National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national level scholarship progamme to identify and nurture talented students in India. It is conducted by the National Council of Educational Research & Training and was started in the year 1963. It honours and helps talented students by providing financial assistance in the form of a monthly scholarship for the entire academic year.

1000 scholarships are awarded for each group of students appearing for Class VIII examinations. The amount of scholarship is Rs. 500/- per month as per NTS rules.

15% scholarships are reserved for students belonging to the SC category, 7.5% scholarships for students belonging to the ST category and 3% for Physically Challenged group of students.

Students of Class VIII studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the respective exam.

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The "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" (KVPY) is a program started in 1999 by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to encourage students of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to take up research careers in these areas. The aim of the program is to identify and encourage talented students with aptitude for research. Generous fellowship and contingency grants are provided to the selected KVPY Fellows, up to the pre PHD level or 5 years, whichever is earlier. In addition summer camps are organized in prestigious research and educational institutions in the country.

The Department of Science and Technology, the nodal agency of the Government has entrusted the overall responsibility for organizing and running the KVPY Program to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and set up a Management Committee and a National Advisory Committee (NAC) for overseeing its implementation. A core committee looks after both the day-to-day and academic aspects of the KVPY Program.

Selection of the students is made from those studying in 11th standard to 1st year of any undergraduate Program in Basic Sciences namely B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math./Int. M.Sc./M.S. in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology having an aptitude for scientific research. Based on the performance in the aptitude test, short-listed students are called for an interview which is the final stage of the selection procedure. For receiving a fellowship, both aptitude test and interview marks are considered.

There is no prescribed syllabus for the written exam. The written exam aims to test the understanding and analytical ability of the student than his/her factual knowledge. However, students are tested for the syllabus up to class X/XII/1st year of B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math./Int. M.Sc./M.S. as applicable.

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The Mumbai Science Teachers' Association conducts Dr. Homi Bhabha Balvaidnyanik Spardha since 1981 to encourage students to take an interest in science, to inculcate scientific attitude and to search for science talent in students.

Only students studying in class 6 & 9 can participate in this exam. This competition is based on scientific knowledge acquired by the students up to std. VI and IX. It is conducted in English and Marathi medium only.

For Class 6 exam: the syllabus is based on textbooks of Class 5 & 6 of SSC syllabus and related content from ICSE and CBSE books of class 6.

For Class 9 exam: the syllabus is based on textbooks of Class 7,8 & 9 of SSC syllabus and related content from ICSE and CBSE books of class 9.

Less emphasis is given for knowledge based questions and more emphasis for understanding, reasoning, correlation, etc.

The questions related to general knowledge in science are based on topics like happenings of the last year and science around day to day life.

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Olympiads are internationally recognized competitions in various fields of knowledge. They are the highest level examinations and are hosted by different countries every year. Participation in any of the Olympiads has worldwide recognition and is considered as a great achievement. international Olympiads are held each year in Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy & Junior Science.

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