Kalpana Chawla National Scholar (KCNS) Exam 2017

Award Details:
For Students-
The total categories of prizes are 4. Each prize category has 21 winners. The total number of winners are 84 students across all the prize categories.

• 1st Prize: NASA camp. Top 21 students will get to go to NASA camp.
• 2nd Prize: Cash prize of INR 1,00,000 will be awarded to 21 students.
• 3rd Prize: Cash prize of INR 50,000 will be awarded to 21 students.
• Consolation Prize (4th): Cash prize of INR 21,000 will be awarded to 21 students.

For School/Faculty-
To applaud school/faculty's hard work for consistently churning out bright students, prizes for the best faculty / school will be awarded on the basis of maximum student enrollment participation. The total categories of prizes are 3. The 1st prize category to have 4 winners. 2nd & 3rd prize categories to have 9 winners each. The grand total number of winners are 22 winners across all the prize categories.

• 1st Prize: NASA camp. One faculty member from top 4 schools each get to go to NASA camp along with the student winners.
• 2nd Prize: Cash prize of INR 21,000 will be awarded to next top 9 best schools / teachers each.
• 3rd Prize: Cash prize of INR 11,000 will be awarded to next top 9 best schools / teachers each.

KCNS Selection process
The KCNS exam will be conducted in two stages;

• The first stage will be the Online Scholarship Exam. The class-wise merit list will name the qualifiers.
• In the second stage, the qualifiers will have to go through the Rapid Fire round through Skype / Video calling. (Applicable only to the qualifiers.)

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