NITK Community Digital Photo Contest 2010-11

[Siddharth Mandayam]

Invitation for the

NITK Community Digital Photo Contest 2010-11  

A “RANGKARENG ’85 “ initiative

Sponsored by NITK Alumni Association, & coordinated by KREC Batch 1985 Alumni

Event Vision:

Leverage digital photography as a creative expression to bring all segments of the NITK community together towards enabling increased sense of belonging to the NITK brand, enhancing the emotional value of NITK brand, and increase the level of synergy and collaboration across all segments of NITK community

Who Can Participate?:

Any one from the NITK Community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and any family member of any of the NITKians

Contest Theme:

“NITK Community: Celebration of the Heart, Mind, and Soul”

Key Dates:

Last Date for Submissions: Jan 4, 2011

Contest Result Announcement: Jan 6, 2011

Prize Distribution: Jan 8, 2011 (At Belgaum Mini Global Convention)

Contest Details:

Please review the Contest Prospectus document appended.

Mr. M.S. Hebbar, AFIAP, Hon YPS, Hon FIP, a veteran photographer with international recognition will serve as an external jury for the event.

Please rush your submissions with caption and other supporting information as per the entry form attached to rangka...@gmail.com

Why you should participate with your family?:

This virtual event is the most effective way to share the spirit and self expression of you and your family members with the rest of the NITK Community.

Why you should consider sponsoring this event?:

Proceeds from the event sponsorship will be utilized in establishing an initial corpus towards launching multiple NITK awards benefiting students, alumni, faculty, and staff. e.g. Most Innovative Final Year Project Idea by a student, the award money to be leveraged for implementing the project.

Event Sponsors will be promoted and recognized at the Mini Global Convention at Belgaum.

Please participate and help to make this initiative a grand success.

Best Regards,

NITK Alumni Association Office Bearers,

Da Bang ’85 & RANGKARENG ’85 Organizing Committees

Please contact Nataraja Upadhya at +91 9632824391, nupa...@gmail.com for any queries & sponsorship plans.

Attachment: Contest Prospectus Document:

PROSPECTUS Event Vision: Leverage digital photography as a creative expression to bring all segments of the NITK community together towards enabling increased sense of belonging to the NITK brand, enhancing the emotional value of NITK brand, and increase the level of synergy and collaboration across all segments of NITK community Who Can Participate?: Any one from the NITK Community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and any family member of any of the NITKians Key Dates: Last Date for Submissions: Jan 4, 2011 Contest Result Announcement: Jan 6, 2011 Prize Distribution: Jan 8, 2011 (At Belgaum Mini Global Convention) Contest Theme: “NITK Community: Celebration of the Heart, Mind, and Soul” Contest Categories: Category 1: An NITKian in action! Expression of NITK passion, professional excellence, social commitment, and participation in local, national, and global contexts, professional or otherwise! Category 2: We are the NITK Family! The loyalty and sense of intimacy/belonging of an NITKian to personal family and also to the NITK family Category 3: The Bliss of NITK Campus and Communities! The expression of physical and spiritual beauty of NITK campus, communities, gatherings, events, expressed through nature, infrastructure, and self expression of individual or groups Category 4: Miscellaneous: Celebration of Heart, Mind, & Soul Any excellent quality photograph aligned with event theme not fitting any of the above categories. It can include all standard photo contest categories like landscape, portrait, macro photography etc. etc. Prizes & Recognitions: 1. For each category: ∗ First Prize ∗ Second Prize ∗ Third Prize ∗ Certificate of Merits ∗ Acceptances 2. Across all the categories, best photo prize by a ∗ Student ∗ Faculty ∗ Staff ∗ Alumnus ∗ Family Member of an NITKian Additional special jury awards may be announced. Selection Criteria for Prizes and Recognitions: ∗ Composition & Clarity ∗ Alignment to the Subject matter of the category ∗ Story Telling ∗ Inspirational Value External Jury: Mr. M. S. Hebbar, AFIAP, Hon YPS, Hon FIP, a veteran photographer with international recognition Rules & Guidelines: ∗ The individuals are expected to send only the photographs clicked by themselves.  The organizer cannot be liable for any violation on this rule by any contestant, willfully or otherwise. ∗ Only the digital photographs will be received through an email. The email should include all the requisite information about the photograph filled as per the template attached. The photographs can be sent individually in different emails or in a package within one email, but the email should be addressed to rangka...@gmail.com. ∗ The entry form highlighting the details of the contestant and the photographs can be sent either as separate attachment or inserted an inline subject matter within the email associated with the photographs. ∗ Entries submitted or exhibited elsewhere are also permitted. The contestant is entirely responsible to ensure that this submission does not violate the rules of earlier submissions. ∗ A maximum of 3 entries per individual are permitted within a category ∗ Photograph file size should be limited to 1MB. Photograph display size can be of any size, and any color. ∗ Any photograph received with no proper entry form information may be rejected. ∗ Digital editing / collage of photographs is permitted. ∗ The definition of “Family Member” can be any blood relative of any NITKian including faculty, staff, student & alumni. When the entry belongs to a “Family Member” of an NITKian, the submission to should be through the corresponding NITKian and the entry form should include all the contact details of the contestant as well as the associated NITKian. ∗ The copy rights of the photographs will remain with the photograph owner. The organizers have the right to publish the selected photohraphs in the media for the event coverage purpose only, at the alumni events, and on the official websites associated with the organizing event and alumni association. Please contact Nataraja Upadhya at +91 9632824391, nupa...@gmail.com for any queries & sponsorship plans.

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Siddharth M H
General Secretary, Students' Union

Marketing Coordinator, NITK Racing
National Institute of Technology, Karnataka
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