POWERPLAY Srs5 is the immensely popular “5^th Intra-school and Inter-school POWERPOINT presentation competition” .

Duration : The present series of the actual contest in schools will be held between August 2007 – May 2008.

Who's behind it : Some corporate heavyweights are jointly supporting me to execute “POWERPLAY Srs5”. The objective like previous years is to judge the most IT savvy school with the best creativity in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal. Each of the supporting brands will have a varying role to play in execution of the contest.

Geographical Reach : This being the 5th year, besides Kolkata and suburbs, the contest will also be simultaneously held in most of the Metros and mini - Metros across India.

Powerplay 2002-2003 was supported by : ITC Ltd (Foods Division); Supertron Electronics Ltd (Supercomp Computers) in association with Intel; Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd; Clown Town (Monte Carlo Racing Circuit); Fantasy Furnishings; IT Kids; Blossom; Poligon Initiative; Marketingpundit.com. 

Powerplay 2003 – 2004 was backed by : Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd; LG Electronics India Ltd (IT Divn.); Titan Industries Ltd; Rasna Private Ltd; Eveready Industries Ltd; Scholar Publishing House Pvt Ltd; Encyclopaedia Britannica (India) Pvt Ltd; Pioneer Paper Company; Radio FM (93.5); Marketingpundit.com.

Powerplay 2004 – 2005 was backed by : Colgate Palmolive India Ltd; ITC Ltd (Foods Division); Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd; Rasna Private Ltd; Scholar Publishing House Pvt Ltd; Heinz India Pvt Ltd; Needs NGO; Power FM (107.8); Marketingpundit.com.  

Powerplay 2005 – 2006 was backed by : Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd; Osram India Pvt Ltd; Novartis India Ltd; Rasna Private Ltd; LG Electronics India Ltd (IT Divn.); General Mills India Ltd; Scholar Publishing House Pvt Ltd; 89 Cinemas; Needs NGO; Power FM (107.8); Heinz India Pvt Ltd;  Marketingpundit.com.

• As far as students and schools are concerned, no participation fee or proof of purchase of any product or service is required to participate in the contest.

Terms and conditions:

• Consent : A participating school gives me an ‘intention of participation’ in writing on the school letterhead confirming the date & time ideally suitable for holding the intra and inter school round of the contest in one's own school.

• Schools depute 1 – 3 individuals with whom I can co-ordinate matters related to the contest.

• Multiple numbers of posters (serving as clue sheets) and banners of supporting companies announcing the contest and the topics are put up at strategic locations in participating schools.

• Participating number of teams (minimum requirement) : For the intra-school championship, participating schools throughout India will have to nominate a minimum of 20 teams (with no limit on the maximum number of teams) of 2 members each from each of the Class Groups  4 – 6      and      7 – 9   (as on July 2007).

• Participants' identity : A participation form is filled up by each participating team member.

• Date and Venue : The intra-school championship is held at the school premises. The dates for the intra-school “Power Point Presentation Competition” are decided by the school authorities. Schools are at liberty to carry out the intra round of the contest at their premises spread over one or more days. However, the dates are communicated to me in advance.

• Topics (Intra-School round) : For the intra-school round of “Powerplay Srs5”, details of the choice of multiple topics are communicated to the respective schools/ teams atleast 5 days prior to the event. The topics are available for viewing in www.marketingpundit.com.

• Preparation : Students are allowed to bring hard copies of the contents and soft copies of pictures, animations, sound from elsewhere. The actual presentation is made at the school. Sound is not an important criterion.   

• Number of slides (Intra-School) : For the intra-school round, each team makes a 1 + 8 slides (no more and no less) Power Point Presentation on the selected/ allotted topic in 2 hours time. The first slide mandatorily contains the personal details of both the participating team members.

• The 1^st slide : Has to be in black & white with no clip arts and word arts. The entire slide is typed in Arial font in size 18. The slide layout has a horizontal bar on top and two vertical bars below. The horizontal bar contains the Topic, Group name, Date of Intra/ Inter School Contest, Name and Address of School. Each of the vertical bars contains the Name, Date of Birth, Sex, Residential Address, Phone num, Contact Mobile num, Father’s 1^st name & profession, Mother’s 1^st name & profession, Class & Section as on July 2007, Whether there’s a Computer at home or not for each of the two team members.

• Intra-Contest Winners : The intra-school winners, 4 teams of 2 members each from the class group 4 – 6 (as on July 2007)  AND   4 teams of 2 members each from the class group 7 – 9 (as on July 2007) are selected/ judged by the participating schools themselves. 

• Inter-Contest Winners : The presentations of these 4 + 4 = 8 teams from every school will be sent for a common judging to ultimately arrive at the final list of inter-school contest winners from the Senior and Junior Groups alike. Please note that unlike previous years, the intra-school contest winners will not have to make a second round of presentations with a different set of topics sitting in school.

• Retrieval of presentations: Efforts are made by participating schools to retrieve presentations of all (intra-school) participants from the school computers. These schools need to make arrangements to provide me with all their presentations in a CD (free of any computer virus). All such presentations eventually became the property of the organisers and are used in any way they feel.

• Participants and school authorities should check this website at regular intervals for details. For any critical queries, please revert to me. Contents, terms and conditions of Powerplay Srs5 are subject to change without prior notice.

Participating Schools:   For the entire list of participating schools please click here.