The "Kishore Vaigyanik ProtsahanYojana" (KVPY) is a project began in 1999 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India to energize understudies of Basic Sciences to take up examination vocations in Science. The point of the system is to recognize and energize gifted and propelled understudies for seeking after an exploration vocation.

This project endeavours to help the understudies to understand their potential and guarantee that the best logical ability is prepared for innovative work in the nation. Liberal association and possibility gift are given up to the pre-Ph.D. level to the chose understudies. What's more, summer projects for the KVPY Fellows are sorted out in prestigious examination and instructive establishments in the nation.

The Department of Science and Technology, the nodal office of the Government has depended the general obligation regarding arranging the KVPY Program to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and set up a National Advisory Committee (NAC) for managing its execution. A Basic Committee and a National Scientific Committee, take care of both the regulatory and scholarly parts of the KVPY Program.

KVPY 2016-17
Important Dates for KVPY 2016 Admission :-
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

SUBJECTS COVERED
• PHYSICS
• CHEMISTRY
• MATHS
• BIOLOGY

For SB +2
1. The question paper consists of two parts (both contain only multiple choice questions) for 100 marks. There will be four sections in Part I (each containing 20 questions) and four sections in Part II (each containing 10 questions).
2. Answer any THREE of the four sections in Part I, and any TWO of the four sections in Part II. In Part I each correct answer gets 1 mark and for each incorrect answer 0.25 mark will be deducted. In Part II each correct answer gets 2 marks and for each incorrect answer 0.5 mark will be deducted.

For SA
1.The question paper consists of two parts (Part A contains multiple choice questions and Part B contains descriptive type questions) for 100 marks. It consists of 40 questions of 1 mark each and 12 questions of 5 marks each. There will be four sections allotted for (1) Mathematics, (2) Physics, (3) Chemistry and (4) Biology. All questions are compulsory.Part 2 questions are Descriptive type in nature.

In Part - A each correct answer gets 1 mark and for each incorrect answer 0.25 mark will be deducted.
In Part - B each correct answer gets 5 marks. There will be no negative marking for Part B. Part-B will be evaluated only for the top 2500 students based on the marks obtained in Part A.

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Address:

The Convener of Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY),
Indian Institute of Science,
Email : application@kvpy.org.in
Bangalore 560 012.