These competitions are organized in collaboration with Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), a constituent unit of NCERT, Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India is running a campaign titled ‘Stay Safe Online’ during India’s G20 presidency. The campaign would sensitize internet users about online cyber risks & safety measures, promote safe online behaviour and – cyber hygiene practices.
Objective of the competition: The objective of organizing these National level competitions are to inculcate cyber hygiene practices among the internet users as part of SSO Campaign.
Theme of the Month (June): Securing Mobile/Mobile Apps from various cyber attacks
Who can Participate: Open to All (Children, Student, Women, Senior Citizen, Government Employee,Teacher/Faculty,Specially abled etc.,)
These competitions give a unique opportunity to all the participants to showcase their talent and creativity in Cyber Security domain on the above monthly themes (Refer Point1 for monthly themes).
- Short Video
- Drawing and Painting
- Creating a Cartoon story board
- Slogan Writing on Stay Safe Online
- Real life Cyber incident and how you have overcome that issue (share your experiences)
- Share your reels / shorts
Rewards and Certificate
- Attractive prizes worth Rupees One lakh fifty thousand across all categories monthly
- National Level Certificates for all the prize winners
- Participation certificate will be given all eligible candidate
- Best Works will be published in Newsletters/Magazines/Websites/Calendar and promoted with SSO branding
Drawing And Painting Competition
- The work must be on a flat piece of A3 size paper (any variety/quality paper) with 1 cm external border. Each individual can submit only one piece of work in each category, and the work should be his/her original work. Drawing, painting copied from the internet will not be encouraged and not considered. Acceptable tools for
- 1) Drawing: colour pencils, crayons, oil pastel, sketch pens etc.
- 2) Painting: water colour, oil paint, acrylic etc.
- The artwork must not represent national flag, any particular individual, organization, or brand name and must not depict any religious theme.
- Artwork incompatible with the above guidelines will not be considered.
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Cartoon Storyboard Competition
- The work must be on a flat piece of A3 size paper (any variety/quality paper) with 1 cm external border. Each individual can submit only one piece of work in each category, and the work should be his/her original work. Cartoon copied from the internet will not be encouraged and not considered. Acceptable tools for
- 1)Cartoon story board: Any drawing tool.
- The artwork must not represent national flag, any particular individual, organization, or brand name and must not depict any religious theme.
- Artwork incompatible with the above guidelines will not be considered.
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Short Video Competition
- This is a short film competition and hence ONLY Short Films should be submitted NO DOCUMENTARIES.
- The entries can be short live action / digital animation films too on the thematic areas.DURATION for Short Film: The film shall not be more than 5 mins including the beginning and end credits.FORMAT: The films/videos may be shot in MPEG4 or AVI format.
- The recommended ratios are: 16:9 / 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic – in SDV / HDV.
- The film/video should:
- 1) Not depict any horror/conflicts
- 2) Not harm any living objectsRIGHT TO SCREEN: The participants grant the organizers (www.staysafeonline.in) the non-exclusive rights to screen their film/video entry on their respective websites, promoted through social media platforms for awareness creation and other associated screenings.
- The short films/videos may be in their original language, but MUST be subtitled in ENGLISH.
- The film/video must not represent any particular individual, organization, or brand name and must not depict any religious theme.Short Film not following above guidelines will be rejected.
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Your experience on Real Life Incident
- DURATION for Real Life Cyber incident and how you have overcome that issue: The film shall not be more than 2 mins including the beginning and conclusion remarks.
- The film may be casted with family and friends. FORMAT: The films/videos may be shot in MPEG4 or AVI format. The recommended ratios are: 16:9 / 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic in SDV / HDV.
- The film/video should:
- 1) Not depict any horror/conflicts
- 2) Not harm any living objects RIGHT TO SCREEN: The participants grant the organizers (www.staysafeonline.in) the non-exclusive rights to screen their film/video entry on their respective websites, promoted through social media platforms for awareness creation and other associated screenings.
- Real life cyber incidents may be in their original language, but MUST be subtitled in ENGLISH.
- Real life cyber incidents must not represent any particular individual, organization, or brand name and must not depict any religious theme.
- Real life cyber incidents not following above guidelines will be rejected.
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Reels/Shorts Competition
- DURATION for reels / shorts: The reel /shorts around 20 Seconds only and strictly restricted to Stay Safe online theme only FORMAT: The films/videos may be shot in MPEG4 or AVI format.
- The recommended ratios are: 16:9 / 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic – in SDV / HDV.
- The film/video should:
- 1) Not depict any horror/conflicts
- 2) Not harm any living objects RIGHT TO SCREEN: The participants grant the organizers (www.staysafeonline.in) the non-exclusive rights to screen their film/video entry on their respective websites, promoted through social media platforms for awareness creation and other associated screenings.
- The reels/shorts videos may be in their original language, but MUST be subtitled in ENGLISH.
- The reels/shorts videos must not represent any particular individual, organization, or brand name and must not depict any religious theme.
- Reels not following above guidelines will be rejected.
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Slogan Writing
- The slogan should be a one-line sentence or phrase that is catchy and relevant to the theme of information security.
- Example: “Be Cyber Aware – Be Cyber Secured” Each individual can submit only one Slogan, and it should be his/her original work.
- Slogans copied from the internet will not be accepted / encouraged.
- The slogan should not have any negative connotations pointing out individual, organization, brand name, religion, country etc.,
- It should be a motivating and positive quote or sentence that encourages awareness among citizens regarding any aspect of cyber security.
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Terms & Conditions
- The decision of Jury/Expert committee of the competition will be final.
- The work received will be considered as the property of SSO project, C-DAC Hyderabad. The work will not be returned back and the same can be used as part of project promotions with appropriate acknowledgement.
- The organization reserves the right to cancel the competition without any prior intimation.
- If less number of works are received in any of the above categories may be dropped or given a limited number of awards based on the selection process
- All the above guidelines should be followed by the participant, failing which the works/submission may be disqualified.