Gifts Won on 28 Feb 2015

This post is exclusively for students of BITS Pilani who have been requested to participate in a survey being conducted from 19 Feb 2015 to 4 Mar 2015.

BITS Pilani is really a magic! Students here are enrolled in so many activities that it is difficult to analyze how easily one's day flies away here. Yesterday students must have been busy thinking about the musical extravaganza to be dished out at night in the form of "Dhwani", performed by Gurukul! Apart from that there were some seminars and workshops being conducted, as in almost any other day. Hence, the flow of students coming to the survey spot took a blow. As a result, only one student is being announced as the random gift winner of the day. And the winner is:

1. Surya Narayana Manoj Kotamarthi (2014149246P)- Rs. 100

Now BITSians can fill the survey sitting at the comfort of their own room also and win up to Rs. 1000. There are assured referral gifts also on offer. Please participate in the survey by clicking here or visiting http://www.tinyurl.com/survey-osm . This survey is open till 31 March 2015.

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Why Are We Giving Gifts?

This post is exclusively for all students of IITs.

It is perhaps natural for you to question why so much gifts are being doled out and what benefit is the researcher getting from it. The answer is actually very simple. 

It takes time and money, besides physical labour, to get proper responses for research in social science. Many marketing research companies sustain themselves by collecting data for research purposes. Although that offloads the tension of getting data, still researchers feel more comfortable and confident as they gather their own data. 

Earlier respondents were given cash for devoting their time for the survey. That practice has been questioned by many researchers for methodological issues. In countries abroad, there is a tradition of research and generally students are given some credit points for taking part in this kind of research activities. In some other cases, students are given gift vouchers. 

The present research being conducted till 31 March 2015 attempts to find out the effect of social media marketing by analyzing responses from students of premium institutes of the country. As it would involve a lot of travel and expenditure of money, the research team has though it to be a win-win situation in which the respondents fill up the questionnaire from the comfort of their own place at their convenient time, and the researchers can continue doing their work.

So, please help the team to conduct a proper research by participating in the online survey and win gifts as a token of appreciation from the research team.

URL:

IIT: http://tinyurl.com/iit-osm-survey 

Others: http://www.tinyurl.com/survey-osm

Terms & Conditions for Eligibility of Gifts: IIT

This post is exclusively for all students of IITs, who want to participate in an online survey being conducted till 31 Mar 2015.

Thanks for your interest to participate in the survey. The survey is meant for academic / research purposes only. Any brand / company mentioned in this survey is only for the sake of providing examples. Your privacy is of utmost importance to the research team and your personal details will not be shared with any person / organization.

Please read the terms and conditions for eligibility of gifts assured as a part of the survey to appreciate your interest to participate in it.

1. The participants are expected to fill the survey sincerely after properly comprehending the questions.
2. All IITians who are users of any of Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn or Twitter and have some experience of online shopping are eligible to take part in the survey.
3. Attempt to fill the survey with junk information will lead to disqualification from getting gifts.
4. All judgement in this regard taken by the team of research scholars will be final.
5. Five randomly chosen respondent from IITs will be given a fully redeemable gift voucher worth Rs. 1000 from Amazon or Flipkart.
6. Every five proper references, resulting into sincerely and properly filled survey form, will result into fully redeemable gift voucher worth Rs. 100 from Amazon or Flipkart for the referrer.
7. The gift of Rs. 1000 will be given only if the total number of proper responses from IITs exceeds 300. Referral gifts will be distributed irrespective of the total number of responses received.
8. As soon as 30 complete responses are received from IITs, this blog will be updated to announce the number of complete responses received from these institutes till that date.
9. The announcement of the winners will be made on or before 7 April 2015 and the gift vouchers will be dispatched on or before 15 April 2015.

Thanks once again for your time and patience to participate in the survey!

URL for Survey: http://tinyurl.com/iit-osm-survey

Gifts Won on 26 Feb 2015

This post is exclusively for students of BITS Pilani who have been requested to participate in a survey being conducted from 19 Feb 2015 to 4 Mar 2015.

The lucky winner of the day is Sriramagiri Krishna Kanth (2014H149232P)- Rs. 100

The last three days have actually not seen any lucky chit picker! On the one hand, it is probably disheartening for the respondents. But on the other hand, it improves the probability of picking lucky gift by future respondents. So, don't wait too long. Rush to the survey spot!

You may also fill in the survey online from the comfort of your room. Please visit http://www.tinyurl.com/survey-osm . Although the terms and conditions for getting gifts through this method is a little different, still they are quite attractive. Moreover, there are gifts for the referrers too. So, spread the news among your friends in BITS Pilani and win gifts before this Holi!

Why Are We Giving Gifts?

This post is exclusively for students of BITS Pilani who have been requested to participate in a survey being conducted from 19 Feb 2015 to 4 Mar 2015.

I am sure that many prospective respondents of the survey are thinking why will they get gifts for participating in a survey. Many may also question the authenticity of the claim that so much amount will be actually given away for taking part in a survey. This post is specially dedicated to answer these questions!

The survey for which gifts are given is for a PhD research work of a member of the team. When social scientists conduct surveys, they have to decide on the population of interest in order to investigate some phenomenon. In this case, the research team had two options: (1) choose students from premium institutes of India or (2) choose students from BITS Pilani only.

Taking students from different premium institutes might give better results, but that would add to logistic issues, besides increasing the expenditure. Moreover, BITSians themselves form a mini India within the campus because of their native places and socio-economic background. So, by choosing BITSians the aforementioned two issues were minimized to a great extent.

We know that sitting for around 20-25 minutes and filling a long questionnaire may seem to be very boring, especially when you are at your young age. Therefore, to motivate students to fill the form properly, money saved by not going to other institutes is distributed among the participants of the survey,

We are expecting around 600 respondents from BITS Pilani. Approximately Rs. 15000 has been kept as the budget for this survey, at this moment. There is a high likelihood of it being increased if we find more enthusiastic student participants. In effect, a win-win situation has been created, where a student spends some time to fill up the survey sincerely helping the research team save time and overcome logistic issues, while the respondent students win up to Rs. 2000 as gift. And everybody is assured of at least a small gift at the survey spot itself. If all gifts are not exhausted during the duration of the survey at BITS Pilani, in spite of reaching the required sample size, then the remaining gifts will be given at random to the participants.

But there is one word of caution here. If the response from BITS Pilani is not as expected, then the survey team will have no other option, but to look for participants from other premium institutes. Hence, the funding for the gifts will also be diverted to those institutes. So, if you have already participated in the survey, then tell your other friends also to take part in it, in order to increase your probability of winning more gifts.

The survey team is issuing gift vouchers from Amazon or Flipkart, as preferred by the lucky winners. These gift vouchers are fully redeemable against any purchase from these online stores. There are no other terms and conditions applicable on the use of these vouchers.

So, dear BITSians, rush to participate in the survey (Syndicate Room # 6069, Dept of Management, New Academic Block). It is open till 4 March 2015 (10 AM - 1 PM ; 3 PM - 6 PM ; 7 PM - 9 PM).

You may also participate in the survey by filling the questionnaire online from the comfort of your own place. Please visit http://www.tinyurl.com/bits-osm-survey . This survey will continue till 31 March 2015. There are gifts for referrals too!

Gifts Won on 25 Feb 2015

This post is exclusively for students of BITS Pilani who have been requested to participate in a survey being conducted from 19 Feb 2015 to 4 Mar 2015.

It is good to see that students are willingly coming forward to fill up the survey and help the research team. A group of five students participated in the survey and, as promised, won a group gift of Rs. 100. Following are the winners of the day. Since no one picked a lucky gift, for the second consecutive day, one participant has been chosen at random as the lucky winner!

1. Sandeep  Dube (2013A4PS090P)- Rs. 100 (Group Gift)
2. Sarvesh Sortee (2013A4PS093P)- Rs. 100

Thanks a lot, dear students! Please share your happiness with your friends and inspire them to be a part of the survey.

Gifts Won on 24 Feb 2015

This post is exclusively for students of BITS Pilani who have been requested to participate in a survey being conducted from 19 Feb 2015 to 4 Mar 2015.

Unfortunately, no student picked a lucky chit to win a high amount gift voucher today. Hence, from among the respondents participating through out the day, the following student was randomly chosen as the winner of Rs. 100.

1. Ashok George (2012A4PS267P)- Rs. 100

Thanks for participating in the survey. A lot of gifts are still waiting for all! Hurry up!!

Gifts Won on 23 Feb 2015

This post is exclusively for students of BITS Pilani who have been requested to participate in a survey being conducted from 19 Feb 2015 to 4 Mar 2015.

Today a new gift option has been initiated to appreciate students for their sincerity in filling the survey form. Any group of 5 students coming together will get assured Rs. 100 (Group Gift), besides the existing norm of choosing random gift and an assured gift for all individuals. The Group Gift will be issued in the name of one of the members of the group only.

1. Devang Falor (2014A1PS678P)- Rs. 300
2. Devbrat Srivastava (2014A8PS400P)- Rs. 100 (Group Gift)

A lot of gifts are still in store. Hope, more students will come forward for this win-win situation, where students get attractive gifts and the researchers get the required information.

Gifts Won on 21 Feb 2015

This post is exclusively for students of BITS Pilani who have been requested to participate in a survey being conducted from 19 Feb 2015 to 4 Mar 2015.

It was a pleasure to see smiling faces of students after the end of a hectic week! It was even more wonderful to see their smiles broaden as they won gifts worth Rs. 500 today. And yes, we are not counting those complimentary gifts in this!!

Today's gift winners are mentioned below.

1. Yashvardhan Chamoli (2012B5A2712P)- Rs. 100
2. Arpit Gupta (2012B3A8559P)- Rs. 100
3. Akash Agrahari (2011ABPS388P)- Rs. 100
4. Munot Prasanna Manoj (2011ABPS640P)- Rs. 100
5. Prateek Jain (2011B1A4696P)- Rs. 100

Hope to see more students taking part in the survey in the coming days. A lot more gifts are waiting.

Gifts Won on 20 Feb 2015

This post is exclusively for students of BITS Pilani who have been requested to participate in a survey being conducted from 19 Feb 2015 to 4 Mar 2015.

Gifts worth Rs. 900 have been won by three BITSians on 20 Feb 2015!

1. Archana Tatavarti (2013B3A8256P)- Rs. 100
2. Preksha Agrawal (2013b2AB835P)- Rs. 300
3. Daga Daulat (2013b2AB429P)- Rs. 500

Congratulations to the above mentioned students!

Many more gifts are yet to be won by others. Remember, you are not only winning gifts for yourself through this survey, you are also helping researchers in their study. So, please participate in the survey along with your friends for a win-win situation.

Gifts Won on 19 Feb 2015

This post is exclusively for students of BITS Pilani who have been requested to participate in a survey being conducted from 19 Feb 2015 to 4 Mar 2015.

The response of students to the survey at a short duration was quite amazing today. We are confident that a lot more students will take part in the survey in the next few days. After all, a respondent has almost 10% chance of winning a gift worth Rs. 100 or more and can even win Rs. 2000 also in exchange for half an hour spent in filling the survey!

The gift winners today are:

1. Akshay Mote (2014H123160P)- Parker Pen
2. Karan Shah (2010HS23067P)- Parker Pen
3. Kandarp Gupta (2014H149273P)- Rs. 300
4. Achint Mittal (2013A8PS343P)- Rs. 100

Other participants received complimentary gifts as an appreciation for devoting their valuable time to the survey and helping the research team.

A lot of gifts are still waiting for you all! So, participate in the survey fast before they are given away to others!! Come in groups to make the moment even more memorable, as you will have higher  probability to win more gifts.

Terms & Conditions for Eligibility of Gifts: Common Participants

This post is for all (except IITians) who are interested to participate in a survey, being conducted till 31 March 2015. 

Thanks for your interest to participate in the survey. The survey is meant for academic / research purposes only. Any brand / company mentioned in this survey is only for the sake of providing examples. Your privacy is of utmost importance to the research team and your personal details will not be shared with any person / organization.

Please read the terms and conditions for eligibility of gifts assured as a part of the survey to appreciate your interest to participate in it.

1. The participants are expected to fill the survey sincerely after properly comprehending the questions.
2. Users of any of Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn or Twitter, who have some experience of online shopping are eligible to take part in the survey.
3. Attempt to fill the survey with junk information will lead to disqualification from getting gifts.
4. All judgement in this regard taken by the team of research scholars will be final.
5. Three randomly chosen respondents, who have sincerely filled up the survey form, will each be given a gift voucher worth Rs. 1000 from Amazon / Flipkart (fully redeemable without any condition).
6. Top 7 referrers, resulting into properly completed survey, will win gift voucher worth Rs. 300 each (fully redeemable without any condition). 
7. Every five proper references resulting in completed survey will give you assured Rs. 100 gift voucher (fully redeemable without any condition).
8. The gift will be delivered to the winners on or before 15 April 2015. The winners will be notified through the mail address entered in the survey form. A public announcement will also be available regarding the same on http://bits-survey.blogspot.in/ .
9. The gift of Rs. 1000 will be given only if the total number of proper responses received through this survey exceeds 150. Referral gifts will be awarded irrespective of the total number of responses received through this survey.
10. As soon as 15 complete responses are received in this survey, this blog will be updated to announce the number of complete responses received till that date.
11. The announcement of the winners will be made on or before 7 April 2015 and the gift vouchers will be dispatched on or before 15 April 2015.

Thanks once again for your time and patience to participate in the survey!

URL for Survey: http://www.tinyurl.com/survey-osm

Survey on BITS Pilani Students: Win Lots of Gifts

This post is exclusively for current students of BITS Pilani (Pilani Campus)

Dear BITSian,

A research team from BITS Pilani is studying the effects of social media usage. If you use any of Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn or Twitter and have ever considered online shopping, then you are requested to share your valuable input by participating in a survey for this study.

As a gesture of appreciation for devoting your valuable time, you will be given an option to choose a random gift at the end of the survey. The gift will be delivered to you on or before 31 March 2015. The value of the gift may be up to Rs. 2000 and can be in the form of cash, gift voucher (from Amazon or Flipkart) or products.

Gift (Worth)	Number
Rs. 2000	1
Rs. 1000	2
Rs. 500	3
Rs. 300	5
Parker or Pierre Cardin Pen	30

Apart from this, all participants will get a complimentary gift at the survey spot.

The major gifts won each day will be updated on http://bits-survey.blogspot.in/

Survey Venue: Syndicate Room # 6069 (Department of Management- New Academic Block)

Survey Dates: 19 Feb 2015 (Thu) – 4 Mar 2015 (Wed)

Survey Timing: 10 AM – 1 PM ; 3 PM – 6 PM ; 7 PM – 9 PM

Requirements:

Please bring your laptop or smart phone. Internet connection will be provided by the research team through Wi-Fi.

You are requested to visit the accounts of Myntra or Jabong in your preferred social networking site before appearing for the survey.

Myntra	Jabong
Facebook	Facebook
Google+	Google+
LinkedIn	LinkedIn
Twitter	Twitter

Due to some methodological issues, the survey has to be filled in NAB only.

[N.B. Students currently outside the campus and interested to take part in the survey may please send a reply to this mail in order to make some alternative arrangement.]

Gift Center for Survey!

You perhaps landed on this page by following some link shared through mail, social media site or a survey.

The survey which brought you here is meant for academic / research purposes only. Any brand / company mentioned in it is only for the sake of providing examples. Your privacy is of utmost importance to the research team and your personal details will not be shared with any person / organization.

As a gesture of appreciation for devoting your valuable time, you may be eligible to get a randomly selected gift from the research team. If you use any of Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn or Twitter and complete the entire survey, then only you will be eligible for the gift. The value of the gift and delivery of the same are mentioned in the online survey page.

Thanks for your interest to participate in the survey, Please visit this blog on the date specified in the survey and till then, keep your fingers crossed!!!

[N.B. If you have not received any link for participating in a survey and you are interested to take part, then please send a mail to nirankush.dutta@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in with the subject line "Interested in survey"]