Details of the program are available at www.wipro.org/earthian.

For clarifications and

more information, you can contact us through the following channels:
e-mail: earthian.contact@wipro.com Call: 1800 103 0353 (Toll Free)
earthian - The Sustainability Program for Schools & Colleges,
C/o Wipro Limited, Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore - 560035, India.


Dear Sir / Madam Date: 6
th
April 2011

I am pleased to be writing to you to introduce earthian, a landmark sustainability program for educational institutions across
the country. The vision of this program is rooted in the challenging task that humanity faces of fnding solutions to several
sustainability issues such as climate change, water scarcity, rapid urbanization and biodiversity loss, to name just a few. The fact that
solutions will have to be found to these challenges even as we ensure balanced and inclusive economic growth will require an
exceptional caliber of leadership from our future generations. Those in schools and colleges today will be our future policy makers,
technocrats, administrators and educationists who will lead this change.
The program consists of two stages in the frst stage, we invite colleges to submit papers on any of nine sustainability
themes. Colleges can participate through teams formed by students from any discipline in graduate and post graduate programs.
Papers will be assessed for originality of thinking and how actionable the ideas are, with particular relevance to the Indian context.
The assessment process will culminate with the announcement of fve national winners, followed by a conference where the
winners will get an opportunity to present their papers before an audience that will comprise some of the best minds in the felds
of education and sustainability from across the country.
The second stage will in many ways comprise the essence of the whole program, where we will initiate a phase of continuing
engagement with the winning institutions. The primary goal of this phase will be in helping them build institutional capacity on
an ongoing basis. As a prime example of this, they will be able to connect and engage with some of our key partners on diferent
areas of sustainability, e.g. biodiversity, waste recycling. Another important element of this phase will be the institutions own
journey towards becoming a green campus.
As an emerging economy in the global arena, India has an unprecedented opportunity of being a role model to the world by
demonstrating how it is possible to balance the compulsions of economic well being for all with those of ecological sustainability.
For this to happen, making sustainability axiomatic to education at both the school and college levels will be critical. Sustainability
and Education are two areas that Wipro is already deeply engaged with and we are very excited to be a part of this nation-wide
program. We eagerly look forward to your whole hearted participation in earthian.

Regards

Anurag Behar
Chief Sustainability Ofcer, Wipro Ltd.
General Rules & Guidelines:
- Awards are addressed at the lnstltutlonal (college) level and not at the lndlvldual level
- Colleges can create more than one team to work on submlttlng papers, elther on a speclc theme or across several themes
- Lach team can lnclude a faculty member to act as the gulde, wlth prlmary contrlbutlon, ownershlp, and representatlon comlng
from students
What we are looking for ?
- How wlde ranglng and deep wlll be the lmpact of the proposed ldea(s)
- The |ndlan context, or how allgned ls the artlculatlon wlth respect to |ndlan ground realltles
- |nnovatlveness and orlglnallty
- Lase of lmplementatlon
Size limit: 5000 words
Mode of Registration and Submission of Entries :
ou can register your college using the link: http://www.wipro.org/earthian/Online_Pegistration_Porm.aspx
Online Submission (preferred): There is a file size limit of 2 M8. Lntries can be submitted online from lst 1une 20ll at:
http://www.wipro.org/earthian/Online_Submission.aspx
Alternatively, entries can be sent by postal mail to: earthian - The Sustainability Program for Schools and Colleges, C/o wipro Ltd,
Doddakannelli, Sarapur Poad, 8angalore - 560035


The earthlan program lnvltes papers wlth suggestlons, thoughts, approaches and posslble solutlons
on nlne key challenges / themes:
- Lach appllcatlon can be related to one core theme and up to 2 addltlonal themes.
- 5 best entrles wlll be selected across all themes
1. Climate Change 2. Cities and Communities 4. Water 3. Our Homes 5. Production and Consumption 6. Biodiversity
7. Agriculture 8. Role Of Information and Communication Technologies 9. Role Of Policies and Regulations
Eligibility:
U.G and above of any recognlzed lnstltutlon ln |ndla
Award Description:
Plve awards of Ps. 3 Lacs each and a trophy for the
|nstltutlon, and certlcates for the members of the
wlnnlng team
Speclal certlcates for best entrles ln each of the
nlne categorles
Annual Frequency:
Special Note on the Awards:
- The award money ls only lntended as a catalyst to trlgger the process of change towards a sustalnable future
- wlpro wlll connect the lnstltutlon to the larger sustalnablllty ecosystem globally to help accelerate the lnstltutlon's
capablllty bulldlng program. Partners ln the ecosystem would lnclude Pesearch and Academlc Organlzatlons, |nnovatlon
labs, Lxpert groups etc.


Registration Open: 2lst March, 20ll
Submission Open: lst 1une, 20ll
Registration Close: l4th Aug, 20ll
Submission of Brief : l4th Aug, 20ll
Final Submission Close: l6th Oct, 20ll
Intimation of shortlisted Entries: 8y 30th Nov, 20ll
Announcement of Winners: 8y 3lst Dec, 20ll
Awards event to be held in: 1an 20l2, 8angalore