Essay Writing Competition:

Essay writing competition was conducted on Monday, 25^th October 2021 at 1100 Hrs in Satish Dhawan Auditorium, URSC. The topic given on the spot was'Building our Nation- Sardar Patel's Contributions'. Employees were allowed to write the essay in three languages viz Kannada, Hindi & English not exceeding 250 words. Total 58 employees pre-registered for the event. The time duration of 50 minutes was provided for employees to complete the essay.

The participants of the essay writing had captured and brought out many significant contributions of SardarVallabhai Patel for the independent India after Independence from British. The committee reviewed and the best three essays were selected in each language and were awarded the prizes.

Slogan Writing Competition:
Slogan writing competition was held in both offline and on the spot mode.

The offline mode of competition was named as 'Raise your Slogan'. A Total of 23 participants registered for the event. Out of which, 19 participants had sent the slogans through email. The theme for the event was National Unity & Integrity.

On the spot event of slogan writing competition was conducted on 26^th October 2021 in Satish Dhawan Auditorium, URSC. The topic given on the spot was "Patriotism, National Unity & National Integration". Total 34 participants pre-registered for the event. Participants had written the slogans in Hindi & English language.

The slogans were highly creative and patriotic. The slogans were used during ParbhatPeri, PadaYatra and Cycling event which was conducted on 31^st October 2021.Three best slogans in each language was selected and winning prizes were awarded for both offline and on the spot event participants.

The entire event was well organized in a very able way. The event also paved way for many participants to kindle their creativity thus making the entire programme a successful event.

Quiz-2021 (29^th October, 2021):

A Quiz competition was conducted for employees of URSC as a part of the RashtriyaEktaDiwas converging with the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. It was a team event with two employees per team.  The quiz was conducted in two stages - a preliminary stage held on 27^th October 2021 and the final stage was held on 29^th October 2021. The quiz covered the topics of pre-independence India and progress in post-independence India, particularly in the area of science and technology.

The preliminary stage of the quiz was a written test conducted online using customized software. A total of 85 teams registered for the preliminary stage, from which 70 teams took part in the written test. The test consisted of 25 multiple choice questions to be answered within 20 minutes. The questions were served randomly to each team from a question bank of 100 questions. The performance of the teams was beyond expectations, with the top 5 teams scoring above 90%. Out of the 70 entries, the top 6 teams were selected for the finale.
The final stage of the quiz was held on 29thOctober 2021 at Satish DhawanAuditoriumat URSC. The quiz started off with the administration of the unity pledge by Dr.Alok Shrivastava, DD-MSA and Chairman, Organizing Committee for Azadi KaAmritMahotsav celebrations.

The final stage consisted of six rounds with 6 questionseach - two General Rounds, one Audio Visual Round, one Connect Round and one Target Round.

• The General Rounds had questions covering the entire gamut of topics. It was a warm up round for the contestants to get used to the final stage.
• The Audio Visual Round had speeches, poem recitals and famous movie scenes connected to independence movement as questions.
•  Each questions of the Connect Round had three pictures/clues connected to a common element and the contestants had to guess the connection.
• The Target Round, also called Duck Hunt Roundwas an innovative one involving one team targeting another team of their choice with a question. If it is unanswered by the targeted team, the question would pass back to the targeting team. The team(s) not answering the question was given negative points as penalty.
• At the end of each of the first five rounds, there were direct questions to the audience, apart from the questions that were passed on when unanswered by the contestants. First person to answer the question was given a small prize.  At the end of the quiz, ten prize winners were called to the stage for a special audience round. The winner of this audience round was given a special prize. 

The six rounds of the quiz saw intense competition among the teams. Top Four teams were awarded prizes including a consolation prize. Director, URSC gave away the prizes to the winners.  Overall, the quiz was very well received, with the participants and the audience thoroughly enjoying it.