All about My Life My Yoga -Video Blogging Contest
GUIDELINES
The world is gearing up to observe the sixth International Day of Yoga (IDY) on 21st June 2020. On this occasion, the Ministry of AYUSH and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) come together to announce the My Life – My Yoga ( also called “Jeevan Yoga”) Video Blogging Contest.
The observation of IDY in the past years has been marked by thousands of harmonious mass demonstrations of Yoga in public places. Due to the contagious nature of COVID-19, no mass gathering would be advisable this year. Hence, this year the Ministry is encouraging the people to practice Yoga at their homes, with participation from the entire family. Through the My Life – My Yoga video blogging competition, the Ministry of AYUSH and ICCR seek to raise awareness about Yoga and to inspire people to prepare for and become active participants in the observation of IDY 2020 on 21st June 2020. The contest will support participation via MyGov and the social media platforms of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. Video contest will be open to participants from all countries.
EVENT DETAILS
This document gives the guidelines for the Indian Embassies and High Commissions for coordination of the event in the respective countries.
Event Name
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My Life – My Yoga Video Blogging contest
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Duration
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31 May 2020 14:00 HRS IST to 15 June 2020 23:59 HRS IST
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Where
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YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
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Contest Hashtag
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Country specific hashtag # MyLifeMyYoga<COUNTRY> Eg: # MyLifeMyYoga<INDIA>
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Contest website
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Stay tuned on Yoga Portal (https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/yoga/ ) of the Ministry of AYUSH for further details related to processing of entries and announcements of awards.
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Contest
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Female Categories
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Male Categories
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categories
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Prizes
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For each of the above categories:
Stage 1: Country-specific prizes
Stage 2: Global prizes
Global Prizes will be selected from winners of all the countries. Details will be announced shortly, on the Yoga Portal of Ministry of AYUSH. | |
Announcement of Prizes
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Date to be decided by respective country embassies (on or before 21 June 2020)
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Co-ordinating agency
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International Co-ordinator: ICCR
India Co-ordinator: Ministry of AYUSH | |
Evaluation and judging process for country-specific prizes
- Judging will be carried out in two stages viz. shortlisting and final evaluation. The Indian Missions in the respective countries will finalise three winners in each category of competition, and this will be a short-listing process in the overall context of the competition. The winners from each country will go on to figure in the list of entries for global evaluation to be coordinated by the Ministry of AYUSH. The Indian Missions may carry out the evaluation based on the video guidelines and finalise winners of the respective country. In case a large number of entries are expected, a two- stage evaluation is suggested, with a larger Committee for the initial screening. Prominent and reputed Yoga experts of the respective countries may be roped in for final country-specific evaluation to select three winners for each category, after submission is closed on June 15, 2020.
- Country-specific winners shall become eligible for Global prizes, details of which will be announced shortly.
- Entries will be shortlisted based on the video guidelines by Screening Committee and winners will be selected from the shortlist by a Jury consisting of prominent Yoga experts.
Confidentiality:
- Your personal information will be kept confidential. The announcements will reveal only the identities of the winners of the competition, with information such as name, age gender, category of award and city. Consent of participants for use of their videos by the Ministry of AYUSH for any promotional activities in future, is inherent and included in their act of submission of their entries in this competition.
ENTRY GUIDELINES
- All entries must be in digital video.
- Each entry must focus on the theme “My Life My Yoga” or “Jeevan Yoga”
- Videos must be uploaded on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter handle of the contestant and then linked to the Facebook page of the Ministry of AYUSH to be eligible for prizes and rewards.
- Tag Ministry of AYUSH (@ministryofayush) and MyGov India (@mygovindia) in the description, and also use the hashtag #MyLifeMyYoga<COUNTRY> and category hashtag as per table below Eg. #MyLifeMyYogaINDIA #FemaleAdullt
- The post should be made public in order to participate in the contest;
- Share the video post link on innovate.mygov.in
Category Hashtags
Female categories
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Category Hashtag
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Youth (below 18 years)
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#FemaleYouth
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Adult (18 years and above)
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#FemaleAdult
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Yoga professionals
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#FemaleYogaProfessional
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Male categories
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Category Hashtag
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Youth (below 18 years)
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#MaleYouth
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Adult (18 years and above)
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#MaleAdult
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Yoga professionals
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#MaleYogaProfessional
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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
All are welcome to participate in this contest. Use appropriate hashtags as per your country.
- Competition timelines:
- Video can be uploaded starting 3rd June, 2020 10:00 AM IST onwards. Deadline for entries is 11:50 PM IST on June 15, 2020. In order to participate in this competition, all video submission as per the above-mentioned guidelines must be received by this deadline. Winners will be contacted by June 21st, 2020. Stay tuned on Yoga portal (https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/yoga/) for further details related to communication and receiving of awards.
- The Ministry of AYUSH / Indian Missions in different countries will reach out to the shortlisted contestants during the period up to June 20, 2020 for verification of any information, if required. The shortlisted entries will be announced and tagged on the respective social media platform where the video was uploaded.
GUIDELINES ON VIDEO CONTENT
- Participants shall not disclose their personal identity within the video created (name, caste, country etc.).
- It is recommended that video should be made in landscape orientation.
- Participants are required to make a video on Yogic practices of duration not more than 3 minutes.
- The participant may judiciously include within this 3 minutes duration the video of 3 Yogic practices (kriya, asana, pranayama, bandha or mudra) and a short video message/ description on how the said Yogic practices influenced his/ her life.
AWARD CATEGORIES AND PRIZES:
- The competition is proposed to be organized in six categories as below:S.No.Female categoriesS.No.Male categories1.Youth (below 18 years)4.Youth (below 18 years)2.Adult (18 years and above)5.Adult (18 years and above)3.Yoga professionals6.Yoga professionals
- The winners will be announced within the aforementioned six categories.Prizes will be announced in each of the aforementioned six categories:
A. Country specific prizes
India- First Prize – Rs. 1,00,000
- Second Prize – Rs. 50,000
- Third Prize – Rs. 25,000
Other countries- First Prize – will be announced by the Indian Mission in the respective country
- Second Prize – will be announced by the Indian Mission in the respective country
- Third Prize – will be announced by the Indian Mission in the respective country
B. Global Prize
Global Prizes will be selected from winners of all the countries. Details will be announced.Stay tuned on Yoga portal (https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/yoga/) and the social media pages of the Ministry of AYUSH for further details related to communication and receiving of awards.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
- The videos uploaded should strictly conform to these guidelines.
- Visuals/ words which are erroneous and misleading, and which may provoke communal, obscurantist, anti-scientific and anti-national attitudes will make the entry liable to be disqualified.
- The person/ persons in the video should be adequately clothed.
- The display of obscene acts and exposures that deem to be indecent will be disqualified
- An Applicant will be disqualified from the competition if it is found that he/ she is trying to influence any member of the jury by way of writing letters, sending emails, making telephone calls, approaching in person or any other similar activity in this regard.
- Any applicant found to give a false declaration of age is bound to be disqualified.
- The decisions of the Screening Committee and the Jury shall be final and binding on all participants. The Jury may seek clarifications on any aspect (including age) of an entry from the participant, and if the same is not furnished within the given time, the entry could be disqualified.
- Relatives of employees working in ministry of AYUSH and its Autonomous Bodies will not be considered for the prize.
- Videos provided by the Applicant will be deemed confidential and only used for competition or any other promotional purposes by Ministry of AYUSH. Applicants may understand that their consent for use of their videos by the Ministry of AYUSH for any promotional activities in future, is inherent and included in their act of submission of their entries to this competition.
- Participants below 18 years of age may get the login ID created by the parents and also obtain the consent of their parents to participate in this category.
- Any legal disputes arising out of the competition will be settled in courts of Delhi.
- While furnishing information related to shortlisted entries as sought for by the Ministry of AYUSH/ concerned Indian Missions in other countries, the applicant should ensure that complete postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, mobile phone number and fax number (if any) are duly provided.
- The cost of making the video is to be borne by the applicant and NO reimbursement for the same will be given by the Ministry of AYUSH
- Participants submitting the videos for the competition are solely responsible for copyright regulations, if any. Their undertaking that the videos don’t infringe on any copyrights or intellectual property rights is inherent and included in their act of submission of their entries to this competition.
