Earlier known as Internship Programme for Diaspora Youth (IPDY), the Know India Programme 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 organisational partner.

The content of the programme broadly includes the following:

• Visit and stay at a University/College/Institute.
• Visit to Industry
• Visit to a village
• Exposure to Indian media and Film Industry.
• Presentations on the country, the constitution, political process etc.
• Interaction with NGOs and/or organizations dealing with women affairs.
• Call on high dignitaries, which may include President, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs,   Youth Affairs and Sports, Women and Child Development.
• Visit to places of historical importance/Monuments.
• Cultural events.

The 13th Know India Programme, which starts on 28th December 2009 and ends on 20 January 2010, will be held in Kerala and Rajasthan. This programme is bringing together 40 participants from around the world: Australia, Chile, Fiji, Israel, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Suriname, Trinidad, USA and Zimbabwe.

The participants from Mauritius are Ms. Preeyamvada Chuttooar and Mr Yavin Raj Bholah.

Comstudent.

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This is the first time in Mauritian universities’ history that an inter-tertiary competition is being organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

The Universities involved are as follows:
- University of Mauritius (UOM)
- IVTB
- Institut Superieur de Technologie (IST)
- University of Technology (UTM)
- JR School
- Swami Dayanand Institute of Management (SDIM)
- Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE).

The football preliminaries are as follows (further info about other pools and scores will be updated):

- 08 Oct 2009- UOM (A) vs IVTB (B)  [Final score 13-0]
- 08 Oct 2009- UOM (B) vs IVTB (A) [Full time score 4-0]
- 13 Oct 2009 at MFA House Trianon- UOM (B) vs IST  [10hrs]
- 15 Oct 2009 at MFA House Trianon- UOM (A) vs UTM [10hrs]
- 30 Oct 2009 at CNFF Reduit- FINAL [noon].

Volleyball (Man) Fixtures [the following matches will be played at UOM Gymnasium]

- 09 Oct 2009- UOM vs JR School [10hrs]
- 14 Oct 2009- UOM vs IST [11hrs]
- 20 Oct 2009- UOM vs MIE [10hrs]
- 23 Oct 2009- UOM vs Swami Dayanand [10hrs]

Volleyball (Woman) Fixtures [Venue: UOM GYmnasium]

- 15 Oct 2009- UOM vs JR School [10hrs]
- 27 Oct 2009- UOM vs MIE [10hrs]

Basketball (Woman) Fixtures [Venue: UOM GYmnasium]

- 13 Oct 2009- UOM vs MIE [13hrs30]
- 16 Oct 2009- UOM vs JR School [13hrs30]
- 29 Oct 2009- FINAL [13hrs30]

Basketball (Man) Fixtures

Not Available

Badminton (Single woman, single man, double man, double woman, double mix) Fixtures [Venue: National Badminton Centre]

- 1st Round- 22nd Oct 2009 [10hrs]
- 2nd Round- 23rd Oct 2009 [10hrs].

UOM athletes are expecting UOM’s staff and students’ support.

Yaveen
Yr4.

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