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Know UK QUIZ 2010 is being organised for all the students of XI-XII and undergraduate & postgraduate courses studying in the institutions based in the states of Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir.

The qualifying rounds for same will be held at five locations.The dates for qualifying rounds and the last dates of application are as below-


Location	Date of qualifying round	Last date of application	Venue
Chandigarh	14 January 2010	10 January	Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh
Chandigarh	15 January 2010	10 January	Government Museum and Art Gallery Sector 10, Chandigarh
Lucknow	21 January 2010	15 January	University of Lucknow Department of English and Modern European Languages Lucknow
Jaipur	29 January 2010	25 January	Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls Public School Sawai Ramsingh Road, Ajmeri Gate Jaipur - 302001
Indore	03 February 2010	29 January	Daly College, Residency Area, Indore - 452001
New Delhi	10 February 2010	05 February	British Council, 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001

The schedule for qualifying rounds-

Registration Time: 09.30 a.m. – 10.15 a.m.
Qualifying Rounds: 10.15 a.m.- 2.00 p.m.

The winners of the Qualifying Rounds already held

Location/Date
Chandigarh 14 January	DAV College, Sector-10 Chandigarh	Abhishek Sanghi & Akshay Bishnoi
Chandigarh 15 January	DAV Model School, Sector-15A Chandigarh	Prateek Yadav & Shivan Kaul
Lucknow 21 January	IIM , Lucknow	Vipin Nair & Nirad Inamdar
Jaipur 29 January	BITS, Pilani	Rishabh Kaul & Shailesh Jha
Indore 03 February	Daly College, Indore	Aman Jain & Harshveer Jain

The Grand finals will take place in New Delhi on 11 February 2010.

Who can participate?

Students starting from class XI-XII and undergraduate & postgraduate students would be eligible to participate.

How to participate?

We have sent invitation letters to the institutions located in the states mentioned above.If you are interested to participate , please contact the Principal's office.
Each institute may send in up to 3 teams comprising two members each.
In case your institution has not received the invitation, please download the terms and conditions and the application form and send us the filled in forms at the mail id mentioned below.

What happens after sending application?

After receiving and reviewing the applications we will send you the confirmation of participation.
The teams would sit for a Written Preliminary round (at each location) comprising 15 questions, including visual based questions. The top 12 teams would be selected for 2 Semi Final rounds on stage, which would be multimedia shows. The top 3 teams from each of the semi finals would qualify for the Regional Final.
The winning team from the Regional Final would represent the zone in the Grand Final, which would be a 75 - 80 minute multimedia show with a variety of interactive formats. The winner would be the team with the highest points in the end.

Contact information:

In case of any query and for sending the application forms, please write to Ms Gayathri Vedanarayanan at Gayathri.Vedanarayanan@in.britishcouncil.org.
You may also call us on 09711860081 or fax your application form to 011-23711606/607 mark it with` Kind Attention Education UK"

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