The Commonwealth Education Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi, has partnered with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for the fifth edition of Community Radio Video Challenge (CRVC) which will be based on the theme of ‘Women Empowerment’. Entries will be invited from students below 26 years from all disciplines from across the country. The last date for the submission of entries is January 15, 2018. The maximum entry from institution should not be more than two.
CEMCA has been conducting this competition with an objective of connecting the youth to the great potential of community radio as a tool for community development and empowerment. In this competition, students come up with films of three to five minutes duration on the given theme which connects to ‘Community Radios’.
Students will be expected to make short films on sub-themes like Community Radio as a means to strengthen women leadership, women in business, women's role in health and nutrition, women against domestic violence, etc. A panel of distinguished jury of film makers and developmental communication experts will come together to choose the prize winners. The films will be screened in UNESCO on the occasion of World Radio Day and International Women’s Day where the winners will be felicitated. The prize winners which will include first, second, third prizes and five special recognition awards will be given mentorship on film making for developmental communication by experts identified by UNESCO, besides cash prizes from CEMCA.