NOHITA Essay maths is compulsory but not in SBN is 6 kiwi is a national level policy program up to the pre PhD level. It is organised by IISc Bangalore annually. For the year 2020 KVPY exam will be conducted on November 3 2020. Exam details

In both SX and SB paper their 2 section.

1. 1 marks: you have to choose 3 out of 4 subjects.

2. 2 marks: you have to choose 2

out of 4 subjects.

So you can actually skip maths in SX or in SB category.