Science day 2019 - essay contest, kids painting competition

Science Park Khula Aasmaan

Khula Aasmaan jointly with Science Park Pune organised a science essay contest and kids drawing competition to celebrate Science Day 2019.

Drawing and Painting competition

Competition Topics :

  • Transportation and communication in future ¦¦ भविष्यातील परिवहन आणि दळणवळण
  • Space science ¦¦ अवकाश विज्ञान
  • Aliens on earth ¦¦ पृथ्वीवर आलेले परग्रहवासी
  • Cave man and today’s technology ¦¦ आदिमानव आणि आजचे तंत्रज्ञान

Age group : 6-9 and 10-13 years

For students from Pune

Registration by 5th February 2019
Send an email to scpsppu@gmail.com with following details :
name, age, standard, school details with email ID
Contest Day and Date : Saturday 9th February 2019
Time : 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Reporting time (Pune) : 1.30 p.m.
Venue :
Science Park, First floor Department of Environmental Science, Opposite Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Statue, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007
Web : http://sciencepark.unipune.ac.in

Competition guidelines :

  • There is no registration fee.
  • Time allotted will be 2 hour.
  • Participants should bring their own drawing and colouring material.
  • They can use any drawing medium like crayons, sketchpens, coloured pencils etc.
  • Drawing paper will be provided.

For students outside Pune

Submit your artworks online on www.indiaart.com
using Khula Aasmaan contest form latest by 9th February 2019.
Or
mail your entries to indiaart.khula.aasmaan@gmail.com
Or
WhatsApp to + 91 - 9325530547 with following details :
name, age, standard, school details with email ID

Competition guidelines :

  • You can submit a drawing, doodle, cartoon or a painting in this special Science Day contest.
  • We expect that the artwork being submitted is your own creation and not a copy. Please avoid making a copy of an existing artwork or a photograph. Let your original ideas flow.
  • You have complete freedom of choosing any medium that you would prefer. You could thus use pencil, coloured pencils, crayons, oil pastels, poster colours, watercolours, acrylic colours or oil colours.
  • Permitted sizes for your artwork - A4 or A3. You can use paper or canvas as the medium for your artwork.
  • For online submission, take a picture of the artwork using a digital camera or a smartphone. Make sure that the picture is taken in daylight. Avoid using artificial light or flash, as this may alter the colours.
  • Submit the artwork image with details such as title, medium used, size and write-up about your artwork.

Essay competition

Competition Topics :

  • Revolutionary wheel ¦¦ क्रांतिकारी चाक
  • Experiments is language of science ¦¦ प्रयोग : विज्ञानाची भाषा
  • If I were on Mars ¦¦ मी जर मंगळावर असतो / असते तर
  • Kitchen science ¦¦ स्वयंपाकघरातील विज्ञान

Age group : 11-13 and 14-16 years of age completed
Word limit: 11-13 (250 words) and 14-16 (300 words)
Languages for writing essay: Marathi (मराठी), Hindi (हिंदी), English

For students from Pune

Registration by 5th February 2019
Send an email to scpsppu@gmail.com with following details :
name, age, standard, school details with email ID
Contest Day and Date : Saturday 9th February 2019
Time : 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
Reporting time (Pune) : 10.30 a.m.
Venue :
Science Park, First floor Department of Environmental Science, Opposite Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Statue, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411 007
Web : http://sciencepark.unipune.ac.in

Competition guidelines :

  • There is no participation fee.
  • Candidates need to bring a pen, pencil and writing pad. We will provide writing papers only.
  • Pune based participants have to write the essays at the venue in given time. Outstation participants have to send essays online and shortlisted participants have to submit hard copies of the essays.

For students outside Pune

Submit your essays online on www.indiaart.com
using Khula Aasmaan contest form latest by 9th February 2019.
Or
mail your entries to indiaart.khula.aasmaan@gmail.com
Or
WhatsApp to + 91 - 9325530547 with following details :
name, age, standard, school details with email ID

Competition guidelines :

  • Word limit for the Science Day competition : 250 words for the age group 11-13 years, 300 words for the age group 14-16 years
  • The essays should be handwritten. Typed essays will not be accepted.
  • It is suggested that the students should illustrate their essays using appropriate illustrations, drawings, cartoons, doodles or paintings. If the student has referred any books, periodicals or any other sources for writing the essay, it would be better to quote the reference of the source with full details.
  • The essays can be in English, Hindi or Marathi.

Attractive prizes

All shortlisted essays and artworks will get certificates.

Prize winning and other select artworks will be exhibited at Science Park on National Science Day 28th February 2019.

Dedicated web page created for all shortlisted students in Khula Aasmaan portal.


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