IT Palakkad announces a national website design contest and invites designers to demonstrate their best creative website designs.
About IIT Palakkad
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad is a public autonomous engineering and research institute located in Palakkad, Kerala. It is one of the five new IITs proposed in the 2014 Union budget of India.
About the Contest
Submissions are expected to consist of one design for the institute website and one design for a department website. The websites should possess an aesthetic look and feel with good color combination, background, structure and layout.
The layout and color pallete should blend well with the colors and character of the institute’s logo. The interface is expected to be modern and user friendly with easy to navigate features and easy to use functions.
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Eligibility
- This contest is primarily open to students, recent graduates and designers. Group submissions are allowed, from groups with a maximum of 3 members.
Prizes
The winning entries will be felicitated as below.
- One first prize: Rs 30,000
- Up to two second prizes: Rs 15,000 each
- A few consolation prizes up for grabs.
- Each winning design will also receive a certificate.
The decision of IIT Palakkad on the results of the competition would be final and binding. IIT Palakkad will have complete rights to all prize-winning material.
Instructions and Guidelines
Points to keep in mind for the website design are as follows.
- The design must be suitable to accommodate the content on the institute’s current website https://iitpkd.ac.in/.
- The design should be suitable for computer screens, tablets and mobile phones.
- From the perspective of key users – first and foremost prospective and current students, new and prospective faculty, project collaborators and industry partners, parents & guardians etc – the design should address how can the content and layout,
- give a feel that the page is made for the specific user, in the sense that all relevant information is available upfront,
- have more and better visual appeal,
- be more comprehensive and user-friendly in terms of information provided (including by adding new tabs/ submenu items) – the annual reports available on the website, is a good resource for ideas.
- Sections like ‘what’s new’, ‘latest updates’, ‘recruitment’, ‘student activities’ etc. must be added.
- The department website prototype should have the following essential features.
- Department homepage with gallery, events, awards, news blocks and separate menus.
- Structured faculty profiles with fields like publications, awards, research area etc. which can be regularly updated by the concerned faculty.
- The provision for selected content like recent publications, events and awards etc. (pertaining to faculty and students) to be aggregated, sorted by date and displayed on the department homepage.
- Publications, events, awards and gallery images from all the department websites are also to be aggregated, sorted by date and displayed on the main website homepage.
- Ensure that the submission does not use any copyright-infringing material or any logo without permission by the entity which holds the rights for its use. All content must be yours, or you should have the right to use and license it. Do not post photographs of people without permission. You may use the content available (without editing photos, documents, logo, etc.) on the IIT Palakkad website only for the purpose of this submission.
- By submitting a design for the contest, you agree to transfer the copyright on the design to IIT Palakkad.
The guidelines are not intended to restrict or curtail other creative options in any way.
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