‘Tele: 011-25840746, Fax-011-25843329, e-mail aft agers INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (apf fre fae) (AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION DIVISION) = oft anger Hed 11, Tar, AE fech—-110012 Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan - IL, Pusa, New Delhi — 110012 Dr. M.K. Agnihotri F. No. EDN/I(31)/2014-Exam Cell Controller of Examinations (Agril. Edn.) Dated the 14" December, 2016 Subject: Fixing dates of ICAR’s 22” All India Entrance Examinations (AIEEA) for Admission to Undergraduate & Postgraduate degree programmes and AICE- IRF/SRF (PGS)-2017 for admission to Doctoral degree programmes in Agriculture and Allied Sciences for the Academic Session 2017-18. Sir, ‘The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi conducts All India Entrance Examinations for admis to Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral degree programmes in agriculture and allied sciences for filling 15% seats in Bachelor and 25% seats each in Master (100% seats in ICAR-DUs) and Doctoral degree programmes in accredited Agricultural Universities (except the 4 ICAR-DUs). Through AIEEA-PG, 475 ICAR PG Scholarships and through AICE-JRF/SRF(PGS), 202 fellowships are also awarded. Those candidates who do not get ICAR PG Scholarship are awarded NTS(PGS) provided they take admission outside their state of domicile. 1269 /L Ispafie » The dates for conduicting these examinations for the Academic Session 2017-18 have been fixed with the approval of Competent Authority in the Council as under: (Saturday, 13" May 2017 during 10:00 A.M -12:30 P.M (2.30 hrs): For U.G. admission (for candidates having passed or appearing in 10+2 Examination with Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Agriculture/Mathematics). (ii) Sunday, 14" May 2017 during 10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M (2.30 hrs): For P.G, admission and award of ICAR-PG Scholarship/NTS(PGS) [for candidates having passed Bachelor's degree or appearing in the final year examination in Agriculture and Allied Sciences or related subjects with four years degree (10+2+3 years are also eligible for few courses at IARI & NDR]. (ii) Sunday, 14" May 2017 during 10:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M. @ hrs): For Ph.D. and award of IRF/SRF (PGS) (for Indian Nationals having passed Master's degree or appearing in the final semester examination in Agriculture & Allied Sciences from any recognized university in India or abroad). ‘The Counseling of candidates who qualify in Entrance Examinations will be held Online, for which schedule will be notified later. Contd... 22 These dates are being communicated as an advance intimation with a request that, you may kindly avoid any possible clash with these dates for any other Entrance Examination/Internal Examination or any other important event of your Institution/University so as to enable the common candidates, if any, to appear in the ICAR's AIEEA-2017 without any inconvenience. Yours faithfully, Controller of Examinations (Agril. Edn.) Distribution: 1. The Registrars of all accredited SAUs/ CAUs! RLBCAU, Jhansi/Directors of all the ICAR- DUs. 2. The Controller of Exams, CBSE/AICTE/ VCW/ IIT-JEE/AIIMS/ AFMC/ DCE/ IIST- ISAT/VIT. 3. The Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Sahajahan Road, New Delhi-110011. 4. Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, 18, Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi-110016. 5. The Secretary, Association of Indian Universities, 16, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002. 6. The Member Secretary West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board, AQ-13/1, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700091. 7. The Director of Technical Education, Govt. of W.B., Bikash Bhawan, 10" floor, Salt Lake 9. 10. i. 12. 1B. 14, City, Kotkata-700091. The Joint Secretary, AIEEE, Central Board of Secondary Education, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi-110002. The Deputy Secretary (AIPMT), Central Board of Secondary Education, "Shiksha Kendra" 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110301. The Editor, Vocational Guidance Bureau, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation, Pusa Institute, New Delhi-110001. ‘The Secretary, National Couneil of Educational Research & Training, Sri Aurobindo Marg, ‘New Delhi-110016. ‘The Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Govt. of Kerala, 3 Floor, Secretariat Annexe, Statue, Thiruvananthapuram. The Secretary, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110016. ‘The Executive Secretary, Indian National Science Academy, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Dethi-110002. Contd....3/15, 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 3 The Secretary, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination, Pragati House, 3° floor,47-48, Nehru Place, New Delhi— 110019. ‘The Secretary, Joint Entrance Examination Board, U.P. 369, Chandganj Garden (Aliganj), Lucknow, U.P.-226024, ‘The Registrar, National Defense Academy, P.O. Khadakwsala, Pune, Maharashtra-411024, The Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research, 35, Firoze Shah Road, New Delhi- 110001. The Principal, Army Cadet College Wing, Indian Military Academy, Dehradun-248004, The Controller of Examinations, Professional Exam Board, M.P. Test Board, Main Road, No.1 Chinar Park (East),Bhopal-462011. 21) The Director of Higher Education, Govt. of Assam, Guwahati, Assam-781019. 22) The Director of Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna, Bihar, Patna-S. 23) The Director of Higher Education, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi. 24) The Coordinator, Board of Technical Education Rajasthan, W-6 Residency Road, Jodhpur (Rajasthan). 25) The Secretary General, Indian Agricultural Universities Association, IG 2, C.G.LA.R. Block, NASC Complex, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012. Copy: pH 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Dd 8) Sr. PPS to Secretary (DARE) & DG(ICAR). Sr. PPS to Additional Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR). Sr. PPS to AS&FA (DARE/ICAR) PA to DDG (Agril. Edn.), CAR. PA to ADG (HRD), ICAR. Secretary, ASRB, KAB — II, Pusa New Delhi, Deputy Secretary (Agril. Edn.), ICAR. Deputy Director (F), ICAR, K B, New Delhi. (9) PA to Director DK MA for placing it on ICAR website. 10) Spare copy.