MyGov Logo Design Contest for PIO Parliamentary Conference : Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Organization : Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Competition Name : Logo Design Contest for PIO Parliamentary Conference
Applicable For : Open To Citizens Of India Only.
Competition Last Date : 17th December, 2017
Website : https://www.mygov.in/task/logo-design-contest-pio-parliamentary-conference/
Terms & Conditions : https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/29020-mygovlogo.pdf

Logo Design Contest :

** The Ministry of External Affairs is organizing an open competition to design a logo that would best reflect the spirit of the PIO Parliamentary Conference which is being organized by the Government of India. PIO Parliamentary Conference will held on 9thJanuary, 2018 in New Delhi.

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** With the Government reaching out to the Indian Community overseas, the first PIO-Parliamentary Conference will be an extremely significant occasion and platform to engage with our PIO Parliamentarians and elevate the relationship to a higher plane.

** All interested Indians (resident and non-resident Indian citizens, as well as Overseas Citizens of India and Persons of Indian Origin) are invited to participate in the “Competition for Design” of a logo for PIO Parliamentary Conference. The logo should bring out the efforts of the Government reaching out to the Indian Community overseas and to engage with our PIO Parliamentarians and elevate the relationship to a higher plane.

Submission of Entries :
** All entries must be submitted by interested persons on .mygov.in on or before 17th December 2017(midnight) Entries submitted through any other medium/mode would not be considered for evaluation.

** The design should be the original work of the participants and must not infringe the intellectual Property Rights of any third party.
** An entry could be an individual project or a team project.

** Every entry should be accompanied by a brief written explanation of the Design and how it best symbolizes the concept of PIOPC. The bio data of the applicant/applicants along with contact details and an electronic copy of a photo in jpg format should also be attached.

** Each participant can submit no more than two entries.
** The submission of entry is free and no qualifications are prescribed.

Guidelines for preparing entries :
Preferred file type :
** EPS file (or AI) – Adobe Illustrator, version CS3 or lower
** File with the”.ai” extension or the “.eps” extension can also be provided.

** File should contain artwork that has been drawn in Illustrator, and not imported it.
** All fonts should be converted to outlines.
** If file contains spot colours or RGB colours, they will be converted to CMYK

Other acceptable file types :
** TIF, JPG, or PSD (CS3 or lower)
** Logo artwork should be at least 2 inches long along with smallest side

** File should be high resolution – at least 300 pixels per inch at 100% size
** File should look clean (not pixilated or bit-mapped) when viewed on screen at 100%
** Logo should be in open file format

File types that we cannot use to reproduce your logo in print :
** GIF
** WORD (.doc)
** PowerPoint (.ppt)
** WMF
** PNG
** Self-extracting files such as EXE or SEA

If the participant is unable to provide a file type that has been listed under the preferred/acceptable file types, we will make every effort to work with what has been provided but please be aware that the final printed result may be less than desirable.

Other Conditions :
** Entries sent once shall not be returned.
** The final selected logo shall become the intellectual property of the Government of India and the designer shall not have any right over the same.

** The Government of India shall have the right to use, print or reproduce the prize winning logo in any form it deems fit.
** The responsibility to comply with the guidelines and other conditions fully lies with the participant/participants and the Government of India shall not be liable of any dispute raised by a third party.

Selection Process :
** All entries received by the stipulated date and found in order, shall be evaluated by a Jury of Examiners. A committee will shortlist the entries and selection committee will decide the winner.

** There will be only one winner of competition.
** The Government of India, if it so decides, reserves the right not to proceed with the competition at any stage.

** The Designer of the finally selected design will get a prize of Rs. 50,000/- and would be required to surrender copyright of the design to the Government of India. The prize money will be payable after deduction of TDS.
** The decision of MEA in this regard shall be final and shall not be called upon to question under any circumstances.

** The winner of the competition is expected to be announced on or before 22nd December 2017 and winner will be intimated by e-mail
** For any information/clarification please contact on telephone number 24672176 or e-mail sooia4 AT mea.gov.in