59th Know India Programme - January 2020

Hey everyone it’s Rawi from the beautiful republic of Suriname.
As many of you all know I participated in the 59th edition of the Know India Programme.

Know India Programme of the Ministry of External Affairs is a orientation programme for diaspora youth conducted with a view to promote awareness on different facets of life in India and the progress made by the country in various fields e.g. economic, industrial, education, science & technology, communication & information Technology, culture. KIP provide a unique forum for students & young professionals of Indian origin to visit India, share their views, expectations & experiences and to develop closer bonds with the contemporary India.

KIP is an engagement programme for Diaspora youth (between the age of 18-30 years) of Indian origin to introduce them to India and promote awareness about different facets of Indian life, our cultural heritage, art and various aspects of contemporary India. This programme is open to youth of Indian origin (excluding non-resident Indians) with preference to those from Girmitiya countries (Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, T&T, Jamaica etc.). The programme has been in existence since 2003.

The program is 25 days and here in this video you can have a little view of the places we have visited. Many places were not filmed due to restrictions. This video is a small part of what we as participants have experienced in The republic of India. We went in the month of January and during that time it’s winter in India.

In this program there were participants from 8 countries to know Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Suriname.
The group counted 40 participants from these countries.

On behalf of everyone of the KIP family we would like to thank the Ministry of External Affairs and Our coordinators Aakash Chatterjee and Ritika Shekhawat for taking good care and looking out for the whole group at all times. Also the Goverment of Partner State Andhra Pradesh which we visited for 10 days for their warm way of treating us and taking such good care of the whole team.

I hope you enjoy this video! Have fun watching and till next time! -Rawi O C

Footage filmed with iPhone 7
Edited with iMovie
Song used from iMovie
2020

[danielsookdeo]

Thank you so much for documenting your experience and sharing with the world. I'm from Trini and looking into the KIP atm. This was very informative.

[noob-zrmg]

you should start a vlog about Suriname, about the culture of people of Indian origin