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.

Form fees for KVPY Exam:

The application fee for KVPY 2016 are as follows:

For General Category/OBC: Rs. 1000
For SC/ST/PWD: Rs. 500

KVPY Exam Dates

KVPY 2016 Exam Date:- 6th Nov 2016.

The details of the venue of the aptitude test for the eligible students and their seat number will be published in the KVPY website during the second week of October 2016.

The basic objective of KVPY fellowship is to attract exceptionally highly motivated students for pursuing basic science courses and research career in science.

Apart from indentifying students with talent and aptitude for research, this fellowship enables them to

a) realize their academic potential
b) encourage them to take up research careers in Science
c) ensure the growth of the best scientific minds for research and development in the country.

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

Fellowships:-

SA/SX/SB - during 1st to 3rd years of - B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math. / Integrated M.Sc. /M.S.
•Monthly Fellowship - Rs. 5000
•Annual Contingency Grant - Rs. 20000

SA/SX/SB - during M. Sc. / 4th to 5th years of Integrated M.Sc. /M.S./M.Math./M.Stat.
•Monthly Fellowship - Rs. 7000
•Annual Contingency Grant - Rs. 28000