Welcome to the 8th edition of Wipro earthian
Sustainability thinking and action is at the core of the Wipro earthian program. It encourages students to learn through collaborative projects.
The Wipro earthian program is meant to be an immersive experience for students, to bring the idea of sustainability to life. And in the process, hopefully, enable them to believe that change is indeed possible.
Wipro earthian 2018 will continue to be structured on the themes of Urban Mobility, Water and Waste. The program welcomes and encourages students from all disciplines – whatever be your branch of study, we invite you to question and explore the nature of urban sustainability. It will help you gain a deeper understanding of urban sustainability challenges.
This year’s project for colleges requires you to report on important urban sustainability issues in your area or neighborhood.
The project will involve a combination of research and field reporting. The submission should identify a key problem and highlight the role of different stakeholders – government agencies, citizens and private agencies involved. You can also explore how environment, economics and people are interconnected in the context of the selected issue. The report should be based on current research that looks at these linkages.
This journalistic format will require the best of your creative, analytical, systemic and communication capabilities – it will be a highly enriching learning experience!
Remember: The context is India and city centric. The three themes are Urban Mobility, Water and Waste.
Word limit for the essay: 1500-3000 words (Must include photographs. Data visualization, audio and video clips are desired but not compulsory)
Long queues for water, crowded buses that don’t come on time or haggling with auto rickshaw drivers, all this, while negotiating stinking mounds of garbage and pothole-ridden roads – this is the reality of our cities today. Is there a way out?Join students from across India’s colleges to learn, analyze, understand and explore how India’s sustainability challenges can be overcome through this project.
This is what is required from you in this program:
Get to know your neighborhood (this could be a part of the city, town, residential layout or even your own college campus).
Once you have a reasonable understanding, time to start putting it together. We encourage you to peg the story around people and happenings substantiated by facts and analysis.
An in-depth piece presented with creativity is sure to get the jury’s attention. Go ahead, click pictures that augment the story beautifully. If audio and video content is your thing, add them too. These stories also require you to gather data, think about how you can present them to the leader and help him/her appreciate the various dimensions of the chosen urban sustainability topic.
What makes it journalism?
Your story is meant to inform the public; it should be timely, and include inputs from decision makers, experts, affected people and other stakeholders. Your writing should be accurate, objective and independent. For help getting started with writing, see:
http://handbook.reuters.com/?title=Reporting_and_Writing_Basics#Basic_story_structure
This project involves telling compelling stories about sustainability and environmental issues and current developments in the space. The topics are those that affect people and the planet and our collective future; reporting on these topics helps inform the larger public, which can then take better decisions for our common good.
The focus is on urban sustainability – the intersection of environment, economy and social equity in our cities.
In the theme sections, we have shared areas of exploration and research that will enable you to understand and appreciate the specific themes – you could draw ideas from this too. We do urge you to highlight and find systemic connections where possible, that enable a multi-disciplinary approach.
Wipro earthian is structured on three themes of Urban Mobility, Water, and Waste. Exploring each one will help you question the nature of urban sustainability and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges. Explore these reference videos
The Wipro earthian program is open to any college across India.
For the college category, students in graduate programs (post completing the equivalent of 12th class/ Pre-university Course) and above are eligible to participate.
Minimum team size is 2 and maximum number of participants in each team is 4 students. All members should be part of the same education institution.
Any number of entries can be sent from each institution.
The submissions to Wipro-earthian 2017 will be judged based on a broad approach as deemed appropriate by the jury. This will be based on the breadth and depth of coverage and your understanding (comprehensiveness) of the scenario or selected topic, its context and interrelatedness the originality, relevance of the content.
Some of the aspects the jury may consider are:
Important Note on Plagiarism:
All entries submitted will undergo a plagiarism check. Plagiarism is copying, close imitation and publication of someone else’s material (written and/or electronic source like Wikipedia, internet articles etc.) and passing it off as one’s own.
Entries resorting to any form of plagiarism will be rejected and not be considered for assessment.
All sources and quotes have to be attributed.
10 teams will be shortlisted for the best projects. The shortlisted teams will be hosted at the annual event, where they will be felicitated by Wipro Chairman Mr. Azim Premji.
*Special awards- Winning teams are not eligible for the award for two consecutive years following the year in which they were selected. For example: if a college has received the award in 2015, they would not be eligible for the award in 2016. However, winning institutes and teams still get to attend the annual event and will be awarded recognition certificates
Please register your team for further details, regular updates, and participation
For queries mail us at earthian.contact@wipro.com.
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