K-DISC will use talent scouting agents, agencies and institutions with excellent credentials and track record and who are engaged in the process of identifying ideas in innovation. These agencies will be relied on to undertake the first level of screening of potential talent.
K-DISC will undertake a process of selection from among the students identified under the various streams.
Agencies and institutions organizing state level knowledge fests, science fairs, work exhibitions, and innovation talent hunts for high school and higher secondary levels in Kerala for at least five years continuously with multi-level merit-based and transparent selection processes shall be involved.
Such agencies shall be certified by any one of the following government departments involved in human resources development of children and youth.
- Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment.
- Directorate of Technical Education
- Directorate of Higher Secondary Education
- Directorate of Vocational Higher Secondary Education
- Directorate of Industrial Training
- Directorate of Collegiate Education
- Directorate of Social Justice
- Agricultural Technology Management Agency
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