Terms and Conditions

1. These Terms & Conditions are the complete and exclusive statements of the understanding between swadhayaybharat foundation & Participant (through Authorized Representative/ Guardians; as the case may be) and shall apply to all students falling within the territories of republic of india . It supersedes all the understanding or other prior understanding, whether oral & written, and all representation or other communications between swadhayaybharat fountation & the Participants in the Contest amounts to acceptance of these terms & conditions.

 2. The Contest shall be held on swadhayaybharat.com and may be changed or discontinued at the sole discretion of swadhayaybharat foundation . 

3. The Contest is open to all the students of 1st Grade to 12th Grade (BIO/MATHS / commerce / arts ) falling within the territories of republic of india . The contest will take place between 15th sep 2024 to 15th oct 2024 online on swadhayaybharat.com as intimated to the Participant. The questions in the test shall be prepared by & large from the course of the student's respective Grade. The link for online test will be on website .

 4: AWARD DISTRIB

UTION CONDITION Subject toppers of class in respective school - minimum participating students SHOULD not be less then 20 in particular subjects, irrespective of sections or divsions of class in respective school . Participants from each class which will be a proctored using Artificial Intelligence. Use of unfair means may result in disqualification. 

4. All entries for enrolling in the SBF shall be received by or before 10th sep 2024.

 5. Results of the Contest shall be declared before 10th JAN 2025 on the website https://www.SWADHAYAYBHARAT.COM& communicated via. Print and digital Ads. for toppers and prizes & e- certificates for the toppers will be awarded in in JAN 2025. 

6. Participation in the Contest is purely voluntary and applicants can participate by completing the registration process online, subject to a payment of INR 199/-(Non Refundable Registration Fee) FOR CLASS 1 TO 4 , AND INR 120/-(Non Refundable Registration Fee) PER SUBJECT FOR CLAS 5 & ABOVE . FOR NEET &JEE , 250/- INR(Non Refundable Registration Fee) .

 7 . All registration forms shall be compulsorily accompanied by the fees as provided in the Registration forms. The link for the Registration Form is https://www.SWADHAYAYBHARAT.COM/. 

8.All entries received from Participants shall be accompanied by the consent of their Guardian/ Parent (as the case may be) in the manner laid down in the Registrations forms. 

9. In order to participate in the SBF, students must complete their mandatory registrations . 

10. SBF shall not be responsible for any loss or damage suffered by the Participants while participating in the Contest and any Failure by SBF to enforce any of these Rules in any instance(s) shall not give rise to any claim by any person. Further SBF shall not be responsible in any way for failure/delays of any backend technology and the resultant inability of a Participant to send in his/her/their entry or register/participate in the 

Contest.

11.Only correct entries received by SBFduring the Contest period shall be considered eligible for the registration/Contest participation and SBF shall not be responsible for non-receipt of any entry. SBF does not take any responsibility for any errors arising out of incorrect or incomplete entries. Only those Participants with the correct entry (as determined by SBF) shall be eligible to participate in the Contest.

12. Entries rejected by SBF shall be returned to the respective Participants. For the Participants, on intimation of rejection, the refund for the Registration Fee shall be processed within 07 business days to the source of payment 

13.SBF reserves the right to disqualify Participants for misrepresenting their school/class details.

14.Payments : The Contest is a paid service. All payments shall be through the payment mechanism put in place by SBF. Participants shall been various options to choose from and proceed with the payment for Registration via payment mechanisms including but not limited to Card Payment facilities, EMI Payment, Online Bank Transfer and Wallet Payment. It is hereby clarified that the payment gateway mechanisms are governed by the terms and conditions of the third party providers as listed and the Participant agrees to be bound by those terms. Valid Credit / Debit/ Cash Card/ online bank transfers and other payment instruments are processed using a Credit Card payment gateway or appropriate payment system infrastructure and the same will also be governed by the terms agreed to between the Users and the respective issuing bank and payment instrument issuing company. SBF shall not be liable for any unauthorized use, fraud, payment refunds, lost amount etc. in the transaction. 

15. Communication : Participants (through their Parent/Guardian) hereby explicitly consent to receiving communication from SBF or representative by email, telephone, Whatsapp or text message for the purposes of providing alerts and information about our services.

16. The decision of SBF with respect to the selection of toppers shall be final and binding upon the Participants/toppers. In case 2 or more students secure the same marks, the student who has taken lesser time to successfully submit the test, will be allotted a higher rank and will be given priority in selection criteria. first , subject marks then reasoning score will also be considered for result declaration .more than 1 student scoreing same rank would lead to equal distribution of award among students .There shall be no revaluation or revision of the results declared by SBF. 

17. Though SBF shall make every effort to declare the results of the Contest on the due date, it shall not be responsible for any delay in announcing toppers, arising out of reasons beyond its control.

18. All entries will be treated as the property of SBF and can be used by SBF for any promotional and/or commercial activity & the Participants/toppers waive all rights of whatsoever nature in the said entries in favor of SBF by participating in the Contest.

19.  SBF in its absolute discretion may publicize, broadcast or otherwise disclose a Participant's/topper's name, particulars, likeness, statements or any recording of their voice in advertising or promotional activities concerning this Contest, or generally. SBF may promote or advertise that a topper has won the Contest. SBF may also require Participants/toppers to participate in a photo, video and/or film session and acknowledge that SBF has the absolute and exclusive right to use such publicity photos, videos and/or films in any medium and in any reasonable manner it may deem fit without any consideration or payment of similar nature to such Participants/toppers.

20. Only the toppers shall be informed by SBF in such manner as may be decided by SBF from time to time. Even after applying all the criteria regarding student ranking , if two students still attain the same rank, then the student with later Date of Birth will be allotted the higher rank. The toppers must collect the Prize within 14 days from the date of notification of his/her winning or Felicitation ceremony or such other date as may be decided by SBF. Venue for collection will be informed by SBF through notification. 

21. The topper is solely responsible for any other expenses, loss or damages related to the acceptance/use of the offer or participation in the Contest. Any levies, duties, incidental charges and taxes wherever applicable, shall be borne by the person participating in the Contest. The topper may submit the proof of depositing the tax due on the prize (on the value of Prize) (i.e. challan of depositing the tax) at the time of claiming the prize. Alternatively, SBF will be deducting taxes at source as applicable from time to time on the prize (on the value of the prize),therefore, the Participant/topper claiming the prize must furnish his/her PAN number while claiming the prize and in absence of PAN number, SBF will not issue any TDS certificate to the topper. In case the Participant/ topper does not have a PAN number, then SBF shall have the discretion to disqualify the Participant/topper from the Contest. 

22. SBF reserves the right to extend the date of the Contest or to cancel, or change the manner in which the Contest is organized or discontinue or terminate the Contest at any time or to accept or reject any or all entries at their absolute discretion without giving any prior notice and without assigning any reason whatsoever. 

23. The prize(s) shall not be transferable or substituted for cash and no such request shall be entertained by SBF. This prize(s) cannot be clubbed with any other prize. 

24. In the event of any topper choosing not to accept a prize(s) or forfeit any and/or all claims qua the prize or if SBF is unable to reach/contact the topper at the contact details from which entries were sent for the Contest SBF shall have the absolute discretion to deal with such prize as it deems fit. 

25. SBF shall not be responsible for any defects/inadequacy/deficiency in the prizes. SBF would not be liable to replace/exchange the prizes at any point in time. 

26. Any attempt by a Participant to deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of Criminal and Civil Laws and should such an attempt be made, SBF reserves the right to seek damages from any such Participant to the fullest extent permitted by law. 

27. SBF reserves the right to share and/or sell the information collected from the Participants at mutually agreed terms & conditions with external parties.

 

28. The Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Any disputes, differences and, or, any other matters in relation to and arising out of the Contest and, or, pertaining to the rules and regulations and, or, the Terms and Conditions shall be referred to arbitration under the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996. 

29. The arbitral tribunal shall consist of a sole arbitrator to be appointed by SBF. The venue of arbitration shall be decided by SBF solely. All disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Courts of patna only.

30. For students of any participating state or city to be eligible for district level scholarship, the minimum student participation at the state or city level should be 3500 students .