India Spells 2009 February 23, 2009

The Students of Grade6/7/8/9,Age:12 to 15 years can participate. The competition will be held in 3 phases.
Phase I - INTRA SCHOOL COMPETITION
This is will be held in the classroom itself. Students of 6, 7, 8 and 9 Standard will compete against each other and the winner(s) of this competition will be eligible to participate in Phase II, the inter-city level.
Phase II - INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITION PER CITY
Beginning on 15 February, the Phase II will feature Schools from 11 cities - Delhi, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. Each school can send either one member or multiple one-member teams. Radio Mirchi will conduct various rounds with increasing levels of difficulty.
Phase III - PRE-FINALE & GRAND FINALE
The phase 2 winners will be invited to Mumbai to compete in the pre-finals followed by the Grand Finale from February 23-26, 2009.
The winner of the Grand Finale will be sent by The Times Group to experience Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington on May 26th/27th 2009.