Name of the organisation : Ministry Of Tribal Affairs (tribal.nic.in)
Description : 7th National Level Photographic Competition 2014 2015
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SEVENTH NATIONAL LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2014-15:
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India and Photo Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting are jointly organizing the 7TH National Level Photo Contest on the theme: “TRIBAL CUSTOMS & HERITAGE” for the
1) Category:- All Amateur photographers and
2) Category:- Tribal Students (Scheduled Tribe and Student Certificate issued by Competent Authority is to be enclosed while submitting the Entry).

THEME: “TRIBAL CUSTOMS & HERITAGE”
Category-1) : Tribal Students
Prize | Amount :
First Prize Rs.25,000/-
Special Talent Award for the best Tribal Photographer Rs.20,000/-
Second Prize Rs.15,000/-
Third Prize Rs.10,000/-
Commendation Award (10) Rs. 5,000/- each.

Category-2) : All Amateur photographers
Prize | Amount :
First Prize Rs.25,000/-
Special Talent Award for the best Tribal Photographer Rs.20,000/-
Second Prize Rs.15,000/-
Third Prize Rs.10,000/-
Commendation Award (10) Rs. 5,000/- each.

GUIDELINES AND RULES:
1. There is no entry fee and no entry format.

2. The competition is open to Category-2) Tribal Students and Category-1) All Amateur photographers from any part of India; amateurs being persons who do not earn their livelihood essentially out of photography.

3. Employees and the immediate family members of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting are not eligible to apply.

4. The competition will have only one section i.e. colour print. Format is portrait and landscape

5. Photographers are invited to send colour prints (sizes Portrait 8” x 10” and Landscape 12” x 15”) together with a good quality digital image (jpeg format not less than 300 dpi, with the smaller size not less than 2400 pixels) in a DVD/CD.

6. Photos/DVDs submitted will not be returned to the entrants unless an adequately stamped, self-addressed envelope is attached.

7. Photographers can send any number of photographs but no entry should be mounted.

8. Each entry should also be accompanied by a brief note describing the Scheduled Tribe photographed, location and why the photographer considers the photograph appropriate for the competition (50 words).

9. Each entry should carry the author’s name, his/her complete postal address, telephone number, e-mail ID (if any) on the back page of each photograph and on each DVD/CD.

10. Each submitted entry should contain a certificate confirming that the entrant is the author of the photograph, that he/she has not violated any law in taking the photograph and agreeing that the organizers will not be responsible for any claims/suit challenging the authorship, or infringement on the privacy of any person clearly recognizable in the photograph(s) submitted.

11. The organizers reserve the right to use these photographs for any publicity/documentation purposes for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs acknowledging only the authorship.

12. No other payment except for the prize winning entries as indicated above will be made.

13. Not more than one award will be given to one person.

14. The organizers will not be responsible for any kind of damage or loss in transit.

15. Entries received after the closing date will not be entertained.

16. A prize distribution ceremony and an exhibition of selected entries will be held in Delhi followed by exhibitions in selected Tribal Research Institutes throughout the country.

17. The entries will be judged by a Jury consisting of three persons experienced in the field of photography. The decision of the judges will be final and no queries or objections will be entertained.

18. By sending entries to this competition a photographer explicitly accepts the terms and conditions stated herein.

How to Apply:
The entries should be submitted in a packet/envelope super scribed with the words “Entries for the Photo Contest: “TRIBAL CUSTOMS & HERITAGE” and addressed to the
Contact Postal Address :
Director,
Photo Division,
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,
Room NO.723, 7th Floor, Soochna Bhawan,
CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi-110003.

Last date for sending the entries : 30th September, 2014.