New Delhi: Social app Chingari and the Board of Chaunna Federation for India (BCFI) together brought the India Open Juggling contest .
The contest, which will have a separate category for Girls and Boys, has been designed to reward those with the talent to juggle the football using free flow.
To participate in the contest, participants should put their 60-second-long (maximum time limit) juggling video on the popular ‘Made in India Chingari’ platform. The video should be uninterrupted.
Ashu Gupta, General Secretary, BCFI, “We choose the Chingari application for this event because billions of Indian youths love it and are VOCAL for this LOCAL platform. Recently, our hon’ble PM also praised Chingari for providing India with an Atma Nirbhar social platform. For us, it is highly appreciable to be associated with Chingari App. We appreciate Chingari’s cooperation and support.”
Sumit Ghosh, Co-founder, and CEO of Chingari App said, “Chaunna soccer is the new sensation among the sports enthusiasts as an organized platform for mini football format in India and this sporting project is our joint effort to appreciate and recognize Indian talent to the world for this year. This entire project has been designed as the perfect amalgamation of sports and social media as the squad of 90 players out of 180 will be decided on the basis of the number of likes their video garners. We are very excited about this online project and look forward to excellent video entries from our youths of ‘Fit India’ between October 20, 2020, and November 10, 2020.”
Deepak Salvi, Co-founder, and COO of Chingari App said, “Chingari has always been a step ahead in offering different user engagements, and this time, we are providing an opportunity in sports. With this contest, sports enthusiasts can now become stars.”
The contest, which will kick off from October 20 and continue till November 10, is open for all Indian citizens, NRIs, PIOs, and OCIs. Entry forms are available on BCFI’s website. A candidate must fill and submit it with a video on the Chingari app to secure likes and get the link from the federation. The results will be announced on November 25th.
To register for the contest, an Indian living in India will need to pay just Rs 150 and those Indians living outside India would be required to submit Rs 350. The amount shall be directly put in the BCFI bank account — HDFC Bank A/c No. 50100 3497 43882; IFSC Code — HDFC0009042. (Read entry form properly)
An Indian living in another country may represent their country /continent. Top/selected players will be decided on the number of juggling in given time along with the likes on the Chingari platform.
A participant will have to send all documents and videos to – [email protected]. It is advised to attach a clear address & photo identity. The last date of sending the video clip for the primary round is 10th November 2020.
