Keeping the Resonance’s flag high 424 students got selected in KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik
Protsahan Yojna) Stage-1, a central government fellowship launched in 1999 to attract
talented students to pursue pure science courses and research career in science.
The Founder and Managing Director of Resonance, RK Verma Sir informed that 424 RESONites
qualified for KVPY Stage 2, out of which 187 are from Regular Classroom students
and 237 are from Distance Learning Program. He added that out of all the qualified
students 219 are from SX Stream (Class 12 Science Students), 202 are from SA Stream
(Class 11 Science Maths students) and 3 students are from SB Stream (Students enrolled
in the 1st year of undergraduate program in Basic Sciences).
From the 187 qualified students from Regular Classroom Programme, 107 students from
Kota Study Centre, which is a proud achievement for the region. And 39 students
are from Karnataka Base Study Centre; 12 from Udaipur Study Centre; 3 each from
Kolkata, Surat and Ahmedabad Study Centre; 5 from Jodhpur; 6 from Nagpur; 2 each
from Bhubaneswar and Raipur Study Center and 1 each from Agra, Mumbai, Lucknow,
Ranchi and Jaipur Study Centre.
He also informed that JNV Bundi gave magnificent results yet again with 14 students
qualified for KVPY Stage 2.
Verma Sir added that Resonance has always served as a major incubator to develop
and showcase these talents and help them prepare for IIT-JEE, NEET, Olympiad, KVPY
and other national competitive examinations.
Students of Resonance have been excelling in some of the most challenging examinations
in the country that require deep conceptual understanding. Here KVPY exam is meant
for the students of Class XIth and XIIth. Minimum 75% is required for General Category
in 10th Boards and 65% for SC, ST and OBC to be eligible for this exam.
The objective of the program(KVPY) is to identify students with talent and aptitude
for research; help them realize their academic potential; encourage them to take
up research careers in Science, and ensure the growth of the best scientific minds
for research and development in the country. This is a remarkable program as students
who qualify for KVPY scholarship program will be receiving scholarship till their
post-graduation for pursuing basic Science courses and research career in Science.
Students must also secure 60 % for General Category in XIIth Boards and 50 % for
SC, ST and Physically Disabled students. Students will be vouchsafed a scholarship
of Rs. 5,000 every month in the three-year tenure of B.Sc. and Rs. 7,000 every month
during the two years of M.Sc. Apart from the aforementioned scholarship, students
are entitled to a grant of Rs. 20,000 every year during their graduation and Rs.
28,000 every year during their post-graduation.
Resonance wishes all the qualified students good luck for the KVPY 2018-19 Stage
2.
