POWERPLAY 2005-2006 is the immensely popular “4^th Intra-school and Inter-school POWERPOINT presentation competition” (conceptualized, researched and enabled by Marketingpundit.com, the virtual space identity of Deep Banerjee in 2002 – 2003 as the only contest of its kind in India).

Duration : The actual contest in schools was held during March 2006 – December 2006.

Who's behind it : Some corporate heavyweights jointly supported Deep Banerjee to execute “POWERPLAY 2005 – 2006”. The objective was to judge the most IT savvy school with the best creativity in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal. Each of the supporting brands had a varying role to play in execution of the contest.

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); Marketingpundit.com.

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

Terms and conditions:

·   Consent : Participating schools had to give 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 were required to depute 1 – 3 individuals with whom the organizers could co-ordinate matters related to the contest.

·    Multiple numbers of posters and banners of supporting companies announcing the contest and the topics were put up at strategic locations in participating schools.

·    Participating number of teams (minimum requirement) : For the intra-school championship, each participating school had 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 January 2006).

·    Participants' identity : A participation form had to be filled up by each participating team member.

·    Date and Venue : The intra-school & inter-school championship was held at the school premises. The dates for the intra-school & inter-school finals of “Power Point Presentation Competition” were decided by the school authorities. Schools were at liberty to carry out the intra and inter rounds of the contest at their premises spread over one or more days. However, the dates had to be communicated to us in advance.

·    Topics (Intra-School round) : For the intra-school round of “Powerplay 2005 - 2006”, details of the choice of 10 topics were communicated to the respective schools/ teams atleast 6 days prior to the event. The topics are available for viewing in www.marketingpundit.com.

·    Topics (Inter-School round) : A choice of 9 topics, were given by us (after completion of the intra-school contest at school) for preparation for the inter-school finals of “Powerplay 2005 - 2006”. The choice of topics can be viewed in www.marketingpundit.com. Approx 5 – 6 days time were given to prepare for the inter-school final presentation.

·    Preparation : Students could bring hard copies of the contents and soft copies of pictures, animations, sound from elsewhere. The actual presentation had to be made at the school. Sound was not an important criterion.   

·    Number of slides (Intra-School) : For the intra-school round, each team had to make 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 contained the personal details of both the participating team members. Participants had to mention the class they were in during January 2006.

·    Number of slides (Inter-School) : For the inter-school round, each team had to make a 1 + 10 slides (no more and no less) Power Point Presentation on the allotted topic in 2 hours time. The first slide again contained the personal details of both the participating team members. Participants had to mention the class they were in during January 2006.

·    The 1^st slide : Had to be in black & white with no clip arts and word arts. The entire slide had to be typed in Arial font in size 18. The slide layout had a horizontal bar on top and two vertical bars below. The horizontal bar contained the Topic, Group name, Date of Intra/ Inter School Contest, Name and Address of School. Each of the vertical bars contained 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 January 2006, Whether there’s a Computer at home or not for each of the two team members.

·    Winners : The intra-school winners, 4 teams of 2 members each from the class group 4 – 6 (as on January 2006)  AND   4 teams of 2 members each from the class group 7 – 9 (as on January 2006) were selected/ judged by the participating schools themselves. These 8 teams represented their respective schools in the inter-school finals by making a presentation on the allotted topic.

·    Judging criterion : Presentations exceeding 750 kb were liable to be disqualified. Sound effect was not an important criterion. The look, feel, content, creativity and following laid down instructions were the most important judging criterion.

·    File and Folder naming: The presentation files had to be individually saved with an allotted team name in a folder bearing the same name. All Senior Team Members (classes 7 - 9 as on January 2006) from any school had 'S' as the prefix, while Junior Team Members (classes 4 - 6 as on January 2006) had 'J' as the prefix while allotting  their team names. For example, from any particular school the intra-school presentation S7.ppt made by team S7 had to be saved in a folder named S7. During the inter-school round, the file names and folder names changed. If S7 ranked 2nd in the intra-school round from a particular school, the corresponding file and folder names were S2nd-S7. The laid down instructions had to be followed carefully.

·    Judges: The inter-school winners are judged by a distinguished panel nominated by the organisers of the contest. The decision of the judges are final and binding.

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