Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is an on-going National Program of Fellowship in Basic Sciences continued and funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

Tentative Dates :

Opening of online application portal : 10th July 2016
Last date for closing of online application : 16th August 2016
Last date for submitting online application : 23rd August 2016
Exam Date : 6th Nov 2016

Eligibility Criteria :

For Stream SA:

Students enrolled in XI Standard (Science Subjects) during the academic year 2014-15 and having secured a minimum of 80% (70% for SC/ST/PWD) marks in aggregate in Mathematics and Science subjects in the X Standard Board examination.


For Stream SX:

Students enrolled in XII Standard/ (+2) (Science subjects) during the academic year 2014–15 and aspiring to join undergraduate program in Basic Sciences namely Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics & Biology leading to B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math./Int. M.Sc./M.S. for the session 2015–16 provided they have secured a minimum of 80% (70% for SC/ST/PWD) marks in aggregate in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects (Physics/Chemistry/Biology) in the X Standard Board Examination and a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST/PWD) marks in aggregate in SCIENCE subjects (Physics/Chemistry/Biology) in the XII standard Board Examination.

For Stream SB:

Students enrolled in the 1st year of undergraduate program in Basic Sciences namely Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics & Biology leading to B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math./Int. M.Sc./M.S. during the academic year 2014–15 and having secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST/PWD) marks in aggregate

Exam Structure


Subject
Part I (Each question is of one mark)
Part II (Each question is of two mark)

Mathematics
20 questions – 1mark each
10 questions -2 marks each

Physics
20 questions – 1mark each
10 questions -2 marks each

Chemistry
20 questions – 1mark each
10 questions -2 marks each

Biology
20 questions – 1mark each
10 questions -2 marks each

The Duration of test is 3 hours.

The exam is multiple choice questions based for 100 marks.

The paper has two parts,

Part I consisting of four sections (each containing 20 questions) and four sections in Part II (each containing 10 questions).

The answer paper is an OMR sheet.

All the answers are to be marked in the given sheet itself.
One correct answer among the four given choices is to be marked.
There is negative marking for wrong answers. Unanswered questions will not be evaluated and will not be penalized as a wrong answer.