ICAR AIEEA (UG) – 2021

About ICAR:

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (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.

The ICAR-AU System of India has 74 Agricultural Universities comprising 63 State Agricultural, Veterinary, Horticultural and Fisheries Universities (SAUs), 4 ICAR-DUs (Deemed Universities), viz. Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) and Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), 3 Central Agricultural Universities (CAU, Imphal, Dr. RPCAU, Pusa and Rani Lakshmibai Central Agricultural University (RLB CAU), Jhansi), 4 Central Universities (CUs) having Faculty of Agriculture (Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University, Viswa Bharati and Nagaland University).

The National Agricultural Research and Education and Extension System (NAREES) of India is one of the largest agricultural research systems in the world, admitting more than 28,000 students at UG level and over 17,500 students at the PG and Doctoral level annually, in different disciplines of Agriculture and Allied Sciences.

During 2020-21, against the total of 2865 Seats, 2072 candidates were recommended by ICAR for admission to accredited Bachelor degree programmes in 62 accredited AUs under the ICAR-AU system.

About ICAR AIEEA:

All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA) shall be conducted for –

1. Admission to 15% seats in Bachelor Degree Programme in Agriculture and Allied Sciences (Other than veterinary sciences) at Agricultural Universities (100% seats at NDRI Karnal, RLBCAU Jhansi & DR. RPCAU PUSA)
2. Award of National Talent Scholarship (NTS) in Agriculture & Allied Science subjects (other than Veterinary Science).

Start Date for Online Application:

25^th July 2021

Last Date for Online Application:

20^th August 2021 (05:00 PM)

Last Date for successful transaction of Examination fee:

20^th August 2021 (11:50 PM)

Date of Examination:

7^th, 8^th and 13^th September 2021 (Friday) (Timing, Centre, Date and Shift of examination as indicated on Admit Card)

Duration of Examination:

150 minutes (2 ½ hours)

Mode of Examination:

Computer Based Test (CBT)

Type of Questions:

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Application Processing and Examination Fee:

• Fee for General: Rs. 770/-  + Transaction charges as applicable.
• Fee for EWS/OBC: Rs. 750/-  + Transaction charges as applicable.
• Fee for SC/ST/PwBD/Transgender: Rs. 375/-  + Transaction charges as applicable.

Mode of payment:

Net-Banking/ Debit Card /Credit Card / UPI / Wallet

Correction in the Particulars of Application Form (online only):

23^rd August 2021 to 26^th August 2021

Pattern of examination:

• Each candidate has to attempt/opt/choose only three subjects (PCB/PCM/PCA/ABC) in the examination as per choice from the List of Subjects (Image inserted below – from Annexure-IV of information bulletin), to be given in the Online Application Form.
• The candidates must attempt only those subjects in the examination as per the choice given in the Application Form. Therefore, they must exercise the choice of subjects very carefully.
• In case of any discrepancy between English & Hindi Version of a question, English Version would be considered as valid.
• 50 questions in each subject (Total = 150).
• 4 marks for each correct response.
• -1 mark for each incorrect response (negative scoring)
• Medium of Paper – English and Hindi

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Syllabus:

As prescribed by ICAR (Link bellow)

For list of cities for examination centres, please refer to the information bulletin.

Educational Qualification:

1. In order to appear in AIEEA (UG) 2021, Indian national candidates must have passed 10+2 Senior Secondary Examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education or any other examination within scope and standard found to be equivalent to the Senior Secondary Examination of a recognised Indian Board/University (Annexure VI), with minimum prescribed marks/grade, after a period of 12 years of study. The medium of instruction in the admitting University will be English.
2. Candidate must have passed any one of the qualifying examinations enumerated above securing not less than 50% marks in aggregate for General, OBC (NCL), UPS, EWS categories and 40% marks in aggregate for SC, ST, Third Gender, PwD categories. There will be no rounding-off of the OGPA/percentage of marks of qualifying examination while deciding the basic eligibility of any candidate for admission e.g. if a candidate obtained 49.99% marks in his/her qualifying examination, then it will not be rounded-off to 50%.
3. Candidate having a compartment/supplementary in any of the subjects will not be eligible unless proof of having cleared the examination with requisite percentage as above is available.
4. Candidate already appeared in the qualifying examination enumerated above, can also apply but would be required to submit evidence of having satisfied the conditions latest at the time of counselling/admission in the allotted university.
5. Candidate must ensure that he/she fulfills the eligibility requirements for the examination as well as admission as detailed in the Information Bulletin. Applying for AIEEA (UG) 2021, appearing in the examination and qualifying the same does not necessarily mean acceptance of eligibility. The applicant for a particular Subject must satisfy the eligibility criteria as specified in this Information Bulletin (or its amendments/corrections from time to time).

Age limit:

Indian Nationals of at least 16 years of age as on 31.08.2021 are eligible to apply for the examination. No relaxation is admissible regarding the minimum age limit.

Scholarship:

The revised rate of NTA for UG is Rs. 3000/- per month.

Follow the steps given below to Apply Online:

1. Apply for Online Registration using unique Email Id and Mobile No.
2. Fill in the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Application No.
3. Upload scanned images of Candidate’s Photograph (file size: 10 kb – 200 kb), Candidate’s Signature (file size: 4 kb – 30 kb) and Thumb impression (file size: 3 kb-30 kb) in JPG/JPEG format.
4. Pay fee using SBI/Canara/HDFC/ICICI/Paytm Payment Gateway through Debit Card/Credit Card/Net Banking/UPI and keep proof of fee paid.

All the 4 Steps can be done together or at separate timings.

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