Win a Trip to Japan, Laptops and Cash prizes
Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) invites children of Recognized Schools within India, affiliated to All Boards, Central or State, for a National Level Painting &Essay writing competition.
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.
Eligibility: Students of classes 6th to 9th are eligible to participate in the competition through their school only. No individual entry will be entertained & schools can participate in either or both (Essay & Painting) Competitions.
Commencement Date and Period : 14th August 2015 tilll 30th September 2015
The salient features of the two schemes are as follows:
A. Painting Competition
B. Essay Competition
A. School Level Painting Competition 2015 to be conducted by the School, for students of 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th for aduration of two hours. Schools are requested to advertise the topic for the Painting competition in advance, so as to enable the children to obtain information on fuel conservation from various sources. They may also visit PCRA website www.pcra.org.
Participating school will send the scan copy or photograph of the best entry of the painting competition, along with an Undertaking as per Annexure 1, to email ID: competitions2015@pcra.org. The entry of the school should reach by email, immediately after the result of the School on the completion of the School Competition(s), but not later than 30.09.15, 1500 Hours. Entries received without the completed format as per Annexure 1 or sent directly by students or their parents or received as hard copy will not be accepted. The Principal also has to certify the number of participating students in the competition. The schools are required to retain the entries sent to PCRA, in original, as those entries shortlisted for the final round, when contacted, will be required to be submitted in original, to PCRA.
The children can use Pencils, Pencil Colours, Crayons, WaterColours etc. The children may consider the following points while painting:
I. Relevance of the theme depicting the topic
ii. Execution of concept/theme.
iii. Overall visual appeal, handling of given space and use of appropriate colour combination.
Students must use A3 size drawing sheet only. On top of the Painting, Students should mention
‘PETROLEUM CONSERVATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION PAINTING COMPETITION 2015’, and paint on the following theme:
‘Fuel Conservation – Self, Family, Society and Nation’
‘ईंधन संरक्षण- स्वयं, परिवार, समाज एवंराष्ट्र’
The jury will select the top three paintings/posters in the order of merit & the awards will be distributed in the inaugural function of Oil &Gas Conservation Fortnight 2016, on 16.1.16, which will be as follows:
Awards for Painting competition
I. First Prize -Rs 30,000/- & a laptop plus an all-expense paid Study trip to Japan
II. Second Prize - Rs 20,000/-
III. Third Prize - Rs 12,500/-
B. School Level Essay Writing Competition 2015to be conducted by the School, for the students of 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th for one hour duration. Schools are requested to advertise/publicize the topics for the competition to the participants in advance, so as to enable the children to obtain information on fuel conservation from various sources. They may also visit PCRA website www.pcra.org.
Participating school will send the scanned copy or photograph of the best entry of the essay competition, along with Undertaking as per Annexure 1, to email ID :competitions2015@pcra.org. The entry of the school should reach by email, immediately after decision of the School on the completion of the School Competition(s), but latest by 30.09.15, 1500 Hours. Entries received without the completed format as per Annexure 1 or sent directly by students or their parents or sent as hard copy will not be accepted. The Principal also has to certify the number of participating students in the competition.The schools are required to retain the entries sent to PCRA, in original, as those entries shortlisted for the final round, when contacted, will be required to be submitted in original, to PCRA.
One student can participate in only one of the 23 languages. Students can pick up any of the following themes for writing an essay, which should not exceed 500 words:
1. Why should I conserve Fuel and how?
2. What is important for Fuel Conservation - Making it a Habit or Using Technology?
3. Role of Children in making Fuel Conservation a National Movement.
The jury will select the top three essays in each of the above stated 23 languages, in the order of merit & the awards will be distributed in the inaugural function of Oil &Gas Conservation Fortnight 2016, on 16.1.16, which will be as follows:
Awards for Essay Competition
I. First Prize - Rs 30,000/- & a laptop plus an all expense paid trip to Japan
II. Second Prize - Rs 20,000/-
III. Third Prize - Rs 12,500/-