Thirteen students of DPS Bhilai, have been selected for National Science Fellowship for students, awarded under Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) initiated and funded by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. Principal of DPS Bhilai, Parshant Vashishta informed that 9 students of class XI and 4 students of class XII have qualified for this highly prestigious examination.
According to him, the Central Government has initiated ‘KVPY’ programme whereby exceptionally bright and highly motivated students with aptitude for research are identified and provided generous fellowships in Basic Science, Engineering and Medicine for further study in India.
The much coveted National Scholarship is funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and administered by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The selected students will get the fellowship of Rs4,000/-per month and an annual contingency grant of Rs16,000/- in classes XI & XII and thereafter Rs5,000/- per month and an annual contingency grant of Rs20,000/- during BSc, and 1st to 3rd year of integrated MSc During MSc and 4th & 5th year of integrated MSc, the successful students are awarded with a monthly fellowship of Rs7,000/- and an annual contingency grant of Rs28,000 the Principal informed.
Those qualifying the exam include Aayush Mandal, Abhinaba Bala, Aditya Prakash Singh, Animesh Singh, Karthik Vignesh, Rituparna Samantaray, Rishabh Kumar, Shashwat Banchhor and Vaibhav Sahu from class XI. Students of class XII who qualified the exam include Aman Rajesh Gaikwad, Kahkashan Mumtaz, Nupoor Baghel and Prapannajeet Biswal.