PCRA Painting & Essay Writing Competition, 2015 – 16

School Level Painting Competition Details: Topic: Fuel Conservation – Self, Family, Society and Nation Participants can use pencils, pencil colors, water colors, crayons etc. Participants must use A3 size drawing sheet only. Prizes: First Prize: Rs. 30,000/- and a laptop plus an all expense paid Study trip to Japan. Second Prize: Rs. 20,000/- and a TAB Third Prize: Rs. 12,500/- and a TAB Special appreciation of Rs. 5,000/- each to the next 10 best paintings. A certification of appreciation will be awarded to the Best Entry of each School. School Level Essay Writing Competition Details: Topics: Why should I conserve Fuel and how? How to make Fuel Conservation a habit? Role of Children in making Fuel Conservation a National Movement. Languages for Essay: Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Maithili, Dogri, Nepali, Bodo and Santhali. Participants can participate in any one of the languages and pick any one of the topics to write an essay, which should not exceed 500 words. Prizes: First Prize: Rs. 30,000/- and a laptop plus an all expense paid Study trip to Japan. Second Prize: Rs. 20,000/- and a TAB Third Prize: Rs. 12,500/- and a TAB Special appreciation of Rs. 5,000/- each to the next 10 best paintings. A certification of appreciation will be awarded to the Best Entry of each School in each of the languages. 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. How to Apply: Participating school should send scanned copy or photograph of the best entry of the painting competition and best entry of the essay writing competition along with an undertaking form via email to: competitions2015@pcra.org Important Dates: Last Date: 30th September, 2015 Final Result: December, 2015 Prize Distribution: 2nd half of January, 2016 For more details, please visit: http://www.pcra.org/pcra_adm/ writereaddata/upload/events/Competitions_Circular.pdf