Microsoft Imagine Cup India

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Imagine Cup By Microsoft

The Imagine Cup encourages young people to apply their imagination, their passion and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world -today. Now in its seventh year, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real world issues.In 2009, more than 300,000 students from 142 countries entered the Imagine Cup competition.

Theme

Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems

A Participant must ensure that his/her team’s duly filled up valid registration form & submission in English language in the prescribed format is posted on www.imaginecup.com/in/sd.aspx on or before the deadlines of the respective rounds.

• Round A Deadline: 31st Dec 2009 (11:59 PM )
• Round B Deadline: 28th Feb 2010 (11:59 PM )

Eligibility :

• You are 16 years of age or older.
• You are actively enrolled as a student during the Contest Period at an accredited educational institution that grants high-school or college/university (or equivalent) degrees.
• You are not an employee or intern of Microsoft Corporation, or an employee of a Microsoft subsidiary.
• You are not involved in any part of the execution or administration of this Contest.
• You are not an immediate family member of (parent, sibling, spouse, child) or household member of a Microsoft employee, an employee of a Microsoft subsidiary, or a person involved in any part of the administration and execution of this Contest.
• A Team may consist of up to four eligible student Participants & can only represent one country/region- in this case, India. It is recommended, but not required, that the Team have one mentor in addition to the student Team members.

Contest Period: 6th November 2009 to 30th April 2010

Location: Warsaw, Poland

National Finals: April 2010

WorldWide Finals: July 2010

Prizes:

• 1st Prize: INR 80,000
• 2nd Prize: INR 70,000
• 3rd Prize: INR 60,000
• Consolation Prizes (for 2 teams): INR 40,000 per team

Competitions :

• Software Design
• Game Design
• Digital Media
• IT Challenge
• Embedded Development

Links:

• Upload Entry
• Software Application Elements
• Rules and Regulations
• FAQs
• Official Site