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Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a national level scholarship programs conducted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The exam is intended for encouraging the bright students studying Basic Sciences to take up research career in Science.

The aim of the program is to identify and encourage talented and motivated students to pursue career in research. This program aims to assist the students to realize their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is groomed for research and development in the country.

This program aims to assist the students to realize their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is groomed for research and development in the country. Generous fellowship and contingency grant are provided to the selected KVPY Fellows up to the pre Ph.D. level or 5 years whichever is earlier. In addition, summer camps for the KVPY Fellows are organized in prestigious research and educational institutions in the country. The badge of being a KVPY Scholar is a prestigious one and it provides direct admission to top institutes like IISc and the various IISERs.

After clearing KVPY, you will receive scholarship (monthly and yearly) during your basic science course (3 year or 5 year integrated course). Selection of the students is made from those studying in XI standard to 1st year of any undergraduate Program in Basic Sciences namely B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math./Int. M.Sc./M.S. in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology having aptitude for scientific research. Special groups / Committees are set up at IISc to screen the applications and conduct an aptitude test at various Centres 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. For receiving a fellowship, both aptitude test and interview marks are considered.

The KVPY 2021 exam date has been rescheduled to January 9, 2022. Initially, the exam was scheduled to be organized on November 7, 2021. As per the latest information, the KVPY exam will now be organized on January 9, 2022.

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KVPY 2022 will be held in last week of January 2022 through Online mode.

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