IISC KVPY Cut Off

Can you tell me about the cut off for admission in Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore through score of KVPY is the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana?

Undergraduate program offered by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, is four-year Bachelor of Science (research). The number of seats usually offered is 120.

From last few years, IISc admission is being done on the basis of the following exams:

• KVPY SA, SB, SX – KVPY is the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana.
• IIT JEE Main – Joint Entrance Examination Main is held by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
• IIT JEE Advanced – Joint Entrance Examination Advanced is held by the Indian Institutes of Technology.
• AIPMT – All India Pre-Medical / Dental Test is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.


Selection of Candidates through KVPY

The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is conducted every year by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

For IISc UG Admission 2016, the following KVPY candidates can apply.

• KVPY-SA (appeared in 2014, and selected for the Fellowship),
• KVPY-SB (appeared in 2015, and selected for the Fellowship),
• KVPY-SX (appeared in 2015, and selected for the Fellowship),
• KVPY Fellows selected through the Empowerment Initiative for SC/ST candidates.

Admission in IISc through KVPY is based on merit list. Candidates are placed in merit as per rank obtained in the respective KVPY SA, KVPY SB, and KVPY SX exams.

While filling up the application form, one must enter correct roll number of KVPY so that respective rank can be determined.

Counselling as on 07 May 2016

A counselling session was held for the selected candidates on May 27, 2016 in the IISc campus for the candidates who were selected on the basis of KYPY Ranks.

The details of the first round of IISc Counseling are given below.
• Offers were made to general category applicants selected with ranks of up to 280, 2 and 280 for the KVPY-SA, SB and SX streams respectively.
• Offers were made to all OBC(NCL) category applicants selected in KVPY SA and SX streams.
• Offers were made to SC category applicants selected with ranks of up to 70 for both KVPY-SA-E and KVPY-SX-E streams.
• Offers were made to all ST category applicants selected in KVPY-SA-E and KVPY-SX-E streams.
• Offers were also made to PH category applicants selected with ranks of up to 4 and 3 for the KVPY-SA-E and KVPY-SX-E streams respectively.
• Offer letters have been sent to these candidates by email.

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