ICAR JRF for Post Graduate Notification | Application form | Eligibility | Apply Online

Dear Agriculturists,

ICAR has released the notification for all India entrance examination for admission in master degree programmes of agricultural universities and award of ICAR-PG scholarship/NTS (PGS) in agriculture & allied sciences for academic session 2018–19. The application is started from 18/05/2018 and will be closed on 31/05/2018. All the eligible candidates can apply for the exam as per the notification details are given below:

Given are the Notification Details:

Exam Mode	Offline
Name of Exam	ICAR JRF
Apply Mode	Online only (no need to send the hard copy of application to ICAR)

Important Dates:

Event	Date
Date and Time of Online Examination	22.06.2018 (Friday) 10:00 A.M to 12:30 P.M. (2 ½ hrs)
Commencement of Online Application submission	18.05.2018 (Friday)
Last date of online application	31.05.2018 (Thursday up to 11.59 P.M.)
e-Admit card information (on ICAR website)	14.06.2018 (Thursday)
Online Mock Test	14.06.2018 (will be available on www.aieea.net)
Declaration of result	Last week of June, 2018
Schedule for online Counseling 1. Choice Filling 2. 1st Counseling Result 3. 1st Round Reporting 4. 2nd Counseling Result 5. 2nd Round Reporting 6. 3rd Counseling Result 7. 3rd Round Reporting 8. 4th Round (If need be)	01st July 2018 to 03rd July 2018 06th July 2018 06th July 2018 to 10th July 2018 12th July 12th July 2018 to 16th July 2018 18th July 18th July 2018 to 22st July 2018

Eligibility Criteria:

Education Qualification

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 Challenged (PC) 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/PC categories the requirement is 50% marks.

Age Limit:

Indian Nationals having age not below 19 years as on 31.08.2018

Application Fee:

Category	Fee
General/OBC (NCL) & UPS Categories	Rs. 800 + GST charges
SC, ST and PC Categories	Rs. 400 + GST charges

Selection Process:

Phase 1	Written Exam (MCQs)
Phase 2	Online counseling

Exam Pattern:

The test will be conducted in the English language

S. No.	Section	No. Of Questions	Marks	Time duration
1.	General Agriculture + Major subject	150	150*4=600	120 Minutes
2.	Cross Matching	10*5 = 50	50*1= 50 (1 mark for each correct pairing)
Total		160	650