Project Veer Gatha 3.0 by the Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Education, India [Exciting Cash Prizes & Certificates]: Submit by Sep 15

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The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE), India is organizing Project Veer Gatha 3.0 from August 8 to October 17, 2023.

About Project Veer Gatha

Project Veer Gatha was instituted under Gallantry Awards Portal (GAP) in 2021 with the aim to disseminate the details of acts of bravery of the Gallantry Awardees and the life stories of these brave hearts among the students so as to raise the spirit of patriotism and instill amongst them values of civic consciousness.

Project Veer Gatha deepened this noble aim by providing a platform for school students to do creative projects/activities based on gallantry award winners. As part of this, the students framed different projects through various media like art, poems, essays, and multimedia on these gallantry award winners, and the best projects were awarded at the national level by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Education.

Categories & Activities

Class 3 to 5: Poem/Paragraph (150 words)/Painting/Drawing/Multimedia Presentation/Video.
Class 6 to 8: Poem/Paragraph (300 words)/Painting/Drawing/Multimedia Presentation/Video.
Class 9 to 10: Poem/Essay (750 words)/Painting/Drawing/Multimedia Presentation/Video.
Class 11 to 12: Poem/Essay (1000 words)/Painting/Drawing/Multimedia Presentation/Video.

Topics

My role model is (a Gallantry Award winner) The values which I have learned from his/her life are.
The Gallantry Award winner gave the supreme sacrifice for our nation. If given a chance for keeping his/her memory alive, I would like to.
Rani Lakshmibai came into my dream. She wanted me to serve our nation by.
The 1857 Mutiny has been marked as the First War of Indian Independence. The life story of (name of the freedom fighter) motivates me to.
Role of Tribal Uprising in Freedom Struggle.

Important Dates

July 28 to September 15, 2023

After the conduct of activities at the school level, the school shall upload 01 best entry per category i.e. a total of 04 entries from each school, at the MyGov portal.

Category 1 (Class 3 to 5): 01 best entry.
Category 2 (Class 6 to 8): 01 best entry.
Category 3 (Class 9 to 10): 01 best entry.
Category 4 (Class 11 to 12): 01 best entry.

Note: Schools with the highest class up to classes 5, 8, and 10 can also submit a total of 4 entries. The breakup is as under:

Schools upto class 10

The school will submit 01 best entry in each of Categories 1, 2 & 3.
Schools can submit an extra entry in any one of Category 1, 2 & 3.
The total number of entries to be submitted by the school is 04.

Schools upto class 8

The school will submit 01 best entry in Category 1 & 2.
Schools can submit two extra best entries in Categories 1 & 2.
The total number of entries to be submitted by the school is 04.

Schools upto class 5

Since there is only one Category for Schools up to class 5, the school will submit 04 best entries in Category 1.

September 17 to October 17, 2023

District-level evaluation of entries submitted by schools is to be done by District level Nodal Officers to be appointed by States/UTs Nodal Officers/Education Department. Rubrics for evaluation are given in Annexure l.
Best entries of District level will be forwarded by District Level Nodal Officers to State/UT Level Nodal Officers(s) through MyGov Portal.

October 19 to November 10, 2023

Evaluation of entries submitted by District Level Nodal Officers to be done at State/UT level by State/UT Level Nodal Officers(s). Rubrics for evaluation are given in Annexure l.
States/UTs Level Nodal Officers will give (through MyGov Portal) the best entries (as per Annexure-II) to the Ministry of Education Government of India for the National Level Evaluation.
States/UTs will need to confirm the genuineness and originality of the entry being given for the National Level Selection through telephonic/video call interviews or any other mode as appropriate.

November 14 to December 10, 2023

Evaluation at National Level (by the committee to be constituted by MoE).

By December 15, 2023

Submission of Result of National Level Evaluation to MoE by National Level Committee.

By December 20, 2023

Forwarding of results by MoE to MoD.

Note: Schools must not wait for the last date of submission. As soon as the activities are completed at the school level and 01 best entry in each category is shortlisted by schools, they shall submit the same at the given portal.

How to Submit?

Interested participants can submit their entries via this link.

Rewards and Recognition

There will be winners at every level. The number of winners to be declared is as follows:

National Level: 100 winners (Super 100). No Veer Gatha Winner (at the National Level) of earlier versions will be included in the 100 winners (at the National Level) of Veer Gatha Project 3.0.

Category: Class 3rd to 5th = 25 winners.
Category: Class 6th to 8th = 25 winners.
Category: Class 9th to 10th = 25 winners.
Category: Class 11th to 12th = 25 winners.

State/UT Level: 08 Winners (two from each category) at State/UT level irrespective of Board (Will not include students selected in Super 100).

District Level: 04 winners (one from each category). These will not include students selected in Super 100 and the students selected at State/UT level.

Students whose entry is uploaded at the Portal (CBSE/MyGov) will get an E-Certificate of Participation.