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Register For IAGB’s Republic Day Competitions And Learning Series

Press Release
01/06/2021

Last few days to register for IAGB’s Republic Day Competitions and Learning Series, finale event on January 30, 2021 

IAGB is conducting its ever-popular competitions in 10 categories for its annual Republic Day Finale event on January 30th, 2021. The Republic Day 20201 is a multi-week celebration with multiple competitions and events planned throughout the month of January, leading to grand finale on January 30th.  

There are 10 competitions, for members of all ages and groups, planned during the weekends in the month of January. This year’s special highlights are the highly popular IAGB Antakshari, IAGB Junior Shark Tank, Cake Baking and Decoration, Chess, Art, Story Telling, Poem Writing, Essay, Bollywood Quiz and, a first for IAGB, the IAGB Jeopardy competition.

The IAGB Antakshari preliminaries for the Antakshari competition have already begun and 4 teams got through the preliminaries and are slated to join 4 more teams for the semi-finals on January 23rd. The finals will happen January 29th. There is still time to join. Visit www.iagb.org to register. 

In partnership with TIE-Boston and Bluemi Inc, IAGB Junior Shark Tank is an elevator pitch competition for middle/high school students and seek seed funding for their ideas and innovations. 

All competitions are open and free for all IAGB members. Registration – www.iagb.org 

Here is the summary schedule for all competitions and deadlines. 

Competitions

Date

Time

Last date for Submission

Cake Baking & Decoration

January 16

12 to 2 pm

January 14

Story Telling

January 17

10 to 12pm

January 14

Chess

January 17

From 1pm

January 10

Sharktank Junior

January 23

11 to 1pm

January 20

Art

January 23

2 to 3.30pm

January 14

Bollywood Quiz

January 24

11 to 12pm

January 14

Jeopardy

January 24

2 to 3pm

January 14

Poem

NA

NA

January 14

Essay

NA

NA

January 14

 

Antakshari

Date

Time

Antakshari Round 1

Dec 19

5.30-6.30pm

Antakshari Round 2

Jan 2

5.30-6.30pm

Antakshari Round 3

Jan 9

5.30-6.30pm

Antakshari Round 4

Jan 16

5.30-6.30pm

Antakshari Semifinal

Jan 23

5.30-6.30pm

Antakshari Final

Jan 29

7-8.30pm

 In partnership with Shishu Bharati school, there will be two-part educational sessions on Journey of India's Republic Day. It is open for all ages but requested to register to attend the sessions. 

Learning Series - India's Republic Day

Session 1

January 16

9.30 to 11am

Session 2

January 17

6 to 7.30pm

Additionally, IAGB invites contributions for Republic Day Magazine, from the community members on various topics and categories. Also, IAGB invites artists to participate for an opportunity to display their artwork on the front page of the magazine. The theme for the artwork is “Positive Story from India" - this could be any scene from India.  Please submit a high-resolution picture of your Artwork and caption it. Submission deadline is fast approaching on January 10th, 2021. 

We invite all to this virtual extravaganza to celebrate Indian’s Republic Day where we will also have a dazzling array of professional performances. This event will be virtual and presented professionally over YouTube and Facebook. 

There are a number of flexible advertising and sponsorship opportunities for our vendors and businesses. 

Details for competitions, sponsorship, advertising and exhibition are available on www.iagb.org and via email at iagb@iagb.org

ABOUT IAGB

India Association of Greater Boston (IAGB) is the oldest and one of the leading Indian-American organizations in New England. It serves the Indian-American communities and strives to foster a strong Indian-American social, civic,  cultural and community presence in New England.

 



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