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Organisation : Ministry of Railways
Contest Name : MyGov Photography With Railways Competition 2018
Applicable For : All Indians Residing In India
Contest Last Date : 26th February 2018
Website : https://www.mygov.in/
Contest T&C : https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/31657-Rail.pdf

MyGov Photography With Railways Competition

Click snaps of Indian Railways and win exciting prizes – courtesy of Ministry of Railways. Ministry of Railways has taken unique initiative by giving the fans and those passionate about Indian Railways an opportunity to participate in a photography contest.

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As part of this competition, rail enthusiasts are encouraged to upload photographs (having minimum resolution of 300 dpi and minimum size of 2MB) on MyGov Platform. The copyright of the submitted photographs will be with Indian Railways.

Selected photographs will be displayed at national level exhibitions at various metro stations of the country. Three lucky winners (each) at different levels, namely divisional level, zonal level and National level will be awarded with decent prize money. Each awardee will also be given certificate and free 3A pass along with one companion to and from their home locations to place of award ceremony.

Competition Period

Photography competition will commence from 26th January 2018 and last date of submission of entries is 26th February 2018, 5:00PM. Each day one photograph will be posted on social media platforms of Indian Railways.

Who Can Participate?

The contest is open to all Indians residing in India and starts on 26th Jan 2018 from 1200 hrs up to 26th February till 1700 hrs.

How Can Participate?

** You can participate in the contest by registering on the MyGov platform and uploading photographs on the creative corner.
** Participant is to make sure that his/her MyGov Profile is accurate and updated since Ministry would be using this for further communication.
** This includes details such as name, e-mail id, photo and mobile number. Entries with incomplete profiles would not be considered.
** Entry must be accompanied with information about Place, Station and Division, clearly filled in the comments column. Entries missing these details would not be considered.
** You can also submit your entries to the concerned CPROs of zonal railways, along with Name and Email of the participant, and information about Place, Station and Division.
** Photographs near running locos or taken from footboard of a moving train will not be accepted.
** Once submitted for competition, copyrights of photographs will be with Indian Railways, whether the photographs are selected or not Ministry of Railways will have the non-exclusive right to reproduce it for any purpose at any time in any media with attribution.
** No limit on number of entries.
** Selected photographs will be displayed in national level exhibitions at various metro stations of the country.
** Each winner will be conferred with a certificate and 3 AC passes will be provided from their home to place of prize distribution.

Technical Requirements

** Minimum resolution of the image should be 300 dpi and the minimum data size of the image(s) should be 2 MB. Further, no watermark or logo should be present on the image.
** Entries can be captured using any digital device, including smartphones.
** Photographs should be submitted in jpg or jpeg file format.
** Both color and monochrome images will be accepted.
** You must be the sole author and owner of the copyright of the photographs submitted and the photographs should not have been previously published in any print and digital media.
** The entry must not contain any provocative, objectionable or inappropriate content.
** Ministry of Railways or MyGov does not accept any liability for the publication of unlawfully reproduced images.
** Computer-generated or computer-altered/morphed images (other than basic system work) will be disqualified. Artwork and illustrations will not be accepted.

Terms & Conditions

** Ministry of Railways or MyGov takes no responsibility for corrupted or late entries.
** The winners consent to the use of their images, name and/or photograph in any publicity carried out by Ministry of Railways, without further compensation.
** Best photographs, according to Ministry of Railways, will be used on the official social media channels of Ministry of Railways and respective Zonal Railways.
** By submitting your photographs, you accept that you are the copyright owner of the work and that you agree to our terms and conditions.
** The last date for submission of photographs is 26th February 2018 by 5pm and the winners will be declared within 28 days from this date either through email or by way of announcing their names on the MyGov blog page.
** There will be no notification to participants of rejected entries.
** All entries in each category will be judged based on creativity, originality and composition by Ministry of Railways.
** Ministry of Railways reserves the right to reject any entry, which he/she does not feel, is suitable or appropriate or which does not confirm to any of the conditions listed above.
** Once a winner is declared, the winner will need to revert to confirmation email within 3 working days or another winner will be chosen.
** All disputes/ legal complaints are subject to jurisdiction of Delhi only.Expenses incurred for this purpose will be borne by the parties themselves.
** Payment to the award winners will be made electronically through ECS for which necessary bank details will be taken after declaration of winners of the contest.