Exam The
"Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" (KVPY) is a program started in
1999 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India to
encourage students who are 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. 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
Department of Science and Technology, the nodal agency of the Government has
entrusted the overall responsibility for organizing and running the KVPY
Program to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and set up a Management
Committee and a National Advisory Committee (NAC) for overseeing its
implementation. A core committee looks after both the day-to-day and academic
aspects of the KVPY Program.
The
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is an on-going National Program of
Fellowship in Basic Sciences, initiated and funded by the Department of Science
and Technology, Government of India, to attract exceptionally highly motivated
students for pursuing basic science courses and research career in science.
The
objective of the program is to identify students with talent and aptitude for
research; help them realize their academic potential; encourage them to take up
research careers in Science, and ensure the growth of the best scientific minds
for research and development in the country.
The
advertisement for the KVPY Fellowship appears in all the national dailies
normally on the Technology Day (May 11) and the Second Sunday of July every
year.
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.
