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AICTE’s LILAVATI AWARD – 2020 for AICTE Approved Institutions, India

November 21, 2020

Designation/Position- AICTE’s LILAVATI AWARD – 2020

AICTE, India invites application for AICTE’s LILAVATI AWARD – 2020 from eligible and interested candidates

About- This award intends to recognize efforts being made by AICTE approved institutions to treat women with ‘equality and fairness’ in all spheres of their lives. By means of this initiative, all the stakeholders (especially the girl students) in AICTE approved institutions would get a unique opportunity to present a solution to the prevalent issues of gender discrimination, such as
illiteracy, unemployment, economic and nutritional disparities, maternal mortality, human rights, etc. Also, if anyone has already made a successful effort towards making a mark in the society, in establishing women’s
emancipation/ empowerment at large, she/ he can showcase their efforts/ contributions. AICTE’s LILAVATI AWARD – 2020

Research/Job Area- Women Empowerment

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Eligibility/Qualification–

For AICTEs Lilavati Award-2020, entries are invited under the category Institutional/ Team Level comprises either of students/ faculty/ both from AICTE approved technical institution / Deemed to be University who had undertaken remarkable intervention in the various sub-themes and made an impact in the society. The team has to showcase their work undertaken in the last two years from the date of announcement of the award for the cause of women empowerment. The maximum team size will be 5 members having a minimum of 2 (two) women members.

Job/Position Description-

THEME: Women Empowerment

Targeted Sub-Themes:
AICTEs Lilavati Award-2020 intends to seek applications from the eligible teams, who have undertaken remarkable intervention for the cause and made an impact, in the form of a short video clip (not more than 4-5 minutes’ duration) that showcases their work under the following sub- themes: –

Women Health (Issues related to nutrition, maternal mortality, breast/ovarian & cervical cancer, pregnancy issues, depression and anxiety, child care, etc.)
Self Defence (Training/ awareness programs for safety measures, Girl child safety, domestic violence, work place harassment, confidence building programs, etc.)
Sanitation & Hygiene (Menstrual hygiene, home & environment hygiene, etc.)
Literacy (Basic education, digital literacy, awareness against taboos, etc.)
Women Entrepreneurship (Financial safety, business opportunities, govt. schemes, credit, etc.)
Legal Awareness (Women rights & duties, gender equality in society & work place)

Objectives:

To create awareness about issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition using traditional Indian values.
To create awareness about issues like literacy, employment, technology, credit, marketing, innovation, skill development, natural resources and rights among women.
For promoting and practicing ideas of gender equity.
To work towards the well-being of the girl child, adolescents, and women and focus on their development by creating awareness on gender equality.
To bring about empowerment of communities, hence the footprint of such activities may also encompass neighboring/ surrounding villages/areas.
To pave way for women of the country to come forward.

Processing Methodology

The eligible team has to submit an online application on AICTE website. (https://lilavati.aicte-india.org/)
A committee of experts shall be formed to shortlist the eligible team. For the purpose of short-listing, the team will submit summary pre/ post interventions in form of statistics/data, abstract of work/community
interventions and videos. The final review will be presentations from the participants in online/face to face mode.
Based on the recommendation of the committee, the Council shall announce the awardees.

General Instructions and Guidelines
The video entries shall enable the Council to spread the awareness/ good work far and wide. In order to make the entries relevant, the nominees are requested to follow the guidelines as given under:-

The video entries should not be more than 4-5 minutes’ duration. It is expected that the size of the video file should not exceed 150 MB
The author/ nominee name (s) should be clearly visible in the video at suitable places. It must be annotated in English & one regional language
The resolution should be adequate such that it can be projected on to a large screen if required
The content/ matter should be free from any copy right and adequately fit for public consumption. The author/ nominee shall be responsible for any such violation.
Real life stories if being showcased should be cross verified for authenticity & correctness of claims.
Abstract/ summary: A 500 words summary/abstract highlighting pre/ post interventions in form of statistics/data, short description duly forwarded by the Head of the Institution.
The number of entries permitted are as follows: – Institutional / Team Level: Maximum five (05) entries per institution (one entry per sub-themes) are permitted. Duplicity in the name of team members is not allowed. If such a case comes to notice, then the nominations out of both teams may be canceled without any prior notice to the team. If required NGO may also be included.
The entries must be approved and certified by the Head of the Institution. A NOC in the prescribed format (Annexure-I) must also be uploaded along with the video on the portal.
Public viewing: It may be noted, that the video once submitted cannot be claimed back for copyright purposes. On the contrary, the selected videos may be shared for public awareness after suitable editing.
Notwithstanding, AICTE shall decide to confer/ restrict/ enhance the awards/ categories as per the decision of the competent authority. Hence, there shall be no claims to the contrary.

Award and Recognition of the work: The award in the form of prize money will be given to the 18 winning team (three under each sub-themes) as follows:

Winner: Rs. 1,00,000/-
First Runner-up: Rs. 75,000/-
Second Runner-up: Rs. 50,000/-
The Council intends to recognize the contribution of 18 institutions of the winning team, by means of Appreciation Certificate.

How to Apply-

Last date for the submission of the online entry for the AICTEs Lilavati Award2020 is 31st December 2020. All nominations must be submitted online at AICTE website at below given link: https://lilavati.aicte-india.org/

For Contact- For further details, please visit https://lilavati.aicte-india.org/or contact us on
the following address:

Director,
Student Development Cell (StDC),
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE),
Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj,
New Delhi-110070
Phone: 011-29581210/1112
Email IDs: directorstdc@aicte-india.org or ad1stdc@aicte-india.org