Bharat-Rakshak Space Essay Competition

The Bharat-Rakshak team was proud to sponsor the BR Space Essay Contest. We received a very enthusiastic response from patrons of the site. After receiving the entries from the participants, the editorial team at the BR Monitor and the team managing the BR Space site created the following judging guidelines.

Judging Guidelines

As the entries were from people with varying professional background and age groups the judges were asked to disregard the lack of technical details in the article.

Each judge was asked to return a score of 0-10 based on the following breakup of points.

• 1.5 Points: Overview of ISRO history, understanding of limits of current technological position of ISRO.

• 2.5 Points: Conceptual Clarity and Completeness of any ideas presented there

• 3.5 Points: Completeness of vision for the future.

• 1.0 Points: Referencing of ideas and transparency of presentation.

• 1.5 Points: Presentation, flow of ideas, ease of readability.

The judging panel comprised

• Dr. N. Komerath

• D Ramana

• Maj(r) R. Chari

• Arun S.

• Seetal Patel.

Results of the Competition

An average of the scores submitted by the judges yielded the following ranking.

• 1. Kimaya Gokhale and R. L. N. Sarma

• 2. Debanjan Ghosh

• 3. T. P. Sasikumar

• 4. Pradeep Kumar Sangatramani and Kavita Sangatramani

• 5. Abhishek Sharma

The essays can be seen in the latest issue of the BR Monitor

Accolades

After discussions within the BR team it was decided to revise the accolade scheme suggested earlier. The new accolade scheme is as follows

• 1st Prize $100

• 2nd Prize $75

• 3rd Prize $50

• Honorable Mention $25

The contest organizers would also like to mention that Kimaya Gokhale and Dr. R. L. N Sarma have indicated that they do not wish to collect a prize and that their entry be declared a non competitive entry.

All contestants are asked to contact the BRM Editorial Team for further information regarding their prizes.