Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi will organize the following four Know India Programmes (KIP) from December 2016 to January 2017:

Some important aspects w.r.t. these KIPs are as below:

1. All four KIP groups will participate in the youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on 7 January 2017 in Bengaluru and the inauguration  of 14th PBD Convention on 8 January 2017 - where PM and select Chief Ministers will participate and address delegates. Therefore, Bengaluru has been included in the 25 day itinerary of the KIP groups.

2. In the Application Form, the applicant should indicate his preference for each KIP, in the order or priority. Ministry will attempt to allot the first preference of each applicant to the extent possible. If there are too many applicants for a specific KIP, the allotment of candidates will be on first-come-first serve basis and subject to fulfillment of all eligibility criteria.

3. For details please refer to attached Guidelines and Application Form

Completed application forms should be sent to Counsellor (Cons), Embassy of India, Buitenrustweg 2, 2517KD, The Hague by October 25, 2016.