LSUS India Studies program sponsoring essay contest
04/25/06

The LSUS India Studies program, in cooperation with Caddo Parish Schools, is sponsoring an essay contest open to all public and private high school students in Caddo Parish. Cash prizes of $150, $100 and $50 will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners. The submission deadline is Tuesday, May 16.

The topic for the maximum 1,000-word essay is, “Comparing Democracy in the U.S. and India: Two-Party vs. Multi-Party Democracy.” Essays must be typewritten, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, with one-inch margins.

Entries should be submitted to Pamela Anderson at Caddo Parish Magnet High School. Public school students may send entries through the “gray box” and private school students may mail their entries to Mrs. Anderson at Caddo Magnet High School, 1601 Viking Drive, Shreveport, LA 71101. The entries will be judged by a panel representing Caddo Parish Schools, LSUS and the community at-large. Results are expected to be announced by Monday, May 22.

For information, contact Mrs. Anderson at 221-2501 or Dr. Sanjay Menon, director of the LSUS India Studies program, at 797-5186 or SMenon@lsus.edu.