Embassy of India, Belgrade, Serbia

Know India Programmes (KIPs)

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.

In this series, the Government 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 30^thMay 2019. The schedule of the these KIPs is as under:-

Sl. 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	54^th KIP	Punjab, and Haryana.	1^st August to 25^th August , 2019	Punjab – 6 August to 10^thAugust, 2019; &Haryana - 10^th August to 15^th August, 2019.	30^th June, 2019.
2	55^th KIP	Goa	3^rd September to 27^th September, 2019.	7^th September to 16^thSeptember, 2019	15th July, 2019.
3	56^th KIP	Kerala,	1^st October to 25^th October, 2019.	5^th October to 14^thOctober, 2019.	15th August, 2019

Detailed guidelines on eligibility/selection criteria, assistance provided and Role /responsibilities etc. for registration are available at www.kip.gov.in

Regards,

(Vijay Kumar)

First Secretary