Students to be selected from 1,000 colleges and universities across India under the ‘Thirukkural Payilvom’ initiative

Varanasi: Under the KTS 5.0 initiative, launched with the objective of promoting India’s knowledge traditions and ethical values among students, 300 students from Uttar Pradesh will get an opportunity to receive fellowships of ₹10,000 each. Educational institutions, colleges and universities across the state have been urged to complete their institutional registration within the stipulated timeframe.

Aanchal Srivastava, Nodal Officer of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), said that the theme of KTS 5.0 is ‘Thirukkural Payilvom – Let Us Learn Thirukkural’. The initiative aims to familiarise students with the philosophy of life, ethical teachings, human values and universal wisdom embedded in Thirukkural, the invaluable literary work of Tamil literature.

Under the initiative, a total of 1,000 students will be selected from 1,000 colleges and universities across the country. The selected students will get an opportunity to study Thirukkural in their mother tongue or preferred language. After completing the programme, they will return to their respective institutions and disseminate the teachings and messages of Thirukkural among fellow students.

Uttar Pradesh will have a special participation in the programme, with 300 students to be selected from the state. Each selected student will receive a fellowship of ₹10,000.

Aanchal Srivastava appealed to heads of educational institutions, colleges and universities across Uttar Pradesh to complete the registration within the prescribed deadline. She informed that the last date for institutional registration has been fixed as November 15, 2026.

Institutions can register through the official KTS 5.0 portal:

https://kts.cict.in/institutions/register

She also urged the concerned departments to share the information with students and encourage them to participate in the initiative.