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| Rules and regulations
for Professionals |
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| Definitions |
| Awards
– Kansai Nerolac Style Icon Awards 2007 for Excellence
In Architecture & Interior Design. |
| Kansai Nerolac
– the main sponsors of the Awards |
| Hanmer & Partners
Communications Pvt. Ltd. - The Company or Awards Management
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| Website
– www.nerolac.com |
| E&Y
– Ernst and Young Private Limited, official tabulators
to the Awards. |
| Categories
– Architecture & Interior Design with 3 sub categories
in each for Professionals |
| Awards management
– Personnel from Hanmer & Partners Communications
Pvt.Ltd or appointed / engaged by Nerolac, who are responsible
for the conduct of the Awards |
| Participant
– Any individual who sends an application to participate
in the Awards |
| Finalist
– Up to 18 professional participants short listed by the
Jury |
| Jury –
Group of persons selected to assign scores to the participants
and the finalists |
| Rules –
These rules and regulations governing the Awards |
| Plagiarism
– The practice of claiming, or implying, original authorship
or incorporating material from someone else's written or creative
work, in whole or in part, into one's own without adequate acknowledgement. |
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| Award Categories |
| The award categories
are : |
| Architecture awards |
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- Residential (Buildings) |
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- Residential (Row Houses) |
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- Standalone Offices |
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- Retail - Malls |
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| Interior awards |
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- Residential |
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- Office Area |
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- Retail store (Lifestyle Brand) |
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| Timelines |
| The awards will be
conducted as per the following timelines: |
| Event |
Dates |
Last
date of registration and submission of entries.
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30.09.07 |
Short
listing of participants for the final round
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01.10.07 |
| Final
round |
06.10.07 |
| Main
Event: Award Ceremony |
13.10.07 |
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| Efforts will be made
to follow the above timelines. However, in the event of circumstances
beyond the control of Awards Management, these timelines may
need to be altered. |
| Awards
Management and its sub-contractors cannot and shall not be
held accountable / liable for any disruptions / stoppages
/ interruptions or cancellation of the Awards or its ceremony
on account of any factors beyond its control. |
| Awards Management reserves
the right to withdraw or amend the terms of the Awards at any
time, with retrospective effect, and does not take the responsibility
for any loss or damage that any Participant / Organization /
Finalist may suffer as a result of the Awards being withdrawn
or its terms amended. |
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| Participation |
| All professional having a
professional license or working in an architectural / design
organization are permitted to participate in the Awards |
| Professionals must be residents
of India must be between 18 and 50 years of age as on August
31, 2007 |
| Online registration through
www.nerolac.com is mandatory. |
| Participants must print registration
form and entry submission form send it along with entry |
| Participants must
send a CD containing at least 2 and up to 6 photographs (5”
x 7”) of work completed by them in the past 3 years (as
on August 31, 2007) and up to a 100-word concept note. |
| Only one entry per category,
subject to a maximum of two categories per participant will
be accepted. |
| Participation in the Awards
in any manner will be construed as an acceptance of the rules
and regulations. |
| The Award is not open
to Kansai Nerolac, Hanmer & Partners Communications Pvt.
Ltd or its group companies, affiliated companies and subsidiaries,
sponsors of the Awards, their advertising and market research
agency/ies and all others associated with the Award . |
| Awards management has the
right to, at its discretion, accept entries in alternate formats. |
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| Receipt of Entries |
| Receipt of entries after
the last date of receipt specified may be permitted only at
the discretion of Awards management. |
| Awards management will not
be responsible for entries that are lost in transit / received
late. |
| The registration form needs
to be completed online on or before September 20, 2007. |
| Incomplete forms in any
manner will disqualify a student from participating in the Awards. |
| Entries will be accepted
in English only. |
| In cases where more
than one entry per participant per category are received, or
where more than two entries per participant are received, only
two entries in categories will be considered, at the discretion
of Awards management. |
| Entries need to be received
on or before 25th September, 2007 to: |
Mr.
Mihir Ganatra
Hanmer & Partners Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Rehem Mansion-1, 3rd floor,
42, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road,
Colaba, Mumbai – 400 001, India.
Tel: +91-22-6633 5969 / 67524600
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| Participants need to send
CDs along with copies of the following documents: |
| Proof of age
- Driver’s License / Birth Certificate / Passport |
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| Proof of occupation
(in case of professionals) – Architectural
License / Certificate from Employer for Interior Designers
/ Business Card in case of self-employed Interior Designers |
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| Photo ID –
Passport / Driver’s License / Pan card |
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| Entry submission form
completed and signed by the participant |
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| Submission format: |
- All entries for Architecture and Interior design should
be accompanied with a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 6
digital photographs (5”x7”) on a CD and a
brief written description (up to 100 words) and a print
of the online registration form and an entry form.
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| Incorrect information |
| Awards management has
the right to ask for proof of information provided / audit the
information provided in the entry form. If such a request is
made and the participant does not agree, the participant could
be disqualified from participation at the Awards. |
| Information received will
be treated as confidential and not used for any purpose except
for determining the winner of the Awards . |
| If at any time, any
information provided by any participant is found to be incorrect
in any manner, then the participant will not be permitted to
continue participation in the Awards. |
| If, after the conclusion
of the Award ceremony, any information provided by any participant
is found to be incorrect in any manner, the participant will
be liable to return the Award and any monetary / non-monetary
incentives provided as part of the Award. |
| Determination of whether
information is incorrect or not rests with Awards management. |
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| Short-listing of the Entries
for each category |
| 3 entries per category will
be short listed, amounting up to 18 finalists |
| The decision of the above
short listing is binding and final on all participants |
| In the event no entries
in a category are found to be worthy of inclusion in the Awards,
the category will be cancelled. |
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| Announcement of Final Round
(Jury Meeting) |
| Finalists will be informed
on being short listed and will be communicated the requirements
for the Jury Meeting |
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| Determination of winners |
| Each professional finalist
will make a presentation of up to 10 minutes to the Jury, followed
by a Question & Answer round |
| Presentations can only be
made by the participant. |
| The Jury will score the
finalists based on the presentation, and question & answer
session. |
| The highest scoring entry
in each category will be determined as the winner in that category. |
| For the ‘Most
Promising Professional Young Architect or Interior Designer’
Award, the Jury will score the winners in the professional category,
and the winner with the highest score will be selected for the
Award. |
| The Jury’s scores
on each criterion are subject to the application of weights. |
| Jury’s decision is
final and binding on all nominees. |
| Finalists understand and
agree that mere inclusion in the Awards does not entitle them
to a prize or to any other form of consideration . |
| The jury may decide, in
order to maintain the high standards of these Awards, that there
could be no winner in a particular category. |
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| General |
| Decision of Awards Management
on all matters if final and binding on all nominees and no correspondence
will be entertained on the same |
| Finalists and Winners
permit free of cost the use of their name and factual information
about their participation in the public media (for the build-up
to the Awards, during the Awards ceremony and after the Awards
ceremony) and do not have any right to any revenues earned through
intellectual property rights generated by the Awards, if any. |
| Designs entered maybe used
in media for event related content/promotions. |
| Hanmer Communications
Pvt. Ltd, E&Y and Kansai Nerolac will not be liable for
any claims / disputes made by the participants, finalists or
winners in relation to the Awards. |
| The Company reserves
the right to withdraw, or amend the terms of the Awards at any
time and does not take responsibility for any loss or damage
that any person or organization may suffer as a result of participating
or attempting to participate in the Awards, the Awards being
withdrawn or its terms amended. |
| The Company cannot
and shall not be accountable / liable for any disruptions /
stoppages / interruptions or cancellation of the Awards. The
Company and its contractors can not be held responsible for
matters out of its control and for force majeure reasons. |
| Additions, deletions
and/or modifications to these rules are at the discretion of
the Company and the Company may make such additions/deletions
and/or modifications, at any time before or after the Awards. |
| All disputes relating
to or arising out of the Awards shall be subject to the laws
of India, and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of competent jurisdiction at Mumbai, India. |
| The participants,
finalists and winners agree that they shall hold harmless the
Company and Sponsors, its employees, officers, contractors or
other persons and shall defend them against any loss, claim,
demands, costs, damages, judgments, expenses or liability arising
out of or in connection with any or all claims whether or not
groundless, that may be brought against the Company by any third
party in connection with participation in or winning the Award. |
| If participants are
unclear as to the rules or any element of the Awards or experience
difficulties of any kind, they can write in their questions,
problems or queries to the following address: |
Hanmer & Partners Communications Pvt. Ltd
Rehem Mansion - 1, 3rd floor
42, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Colaba
Mumbai 400 001, India
Tel: +91-22-6633 5969/6752 4600
Fax: +91-22-6633 5979
Or visit www.nerolac.com
Or mail to: styleicon@nerolac.com
The Company shall endeavor to the best of its
ability to respond thereto.
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