MyGov India is inviting submissions for Yoga My Pride Photography Contest 2025 by MoA and ICCR. The last date of submission is April 20.
About the Contest
The “Yoga My Pride” Photography Contest, will be organised by MoA and ICCR to raise awareness about Yoga and to inspire people to prepare for and become active participants in the observation of IDY 2023. The contest will support participation via the MyGov (https://mygov.in) platform of the Government of India (GoI) and will be open to participants from all over the world.
Event Details
| Event Name | “Yoga My Pride” Photography Contest |
| Duration | 13th March 2025 to 20th April 2025 17.00 hrs |
| Contest Link | https://innovateindia.mygov.in/yoga-my-pride-2025/ |
| Contest Hashtagfor Promotion | Country specific hashtag YogaMyPride_Country Eg: #yogaMyPride_India |
| Contest Categories | Female CategoriesYouth (below 18 years)Adult (18 years and above)Yoga ProfessionalsMale CategoriesYouth (below 18 years)Adult (18 years and above)Yoga Professionals |
| Prizes | For each of the above categories: Stage 1: Country-specific prizesFirst Prize -To be announced by the Indian Mission in the respective country.Second Prize -To be announced by the Indian Mission in the respective country.Third Prize -To be announced by the Indian Mission in the respective country.Stage 2: Global prizes Global prize winners will be selected from the winners of all the countries. Details will be announced on the MyGov (https://mygov.in) platform of GoI. |
| Announcement of Prizes | Date to be decided by the respective country embassies |
| Co-ordinating Agency | India Co-ordinator: MoA and CCRYN |
Contest Guidelines
- Visit the dedicated contest page on MyGov.
- Select your application category and fill in your details, as requested in the participation form.
- Upload your entry on the contest page.
- Go through the terms and conditions and click on submit.
Important dates
- The entries can be submitted from 13th March 2025
- The deadline for the submission of the entries is 20th April 2025 17.00 hrs.
- In order to participate in this contest, all the entries must be received by this deadline, as per the aforementioned guidelines.
The shortlisted applicants may be contacted by MoA/concerned Indian Missions in the other countries, for verification of any information, if required.
How to Submit?
Interested candidates can submit entries via this page.
Awards Categories & Prizes
- The contest is proposed to be organized in six categories, as below:
| S. No | Female Categories | S. No. | Male Categories |
| 01. | Youth (Below 18 years) | 04. | Youth (Below 18 years) |
| 02. | Adult (18 years and above) | 05. | Adult (18 years and above) |
| 03. | Yoga Professionals | 06. | Yoga Professionals |
- The winners will be announced within the aforementioned six categories.
- For the contest, the Yoga Professionals are defined as follows:
- Certified Yoga Trainers/Instructors, by reputed Yoga institutions in their country, or certification agencies.
- Those with undergraduate or postgraduate degrees in Yoga and/or Naturopathy, from recognized universities or universities’ affiliated institutions, are called Yoga professionals for this contest. The age group for such professionals is 18 years or above, of age at the time of submission of their entries.
- Prizes will be announced in each of the aforementioned six categories:
A. Country-Specific Prizes
India
- First Prize – INR 100000/-
- Second Prize – INR 75000/-
- Third Prize – INR 50000/-
Other Countries
To be determined and communicated by local country Missions.
B. Global Prize
The top 3 entries from each country are further considered for global-level prizes.
- First Prize – $1000/-
- Second Prize – $750/-
- Third Prize – $500/-
- MoA will publish the results through its official channels such as the Website and Social Media handles and will reach out to the winners for further details. If unreachable/unresponsive, MoA reserves the right to select alternate winners for the contest.
- Any changes/updates to the contest will be published through the official communication channels of MoA, the MyGov platform, and their official social media channels.
Suggestive Evaluation Criteria
Marks can be given on each criterion ranging from 0-5, where 0-1 will be for non-compliance/moderate compliance, 2 for compliance, 3 and above depending on the performance. The following criteria and the accompanying scoring are only indicative/suggestive and may be revised as deemed appropriate by the respective evaluation and screening committees.
| S. No | Suggestive Criteria | Maximum Marks (Out of 50) |
| 01. | Correctness of the yoga pose | 10 |
| 02. | Appropriateness of the slogan to the photograph | 10 |
| 03. | Quality of the photograph, (Colour, lighting, exposure and focus) | 10 |
| 04. | Creativity and clarity of expression and inspirational power | 10 |
| 05. | Background of the photograph | 10 |
| TOTAL MARKS | 50 |
Evaluation Process
Country-level evaluation will be conducted in two stages as provided below,
- Shortlisting of entries
- Final evaluation
- The entries will be shortlisted by the screening committee, based on the contest guidelines to provide a filtered number of entries to the final evaluation panel for consideration and selection.
- The winners will be selected from the shortlisted entries, by an evaluation committee consisting of prominent Yoga experts Constituted by MoA and CCRYN for Indian entries and by respective Indian Missions in foreign countries.
- Once country-level winners are decided, the top 3 entries in each category will be evaluated by an evaluation committee to decide on the global prize winners.
