KVPY Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana 2019

The application process for the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 2019 scholarship programme has been started. Interested candidates can apply at the official website of KVPY- kvpy.iisc.ernet.in, the application process will conclude on August 20. The examination for KVPY will be organised by the Indian Institute Of Science (IISc), Bangalore.

The KVPY is a national level scholarship programme up to pre-Ph.D level. The candidates will be selected through an aptitude test and an interview. The exam for the scholarship will be conducted on November 3, as per the official schedule and the admit card for the same will be available from the third week of October 2019.
Selection of the students is made from those studying in Class 11 to first-year of any undergraduate Program in Basic Sciences having an aptitude for scientific research.

Eligibility criteria for KVPY

Students enrolled for class 11 or class 12 with science subjects and gained 75 per cent marks (65 per cent for SC/ ST/ PWD) of aggregate in science and mathematics in class 10 board exams are eligible. The scholarship for the stream will be activated only when students will take admission in UG courses in Basic Science and have to score minimum 60 per cent (50 per cent for SC/ST/PWD) of aggregate in science subjects in class 12 as well as in the first year of the undergraduate course.

Steps to apply online for KVPY 2019

Step 1: Candidates can apply from the official website – kvpy.iisc.ernet.in
Step 2: Fill personal and academic details, choose exam centre and upload the scanned images and the required documents
Step 3: Candidates have to pay the application fees and can take a print copy of the application form and payment details for further reference.

Application fee

The application fees for the general candidates is Rs 1000 and for reserved category candidates the same Rs 500.

The result of KVPY Fellowship award 2018

KVPY Fellowship Award - 2018

Following is the provisional list of candidates in the order of merit, recommended for the Award of KVPY Fellowship-2018. The merit list is based on the marks obtained by a Candidate: 75 % of the marks in the Aptitude Test + 25 % of the marks in the Interview.
All India Rank List – General Merit and cut off marks

• Stream – SA (54.00 % and above)
• Stream – SX (52.00 % and above)
• Stream – SB (49.00 % and above)

All India Rank List under Empowerment Initiative for SC/ST students in the KVPY Fellowship Program and cut off marks:

• Stream – SA (40.00 % and above)
• Stream – SX (40.00 % and above)
• Stream – SB (35.00 % and above)

All India Rank List under Empowerment Initiative for PWD students in the KVPY Fellowship Program and cut off marks:

• Stream – SA (40.00 % and above)
• Stream – SX (40.00 % and above)
• Stream – SB (35.00 % and above)

The marks of all the candidates who appeared for the Aptitude Test & Interview (as applicable) can be     obtained from the KVPY website during last week  of April 2019 by logging in with the application number and date of birth.

The Award of KVPY Fellowship will be  subject to verification of the required documents.
In case of SA candidates, the fellowship will be effective from 1st August 2020, provided they pursue an undergraduate course in Basic Sciences, namely B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math./Int. M.Sc./M.S. in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Biotechnology, Neurosciences, Bioinformatics, Marine Biology, Geology, Human Biology, Genetics, Biomedical Sciences, Applied Physics, Geophysics, Materials Science or Environmental Science.
In case of SX/SB candidates, the fellowship will be effective from 1st August 2019 provided they pursue an undergraduate course in Basic Sciences in branches mentioned above for SA candidates.
The candidates are required to intimate the KVPY office by email (fellowship.kvpy@iisc.ac.in) about their admission to the undergraduate program by 5th September 2019, so as to enable this office  to forward the required forms for the candidates to fill up and submit to activate the KVPY fellowships.