The "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana"
(KVPY) is a program started in 1999 by the Department of Science and Technology
(DST), Government of India to encourage students of Basic Sciences, Engineering
and Medicine to take up research careers in these areas. The aim of the program
is to identify, assist and encourage talented students with aptitude for
research and growth in the country.
The selection of students from those studying in
+1, +2, any U.G. Program in Science / Medicine and also Engineering students
having aptitude for scientific research, are carried out by IISc (Bangalore),
IIT-Bombay (Mumbai), and ICMR (New Delhi), respectively, in association with
two Zonal Centers one at (IISER), Kolkata and another at Mumbai (HBCSE, TIFR).
The Department of Science and Technology - the
root agency of the Government has entrusted the overall responsibility for
organizing the scheme to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and
set up a National Advisory Committee (NAC) for overseeing its implementation
and a National Scientific Committee (NSC) look after both the administrative
and academic aspects of the KVPY Program. Generous fellowship and Contingency
grant are provided (up to the pre-Ph.D. level) to the selected students.
Date of KVPY Exam: 4th November 2012
Important
Dates:
Last
date for receipt of the request for application form-
1.
By
post : 03 September, 2012
2.
In
person at IISc : 07 September, 2012
3.
Last
date for closing of online application : 07 September, 2012
4.
Last
date for receipt of the completed
application
(both Online/Hard Copy) : 12 September, 2012
(both Online/Hard Copy) : 12 September, 2012
Fellowship:
The advertisement
for the KVPY Fellowship appears in all the national dailies normally on the
Technology Day the May 11 and Second
Sunday of July every year.
These Fellowships are only for Indian Nationals studying in India.
The Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India, offers attractive fellowships (Rs. 4000 to Rs. 7000 per
month) and contingency grants (Four months fellowship per year) for students
studying in Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Selection to the program
takes into account academic excellence and demonstrated interest in pursuing a
research career. Selection procedures are different for SP (Basic Sciences) and
SP (Medicine). All of them, however, include an interview for final selection.
Pattern of Exam:
1. The question paper in SA Stream will
be both multiple choice objective and descriptive types.
2. In the objective type, 4 choices for
the correct answer will be provided and the choice for the correct answer has
to be made.
3. In the descriptive type solution to
a problem, formula for a sum, etc., has to be worked out and written.
4. There is no negative marking.
Eligibility Criteria:
Eligibility
details for class-X pass students are as follows for Stream – (SA/SX/SB):
Stream SA:
Students enrolled in the XI Standard (Science
Subjects) during the academic year 2012-2013 and have secured a minimum of 80%
(70% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in the X
Standard Board Examination. Students promoted through both the Summative
Assessments-II conducted by the school and conducted
by the Board are eligible to apply, if they satisfy eligibility
criteria. If the candidates have obtained a letter grade in the qualified
examination, they are requested to convert it into an appropriate % and fill-up
the application form.
{The students
under the mentorship list will not be eligible for any fellowship. Their
fellowship will be activated when these students enroll in an undergraduate
course in Basic Sciences (B.Sc./B.S./Int.M.Sc./M.S.) after their XII
Standard/(+2).}
Stream SX:
Students
enrolled in XII Standard/ (+2) (Science subjects) during the academic year
2012–13 and aspiring to join an undergraduate program in Basic Sciences
(B.Sc./B.S./Int. M.Sc./M.S.) for the session 2013–14 provided they have secured
a minimum of 80% (70% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE
subjects in the X Standard Board Examination.
Stream SB:
Students
enrolled in the 1st year of B. Sc./B.S./Int. M.Sc./M.S. during the academic
year 2012–13 and have secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in
aggregate in SCIENCE subjects in the XII Standard Board Examination.
Selection Procedure:
Basic
Sciences – (SA/SX/SB):
a. Aptitude Test: After scrutiny of application
forms and based on the performance in the Board Examination(s), all the
eligible candidates from Streams SA, SX and SB have to appear for a written
aptitude test (conducted both in Hindi and English). The test will be conducted
at different centers across the country on 4th
November 2012. The details of the venue of the aptitude tests and their seat number will be put on the KVPY
website in first week of October 2012.
b. Interview: Candidates will be called
for the interview based on the performance in the aptitude test, which is the
final stage of the selection procedure.
Availability of Admit Card:
i.
Students who have applied online may
download the admit card for the aptitude test from the website from the second
week of October 2012.
ii.
Students, who have applied with a
hard copy, admit card will be sent by speed post.
Request
for Application Form:
- Each
Stream has its own application form. Students who wish to apply for more
than one Stream should submit separate applications.
- Applicants
may apply either by Hard copy or Online.
- Hard
copy of the application form can be obtained from KVPY on request by
remitting a processing fee***
of Rs. 200/- at any core banking branches of STATE BANK OF INDIA, payable
at all branches in India into the credit of "Kishore Vaigyanik
Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) A/c. No. 10270577392" and sending the
“Pay-In-Slip" along with the request, clearly indicating the stream
(i.e. SA, SB, SP) on the envelope.
***The Processing fee
is exempted for the following category of students:
- Girl
students
- Students
belonging to SC/ST
- Physically
and Visually challenged students
Submission of Application Form:
The
completed application form along with the following documents, super-scribing
on the envelope the scheme applied for, should reach the KVPY office on or
before 12/09/2012.
- Caste
certificate in the case of SC/ST students
- Medical
certificate in case of physically and visually challenged students
- Copy
of the marks statement of the qualifying examination(s).
- The
original Pay-in-slip of Rs. 200/- if applicable.
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