Hi I am free lancer journalist and I need to write an article on the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) so I want to know that how the KVPY started and some history for the KVPY??

Well the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a scholarship program funded by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India.

The KVPY was started in 1999, it is administered by the Indian Institute of Science.

The merit list is based on 75% weight-age for Aptitude Test marks and 25% weight-age for the interview marks in the streams SA, SB and SX.

SA can be written by students studying Science stream in class 11.

SX can be written by students studying Science stream in class 12.

SB can be written by students studying Science stream in first year of graduation

The advertisement for the KVPY Fellowship appears in all the national dailies normally on the Technology Day (May 11) and the Second Sunday of July every year.

Answer Keys of the exam are published on the KVPY official website

Scholarship Range

Applicants who qualify KVPY Exam are eligible for the fellowship.

The students receive fellowship from 1st year onwards of their graduation.

The KVPY fellows receive Rs. 5000 monthly fellowship from 1st to 3rd year of B.Sc/ B.Stat/ B.S./ B.Maths/ Integrated M.S./M.Sc and an annual contingency grant of Rs.20,000.

After three years the fellowship is enhanced to Rs.7,000 per month during M.Sc/4th & 5th year of Integrated M.S./M.Sc and an annual contingency grant of Rs. 28,000.