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KVPY, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana is a national fellowship programme funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The fellowship is given on the basis of a written exam followed by an interview. Every year the short notification releases on May 11 and the detailed KVPY notification is released in July.
Students who are selected under the KVPY Programme as KVPY Fellow will get Contingency grants up to the pre-Ph. D Level. The fellowship will be awarded based on the Aptitude Exam & Interview and KVPY 2018 aptitude exam will be held in 1st week of July 2018.
The Aptitude exam can be taken by students pursuing B.Sc. /B.S./ B.Stat./ B.Math./ Int. M.Sc./ M.S or Class 11, 12 (Science Students) but the fellowship in the case of school students will only be activated if they join Basic science course after Class 12. KVPY Application form 2017 has to be filled online only, and from this year the Aptitude test will be conducted in online mode only.
Latest Update: KVPY Notification is released for 2018.
| Event | Date |
| KVPY Application form filling begins | 1st week of July 2018 |
| KVPY 2017 last date to apply online | July 2018 |
| Last date for Payment of Application fees | August 2018 |
| Download KVPY Admit Card | October 2018 |
| KVPY 2017 Aptitude Exam | 1st week of November 2018 |
| KVPY Answer Key | Last week of November |
| KVPY Result | December 2018 |
| Gender | Both |
| Region | All Indian Nationals (Except OCI and PIO’s) |
| Class/ Age | Class 11, Class 12 and 1st-year students of undergraduate Programme in Basic Sciences |
| Details |
1st year students of B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math./Int. M.Sc./M.S. in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology having an aptitude for scientific research can apply for KVPY Fellowship. There are 3 categories in which KVPY Aptitude exam would be conducted KVPY Eligibility for Stream SX- Class 12 Students
KVPY Eligibility for Stream SA- Class 11 Students
KVPY Eligibility for Stream SB
Not Eligible for the KVPY 2018 Fellowship
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KVPY 2017 fellows get a chance to participate in the Summer Program for a week at the Indian Institute for Science Education and Research (IISER) - Kolkata, Pune, Mohali, Bhopal, and Trivandrum.
Access to National Laboratories/ Universities who have agreed to extend special privileges to a library, laboratory facilities, etc. to KVPY 2017 Fellows on the production of the ID card issued to every KVPY 2017 Fellow.
KVPY Fellowship has to be renewed every year subject to the academic performance of the candidates. The candidate should secure minimum 60% in addition to participation and satisfactory performance in the Summer Camp in the first year and summer project every year.
Note: KVPY fellowship for the students selected under the stream SA/SX/SB will be started after the Class 12 / (10+2) / 1st year UG, ONLY if they pursue an undergraduate course in Basic Sciences.
Candidates can get their KVPY 2017 application form online only and there is no offline application for KVPY 2017. Students can fill KVPY 2017 Online Application form before the due date.
In the online procedure, the candidates can download KVPY application form from Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana online website www.kvpy.org.in. The Online application has started from 16 July 2017. Follow the link given below to apply online for the KVPY 2017.
KVPY Online Application Form - Apply Online Here
Documents to be Uploaded with KVPY Application Form 2017
Candidates have to upload the following documents while making the KVPY Application Form and so the students are advised to keep the document ready before starting with the application form.
| Category | Application Fee |
| General / OBC | Rs 1000 |
| SC/ST/Physically and Visually Challenged | Rs 500 |
Until 2014, the application fee for the General and OBC was Rs. 500 and there was no application fee for the reserved category.
The Application fee has to be paid only at the KVPY application portal. This can be done either by using a credit card/ATM-Debit card/Net Banking or by downloading an e-challan from the application portal. No other means of payment will be accepted
If the candidates choose to pay the exam fees through Challan, then they will have to take a print out of Challan and make a payment before the due date.
After the payment is complete candidates must re-login to upload a scanned copy of the duly filled challan and Bank details. Your application will not be complete without uploading the challan.
KVPY Admit Card will be released in October for the exam to be conducted in November. The candidates can download the admit card by following the link given below. The candidates after downloading the admit card must verify the details such as Name of the Candidates, Date and Time of Exam, Venue of the Exam etc.
Shortlisting of the KVPY applications
KVPY aptitude test is scheduled to be conducted on 5 November 2017. All eligible students will be called for a KVPY aptitude test to be conducted in both Hindi and English Language. This year the KVPY Aptitude exam will be held only in online mode. Until last year the exam was held in both online and offline mode.
KVPY Syllabus - The aptitude test aims to test the understanding and analytical ability of the student than his/her factual knowledge. The students are tested for the syllabus up to class X/XII/1st year of B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math./Int. M.Sc./M.S. as applicable. However, it is to be noted that there is no prescribed syllabus for the aptitude test.
KVPY Online Exam will be held in 54 cities;KYPY 2017 Centres, Interview Venue, and Dates
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Agartala (Tripura) |
Mangaluru(Karnataka) |
Huballi(Karnataka) |
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Agra(Uttar Pradesh) |
Mohali (Punjab) |
Hyderabad(Telangana) |
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Ahmedabad (Gujarat) |
Mumbai (Maharashtra) |
Indore(Madhya Pradesh) |
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Allahabad(Uttar Pradesh) |
Mysuru(Karnataka) |
Jaipur(Rajasthan) |
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Ambala(Haryana) |
Nagpur(Maharashtra) |
Jalandhar(Punjab) |
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Aurangabad(Maharashtra) |
Noida (Delhi-NCR) |
Jammu(Jammu & Kashmir) |
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Belagavi(Karnataka) |
Pallakad (Kerala) |
Jamshedpur(Jharkhand) |
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Bengaluru(Karnataka) |
Patna(Bihar) |
Jodhpur(Rajasthan) |
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Bhopal(Madhya Pradesh) |
Pune(Maharashtra) |
Kanpur(Uttar Pradesh) |
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Bhubaneshwar(Orissa) |
Raipur(Chhattisgarh) |
Kolkata(West Bengal) |
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Calicut(Kerala) |
Rajkot(Gujarat) |
Lucknow(Uttar Pradesh) |
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Chandigarh(Chandigarh) |
Ranchi(Jharkhand) |
Madurai(Tamil Nadu) |
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Chennai(Tamil Nadu) |
Rourkela(Orissa) |
Vadodara(Gujarat) |
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Coimbatore(Tamil Nadu) |
Salem(Tamil Nadu) |
Varanasi(Uttar Pradesh) |
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Dehradun(Uttarakhand) |
Siliguri(West Bengal) |
Vijayawada(Andhra Pradesh) |
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Delhi(Delhi-NCR) |
Thrissur(Kerala) |
Visakhapatnam(Andhra Pradesh) |
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Durgapur(West Bengal) |
Trivandrum(Kerala) |
Ghaziabad(Delhi-NCR) |
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Ernakulam(Kerala) |
Faridabad(Delhi-NCR) |
Guwahati(Assam) |
It is to be noted that virtual calculators will be available at the examination venue, as displayed in the mock link. Candidates are not allowed to carry calculators inside the examination hall.
| Subject | Questions | Marks | ||
| SA | SB/SX | SA | SB/SX | |
| Mathematics | 15 5 |
20 10 |
15 10 |
20 20 |
| Chemistry |
15 5 |
20 10 |
15 10 |
20 20 |
| Physics | 15 5 |
20 10 |
15 10 |
20 20 |
| Biology | 15 5 |
20 10 |
15 |
20 |
| Total | 80 | 120 | 100 | 160 |
Based on the performance in the aptitude test, short-listed students will be asked to appear for an interview which is the final stage of the selection procedure >> Read more about KVPY Interview Questions
KVPY 2013 & 2014 Cut Off Marks
The provisional list of students who have qualified in the Aptitude Test and eligible to be called for interview based on the performance in the KVPY Aptitude Test held on October 27, 2013, and The cut-off list for the KVPY 2014 Exam that was held on November 2, 2014, are given below:
| Stream | KVPY Cut Off (Out of 100) General |
KVPY Cut off (Out of 100) SC/ST |
KVPY Cut Off (Out of 100) PWD |
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| 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | |
| SA | 53 | 43 | 41 | 32 | 41 | 32 |
| SB | 40 | 50 | 30 | 34 | 27 | 34 |
| SX | 46 | 54 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 40 |
The students who qualify for the KVPY Exam are granted direct admission to some of the prestigious science research institutes in India.
The Convener Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Bangalore 560 012
Phone no.: 080 - 22932975/76, 080- 23601008 & 080 - 22933536
Fax No. : 080-2360 1215
Email: applications.kvpy@iisc.ac.in (For any query related to KVPY 2018 Application)
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