KVPY 2025 - Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Exam : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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KVPY 2025 - Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana acronym as KVPY. It is a national-level fellowship program and is conducted by the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore annually. The purpose of the exam is to inspire and encourage students to take up research careers in the Science field. It also opens research careers in the Science field. The admission on given based on the aptitude test.

 

KVPY 2025 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

  • Third week of July 2025 (estimated)

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

  • Fourth week of August 2025 (estimated)

Date of Entrance Exam

  • First week of November 2025 (estimated)

Date of Declaration of Result

  • To be notified.

KVPY 2024 was held on-

  • 8th January 2024

 

KVPY 2025 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

  • Students pursuing Science and currently in Class 11th class are eligible for it. OR
  • Students pursuing Science and currently in Class 12th apply for it. OR
  • Students pursuing a program in Basic Science and currently in the first year of graduation.

 

KVPY 2025 Syllabus

Although there is no prescribed syllabus yet the exam comprises questions from the PCMB subjects.

Note: The questions consist of the qualifying exams.

 

KVPY 2025 Pattern

The exam pattern will be as follows.

SA Stream

Parts

A

B Total
Subjects

PCMB

PCMB
Questions

60

20 80
Marks

60

40 100

SB/SX Streams

Parts

Subjects

Questions Marks
A

PCMB

120 100

Note: 1 mark questions will have a negative marking of 0.25 while the questions of 2 marks will have a negative marking of 0.5.

 

KVPY 2025 Dates

The exam will be held in the month of January.

 

How to apply for KVPY 2025?

Aspiring students can apply online by visiting the official website of KVPY i.e., http://www.kvpy.iisc.ernet.in/main/index.htm and follow the instructions given there.

 

KVPY 2025 Fees

KVPY 2024 Exam fee is as follows:

  • General & OBC Candidates: Rs. 1250/-
  • SC/ST/PwD Candidates: Rs. 625/-

 

KVPY Fellowships

They are as follows:

Basic Sciences

Monthly

Annually

SA/SX/SB

During 1st to 3rd years of - B.Sc / BS / B.Stat / B.Math / Integrated M.Sc / M.S

Rs. 5,000/-

Rs. 20,000/-

SA/SX/SB

During M.Sc / 4th to 5th years of Integrated M.Sc / M.S / M.Math / M.Stat

Rs. 7,000/-

Rs. 28,000/-

 

KVPY 2025 Centers

The exam will be held at various selected centers in the cities of east and north-east zones, west and central zones, south zone, and north zone.

 

KVPY 2025 Contact Details

The Convener
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012
Telephone: (080) 22932975 / 76, 23601008, 22933537
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web: http://www.kvpy.iisc.ernet.in/main/index.htm