Consent : Participating institutions will have to give me an ‘intention of participation’ in writing on the official letterhead confirming the date & time ideally suitable for holding the contest in one's own institution as the venue.
Contact persons : Institutions are required to depute atleast 3 individuals (including 2 Student Representatives and 1 Faculty Member with whom the organizers can co-ordinate matters related to the contest.
Clue sheets : Posters (doubling up as clue sheets) and banners of supporting companies announcing the contest will be put up at strategic locations in participating institutions.
Eligibility : The contest is open to students/ youths in 2 groups, viz. Classes 11 – 12 (ISC and CBSE) & Classes 1st – 3rd/ 4th years in Professional/ General Stream Colleges & applicable Semesters (as on August 2008).
Participating number of teams (minimum requirement) : Each participating institution across India will nominate a minimum of 15 teams (with no limit on the maximum number of teams) of 2 members each. However, a study department of an institute (viz. Marketing Mgmt department or Mechanical Engg department or Physics Honours department, etc) can participate as an independent entity. In that case each department will have to nominate a minimum of 15 teams.
Participants' identity : A participation form will have to be filled up by each participating team member. The relevant Entry Form can be downloaded from this website and also from www.marketingpundit.com.
Content, venue, duration : Each presentation will be conceptualized with creativity and a large dose of humour and made sitting at college/ school computer lab by a 2 member ‘team’ within a maximum time frame of 2 hours.
Contest Date : Dates for “IT KRIYA Ver 2.0” will be decided by the institution authorities. Schools and Colleges are at liberty to carry out the intra round of the contest at their premises spread over one or more days. However, the dates must be communicated to us in advance.
Topics : A choice of topics for “IT KRIYA Ver 2.0” will be communicated to the respective colleges/ schools atleast 5 - 6 days prior to the event. The topics will be available for viewing in www.marketingpundit.com.
Preparation : Students are allowed to bring hard copies of the contents and soft copies of pictures, animations from elsewhere. The actual presentation is made at the contest venue during the allotted time. Sound files should not be used.
File Limitations (number of slides & time) : Each team has to make a 1 + 8 slides (no more and no less) PowerPoint Presentation on the selected/ allotted topic in 2 hours time. The first slide will mandatorily contain the personal details of both the participating team members.
File Limitations (size) : Presentations exceeding 750 kb will be disqualified. Sound effects should not be inserted.
File naming methodology : For example, the senior school teams from
The 1st slide : Must be in black & white with no clip arts and word arts. The entire slide should be typed in Arial font in size 18. The slide layout should have a horizontal bar on top and two vertical bars below. The horizontal bar will contain the Topic, Group name, Date of Contest, Name and Address of Institution. Each of the vertical bars will contain the Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Residential Address, Phone num, Contact Mobile num, Father’s 1st name & profession, Mother’s 1st name & profession, Class/ Section/ Semester/ Year as applicable (as on August 2008) for each of the two team members.
Judging criterion : Presentations exceeding 750 kb are liable to be disqualified. Sound effect should not be inserted. The look, feel, off-beat content, creativity, extent of humour, adherance to laid down instructions are the most important judging criterion.
Judging of Intra-Institution Winners : The first 4 teams from each participating ‘institution’ or ‘the department of an institution’ will be ideally ranked by the institution authorities (or by us if specifically requested by the institution authorities to do so) after the intra-institution round of the contest to judge the intra-round winners from each of the participating colleges, departments and schools.
Judging of Inter-Institution Winners : Although ALL complete/ incomplete presentations have to be retrieved and couriered to us, only presentations of the best 4 teams (intra-round winners) selected/ ranked by the institution and/ or the department authorities (or by us if required) will be put to common evaluation for judging the Inter-Institution winners.
Judges : The inter-institution winners will be judged by representatives of the supporting brands and industry experts to be nominated by me. The decision of the judges will be final and binding.
Retrieval & despatch of ALL presentations: All (intra institution) presentations must be couriered along with ‘entry forms’ after retrieving those from the computers irrespective of those being complete or incomplete. The participating institutions will have to make arrangements to provide us with all their presentations in a CD (free of any computer virus). All such presentations eventually become the property of the organisers and are used in any way they feel.
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Contest Rules subject to changes : The Rules of the IT KRIYA Ver 2.0 are subject to changes without prior notice.