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Announcement of Know India Programmes (KIP)

June 04, 2019

Embassy of India

Prague

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Announcement of Know India Programmes (KIP)

Since 2004, the Government of India has been organizing “Know India Programmes” (KIPs) for the Indian youth diaspora in the age group of 18-30, with an objective to connect them with their motherland and to give them an exposure about the various aspect of contemporary India’s form of Art, Culture and heritage etc. The KIP is of 25 days programme together with 10 days tour to one or two partner State.

2. In its series, the Government of India has decided to organize 6 KIPs during the Financial year 2019-20. Out of these 6 KIPs, the Government has already announced 3 Know India Programmes on the KIP portal on 30thMay 2019. The schedule of the these KIPs is as under:-

S. No.	No. of KIP	Partner State	Duration of the whole KIP in India	Schedule for visiting Partner State	Last date of online submission of applications on KIP Portal
1	54thKIP	Punjab, and Haryana	1stAugust to 25thAugust, 2019	Punjab– 6 August to 10thAugust, 2019; & Haryana -10thAugust to 15thAugust, 2019.	30thJune, 2019
2	55thKIP	Goa	3rdSeptember to 27thSeptember, 2019	7thSeptember to 16thSeptember, 2019	30thJuly, 2019
3	56thKIP	Kerala	1stOctober to 25thOctober, 2019.	5thOctober to 14thOctober, 2019	30thAugust, 2019

3. It may be noted that “no application of an applicant will be considered for these KIPs, if the said applicant had already visited India under any of the scheme funded by the Government of India.”.
4. The Indian youth diaspora who fulfill the above criteria are encouraged to apply online on the KIP portal. (www.kip.gov.in).

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Prague, Czech Republic
03 June, 2019