The Tata Group has announced the launch of the ninth edition of Tata Building India School Essay Competition. A national-level contest, Tata Building India School Essay
Competition is India's largest school essay writing competition held in different languages across the cities of India. This year, the competition will reach out to nearly 3 million students, from over 7,000 schools spread across 200 cities. The competition will be held in 12 languages namely English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada, Oriya, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi and Assamese.The theme for this year's competitionis 'Clean India' and young minds will be encouraged to express their thoughts on a topic based on this subject.
Started in 2006 as an English-language essay contest, the Tata Building India School Essay Competition is organised every year to motivate and nurture young minds across India and encourage them to think on the lines of nation building. The 2014-15 competition will be conducted across the country from Jammu to Tirunelveli and Guwahati to Rajkot.
Speaking about the competition, Atul Agrawal, vice president - corporate affairs, group corporate communications, Tata Services said, "We are delighted with the overwhelming response from schools across the country for the Tata Building India School Essay Competition every year. Through this thought provoking and large-scale platform held in multiple languages.”