National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) Rajendranagar
Hyderabad-500407
NOTIFICATION | ADVT No. ICAR-SRF (PGS)/2010
All India Competitive Examination for grant of ICAR-SRF (PGS) - 2010
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the grant of ICAR Senior Research Fellowship (PGS) - 2010 for pursuing Ph.D. degree in the field of Agriculture and allied Sciences.
The candidates should have Master’s Degree in the concerned discipline. The examination will be held on 12-12-2010 (SUNDAY).
DISCIPLINE/SUBJECT-WISE GROUPS, SUBJECT CODE AND TENTATIVE NUMBER OF SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
A Plant Sciences
A – 1 Agronomy 12
A – 2 Genetics 7
A – 3 Plant Breeding 11
A – 4 Seed Technology 2
B Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry
B – 1 Soil Science Pedology 2
B – 2 Soil Chemistry/Fertility/Soil Microbiology 5
B – 3 Soil Physics/Soil and Water Conservation 4
B – 4 Agricultural Chemistry/ Agric. Chemicals 2
B – 5 Agricultural Meteorology 2
C Biochemistry & Biotechnology
C – 1 Biochemistry (Agric./ Plant Sciences) 5
C – 2 Biotechnology (Agric./ Plant Sciences) 9
C – 3 Microbiology (Agriculture) 6
C – 4 Plant Physiology 6
D Horticultural Sciences and Forestry
D – 1 Horticulture (Fruit Crops/ Pomology) 3
D – 2 Horticulture (Floriculture) 6
D – 3 Horticulture (Vegetable Science) 5
D – 4 Forestry/Agro Forestry/Silviculture 4
E Plant Protection & Related Sciences
E – 1 Agricultural Entomology 10
E – 2 Nematology (Agriculture) 2
E – 3 Plant Pathology 11
F Veterinary & Animal Sciences – I
F – 1 Animal Genetics and Breeding 4
F – 2 Animal Reproduction and Gynaecology 3
F – 3 Livestock Production and Management 5
F – 4 Livestock Products Technology 2
F – 5 Poultry Science 2
F – 6 Veterinary Extension Education 1
G Veterinary & Animal Sciences – II
G – 1 Animal Nutrition 2
G – 2 Animal Physiology 2
G – 3 Biochemistry(Animal Science) 2
G – 4 Biotechnology (Animal Science) 2
G – 5 Veterinary Microbiology 2
G – 6 Veterinary Pathology 4
H Veterinary & Animal Sciences – III
H – 1 Veterinary Medicine 3
H – 2 Veterinary Parasitology 2
H – 3 Veterinary Pharmacology 2
H – 4 Veterinary Public Health 1
H – 5 Veterinary Surgery 4
H – 6 Veterinary Anatomy 1
J Dairy Science, Dairy Technology & Food Science
J – 1 Dairy Chemistry 2
J – 2 Food Science & Technology 2
J – 3 Dairy Microbiology 2
J – 4 Dairy Processing 2
J – 5 Dairy Engineering 2
K Agricultural Engineering Engineering/ Process & Food Engineering
K – 1 Agricultural Structures & Process 2
K – 2 Farm Machinery & Power 3
K – 3 Soil & Water Conservation Engineering 2
L Home Science
L – 1 Child Development 2
L – 2 Food & Nutrition 2
L – 3 Home Management/ Family Resource Management 2
L – 4 Home Science Extension Education 2
L – 5 Textile and Clothing 2
M Fisheries Science & Technology
M – 1 Fisheries Science 5
M – 2 Fish Processing Technology 2
N Agricultural Economics, Statistics and Extension
N – 1 Agricultural Economics 4
N – 2 Agricultural Extension 4
N – 3 Agricultural Statistics Education 2
CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF AWARD
(i) ICAR-SRF (PGS) will be awarded on the basis of merit in the All India Competitive Entrance Examination for ICAR-SRF (PGS) and admission to Ph. D. degree programme at State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), Deemed Universities, viz. IARI (New Delhi) / IVRI (Izatnagar) / NDRI (Karnal) / CIFE (Mumbai) / SHIATS (Allahabad), Central Agricultural University (Imphal, Manipur), and Central Univerisities having faculty of agriculture, viz. Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Viswa Bharti, and Nagaland University, herein-after referred to as the Agricultural Universities (AUs). The fellowship will NOT be available for admission in any university other than the AUs as mentioned above.
ICAR-SRF (PGS) is effective from the date of registering in the Ph.D. programme in any Agricultural University (SAUs, ICAR DUs, CAU or CUs having faculty of agriculture) or effective from the date ICARSRF (PGS) is awarded, whichever is later.
(ii) The fellowship will be admissible to persons of Indian Nationality as defined in the Constitution of India or persons domiciled in India.
(iii) The award of ICAR-SRF (PGS) can be availed within a period of one year from the date of issue of this award letter for seeking admission in Ph.D. programme in the qualifying subject at any Agricultural University (AU). It will not be extended in any case.
(iv) If already registered as full time Ph.D. Scholar, he/she should not have completed two years on the date of examination.
(v) Duration of ICAR-SRF (PGS) will be three years and in no case it will be extended beyond the period of three years.
(vi) SRF will be awarded subject to verification of credentials by award administration authority, viz. the University/ Institute where the candidate gets admission.
(vii) No TA and DA will be paid to the candidates for appearing in the Examination at the Centres or for joining the University.
(viii) For admissions, eligibility conditions of the admitting University/ Institute will be applicable.
(ix) Fellowship would be granted only when the candidate gets eventually admitted and pursues Ph. D. degree from an Agricultural University (AU) other than the Agricultural University (AU) of completing M. Sc./ M.V.Sc./ M.E./ M.Tech. degree, except for ICAR - Deemed to be Universities.
(x) In case of in-service candidates, the awardee joins/has joined the University/Institute other than where he/she is working. In case of an in-service candidate, who is in receipt of full/partial leave salary from his/her parent organization, the amount of ICAR-SRF shall be limited to Rs.3000/- pm in addition to the research contingency as available to fresh candidates.
(xi) The awardee joins/has joined the University/Institute where Ph.D. programme consists of both course work and research.
(iv) If already registered as full time Ph.D. Scholar, he/she should not have completed two years on the date of examination.
(v) Duration of ICAR-SRF (PGS) will be three years and in no case it will be extended beyond the period of three years.
(vi) SRF will be awarded subject to verification of credentials by award administration authority, viz. the University/ Institute where the candidate gets admission.
(vii) No TA and DA will be paid to the candidates for appearing in the Examination at the Centres or for joining the University.
(viii) For admissions, eligibility conditions of the admitting University/ Institute will be applicable.
(ix) Fellowship would be granted only when the candidate gets eventually admitted and pursues Ph. D. degree from an Agricultural University (AU) other than the Agricultural University (AU) of completing M. Sc./ M.V.Sc./ M.E./ M.Tech. degree, except for ICAR - Deemed to be Universities.
(x) In case of in-service candidates, the awardee joins/has joined the University/Institute other than where he/she is working. In case of an in-service candidate, who is in receipt of full/partial leave salary from his/her parent organization, the amount of ICAR-SRF shall be limited to Rs.3000/- pm in addition to the research contingency as available to fresh candidates.
(xi) The awardee joins/has joined the University/Institute where Ph.D. programme consists of both course work and research.
4. ELIGIBILTY REQUIREMENTS
Candidates having completed their Master’s Degree programme with a minimum of 55 per cent marks or equivalent OGPA from any recognized university in India and abroad would be eligible. For SC/ST and Physically Handicapped candidates, the minimum per cent of marks will be relaxed by 5 per cent or equivalent OGPA. The equivalence of OGPA to per cent marks, where needed, will be certified by the Registrar of the concerned University and must have to be produced by the candidates. Candidates appearing in the final semester would also be eligible provided they complete the Postgraduate degree in all respects by the date of examination and produce the degree-completion certificate from the Registrar to this effect. The candidates who have already joined Ph.D. and have completed more than two years as on the date of examination are not eligible to apply for Senior Research Fellowship. The above condition will also apply to in-service candidates. It is the sole responsibility of the candidate to check his/her eligibility for admission before applying. NAARM will not be held responsible for refusing ICAR-SRF(PGS) to any non-eligible candidates.
NOTE 2:
(i) Senior Research Fellowship is a financial assistance given by ICAR for pursuing Ph.D. programmes in the field of Agriculture and Allied sciences.
(ii) Merely qualifying the examination will not guarantee SRF. Only those candidates will be eligible for SRF who come in the merit list and join the University within stipulated time.
(iii) Candidates will have to take admission on their own and there will not be any responsibility of ICAR/NAARM in securing admission for the candidates.
(iv) In many courses, the Universities have diversified eligibility conditions. The candidate has to meet the prescribed eligibility conditions of the University where admission is sought.
(v) The in-service candidates qualifying for SRF will themselves arrange for study leave/leave of the kind due from their respective organizations themselves and that ICAR/NAARM will not intervene in this regard.
(vi) The in-service candidates will be those working in ICAR Institutes, SAUs, CAU, CUs having faculty of agriculture, Central Government/State Government Departments dealing in agriculture and allied sectors and Public Sector Undertakings dealing with agriculture and allied sectors.
(ii) Merely qualifying the examination will not guarantee SRF. Only those candidates will be eligible for SRF who come in the merit list and join the University within stipulated time.
(iii) Candidates will have to take admission on their own and there will not be any responsibility of ICAR/NAARM in securing admission for the candidates.
(iv) In many courses, the Universities have diversified eligibility conditions. The candidate has to meet the prescribed eligibility conditions of the University where admission is sought.
(v) The in-service candidates qualifying for SRF will themselves arrange for study leave/leave of the kind due from their respective organizations themselves and that ICAR/NAARM will not intervene in this regard.
(vi) The in-service candidates will be those working in ICAR Institutes, SAUs, CAU, CUs having faculty of agriculture, Central Government/State Government Departments dealing in agriculture and allied sectors and Public Sector Undertakings dealing with agriculture and allied sectors.
5. AGE
The minimum and maximum age limit shall be 21 years and 30 years respectively for General Category.
Relaxation in upper age limit of 5 years will be admissible to candidates from SC/ST and PH categories. For candidates belonging to OBC, relaxation in upper age limit for 3 years will be admissible.
For in-service candidates, the maximum age limit shall be 45 years in all cases. The crucial date for determining the minimum and maximum age limit for all categories will be the date of examination. Candidates seeking age relaxation should submit an attested copy of the Caste Certificate issued by the prescribed authority of Government of India in the form given in the bulletin at Annexure – II (for SC/ ST) candidate and at Annexure III for OBC.
A Physically Handicapped (PH) and Visually Handicapped (VH) person seeking to apply for this examination should submit an attested copy of certificate about being handicapped from a Government Hospital/ Medical Board alongwith his/ her application form.
For in-service candidates, the maximum age limit shall be 45 years in all cases. The crucial date for determining the minimum and maximum age limit for all categories will be the date of examination. Candidates seeking age relaxation should submit an attested copy of the Caste Certificate issued by the prescribed authority of Government of India in the form given in the bulletin at Annexure – II (for SC/ ST) candidate and at Annexure III for OBC.
A Physically Handicapped (PH) and Visually Handicapped (VH) person seeking to apply for this examination should submit an attested copy of certificate about being handicapped from a Government Hospital/ Medical Board alongwith his/ her application form.
6. RESERVATION
15% of the total SRF are reserved for SC candidates, 7.5% for ST candidates and 3% for PH candidates subject to their being otherwise suitable. The responsibility of verification of the genuineness of SC/ST/OBC and PH certificates will be of the concerned Agricultural University (AU) where the candidate has been granted admission.
If suitable candidates are not found for reserved seats for PH candidates, the same will be filled as per merit from general category. In case sufficient number of candidates of a category are not available to fill up the seats, the fellowships will not be awarded/transferred to another category.
SELECTION OF THE CANDIDATES
Candidates will be selected for the award of ICAR Senior Research Fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. degree on the basis of merit in this Competitive Examination and his/her past academic performance. Merit weightage would be:
75% for the examination and 25% for academic performance. The marks of Paper-I and Paper-II both will be added for total score in the Examination. The weightage for academic performance in U.G. will be 10% and 15% for P.G. For example a candidate scoring 64% marks (or equivalent CGPA/OGPA) in U.G. if competes for the SRF examination he/ she gets (64) × (10/100) = 6.4 marks on this account. Whereas, if he/ she has scored 70% marks (or equivalent CGPA) in M.Sc./ M.V.Sc. etc. his score for P.G. will be (70) × (15/100) = 10.5 marks. The total of these two i.e. 6.4 + 10.5 = 16.9 marks will be added to his marks scored in written examination (The written examination will have weightage of 75%). Ranking would be arrived at with the top ranks for highest score and subsequent ranks for lesser scores. In case of a tie in total score, the candidate with higher marks in this examination will be ranked senior.
9. VALUE AND TENURE OF FELLOWSHIP
The Fellowship will be awarded to meritorious candidates seeking admission in the listed State Agricultural Universities, ICAR Deemed Universities, Central Universities having faculty of agriculture, Central Agricultural University or any other approved University/ Institute where Ph.D. Degree programme consists of course work with definite credit hours and research work/thesis. The fellowship will be at the following rates:
Postgraduate other than in Veterinary Science Rs. 12000/- p.m. (fixed) for 1st & 2nd year. Rs. 14000/- p.m. (fixed) for 3rd year.
Postgraduate in Veterinary Science Rs. 14000/- p.m. (fixed) for 1st & 2nd year. Rs. 15000/- p.m. (fixed) for 3rd year.
(Contingent grant of Rs. 10,000/- per year for procurement of essential chemicals, books, and travel connected with research work will also be paid to all the awardees).
Postgraduate in Veterinary Science Rs. 14000/- p.m. (fixed) for 1st & 2nd year. Rs. 15000/- p.m. (fixed) for 3rd year.
(Contingent grant of Rs. 10,000/- per year for procurement of essential chemicals, books, and travel connected with research work will also be paid to all the awardees).
10. LEGAL JURISDICTION
All disputes pertaining to the conduct of examination and any other issue relating to All India Competitive Examination for SRF leading to Ph.D. degree programme conducted by the ICAR shall fall within the jurisdiction of Hyderabad Courts only. As per Rules and Bye-laws of ICAR, it may sue or be sued in the name of Secretary, ICAR.
11. EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
The candidate who fulfills the eligibility requirement may appear in the written competitive examination. There will be two papers in written examination, i.e. Paper – I & Paper – II. The examination will be in English.
Paper – I: will be a composite paper on General Knowledge common for all subjects. The questions will be designed to test the ability of candidate’s awareness of the environment around him / her and its application to the society. It will contain questions on General Knowledge in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries and Allied Sciences, etc. including current events and such matters of every day observation and experience as may be expected to be known to a research scholar. It will be of one and a half hour (90 minutes) duration having 100 objective type questions with multiple choice answers, for a total of 100 marks. The weightage of this paper will be 25%. There will be negative marking (–25%) for each wrong answer. The paper will be evaluated through computer scanning.
Paper – II: This paper will also be objective type having subject - specific multiple choice OMR based questions. This paper will be of two and a half hours (150 minutes) duration, having a total of 200 objective type questions with multiple choice answers, for a total of 200 marks. These 200 questions in each major subject paper would cover questions from all the sub-subjects listed under each major subject. For example, in the major subject of Plant Sciences, there will be equal distribution of questions from the sub-subjects Agronomy, Genetics, Plant Breeding, and Seed Technology, making a total of 200 questions. The weightage of this paper will be 50%.
The paper will be evaluated through computer scanning.
Paper – II will be evaluated of those candidates only who qualify in Paper – I. Cut-off percentage for
Paper – I would be decided at the time of evaluation. No request for re-evaluation of papers will be entertained.
Paper – I would be decided at the time of evaluation. No request for re-evaluation of papers will be entertained.
The candidates are advised to fill OMR Sheet strictly as per instructions. Any wrong information in the OMR sheet regarding Roll No., Code etc., and also carelessness on the part of candidates in filling the bubbles of OMR sheet will result in cancellation of his/her candidature. No request for re-evaluation, etc. will be entertained.
Final ranking for SRF would be drawn subject area-wise on the basis of marks obtained by a candidate in the written examination (25% weightage for Paper I and 50% weightage for Paper II) and his/her academic performance at undergraduate and postgraduate level (25% weightage). Candidates who have not produced attested copies of their degree and final mark sheets will not be considered at all.
The in-service candidates will be awarded SRF, only if they come in the overall merit list of their concerned subject areas.
A list of those candidates who qualify as per cut-off marks, but do not come in the merit list for award of SRF will also be prepared and circulated to the Agricultural Universities to facilitate their admissions in Ph.D. without grant of SRF.
How to apply
The candidates can download application form from the website, fill it up and send it along with the requisite certificates and examination fee of Rs.1200/- (for General and OBC) and Rs.600/- for SC/ST/PH candidates, to the Controller of Examination, NAARM, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 407 on or before 30-08- 2010 (06-09-2010 for remote areas).
IMPORTANT DATES
(i) Last date for receipt of filled in applications August 30, 2010
(ii) Last date for receipt of filled in applications from remote September 6, 2010 areas; namely Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Laddakh Division of J&K State, Lahaul & Spiti district and Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Island, and Lakshdweep
(iii) Date of Examination (Change, if any, will be notified) December 12, 2010 (Sunday)
(iv) Likely date of declaration of result End of March 2011
(ii) Last date for receipt of filled in applications from remote September 6, 2010 areas; namely Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Laddakh Division of J&K State, Lahaul & Spiti district and Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Island, and Lakshdweep
(iii) Date of Examination (Change, if any, will be notified) December 12, 2010 (Sunday)
(iv) Likely date of declaration of result End of March 2011
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