ICAR AIEEA PG 2024 Application Form (Open), Exam Dates, Eligibility, Pattern

NTA ICAR AIEEA PG 2024 Notification & Registrations @ ntaicar.nic.in: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the Notification for Admission into Postgraduate Courses in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR’s) All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA) and the Application Process has been Started on its official Website @ nta.ac.in and ntaicar.nic.in.

The application process has been Started on 11th April 2024 and will remain available till 11th May 2024. NTA ICAR AIEEA PG 2024 Exam will be conducted on 29th June 2024. 

NTA ICAR AIEEA PG 2024: Exam Overview

Students for 30% seats in Master degree programmes 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) and CAUs, viz. RLBCAU, Jhansi and Dr. RPCAU, Pusa are also filled up through the same examination. Further, not more than 40% candidates from any one state shall be admitted in any agricultural university in a particular subject and category.

ICAR AIEEA (PG)-2024 examination for the academic session 2024-25 will be conducted at 89 cities all over the country for candidates seeking admission in Master degree programmes in AUs in different disciplines of Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Veterinary, Animal Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, Community Science (erstwhile Home Science), Fisheries, Dairy Science and other allied sciences.

For postgraduate studies, ICAR- PG Scholarship shall be awarded to limited candidates based on merit in this examination as per their overall merit-rank and seat availability in different disciplines. Also, the eligible admitted students may be awarded NTS(PG). 

NTA ICAR AIEEA PG 2024: Exam Overview

NTA ICAR AIEEA PG 2024 Important Dates

The Admission process for AIEEA PG will start with Application Process and End with counselling . The details of timeline is given in the below table. 

NTA ICAR AIEEA PG 2024: Eligibility Criteria

In order to appear in ICAR-AIEEA (PG)-2024, an Indian national candidate must ensure that he/she fulfills the eligibility requirements for the examination as well as admission as detailed in the Information Bulletin.

• Candidate should note that for admission to Master’s degree programmes through entrance examination conducted by NTA, only the candidates having passed graduation with four/six (12+4/10+6 B.Sc. Ag./B.Tech.) / five years (B.V.Sc. & AH) / 5½ years (B.V.Sc. & AH) degree programme will be eligible.

• Equivalence of Degrees will be decided by the admitting university only, as per the UGC Public Notice No.F9-3/2016(CPP-II) dated 19^th July, 2016.

• The candidates having Bachelor’s degree with 3 years’ duration will not be considered for admission through ICAR AIEEA (PG)-2024 in AUs under ICAR-AU system except in few courses at three ICAR-Deemed to be Universities (DUs), viz. IARI, IVRI and NDRI for which the eligibility criteria of the concerned ICAR-DU, including admission of graduates having passedwith 3 years’ degree, would prevail for admission.

NTA ICAR AIEEA PG 2024: Application Fee

The Application Registration fee for Different categories is mentioned below. 

Note : Service charges of the concerned Bank / Payment Gateway Integrator are to be paid by the candidate extra, as applicable.

How to Fill the ICAR AIEEA PG Application Form 2024

The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the ICAR AIEEA Postgraduate Application Form 2024 on 15 April 20241. The last date for ICAR AIEEA 2024 application form submission will be 15th May 2024. Following are the steps which a candidate can check to fill out the ICAR AIEEA Application Form 2024.

1. Visit the official link @ exams.nta.ac.in/ICAR
2. On the Home Page find the Important Links Section
3. Now click on the link that appeared on the screen
4. Search for ICAR AIEEA PG Application Form
5. Fill out the Application Form with valid details
6. click on the submit button
7. Download ICAR AIEEA Application Form 2024 for the Future reference

Important Links for NTA ICAR AIEEA PG 2024

To Apply For ICAR AIEEA PG 2024	Click Here (Link Is Activated)
ICAR AIEEA PG 2024 Information Bulletin	Click Here

Scheme of Examination

The test of AIEEA (PG)-2024 has a single paper of 2 hours duration. Details of the test are given below:

Mode of Examination	CBT (Computer Based Test)
Duration	120 minutes (2 hours)
Number of Questions	120
Type of Questions	Multiple Choice Questions
Scoring	·4 marks for each correct response -1 mark for each incorrect response (negative scoring) 0 for non-attempt
Medium of Paper	English only

The Question Papers for the test shall be based on the syllabus prescribed by the ICAR, which is available at the website: https://icar.org.in/content/icar%E2%80%99s-aice-jrfsrf-pgs-2020-examination.

About NTA

 The Ministry of Education, Government of India (GOI), has established the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization under Society Registration Act, 1860 for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions.

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.