mcchandigarh.gov.in Mere Sapno ka Chandigarh Essay Competition For Smart City 2015 : Municipal Corporation

Organization : Municipal Corporation Chandigarh
Competition Name : Mere Sapno ka Chandigarh Essay Competition For Chandigarh Smart City 2015
Applicable For : Residents of Chandigarh
Applicable States/UT : Chandigarh

Website : http://mcchandigarh.gov.in/
Submit Essay Here : https://mygov.in/task/essay-competition-chandigarh-smart-city-mere-sapno-ka-chandigarh-chandigarh-my-dreams/

Related :
Essay Competition For Smart City Amritsar Municipal Corporation : www.contest.net.in/2849.html

Essay Competition for Chandigarh Smart City :

– Mere Sapno ka Chandigarh/ Chandigarh of My Dreams 2015 :
City Beautiful” Chandigarh invites all its residents to participate in the essay competition for “Smart Chandigarh” initiative.

Competition Last Date : 20th October, 2015

This essay will focus on the issues faced by the residents of the city, and the likely smart solutions which can address these issues. The administration will take help from the selected entries to develop a vision statement for the city and will also define city sub goals based on it. The participants should focus on the practical, bankable & implementable ideas/solutions related to Smart City which should match the context of the city.

Rules :

** The topic of the essay is “Mere sapno ka Chandigarh” (Hindi), Chandigarh of my dreams (English) , Mere Supnayan da Chandigarh” (Punjabi)
** Maximum word limit – 1000 words
** All the essays must be submitted in .pdf (PDF) format
** Residents can submit their essay in – English, Hindi or Punjabi.
** All the residents can participate in this open essay competition on https://www.mygov.in/ , except students of government and private schools for which a separate competition will be held through Education Department.

The essay should have at least following templates :
(a) What is your Vision for Chandigarh as a Smart City ? – e.g. vision of Copenhagen, Denmark is to become “Carbon Neutral by 2025”. (maximum 15 words)
(b) What are the main area specific problems and what smart solutions you want to recommend ? (150 words)
(c) What are the main Pan City problems and what pan city based smart solution do you recommend ? (200 words)
(d) Any global/best practices which can be implemented/replicated in Chandigarh ? (200 words)
(e) How will you contribute to your city as a Smart Citizen ? (100 words)

The top 3 essays will be awarded :
1st Prize – Rs 25,000 (Twenty Five Thousand Rupees only)
2nd Prize – Rs 15,000 (Fifteen Thousand Rupees only)
3rd Prize – Rs 10,000 (Ten Thousand Rupees only)

50 best entries will be given consolation prize of Rs 500 (Rupees Five Hundred only)

The competition shall be closed on 20th October, 2015.

How to Submit:
All the entries must be submitted online through https://www.mygov.in/. No other medium of submission should be accepted.

Terms and Conditions :

All the participants must clearly mention following details in their essay :
1. Name
2. Father/Mother name
3. Address
4. Age
5. Contact number

Note:
The winner will be chosen on the basis of brevity, originality of the content and ideas and implementable & bankable action points . The decision of Chandigarh Administration on selection of first 3 winners and consolation prize shall be treated as final. No plagiarism will be allowed.

No government official working under Chandigarh Administration can participate in this essay.

It will be assumed that whoever is participating in the essay has fully understood the general information and terms-conditions given hereby.

Chandigarh administration reserves the right to cancel or amend all or any part of the competition and/or the terms/condition without notice.