KVPY 2025: (Inspire) Application Form, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Pattern & Syllabus

KVPY 2025 Application Form will be released soon through online mode. KVPY is known as the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana from the year 2025, KVPY Exam is subsumed with Inspire (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) as managed by DST, Government of India. The candidates who will be eligible for exam will be able to apply for SHE (Scholarship for Higher Education) Inspire scholarship. The exam is intended for encouraging the bright students studying Basic Sciences to take up research career in Science.

The Indian Institute of Science is situated at Bangalore set up a Management Committee and a National Advisory Committee (NAC) for overseeing its implementation. Through this article, we have provided the complete information Applicants needs to know about the KVPY 2025 latest updates.

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KVPY Exam Dates 2025:

KVPY Application Form 2025:

Below we have provided the complete details with important instruction regarding the KVPY Application form 2025:

• Application Form will be made available through online mode only.
• Applicants will be able to fill the application form from 1st week of September 2025.
• The Application form will be released for eligible applicants only, so applicants should fulfill their eligibility before applying for KVPY.
• The details filled by the applicants in the application form must be correct and authentic any alteration will cause rejection of application form.
• Every eligible applicants will have to submit the application form before the last date of submission as no application form will be accepted after that date.
• The final date of submission of application form will be in last week of October 2025.

How to Fill KVPY Application Form?

There are three steps to complete your application successfully.

• Step  1. Registration
• Step 2. Filling personal and academic details, choosing test centres and uploading photo, signature and other certificates, as applicable.
• Step 3. Payment of application fees.  Please note that you must pay the application fee only at the  KVPY application portal. This can be done by using a Credit Card, ATM-Debit Card, UPI or Net Banking. No other means of payment will be accepted.  Once the payment is successful and application is submitted, no refund of application fee will be done

Application Fee:

KVPY 2025 Application form fee can be submitted through online mode only.

Payment mode: Applicants can use Credit Card, Debit Card and Net-Banking payment gateways for transaction of application fee.

The Application form fee for KVPY 2025 will be as follows:

KVPY Eligibility Criteria 2025:

Below we have provided the complete eligibility norms Applicants will have to satisfy to be eligible for KVPY 2025:

For SA Stream:

• Qualification: Applicants should be appearing in the 11th standard from any recognised board.
• Subjects: Applying candidate should have Science & Mathematics as mandatory.
• Percentage: Applicants should have obtained at least 75% marks (65% for SC/ST/PWD) in their 10^th board examination to be eligible for KVPY.

For SX Stream:

• Qualification: Applying applicants appearing in the 10+2 intermediate from any recognised board can apply for SX Stream.
• Subjects: Applicants must have science subjects (PCB / PCM) in their qualifying examination.
• Required Percentage: Applicants must have scored minimum 75% marks in class 12th (65% for SC/ ST/ PWD) aggregate in Mathematics and Science subjects in 10th level.

For SB Stream:

• Qualification: Students enrolled in the 1st year of undergraduate program in Basic Sciences are eligible for scholarship test.
• Subjects: Applicants must have Physics, Chemistry and  Mathematics/ Biology as mandatory subject.
• Required Percentage: One should have scored 60% marks (50% for SC/ ST/ PWD) in Mathematics & Science in 12th level.

KVPY Exam Pattern 2025:

Below we have provided the complete exam pattern for the KVPY 2025 Examination:

• Mode of Exam: The exam will be conducted through online mode only.
• Medium: The medium of examination will be both English & Hindi.
• Type of Questions: Question paper will be consist of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
• Duration of Exam: 3 hours will be allotted to the Applicants for solving the question paper.
• Marks: The complete question paper will be of 80 marks.
• Marking Scheme: 2 marks will be allotted on each correct response and 0.5 will be deducted on each wrong response.

KVPY Syllabus 2025:

The syllabus of KVPY will differ for every stream. The syllabus of every stream will be based on the previous academic qualification of required qualification.

Applicants will be able to check complete syllabus through the official website of KVPY 2025 examination.

Recommended Books for KVPY 2025:

Applicants who will participate in the upcoming KVPY 2025 Examination can refer to these books mentioned below. Important books for the preparation of the entrance exam are as follows;

KVPY 2025 Preparation Tips

Below we have provided some effective tips and tricks for better preparation of examination:

• Applicants must go through the complete exam pattern and syllabus.
• Make the proper time schedule and follow it strictly.
• Participate in the Mock Test.
• Solve the previous year’s and sample papers of KVPY.
• Revise your previous academic syllabus.
• Make the short notes of topics and revise them.

KVPY Admit Card 2025:

The official authority will released the KVPY Admit card for every registered applicants through online mode. applicants will be able to download the admit card from 1^st week of January 2025 by login into the official website.

The admit card is a mandatory documents to be carried out for the day of examination. No applicants will be allowed to participate in the examination without their valid admit card.

KVPY Answer Key 2025:

The official authority will release the KVPY 2025 answer key for every applicants after few days from the completion of examination. Applicants will be able to check their answer key from 1^st week of February 2025 through the website of exam conducting authority.

The KVPY answer key will contain the correct answers of every asked question in the examination. Through the answer key, applicants will be able to predict their marks even before the declaration of result.

KVPY Cut Off 2025:

The official authority will release the category wise cut off list after few days from the completion of examination. Applicants will have to score more than the prescribed cut off marks to be eligible for further process.

Qualified applicants as per the cut off list will be called for the interview round. Following are the complete previous years cut off list for KVPY Examination:

KVPY Result 2025:

The official authority will released the result for every applicants who attend for exam individually through online mode. Applicants will be able to check their result by entering their login details in the official website.

KVPY Result 2025 will be released in third week of March 2025. For the ease of applicants will be also release the direct link to access the result of every applicants individually. applicants are advised to keep their result safe till the completion of scholarship awarding process.

KVPY Counselling/ Selection 2025:

The selection process for the KVPY 2025 will be followed by the various rounds including the personal Interview. applicants will be shortlisted for the scholarship on the basis of their performances in the entrance exam and personal interview.

Authority will release the final list contain the names of shortlisted applicants for the scholarship. applicants will be able to check the selection list through the website of exam conducting authority. For the ease of applicants we will also provide the direct link to access the selection list.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions): Regarding KVPY 2025

Question: What is the final date for the submission of KVPY Application Form 2025?

KVPY 2025 Contact Number/Helpline Number:

Support Helpdesk Details:

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