Project Veer Gatha was instituted under Gallantry Awards Portal (GAP) in 2021 with the aim to disseminate the details of acts of bravery of the Gallantry Awardees and the life stories of these brave hearts among the students so as to raise the spirit of patriotism and instill amongst them values of civic consciousness. Project Veer Gatha deepened this noble aim by providing a platform to the school students (students of all schools in India) to do creative projects/activities based on gallantry award winners. As part of this, the students framed different projects through various media like art, poems, essays and multimedia on these gallantry award winners and best projects were awarded at national level by Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Education. The project has been coterminous with Republic Day Celebrations each year. Veer Gatha has been a phenomenal success with 8 lakhs participation in Veer Gatha 1.0 conducted in 2021-22, 19.5 lakhs in Veer Gatha
2.0 conducted in 2022-23, 1.37 crore in Veer Gatha 3.0 conducted in 2023-24, 1.76 crore in Veer Gatha 4.0 conducted in 2024-25 and 1.92 crore in Veer Gatha 5.0 conducted in 2025-26. Hon’ble Raksha Mantri and Hon’ble Minister of Education have commended Veer Gatha as ‘heralding of a revolution amongst the students of India’.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in collaboration with Ministry of Education (MoE) has now decided to launch Project Veer Gatha 6.0 during 2026-27.
Interdisciplinary and art-integrated activities like Poem, Paragraph, Essay, Painting, Multi-Media Presentation/ Short Video (Anchoring/ Storytelling/ Reporting of War), etc. would be the activities to be done by individual students as a Project to recreate achievements of warriors of India/Gallantry Award winners/military strategies etc. through creative mediums, connecting to contemporary contexts for inspiration.
Categories |
Activities |
Suggestive Topics |
Preparatory Stage (Grade 3rd to 5th) |
Poem /Paragraph (150 words) /Painting |
i. My role model is (Gallantry Award winner) . The values which |
Middle Stage (Grade 6th to 8th) |
Poem /Paragraph (300 words) /Painting |
I have learnt from his/her life are…………………. Or ii. (Gallantry Award winner) gave the supreme sacrifice for our |
Secondary Stage (Grade 9th to 12th) |
Poem /Essay (750 words) /Painting/ Drawing /Multi-Media Presentation/ Short Video (Anchoring/ Storytelling/ Reporting of War) |
nation. If given a chance for keeping his/her memory alive, I would like to…………. iii. The indomitable spirit and military strategies of the warriors of India, like Prithviraj Chauhan, King Kharavela of Kalinga, Shivaji, warriors of 1857 Mutiny and Tribal Uprising etc. (Write about any one |
The following timelines of the project may be followed:-
Timeline |
Particulars |
Latest by 7th September, 2026 |
Notice of Veer Gatha 6.0 project to be forwarded by MoE to |
Latest by 9th September, 2026 |
Education Departments of States / UTs and all the Education |
12th September, 2026 |
As per information / details furnished by MoD, organization of virtual / face to face interactions of gallantry award winners with schools. |
9th October, to |
After the conduct of activities at the school level, the school shall upload 01 best entry per category i.e., a total of 04 entries from each school, at the MyGov portal. NOTE: Schools with highest grade upto grade 5, 8 and 10 can also submit total 4 entries. The breakup is as under:- |
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School will submit 01 best entry in each of the Category-1, 2 &
School will submit 01 best entry in Category-1 & 2. School can submit two extra best entries in Category-1 & 2. Total entries to be submitted by school is 04. |
21st October, to |
District level evaluation of entries submitted by schools to be done by District level Nodal Officers to be appointed by States/UTs Nodal Officers /Education Department. Rubrics for evaluation are given at Annexure - I. |
16th November to |
Evaluation of entries submitted by District Level Nodal Officers to be done at State/UT level by State / UT Level Nodal Officers(s). Rubrics for evaluation are given at Annexure - I. |
8th December to |
Evaluation at National Level (by a Committee to be constituted by the Ministry of Education) |
By 28th December 2026 |
Submission of Result of National Level Evaluation to MoE by National Level Committee |
By 30th Dec 2026 |
Forwarding of results by MoE to MoD |
(* Schools must not wait for the last date of submission. As soon as the activities are completed at the school level and 01 best entry in each category is shortlisted by schools, they shall submit the same at the given portal).
There will be common MyGov Portal to upload all the entries by the schools.
Note: The students of CBSE affiliated schools located abroad will also upload the entries online after evaluation at their own level in school.
There will be winners at every level. The number of winners to be declared is as follows: -
The winner at national level will be felicitated jointly by Ministry of Education, Government of India & Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Each winner will be awarded a cash prize of Rs.10,000/- by the Ministry of Defence. All the winners at District & State / UT will be felicitated by respective District & State / UT. The modalities of the prize to be given in State/UT/District level may be decided by State/ District Authorities and budgeted accordingly. A certificate will be given to all the winners as follows:
The Following links can be referred by Schools:
Website www.gallantryawards.gov.in to know in detail about the brave-hearts.
NCERT book on Paramvir Chakra Awardees at the link:
https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/publication/otherpublications/veergatha.pdf
Rubrics for Evaluation of Essay / Paragraph
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Area of |
4 Marks |
3 Marks |
2 Marks |
1 Mark |
1 |
Originality of expression |
Fresh, distinctive approach, it is highly imaginative or creative |
Conveys some creative, imaginative, or insightful ideas beyond the commonplace. |
Reflects few creative, substantive, or imaginative ideas out of |
Communicates no substantive or imaginative ideas and is unremarkable |
2. |
Presentation |
Expression is highly impressive and the content is very well |
Fluent Expression and the |
Message is sometimes difficult to |
Message cannot be understood and the content is poorly |
3 |
Support |
Arguments are |
Arguments are |
Some key |
Several key |
very well |
well supported. |
issue is |
issues are |
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supported (with |
The author |
unsupported. |
unsupported. |
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insightful |
uses specific |
The main |
Main idea is |
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examples, |
examples, |
idea is clear |
somewhat clear |
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arguments, and |
arguments, |
but the |
but there is need |
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details). The |
and details to |
supporting |
for more |
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essay includes |
support key |
information is |
supporting |
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quotes/passage |
ideas. |
too general. |
information |
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and a strong |
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analysis of their |
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significance. |
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4 |
Relevance to |
Information is |
Information is |
Some |
Very little |
the topic |
very much |
relevant to the |
information is |
relevance |
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relevant to the |
topic |
irrelevant to |
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topic and cites |
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the topic |
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recent |
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examples. |
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Maximum Score:16
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Rubrics for Assessment of Poem
Sl. No |
Area of |
4 Marks |
3 Marks |
2 Marks |
1 Mark |
1 |
Originality of expression |
Fresh, distinctive Approach, it is highly imaginative or creative |
Conveys some creative, imaginative, or insightful ideas beyond the commonplace |
Reflects few creative, substantive, or imaginative ideas out of |
Communicates no substantive or imaginative ideas and is unremarkable |
2 |
Presentation |
Expression is highly impressive and the |
Fluent Expression and the content is well organized |
Message is sometimes difficult to |
Message cannot be understood and the content is poorly organized |
3 |
Poetic Devices |
6 or more poetic devices (same or different) are |
4-5 poetic devices (same or different) are used |
2-3 poetic devices (same or different) are used |
1 poetic device is used |
4 |
Relevance to the topic |
Information is very much relevant to the topic and cites recent |
Information is relevant to the topic |
Some information is irrelevant to the topic |
Very little relevance |
Maximum Score: 16
Note: If the poem is not relevant to the topic, no marks will be awarded
Rubrics for Assessment of Multi-media Presentation
Sl. |
Area of |
4 Marks |
3 Marks |
2 Marks |
1 Mark |
1 |
Originality of expression |
Fresh, distinctive approach. It is highly imaginative or creative, |
Conveys some creative, imaginative, or insightful ideas beyond the commonplace |
Reflects few creative, substantive, or imaginative ideas out of |
Communicates no substantive or imaginative ideas and is |
2 |
Presentation |
Expression is highly impressive and the content is very well organized |
Fluent Expression and the content is well organized |
Message is sometimes difficult to |
Message cannot be understood and the content is poorly organized |
3 |
Dialogue |
There is an |
There is an |
There is not |
There is not |
appropriate |
appropriate |
quite enough |
enough dialogue |
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amount of |
amount of |
dialogue for |
for all members |
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dialogue for all |
dialogue for all |
all members |
to have a |
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members to |
members to |
to have a |
balanced role or it |
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have a balanced |
have a balanced |
balanced |
is completely |
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role and to bring |
role and to bring |
role in this |
unrealistic |
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characters/situa |
the story to life, |
play or it is |
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tion to life and it |
but it is |
often |
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is realistic. |
somewhat |
unrealistic. |
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unrealistic. |
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4 |
Relevance to |
Information is |
Information is |
Some |
Very little |
the topic |
very much |
relevant to the |
information is |
relevance |
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relevant to the |
topic |
irrelevant to |
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topic and cites |
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the topic |
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recent |
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examples |
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Maximum Score: 16
Note: If the “Video is not relevant to the topic, no marks will be awarded
Rubrics for Assessment of Paintings
Sl. |
Area of |
4 Marks |
3 Marks |
2 Marks |
1 Mark |
1 |
Originality of expression |
Fresh, distinctive approach. It is highly imaginative or creative |
Conveys some creative, imaginative, or insightful ideas beyond the |
Reflects few creative, substantive, or imaginative ideas out of the |
Communicates no substantive or imaginative ideas and is unremarkable |
2 |
Presentation |
Expression is highly impressive and the content is very well |
Fluent Expression and the content is well organized |
Message is sometimes difficult to |
Message cannot be understood and the content is poorly |
3 |
Technique |
Art work show a mastery of advanced techniques in |
Art work shows good technique. All objects are placed in correct space. |
Art work shows some technique and understanding of art concepts. |
Art work lacks technique and/or understanding of art concepts. |
4 |
Relevance to the topic |
Information is very much relevant to the topic and cites |
Information is relevant to the topic |
Some information is irrelevant to the |
Very little relevance |
Maximum Score:16
Note: If the Painting is not relevant to the topic, no marks will be awarded.