• The final award function may be held at Lovely Professional University campus or at any other convenient place.
• All arrangements for the travel (by 3 tier AC sleeper/Chair car) and stay of principals of winning and shortlisted schools, winning teachers and winning students will be made by Lovely Professional University.
• Certificates will be provided to all the participating schools, teachers and students.
• Surprise awards may be given on reaching specific number of votes.

• In case number of registered schools is less than 50 from a particular state, two or more states can be merged for shortlisting of top 5 videos. The number of awards can also be increased or reduced from any State or Group of States depending upon the registration of schools. The decision of the Organising Body in this regards will be final and binding.
• Top 5 videos (on the basis of maximum votes) will be shortlisted from each State/Group of States subject to the condition that it has secured minimum 1000 votes.
• In case more than 1 video is shortlisted from the same school, the award to the school will be restricted to 1 only but all the teachers and students will get their separate awards. For example, two videos were uploaded by School ABC. Both the videos were shortlisted in top 5 on the basis of votes. In case one of the video is declared as winner, the school will be awarded with a prize of Rs. 50,000 only (of winner) but both the nominated teachers will get the award of Rs. 25000 and Rs. 10000 respectively. The student participants will also get the respective award of Rs 10000 and Rs. 2500. No award for being shortlisted video will be given to the school in this case.
• In case of tie, all the videos will be considered as shortlisted.
• Late or non-submission of appraisal form will lead to disqualification.

• The approved videos will be available on university website for voting.
• The final votes will include votes on website and likes on Facebook.
• All the shortlisted videos are available for viewing under the head Nominees. You can vote for a particular video by any of the following methods:
  • Voting through Website#
    • Step I: Press the vote button on the video you like.
    • Step II: Enter your name and mobile number in the pop-up.
    • Step III: Enter the OTP received on your mobile.
    • Step IV: Submit your vote.
    #Every click on the vote button on the video will be counted as 1 vote.
  • Voting through SMS#
    • Step I: Type AWARDS followed by the Id of the video you like. For example: AWARDS TPSA100011
    • Step II: Send SMS to 7834830000
    Note
    # From one mobile number, you can cast only one vote for a particular video. However, the same mobile number can be used to vote for different videos.
  • Voting through Facebook (By Liking and sharing the video)
    • Step I: Look for the video on the Facebook Page. The exact link will be shared on your WhatsApp also. click here
    • Step II: Vote by-
      • Liking the video on LPU Transforming Education Awards Facebook* Page
      • Sharing your favourite video and asking all to like video on LPU Transforming Education Awards Facebook* Page.
    Note: #Every like will be counted as one vote. The following message will appear on LPU Transforming Education Awards Facebook Page before every video:
    Sample Message:
    Lovely Professional University (LPU) Punjab, one of India's Largest private university organizes India's largest Education Awards. Students of SBOA school and Jr College, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) have nominated their favourite teacher Ms. T V Pushpa. Please like the video by clicking on https://www.facebook.com/ LpuTransformingEducationAwards /videos /1881566868629529.
    Votes can be verified to check any malpractice.
    * Facebook is an independent worldwide known platform. In our portal, the votes through Facebook are counted by fetching count of likes from Facebook server directly, and the count gets updated in the website within a lag of 2 hours. In some cases, the count of likes may go down, such as if a person who already liked the video, clicked the like button again on the same video, the count goes down. Also if someone tries to manipulate the likes, by doing bulk liking or using some bot, in that case Facebook can use their own algorithm and the count of likes may go down. If any contestant found using any unethical means for fetching likes on the video, then the video may be disqualified from the contest. Votes can be verified to check any malpractice.
    

• The school can participate in Teacher Award category and Emerging School category (as per conditions).
• Length of the Video: 2-5 Minutes.
• The school can upload maximum 3 videos.
• The video can be any format and graphics, pictures, animations or any other suitable techniques can be used to make the video more meaningful and attractive.
• The language to be used in video should be English or Hindi only. Any video in other languages will be disqualified.
• Any Student/ Alumni can upload the video.
• The uploaded videos will be available for voting only when the same is approved by school authorities and LPU.

The videos may be modified to include LPU or event logo at the beginning, during or end of the video.

1. Sign into your YouTube account.
2. Click on Upload.
3. Select the video you would like to upload from your computer.
4. Click Publish to finish uploading a public video to YouTube. Just click ‘Done’ to finish the upload.
5. Copies the URL of the video uploaded on YouTube and paste the same in the nomination form.

• Option 1: School can register by filling the registration form available online on website or by filling offline registration form available with LPU representatives.
• Option 2: The student/alumni can request for registration of the school online by filling details on the website. The organising team will contact the school to complete the registration process. The registration process will be considered as complete only when the request is duly approved after verification of all details and consent has been given by school authorities.

• Option 1: School can register by filling the registration form available online on website or by filling offline registration form available with LPU representatives.
• Option 2: The student/alumni can request for registration of the school online by filling details on the website. The organising team will contact the school to complete the registration process. The registration process will be considered as complete only when the request is duly approved after verification of all details and consent has been given by school authorities.

• The schools can participate in Teacher Award category and Emerging school category.
• Teacher Award: The students can make a video showing how a teacher has contributed in transforming his/ her life. The students can quote specific examples and cases in support of the claims made in the video. The themes mentioned below are for reference and should not be treated as separate categories or sub-categories. Any or all of the following themes may be highlighted in the video:
• Innovative Teaching: The teacher’s imagination in making the studies interesting, inspirational stories, Positive impact on student’s learning will be recognized.
• Inspirational Teacher: Each one of us has been inspired by a teacher who acted as a guiding light in shaping our futures. Any such teacher, who has inspired students to achieve something big or has helped students in transforming their lives, may be nominated for the award.
• Tech Savvy Teacher: The integration of technology by the teacher in improving the teaching pedagogy and making an impact on student learnings may be highlighted. The parameters like how technology has been integrated in regular teaching, how technology is improving student learning, use of technology outside classroom etc. will be considered for giving the award.
• Outstanding contribution to Community: The teacher’s contribution to the community and making the students as more responsible citizens can be highlighted. The efforts of the teacher in outstanding, sustained and continuous engagement with community will be some of the parameters of judgment.
• Emerging School: The new upcoming schools (schools established in the last 7 years i.e. after 01-01-2013) with fresh pedagogical ideas, infrastructure and disrupting the education scenario in their respective areas/states. The videos from Emerging schools can be in Teacher’s nominations or Social impact or both. Only the winner from each state/ group of states will be awarded in this category.

• The school can participate in Teacher Award category and Emerging School category (as per conditions).
• Length of the Video: 2-5 Minutes.
• The school can upload maximum 3 videos.
• The video can be any format and graphics, pictures, animations or any other suitable techniques can be used to make the video more meaningful and attractive.
• The language to be used in video should be English or Hindi only. Any video in other languages will be disqualified.
• Any Student/ Alumni can upload the video.
• The uploaded videos will be available for voting only when the same is approved by school authorities and LPU.

The videos may be modified to include LPU or event logo at the beginning, during or end of the video.

1. Sign into your YouTube account.
2. Click on Upload.
3. Select the video you would like to upload from your computer.
4. Click Publish to finish uploading a public video to YouTube. Just click ‘Done’ to finish the upload.
5. Copies the URL of the video uploaded on YouTube and paste the same in the nomination form.

• The approved videos will be available on university website for voting.
• The final votes will include votes on website and likes on Facebook.
• All the shortlisted videos are available for viewing under the head Nominees. You can vote for a particular video by any of the following methods:
  • Voting through Website#
    • Step I: Press the vote button on the video you like.
    • Step II: Enter your name and mobile number in the pop-up.
    • Step III: Enter the OTP received on your mobile.
    • Step IV: Submit your vote.
    #Every click on the vote button on the video will be counted as 1 vote.
  • Voting through SMS#
    • Step I: Type AWARDS followed by the Id of the video you like. For example: AWARDS TPSA100011
    • Step II: Send SMS to 7834830000
    Note
    # From one mobile number, you can cast only one vote for a particular video. However, the same mobile number can be used to vote for different videos.
  • Voting through Facebook (By Liking and sharing the video)
    • Step I: Look for the video on the Facebook Page. The exact link will be shared on your WhatsApp also. click here
    • Step II: Vote by-
      • Liking the video on LPU Transforming Education Awards Facebook* Page
      • Sharing your favourite video and asking all to like video on LPU Transforming Education Awards Facebook* Page.
    Note: #Every like will be counted as one vote. The following message will appear on LPU Transforming Education Awards Facebook Page before every video:
    Sample Message:
    Lovely Professional University (LPU) Punjab, one of India's Largest private university organizes India's largest Education Awards. Students of SBOA school and Jr College, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) have nominated their favourite teacher Ms. T V Pushpa. Please like the video by clicking on https://www.facebook.com/ LpuTransformingEducationAwards /videos /1881566868629529. The count of Facebook votes shall be taken into account only 21 days after the voting close.
    Votes can be verified to check any malpractice.
    * Facebook is an independent worldwide known platform. In our portal, the votes through Facebook are counted by fetching count of likes from Facebook server directly, and the count gets updated in the website within a lag of 2 hours. In some cases, the count of likes may go down, such as if a person who already liked the video, clicked the like button again on the same video, the count goes down. Also if someone tries to manipulate the likes, by doing bulk liking or using some bot, in that case Facebook can use their own algorithm and the count of likes may go down. If any contestant found using any unethical means for fetching likes on the video, then the video may be disqualified from the contest. Votes can be verified to check any malpractice.
    

• In case number of registered schools is less than 50 from a particular state, two or more states can be merged for shortlisting of top 5 videos. The number of awards can also be increased or reduced from any State or Group of States depending upon the registration of schools. The decision of the Organising Body in this regards will be final and binding.
• Top 5 videos (on the basis of maximum votes) will be shortlisted from each State/Group of States subject to the condition that it has secured minimum 1000 votes.
• In case more than 1 video is shortlisted from the same school, the award to the school will be restricted to 1 only but all the teachers and students will get their separate awards. For example, two videos were uploaded by School ABC. Both the videos were shortlisted in top 5 on the basis of votes. In case one of the video is declared as winner, the school will be awarded with a prize of Rs. 50,000 only (of winner) but both the nominated teachers will get the award of Rs. 25000 and Rs. 10000 respectively. The student participants will also get the respective award of Rs 10000 and Rs. 2500. No award for being shortlisted video will be given to the school in this case.
• In case of tie, all the videos will be considered as shortlisted.
• Late or non-submission of appraisal form will lead to disqualification.

• The final award function may be held at Lovely Professional University campus or at any other convenient place.
• All arrangements for the travel (by 3 tier AC sleeper/Chair car) and stay of principals of winning and shortlisted schools, winning teachers and winning students will be made by Lovely Professional University.
• Certificates will be provided to all the participating schools, teachers and students.
• Surprise awards may be given on reaching specific number of votes.