Swinburne Open Day | India

2. Terms and conditions of entry

By completing the event registration process on the Swinburne website (https://www.swinburne.edu.au/events/2025/08/open-day-india) or by completing and submitting a written entry form at the Open Day event(s), the entrant accepts these terms and conditions of entry.

3. Who can enter

3.1 The Promotion is governed by the laws of the state of Victoria, Australia. Entry is open to all registrants and attendees of Swinburne India Open Days. All Employees of Swinburne (including professional placement students), their relatives and members of their households (whom may be unrelated) are not eligible to enter. Any eligible entrant who, in the opinion of Swinburne, tampers or interferes with the entry mechanism in any way, or who does not properly comply with the entry process will be ineligible to win. 

3.2 Entrants under 13 years of age must obtain permission of their parent or legal guardian to enter. Swinburne may require any such entrant’s parent or legal guardian to sign a release at Swinburne’s discretion in which the parent or legal guardian accepts responsibility for the acts and forbearances of the winner. The release will include the parent or legal guardian’s full name, address and telephone number. Failure to agree to the release and provide these details will invalidate the winner’s entitlement to the prize, subject to State legislation. If the competition winner is under 13 years of age, the prize will be awarded to the winner’s parent or legal guardian.

4. How to enter

To enter the competition, participants must complete and submit the event registration form online (https://www.swinburne.edu.au/events/2025/08/open-day-india) or by completing a printed entry form and submitting this within the promotional period. Entrants are required to submit basic personal information via the form, and consent to receiving future communications from Swinburne. Along with using your personal information as the basis to draw and contact promotion prize winners, Swinburne uses this personal information to send communications about products or services that we feel may be of interest to you. Should you no longer wish to receive these communications you can opt out at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the communication. For a more detailed explanation on how we use your personal information, please see our Privacy Guidelines and Procedures.

5. Dates of promotion

The promotion commences on Monday 4 August 2025 at 17:00 AEST with the promotional period concluding on Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 17:00 AEST. Any entries received after the close date will not be considered.

6. Promotion components and draw dates

6.1 The promotion will have eight (8) individual winners, who will each win a Swinburne merchandise pack valued at $AU500. 

6.2 All dates drawn are identified below with all prizes for individuals drawn at, or immediately following, Swinburne’s Open Day India events. All eligible entries have a random and equal chance to receive a prize. 

6.3 Individual prize draw dates are as follows:

• Draw 1 – 1x Swinburne gift pack valued at $AU500, drawn from event registrations for Swinburne India Open Day Delhi event, drawn on Sunday 31 August 2025
• Draw 2 – 1x Swinburne gift pack valued at $AU500, drawn from written entry forms completed and entered at Swinburne India Open Day Delhi event, drawn on Sunday 31 August 2025
• Draw 3 – 1x Swinburne gift pack valued at $AU500, drawn from event registrations for Swinburne India Open Day Ahmedabad event, drawn on Tuesday 2 September 2025
• Draw 4 – 1x Swinburne gift pack valued at $AU500, drawn from written entry forms completed and entered at Swinburne India Open Day Ahmedabad event, drawn on Tuesday 2 September 2025
• Draw 5 – 1x Swinburne gift pack valued at $AU500, drawn from event registrations for Swinburne India Open Day Hyderabad event, drawn on Friday 5 September 2025
• Draw 6 – 1x Swinburne gift pack valued at $AU500, drawn from written entry forms completed and entered at Swinburne India Open Day Hyderabad event, drawn on Friday 5 September 2025
• Draw 7 – 1x Swinburne gift pack valued at $AU500, drawn from event registrations for Swinburne India Open Day Coimbatore event, drawn on Saturday 6 September 2025
• Draw 8 – 1x Swinburne gift pack valued at $AU500, drawn from written entry forms completed and entered at Swinburne India Open Day Coimbatore event, drawn on Saturday 6 September 2025

6.4 Total prize pool is valued at $AU4000 (excluding GST). 

6.5 If the prize is unavailable, for whatsoever the reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for a prize of equal or greater value, subject to state regulation.

7. Eligible entries

7.1 Entries are free and limited to one (1) per person. By submitting an entry, the entrant warrants that it has the power and capacity to agree to these terms and conditions of entry. The entrant agrees that where necessary, it has taken the opportunity to have independent advice in accepting the terms and conditions of entry into the Promotion.

7.2 Entries will be deemed to be accepted at the time of receipt and not at the time of transmission. Incomplete or incomprehensible entries will be deemed invalid. No responsibility will be taken for lost, late or misdirected entries. 

7.3 The Promoter reserves the right to validate and check the authenticity of any prize claim or entry before awarding a prize. 

8. Contacting draw winners

8.1 The winners will be drawn as stated in the promotion prize draws section.

8.2 All winners will be notified by any of the following methods, including but not limited to: email, telephone, SMS, website or in person, and their name published at Swinburne Competition Winners – in accordance with r56 of the Gambling Regulation Regulations 2005 (Vicon 03/09/2012).

8.3 Swinburne University of Technology will make every attempt possible to contact the winners. Winners must respond with acceptance of prize within two weeks from date of notification. Otherwise, the prize will be redrawn.

8.4 The winner must collect their prize from Swinburne University of Technology by providing appropriate delivery details for prize dispatch, within two months of initial contact from Swinburne staff. If after two months from initial contact from Swinburne staff, and no contact has been made by the winner, the prize will be redrawn, and a new winner will be allocated. 

9. Personal information

All entries become the property of the Promoter. The Promoter collects personal information in accordance with Privacy Policy. The Promoter’s Privacy Statement can be found at https://www.swinburne.edu.au/privacy. To facilitate your participation, the Promoter may disclose your personal information to other companies associated with this promotion. If you do not provide your personal information, the Promoter will not be able to enter you into this promotion.

10. Acknowledging and promoting success 

Prize winners acknowledge and agree that Swinburne may publish the details of the prize winner including photographs taken by Swinburne in Swinburne's marketing material or reports, including social media, Swinburne's website, brochures, or newspapers.

11. Promoter rights reserved

11.1 The Promoter’s decision in relation to any aspects of the competition is final and binding on every person who enters, and no correspondence will be entered into. 

11.2 The Promoter and their associated agencies, and companies associated with this promotion will take no responsibility for prizes damaged or lost in transit. 

11.3 In the event that for any reason whatsoever a winner does not take an element of the prize at the time stipulated by the Promoter then that element of the prize will be forfeited by the winner, and cash will not be awarded in lieu of that element of the Prize.

11.4 The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who the Promoter has reason to believe has breached any of these conditions or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the promotion. The Promoter’s legal rights to recover damages or other compensation from such an offender are reserved.

11.5 If for any reason this promotion is not capable of running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter, which corrupt or affect the administration security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of this promotion, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and, subject to any written directions given by the various Lottery Departments, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the promotion.

11.6 In the case of the intervention of any outside agent or event which naturally changes the result or prevents or hinders its determination, including but not limited to vandalism, power failures, tempests, natural disasters, acts of God, civil unrest, strikes; the Promoter may in its absolute discretion cancel the event and recommence it from the start on the same conditions subject to State Regulation.

12. General

12.1 The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for any personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with any prize/s except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

12.2 The Promoter is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, either caused by the entrant or for any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in this competition, or for any technical error, or any combination thereof that may occur in the course of the administration of this competition including any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line or telephone, mobile or satellite network failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.