Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a scholarship program funded by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India to make career in the research in the areas of basic sciences, engineering and medicine.

Pattern of Exam:

Subject Part I Part II
Mathematics 20 questions-1 mark each 10 questions-2 marks each Physics
20 questions-1 mark each 10 questions-2 marks each Chemistry
20 questions-1 mark each 10 questions-2 marks each Biology
20 questions-1 mark each 10 questions-2 marks each

Eligibility for KVPY:

Stream SA: Students enrolled in XI Standard (Science Subjects) and have secured a minimum of 80% (70% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in the X Standard Board Examination.

Stream SX: Students enrolled in Class XII (+2) and aspiring to join undergraduate program in Basic Sciences (B.Sc/B.S./Int. M.Sc) provided they secured a minimum of 80% (70% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in the X Standard Board Examination.

Stream SB: Students enrolled in 1st year B.Sc. /B.S. /Int. M.Sc. and have secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in SCIENCE subjects in the XII Standard Board Examination.

KVPY 2016 Notification:-

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
KVPY 2016 Date:- 6th Nov 2016

Contact:

The Convener
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012

Fax: (080) 2360 1215
Telephone080) 22932975 / 76, 23601008, 22933536