RIC 2020 – Grand Finale Winners (Dated: 28th Sep 2020)

 

Our esteemed panel of judges

▶ Ms. Uttara Singh (Director, Shriram Millennium Schools, Delhi)

▶ Dr. Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar (Registrar & Professor, IIIT Hyderabad)

▶ Raj Panishetty (SVP, Sr. Technology Leader for a Financial Organization, New York)

RIC 2020 Winners:

• Parth Banerjee;  Grade : 7; School : Bloom Public School, Vasant Kunj, Delhi; Category : 5 – 7th Grade
• Ashwin Shridhar; Grade : 9; School : Vidyashilp Academy, Bangalore, Karnataka; Category : 8 – 10th Grade
• Zahra Shaikh; Grade : Grade: 12; School : Marias’s Public School (MPS), Narengi, Guwahati, Assam; Category : 11 – 12th Grade

Congratulations to all the winners!!

A big thank you once again to the esteemed judges, our media partners WION TV, all the participants, school teachers, school authorities, media personnel, TEAM RIC for all their efforts and support in making this event a huge success. Reiterating, all participants are winners in their own way. This is a celebration more than a competition!

*WATCH OUT FOR THE 3 EPISODE RIC 2020 TELESERIES STARTING FROM OCT 2nd – Oct 4th @ 4.30 PM IST, ON WION TV

RIC 2020 Update – Finalists List & Rules for the Grand Finale (Dated: 1st Sep 2020):

A very big thank you once again to all the participants / parents / schools for their time and support in helping RIC complete round2 screening. Reiterating, all participants are winners in their own way. This is a celebration more than a competition. Below in the table is the list of the participants who made it to the Grand Finale in alphabetical order. Evaluation was done based on a points system and no rankings were given to any participant. It was an extremely close contest for many participants and due to this we have increased the intake to 15 from 12 as envisaged earlier. Congratulations to all the finalists!! Grand Finale date will be confirmed in 2 week’s time (Sep 15th) and is likely to happen in the last week of Sep / early Oct. Grand Finale will be recorded by WION TV. We will communicate the modalities by Sep 15th or so. Please note, all participants have to prepare on all the 15 themes / topics mentioned below. It will be the judge’s choice completely in the GF. *Independent thinking and research rigor on all the 15 themes/topics will be key to the finals. Cadence for the GF will be announced on the day of the finals, just before the start. Leaders must be calm & composed with unknowns & uncertainties at all times!

Category 1 (Grade 5-7):

*Due to a tie we have chosen 6 participants as an exception for this category.

Category 2 (Grade 8-10):

Category 3 (Grade 11-12):

Themes / Topics for the Grand Finale:

01. Road ahead for Humanity – Knowledge Based Culture Vs Commerce Based Culture?

02. Leadership Styles – Values Or Valuables; Greed Or Honesty; Service Or Grandeur

03. Entrepreneurs Vs Job Seekers (Risk Vs Comfort?)

04. Creativity Vs Knowledge Vs Logic

05. Top priorities for state – Education, Health Care, Nature Care & Employment Creation?

06. Merit Based Society Vs Group or People Controlled Society – Pros & Cons!!

07. Beliefs Based Society Vs Independent Thinking Society – Merits & Demerits!!

08. Technology for Evolution (choice) Vs Technology for Devolution (addiction & abuse)?

09. Between Use and Abuse of Natural Resources – How to strike a balance?

10. Corona – Crisis Vs Opportunity Vs Punishment?

11. People in Policy – Courage (& the price to be paid) Vs Fear (& consequences)

12. A Progressive Society – Is it People or State driven?

13. A cultural shift to nurture creativity – From being part of the problem (/silent) to being part of the solution (think & experiment solutions!)

14. Leaders – How to draw the line between need & greed?

15. Is there a need to introduce global citizen element in school education system keeping the local flavors?

Enjoy the RIC 2020 journey!!

RIC 2020 Update – 2nd Round Qualifiers List & Rules (29th July 2020):

A big thank you once again to all the participants for the submissions. Reiterating, all participants are winners in their own way. This is a celebration more than a competition. Below in the table is the list of the 2nd round qualifiers in alphabetical order. Evaluation was done based on a points system and no rankings were given to any participant. It was a very close contest for many participants. Congratulations to all the qualifiers!! Please read the 2nd round rules well. Request all 2nd round qualifiers to share their phone numbers with Zoom / Google Video Call facility via email to readindiacelebration2020@gmail.com by 1st of Aug, 2020. The video round will be recorded for RIC’s reference and social / electronic media screening subsequently. Video rounds to be scheduled in a random order. All 2nd round qualifiers will have to be ready for the screening from the 8th of Aug. 2nd round screening is expected to take some time hence your patience is appreciated. Screening calls will be scheduled a day in advance and the usual time would be 4:00 – 5:00 PM on weekdays and 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM IST on weekends. All cell phones / computers to be used by participants should have either Zoom or Micro Soft Teams or Google Video App installed on the device for the video round. Please let us know if you have any concerns via email!

Note: 12 participants will be selected for the Grand Finale post 2nd round screening from the below list. Grand Finale date to be confirmed in last week of Sep or early Oct.

2nd Round Rules: (Video based; 3 languages allowed; Hindi, Telugu & English):

01. Participant Intro (2 mins)

02. Speech on the submission (3 – 5 mins)

03. Choice to speak on any of the below themes / topics (3 – 5 mins; confine to 3 pros & cons)

04. Ad Hoc question will be posed by the judge on any issue (need not be confined to the themes mentioned below). Participants may be asked to provide a solution to any local / national or international issue (3 mins)

Themes / Topics for 2nd Round:

01. Road ahead for Humanity – Knowledge Based Culture Vs Commerce Based Culture?

02. Leadership Styles – Values Or Valuables; Greed Or Honesty; Service Or Grandeur

03. Entrepreneurs Vs Job Seekers (Risk Vs Comfort?)

04. Creativity Vs Knowledge Vs Logic

05. Top priorities for state – Education, Health Care, Nature Care & Employment Creation?

06. Merit Based Society Vs Group or People Controlled Society – Pros & Cons!!

07. Beliefs Based Society Vs Independent Thinking Society – Merits & Demerits!!

08. Technology for Evolution (choice) Vs Technology for Devolution (addiction & abuse)?

09. Between Use and Abuse of Natural Resources – How to strike a balance?

10. Corona – Crisis Vs Opportunity Vs Punishment?

11. People in Policy – Courage (& the price to be paid) Vs Fear (& consequences)

12. A Progressive Society – Is it People or State driven?

Enjoy the RIC 2020 journey!!

Note: Submissions received from more than 25 states / cities for RIC 2020 1. Andhra Pradesh, 2. Assam, 3. Chhattisgarh, 4. Chandigarh, 5. Delhi, 6. Goa, 7. Haryana, 8. Himachal Pradesh, 9. Jammu & Kashmir, 10. Karnataka, 11. Kerala, 12. Madhya Pradesh, 13. Maharashtra, 14. Wellington – New Zealand, 15. Odisha, 16. Punjab, 17. Rajasthan, 18. Sikkim, 19. Tamil Nadu, 20. Telangana, 21. Tripura, 22. Dubai – UAE, 23. Uttar Pradesh, 24. West Bengal, 25. Pennsylvania – USA, 26. Ontario – Canada. Appreciate your patience!!

Read India Celebration –

Is not a competition but a grand stage to celebrate emerging readers, vidyavan and leaders from india and across the world. It’s an annual Readership and Leadership carnival for school students ( standard 5th – 12th). A platform to celebrate knowledge and propagators of gyan based culture. It’s a stage to reinforce the value and importance of gyan as the only means to prosperity & peaceful coexistence. A stage to remind students that our ignorance, ignorant people & societies are the greatest threat to our own wellness, humanity and the eco system we live in. RIC is a platform to empower Shikshit (literate) to become Vidyavan. A platform where every participant is a winner in their own way. Students can read the nominated book, suggested books, books of their own choice, read their own self, their own experiences, role models, “Mother Nature” or events in history of their own choice to express their views & feelings on the nominated topic / topic of their own choice.

*Students of all nationalities from around the world can participate.

Note: International submissions only in English language.

Read India 2020:-

Purpose of Read India Competition:

*Read India Competition is to make students read one new book every year other than academic books to enable Readership & Leadership!

Why Read India Competition:

“Only knowledge based cultures manifest into knowledge based economies which pave the way to prosperity and harmony”. For any country to be progressive, it needs quality leaders in quantity. This initiative is to sow / enhance seeds of “Gyan and Leadership thru Readership” at high school and college levels. From a known we can get to the unknown, never the other way round. Similarly, for every society the journey to growth & success begins from knowing where they are? Our goal = Quality in Quantity; Our objective: From a Shikshit society, we need to transition to a Vidyavan society. Read books & ‘Self” to experience how reading initiates us into knowledge & all-round growth. Just to remind (according to most global researches), all leaders in the world are readers and same is the case with successful people. The connection between vidya, readership & success is well established, world over. Reading books broadens & deepens knowledge base and Reading Self leads to Knowing Self (i.e. knowing our strengths, priorities, areas of improvements, path of pursuance, happiness, pockets of distress and much more) and Knowing Self is the basis to Leading Self & Winning in Life! *Remember, ignorance is bliss followed by destruction. Independent thinking & gyan are not an option for an individual but the only path to growth and harmony!?

1) Nominated book for the year 2020 –Leading Self & Beyond

(Download Free eBook)

2) Selected Topic for the year 2020 – “Learning to Listen, Learning to See & Learning to Think Independent”.

Why the topic “Learning to Listen, Learning to See & Learning to Think”?

According to major global researches, most people listen less then 10% of the content and miss a startling 90% of reality. This is to get across the message among students as to how significant Listening, Seeing things As-Is & Independent Thinking is to learning, growth, success & beyond!

Cadence & Rules for RIC 2020 :

Students can read the nominated book “Leading Self 2 Leading Others” (eBook can be downloaded from top right corner of Read India website) or read any book(s) of their choice on topic “Learning to Listen, Learning to See & Learning to Think Independent” or read any book or articles or do own research on topic of their own choice (e.g. lessons to be learnt from corona pandemic, difference between Shiksha (literacy) & Vidya (education), Measure of education, Knowledge based Vs Belief based societies, Difference between use and abuse of technology etc.) in April & May 2020 and email a summary / findings / views on the same in not more than 900 words ( A4 size page submission) along with 1 novel idea on how to prepare for corona like challenges in future / solve any national issue (e.g. drying of rivers, depletion of ground water levels, traffic problem, river / air pollution, agrarian problem etc.) / regional / international issue of their choice to readindiacelebration2020@gmail.com before 30th June 2020 with subject RIC 2020 – Submission – Students – School / College Name.

Email submissions will be evaluated for a total of 100 marks (i.e. 20 marks each for students understanding on Listening, Independent Thinking, Learning and connection between the three + another 20 for the idea / proposed solution to the problem they chose to address. Note: If the selected topic is of students own choice, evaluation will still happen for 100 marks but the criteria will be at the discretion of the evaluators. Choice of topic, originality & depth of analysis, summarization and the uniqueness of the idea will get highest weightage.

*Reiterating, Originality, Independent Thinking & Creativity in the email submission will be key to finals selection.

Top 100 students will qualify for finals screening from the email submission / one pager (which can be written in any of the three languages i.e. Telugu, Hindi or English) in each category i.e. School & College resp. Out of the 100 qualified students, 10 – 12 participants will be selected for the RIC Grand Finale which will be a speech & questionnaire round. Grand Finale shall be organized in the month of Aug / Sep 2020. Details on the date, venue, technology platform for the grand finale to be confirmed in the month of Aug 2020.

Read India Competition – 2020 Grand Finale (Cadence)

1. Student Self Introduction (2 mins)

2. Speech Round (3 Mins) on Topic – “Learning to Listen, Learning to See & Learning to Think”

3. Questionnaire Round (Panel of Judges will ask)roblem, Water Problem, Pollution Problem, Job creation, Cross cultural differences etc.)

a. 1st Question, common to all participants – If given a chance, what would you change in our country, why and how? (*Why & How will get more weightage)

b. 2nd & 3rd Question – These 2 could be anything related to participants / confronting their country or our world (e.g. How would you prepare & win Corona like crisis, Technology threats, Farmer’s problem, Water Problem, Pollution Problem, Job creation, Cross cultural differences etc.)

Based on their speech & answers, the panel of judges (3 people) will celebrate the top 3 as winners, who will be awarded with

► 1st prize – Laptop + Cash Prize

► 2nd prize –strong> Tablet + Cash Prize

► 3rd prize ‐strong> Mini Tab + Cash Prize

For further detail’s/queries, please contact Raghuram Ananthoj, Cell: +91 9441456061, Email: readindiacelebration2020@gmail.com