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About India Lost and Found

India Lost and Found​ is a creative common platform that attempts to rebrand India’s lesser
known historic sites as cultural symbols using the knowledge of an increasing umbrella
network of expert and their thoughts.

The way history is served to us leaves no room to trigger our imagination about the
civilizations gone by. The stimulation that is needed to realize that these monuments
represent thriving dynasties, bustling with trade, art and culture, all worthy of curiosity is
simply missing. These sites today represent ​the most visible aspect of civilizations past, like
gates to a hidden world.​ Our vision at ​India Lost and Found​ is to create a ​virtual museum of
thought ​so that when we visit these sites, we may be able to imagine the pulse of the place,
the throb of civilization past as it flourished. For only if we treat it as our ancestry are we
likely to proactively protect it.

Guidelines for the Competition

Participants in their submission will be required to research their allocated site extensively,
to bring out the lives of the people and dynasties of that era in question as also the period
leading up to its present status. Their objective will be to recreate and redefine the site in a
cultural context going beyond standard information on history and architecture, and focus
more on broadening horizons by interpreting the site and its life and times in terms of
society, culture, architecture, the arts, crafts, cuisine, fashion, textiles, oral traditions, trade
and the stories behind the site. The resulting research paper must be engaging & enriching
especially for communities not currently sensitive to historic built heritage.

​General rules

1. Each participating team can have 3 – 5 members with a maximum of 2 teams per
college for a total of 25 teams in the competition on a first cum first serve basis.
2. Participants will be allotted historic sites through a lottery and will be given 3 weeks
for discovery, photography and interpretation starting -- September.
3. The lottery will be telecast on ​IG Live​ of India Lost and Found (​@indialostandfound​)
and on ​FB Live​ on ​-- September at 4:30 pm​.
4. Allocated sites can be researched as being symbolic of their era and its associated
culture.
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● Arts and Crafts ( including performative and decorative arts)

● Cuisines
● Culture, community
● Fashion and textiles
● Sociological aspects
● Oral Traditions including Folklore
● Religious practices
● Architecture
● Events and timeline connected to the place
Evaluation will also take into account variety in your research.

5. Each team to choose a leader who will be directly in contact with the organisers.
6. The final submission should include a report submitted as a soft copy and a
PowerPoint presentation which has to be presented on the spot.
7. A short 2 minute video to be submitted within a week of site allotment to
showcase all the team members, the name of the college, their visit to the site,
initial thoughts and the research idea they have.
8. Not submitting the video clip will lead to disqualification.
9. Each team will be provided with their time slots prior to the competition and are
expected to be present at the venue by 9:00 am.
10. For the final registration at the venue, each team member is required to carry their
college ID cards.
11. Time for presentations is extremely time sensitive and may be negatively marked if
exceeded, at the discretion of the judges.
12. The organisers and the judging panel reserve the right to disqualify any team on
account of ​uncredited derivative work ​and on account of indiscipline.
13. The winning team will receive the ​#IndiaFound Trophy. ​The winning team, first and
second runners up will receive a memento along with certificates. All participants
will receive participation certificates.

Preliminary Round:
9 a.m. Friday, 27th Sept, UNESCO Auditorium, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
● Each of the 25 team will be given 10 minutes to present their paper.
● Top five teams will move into the final round.
● The result will be announced at the end of the day.
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● The teams qualifying for the final round will receive inputs from the judging panel,
based on which they will be required to enhance their presentation for the final
round.

Final Round:
4 p.m. Sat, 5th Oct,(tentative) UNESCO Auditorium, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
1. Each team will be given 15 minutes to present their paper.
2. There will be an open house Q&A session after each presentation, which will also be
considered by the judges while deciding the final result.

3. The winner and runner-ups will be declared at the end of the event.

Research Guidelines:
1. All teams are requested to derive their papers based on research preferably from
libraries. In addition to the college libraries, the following public libraries can be
referred to:
● Delhi public library (easy access membership)
● Hardayal Municipal Public Library
● NGMA library
● Sahitya Kala Akademi Library
2. Teams should avoid using websites and blogs and focus more on books.
3. Marks will be allocated on the basis of ​originality​ and quality of the research.

Details of the Presentation:

1. The first slide must have names of the site and the college.
2. The last slide of the presentation should have the names of all the team members,
clearly mentioning each member’s individual contribution.
3. Time Cards will be shown after 8 minutes and 10 minutes in the Preliminary Round
and after 12 minutes and 15 minutes in the Final Round.
4. All the teams are to mail their final presentations by 25th Sept, 5pm.
5. The research presented should solely be done by the students without any external
involvement.
6. A minimum of 4 photographs, taken by the students, must be included in the
presentation.
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7. The presentation must include a detailed Bibliography of all sources quoted in the
research paper.

Format of the report:

1. The 1​st​ page should mention the name of the site, team members and the college.
2. The report should be properly aligned with a standard 1 inch margin on all sides, font
Calibri​ and ​font size 12​.
3. The report should contain a concept note; short introduction of their site, a brief
description of all quoted sources including bibliography and a conclusion.
4. The report should have extensive research based analysis of the given site including
the lives of the people and dynasties of that era in question.
5. The report should not be the printed version of the presentation itself. Doing so
would lead to disqualification.
6. Each report should be a minimum of 10 pages (excluding index, bibliography, title
etc.)
7. Extensive bibliography and a list of any external sources used should be attached.
8. The submitted report should be in A4 size non- glossy sheets, whereas the pictures
can be presented on photo paper.

Contact Details:
For further details, please contact:
● Deeksha Tiwari
+91-9953117864
tiwarideeksha11@gmail.com

● Shinjini Chakravorty
+91-7838498926
shinjini09@gmail.com

● Kriti Malini
+91-9650792796
kritimaliniart@gmail.com