The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) invites applications from Indian Nationals, in the prescribed format mentioned below, for ICAR's 17th AIEEA-PG-2012 at ICAR-Deemed Universities (Master degrees at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, National Dairy Research Institute and Central Institute of Fisheries Education), with 25% seats (tentative) for Master degrees at State Agricultural Universities, Central Agricultural University Imphal, Central Universities with Agricultural Faculty (Banaras Hindu University, Viswa Bharati, Nagaland University and Aligarh Muslim University (for PG only) and SHIATS Allahabad for the academic session 2012-13.
Degree Programmes Available for Admission: The master degrees are awarded by Agricultural Universities in 93 sub-subjects under 20 major subject groups. Numbers of seats and ICAR-JRF (PGS) in various subjects/ sub-subjects are given below; the number is tentative at present, the final position will be known at the time of counselling.
Important Dates
- Opening Date for online/ offline submission of application: 26 December 2011
- Last date for receipt of application: 15 February 2012
- Last date for receipt of application (from remote areas): 22 February 2012
- Admit Card Query: Third week of March 2012
- Date & Time Examination: 15 April 2012 (10 am to 12.30 pm)
- Declaration of Results: Third week of May 2012
- Schedule for Counselling/ Personal Appearance: 26 June 2012 to 3 July 2012
Eligibility Criteria for AIEEA- PG- 2012
Educational Qualification
- Candidate must have passed (or due to appear at the final examination) their Bachelor degree in the concerned field under 10+2+5 (B.V.Sc.), 10+2+4 years degree programmes may apply for this examination
- The candidate must have passed Bachelor degree examination securing Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) of at least 6.60/10.00 in ten-point scale, 3.25/5.00 in five-point scale, 2.60/4.00 in four-point scale for General, OBC and UPS categories whereas for SC/ST/Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates the said requirement is an OGPA of at least 5.60/10.00, 2.75/5.00, 2.20/4.00, respectively. In other cases, where grade-points are not awarded and only marks are awarded, the candidate must have secured at least 60% marks for General, OBC and UPS categories, whereas for SC/ST/PH categories the requirement is 50% marks.
Age Limit (as on 31 August 2012): Indian Nationals of at least 19 years of age but not more than 23 years
Selection Procedure: The examination shall have one question paper for each of the 20 major subject-groups, consisting of 150 multiple-choice objective type questions, each with four options and also 10 cross-matching type questions, each having five sub-questions/ pairings for every subject-group paper.
In each subject-group, 150 multiple choice, objective type questions would be serially numbered from 1-150 whereas 10 cross-matching type questions would be serially numbered from 151-160. Each correctly answered multiple-choice objective type question will earn four marks whereas each correctly answered cross-matching type question will earn 5 marks (1 mark for each correct pairing) with a maximum of 650 marks for each major subject-group paper.
For each incorrectly answered multiple-choice objective type question, one mark would be deducted from the total score whereas for each incorrectly answered cross-matching type sub-question/pairing, 0.2 marks would be deducted from the total score. Question with no response indicated will not be awarded any mark and there will be no negative marking for that question.
Registration Fee: Rs 600 for General, OBC and UPS categories and Rs 300 for SC, ST, and PH categories.
How to Apply
Online Registration: Candidates should apply for AIEEE 2012 Online at http://icarexam.net/ During filling of prescribed online form, candidate can either opt for making fee payment through Bank Challan of Syndicate Bank or through Credit/ Debit card using Payment Gateway of Syndicate Bank. After filling the Online Application, candidate has to take a print out of his filled up application and bank challan (in 3 copies) through which he/ she has to deposit cash (fees) in the nearest Syndicate Bank branch.
Candidate can also opt for making fee payment through Credit / Debit card using Payment Gateway of Syndicate Bank. In this case the candidate will make payment directly from his computer and will not be required to visit the bank. Receipt of such payments/ application is confirmed immediately.
Offline Registration: Every Information Bulletin bears a serial number (known as Booklet/ Application Form Number) at the bottom right hand corner which is also indicated at the top of Application Form and both copies of Admit Cards. A candidate can apply for giving examination in only one Major Subject Group. No change would be allowed thereafter. Choice of sub-subjects/degree programmes for admission will be available at the time of counselling based on availability of seats, and merit rank of the candidate.
Application, filled-in, correctly in neat own handwriting of the candidate and complete in all respects, Acknowledgement card, duly affixed with postal stamp of an appropriate amount should be submitted through Registered/ Speed Post only so as to reach ‘The Controller of Examination (Education), ICAR, Room No. 216, Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan-II, Pusa, New Delhi 110 012'.
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