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Is your college taking part?
16 days leftEach Participating Institution selects one student through its own assessment by 19 November 2026. Find your college, then ask its Institutional Coordinator about the assessment.
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Colleges and universities can still register until 15 November 2026. Send this to your Principal:
Respected Sir/Madam, our college can take part in Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0 – Thirukkural Payilvom, the Students' Engagement Programme of the Ministry of Education. Colleges and universities register on the KTS 5.0 portal by 15 November 2026: https://kts.cict.in/institutions/register One student selected by each Participating Institution studies the Thirukkural for a month and receives a stipend of ₹10,000.
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Register your institution by 15 November 2026
12 days leftRegistration is open to every college and university, Central, State or private. The Nodal Institution of your State/UT selects the Participating Institutions on 16–17 November 2026; each then assesses its students by 19 November 2026 and nominates one by 20 November 2026.
125 institutions have registered so far.
Select the Participating Institutions by 17 November 2026
14 days leftSign in to the Console to see the institutions of your State/UT, record the marks of Annexure-V and select the number Annexure-I prescribes, with a reserve list. Then verify the nominations by 5 December 2026.
