Google Impact Challenge in India ­ OFFICIAL RULES
THIS CHALLENGE IS OPEN ONLY TO ORGANISATIONS BASED IN INDIA AND THAT MEET THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA GIVEN IN SECTION 2(a) BELOW ("ORGANISATION"). ENTRY IN THISCHALLENGE CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
The Google Impact Challenge in India (the “Challenge”) is a challenge where participating Organisations
submit grant applications and Videos (as defined below), which includes a description of their mission,
specific project idea and implementation plan, and track record (funders, accolades); and for selected
Finalists (as defined below), an in­person presentation in front of a live audience (“Application”), for the
chance of being awarded a monetary grant as described below (the “Award”). The grant Applications will be
evaluated by Judges (as defined below), who will choose the grant recipients in accordance with these
Official Rules. The Awards will be granted to the Organisations whose Applications are evaluated as having
the highest scores in the judging criteria (“Award Recipients”). See below for the complete details.
1. BINDING AGREEMENT: In order to enter the Challenge, you must agree to these Official Rules (“Rules”)
on behalf of your Organisation. Therefore, please read these Rules prior to entry to ensure you understandand agree. You agree that submission of an Application in the Challenge constitutes your and yourOrganisation’s agreement to these Rules. You may not submit an Application to the Challenge and yourOrganisation is not eligible to receive an Award described in these Rules unless you agree to these Rules.
These Rules form a binding legal agreement between your Organisation and Google with respect to the
Challenge.
2. ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible to enter the Challenge, you must be registered for Charitable purposes andnot for purposes of profit and meet the following criteria:(a) be an authorised representative of an Organisation based in India and registered as one of the following:(1) As a Trust under the Indian Trusts Act or similar Trusts Act of the respective states in India(2) As a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1960 or similar Act of the respective states inIndia(3) As a not for profit Company under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956(b) not be an entity under U.S. export controls or sanctions;(c) have access to the Internet as of 11 August 2013;(d) not discriminate on any unlawful basis in either hiring/employment practices or in the administration ofprogrammes and services;(e) not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in hiring/employment practices; and(f) agree that if you receive an Award it will be used for programs open to all persons regardless of religion
and will not be used for religious instruction.

The Challenge is void where prohibited by law. Google (as defined below) reserves the right to verify eligibility
and to adjudicate on any dispute at any time. These rules are binding on you, individually, and/or yourOrganisation. You warrant that you are acting within the scope of your employment, as an employee, officer
or director of Organisation, and that such Organisation has full knowledge of your actions and has
consented thereto, including the Organisation’s potential receipt of an Award. You further warrant that youractions do not violate your Organisation’s policies and procedures.
3. Google: The Challenge is sponsored by Google India Private Limited ("Google"), a company incorporated

under the laws of India whose principal place of business is at RMZ Infinity, Tower E, 4th Floor, Old Madras
Road Bangalore 560 016, India.
4. CHALLENGE PERIOD: The Challenge begins at 8:00 a.m. IST in India on 12 August 2013 and ends at
11:59 p.m. IST on 5 September 2013 (“Challenge Period”). ORGANISATIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DETERMINING THE CORRESPONDING TIME ZONE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.
5. HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Challenge, visit the Challenge website located at g.co/indiachallenge(“Challenge Site”) during the Challenge Period and follow the instructions for submitting an Application that
includes information about your Organisation and your specific project idea and implementation plan. The
Application must meet the “Application Requirements,” described below.

LIMIT ONE (1) APPLICATION PER ORGANISATION. Subsequent Applications will be disqualified. All
Applications must be received during the Challenge Period. Applications are void if they are in whole or part
illegible, incomplete, damaged, altered, counterfeit, obtained through fraud, or late. All Applications will bedeemed made by the authorised account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry, and theperson submitting an Application may be required to show proof of being the authorised account holder forthat email address. The "authorised account holder" is the natural person authorised by the Organisation tosubmit an Application and assigned to an email address by an Internet service provider, online service
provider, or other Organisation responsible for assigning email address for the domain.
All Finalists (as defined below) will be required to submit a short video describing their Application (“Video”).
Google will pay for the creation of the Video, to be filmed at Google’s office in New Delhi or at Finalist’s
office or designated field site, during the period between 28th September and 17th October. If the Video isfilmed at Google’s offices, Google will pay for the travel­related expenses for a representative of each Finalist
to travel to New Delhi, if they are not based in New Delhi (as described below). Any Finalist which does not
submit a Video will be disqualified, and the Judges (as defined below) will select the next highest scoring
Application as a new Finalist. The Video will be used by the public to select one of the Award Recipients, as
described below.
6. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: The Application must meet the following Requirements:(a) It must not be derogatory, offensive, threatening, defamatory, disparaging, libelous or contain any content
that is inappropriate, indecent, sexual, profane, indecent, tortuous, slanderous, discriminatory in any way, orthat promotes hatred or harm against any group or person, or otherwise does not comply with the themeand spirit of the Challenge.
(b) It must not contain content, material or any element that is unlawful, or otherwise in violation of orcontrary to all applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws and regulations.
(c) It must not contain any content, material or element that displays any third party advertising, slogan,logo, trademark or otherwise indicates a sponsorship or endorsement by a third party, commercial entity orthat is not within the spirit of the Challenge, as determined by Google, in its sole discretion.
(d) It must be an original, unpublished work that does not contain, incorporate or otherwise use any content,material or element that is owned by a third party or entity.
(e) It cannot contain any content, element, or material that violates a third party’s publicity, privacy orintellectual property rights.
(f) It can only be in English.

(g) It must be submitted by an Organisation that is based in India.
(h) It must be submitted by an Organisation that meets the eligibility criteria listed out in Clause 2(a).
During the Challenge Period, Google, its agents, and/or the Judges (as defined below) will be evaluatingeach Application to ensure that it meets the Application Requirements. Google reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any Organisation which submits an Application that does not meet the Application
Requirements.
7. JUDGING: Each Application will be judged by a panel of experts who are employees of Google; theFinalists’ (as defined below) Applications will be reviewed by a panel of internal and external experts, and by
the public (collectively, the “Judges”). The Judges will evaluate each Application, based on the following
criteria:(a) Technology, Innovation and Impact: How the Organisation will use technology and innovation to makethe world a better place.
(b) Project: How the Organisation will implement the Global Impact Award. Is the project feasible andrealistic? Is it rooted in research that identifies the size of the problem and how the proposed idea will help
solve it? Does the roadmap explain what challenges might stand in the way and how they will be overcome?
(c) Team: How the Organisation will execute immediately and successfully. Does the Organisation havepartners and collaborators? Does the Organisation have a strong track record?
There will be 2 rounds of judging. For the first round, Judges will evaluate and attribute a score to eachApplication made up of scores based upon the above­listed criteria. The 10 Applications that receive thehighest overall scores, and which pass the required legal due diligence, will be selected as the finalists(“Finalist(s)”). In the event of a tie, the Application that received the higher score from the Judges in the
category of “Technology, Innovation and Impact” will be selected as one of the Finalist(s). In the event an
Organisation is disqualified for any reason, the Application that received the next highest total score will bechosen as the Finalist, provided it passes the required legal due diligence.
In order to permit Google to select the Finalists, an Organisation may be required to submit additional
information, including but not limited to the following:(a) Documents to establish registration under the Indian Trusts Act or similar Trusts Act of the respective
states in India; the Societies Registration Act, 1960 or similar Act of the respective states in India; Section
25 of the Companies Act, 1956;(b) Documents that establish the charitable character of your organization including: under section 10(23C),
80G, 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961;(c) Audited financial statements including cash flow statements, supporting schedules, and auditor's reporton financial statements;(d) Relevant bank wire information;(e) Recent bank statements;(f) Full list of full legal names of senior leadership, trustees, and board members;(g) List of countries where Organisation has operations outside of India, if any;(h) Relevant information on any government affiliation or public funding; and(i) Further details or information on Organisation’s project idea and implementation plan.

If an Organisation does not respond to the request for additional information within 2 days from the first
notification attempt, then such Organisation will be disqualified.
During the period of 25 September 2013 through 17 October 2013, the Finalists will be selected and notified
by email. Each Finalist will be provided with a template of Google's standard grant agreement, and will be
required to acknowledge via email that in the event a Finalist is chosen as an Award Recipient, the Award
Recipient will be required to execute Google's standard grant agreement, without any modifications, at the
Final Event when the Award Recipients are announced. If a Finalist does not provide Google the written
acknowledgement within 2 days from the first notification attempt, then such Finalist will be disqualified andan alternate Finalist will be selected from among all eligible Applications received based on the judging
criteria described herein.
For the second round, the Finalists will then be required to pitch their idea to the Judges, at a final event inperson in New Delhi (the “Final Event”). If a Finalist does not participate in the Final Event in person, it will
be disqualified from the Challenge. Google will provide assistance to each Finalist in preparing the Video tobe presented at the Final Event. The Judges will evaluate and attribute a score to each of the Finalists madeup of scores based upon the above­listed criteria. A total of 4 Applications will be selected as Award
Recipients. The 3 Applications that receive the highest overall scores from the Judges will be selected asAward Recipients. In the event of a tie, the Application that received the higher score from the Judges in the
category of "Technology, Innovation and Impact” will be selected as one of the Award Recipients. One
additional Application will be chosen as an Award Recipient by the public based on the public’s vote on theVideo submitted by each Finalist. The public voting will take place in late October. The voting will be done
online through the Challenge Site. In the event that no Applications are received, no Award will be rewarded.
Determinations of the Judges and the public are final and binding.
8. AWARDS: Each of the four Award Recipients will receive 3,00,00,000 INR, and the opportunity to receive
limited technical assistance from Google, at Google’s sole discretion.
9. TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR FINALISTS NOT RESIDING IN NEW DELHI: Google will pay reasonable
travel expenses for two representatives from each Finalist organisation who do not reside in New Delhi inorder to travel to the Video shooting (if not filmed at Finalist’s office); and to the Final Event. Travel expenses
will include: (1) round­trip airfare (economy) or train or bus (as determined by Google) for the Finalist
representatives to travel from the major airport/train or bus station closest to the individual’s residence to thefinal event venue in New Delhi; (2) double­occupancy hotel accommodation for one night in New Delhi; and(3) meals. Certain blackout dates apply. Finalists are responsible for any other expenses including
incidental travel costs not expressly stated above, including but not limited to ground transportation,passenger tariffs or duties, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facility charges, personal charges atlodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses. Award is not redeemable for cash.
10. GRANT AGREEMENTS: All selections of Finalists and Award Recipients are subject to a legal due
diligence review of each Organisation, and each Award Recipient will be required to execute Google's
standard grant agreement, without any changes, at the Final Event when the Award Recipients will beannounced. If the Organisation refuses to sign a grant agreement without any modifications, Google will
select the next highest score from the Final Event as an Award Recipient.

Odds of being selected as an Award Recipient depend on the number of eligible Applications received during

the Challenge Period and the quality of the Applications matching the guidelines stipulated above. Notransfer, substitution, or cash equivalent for Awards is allowed, except at Google’s sole discretion. Google
reserves the right to substitute an Award, in whole or in part, of equal or greater monetary value if an Award
cannot be rewarded, in whole or in part, as described for any reason. Value is subject to market conditions,which can fluctuate, and any difference between actual market value and approximate retail value (ARV) will
not be awarded. The Award(s) may be subject to restrictions and/or licenses and may require additional
hardware, software, service, or maintenance to use. The Award Recipient shall bear all responsibility for useof the Award(s) in compliance with any conditions imposed by such manufacturer(s), and any additionalcosts associated with its use, service, or maintenance. Google and its affiliates are not responsible in any
manner for any warranties, representations, or guarantees, express or implied, in fact or law, relating to theaward(s), regarding the use, value or enjoyment of the Award(s), including, without limitation, its quality,
mechanical condition, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose, with the exception of any standard
manufacturer's warranty that may apply to the award or any components thereto.
11. TAXES: MONETARY GRANTS TO FINALISTS AND/OR AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE
EXPRESS REQUIREMENT THAT THEY SUBMIT TO GOOGLE ALL DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED BY
GOOGLE TO PERMIT IT TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL, PROVINCIAL,
AND FOREIGN TAX REPORTING AND WITHHOLDING REQUIREMENTS. ALL AWARDS WILL BE NET
OF ANY TAXES GOOGLE IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO WITHHOLD. ALL TAXES IMPOSED ON AWARDS
ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FINALISTS AND/OR AWARD RECIPIENTS. In order to receive
an Award, Finalists and/or Award Recipients must submit the tax documentation requested by Google orotherwise required by applicable law, to Google or the relevant tax authority, all as determined by applicablelaw, including, where relevant, the law of the Finalists’ and/or Award Recipient’s country of residence. The
Finalist and/or Award Recipient is responsible for ensuring that it complies with all the applicable tax laws
and filing requirements. If a Finalist and/or Award Recipient fails to provide such documentation or comply
with such laws, the award may be forfeited and Google may, in its sole discretion, select an alternative
Finalist and/or Award Recipient.
12. GENERAL CONDITIONS: All federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations apply. Once thetravel schedule has been arranged, it cannot be altered and failure of a Finalist to follow such schedule shallnot obligate Google in any way to provide the Finalist with alternate arrangements. Google reserves the rightto disqualify any Organisation from the Challenge if, in Google’s sole discretion, it reasonably believes that
the Organisation has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Challenge by cheating,deception, or other unfair practices or annoys, abuses, threatens, or harasses any other Organisations,
Google, or the Judges.
13. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: The Organisation retains ownership of all intellectual andindustry property rights (including moral rights) in all materials submitted to the Challenge Site or to Google
or its representatives as part of its Application, including, without limitation, photographs, comments,
information, text, video, feedback, creative ideas, suggestions, or other materials (each a “Submission” andcollectively, the “Submissions”). Organisation hereby grants Google and its affiliates, partners, andrepresentatives a nonexclusive, royalty­free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, copy, and display any
Submission, in whole or in part, throughout the world in any form, media, or technology now known or
hereafter developed, including all promotion, marketing, publicity, and any other uses thereof, without noticeor attribution to you, the Organisation, or any other entity or person and without obtaining any furtherpermission or license or making any payment whatsoever, and you acknowledge that Google has no
obligation to use your Submission.
Any material an Organisation submits to the Challenge Site or to Google or its representatives andpartners is not confidential or proprietary and Google and its representatives and partners shall be
under no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any content submitted.
All Award Recipients will be required to sign a grant agreement, which will include a provision
requiring that any intellectual property rights created with Award funds must be placed andwidely disseminated in the public domain, free for any use, such that the information issearchable by major Internet search engines. With respect to any intellectual property that
constitutes code or software, Award Recipients will distribute such code or software, within 3months of its creation, under a mutually agreed upon permissive open source license (e.g.
Apache).
14. PRIVACY: Organisations agree that personal data entered during the registration, including name,mailing address, phone number, and email address may be processed, stored, shared, and otherwise used
for the purposes and within the context of the Challenge. This data will also be transferred into the UnitedStates. By entering, Organisations agree to the transmission, processing, sharing, and storage of thispersonal data in the United States.

Organisations also understand this data may be used by Google in order to verify an Organisation’s identity,
postal address and telephone number in the event an Application qualifies for an award. Organisations havethe right to access, review, rectify, or cancel any personal data held by Google in connection with the
Challenge by writing to Google at the address listed above. If an Organisation does not provide the datarequired at registration, that Organisation’s Application will be ineligible. Otherwise, all personal informationthat is collected from the Organisation is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy, located at:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
15. PUBLICITY: By accepting an Award, Organisation agrees to Google and its agencies use of its name
and/or likeness and Application for promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibitedby law.
16. WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY: Organisations warrant that their Applications are their Organisation’s
original work and, as such, the Organisation is the sole and exclusive owner and rights holder of thesubmitted Application and that it has the right to submit the Application in the Challenge and grant all
required licenses. Each Organisation agrees not to submit any Application that (1) infringes any third party
proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or any otherrights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity, or
confidentiality obligations; or (2) is confidential or proprietary information; or (3) otherwise violates theapplicable state, federal, provincial, or local law. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each
Organisation indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified employees, interns, contractors, and official
office­holders of Google, or their parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates (“Challenge Entities”) at all
times from and against any liability, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, and expenses resulting
from any act, default, or omission of the Organisation and/or a breach of any warranty set forth herein. To
the maximum extent permitted by law, each Organisation agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmlessthe Challenge Entities from and against any and all third party claims, actions, suits or proceedings, as wellas any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees)
arising out of or accruing from (a) any Application or other material uploaded or otherwise provided by theOrganisation that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, patent, or other intellectual
property right of any person or defames any person or violates their rights of publicity or privacy, (b) any
misrepresentation made by the Organisation in connection with the Challenge; (c) any non­compliance by
the Organisation with these Rules; (d) claims brought by persons or entities other than the parties to theseRules arising from or related to the Organisation’s involvement with the Challenge; (e) acceptance,
possession, misuse, or use of any award or participation in any Challenge­related activity or participation inthis Challenge; (f) any malfunction or other problem with the Challenge Site; (g) any error in the collection,
processing, or retention of entry information; or (h) any typographical or other error in the printing, offering, or
announcement of any award or Award Recipients.
17. ELIMINATION: Any false information provided within the context of the Challenge by any Organisation
concerning identity, mailing address, telephone number, email address, ownership of right, ornon­compliance with these Rules or the like may result in the immediate elimination of the Organisationfrom the Challenge.
18. INTERNET: Challenge Entities are not responsible for any malfunction of the entire Challenge Site or
any late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, undeliverable, or destroyed Applications due tosystem errors, failed, incomplete, garbled computer or other telecommunication transmission malfunctions,hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, typographical orsystem/human errors and failures, technical malfunction(s) of any telephone network or lines, cableconnections, satellite transmissions, servers or providers, computer equipment, traffic congestion on theInternet or at the Challenge Site, or any combination thereof, including other telecommunication, cable,
digital, or satellite malfunctions which may limit an Organisation’s ability to participate.
19. RIGHT TO CANCEL, MODIFY OR DISQUALIFY: If for any reason the Challenge is not capable ofrunning as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorisedintervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration,
security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Challenge, Google reserves the right at its sole
discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Challenge. Google further reserves the right todisqualify any Organisation which tampers with the submission process or any other part of the Challenge or
Challenge Site. Any attempt by an Organisation to deliberately damage any web site, including the
Challenge Site, or undermine the legitimate operation of the Challenge is a violation of criminal and civil laws
and should such an attempt be made, Google reserves the right to seek damages from any such
Organisation to the fullest extent of the applicable law.
20. NOT AN OFFER OR CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT: Under no circumstances shall the submission of
an Application into the Challenge, the awarding of an Award, or anything in these Rules be construed as anoffer or contract of employment with either Google, or the Challenge Entities. You acknowledge that you
have submitted your Application voluntarily and not in confidence or in trust. You acknowledge that no
confidential, fiduciary, agency, or other relationship or implied­in­fact contract now exists between you or
your Organisation and Google or the Challenge Entities and that no such relationship is established by yoursubmission of an Application under these Rules.

21. FORUM AND RECOURSE TO JUDICIAL PROCEDURES: The laws of India shall govern these Rules. In
the event of any dispute arising between the parties to these Rules (other than any matter that is properly
the subject of an injunction proceeding), the parties shall first negotiate with each other in good faith andendeavor to resolve such dispute. In the event that they are unable to do so, any controversy or claim arisingout of or relating to these Rules, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration subject to theprovisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as amended (the “Act”). The parties shall endeavor tomutually agree on a sole arbitrator to conduct the arbitration. If the parties are unable to reach agreement on
the identity of the sole arbitrator, there shall be a total of 3 (Three) arbitrators appointed out of which one
each shall be appointed by each party to this Agreement and a common arbitrator shall be appointed by thesaid other 2 (Two) arbitrators (whether one or three arbitrators, collectively the (“Arbitral Tribunal”). The
language of arbitration shall be English and the arbitration shall be held in Bangalore, India. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, (a) either party may seek equitable relief, including temporary restraining
orders or injunctions, in addition to all other remedies, for breach or threatened breach of such party's
confidentiality rights or intellectual property rights under these Rules.
22. FINALISTS AND AWARD RECIPIENTS: The Finalists will be announced on the Challenge Site in late
October, and the four Award Recipients will be announced on the Challenge Site on or about 31 October
2013.