IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND DATES AT A GLANCE
(Please refer to Information Bulletin for details)
FEE DETAILS AND IMPORTANT DATES:
Online submission of Application Form 20.07.2022 to 19.08.2022
(upto 05:00 P.M.)
Last date of successful transaction of fee through
Credit/Debit Card/Net-Banking/UPI 19.08.2022 (upto 11:50 P.M.)
Correction in particulars of Application Form on website
only (No corrections shall be allowed after 23.08.2022)
21.08.2022 to 23.08.2022
Downloading of Admit Cards from NTA website Will be announced later on NTA
website
Date of Examination Will be announced later on NTA
website
Duration of Examination 120 minutes (2 hours)
Timing of Examination As indicated on Admit Card
Centre, Date and Shift of Examination As indicated on Admit Card
Display of Attempted Question Paper and Provisional
Answer Keys
Will be announced later on NTA
website
Websites www.nta.ac.in,
https://icar.nta.nic.in/
Declaration of Result on NTA website Will be announced later on NTA
website
Schedule for Online Counselling
Will be announced by the ICAR on
www.icar.org.in, www.icarexam.net
after the declaration of result
1.2 About ICAR
The ICAR is the Apex Body for coordinating, guiding, and managing research and education in
agriculture in the entire country under the aegis of Department of Agricultural Research and
Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Considering the importance of
agricultural education, the University Education Commission (1948) chaired by Dr. S.
Radhakrishnan recommended the establishment of Rural Universities in the country. As a
result, the first State Agricultural University (SAU) was established in 1960 at Pantnagar on the
pattern of the Land Grant Colleges of the United States.
The ICAR-AU System of India has 75 Agricultural Universities comprising 64 State Agricultural,
Veterinary, Horticultural and Fisheries Universities (SAUs), 4 ICAR-DUs, viz. IARI, IVRI, NDRI and
CIFE, 3 Central Agricultural Universities (CAU Imphal, Dr. RPCAU Pusa and RLBCAU Jhansi), 4
Central Universities (CU) having Faculty of Agriculture (BHU, AMU, Viswa Bharati and Nagaland
University). The National Agricultural Research, Education and Extension System (NAREES) of
India is one of the largest in the world, admitting more than 28000 students at UG level and
over 17,500 students at Master’s and Doctoral level annually, in different disciplines of
Agricultural and Allied Sciences.
The NTA has been conducting has All India Competitive Examinations (AICE) for admission to
Bachelor (UG), Masters (PG) & Ph.D. Courses in Agricultural Universities (AUs), and for awarding
scholarships / fellowships, from 2019 onwards, as entrusted to it by Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR), Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE),
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
During 2021-22, against the total of 1350 Seats, 1027 candidates were recommended by ICAR
for admission to accredited Doctoral Degree Programmes in 55 accredited AUs under theICARAU System.
1.3 All India Competitive Examination-(AICE)-JRF/SRF (Ph.D.) 2022
The centralized admission to 25% (likely to increase to 30%) of the seats (subject to at least one
seat for each discipline having Ph.D. degree programme in the University) of accredited Ph.D.
degree programmes in accredited colleges of accredited universities under the ICAR-AU system
was introduced in the Academic Session 2015-16. For the academic session 2022-23, admissions
to 25% (likely to increase to 30%) seats [100% seats of Dr. RPCAU Pusa and ICAR-Deemed to be
University (DU), viz. ICAR-IVRI, IARI, CIFE and NDRI] of accredited doctoral degree programmes
will be granted at accredited colleges in accredited Agricultural Universities under the ICAR-AU
system. Further, not more than 40% candidates from any one state shall be admitted in any
agricultural university/subject under a particular category.
ICAR JRF/SRF(Ph.D.)-2022 Examination will be conducted in 70 Subjects at 89 Cities (Annexure-I)
all over the country enabling participation of a large number of candidates seeking admission to
Doctoral degree programmes in AUs in different disciplines of Agriculture, Horticulture,
Forestry, Veterinary, Animal Sciences, Agril. Engineering, Community Science (erstwhile Home
Science), Fisheries, Dairy Science and other allied sciences. ICAR JRF/SRF (Ph.D.) shall be awarded
to 300 candidates based on merit in this examination as per their overall merit-rank and seat
availability in different disciplines. However, fellowship is granted only after the Counseling,
when the candidate gets admitted and pursues Ph.D. degree in an AU other than the one from
where he/she has passed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. It implies that not more than two
degrees (including Ph.D.) should be from the same AU. The other candidates who are declared /
notified as qualified for counseling will be eligible as per their merit rank and availability of seat
for admission to Ph.D. degree programme, without fellowship, in the specific subject in the AUs.
The above eligibility conditions will also apply to in-service candidates.
Candidates declared eligible for registration and choice filling for counseling by ICAR will only be
considered for allocation of subject and the Agricultural University. There is no provision of
direct nomination for admission through ICAR in any Doctoral degree programme without
qualifying in ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph.D.).
2.1 Subjects for ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph.D.)
Doctoral Degree Programmes are offered by AUs in 70 Subjects given at Annexure-III. Based
upon eligibility and compatibility with their subject areas at the post-graduation level (AnnexureIV), the candidates should select one Subject of specialization from the Table-3 for appearing in
the Examination. However, candidates choosing a Subject of specialization in examination need
to attempt Part-B of Question paper (refer Item
2.4 Scheme of examination) consisting of 50
questions from core group containing the Subject of specialization (Table-1).
2.2 University-wise and Subject-wise Number of Seats Available for Admission
The number of ICAR seats and JRF/SRF (Ph.D.) in different Subjects for the Academic Session
2022–23 will be displayed on ICAR website www.icar.org.in at the time of counseling.
Depending upon availability and status of accreditation, seats in some of the Subjects may not
be received in the Council from accredited universities at the time of counseling. In the event of
some candidates qualifying in such Subjects, it shall not be the responsibility of the Council to
give them admission.
2.3 Schedule of AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph.D.)-2022
Schedule for important examination related activities have been given below. However,
candidates are requested to keep themselves updated about the schedule through NTA website
(www.nta.ac.in, https://icar.nta.nic.in/).
2.4 Scheme of Examination
The Test of AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD) will have a single Paper of 2hrs duration. Details of the Test are
as given below :
Mode of Examination LAN Based CBT (Computer Based Test)
Duration 2 Hours
Number of Questions 120 (20 + 50 + 50)
20 – Part A (General knowledge/reasoning ability)
50 – Part B Core Group (refer Table-1) containing the specialized
Subject opted by the candidate for Ph.D.
50 –Part C Specialized Subject opted by the candidate for Ph.D.
Type of Questions Multiple Choice with 4 options
Maximum Marks 480 (80+200+200)
Scoring
4 marks for each correct response
-1 mark for each incorrect response (negative scoring)
0 for non-attempt
Medium of Paper English only
Test would consist of three Sections:-
Subtest / Section A – First 20 MCQs will be common to all the 70 specialized Subjects. The
questions assess the level of candidate’s awareness about the environment and its application
to the society. The questions are based on general knowledge in the domain of Agriculture,
Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries and Allied Sciences, etc. including current events and
matters of everyday observation and experience.
Subtest/Section B – 50 MCQs will be from the Core Group (refer Table 1) containing the
specialized Subject opted by the candidate for pursuing Ph.D.
Subtest/Section C - 50 MCQs will be from one of the specialized Subjects (Annexure-III) in
Masters Degree opted by the candidate for pursuing Ph.D.
Table 1: Core Groups for Section-B of AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph.D.) Examination
Core Group Subjects for examination
01 Crop Sciences-I
1.1 Genetics & Plant Breeding
1.2 Seed Science & Technology
1.3 Plant Genetic Resources
02 Crop Sciences- II
2.1 Plant Pathology
2.2 Nematology
2.3 Entomology
2.4 Sericulture
03 Crop Sciences- III
3.1 Biochemistry
3.2 Plant Physiology
3.3 Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
3.4 Microbiology
04 Horticulture
4.1 Vegetable Science
4.2 Fruit Science
4.3 Floriculture & Landscaping
4.4 Plantation, Spices, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops
4.5 Post Harvest Management
05 Veterinary and Animal Sciences-I
5.1 Animal Genetics & Breeding
5.2 Animal Nutrition
5.3 Livestock Production Management
5.4 Livestock Products Technology
5.5 Poultry Science
06 Veterinary and Animal Sciences-II
6.1 Veterinary Parasitology
6.2 Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology
6.3 Veterinary Microbiology
6.4 Veterinary Pathology
07 Veterinary and Animal Sciences-III
7.1 Veterinary Medicine
7.2 Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology
7.3 Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology & Obstetrics
7.4 Veterinary Surgery & Radiology
7.5 Veterinary Anatomy
08 Veterinary and Animal Sciences-IV
8.1 Veterinary Physiology
8.2 Veterinary Biochemistry
8.3 Veterinary Biotechnology
09 Dairy Science, Dairy Technology & Food Technology
9.1 Dairy Chemistry
9.2 Food Processing Technology*
9.3 Dairy Microbiology
9.4 Dairy Technology
9.5 Dairy Engineering
10 Agricultural Engineering and Technology
10.1 Farm Machinery and Power Engineering
10.2 Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
10.3 Processing and Food Engineering
10.4 Renewable Energy Engineering
10.5 Irrigation & Drainage Engineering
11 Community Science (Formerly Home Science)
11.1 Resource Management and Consumer Science
11.2 Apparel and Textiles Science
11.3 Human Development and Family Studies
11.4 Food and Nutrition
11.5 Extension Education and Community Management
12 Fishery Science-I
12.1 Fisheries Resource Management
12.2 Fish Processing Technology
12.3 Fishing Technology & Engineering
12.4. Aquatic Environmental Management
13 Fishery Science-II
13.1 Aquaculture
13.2 Aquatic Animal Health Management
13.3 Fish Nutrition and Feed Technology
14 Fishery Sciences-III
14.1 Fish Genetics and Breeding
14.2 Fish Biotechnology
14.3 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
15 Natural Resource Management – I
15.1 Forestry**
15.2 Agricultural Meteorology
15.3 Agricultural Physics
16 Natural Resource Management – II
16.1 Agronomy
16.2 Soil Sciences
16.3 Agricultural Chemicals
17 Agricultural Economics & Agri-Business Management
17.1 Agricultural Economics***
17.2 Agri-business Management
18 Agricultural Extension
18.1 Agricultural Extension Education****
19 Agricultural Statistics
19.1 Agricultural Statistics
19.2 Bioinformatics
19.3 Computer Application
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