What is this competition about?
The Supreme Audit Authority of India is conducting an essay competition for all students in India. The objective of this competition is to provide an opportunity for young minds to understand more about accounting and auditing and also to share their ideas on a critical issue.
What do I have to write about?
The theme of the essay is the “Role of CAG in Meeting Challenges of Good Governance”.
Can I participate?
Any student who is currently enrolled in an under-graduate or post-graduate program in India is eligible. You cannot be more than 28 years old as on 16 November 2011.
What is the deadline?
All essays have to be submitted via email to essay2011 [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in . The last date to submit your essay is 31 August 2011 by 5:00 pm (Indian Standard Time).
What are the guidelines that I have to follow?
- An essay can be written either in English or Hindi.
- There is a word limit of 2500 words.
- Essay must be neatly typed on ‘A4’ size paper with a linespacing of 1.5.
- An English essay may be typed using MSWord and Times New Roman font size 14.
- A Hindi essay may be types using the Akshar font for windows with a font size 15.
- Only one entry is allowed per participant.
- Candidates should not include or make direct reference to their identity inside the essay text, to avoid disqualification from the essay competition.
- It is necessary for you give the following details on the title page:
- Name of Participant (Mr./Ms.)
- Father’s Name
- Date of Birth
- College/University
- School/College Identity Card Number
- Graduate/ Post graduate program in which enrolled
- Contact Information (Mailing,Telephone & Email)
- Any level of plagiarism as well as nonconformity to the guidelines of the competition will lead to the disqualification of the participant from the competition.
What are the prizes?
The winners of the essay competition will be awarded prize money as well as a certificate:
- First Prize : Rs. 50,000
- Second Prize : Rs. 40,000
- Third Prize : Rs. 30,000
- Three consolation prizes: Rs. 10,000 each.
How will my essay be judged?
Your essay will be judged by an expert committee based on content, clarity, persuasiveness, critical thinking and originality. Besides these parameters, coherence, organization and linguisticproficiency will be other parameters of evaluation.
I have more questions, what do I do?
Click here for more information. Please write to mediawing [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in for further queries.
zain ul abdeen
what is the result, n where is the result of dis competition. Its been over an year we have submitterd our essay
Project Cloud
http://projectcloud.info/competition-results/cag-essay-competetion-2011/
Chandnichawla
huh results finally announced!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!congrats winners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chetan
Chandni, thanks for the update!
Protik
This si seriously taking too long the CAG’s office just want to show how busy they r!
guest
announce the damn result…..
Guest
Aargh! Government competitions!
Lakhan
tick tock…. zzz…..zzzzzz…. Will the results ever come?
Guest
So much time! This is getting frustrating!
Naveen
THE ABOVE COMPETETION HAS TO BE ALLOWED FOR ALL PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
NAVEEN
Lakhan
Does anyone remember this competition? When are the results coming out? Is the CAG judging the essays himself?
Maylailao
I really do hope the results come soon.
Xantho
I think we would have to sit for a fast for them to at least acknowledge the submission of the paper, leave alone the declaration of the results.
The best option is to call them, because they don’t seem to respond to emails
Rajnath
Create a facebook page for this. I’ll support it!
Unilkumar
i have sent the essay through mail but no response recieved
Ab Arihantbaid
anyone has an idea about the results? when will they be declared?
Xantho
The general rule is that footnotes/endnotes would be exclusive of the word count. So if the rules are silent and they are not responding then the best guess would be 2500 words exclusive of footnotes/endnotes.
Sanjanachinki
can we send the essay through post? if yes then what is the address?
rupinder
I have completed my graduation in april 2011 but i hve not taken admisssion in post graduate program as yet.Am i eligible for participation?
Sakshi Sharma
I have emailed on essay2011 [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in but not on mediawing [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in
Sakshi Sharma
I have sent the essay on the given address but no response is recieve from the other party,what can i do to know whether it is accepted or not
Dushyant
Have you emailed them essay2011 [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in and mediawing [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in?
Avneesh Dhariwal
I have the same question as of Pooja, and no reply was given from their email??
Dushyant
You could write to their alternate email id essay2011 [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in. To be safe, include the footnotes within the 2500 limit.
Pooja
I wanted to know if the prescribed word limit of 2500 words is exclusive of footnotes? I have already sent a mail on mediawing [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in but have not received any response so far.
Dushyant
You could write to their alternate email id essay2011 [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in. To be safe, include the footnotes within the 2500 limit.
Sam
I too forwarded a mail but in vain..no response whatsoever!!!
Gm
submission date extended to 31st Aug 2011.
Anonymous
Thank you for the update. Information about the extension has been updated throughout the website.
Gajender Loomba
i have also same question as aman
Anonymous
Dear Gajender, Vikram seems to have answered your question below. Please not that Project Cloud is not the organizer of the competition. For an authoritative answer, please write to mediawing [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in . Good luck!
Aman
TITLE PAGE WILL BE ATTACHED TO MAIN ESSAY OR A SEPARATE WORD FILE FOR IT OR IN THE EMAIL MESSAGE WE HAVE TO MAKE TITLE PAGE??
AND IF IT IS IN MAIN ESSAY THAN THE WORDS OF THE TITLE PAGE WILL BE INCLUDED IN ESSAY OR NOT ?/?
Vikram_nls12
The title page can be attached to the main essay. The words of the title page will not be included in the word count.
Gajender Loomba
at beginning or at the end
akansha
are co-authors allowed?
Chetan
Dear Akansha,
It seems to me that the rules do not allow co-authorship. Please write to mediawing [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in for further clarification on this point.
Cyriactom
can students who will passed out in april, also elligible
Chetan
I think so. When will your results be declared?
Lekshmi
do u want me to register my participation
Anonymous
It would be wonderful if you share a few tips for everyone writing this essay.
Kavihan Jeunegal
do u provide partcipation certificate for this competition?
Anonymous
Kavihan,
Project Cloud is not the organizer for this competition. It is the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. The rules do not mention that each participant will receive a certificate, however, you can clarify this point by writing to mediawing [at] cag [dot] gov [dot] in
Good Luck!