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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 andcontingency 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

MedicineStream SP (Medicine):Stream SP (Medicine): Students enrolled in I/II professional year of the

MBBS/BDS/BVSc/B.Pharma program during the academic year 20112012 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 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.


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Note for Students applying for Stream SP (Medicine)

KVPY application requires the report of a project, chosen and executed by the applicant and

supervised by a teacher/professional in the relevant field, to be submitted along with the application.

Based on the project submitted and scrutiny of application forms, short listed candidates will be called

for an interview, which is the final stage of the selection procedure. The interview will be conducted atIISc., Bangalore. Application without the Bio-Medical project report will not be considered.

The project should not be a routine one (such as measuring a well known property of a material).

Applicant's creativity and originality should be amply reflected in the project. The supervising

teacher/professional is required to provide two recommendation letters on the form (supplied along

with the application form) certifying the extent of the applicant's original contribution to the project.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

SP (Basic Sciences) and SP (Medicine)

KVPY applicant is required to submit the project report, chosen and executed by the candidateexclusively for this application. The projects done jointly with other candidates are not

considered for KVPY Fellowship award. Applicants 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

applicants original contribution in the project.


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FELLOWSHIPS

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 orMedicine) at any stage will forfeit the Fellowship and Contingency Grant with immediate effect. The

fellowship for the students selected under the stream SA will be continued after the 12th standard

(+2) only if they 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 scientists, visit nearby scientific research laboratories and institutions,and exchange views with 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 Science Stream is arranged either at Bangalore 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


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APPLICATIONS

Request for Application Form

Each Stream has its own application form. Students who wish to apply for more than oneStreams should submit separate applications.

Applicants may apply either by Hard copy orOnline(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 aprocessing fee*, ** of `Rs. 200/- (Rs. 100/- for SC/ST) at any core banking branches ofSTATE BANK OF INDIA, payable at all branches in India into the credit of "Kishore Vaigyanik

Protsahan Yojana(KVPY) A/c. No. 10270577392" and sending the "Pay-In-Slip" along with the

request, clearly indicating the stream (i.e. SA, SB, SP) on the envelope.

Download Pay-In-Slip:.pdf formator.doc format.

* Girl students are exempted from payment of processing fee.

** Physically and visually challenged candidates are exempted from payment of the

processing fee.

The SC/ST candidates should provide a copy of the caste certificate issued by a competentauthority in the prescribed proforma.

The completed application form along with theo Caste certificate in the case of SC/ST candidateo Medical certificate from the prescribed authority in case of physically and visually

challenged candidates.

Each KVPY Fellow will be issued with an Identity card so as to have access to renowned National

laboratories/ Universities who have agreed to extend special privileges like library, laboratory 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.
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o Project report in the case of SP (Basic Sciences/Medicine).o Copy of the marks statement of the qualifying examination(s), in the case of Stream

SP.

o The original copy of the challan of processing fee of Rs. 200/- (Rs. 100/- for 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 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 completed application : 12 September 2011

(both Online/Hard Copy along with cast certificate,

project report and processing fee) :

All correspondence should be addressed to:

The Convener

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)

Indian Institute of ScienceBangalore 560 012.

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