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Earlier known as Internship Programme for Diaspora Youth (IPDY), it is a three-week internship programme for diaspora youth conducted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with a view to promote awareness on India, its socio-cultural diversity, its all round development, its emergence as an economic powerhouse, India being a centre of higher education and the ongoing developments in various fields including infrastructure, Information technology etc. The participants from countries having larger population of People of Indian Origin are selected based on recommendations made by Indian Missions/ Posts abroad. They are provided with full hospitality and are reimbursed 90% of the international airfare by the most economical class travel to participants from their respective country to India.
The Programme is organized in partnership with the State Governments. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is the organizational partner. Particulars of previous IPDY/KIP are given below: |
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Period |
Partner State(s) |
Participants |
| 1st IPDY |
20 December 03 to
12 January 2004 |
Delhi |
19 |
| 2nd IPDY |
27 December 04 to
15 January 2005 |
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh |
29 |
| 3rd IPDY |
22 August to
11 September 2005 |
Uttaranchal |
24 |
| 4th IPDY |
19 December 2005 to
09 January 2006 |
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh |
22 |
| 5th IPDY |
15 May to
12 June 2006 |
Himachal Pradesh |
25 |
| 6th KIP (Group 1) |
19 December 2006 to
09 January 2007 |
Kerala |
30 |
| 6th KIP
(Group 2) |
03 January to
17 January 2007 |
Rajasthan |
23 |
| 7th KIP |
29 August to
15 September, 2007 |
Goa |
29 |
| 8th KIP |
26 December 2007 to
18 January 2008 |
Tamil Nadu |
34 |
| 9th KIP |
7 to 28 September 2008 |
Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi |
33 |
| 10th KIP |
20 December 2008 to 12 January 2009 |
Madhya Pradesh |
34 |
| 11th KIP |
21 March to 12 April 2009 |
Orissa, Punjab |
22 |
| 12th KIP |
24 September to 16 October 2009 |
Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh |
36 |
| 13th KIP |
28 December 2009 to 20 January 2010 |
Kerala, Rajasthan |
40 |
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| The 13th KIP had 40 participants from 16 countries, viz, Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Israel, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname, South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, USA and Zimbabwe
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