Organisation : Heartfulness Education Trust and Shri Ram Chandra Mission
Contest Name : Heartfulness Essay Event 2024
Applicable For : Age of 14-25 Years
Last Date : 30th August 2024
Website : https://heartfulness.org/education/essay-event/
What is Shri Ram Chandra Mission Heartfulness Essay Event?
Heartfulness Essay Event 2024 is Organized by Heartfulness Education Trust and Shri Ram Chandra Mission. All youth between the age of 14-25 years are eligible to participate in the event. E-certificates will be awarded to all participants. All awards will be subject to the sole discretion of the jury and their decision will be final.There is no charge for participation. Last date of contest is 30th August 2024.
Related / Similar Contest : 36th DAE All India Essay Contest On Nuclear Science & Technology 2024
Categories for Heartfulness Essay Event
Category 1:
Age : 14-18 years
Word Limit :500
Topic for Category 1 : When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. – Henry Ford
Category 2 :
Age : 19-25 years
Word Limit : 750
Topic for Category 2 : Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. – Elizabeth Edwards
Language Options For Writing The Essay :
You may write your essay in any ONE of the following languages – English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu
Guidelines For Participation of Heartfulness Essay Event
To participate in the Event please follow the guidelines below :
A. Institutional Participation :
All institutions interested in participating in the event must Register the details of their institution on our website. (hfn.link/essayevent)
** Once registered on our website, the registration details and a link for students to submit essays will be sent to the registered email id.
** The link for submission needs to be shared with the students for uploading their essays.
** The student is expected to go through the guidelines for submission. Select the topic and language according to his/her age. Write/type the essay on A4 size paper. Scan the essay ensuring file size less than 3MB.
** The student needs to check the mode of submission with their institution Essay Event coordinator.
** The scanned document has to be uploaded using the submission link that has been shared after entering his/her details.
** The institution may collect the physical essays, and scan and upload the essays on behalf of the students using an institution admin login.
** The institution may write to us requesting login credentials at essayevent[AT]heartfulness.org
** A login credential for the institution will be provided to help the coordinator submit/manage all the essay submissions made using the institution’s email id.
B. Direct Submission :
All youth between the age of 14-25 but not enrolled in any institution are also eligible to participate in the event as Direct Participants. The direct participation link will open on 30th August 2024.
Guidelines for Essay Writing & Submission of Heartfulness Essay Event
a. Participants may select any one of the 12 optional languages to write the essay on the topic specified for their Category.
b. The essay must be typed or legibly handwritten on A4-size paper. Essays may be handwritten in black or blue ink or computer-typed in a relevant prescribed script/font for each language.
c. The Participant’s name, Father’s Name, Age, and Name of Institution must be written on every page of the essay.
d. The word limit for Category 1 ( Ages -14 -18 ) is 500 and must be strictly adhered to.
e. The word limit for Category 2 (Ages – 19-25 ) is 750 and must be strictly adhered to.
f. Please mention the total number of words of the essay after the concluding paragraph. Submitted entries must not bear any appeals, illustrations, or slogans.
g. To fulfill the purpose of this Event, the essay must reflect the author’s personal experience or views on the topic. Originality and relevance of ideas to the topic carry the maximum weightage.
h. Essays plagiarized from books or the internet will be rejected.
i. The scanned copy of the essay (Max size 3 MB) must be uploaded through our website. Link hfn.link/essayevent . Essay by mail or post will not be accepted.
j. In case of submission of essays through the institution, please check if your institution has registered. You may search for the registered institution on our website. Check with your institution coordinator for the submission link and the mode of submission. You may use the submission link or submit your essay to the coordinator of your institution as decided by your institution.
k. Direct participants may submit their scanned copies after the link for Direct submission is opened.
l. The details for submission of the essay are available for download in the “Guidelines for Submission“ section on our website.
Evaluation Criteria of Heartfulness Essay Event
** Participating students have the option to carry out research on the theme as it is not an on-the-spot competition. However, all submitted essays must necessarily be the original work of the author, and references or quotations therein must be duly acknowledged.
The evaluation of all submitted entries will be carried out by a jury for each of the languages based on the following criterion :
1. Theme introduction / interpretation : Weight 10%
2. Structure and flow : Weight 10%
3. Language : Weight 10 %
4. Originality : Weight 20%
5. Relevance of ideas to the theme : Weight 40%
6. Research/attention to details : Weight 5 %
7. Conclusion : Weight 5 %
Awards of Heartfulness Essay Event
A Winner and a Runner- up in each of the 12 authorized languages in each category will receive a trophy and certificate.
Certificates with Rank : Essays ranked from third to the tenth position in each of the 12 languages in each category will be awarded mementos and certificates stating the rank.
Merit Certificates: An E-Merit Certificate will be awarded to the 10% of entries shortlisted by the jury for the final round of selection in each of the 12 languages in both categories.
Certificate of Participation : E-certificates will be awarded to all participants who fulfill the participation criterion as per the guidelines.
** Some participants may be required to undertake an interview by the jury by telephone or a video call as a final round of selection for the top awards. The jury will have the discretion to accept or disqualify any of the submitted essays and their decision will be final.
** Appreciation Certification for Participating Institutions.
** Gold Appreciation Certificate for Institutions submitting over 300 Essays
** Silver Appreciation Certificate for Institutions submitting over 200 Essays
** Bronze Appreciation Certificate for Institutions submitting over 100 Essays
** All awards will be subject to the sole discretion of the jury and their decision will be final.
What are the Important Dates of Heartfulness Essay Event?
The Important Dates of Heartfulness Essay Event are
Online Submission of entries from Institutions will open on : June 12, 2024
Last date for submission of entries from institutions : August 30, 2024
Online Submission for Direct participants will open on : August 30, 2024
Last date for submission of entries from Direct Participants : September 20, 2024
Declaration of winners : December 31, 2024
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