Rules and Regulations:
Forum thematic categories and definitions
The thematic categories of the forum might be changed/split/merged/modified/increased or cancelled by the forum management and/or jury based on the number of entries received in any category, and the quality of the entries.The decision will be final and non-contestable. The forum management won't be dealing with any queries in this regard.
The award category may get cancelled by the Jury if no participant is found worthy of inclusion by the Jury in this category.In order to maintain high standards of participation, the Jury may decide to add nominee in the category.The Jury's decision will be final and non-contestable in this regard. Any queries in this regard will not be entertained by the award management.
NSIF award process & Call for Applications
- Applicants can apply for the NSIF award, by completing the necessary details on ‘Level 1 Form’ on the website www.nsif.in. Only applications submitted on the NSIF website will be considered valid for the purposes of the NSIF challenge.
- The NSIF team and /or the Jury have the right to nominate any person /organization in any thematic category to build the quality of applications in that specific category.
- An Applicant can provide more than one entry in a thematic category if the entries are for different initiatives. A different application form needs to be used for each initiative.
- If separate application forms are received for the same initiative, from different individuals/organizations, such entries will be treated as one entry.
- There is no separate application form for the grant; all eligible projects by social enterprise and not for profits will be considered without bias for the grant.
- There will be a 3-stage selection process with 2 juries – Initial and Grand Jury. The eligible, shortlisted applications will be submitted for Initial Jury, post which the Finalists will be shortlisted & invited to the Final or Grand Jury.
The NSIF team has the right to reclassify application forms from one category to another, at its discretion.
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