TGIAC ADA India : The Great Indian Aquascaping Contest 2016

Organization : ADA India
Competition Name : The Great Indian Aquascaping Contest 2016
Applicable To : Everyone Who Have A Planted Aquarium.
Competition Last Date : March 31, 2016

Website : https://tgiac.adaindia.in/index.php
Contest Rules : https://tgiac.adaindia.in/Guidelines.php

Great Indian Aquascaping Contest:

The 5th edition of India’s largest aquatic plant layout photo contest, The Great Indian Aquascaping Contest is now LIVE! Create your underwater scape and submit a photograph here to showcase your creation to the nation and also stand a chance to be crowned India’s Best Aquascaper!

Related : Art Society of India Annual Exhibition 2016 : www.contest.net.in/4365.html

Closing Date for Application:
The application must reach us no later than March 31, 2016.

Subject:
Freshwater Planted Aquarium (terrarium, marine aquarium scapes do not qualify). In case of open type aquarium, only underwater part is subject of grading.

Guidelines and Rules:
** This contest is open to everyone who have a planted aquarium.
** Only work created by the contestant (individual) is accepted. There is no restriction in aquarium tank size.
** Each contestant can submit only one entry.
** Application is limited to the layout picture taken within a year prior to submission.
** The layout should be in India, Nepal or Bangladesh and the contest is open for Contestants living in these countries.
** The use of house plants or marginal plants which hardly survive in water, or use of layout material hard to maintain in a long period of time may become subject of point deduction.
** The layout picture should be taken from the front side (pictures taken from other angles and/or showing only a part of the aquarium may become subject of point deduction).
** Reuse of similar motif that has been demonstrated in any work formerly submitted to this contest (including use of same composition materials, rearrangement of any past layout through mere changes of plants and reversal of any past layout) is subject to point deductions.
** Layout remarkably resembling any of the top past winning entries is subject to point deductions.
** An entry which can disgrace this contest is subject to disqualification.
** The copyright of the entries belongs to Still Water Aquatics, ADA Indiaand Aqua Design Amano Co.,Ltd. Use of any entry for advertisement and/or publication purposes without consent of Still Water Aquatics, ADA India and Aqua Design Amano Co.,Ltd is strictly prohibited. Entry disclosed on internet and/or magazine without consent of Still Water Aquatics, ADA India and Aqua Design Amano Co.,Ltd shall be disqualified from this contest.
** Private disclosure of entry and publishing of entry on any magazine or other publications must take place only after the official disclosure by Still Water Aquatics, India.
** Entry that has violated the Terms and Conditions of this contest is subject to disqualification, before and after the determination of the ranking.

Submission Rules:

** Entrants must submit image data created with a compact digital camera, Digital Single Lens Reflex(DSLR) or others. Any image data captures with a cell phone or smart phone is not accepted.
** Image data file submitted must be in JPEG format (RAW data is not accepted).
** Image must not be processed by way of trimming, reversal and retouching, etc. Do not delete the Exif information.
** If the image data is resized for submission, the original image data must be retained. The original data (EXIF) is required for top-winning entries.

Entry Fee:
No Entry fee(FREE to participate in the contest).

Common Notes:
** The picture of the layout can also be taken by any person other than the creator of the layout.
** Please apply by the name of the creator of the layout. Applying by names other than the creator of the layout or by false name may be subject of disqualification.
** Illicit application using free E-mail or unsolicited bulk E-mail cannot be accepted. Also, multiple entry and registration cannot be accepted.
** Entrant who provides insufficient and inaccurate information for entry and/or registration may not be able to participate in the contest.
** Submitted images will not be returned to the contestants.
Copyrights of all submitted images will belong to Still Water Aquatics, ADA India and Aqua Design Amano Co.,Ltd. Therefore participants will not publish the same image on any media (Printed or digital) until the conclusion of the award ceremony of The Great Indian Aquascaping Contest 2016 and International Aquatic Plant Layout Contest 2016.

Application Submission / inquiry
** Use entry form on the official ADA India webpage TGIAC 2016 for entry. Online entry form is very simple – just fill in the form and attach your image data.

Result Announcement:
** The top 20 Aquascapes will be ranked by an International panel of judges.
** The results will be sent privately by EMS (India Post) to the top 20 contestants prior to the “The Great Indian Aquascaping Awards 2016”.
** The prizes will be given away in The Great Indian Aquascaping Awards 2016.
** The winners will have to be present to collect their prize in person.
** The decision taken by the judges is final.
** Please note that we do not take any questions regarding the grading of the Contest.