ABOUT KVPY

The "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" (KVPY) is a programme started during

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 programme is to
identify and encourage talented students with aptitude
for research.
This programme strives to assist the students to realise their potential and to ensure
that the best scientific talent is developed for research and growth of in the country.
Generous scholarship and contingency grant is provided (up to
the Pre-Ph.D. level) to the selected students.
In addition, summer programmes 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 programme is administered by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc,
Bangalore), through the overall control of the Chief Executive (SID). The selection of
students from those who are studying +1, +2, any U.G. Programme including
First/Second year Engineering/Medicine are carried out by IISc (Bangalore), IIT-
Bombay (Mumbai), and ICMR (New Delhi), respectively, in association with two Zonal
Centres 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, IIT and ICMR which screen the applications, conduct interviews at various
centres, make the final selection and attend to follow-up matters.
The Department of Science and Technology - the nodal agency of the Government has
entrusted the overall responsibility for organising 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 has been
set up to monitor various aspects, both administrative and academic, of the KVPY
Programme.