Future Minds Programme is an initiative by Britannia Milk Bikis that helps children live their dreams. The Future Minds Scholarship aims to provide the means by which a child can experience his/her career today.
Who can apply
All Indian Citizens in the age group of 6-12 years (as on the date of enrollment for the Programme) residing in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal shall be eligible to participate in the Programme. For the sake of abundant clarity it is clarified that this Programme shall only be open for participation in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal.
Employees of Britannia / Advertising Agencies / Dealers of Britannia / Distributors of Britannia, other Channel partners of Britannia /Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd./ Service providers/Event managers/auditor etc. associated with this Programme whether directly or indirectly and their immediate families shall not be eligible to participate in the Programme.
This Programme is applicable only on Milk Bikis 100g, 150g, 200g (ATC) and 200g FP pack.
How to take part in the scholarship programme
The participation in this Programme shall be only through sending entries by post / courier or uploading the entries on Britannia portal www.milkbikis.co.in or by creating your entry through the Graffiti application on the portal www.milkbikis.co.in . Detailed instructions in this regard are provided on the pack.
Participants can also SMS “MILBIKIS” to 54646 from their cell phones in order to get information about this Programme. Please note that the charges for the SMS shall depend upon the service provider and Britannia under no circumstances shall bear the cost of such SMS levied by the respective service provider.
Offline mode:
To participate in this Programme through manual entry, the following procedure is required to be followed: a. Send your entry (painting, drawing, write up, etc.) by post / courier to the following address: POST BOX No – 8002, HAL 2nd Stage, HPO, Bangalore – 560008.
The participant should clearly mention the following details along with the entry: Name of the participant, Age of the participant, Father’s Name / Mother’s Name, Complete Address with pin code, Landline number, Mobile Number, Email ID. These details are required for the entry to be accepted and for verification.
Online mode:
To participate in the Programme through the portal www.milkbikis.co.in, the following procedure is required to be followed:
(i) Upload your entry / scanned copy of the entry / photograph of the entry on the portal.
(ii) Create your entry using the graffiti application on the portal
(iii) The participant should clearly mention the following details along with the entry: Name of the participant, Age of the participant, Father’s Name / Mother’s Name, Complete Address with pin code, Landline number, Mobile Number, Email ID. These details are required for the entry to be accepted and for verification.
A consumer can make multiple entries for participating in the Programme.
Selection
The winner’s identity would be established through telephone calls made to them over their mobile number / landline number registered on the system..
The scholarship winners would be decided based on a selection process defined by Britannia and the list of winners would be hosted on the website, www.milkbikis.co.in. The winners would also be intimated over the mobile number / landline number registered on the system. In case the mobile number / land line has been changed/terminated/blocked/out of reach etc, Britannia shall not be responsible for not being able to communicate/handover scholarship to the winners.
The no-exhaustive list of criteria for the selection of winners are the following: (i) Creativity of the idea for the entry (ii) Execution and appearance of the entry
The selection of the winners by the panel appointed by Britannia shall be final and binding.
Amount of Scholarship
Consumers sending valid entries will be eligible to participate and get a chance to win a scholarship worth Rs. 100,000/- (Rupees One Lac Only), there will be a maximum of 5 (five) winners for this Programme. The customer would have to bear the tax liability on the Scholarship money as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act1961 or any other law for the time being in force.
Documentary evidence to be submitted
In order to claim the scholarship, the claimant is required to submit the following documentary evidence.
a. For the child:
i. Birth certificate / Mark Sheet indicating age / Certificate from school stating the age
b. For the parent:
i. Proof of being a parent of a child
ii. A photocopy of photo identity proof
iii. A photocopy of the address proof.
iv. The claimant should mandatorily have a PAN Card.
v. And any other document that may be required at the discretion of Britannia..
vi. The winner would however be informed in advance about the documents they needs to furnish.
vii. The originals of the above documents should be made available for inspection as required by Britannia.
If any winner fails to produce the required or relevant documents as required by the terms of the Programme for any reason whatsoever the Scholarship will be forfeited in its entirety and the person will not have any rights to claim the scholarship. The scholarship will be handed over to the claimant by Britannia / agency representative post completion of the audit and verification process deemed fit by Britannia.
After the announcement of winner, call attempts will be made 3 times in a day for 3 days. If the winner does not respond to the call, he/she will be terminated from the list of winners. In case the winner does not agree to fill the ‘no due’ letter/respond to the call, he/she will be sent a courier stating that since he/she has not responded to the attempts made to contact him/her and that his/her candidature is terminated from the list of winners.
If any winner fails to take the trip due to documentation issues or any reason whatsoever the Scholarship will be forfeited in its entirety.
Any additional expenses incurred by the winner over and above the scholarship price, shall be at the sole cost of the winner.
Britannia reserves the right to withdraw and/or alter any of the terms and conditions of this Programme at any time without prior notice or to replace, wholly or in part, this scheme by another scheme, whether similar to this or not, or to withdraw it altogether. No correspondence would be entertained on this account.
