The 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.

Its basic objective is to attract exceptionally highly motivated students for pursuing basic science courses and research career in science. Apart from identifying students with talent and aptitude for research, this fellowship enables them to:

a) Realize the academic potential
b) Encourage to take up research careers in Science
c) Ensure growth of the best scientific minds for research and development in India

KVPY 2016 Important Dates

Application form begins
July 18, 2016

Last date of online application submission
August 30, 2016

Admit Card
Second week of October, 2016

Exam Date
November 6, 2016

Result
Third week of December, 2016


KVPY 2016 Exam Pattern –

The candidates can appear in the aptitude test in either for format – computer-based and paper-pen mode.

A total of 80 questions are asked for SA stream and 120 questions for SB/SX stream to answer in the OMR-sheet.

There is no prescribed syllabus for the aptitude test, but students are tested according to their syllabus of Class X/XII/First year of B.Sc/B.S/B.Stat/B.Math/Int. M.Sc/M.S, whatever is applicable.

Contact Detail:
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore - 560012
Fax: (080) 2360 1215
Telephone: (080) 22932975 / 76, 23601008, 65474150