Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (English: ''Young Scientist Incentive Plan'') (KVPY) used to be a scholarship programme funded by the
Department of Science and Technology of the
Government of India
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, aimed at encouraging students to take up research careers in the areas of basic sciences. It offered scholarships and contingency grants up to the pre-PhD level to selected students. Begun in 1999, it was administered by the
Indian Institute of Science
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a Public university, public, Deemed university, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The ...
.
The students who qualified in the KVPY Exam were eligible for a fellowship as well as admissions into institutes like the
IISc and the
IISER
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) are a group of autonomous institutions established by the Government of India through the Ministry of Education for teaching and research in natural science and to provide collegia ...
based on additional criteria. This exam had 3 Streams: SA (Class 11), SX (Class 12), and SB (First year BSc). Streams SP Basic Sciences (Class 11, 12 and First-year BSc, BTech) and SP Medicine (First-year MBBS) were discontinued since 2012–13. On 18 July 2022, the KVPY website announced the decision of DST to subsume KVPY with INSPIRE. KVPY Aptitude test will not be conducted from the year 2022 onwards. Ongoing KVPY fellows will continue to receive fellowship as per norms from DST.
Rewards
1. The students who qualify KVPY Exam are eligible for the fellowship. The students receive a fellowship from 1st year onwards of their graduation (science field).
2. The KVPY fellows receive 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 . After three years the fellowship is enhanced to per month during M.Sc/4th and 5th year of Integrated M.S./M.Sc and an annual contingency grant of .
3. KVPY Fellows are also eligible to get the DST Inspire Scholarship
granted by Department of Science & Technology (DST) Government of India worth annually.
See also
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Junior Science Talent Search Examination
Mukhyamantri Vigyan Pratibha Pariksha is an Indian scholarship exam conducted each January by the Science Branch of the Directorate of Education in Delhi. It is open to students of recognized schools in Delhi. 1000 students per year are awarded ...
(for grade 9 students only)
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