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Conditions of Entry

  1. The awards are open to any educational Institution (school or college) registered in India.
  2. Students doing full time courses and programs in colleges for a minimum period of 1 year – leading to a recognised degree, are eligible.
  3. Where applicable, we would prefer joint participation/representation from students of both executive (company sponsored or otherwise) and normal courses in colleges
Note on Plagiarism:-
  1. Plagiarism is copying, close imitation and publication of someone elses material (written and/or electronic source like Wikipedia, internet articles etc.) and passing it off as ones own.
  2. Entries resorting to any form of plagiarism will be rejected and not be considered for assessment. All entries submitted will undergo a plagiarism check.
  3. Please quote and reference an external source appropriately in your submission.

General

  1. Each institution can send any number of entries. There is no restriction on the number of awards that can be applied in one theme.
  2. Each team can contain a maximum of 8 particiants (and an additional faculty member). Teams should ideally consist of participants across classes and groups.
  3. Entries are restricted to English language for the year 2011.
  4. The total size of the write-up should not exceed 5000 words.
  5. The format for attachment can be any one of the following: .doc, .docx, .pdf.
  6. Only 1 attachment is allowed for each entry, and file size limit is 2 MB per attachment.
  7. Images and diagrams can be embedded in the document as long as it is within the total size limit.
  8. Additional material may be requested from shortlisted entries.
  9. For any queries regarding the awards process, please write to earthian.contact@wipro.com
  10. For any technical queries related to registrations and submissions, please write to earthian.contact@wipro.com
  11. We encourage and prefer online submissions, as they save paper and energy. However, in case of technical limitations, we will accept hardcopy submissions. Hardcopy submissions should be forwarded to: “earthian – The SustainabilityProgram for Schools and Colleges, C/o Wipro Ltd, Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore – 560035”
  12. All winners will be invited to an award ceremony to be held at Bangalore or any other location in India. Travel to the awards event/forum and accomodation for the winners will be arranged or reimbursed on actuals by Wipro, based on certain criteria - which will be communicated in the invitation. Other than where stated,personal expenditure or incidental costs will not be covered.

Submissions and their contents

  1. Any communication and/or other material that we receive from you (including without limitation by email and any material that you submit via this Website), (“User Material”), will be deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary and we reserve the right to use User Material on this Website, or any other website operated by us, and in our offline publications where considered appropriate.
  2. Under no circumstances should you submit any User Material:
    1. that is knowingly false or misleading;
    2. that is defamatory, illegal, abusive, vulgar, obscene, inflammatory, of a racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory in nature, in breach of confidence or privacy or which is otherwise unlawful or offensive, or which might reasonably cause offence to any person or damage the reputation of Wipro. You must not use any abusive or aggressive language, swear, threaten, harass or abuse any other person, including other users;
    3. that you do not own or for which you have not obtained all necessary licenses or approvals;
    4. that is technically harmful including, without limitation, computer viruses, Trojan horses, worms, corrupted data, malicious software or harmful data;
    5. Impersonating any person or entity or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with any person or entity.
  3. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Wipro, from and against all liabilities, claims, demands, expenses and costs arising out of your submission of User Material which breach these Terms.
  4. Please note that User Material supplied by you will not be returned.
  5. Wipro is not responsible, and shall not be liable, for any problems related to any computer online systems or equipment, software failure of any email or failure of an entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or the Website, or any combination thereof, including but not limited to any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in these Awards. Proof that a submission has been accepted online will not be deemed proof of receipt. No nominations will be accepted in bulk, from agents or third parties.

Use of your data

  1. By disclosing personal information to us, you agree that we may obtain, hold and use any personal information you submit to us for the purposes of processing your nomination and administering these Awards, and if you indicate your acceptance during the nomination process (for example, by appropriately marking the relevant box(es) provided) for marketing our other products and services to you.
  2. Any personal information relating to each nomination will be used by the Promoter solely in accordance with current data protection legislation.
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