India Is, a global initiative to create, narrate, showcase and celebrate the experience of India, is a concept by the Public Diplomacy Division (PDD) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India. India Is focuses on showcasing the country’s growing 'soft power' - factors that influence the opinion of individuals and organizations towards India through the medium of culture and personal experience.

Now, India Is gears itself for another amazing year of seeing the country through the eyes and minds of thousands across the world. Share your perspective of what defines the country, in it and outside, in kind and in spirit. Highlight through the visual medium, what touches you and pulls at your heart strings.

Open to beginners, professionals and amateurs and just about anyone with a camera, the India Is Global Photography Challenge 2013 looks forward to creativity, colour and a different perspective through your lens.

The 3 themes this year are:

• India is.. Timeless
• India is.. Youthful
• India is.. Undiscovered

We request you to play fair and present photographs that are genuine and unmanipulated (beyond the standard optimization or basics needed to achieve realistic color balance and sharpness). Participants can submit up to a maximum of 10 photographs. The image should be geo-tagged on the world map as close to the location at which it was taken.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

Open to people all over the world, 18 years of age or above as of the start date of the Competition (September 1, 2013).

Prize

The India Is Global Photography Challenge 2013 ensures that the efforts and skill of the winners is awarded with astounding prizes in every Series and for the Grand Final round.