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

It is aimed at encouraging students to take up research careers in the areas of basic sciences.

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

It is an ongoing National Program of Fellowships in Basic Sciences, initiated and funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to attract exceptionally talented and highly motivated students for pursuing basic science courses and research career in science.

The objectives of the program are to identify students with talent and aptitude for research; help them realize their potential in their studies; encourage them to take up research careers in Science, and ensure the growth of the best scientific minds for research and development in the country.

Based on the performance in the aptitude test, short-listed students are called for an interview which is the final stage of the selection procedure.

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

SA can be written by students studying Science stream in class 11.

SX can be written by students studying Science stream in class 12.

SB can be written by students studying Science stream in first year of graduation

Contact-

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

Fax: (080) 2360 1215

Telephone080) 22932975 / 76, 23601008, 22933536