I want to apply for the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) SX scholarship and want details related to this. Will you please provide me some tips how to crack this KVPY SC exam also suggest me some books so I can prepare well for exam also provide KVPY exam dates?

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a scholarship program funded by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India.

KVPY aimed at encouraging students to take up research careers 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.

Tips to crack KVPY SX:

Preparation Tips

Who are already preparing for exams like JEE Main or AIPMT, will not need to worry much about studying for the KVPY exam.

Since there is no prescribed KVPY syllabus, you can just stick to the JEE Main or AIPMT syllabus for the exam and you will find that you are able to solve most of the KVPY questions quite easily.

Those who need assistance should go for one-on-one intensive doubt clearing sessions at this stage – online or offline.

Books to prepare:

Chemistry

P Bahadur for Physical Chemistry
Solomons for Organic Chemistry
O.P Tandon for Inorganic Chemistry

Physics

H. C Verma Vol 1 & 2
I E Irodov

Mathematics

R S Agarwal
S L Loney

Biology
NCERT
Complete AIPMT Guide by MTG

Important dates:

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

The Aptitude test is usually conducted in the month of November every year and the interviews are conducted in the month of January and February.

Contact:

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

Fax: (080) 2360 1215

Telephone:
(080) 22932975 / 76, 23601008, 22933536

Email
For Application related queries
application@kvpy.iisc.ernet.in