ICWA Essay Contest 2017 is a lower as well as higher standard essay contest which is based on ‘Awareness Programme on Indian Foreign Policy’. Indian council of world affair (ICWA) began the contest in the previous year. This is the second year of the essay writing contest. The last date for submission for the ICWA Essay Contest 2017 is 30th July 2017.
The students present in a school in the age group 15-18 years are qualified to take part in the junior standard group and the students present in post graduate/under graduate standards in an esteemed college or university in the country in the age group of 18-25 years are qualified to take part in the senior standard group.
The Dates of ICWA Essay contest 2017
Program                                                       Dates
ICWA Essay presentment begins                                24th May 2017
Last date of presentment of ICWA Essay                         30th July 2017
ICWA Essay outcome                                           to be announced
In ICWA contest 2017, the subject and restriction of words of the essay needs to be as given below-
Subject of the Essay inditing contest                 Group                               Restriction of words
i) What is our country’s foreign strategy’s       lower standard                      1500
meaning to the youth of our country/our
 country’s foreign strategy’s importance
 for the young generation
ii) Contention, sect, and foreign strategy        higher standard                      2500
Young writers of our country have a chance of showing their new style of thinking on the subjects shown earlier and prepare an essay. It should be sent by e-mail and the last date for which is 30th July 2017. The top three essays in lower as well as higher standards will be eligible for the cash prizes.
The Qualification Yardstick for the ICWA Essay contest
Gender                                      All
Area                                                                                    Pan India
Category / Age                                 15-18 and 18-25 years old pupils
Details                                        Citizenship: Indian nationality for both the Categories.
Academic eligibility: The pupils sending these in the lower group should be from any esteemed school and the pupils in the higher standard should be from a UG / PG course of an esteemed college/University of our country.
Language: English or Hindi
The ICWA Essay Contest Prizes:
The top essays sent in the higher and lower standards will be given awards as given below:
Awards                                    Lower group amount                                Higher group amount
1st Prize                        Rs.15000                               Rs.25000
2nd Prize                       Rs.10000                               Rs.15000
3rd Prize                       Rs.5000                                Rs.10000
Application Form and Procedures for the contest:Â The pupils willing to take part in this contest may send their writings via online mode. The last date of submission is 30th July 2017. To send them online, the participants should follow the instructions given as under:
Instructions for sending the essays online
a) The partakers should submit individual information while sending it, separately.
b) The partakers should send a different cover page which should have the individual’s information of his own. The partakers should provide the following individual’s knowledge on the cover page:
i) Name
ii) Father’s name
iii) Mother’s name
iv) Class
v) Program
vi) Name and address of the school or University
vii) Address of the residence
viii) Landline and Mobile number
ix) Email address
c) Stamp of the school/college/Institute/University: Prior to sending, the partaker should submit a certificate from the school/college/institute/University authorities that he/she is studying at present.
Sending of the ICWA Essay:Â The pupils who are eligible should submit it (online mode) via email to essayicwa@gmail.com before 30th July 2017. There is no need to send any hard copy.
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