Notification for KVPY 2013 exam, Form & Eligibility
Exam Notification for Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 2013 has already come out with the last date for submission of application form as 29th August 2013. The KVPY 2013 written exam would be held on 27th October 2013. Focus of this blog article is on telling you what eligibility you need and how to apply for KVPY scholarship/fellowship. In a subsequent blog article titled: KVPY 2013 Syllabus, Papers, Books and Exam pattern I would provide you the prep materials for the exam. Towards the end of the article, you would also find the scheduled dates for next year i.e. KVPY 2014 Notification, Form submission & Exam dates.
If you do not know what is KVPY, please go through my previous blog article titled: KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana): An Introduction, which introduces you to KVPY.
Before that, first find if you are eligible to apply for KVPY.
KVPY 2013 Stream-wise Eligibility:
KVPY is held for following three levels. Eligibility
1.0 For Class XI students: Stream SA.
2.0 For Class XII students: Stream SX.
3.0 For 1st year Students of B. Sc. /B.S. / Integrated M.Sc. /M.S: Stream SB.
There was another stream called “Stream SP” (Basic Sciences including Engineering/Medicine) in previous KVPY exams, but same has been withdrawn from 2012 KVPY Fellowship onward.
Eligibility for the three streams of KVPY is:
Eligibility Stream SA:
i) You must be a Class XI student studying Science Subjects during the academic year 2013-14.
ii) You must have scored minimum 80% (70% for SC/ST) aggregate marks in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in Class X Board Exam.
Eligibility Stream SX:
i) You must be a Class XII student studying Science Subjects during the academic year 2013-14 and aspiring to join an undergraduate program in Basic Sciences (i.e. B.Sc./B.S./Integrate M.Sc./M.S.) after passing Class-XII i.e. in the session 2014–15.
ii) You must have scored minimum 80% (70% for SC/ST) aggregate marks in MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE subjects in Class X Board Exam.
Eligibility Stream SB:
i) You must be a 1st year B. Sc./B.S./Integrated M.Sc./M.S student during the academic year 2013-14.
ii) You must have scored minimum 60% (50% for SC/ST) aggregate marks in SCIENCE subjects in Class XII Board Exam.
After you get the KVPY scholarship, to retain the scholarship, you need to show consistent good academic performance – minimum 60% marks. You can find details about it in my previous blog article titled: KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana): An Introduction.
KVPY scholarship Selection process:
Selection process for KVPY scholarship consists of a 100 mark written test, followed by Interview. You can find more about the KVPY exam in my blog article titled: KVPY 2013 Syllabus, Papers, Books and Exam pattern.
KVPY 2013 Form Submission Process: How to apply for KVPY
There are two ways to apply for KVPY exam: through Offline Form & through Online Form.
1.0 Through Offline application Form:
You can obtain the offline KVPY application form through two modes:
You can obtain the offline KVPY application form through two modes:
i) By Post.
ii) By hand from IISc.
For obtaining the form by post, first pay the KVPY application fee (Rs. 500/= in KVPY 2013 through any SBI core banking branch to the credit of “Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) A/c. No. 10270577392”. KVPY fee is waived for SC/ST/PWD candidates.
Than send a request letter, enclosing the paid “Bank Challan/ Pay-in-slip”, clearly indicating the stream SA/SX/SB on the envelope to the following address:
The Convener
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012.
2.0 Through Online application Form.
You have to send completed application form (both Offline & Online) along with the following documents, super ascribing on the envelope the scheme applied for to the address given above:
1.0 For SC/ST candidates: Caste certificate issued by a competent authority.
2.0 For physically/visually challenged students: Medical certificate from the prescribed authority
3.0 The original Pay-in-slip of Rs. 500/- if applicable.
4.0 Copy of the marks statement of the qualifying examination(s).
Important Dates for KVPY 2013 Exam:
For Offline application Form:
Last date for receipt of the request for application form (By post) : 26th August 2013.
Last date for procurement of form at IISc (In person) : 29th August 2013.
For Online application Form:
Last date for submission of Online application form: 29th August 2013
Last date for receipt of the completed application form (both Online/Hard Copy): 29th August 2013
Exam Date for KVPY 2013 written test: 27th October 2013 (Sunday)
Admit Card/Hall ticket for KVPY 2013 Exam:
If you submit the application form online, you have to download the Admit Card/hall ticket for KVPY 2013 Exam from the website from October 2nd week 2013 onward.
On the other hand if you submit the application form offline (i.e. with hard copy), your admit card for KVPY 2013 Exam will be sent by speed post.
KVPY 2014 Form Submission & Exam dates:
To find out the dates for next exam i.e. KVPY 2014 exam and form submission, I analyzed the dates for last four KVPY exams and the date trend analysis is given in the table at right.
KVPY notification is issued every year on 11th May (the Technology Day) and 2nd Sunday of July. Accordingly therefore, KVPY 2014 exam notification should come out on 11th May, 2014 and 13th July, 2014. Similarly, KVPY exam is held either on the last Sunday of October or 1st Sunday of November. Accordingly therefore KVPY 2014 exam should be held on 2nd November, 2014 or 25th October, 2014.
Hope with above information on KVPY 2013 notification, form availability & submission enables you to schedule your preparation for the exam. How to prepare for KVPY? Please find about it in my detailed blog post titled: KVPY 2013 Syllabus, Papers, Books and Exam pattern.
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