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What is KVPY?

KVPY full form is Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana. The KVPY is a national-level scholarship/fellowship program conducted by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India in order to promote and encourage research careers for highly talented students in basic science courses.

The objectives of the KVPY program are mentioned below:

• Identify students who have good talent and aptitude which is suitable for research.
• Encourage students so that they can understand their academic potential.
• Develop students skills so that they take up their career in research and development.

This program aims to achieve the following:

• Discover students with flair and propensity for research
• Help students comprehend their perspective in their studies
• Support their research endeavors in basic sciences
• Guarantee augmentation of the best scientific minds for research and progress in the country

KVPY has the following streams:

• SA: Students in Class 11 can appear in this stream
• SX: Students in Class 12 can appear in this stream
• SB: Students studying Science in the first year of graduation can appear for this stream

Rewards 

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).

The KVPY fellows receive ₹5,000 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 ₹20,000. After three years the fellowship is enhanced to ₹7,000 per month during M.Sc/4th and 5th year of Integrated M.S./M.Sc and an annual contingency grant of ₹28,000.

KVPY Fellows are also eligible to get the DST Inspire Scholarship granted by Department of Science & Technology (DST) Government of India worth ₹80,000 annually.