Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana
Country India
Launched 1999

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana(English: Young Scientist Incentive Plan) (KVPY) is a scholarship program funded by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, 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. Begun in 1999, it is administered by the Indian Institute of Science.

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 [1]

In year 2015-16, 881 students of class 11, 1554 students of class 12 and 96 students of first year of graduation qualified for KVPY scholarship out of about one lakh students who appeared for the examination.[2][3]

Exam dates

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. Answer Keys of the exam are published on the KVPY official website within 10–12 days of the Aptitude Test. In the year 2015-16, Aptitude Test was conducted on 1 November 2017 and the answer keys were published on 6 November 2017. And the last aptitude exam held on 27 April 2018.[4] In 2016, the exam was conducted on November 6, 2016. Now the last dates has been changed to 3 August 2018 of filling the application and paying fees.

Rewards

The students who qualify KVPY Exam are eligible for the fellowship. The students receive fellowship from 1st year onwards of their graduation. The KVPY fellows receive Rs. 5000 monthly fellowship from 1st to 3rd year of B.Sc/ B.Stat/ B.S./ B.Maths/ Integrated M.S./M.Sc and an annual contingency grant of Rs.20,000. After three years the fellowship is enhanced to Rs.7,000 per month during M.Sc/4th & 5th year of Integrated M.S./M.Sc and an annual contingency grant of Rs. 28,000.[5]

Result Declaration

The results of Aptitude test are generally declared in the second fortnight of December. Final results of the exam(i.e. Aptitude Test+Interview) are declared in the second fortnight of March. In the year 2015-16, the result of Aptitude Test was declared on 21 December 2015, and final results were declared on 26 March 2016. In the year 2016-17, result of Aptitude Test was declared on 19 December 2016, and final results were declared on 31 March 2017. The Aptitude Test results of 2017 were declared on 22 December 2017 and final results were declared on 22 June 2018. After passing examinees verify their original documents, thereafter organization provide suitable posts to all qualified candidates.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://kvpy.iisc.ernet.in/main/eligibility.htm
  2. ↑ http://kvpy.iisc.ernet.in/main/results-2015.htm
  3. ↑ Sabharwal, Ankita. "KVPY 2015 Result- KVPY Merit List, KVPY Cut Off". Mota Chashma. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  4. ↑ Sabharwal, Ankita. "KVPY 2015 Result- KVPY Merit List, KVPY Cut Off". Mota Chashma. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  5. ↑ "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) - Scholarships for students interested in science as a career". kvpy.iisc.ernet.in. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
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