Deadline August 30 | Gandhi Jayathi All-India Essay Competition for College Students

26 August 2012
Deadline August 30 | Gandhi Jayathi All-India Essay Competition for College Students
Deadline: 30 August 2012

In the context of the forthcoming Gandhi Jayanthi day on 2ndOctober , 2012, Nandini Voice for the Deprived, a Chennai based NGO is organizing an All India essay competition for college students on “ How Gandhiji would have viewed Anna Hazare’s Anti corruption Movement ?”

OBJECTIVE:

It is quite sometime now since Anna Hazare started his anti corruption movement. Anna Hazare said on several occasions that he derives inspiration from Gandhian philosophy in launching the movement. While there are pledged supporters, there are also critics. The objective of the essay competition is to give an opportunity to the college students to introspect on the subject and express their thoughts on how Gandhiji would have viewed Anna Hazare’s anti corruption movement.
  • College students all over India can participate in the competition.
  • The essay should be of maximum 1500 words and can be written either in English, Tamil or Hindi.
  • Last date for submission of essay is 30th August,2012.
  • Ten of the best essays will be selected for award.
Essay can be sent either by post or e mail to the following address:

N.S.Venkataraman
Trustee
Nandini Voice for The Deprived
M 60/1, 4th Cross Street,
Besant Nagar,
Chennai-600090
Tel:- 24916037
Email:- nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com

Website: http://www.nandinivoice.org/
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