Stamp Design Competition

‘Har Ghar AKAM Souvenir Aur Stamps’ Celebrations

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Students of classes VIII to XII can participate and draw their ideas on AKAM through crayons/ pencil colours/ water colours/ acrylic colours on A4 size AKAM theme paper sheets to be provided by Department of Posts (DoP). The schools are requested to organize the competition at their own level and upload the 5 best entries of their school after evaluation at the following link:

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Timeline

Start Date	3rd October 2022
End Date	31st October 2022

Rewards

National-level winners will get attractive prizes.

Best entries from each state will be awarded State level prize of Rs 2000 each.

Terms and Conditions

1. Schools affiliated to CBSE, including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as schools affiliated to all State Boards can participate in the Campaign.
2. Students belonging to Class VIII to Class XII can participate. 
3. Students should draw their ideas on AKAM through crayons/ pencil colors/ water colors/ acrylic colors on art sheets (A4 Size, 200 GSM, White Color) to be provided by the Department of Posts (DOP) to schools.
4. The Drawing sheet can be downloaded from here (sample design of Art Sheet): Drawing Sheet (PDF)
5. DoP shall collect all the drawing sheets and preserve at Circle level upon completion of the competition.
6. Department of School Education & Literacy shall send a formal communication to Chairman CBSE, Commissioners of KV & NV, and all the Chief Secretaries/ Principal Secretary (School Education), requesting them to direct the schools under their jurisdiction/ control to hold the Stamp Design Competition.
7. CBSE/ KV/ NV/ State Governments shall issue instructions to all the Principals of schools regarding initial screening of entries to be done by the school authorities, in order to select a maximum of 05 entries per school.
8. The Postal Nodal Officers in each District/ Division shall get in touch with the School Nodal Officers and arrange to supply the A4 size sheets for holding the Stamp Design Competition. Specific date or dates shall also be decided with mutual consultation with the school authorities for holding the Stamp Design Competition
9. Schools affiliated to CBSE, including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas as well as schools affiliated to all State Boards are to hold the Stamp Design Competition at the school level on any of the days during the 01 – 31st October 2022.
10. Schools to conduct a screening of all the entries in order to shortlist a maximum of 05 designs on AKAM with the best ideas. These 05 designs on AKAM shall be scanned and uploaded on the MyGov Portal.
11. Ministry of Culture and Department of School Education & Literacy would identify and nominate experts for each State to facilitate the evaluation process of the entries uploaded on the MyGov portal. 05 best entries will be finalized from each state & UTs.
12. National-level evaluation would be done jointly by a committee nominated by the Ministry of Culture and the Department of Posts.
13. Department of Posts, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture will use their official social media handles to give wide publicity to the entire campaign.