How to Register / Participate in eRaksha Competition 2021

Do you love exploring, learning and discovering new and exciting things on the internet! Do want to make the Online Space more secure and safe?

Participate in the ‘eRaksha Competition 2021’ and share with us your ideas, suggestions and safety precautions that users can follow to make the internet safer, enabling and peaceful.

Theme of eRaksha Competition 2021:

‘My Idea of a Safe and Peaceful Cyber Space’
‘मेरी सोच…सुरक्षित और शांतिपूर्ण ऑनलाइन दुनिया’

So inviting all innovative thinkers…students from schools and colleges, educators and parents to express their original ideas on creating and sustaining a Safe and Peaceful Cyber Space, where everyone can participate and contribute positively without any negativity or fear.

Put on your inventive hats! Create, innovate and submit your unique ideas that promote safe, responsible and peaceful use of internet in various categories – the form of poster, painting, video, website, blog, essay or app.

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1 Competition Categories

1.1 1. Artcade

1.2 2. Word Hack

1.3 3. Screen Masters

1.4 4. Tech Avishkar

1.5 5. Cyber Peace Honours

2 Who Can Participate?

3 Click Below Link to Register / Participate in eRaksha Competition 2021

4 Official Website

4.1 https://www.eraksha.net/

5 Last Date for Registration – 25 July 2021

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Competition Categories

1. Artcade

Use your artistic skills to show us what online safety means to you.

Send in drawings, painting, comics, memes, stickers and even comic strips. The theme for the competitions is Digital Citizenship and Online Safety. You may choose any topic related to this, such as privacy, safety, trolling, security tips, online fraud, bullying, phishing, vishing, malware etc. Please make sure that the only text your posters have is the caption.
Please refrain from writing any slogans. Winning entries will be shared by the partnering organizations on their social media handles and their websites.

2. Word Hack

Use your writing skills to show us what online safety means to you.

You can send in short stories (only for Category 1, refer to guidelines), essays (only for Category 1, refer to guidelines), articles, blogs and research papers (for Categories 2 &3). The theme for the competitions is Digital Citizenship and Online Safety. You may choose any topic related to this, such as privacy issues, safety, trolling, security tips, online fraud, bullying, phishing, vishing, malware, etc. Winning entries will be shared by the partnering organizations on their social media handles and their websites.

3. Screen Masters

Let out the director in you and create an original video in the form of a short movies/awareness videos/ songs/ satires/ parodies/ documentaries and interviews with a strong message (aligning with the theme of the competition – Digital Citizenship & Online Safety) that would last forever in the minds of those who watch it. You may choose any theme related to the same, such as privacy issues, safety, trolling, security tips, online fraud or even bullying. If you choose to put dialogues or any text in the video, please make sure that it is either in Hindi or English.

4. Tech Avishkar

Use your coding and engineering skills to show us what online safety means to you. Your creation can be an implementation of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things among others. .

You can create:

Software* (Mobile apps/Web app /Source Coding)
Hardware** (Innovative Device/Module Development )
Firmware*** (Software Controlled Devices, Appliances, etc.)

The theme for the competitions is Digital Citizenship and Online Safety. Your innovation must address a problem faced in cyberspace, such as privacy issues, safety, trolling, online fraud, bullying, phishing, vishing, malware, etc.

Note:
* Software refers to any script, program or application that can be run on a device. For e.g., gaming apps, browsers, OS, A/V players, etc.
** Hardware refers to machinery or equipment that can be connected to a computer system. For e.g., processors, I/O devices, etc.
*** Firmware refers to software that has been embedded into hardware. For e.g., software-controlled devices, appliances, controls, etc.

5. Cyber Peace Honours

The Cyber Peace Honors is an award conferred on individuals who have consistently worked on online safety and cyber security to facilitate a peaceful, resilient and inclusive cyberspace for all.
You can be an individual, a group of individuals or even an institution.

Through this award, we hope to bring commendable efforts made by individuals to the forefront. So, if you are someone who has voluntarily put in efforts to promote online safety, register today.
Participants will be shortlisted on the basis of the form they fill online through the eRaksha portal.