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.

It offers scholarship and contingency grants up to the pre-Ph.D. level to selected students.

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

SA can be written by students studying in class 11.
SX can be written by students studying in class 12.

The composition of the question paper is given in the table below:

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

Overall marks distribution

The paper pattern was same as last year.
The paper had 120 objective type questions.
Candidates have to attempt 80 questions from total 100 marks.

Contact:

The Convener
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012
Fax: (080) 2360 1215
Telephone080) 22932975 / 76, 23601008, 22933536

Email
For Application related queries
application@kvpy.org.in