8 languages in 2010-11.

The current year program is set to yet again touch 2-2.5 million students in 5000+ schools nationwide. The idea of the competition has been very well received by both the students and the teaching fraternity reflected by the overwhelming response from participating schools and students. It is the belief of the Tata group of companies that the young minds of the country, if directed positively, can bring greater recognition and glory to the nation.

In the first year in 2006, over 1 lakh students from 240 English medium schools participated in the essay writing competition covering the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Buoyed by the tremendous response received from the schools in the first year, the Tata group of companies extended the activity in Hindi amongst key Hindi medium schools across 8 cities in Northern / Central India and later in West Bengal with Bengali medium schools. This was followed by the launches of separate editions in Gujarati, Marathi and Tamil languages progressively.

2012-2013 :
In the current year 2012-2013, the essay competition is scheduled to be held in 10 languages with Telugu & Malayalam as new languages across 170 cities, 6000 schools and will cover approximately 2+ million students.

The theme of 2012-13 is 'Science & Technology for India'. The current year program is set to yet again touch 2-2.5 million students in 6000+ schools nationwide.

Also as a new initiative Tata Building India Online essay competition is open for students participating on Individual basis.

Topic for the Essay Competition is provided on the spot.

Eligibility :
The online edition is open to all school students and the final date of submission of entries is 30 March, 2013 .The online version permits to participate Only once in a academic year on the randomly selected topics which appears on the screen after registration. However in case multiple entries are made by a student the latest entry made by the participant will only be considered for evaluation.

All essays submitted online will be categorized in two levels Junior 6 to 8 th std & Senior 9th to 12 th std and will be evaluated by Judges on the parameters of relevance of Relevance to topic, Language, Structure, Creativity, Communication of idea, and the winners will be announced on the Website and Face book page of Tata Building India . All winners will receive a citation. This is an attempt to reach out to School students were Tata Building India school Essay competition is not held at school level.

Tata Building India Scholarship :
Having covered 7.5 million students through previous six editions, India’s largest school essay in the 7th edition of this happy India Initiative will also offer special one-time Tata Building India scholarships to select needy students in each city.

The Competition Structure :
The essay competition is a two-phase activity across all the participating schools in the country for students of classes 6-12. The first phase consists of exposing these young minds to inspirational Tata-linked films which stimulate them to think about the nation. Following this, students are asked few questions based on the films shown.

To ensure a level playing field, the students are divided into 2 participating categories across all languages (Junior - class 6-8 and Senior - class 9-12).

The Tata-linked films being shown this year are :
** Tata Building India introduction documentary, based on the previous years’ Tata Building India school essay competitions
** Speak for Earth - Which is about some of the initiatives that Tata companies have taken to preserve and nurture, nature and habitat.
** Followed by this the topic of the essay is shared with the students and they are requested to write an essay on a given topic of national significance.

Topic of the Essay Competition :
The underlying theme of the topic is always nation building. The topics are carefully chosen for students to be creative, insightful and genuine. The theme of the 2012-13 competition is “Science & Technology for India”.

Some of the previous years’ topics were :
** How can you keep place you live in your home, your school a neat and clean place
** What should India do to win 20 gold medals in 2016 Olympics?
** If I were the Prime Minister of India what would I do to make India a super power by 2020?
** What should we do to make our education system prepare us for a better tomorrow?
** What would you do to make India a happy country?
** What we can do as a country and citizens to reduce poverty and ensure basic amenities for every Indian?

Judging Process :
The essays of the students are screened at 3 levels :
School level, City level and National level

School Level :
** Essays at the school level are shortlisted by the identified judges within the school, the school level winners are indentified in both categories

City Level :
** The essays of the school level winners across the schools from each city are collected and evaluated by a panel of 3 judges from the academic and the journalism fields, two winners in each category are shortlisted for city level recognition as winners from the respective cities.

National Level :
** The city level winner’s essays in both categories from each city are finally judged by an elite panel comprising of eminent people to choose the national winners. It would be of interest to note that the essay is written by the child only once and is evaluated at three levels.

In the past, the national jury included judges like the Padmashri Awardees from the field of Literature, Art, Culture, Sports and Vice Chancellors of reputed universities, Editors of prominent newspapers, Writers, Heads of departments of English from Mumbai and Chennai universities and eminent personalities in journalism, etc.

Register :
To take part in the Essay Competition, Click Here

Rewards and Recognition :
The winners are rewarded at each level, the school level winners are amplified at school and special functions are held to felicitate city level winners at regional level. The national level winners are felicitated in Delhi. Prizes at the school level include certificates, medals and special Tata Building India merchandise. The city winners and the runners-up receive gifts like Digicam / Handycam / MP3 player, Certificates and trophies. The national level winners receive laptops as the grand prize.

The crowning moment for the national winners and the runners-up is the expected visit to the Rashtrapati Bhavan and a face-to-face meeting with a national dignitary like the President of India / Vice President of India.

The Final date of submission of entries is 30 March, 2013

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