Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a scholarship program of the Government of India. It is funded by the Department of Science and Technology. The aim to this scholarship program is to encourage students for research careers in the areas of basic sciences. The scholarship and grants are offered up to the pre-Ph.D. level for the selected students. In 2018, KVPY was conducted on November 4. The students who have written the aptitude test, KVPY cutoff will be released in the third week of December 2018.
The cutoff i.e. minimum marks a candidate needs to score will be announced officially for general and reserved category. The candidates who have qualified for the test will have to appear for the interview. The cutoff marks will be released after aptitude test and the final result and grant of scholarship will be based on both the aptitude test and interview.
Important Highlights:
• The cutoff marks will be based on the number of candidates shortlisted for interview round
• Cutoff is based on the marks obtained in the aptitude test (the highest and the lowest marks are considered while defining the cutoff marks)
• The cutoff for General, SC/ST and PWD is different. The final marks will be from a maximum of 100
• Number of students appeared for the exam, availability of the seat and the difficulty level of the exam
Cutoff for 2017
GENERAL SC/ST PwD
Stream SA 45 / 100 35 / 100 35 /100
Stream SB 43 / 100 33 / 100 33 / 100
Stream SX 53 / 100 43 / 100 43 / 100
Expected Cutoff for 2018
GENERAL SC/ST PwD
Stream SA 55 / 100 45 / 100 45 /100
Stream SB 50 / 100 34 / 100 34 / 100
Stream SX 55 / 100 43 / 100 43 / 100
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