Date:15/10/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/15/stories/2007101573100200.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Essay contest for school students

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI: The Reserve Bank of India, Chennai, will conduct an essay competition in English and Tamil for school students.

Topics for the participants would depend on the category they belong to. For juniors, it is ‘What a bank means to me’, for those in middle level, ‘If I were a bank manager’ and for the seniors, ‘Economic development of a nation – role of banks’.

Students in Classes VI to VIII could apply in the junior category, those in Classes IX and X in the middle level, and those in Classes XI and XII, in the senior category.

Schools may conduct the competition in their premises and send the best entry in each category to the Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, 16, Rajaji Salai, Chennai – 600001, marking ‘Financial inclusion essay competition’ on the envelope before October 31. Cash prizes of Rs.10,000, Rs.7,500 and Rs.5,000 will be awarded to the winners of the first three places in each category and language. Children of RBI employees are not eligible, according to a press release.