Basic Definitions This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the legally binding terms for your use of the Cognizance Services. You are only authorized to use the Cognizance Services (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and to this Agreement. Please read this Agreement carefully before using this website. By registering on, accessing, browsing, downloading or using the Cognizance site for any general purpose or for the specific purpose of availing any Service, you agree, automatically and immediately to be bound by this Agreement as well as by any the service specific terms and conditions applicable to each Service, whether you are a "Visitor" (which means that you simply browse the Cognizance site) or you are a "Member" (which means that you have registered with Cognizance). The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member. Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, you may print these terms of use or save a copy of these terms of service for your own personal and non-commercial use. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you may not access, browse or use the Cognizance site and immediately terminate your availing of the The term 'authorized user' would include any person, whether an individual or a legal entity who has subscribed to the services of Cognizance, and to whom the access is restricted by the use of a sign in user name and a password. The user name and password are either allotted by Cognizance or chosen by the user or agreed upon by Cognizance. Therefore only the authorized user has the right to access the services offered by Cognizance. Cognizance will not be responsible for any costs, consequences or damages caused to any persons or entities due to any unauthorized use of the services offered by Cognizance, including access of the said services by an unauthorized user using the user name and password of an authorized user, regardless of whether such unauthorized user is known to the authorized user.
The terms 'service' or 'services' would mean to include the interactive online solutions and information services offered by Cognizance on the internet/mobile through which the user may access information carried by Cognizance in the database maintained by it.
You agree not to copy, sell, resell, duplicate any part of Cognizance's services and solutions for commercial purposes. These Terms of Service sets out the legally binding terms of your use of Cognizance and your membership in Cognizance and may be modified by Cognizance at any time and without prior notice, such modifications to be effective upon posting by Cognizance on the website. Your continued access or use of the Site and/or the Services after the Terms of Services have been revised constitutes your express consent to the modified Terms of Services. In the event of any inconsistency between our Privacy Policy and these Terms of Service, the Terms of Service shall prevail. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, you may not use nor access our services.
Eligibility Cognizance services are available to all individuals who have at least completed high school. Individuals who are currently in high school or below may access and use the site, they shall do so only with the involvement and guidance of their parents and or legal guardians. In all such instances their parents and or legal guardians will be held responsible for all the terms of this agreement. By registering with Cognizance you consent to the use of: (i) electronic means to complete the Terms and to provide you with any notices given pursuant to the Terms; and (ii) electronic records to store information related to the Terms or your use of the Services. Cognizance has the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or terminate your use of Cognizance services and refuse any and all current or future use of all or any portion of Cognizance's services.
Registration of a candidate is only considered if and only if the candidate is enrolled in at least one or more events or workshops
Service Cognizance provides self-managed event organizing solutions to event organizers. Event organizers setup their event, fill up the details about their event such as event pricing, location, ticket inventory, attendee registration information collection and other such features. As used herein, "Customers" means Cognizance event organizers ("Event Organizer "), registered event attendees ("Attendee ") and participants in our various affiliate programs.
Event Organizer Terms Cognizance offers organizers a web-based solution to organize events and meetings, to sell tickets or provide online Attendee Registration solutions via the Cognizance-Websites for events of the organizer to customers by using Cognizance to take on the payment process. In detail Cognizance provides the following services to the organizer (each an "Cognizance-Service"):
A web-based software on the Cognizance-websites to organize events and to sell tickets of the organizer for these events to ticket buyers. The organizer has the possibility to create an own website for their event ("eventsite") and to offer a ticket sale. The ticket buyer can choose and buy the tickets on the eventsite directly.
Only the user and the organizer of an event are entering into an agreement regarding the event and the disposal of tickets for that event. Cognizance only acts as a sales agent for the organizer of an event by order and for account of this organizer. It is the organizers' duty to advise and instruct the ticket buyers of their eventually existing right of objection according to the legal guidelines.
The organizer authorises Cognizance hereby for the duration of this agreement to act as an agent by order and for account of the organizer, to sell tickets to the public for events, offered by the organizer on the Cognizance-Websites, to undertake the payment process with the ticket buyers and/or their banks and to ship the tickets to the ticket buyers. By providing Cognizance with such authorization, organizer also agrees to the Stripe Connected Account Agreement . This authorization also contains the right of Cognizance to send payment reminders to the ticket buyers.
Attending Events Cognizance is not legally responsible or liable for
Cancellation/postponement of events done by the Organizers.
Any damage or injury of any sorts caused by attending events.
If the event organizer denies entry from the venue.
If the event organizer does not implement claimed covid-19 guidelines/protocols.
The accomodation is officially assigned from 10am to 10 pm. The organizers are not responsible for non allotment of the room.
Shipment and Delivery The organizer can choose, whether the tickets shall be deposited on the venue or shall be sent electronically or if the ticket buyer shall have the choice between these different shipment methods. As far as tickets shall be deposited on the venue the organizer has the right to choose, whether the tickets shall be paid on the venue and/or in advance via Cognizance.
Payment and Fees Cognizance products and services are available on the basis of transaction model, as per the requirements of customers.
Cognizance will be responsible only for the taxes applicable on Cognizance Fees (including TS fee, PG fee and fixed ticket charge). Organizer will bear the full responsibility of the taxes applicable on ticket price and Cognizance can not be held accountable for any inaccurate information provided by organizer for such taxes.
The collected security money will be reimbursed on day 3 between 12 midnight and 2 am. After which the organizer will decide another session for reimbursement after all the delegations are finished which might take 2-3 days.
The only viable tickets generated for the fest is the one supported through the eazebuzz payment links provided by the Cognizance Team. NOTE: It is compulsory to buy ticket before buying workshop. Without ticket you are not allowed to enter any workshop or events
Change of an event If an event for which tickets are sold or already have been sold via Cognizance shall be cancelled or changed (regarding date, time, venue or other important points) the organizer has to inform Cognizance immediately in writing once these circumstances have come to his attention. Prize Money Distribution
Prize Money Distribution The prize money distribution would be conveyed to the ticket buyers via the events page on the Cognizance website. The prize money to be distributed would be subject to the number of teams participating in the respective event.
Five or fewer teams – prize would be given only to the first place holding team.
Nine or fewer teams - prize would be given only to the first and second place holding team.
More than nine teams – prize would be given to first, second and third place holding teams.
*indicates that the prize amount mentioned contains coupons, vouchers, courses, and gift hampers equal to the worth of amount mentioned on the website.
*A team will be eligible for prizes, if all of their team members are UG(Undergraduate) students studying in their respective institutes.
Accounting The organizer has options of various payment method(s) (credit card, direct debiting, prepayment, invoice) to be offered to possible ticket buyers. In accordance to this choice Cognizance undertakes accounting for the organizer and holds the money on a separate bank account. The organizer authorises Cognizance to do so. Cognizance transfers the money received according to service pricing minus the fees payable to Cognizance within 5 to 7 business days post the event to the organizer. The money has to be transferred to a bank account located in the country where the event took place and issued on the name of the organizer. For recurring events, Cognizance reserves the right to pay out money before the event. Cognizance reserves the right to change the number of days to transfer money to the event organizer at any time without notice. The organizer is aware of the risk that specific payment methods (direct debiting or credit card) can be reversed by the ticket buyers. The organizer bears this risk alone. If transactions are reversed after the payment to the organizer, these costs plus a fee for the reversed transaction as stated in the price list published on the Cognizance-Websites are charged to the organizer.
The organizer is obliged to raise objections, if any, against the accounts of Cognizance within four weeks after issue of the account. If not the account is considered as being approved.
Prevention against fraud / misusage The Cognizance-Websites offer an extensive security system, in particular to protect organizers against reimbursement of credit card payments. Because of this security system it is possible that in exceptional cases some credit card providers may not be accepted.
If the organizer arouses suspicion of misusage of the Cognizance-Websites, Cognizance has the right to deactivate the ticket shop of the organizer and to stop the ticket selling. In particular a suspicion of misusage of the Cognizance-Websites is on hand, if it comes to attention before the event that the event shall not (or not in the way as stated in the ticket shop) take place; or illegal or immoral events shall take place; or
If the organizer arouses suspicion of misusage of the Cognizance-Websites, Cognizance has the right to delay the payout to the organizer even after 5 to 7 business days for further 60 days. Within these 60 days Cognizance will check if an improper use of the Cognizance-Websites and / or Cognizance-Services occurred. Cognizance also reserves the right to block any event from its platform, if the event is found to be misleading to Cognizance users. (For example: if an event is listed as free and an organizer forces attendees to pay for the event separately, the listed event is deemed to be misleading to the event attendees.)
To verify your identity, we ask for a valid ID proof like Passport and/or Aadhar card, and for Companies Trade license and/or TRN certificate. We require you to upload a copy of your valid ID proof, it will help us in identifying you to a high degree of fidelity as the inability to accurately identify individual pose risks with respect to fraudulent claims, tax compliance, and creation or listing of valid events on Cognizance.
Warranty of the organizer The organizer warrants to Cognizance, that (i) there is no agreement between the organizer and a venue, or the owner or user of a venue, or a third party, which affects the organizer's use of the Cognizance-Services in accordance with these terms, (ii) the organizer is allowed to enter into this agreement with Cognizance, including the right to authorize Cognizance in accordance to these terms to act as an agent and to sell tickets for events of the organizer.(iii) The organizer takes responsibility that he has all the necessary approvals for organizing the event within India, nothing prohibits organizer from doing the event. If any situation changes, he will inform Cognizance immediately. The organizer will hold Cognizance indemnified for any losses arising out from his failure to take necessary approvals for organizing the event.
Duties of the organizer The organizer has the duty to inform Cognizance immediately about unavailability or malfunctions of the Cognizance-Websites.
The organizer has the obligation to inform Cognizance immediately about every change of his name, company name, address, legal form or bank details in written form or via E-Mail. The organizer shall not use the Cognizance-Services for illegal or immoral events such as political or religious extremism, pornographic, or violent events.
The organizer shall not use the Cognizance-Services to upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Information that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; The organizer and/or organizer's event will not contain and/or promote any sexually explicit or sexually suggestive content, including pornographic material, "adult friend finders" or dating sites with a sexual emphasis, "adult" toys or sexually explicit videos; The organizer and/or organizer's event will not contain and/or promote any way of provision or selling of drugs or prohibitive substances; The organizer shall not use the Cognizance-Services to harm minors in any way; The organizer shall not impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, an Cognizance representative, forum leader, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent its affiliation with a person or entity; The organizer shall not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Information transmitted through the Service;
Right to Terminate You agree that Cognizance, in its sole discretion, for any or no reason, and without penalty, may terminate this agreement. Cognizance may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing access to the services, or any part thereof, with or without notice, if the organizer has contravened against important provisions of these terms; or the organizer has filed for bankruptcy, insolvency proceedings have been started or the start of the insolvency proceedings has been dismissed in default of assets; or circumstances occur that the organizer cannot fulfill his contractual obligations against Cognizance or third parties in default of assets, and “in addition” the organizer gives no proof of sufficient assets within 30 days after request by Cognizance to do so.
Ticket Buyer Terms The price payable for the tickets is as set out on our web site.
Tickets will normally be available for collection at a designated location prior to the event, in which case you must collect the tickets from the address at the time advised, and provide proof of ID. Under some circumstances events may decide to distribute tickets via post or Email or other methods, in which case only the card billing address / email address supplied will be used for dispatch.
Once you have received your tickets, you should check them and you must inform us of any errors within two working days, or before the event, whichever is sooner. The event organizer, the venue where the event is organized reserve the right to refuse admission to you; request latecomers to await admission to the event until a convenient break in the event; refuse re-admission to those leaving during the event; and request that you leave the event; make alterations to the advertised details of the event (including Principals) and make alterations to the script or the content of any particular event at any time up to and including and during the event.
If, at any time during the event it is cancelled, postponed, suspended or delayed for any reason, Cognizance will not make any refunds nor will they be liable for any loss caused by such cancellation, postponement, suspension or delay.
By purchasing a ticket, you agree that all sales are final and non-refundable. Hence, team Cognizance shall not be liable for any monetary refunds.
It is your responsibility to ascertain whether an event has been cancelled and the date and time of any rearranged event. If an event is cancelled or rescheduled, we will use reasonable endeavours to notify ticket holders of the cancellation once we have received the relevant authorisation from the Event Organiser. We do not guarantee that ticket holders will be informed of such cancellation before the date of the event.
Tickets are issued subject to the Rules and Regulations of the venue or Event Organiser. Full details are available from the Event Organisers. Breach of any of these Rules and Regulations or any unacceptable behaviour likely to cause damage, nuisance or injury shall entitle the venue or Event Organiser to eject you from the venue. The Event Organisers may on occasions have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons. We will not be responsible for any tickets that are lost or stolen.
The venue, Event Organiser and Cognizance accept no responsibility for loss of any personal property.
Tickets may be restricted to a maximum number per person, per credit card and, for some events, a restriction may apply per household. We reserve the right to cancel tickets without prior notice purchased in excess of this number.
If an organizer uses Zapier, the person purchasing a ticket agrees that his/her data may be shared with third parties. By agreeing to Cognizance's terms, you are also agreeing to Zapier's terms and conditions as well. Cognizance is not liable for the way data is handled by Zapier.
General Terms Advertising Material Cognizance would not be held liable for any inappropriateness of the advertisement contents due to the dynamic nature of web, invisible/hidden contents, error, omission or inaccuracy in printed or digital form. Cognizance reserves the right to remove and/or reposition the advertising material.
Safe Harbor Any statements contained within the Site concerning Cognizance's future prospects are forward-looking statements which involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that may be projected by these forward looking statements. There can be no assurance that future results will be achieved and actual results could differ materially from forecasts, estimates and summary information contained in the site.
Law of Juridiction The legal proceedings at COGNIZANCE, IITR are subject to the territorial and geographical jurisdiction of the Uttarakhand High Court.
Intellectual Property Rights You agree that Cognizance owns all rights to the code, databases, visual-design and layout of the Service. Except for the limited licenses expressly granted to you under this Agreement, no other rights, licenses, or immunities are granted or will be deemed to be granted to you under this Agreement, either expressly, or by implication, estoppel or otherwise. You may access the site solely as intended through the provided functionality of the Service and as permitted under this Agreement and shall at all times abide by the terms set forth herein.
Cognizance claims no intellectual property rights over the material you provide to the Service. Your profile and materials uploaded remain yours.
You may not use any robot, spider, other automated device, or manual process to monitor or copy any Content from the Service.
You may not resell, duplicate or reproduce or exploit any part of the Service without the written consent permission of Cognizance.
You may not duplicate, copy, or reuse any portion of the visual design or layout of the Service without the prior written permission of Cognizance.
You may not alter, deface, mutilate or otherwise bypass any approved software through which the Services are made available.
You may not use any robot, spider, other automated device, or manual process to monitor or copy any Content from the Service.
You agree not to bypass, circumvent, damage or otherwise interfere with any security or other features of the site designed to control the manner in which the Services are used, harvest or mine content from the Services, or otherwise access or use the Services in a manner inconsistent with individual human usage.
You agree not to undertake, cause, permit or authorize the translation, reverse engineering, disassembling or hacking of any aspect of the Services, including any Service content available on or through the Service, or attempt to do any of the foregoing, except and solely to the extent permitted by this Agreement, the authorized features of the Services, or by law, or otherwise attempt to use or access any portion of the Services other than as intended by Cognizance.
You agree not to harass, abuse, harm or advocate or incite harassment, abuse or harm of another person or group, including Cognizance’s employees and other users.
You agree not to provide any false personal information to Cognizance or any other user, or create a false identify or impersonate another person or entity in any way.
You agree not to solicit, or attempt to solicit, personal information from other users.
You agree not to restrict, discourage, or inhibit any person from using the Services, disclose personal information about a third person on the Services or obtained from the Services without the consent of such person, or collect information about users.
You agree not to gain unauthorized access to the Services, to other users’ accounts, names or personally identifiable information, or to other computers or websites connected or linked to the Services.
You agree not to post, transmit or otherwise make available any virus, worm, spyware or any other computer code, file or program that may or is intended to disable, overburden, impair, damage or hijack the operation of any hardware, software or telecommunications equipment, or any other aspect of the Services or communications equipment and computers connected to the Services.
You agree not to interfere with or disrupt the Services, or networks or servers connected to the Services, or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks or servers.
You agree not to violate any applicable laws and/or regulations or this Agreement.
You agree not to assist or permit any persons in engaging in any of the activities described above.
Information Disclosure To the extent required or permitted by law, Cognizance may also collect, use and disclose personal information in connection with security related or law enforcement investigations or in the course of cooperating with authorities or complying with legal requirements.