Terms & Conditions
  1. Contest will be run by Vattikuti Foundation. 
  2. By entering the Contest the Contestants accept these Terms and Conditions together with any specific instructions and terms for the Contest which may be mentioned on-air, in any electronic messages, or on the website, or communicated to Contestants in any other way (“Contest Information”). Such Contest Information shall prevail in the event of there being any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any Contest Information.
  3. We may cancel or amend the Contest, Contest Information, or these Terms and Conditions without prior notice. Any changes will be posted either within the Contest Information or these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions were last updated. 
  4. The contest opens June 15, 2025 at 12:00am ET. The contest closes on September 15, 2025 at 11:59pm ET. 
  5. Contestants are free to submit as many individual entries as they wish. Each entry will be judged separately. However, Contestants can only be shortlisted and selected as a Finalist once (in respect of their entry, the highest will be used).
  6. To enter the Contest, Contestants must do the following:
    1. Register an account and upload and submit their video entry.
    2. Read and accept the terms and conditions and provide additional contact details in order to notify if entry is selected as a Finalist. 
  7. Entries must be completed in accordance with the entry process set out above. No other method of entry will be accepted. Entries which do not meet these criteria may not be considered.
  8. Entries will not be complete until Contestants have uploaded their video entry and accepted these Terms and Conditions. We reserve the right to disqualify any entries submitted and/or finalised after the Contest has closed.
  9. The Contestant must keep a digital or hard copy of their video entry. If required, Contestants must supply the original recording of their video entry for use in connection with the Contest, including (but not limited to) for potential broadcast online or transmission by any electronic means.
  10. All video entries will be subject to moderation. Vattikuti Foundation and/or its agents have absolute discretion to accept or reject any video entry and to remove any video entry already accepted without giving reasons for the decision. We may in particular refuse to upload any video entry for the following reasons:
    1. inclusion of defamatory or malicious content;
    2. inclusion of content in video entries to which someone else owns the copyright or other intellectual property rights, such as music, singing, trademarks, logos, insignia, location signage, sculpture, posters, pictures, photographs or other artwork, music tracks, snippets of copyrighted programmes, or films made by other users, without the requisite authorisations;
    3. breach of these Terms and Conditions
  11. Contestants warrant that all information submitted by by entering the Contest is true, current, and complete. Contestants also warrant that they are the copyright owners of their video entries which must be original works and must not infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy, or any other rights of a third party.
  12. By submitting surgical videos to the KS International Innovation Awards, the submitter grants Vattikuti Foundation a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license to use, reproduce, distribute, display, and publish the submitted videos, in whole or in part, in any media formats and through any media channels, including but not limited to educational, promotional, or research purposes. This includes the right to share and distribute the videos with external third parties such as medical societies, educational institutions, partners, and collaborators, provided such use aligns with the objectives of advancing surgical education, research, or innovation.
  13. Submitters represent and warrant that they have obtained all necessary permissions and consents for the use and distribution of the submitted videos, including patient consent where applicable, and that the submission does not infringe upon any third-party rights.
  14. Vattikuti Foundation reserves the right to edit, modify, or adapt the videos for clarity, format, or length, while maintaining the integrity of the educational content
  15. None of the employees, officers, servants, agents Vattikuti Foundation or any other party or organization (including their employees, officers, servants, agents) involved in the management, promotion, or administration of the Contest, or its entry, or implementation of any prize (or their agents or subsidiaries involved in any way in the Contest or any prize) (together the “Contest Parties”) will accept responsibility or liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorised access to entries, or entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions (including but not limited to security functions by software used by us or any third party), virus, bugs, or other causes outside its control. Proof of submission online is not proof of receipt by us.
  16. Any entries which are incomplete, incorrect, inaudible, incomprehensible, may be void.
  17. In the event of any fault, mistake, misunderstanding or dispute concerning the correctness or acceptability of the entry, or the operation of any part of the Contest, or the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, the decision we make shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into. 
  18. We will not be liable to reimburse any expenses incurred in entering the Contest. 
  19. We reserve the right to disqualify any Contestants and/or entries which it believes have not been made in compliance with these Terms and Conditions or to disqualify any Contestant found to have tampered with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person. 
  20. Finalists
    1. The Finalists first names and surnames may be published. 
    2. We reserve the right to select an alternative Finalist in the event that a Finalist is unable to be contacted.
    3. We will take all reasonable steps to contact the winner using the details provided by the Finalist when they entered the competition but in the event of any failure to do so or a Finalist’s failure to respond, we reserve the right, in its absolute discretion, to select an alternative winner from the Finalists.
    4. The winner must be available to take part in interviews and/or any other promotional materials and/or events if requested by us. In the event that the winner is not available when required, we reserve the right, in its absolute discretion, to select an alternative winner.
    5. The prizes are listed in the KS International Innovation Awards page. 
    6. The Finalist acknowledges that prizes are non-transferable and are not redeemable for or any other value or consideration.
    7. We may in its sole discretion refuse to provide the Prize, or seek its recovery, in the event of non-entitlement under these Terms and Conditions or a Contestant's breach of these Terms and Conditions, fraud, dishonesty, or other inappropriate or improper conduct.
    8. We may exercise its sole discretion to use all Finalists’ names, addresses, images, and their comments relating to the Prize and Contest experience for promotion of the Prize, this Contest, or the Contest Parties, and for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes in any media worldwide without notice and without any fee being paid. 
  21. The information Contestants provide in connection with the Contest (including their personal details):
    1. may be included in a database compiled for the Contest and will be used for the purposes of selecting Finalists
    2. may also be used for inclusion and/or read out in any program produced in connection with the Contest;
    3. Any personal information provided by the Contestants, will only be used by us in accordance with its Privacy Statement which is accessible for the purposes of the Contest or as otherwise set out in these Terms and Conditions. 
  22. Liability
    1. None of the Contest Parties can accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any Contestant entering the Contest or as a result of accepting the Prize. None of the Contest Parties are responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Contestant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Contest. 
    2. None of the Contest Parties promise that the services relating to the Contest will be free from errors or omissions nor that they will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. These services may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons reasonably beyond the control of any Contest Party. We will not be liable in the event that all or any part of the service relating to the Contest is discontinued, modified or changed in any way. 
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    3. In the event that any Contestant does not, or is unable to, comply with and meet these Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information, We shall be entitled at its sole discretion to disqualify such Contestant, without any further liability to such Contestant. In these circumstances, any prize won by the Contestant may be forfeited. All Contestants must comply with any directions given by any Contest Party including but not limited to any and all relevant laws, rules and regulations, and where applicable. 
  23. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Terms and Conditions shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. 
  24. These Terms and Conditions and the Contest Information shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Michigan, USA. 
  25. Our Customer Services team may be contacted on info@vattikutifoundation.com