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information on ICAR JRF examination

1. ICAR-JRF

Somanath Sarvade
Assistant Professor (Agroforestry)
lc ICAR-JRF Examination
College of Agriculture Balaghat
E-mail: [email protected]

oe Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishva Vidyalaya,
Jabalpur

2. $

Examination for fill...

Students for 25% seats in Master degree programs in AUs are admitted
through AIEEA (PG).

All(100%) seats of the four ICAR-DUs namely, Indian Agricultural
Research Institute (IARI), Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI),
National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) and Central Institute of
Fisheries Education (CIFE) are also filled up through the same

examination.

For award of ICAR-JRF (PGs) in agriculture & allied sciences

3. $

There is no provision of direct nomination for

admission through ICAR in any Master degree

programme without qualifying in ICAR AIEEA

4. portant tentative date and month =

nline application: Feb. month

| + Last date of receipt of application: Last week of the month Feb.
+ Last date of receipt of application from

remote areas (A&N Island, Arunachal Pradesh,

Assam, J&K, Lahul and Spiti district and Pangi

division of Chamba district of HP, Lakshadweep,

Manipuf, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim

and Tripura): 5-6 days relaxation
/Admit card or Roll number query: After last week of March
Examination: April

Declaration of results: After third week of May
Schedule for counselling: June-July

announcements including roll number, admit card, declaration of results, calling for
ling, general notices etc. will available on internet at the ICAR website www.icar.org.in

5. Schedule of AIEEA (PG) 2020 =

¡Online submission of Application Form (upto 05:00 pm of 31 March, 2020) : 01.03.2020-
31.03.2020

Last date of successful transaction of fee through Credit/Debit Card/Net-Banking/UPI
upto 11:50 pm of 31 March, 2020 01.03.2020-31.03.2020

Correction in particulars of Application Form on website only (No corrections shall be
allowed after 02.05.2020) 25.04.2020-02.05.2020

of Admit Cards from NTA website 08.05.2020
Dates of/Examination 01.06.2020

Duratión of Examination 120 minutes (2 hours)
eclaration of Result on NTA website 15.06.2020

dule for Online Counselling To be announced by the ICAR on icar.org.in after the
declaration of result

Candidates are requested to keep themselves updated about the schedule
through NTA and ICAR websites www.nta.c.in, https://icar.nta.nic.in and

6. COST OF INFORMATION ©
BULLETIN WITH
APPLICATION FORM

Category Cost (Rs.)

General/Unreserved, OBC-NCL* 1100/-
& UPS**/EWS***

SC, ST, PwD and Transgender 550/-

7. + Mode of Examination
+ Duration

“of Questions

Medium of Paper

Scheme of Examination

The test of AIEEA (PG) 2020 has a single paper of 2 hours

duration. Details of the test are given below:

LAN Based CBT (Computer Based Test)

120 minutes (2 hours)

120

Multiple Choice Questions

M 4 marks for each correct response

M -1 mark fo each incorrect response
(negative scoring)

1 0 for non-attempt

English only

8. Syllabus for the Test
The Question Papers for the test shall be
based on the syllabus prescribed by the
ICAR, which is available at the website

www. icar.org.in

9. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Age and Nationality: Indian nationals, Not less than 19
years, No relaxation is admissible regarding the minimum age
limit.
+ Qualifying Examination:
* Only those candidates having passed their Bachelor’s Degree
appearing at the Final Examination of the Bachelor’s
Degree in Agriculture from recognized university with
required OGPA of 6.60/10; 3.25/5; 2.60/4 for General, OBC
and UPS (Remote and Under Privileged States/UT)
categories whereas, for SC/ST/PC categories, the said

requirement is 5.60/10; 2.75/5; 2.20/4, respectively.

10. $

° 10+2+4; 10+6 years degree programs may apply

for this examination.

+ Very few universities available for 10+2+3 years

degree programs (CCSHAU-Hissar, Dr.
SPUH&F-Solan, PAU-Ludhiana, IARI-Pusa,

SHIATS-Allahabad, GBPUA&T-Pantnagar)

For detail information please see Information Bulletin for Masters degree
programme

www.nta.c.in, https://icar.nta.nic.in and www.icar. org.in

11. RESERVATION OF SEATS FOR SC/ST, PC, $47
UPS AND OBC

15% for SC and 7.5% for ST in different disciplines.

¢ The reservation of seats among SC and ST categories is interchangeable.

* 3% seats are reserved, horizontally across the categories in different
subjects for physically challenged (PC) candidates.

Reservation for candidates belonging to Central OBC category would be
vailable at BHU, Viswa Bharati, AMU, SASARD Nagaland University,
CAU, CIFE, IARI, IVRI and NDRI universities as per latest Gol

directions.

For detail information please see Information Bulletin for Masters degree programme

www.nta.c.in, https://icar.nta.nic.in and www.icar.org.in

12. The admission (without fellowship) as well as with ICAR-JRF
(PGS) will be given to only that candidate who joins the masters
degree programme in the university other than that from where
he/shé has obtained his/her Bachelors degree except at NDRI,
arnal, where 100% seats were filled through ICAR Entrance

Examination

13. $

¢ Instruction for filling the application form of
ICAR-JRF examination is given in Information
Bulletin

+ Examination City Centres are given in ANNEXURE IV of

Information Bulletin

www.nta.c.in, https://icar.nta.nic.in and www.icar.org.in

14. DURATION $
Duration of ICAR-JRF (PGS) will be two years and in no case it

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will be extended beyond the period of two years.

AMOUNT OF FELLOWSHIP

he fellowship is at the rate of Rs. 12 640/ - per month for a

eriod of two years together with a contingency grant of Rs.

15. $

Not more than 50% of the contingent grant will be

spent for purchase of books. All purchases are to be
e with the approval of the Major

Advisor/Chairman of Student Advisory Committee.

16. The non-PG Scholarship/NTS(PG) candidates shall be eligible to
get revised National Talent Scholarship (NTS) of Rs. 5,000/- per
month for two years provided they join Master degree programme
in an AU located in a state different from their state of domicile.

Fo further details, the candidates may see the Guidelines for NTS
2016) available at

http:/Avww.icar.org.in/files/EINALGuidelines(GNTS)-

26072016.pdf/. Even the candidates who do not want to avail NTS
(PG) have to mandatorily seek admission in an AU different from

the one from where they have graduated.

17. RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR PREPARATION

Agronomy

Book name Author Publisher
Competitive agronomy KR Naik Scientific Pub.
Objective agriculture J C Tarafdar Scientific Pub.
Principles of Agronomy SR Reddy Scientific Pub.
Science of Agronomy US Walia Scientific Pub.

Agriculture at a glance: an enhanced

RK Sharma et

Astral International

'ompetition explorer al.
Question bank of Agronomy for ARS/NET MK Singh Scientific Pub.
exam
Agronomy at a glance: Vol. 1. Basic and PL Maliwal Scientific Pub.
applied fundamentals
Agronomy terminology G K Sagar Scientific Pub.

18. Plant Sciences

Book name Author Publisher

Genetics B D Singh Kalyani Pub.

Plant Breeding B D Singh Kalyani Pub.

Objective Genetics B K Prasad and | Kalyani Pub.
B D Singh

Objective Genetics and Plant Breeding Phundan Singh | Kalyani Pub.

Essentials of Plant Breeding Phundan Singh | Kalyani Pub.

rinciples and Procedures of Plant GS Chahal and | Narosa Pub.

breeding — Biotechnology and SS Gosal

Conventional Approaches

Objective Plant Breeding B K Prasad and | Kalyani Pub.
B D Singh

Seed Technology Khare and Scientific Pub.

Bhale

19. Pathology

Eat

Book name Author Publisher
Introduction to principles of RS Singh Oxford & IBH Pub.
Plant Pathology
Plant Diseases RS Singh Oxford & IBH Pub.
Plant Pathology GN Agrios Acdemic Press 5"

Edition
iseases of Crop Plants in India | Rangaswami Oxford & IBH Pub.
Plant Pathology at Glance Utpal Kumar |Kalyani Pub.
Bhattacharya
Plant Pathology: A Competitive | Mann -

vision

20. Horticulture

Book name Author Publisher
Objective horticulture Anil Verma New India Pub.
Question bank for agriculture R K Sharma et Astral International
competition useful for JRF, SRF, al. Pub.
NET, CET, Ph.D.
Statistics

Book name Author Publisher

ndamentals of Mathematical |Gupta and S Chand Pub.

Sciences Kapoor
Fundamentals of Applied Gupta and S Chand Pub.
Statistics Kapoor
Objective Agriculture statistics |K C Kushwaha _ |New India Pub.

21. Agri. Extension

Book name Author Publisher
|| Objective fundamental for Narindra Paul | Agrotech
professional extension
Extension education at a glance LL Somani Vishal Publication
Objectives in extension education V G Sunil New Vishal Pub.
Objectivesin Agricultural extension | Narindra Paul | Agrotech Publ.
S Sharma Academy
Econgmics
Book name Author Publisher
Agricultural Economics S Subba reddy Oxford and IBH
'onomcis Dr. Anupam Agrawal Safitya Bhawan Pub.
plete agriculture Dr. P D Chaudhary Surahi Pub., Jaipur

22. Good Luck!
&
Thank You!