NEW DELHI - Salwan Media  in partnership with BrainGain Magazine (www.braingainmag.com) – a leading study abroad magazine, has launched an essay competition directed towards students aged between 16 and 18.

Students are asked to interpret a quote from a well-known ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, who said “The direction in which education starts a man [person], will determine his future life.”

 The competition is open to students from across the entire South Asia region (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). Contestants are invited to submit one essay each – writing 600 - 650 words. Entries can be in the form of a story or an academic essay. The contest ends on 31st January 2013 at 12pm.

“Youth in South Asia will be in the driver’s seat for creating the 21st century “knowledge” economy. Our endeavor has been to create a common platform for interaction amongst this otherwise isolated group. Through our essay competition we offer students an opportunity to interact with their peers in other nations - while we get a chance to celebrate and cherish the creative talent of young people.” said, Harjiv Singh, CEO and Founder of Salwan Media Pvt.

The winner of the essay contest will receive a Samsung Galaxy Tablet, and their school will be recognized at Salwan Media’s One Globe 2013: Uniting Knowledge Communities conference, due to take place at the Imperial Hotel in New Delhi on February 7-8. The top 10 essay entries will receive limited edition braingainmag.com t-shirt, while the top 25 entries will be featured on the braingainmag.com e-zine.

To learn more about the essay competition, please click here.

To learn more about the One Globe (OG’13) conference, please click here.

 About Salwan Media  

Founded in 2004, Salwan Media Private Limited owns and operates a portfolio of businesses in education, consumer and business information. Our mission is to connect, inform, and empower our audiences to succeed in a globalized world powered by knowledge. The company is headquartered in New Delhi, with offices in New York and London.

About braingainmag.com

BrainGain Magazine (www.braingainmag.com ) is a leading Study Abroad magazine - targeting anyone who is interested in exploring study abroad opportunities. Although our audience consists of students, their parents, and mid-career professionals, our primary audience is between the ages of 16 and 35 years. Our content is designed to help readers’ research specific countries, regions or cities, universities, potential fields of study/careers, admissions, financing, visas, student life, scholarships, job prospects, socio-cultural environments, and safety among other topics. Told through lively and engaging stories, interviews, photos, videos and the use of social media, we also provide an interactive communicative platform designed to help students realize their dreams.

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