Lok Sabha Question No. 2432 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-21
Subject: Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2432 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2022

## KISHORE VAIGYANIK PROTSAHAN YOJANA

† 2432.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

Will  the  Minister  of  SCIENCE  AND  TECHNOLOGY ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features, aim and purpose of 'Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY);
- (b) the number of youth benefited under KVPY in Bihar and other states during the last three years, State-wise;
- whether the  Government  has  achieved  the  set  objectives  of  these
- (c) schemes; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ तथा पृ Øवी ͪव£ान मंğालय क े राÏय मंğी ( èवतंğ Ĥभार) (डॉ . िजतɅġ ͧसंह)

- (a) The  "Kishore  Vaigyanik  Protsahan  Yojana"  (KVPY)  program  was incepted in 1999 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of  Science  and  Technology,  Government  of  India  and  implemented  by  IISc, Bengaluru to identify students with talent and aptitude for research; help them to  realize  their  academic  potentials,  encourage  them  to  take  up  research careers in science and ensure the growth of best scientific minds for research and development in the country.  KVPY Fellows are offered a fellowship for a maximum period of five years at any educational institution in India, provided they pursue a graduation/post-graduation course in Basic Science areas.

- (b) The number of youths benefited under KVPY in Bihar and other State during the last three years, State-wise is annexed.
- (c) & (d): Yes.  Identification  of  talented  students  having  aptitude  for research  and  encouraging  them  by  providing  fellowship  is  a  continuous process. Therefore, Government has been achieving the objectives for which the said yojana was launched. The applications received during the year 1999 was 1000, which was increased to about 1.56 lakh applications during the year 2020. Most of the KVPY fellows join the premier institutions in the country viz. Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) etc. Till  date  about  5000 students  have  been  benefitted  under  this program.

Further to strengthen aim and purpose of identifying students with talent and aptitude for research, KVPY program has been subsumed in the Scholarship for  Higher  Education  (SHE)  Component  of  Innovation  in  Science  Pursuit  for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) with expansion of the scope for these aspirants to  avail  12000  scholarship(s)/year  for  pursuing  Under-Graduation  (UG)  and Post-Graduation (PG) in basic and natural sciences based on the INSPIRE-SHE eligibility criteria.

## Annexure

## State-wise  Distribution  of  Kishore  Vaigyanik  Protosahan  Yojana  (KVPY) offered Fellows (2019-22)

| S.No   | State             |   2019-2020 |   2020-2021 |   2021-2022 |
|--------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |         105 |         100 |         135 |
| 2      | Assam             |           6 |          10 |          27 |
| 3      | Bihar             |          41 |          59 |          47 |
| 4      | Chandigarh        |          54 |          10 |          12 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |          17 |          31 |          24 |
| 6      | Delhi             |         218 |         200 |         244 |
| 7      | Goa               |           7 |           6 |           7 |
| 8      | Gujarat           |         147 |         154 |         197 |
| 9      | Haryana           |         114 |         194 |         144 |
| 10     | Jammu and Kashmir |           1 |           4 |           5 |
| 11     | Jharkhand         |          37 |          56 |          48 |
| 12     | Karnataka         |         271 |         234 |         253 |
| 13     | Kerala            |          96 |          78 |          71 |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    |          70 |          81 |          83 |
| 15     | Maharashtra       |         358 |         397 |         378 |
| 16     | Odisha            |          66 |          85 |          89 |
| 17     | Puducherry        |           5 |           5 |           2 |
| 18     | Punjab            |          83 |         155 |         154 |
| 19     | Rajasthan         |         377 |         274 |         313 |
| 20     | Tamil Nadu        |         136 |         150 |         189 |
| 21     | Telangana         |         217 |         180 |         199 |
| 22     | Tripura           |          10 |           9 |          14 |
| 23     | Uttar Pradesh     |         211 |         228 |         194 |
| 24     | Uttarakhand       |          13 |          26 |          16 |
| 25     | West Bengal       |         242 |         238 |         229 |
| 26     | Other             |           2 |           0 |           0 |
|        | Grand Total       |        2904 |        2964 |        3074 |

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