On the occasion of World Red Cross Day observed on 8th of May every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross, Mr. Jean Henry Dunant the Indian Red Cross Society, together with its partners, i.e. the ICRC and the IFRC held on line painting, photography and essay competitions. The essay and photography competitions were open to all but the painting competition was meant only for students. In painting, students till class 8 and those from class 9 to 12 were placed in separate categories. The entries were judged by a panel of judges and three winners were selected from each group.

a) Topic for painting competition
Volunteerism: Everywhere for Everyone

b) Topic for photography competition
Volunteerism: Everywhere for Everyone

c) Topic for essay competition
Volunteerism as a force for positive change in human behavior (max 500 words)

The last date for receiving entries was 21 April. Due to limited time given to participants only few entries were received till then. Hence the date was extended till 26 April and extra efforts were made to evoke better response.

Essays

A total of 182 mails containing over 200 essays were received till last date. Entries received late were not considered.
As the number of entries was high, it was decided by the leaders of the three Red Cross partners to have a preliminary screening of all entries by the IRCS, IFRC and ICRC officials.
The officials of the IRCS, ICRC and the IFRC shortlisted 41 entries which were subsequently evaluated by 2 senior professors from English department of two different colleges of Delhi University; Dr Gitanjali Chawla, Agrasen College and Dr C S Dubey from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College. Seven entries getting maximum marks were then submitted to the ICRC for final selection of the three top entries. The final three entries were as under

1. Ms Khushi Jain, Aruna Asaf Ali Kendriya Vidyalay, Delhi; 2. Ms Astha Sharma, Wishwa Bharti Public School, Dwarka, Delhi; and 3. Ms Mehakpreet Kaur, GGSVM Sr. Sec. School Ratwara Sahib,Punjab.

Paintings & Photography
A total of 170 mails of scanned entries were received under paintings. The total paintings received by all routes were 220.

Similarly for photography a total of 29 mails were received and the total number of entries was 50.

In these groups as well preliminary screening of the entries was done by a team of officials from the IRCS, ICRC and IFRC and it shortlisted following
a) Photographs : 12
b) Painting up to class 8 : 14
c) Painting up to class 12 : 18
For photography and painting the final judges, Prof S N Lahiri Principal, College of Art, Delhi University and Prof Rajeev Lochan, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, decided that instead of first, second, best three would be selected for award. The best three entries selected by them in photography were 1. Mr Anish Kumar, SDSVM Talwara, Punjab; 2. Mr Tapesh Kaundal, SDSVM Talwara, Punjab; and 3. Ms Manasi Mahajan
The best three entries in painting up to class 8 category were 1. Ms Siddhi Ajay Kumar Mane, Pune; 2. Ms Nisha Barman,Guwahati Public School , Assam and 3. Ms Swapna Jyoti Swain, SKV School, Delhi.
The best three adjudged entries in painting in the category class 9-12 were 1. Pavi Beniwal,
2. Ms Snehal Jain, Lancers Convent, Rohini, Delhi and 3. Ms Anchal Soni, Little Flowers School, Delhi.
The award function was held on 9th May at IRCS National Headquarters in which Mrs Mallika Nadda, founding President of NGO Chetna gave away the prizes to the winners in the presence of Sri Avinash Rai Khanna, Vice Chairman, IRCS, Sri Rajeev Gupta, Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Youth & Sports, Dr Veer Bhushan, Acting Secretary General, IRCS, Ms Mary Wertz, Head of the Regional Delegation, ICRC,and Mr Leon Prop, Head Country Cluster, IFRC.

Pictures of awardees Prize winning essays Best 3 paintings (Junior) Best 3 paintings (senior)
Best 3 photographs

On the occasion of World Red Cross Day observed on 8th of May every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross, Mr. Jean Henry Dunant the Indian Red Cross Society, together with its partners, i.e. the ICRC and the IFRC held on line painting, photography and essay competitions. The essay and photography competitions were open to all but the painting competition was meant only for students. In painting, students till class 8 and those from class 9 to 12 were placed in separate categories. The entries were judged by a panel of judges and three winners were selected from each group.

a) Topic for painting competition
Volunteerism: Everywhere for Everyone

b) Topic for photography competition
Volunteerism: Everywhere for Everyone

c) Topic for essay competition
Volunteerism as a force for positive change in human behavior (max 500 words)

The last date for receiving entries was 21 April. Due to limited time given to participants only few entries were received till then. Hence the date was extended till 26 April and extra efforts were made to evoke better response.

Essays
A total of 182 mails containing over 200 essays were received till last date. Entries received late were not considered.

As the number of entries was high, it was decided by the leaders of the three Red Cross partners to have a preliminary screening of all entries by the IRCS, IFRC and ICRC officials.

The officials of the IRCS, ICRC and the IFRC shortlisted 41 entries which were subsequently evaluated by 2 senior professors from English department of two different colleges of Delhi University; Dr Gitanjali Chawla, Agrasen College and Dr C S Dubey from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College. Seven entries getting maximum marks were then submitted to the ICRC for final selection of the three top entries. The final three entries were as under

1. Ms Khushi Jain, Aruna Asaf Ali Kendriya Vidyalay, Delhi; 2. Ms Astha Sharma, Wishwa Bharti Public School, Dwarka, Delhi; and 3. Ms Mehakpreet Kaur, GGSVM Sr. Sec. School Ratwara Sahib,Punjab.

Paintings & Photography
A total of 170 mails of scanned entries were received under paintings. The total paintings received by all routes were 220.

Similarly for photography a total of 29 mails were received and the total number of entries was 50.

In these groups as well preliminary screening of the entries was done by a team of officials from the IRCS, ICRC and IFRC and it shortlisted following

a) Photographs : 12
b) Painting up to class 8 : 14
c) Painting up to class 12 : 18

For photography and painting the final judges, Prof S N Lahiri Principal, College of Art, Delhi University and Prof Rajeev Lochan, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, decided that instead of first, second, best three would be selected for award. The best three entries selected by them in photography were 1. Mr Anish Kumar, SDSVM Talwara, Punjab; 2. Mr Tapesh Kaundal, SDSVM Talwara, Punjab; and 3. Ms Manasi Mahajan

The best three entries in painting up to class 8 category were 1. Ms Siddhi Ajay Kumar Mane, Pune; 2. Ms Nisha Barman,Guwahati Public School , Assam and 3. Ms Swapna Jyoti Swain, SKV School, Delhi.

The best three adjudged entries in painting in the category class 9-12 were 1. Pavi Beniwal,

2. Ms Snehal Jain, Lancers Convent, Rohini, Delhi and 3. Ms Anchal Soni, Little Flowers School, Delhi.

The award function was held on 9th May at IRCS National Headquarters in which Mrs Mallika Nadda, founding President of NGO Chetna gave away the prizes to the winners in the presence of Sri Avinash Rai Khanna, Vice Chairman, IRCS, Sri Rajeev Gupta, Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Youth & Sports, Dr Veer Bhushan, Acting Secretary General, IRCS, Ms Mary Wertz, Head of the Regional Delegation, ICRC,and Mr Leon Prop, Head Country Cluster, IFRC.

Pictures of awardees, Best 3 paintings (Junior) Best 3 paintings (senior), Best 3 photographs

Prize winning essays