ABOUT KVPY The "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" (KVPY) is a program started in 1999 by the Department of Science and Technology, 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 and encourage talented students with aptitude for research. This program strives to assist the students to realise their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is developed for research and growth in the country. Generous scholarship and contingency grant are provided (up to the pre-Ph.D. level) to the selected students. In addition, summer programs for the KVPY Fellows are organized in prestigious research and educational institutions in the country. The KVPY is funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The program is administered by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore). 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 Kolkata (Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Kolkata) and another at Mumbai (HBCSE, TIFR). There are special groups or committees set up at IISc, which screen the applications, conduct interviews at various centers, make the final selection. The Department of Science and Technology - the nodal agency of the Government has entrusted the overall responsibility for organizing the scheme to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and set up a National Advisory Committee (NAC) for overseeing its implementation. A Basic Committee and a National Scientific Committee look after both the administrative and academic aspects of the KVPY Program.
ELIGIBILITY 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 p.m) and contingency grants (Four months fellowship p.a) 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. Click here for eligibility details for each stream: • • •
Basic Sciences – SA/SB/SX SP (Basic Sciences) SP (Medicine)
1. What
is
the
syllabus
for
the
written
test?
There is no prescribed syllabus for the written test. The written test aims to test the understanding and analytical ability of the student than his/her factual knowledge. However, students are tested for the syllabus upto class XII.
2. I have completed my X Standard exam in 2010, am I eligible to apply for KVPY 2011? (a) Stream SA: Students enrolled in the XI Standard (Science Subjects) during the academic year 20112011-20 2012 12 and and have have secu secure red d a mini minimu mum m of 80% 80% (70% (70% for for SC/S SC/ST) T) mark marks s in aggr aggreg egat ate e in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in the X Standard Board Examination. [Students promoted through both the Summative Assessments-II conducted by the school and conduced 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) (b) Stream SX : Students enrolled in class 12 (+2) during the academic year 2011-2012 and aspiring to join undergraduate program in Basic Sciences (B.Sc./B.S./ Int. M.Sc) for the session 2012 – 2013 provided they secured a minimum of 80% (70% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in the X Standard Board Examination. (c) Strea tream m SB: Studen udents ts enr enrolle olled d in the the 1st Yea Year Scienc ience e under ndergr gra adua duate progr rogram am (B.Sc./B.S./integrated (B.Sc./B.S./integrated M.Sc.) during the academic year 2011-2012 and having secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in Mathematics and Science subjects in the XII Standard Board Examination. elig igib ible le for st stre rea am SP (B (Bas asic ic Scie ien nce ces) s) and SP (M (Med edic icin ine) e)? ? 3. When can I be el Stream SP (Basic Sciences) : Students enrolled in XI/XII standard, I/II year (B.Sc./B.S./Int.
M.Sc.) in Basic Sciences during the academic year 2011 – 2012 and have secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in the X & XII Standard Board Examinations. A hard copy of an original and creative science based research project done by the applicant is required along with the application. In addition to this, students enrolled in I/II year B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. during the academic year 2011–2012 and have secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in X and XII Standard Board Examinations. Students enrolled in the II year B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. program must have secured a minimum minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks marks in the I year examination. A hard copy of an original and creative science based research project done by the applicant is required along with the application Stream SP (Medicine):Stream SP (Medicine): Students enrolled in I/II professional year of the
MBBS/BDS/BVSc/B.Pharma program during the academic year 2011–2012 and have secured 80% (70% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in SCIENCE subjects in the XII Standard Board Examination. Students enrolled in the II professional year of the MBBS/BDS/BVSc/B.Pharma MBBS/BDS/BVSc/B.Pharma program must have secured 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in the I year examination. A hard copy of an original and creative Bio-Medical project must be submitted along with the application.
4. When
does
the
KVPY
advertisement
come
in
the
newspapers?
The advertisement for the KVPY Fellowship appears in all the national dailies on May 11/2011 and July 10/ 2011.
5. Can
I
avail
the
KVPY
Fellowship
along
with
a
merit
scholarship?
KVPY does not allow its Fellows to receive simultaneously fellowship/scholarship from more than one source, either government or private. In case they are in receipt of any other fellowship or scholarship they will have to relinquish it in order to avail the KVPY Fellowship.
6. What sort of project would be preferred (a working model or theoretical study?) 7. Is there a word limit for the project report? 8. Is it compulsory to have a blue print of some proposal which has not been tried before? 9. Should
the
project
strictly
deal
with
a
theme
or
a
topic?
Answers to 6, 7, 8 and 9: We look look for evidence evidence of origin originali ality ty and and innova innovativ tivene eness ss in the proje project. ct. It shoul should d be pre precis cise, e, demonstrable if it is an experiment. It should have a new idea or a new concept, if it is a theoretical study. Routine improvement of an existing idea is generally discouraged.
FELLOWSHIPS BASIC SCIENCES
Monthly Fellowship
Annual Contingency Grant
SA and SP
Rs. 4000
Rs. 16000
Rs. 5000
Rs. 20000
Rs. 7000
Rs. 28000
(After X Class)
SB and SP
During B.Sc./B.S. and 1st to 3rd years of Integrated M.Sc.
SB and SP
During M.Sc./M.S and 4th and 5th years of Integrated M.Sc.
SP (Basic Science / Engineering students)
Monthly Fe Fellowship
Annual Co Contingency Grant
1st, 2nd and 3rd year
Rs. 5000
Rs. 20000
During Subsequent Years
Rs. 7000
Rs. 28000
SP (MEDICINE)
Monthly Fellowship
Annual Contingency
1st, 2nd and 3rd Year
Rs. 5000
Rs. 20000
During Subsequent Years
Rs. 7000
Rs. 28000
Continuation
of
fellowship
Annual renewal of fellowships will depend on maintaining a good academic performance (I Class or 60% marks in aggregate) in each academic year in the chosen stream and satisfactory performance in the Summer Programs. Note that KVPY Fellows who opt out of the chosen stream (Basic Science or Medicine) at any stage will forfeit the Fellowship and Contingency Grant with immediate effect. The fellowship for the students select selected ed under under the stream stream SA will will be contin continued ued after after the 12th standa standard rd (+2) (+2) only only if they they pursue pursue an undergraduate course in Basic Science (B.Sc./B.S./Int. M.Sc.) Privileges
Summer programs are important parts of the nurture program for KVPY Fellows. These are meant to expose the Fellows to methods of scientific research and inculcate in them an abiding interest in doing scientific research. These are normally organized during the summer vacation, when KVPY Fellows spend one or two weeks in scientific institutions listening to lectures by experts in different fields of science, engineering or medicine, see things in a research environment, science in action, watch scientists at work, interact with scientist scientists, s, visit visit nearby nearby scientific scientific research research laboratori laboratories es and institution institutions, s, and exchange views with other other research students. Sometimes Fellows with specific interest are associated with individual scientists who talk to them about their interest, help them clear their doubts, give them problem to work out, let them to do experiments, and tell them about the future scope in the area of their interest. The Summer Program for KVPY Fellows in the Basic Basic Science Science Stream Stream is arranged arranged either at Bangalor Bangalore e or Kolkata or Allahabad or Mumbai or Pune or Mohali or Trivandrum for One / Two weeks. The Summer Program for KVPY Fellows in the Engineering Stream is organized by IIT-Bombay. The Fellows get an opportunity to work on innovative projects under the guidance of distinguished engineering faculty. KVPY Fellows in the Medicine Stream are required to attend a summer program for two weeks or more on a mutually convenient time of the fellow and the mentor who may be identified by the fellow in consultation with ICMR, New Delhi.
Other
Privileges
Each KVPY Fellow will be issued with an Identity card so as to have access to renowned National laboratories/ Universities who have agreed agreed to extend special privileges like library, laboratory facilities facilities to KVPY Fellows on
production of the ID card.
Our
Hope
KVPY hopes that the award of the Fellowship to student is an encouragement and an opportunities that they derive from it will expose them to research in the subject of their liking and induce them to choose a research career in science. This would really be a fulfilment of the main objective of the KVPY program.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
Basic
Sciences
(SA,
SX
and
SB)
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 30th October 2011. The details details of the venue of the aptitude aptitude tests will be put on the KVPY KVPY website in October 2011. Based on the performance in the aptitude test, candidates will be called for the interview which is the final stage of the selection procedure. The question paper in SA Stream will be multiple choice objective type. In the objective type, 4 choices for the correct answer will be provided and the choice for the correct answer has to be made. SP
(Basic
Sciences)
and
SP
(Medicine)
KVPY applicant is required to submit the project report, chosen and executed by the candidate exclusively for this application. The projects done jointly with other candidates are not considered for KVPY Fellowship award. Applicant’s creativity and originality should be amply reflected in the project. This projec projectt has has to be super supervis vised ed by a teach teacher/ er/pro profes fessio sional nal in the releva relevant nt field. field. Based Based on the projec projectt submitted and scrutiny of the application form, short listed candidates will be called for an interview, which is the final stage of the selection procedure. The interview will be conducted at IISc, Bangalore during the month of December 2011 or January 2012. Please Note that applications without the project report will not be considered . The project should
not be a routine one (such as measuring a well known property of a material) The supervising teacher / professional is required to provide a recommendation letter certifying the extent of the applicant’s original contribution in the project.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
1. What
is
the
syllabus
for
the
written
test?
There is no prescribed syllabus for the written test. The written test aims to test the understanding and analytical ability of the student than his/her factual knowledge. However, students are tested for the syllabus upto class XII.
have comp comple lete ted d my X Stan Standa dard rd exam exam in 2010 2010,, am I elig eligib ible le to appl apply y for for KVPY KVPY 2011 2011? ? 2. I have (a) Stream SA: Students enrolled in the XI Standard (Science Subjects) during the academic year 20112011-20 2012 12 and and have have secu secure red d a mini minimu mum m of 80% 80% (70% (70% for for SC/S SC/ST) T) mark marks s in aggr aggreg egat ate e in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in the X Standard Board Examination. [Students promoted through both the Summative Assessments-II conducted conducted by the school and conduced 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) (b) Stream SX : Students enrolled in class 12 (+2) during the academic year 2011-2012 and aspiring to join undergraduate program in Basic Sciences (B.Sc./B.S./ Int. M.Sc) for the session 2012 – 2013 provided they secured a minimum of 80% (70% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in the X Standard Board Examination. (c) Strea tream m SB: Studen udents ts enr enrolle olled d in the the 1st Yea Year Scienc ience e under ndergr gra adua duate progr rogram am (B.Sc./B.S./integrated (B.Sc./B.S./integrated M.Sc.) during the academic year 2011-2012 and having secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in Mathematics and Science subjects in the XII Standard Board Examination.
3. When
can
I
be
eligible
for
stream
SP
(Basic
Sciences)
and
SP
(Medicine)?
Stream SP (Basic Sciences) Sciences) : Students enrolled in XI/XII standard, I/II year (B.Sc./B.S./Int. M.Sc.) in Basic Sciences during the academic year 2011 – 2012 and have secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in the X & XII Standard Board Examinations. A hard copy of an original and creative science based research project done by the applicant is required along with the application. In addition to this, students enrolled in I/II year B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. during the acade academic mic year year 201 2011–2 1–2012 012 and and have have secure secured d a minimu minimum m of 60% (50% for SC/ST SC/ST)) marks marks in aggr aggreg egat ate e in X and and XII XII Stan Standa dard rd Boar Board d Exam Examin inat atio ions ns.. Stud Studen ents ts enro enroll lled ed in the the II year year B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. program must have secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in the I year examination. A hard copy of an original and creative science based research project done by the applicant is required along with the application
Stream SP (Medicine): Stream SP (Medicine): Students enrolled in I/II professional year of the MBBS/BDS/BVSc/B.Pharma program during the academic year 2011–2012 and have secured 80% (70% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in SCIENCE subjects in the XII Standard Board Examination. Students enrolled in the II professional year of the MBBS/BDS/BVSc/B.Pharma MBBS/BDS/BVSc/B.Pharma program must have
secured 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in the I year examination. A hard copy of an original and
creative Bio-Medical project must be submitted along with the application.
4. When
does
the
KVPY
advertisement
come
in
the
newspapers?
The advertisement for the KVPY Fellowship appears in all the national dailies on May 11/2011 and July 10/ 2011.
5. Can
I
avail
the
KVPY
Fellowship
along
with
a
merit
scholarship?
KVPY does not allow its Fellows to receive simultaneously fellowship/scholarship from more than one source, either government or private. In case they are in receipt of any other fellowship or scholarship they will have to relinquish it in order to avail the KVPY Fellowship.
6. What sort of project would be preferred (a working model or theoretical study?) 7. Is there a word limit for the project report? 8. Is it compulsory to have a blue print of some proposal which has not been tried before? 9. Should
the
project
strictly
deal
with
a
theme
or
a
topic?
Answers to 6, 7, 8 and 9: We look look for evidence evidence of origin originali ality ty and and innova innovativ tivene eness ss in the proje project. ct. It shoul should d be pre precis cise, e, demonstrable if it is an experiment. It should have a new idea or a new concept, if it is a theoretical study. Routine improvement of an existing idea is generally discouraged.
APPLICATIONS Request for Application Form •
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•
•
Each Stream has its own application form. Students who wish to apply for more than one Streams should submit separate applications. Applicants may apply either by Hard copy or Online (will open in new window). For Online application forms, click here (will open in new window). Those who are unable to apply online, may request for a Hard Copy. Hard copy of the application form can be obtained from KVPY on request by remitting a processing fee*, ** of `Rs. 200/- (Rs. 100/- for SC/ST) at any core banking branches of STATE BANK OF INDI INDIA, A, paya payabl ble e at all all bran branch ches es in Indi India a into into the the cred credit it of "Kis "Kisho hore re Vaig Vaigya yani nik k Prot Protsa saha han n Yojana(KVPY) Yojana(KVPY) A/c. No. 10270577392" 1 0270577392" and sending the "Pay-In-Slip" along with the request, clearly indicating the stream (i.e. SA, SB, SP) on the envelope.
Download
*
Girl
.pdf
Pay-In-Slip:
students
are
exempted
format from
.doc
or
payment
of
processing
format. fee.
** Physically and visually challenged candidates are exempted from payment of the processing fee. •
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The SC/ST – candidates should provide a copy of the caste certificate issued by a competent authority in the prescribed proforma. The completed application form along with the Caste certificate in the case of SC/ST candidate o Medical certificate from the prescribed authority in case of physically and visually challenged o o o o
candidates. Project report in the case of SP (Basic Sciences/Medicine). Sciences/Medicine). Copy of the marks statement of the qualifying examination(s), examination(s), in the case of Stream SP. The origina originall copy copy of the challan challan of proces processin sing g fee of Rs. Rs. 200 200//- (Rs. 100 100//- for SC/ST) SC/ST)
should reach KVPY on or before 12.9.2011 (Monday). •
KVPY will not be responsible for postal delays in receiving completed application.
•
Last date for receipt of the request for application form.
•
•
1. By By post
: 02 September 2011
2. In person at IISc
: 09 September 2011
Last date for closing of Online application : 09 September 2011 Last date for receipt of the (both Online/Hard Copy project report and processing fee) :
completed along
All correspondence should be addressed to:
The Convener Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
application with
: 12 cast
September certificate,
2011
Basic Sciences (SA, SX and SB) 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 30th October 2011. The details of the venue of the aptitude tests will be put on the KVPY website in October 2011. Based on the performance in the aptitude test, candidates will be called for the interview which is the final stage of the selection procedure.
The question paper in SA Stream will be multiple choice objective type. In the objective type, 4 choices for the correct answer will be provided and the choice for the correct answer has to be made. SP (Basic Sciences) and SP (Medicine) KVPY applicant is required to submit the project report, chosen and executed by the candidate exclusively for this application. The projects done jointly with other candidates are not considered for KVPY Fellowship be award. Applicant’s creativity and originality should be amply reflected in the project. This project has to be supervised by a teacher/professional in the relevant field. Based on the project submitted and scrutiny of the application form, short listed candidates will be called for an interview, which is the final stage of the selection procedure. The interview will be conducted at IISc, Bangalore during the month of December 2011 or January 2012. Please Note that applications without the project report will not be considered . The project should not be a routine one (such as measuring a well known property of a material) The supervising teacher / professional is required to provide a recommendation letter certifying the extent of the applicant’s original contribution in the project.
CONTACT •
Mailing
Address:
The Kishore Vaigyanik Indian Institute Bangalore - 560 012
Convener Protsahan
Yojana of
•
Fax: (080) 2360 1215
•
Telephone: (080) 2360 1008, 2293 2975 / 76 (EPBX 11-22)
•
Email For Application related queries :
[email protected]
(KVPY) Science
