The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a renowned scholarship program examination. It has been working since 1999. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) started KVPY and now it is conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISC). The biggest flex of this program is to spot the talent within the students and encourage them to pursue their careers within the field of research.
KVPY helps scholars to focus on realizing their potential at the national level and it also makes hunting scientific talent easier within the country. Contingency grants and generous scholarships are provided for the chosen KVPY Fellows up to the extent of pre Ph.D. or up to 5 years of education. Additionally, to provide scholarships and grants, KVPY is bound to organize summer camps for the KVPY candidates within the country’s most prestigious and academic institutes. This helps the students to hone their skills to pursue the dream they have.
Eligibility for KVPY
There are three streams in which the exams take place, namely SA, SX, and SB. Here are the eligibility for each of these streams
For the SA stream, here is what you will follow
- The candidates who have opted to study the XI standard science subjects within the school year of 2021 are eligible to go through this test.
- The students who have acquired 75 percent in science and maths are automatically eligible for the aptitude test.
- If the student has joined the Undergraduate program in basic science they shall be eligible as well to be selected under the stream.
- The candidates should have an aggregate of at least 60 percent in their 12th-grade subjects for them to be eligible for the exam.
- Students from SC, ST are eligible with 50 percent.
- When there is an interim period of one year, the candidates are eligible to join the national science camp at IISC.
For the SX Stream, these are the prerequisites:
- The students who have enrolled in the 12th grade for the academic year are eligible and so are the students who are aspiring to join a basic science undergraduate program. They are required to secure a minimum of 75 percent in 10th grade to be eligible for the aptitude test.
- If the students get selected after the exam, they can join the undergraduate program after securing a minimum of 60 percent in the 12 board exams. This is a program that will give them a confirmed seat once they get through the exam.
- They should have scored a minimum of 75 percent in the 10th board exam to have been participated in the KVPY exam.
The SB has the following prerequisites
- The students who have already started their first year in the basic sciences are eligible to appear and apply for these examinations.
- They should have a minimum score of 60 percent to appear for the aptitude test and this should be secured in the board examination.
- The first-year marks of the candidate are also taken into inclusion this requires them to have at least 60 per cent secures. A concession of having secured 50 percent is given to the students of SC, ST categories.
What will be a reasonable score on KVPY?
General merit and the cut off percentages for the students are as follows:
- For the SA Stream – 52.0% and above is mandatory.
- For the SX Stream – 52.0% and above is required.
- For the SB Stream – 47.0% and above is necessary
However, there is a concession and variation in the minimum score for the SC St students.
- For the SA Stream – 40.0% and above is required.
- For the SX Stream – 40.0% and above is needed.
- For the SB Stream – 35.0% and above is mandatory.
Syllabus for the exam:
The entire paper focuses on each topic. These topics and the difficulty also vary from stream to stream.
For the SA Stream, in chemistry they have, States of Matter: Gases and Liquids, Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties, Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Reactions, Metals and Nonmetals, Periodic Classification of Elements, Acids, Bases and Salts, Basic Concepts of Chemistry, Thermodynamics and Carbon Compounds included.
The physics part has Physical World and Measurement, Gravitation, Thermodynamics, Magnetic Effects of Current, Sources of Energy, Reflection, Refraction, Electromagnetic Induction, Applications in Daily Life, Kinematics, Laws of Motion, Work, Energy, and Power as the syllabus
The Mathematics portion has Geometry, Introduction to Trigonometry, Statistics, Quadratic Equations, Probability, Surface Areas, and Volumes, Coordinate Geometry, Mathematical Reasoning, Statistics and Probability, Trigonometric Functions, Real Numbers and Polynomials that candidates are tested upon.
The biology section includes Control and Coordination in Animals and Plants, Heredity and Evolution, Reproduction, Life Processes, Our Environment, Plant Physiology, Diversity of Living Organisms, Cell: Structure and Function, and Human Physiology.
The SX stream includes the following. Chemistry syllabus includes Surface Chemistry, States of Matter: Gases and Liquids, Metals and Nonmetals, Carbon Compounds, Basic Concepts of Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties, Chemical Reactions, Environmental Chemistry, Solid State, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Isolation of Elements and Periodic Classification of Elements.
The physics portion has Magnetic Effects of Current, Reflection of Light, Electromagnetic Induction, Kinematics, Work, Energy and Power, Sources of Energy, Thermodynamics, Electrostatics, Refraction, Current Electricity, Electromagnetic Induction, and Alternating Current, Physical World, and Measurement, Gravitation, and Laws of Motion.
The Mathematics part of the paper tests candidates on Real Number, Polynomials, Introduction to Trigonometry, Surface Areas and Volumes, Trigonometric Functions, Geometry, Linear Programming, Vectors, and 3D Geometry, Calculus, Relations and Functions, Coordinate Geometry, Mathematical Reasoning, Statistics, and Quadratic Equations, Probability, Statistics, and Probability.
Biology tests Cell: Structure and Function, Genetics and Evolution, Human Physiology, Biology, and Human Welfare, Control and Coordination in Animals and Plants, Ecology and Environment, Life Processes, Plant Physiology, Diversity of Living Organisms and Reproduction.
SB is the last of all and the most complicated. In chemistry, they have Dienes and Alkynes, Thermodynamics, Chemical Reactions, Basic Concepts of Chemistry, Periodic Classification of Elements, Metals and Nonmetals, Environmental Chemistry, Solid State, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Isolation of Elements, Surface Chemistry, Chemical Bonding, Chemistry of Noble Gases, Structure and Bonding, Alkenes, Cycloalkenes, Carbon Compounds, Acids, Bases and Salts, States of Matter: Gases and Liquids and Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties.
Physics tests the students on Electromagnetic Induction, Physical World and Measurement, Sources of Energy, Refraction and its Applications in Daily Life, Thermodynamics, Reflection, Electrostatics, Current Electricity, Electromagnetic Induction, and Alternating Current, Waves and Optics, Electricity and Magnetism, Electrostatics and Thermal Physics, Kinematics, Laws of Motion, Magnetic Effects of Current, Work, Energy, and Power and Gravitation.
Mathematics includes Evaluation of Integrals, Statistics, Surface Areas and Volumes, Vectors and 3D Geometry, Calculus, Real Number, Polynomials, Coordinate Geometry, Mathematical Reasoning, Statistics and Probability, Trigonometric Functions, Linear Programming, Relations and Functions, Analytical Geometry in Two Dimensions, Vector Algebra, Geometry, Introduction to Trigonometry, Quadratic Equations and Probability.
Finally, biology has Genetics, Life Processes, Human Physiology, Plant Physiology, Reproduction, Diversity of Living Organisms, Cell: Structure and Function, Biology and Human Welfare, Biotechnology, Control and Coordination in Animals, and Plants, Genetics and Evolution, Our Environment and Ecology, and Environment.
