I will tell you details of Kishorel Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) exam along with address of Bangalore office.


The Kishorel Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a national level fellowship programme conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore to attract and motivate students across the country to pursue a research career and basic science education.

Selection procedure
The candidates are to go through two stages of selection procedure – Aptitude Test and Interview. After a scrutiny of the application forms, the eligible candidates are called for a written aptitude test.

Eligibility
Check the eligibility criteria of KVPY 2016 below:

Students of Class X and XII from both government and private schools are eligible for KVPY 2016 scholarship programme.

Only Indian National candidates are eligible for the KVPY fellowships/scholarships.

Students who want to pursue their education in India in the undergraduate courses as listed below are eligible for the KVPY programme.

To provide scholarships, the exam conducting authority selects students of class XI to first year of undergraduate programme in Basic Sciences – B.Sc/B.S/B.Stat/B.Math/Int. M.Sc/M.S. in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology.

Application form
For General Category/OBC: Rs 1000+KVAT @ 5.5%=Rs. 1055

For SC/ST/PWD: Rs 500+KVAT @ 5.5%= Rs. 528

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.


Address:-
Kishorel Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012

Phone:-
(080) 22932975