DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS
Sacred
Heart College
Chalakudy
Project
Presentation
Competition for
MA
Economics Students for
ARTHASHASTRA
PRIZE
Dear Sir / Madam,
The Economics Association of Sacred Heart College,
Chalakudy is organising a paper presentation competition for MA students based
on their MA Project work. The winner of the competition will be awarded the ‘ARTHASHASTRA
PRIZE’ comprising of a citation, trophy and cash prize of Rs. 2000.
The competition will be held on 21st October 2014 at Sacred Heart College,
Chalakudy.
The competition is being organised in two stages. In
stage one any student who has completed MA Economics in 2014 can send abstract
of his/her project work. Based on this six students will be shortlisted and
will be invited to make a presentation of project based on which the ‘ARTHASHASTRA
PRIZE’ will be awarded. All the projects selected for stage two and other
selected projects from stage one will be published in the Journal of the
Department of Economics of Sacred Heart College, Chalakudy.
The details are attached.
I request you to intimate the matter to your students
and encourage maximum number of students to send papers.
Important Dates
Last date for submitting abstracts for
stage I: 30th September 2014
Intimation of selected abstracts for
stage II: 7th October 2014
Competition: 21st October 2014, 10.30 AM.
(all submission accepted only by email to economics.shcollege@gmail.com)
Yours sincerely,
Chacko Jose P, PhD
Head of the
Department
(chackojosep@gmail.com,
9447033292)
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Economics
Association of Sacred Heart College, Chalakudy
ARTHASHASTRA PRIZE
21st October 2014
Rules and Regulations
The completion is being held
in two stages. In stage I any student who has completed MA Economics in 2014
can send abstract of his/her project work. In stage II, six students will be
shortlisted from stage I and will be invited to make a presentation of project
based on which the ‘ARTHASHASTRA PRIZE’ will be awarded. All the projects
selected for stage two and other selected projects from stage one will be
published in the Journal of the Department of Economics of Sacred Heart
College, Chalakudy.
1. All students who have completed their MA
Economics (any branch) in 2014 from any
university or affiliated college in Kerala can participate in the competition.
2. Interested students should
send in an abstract of their project on or before September 30th 2014.
-The abstract should be of
not more than 1000 words (Times New Roman, 12, 1.5 spacing) and should contain (a)
the title of the project (b) relevance of the topic (c) problem of study (d) objectives (e) methodology
(f) findings.
-The student should produce
the copy of the project at the time of presentation in stage II for verification.
-The abstract should be sent
by email only to economics.shcollege@gmail.com
Following details should be
provided by the participants in the email (a) Name of student (b) Course and College (c) year of
completion of MA (d) personal email (f) contact number.
Intimations will be sent by
email address only.
-Last date for submitting abstracts: 30th
September 2014. Students whose abstracts are selected for stage II will be
intimated by email by 7th October 2014.
3. Six projects will be
shortlisted in stage I based on quality parameters. The selected students will
be invited to make a presentation of their project based on which the panel of
experts will identify the student for the ‘ARTHASHASTRA PRIZE’ comprising of a citation,
trophy and cash prize of Rs. 2000. All students participating in stage II will
be given certificate of merit and selected students will be given a cash prize
of Rs. 500.
Presentation should be a
slide presentation (PowerPoint 2007) of 20 minutes duration and should include
(a) the title of the project (b) relevance of the topic (c) problem of study (d) objectives (e) methodology (f)
findings.
-The presentations will be
judged by a panel of experts with the following weightage. Content and merit of
project – 60%, Slide quality, slide quality and diversity and communication
skills – 40 %.
-The language of
presentation should be English.
-After presentation the
students should interact with the panel of experts for clarifications.
-The decision of panel of
experts will be final and binding.
Competition
will be held on 21st October
2014 at 10.30 AM at Sacred heart College, Railway Station Road, Chalakudy,
Thrissur Dt.
-The students should report
at 10.00 Am.
-The presentations should be
saved in a CD and should be handed over at the time of registration.
4. All the projects selected
for stage II and other selected projects from stage I will be published in the
Journal of the Department of Economics of Sacred Heart College, Chalakudy. For
this the students should prepare a research paper based on the project. The
details of the same will be intimated later.
5. There is no registration
fee. All participants in stage II will be provided local hospitality.
6. The organisers reserve the
right to amend the rules and regulations.
