ICAR AIEEA 2022 - Indian Council of Agricultural Research All India Entrance Examination for Admission : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

ICAR AIEEA 2022 - Indian Council of Agricultural Research All India Entrance Examination for Admission acronym as ICAR AIEEA is taken by NTA for admission to:

• 100% seats at ICAR-Deemed-to-be-Universities (Bachelor degree at NDRI, Karnal  only while Master degree at IARI, IVRI, NDRI, and CIFE), and 
• 15% seats for Bachelor degree and 25% seats for  Master degree at  State Agricultural Universities, Central Agricultural University Imphal, Central Universities with Agricultural Faculty (Banaras Hindu University, Viswa Bharati, Nagaland University and Aligarh Muslim University (for PG only) and SHIATS Allahabad.

Note: This examination does not include admission to Bachelor's degree programs in Veterinary Sciences.

ICAR AIEEA 2022 Important Dates

Date of Notification & Start of Online Registration

• 20th July 2022

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

• 19th August 2022

Date of Entrance Exam

• To be notified.

Date of Declaration of Result

• To be notified.

HPU MAT 2021 was held on-

• May 2021

ICAR AIEEA 2022 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

For AIEEA-UG

• The aspiring candidates must have passed and obtained not less than 50% marks in aggregate for admission under General, UPS, and OBC categories or 40% marks in aggregate for admission under SC, ST, and PH categories in 10+2 examination or equivalent/Inter (Agriculture), with PCM/ PCB/ PCMB/ PCA/ PCH subject combinations.

Age Limits

• Aspiring candidates who must have attained the age of 17 years but not more than 23 years are eligible.

For AIEEA-PG

Educational Qualification

• The Aspiring candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree (or appear in the final year examination), in the field of Agriculture, Veterinary, Agricultural Engineering, Fisheries, Horticulture, Home Science, Sericulture, Dairy Technology, Forestry, Agri. Marketing and Cooperation, Food Science, Biotechnology, Basic and allied sciences under 10+2+5 or 10+2+4 years degree programs (Few seats are also available for candidates having Bachelor degree with 10+2+3 year degree program) with required Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) of 6.60/10, 3.25/5, 2.60/4 for General, OBC and UPS categories whereas for SC/ST/Physically Handicapped (PH) categories, the said requirement is 5.60/10, 2.75/5, 2.20/4, respectively.
• In other cases, where grade-points are not awarded and only marks are awarded, the candidate must have secured at least 60% marks for General, OBC, and UPS categories whereas, for SC/ST/PH, the requirement is 50% marks (Equivalence between OGPA and % marks will not be acceptable).
• For admission in M.V.Sc. programs, the candidate must have completed B.V.Sc./ B.V.Sc. & A.H. with Internship.
• The in-service candidates, seeking admission to ICAR-Deemed-to-be universities, should see the respective universities ’ websites for further details.

Age Limits

• Aspiring candidates must have attained the age of 19 years for being eligible to take this exam.

For SRF-PGS

Educational Qualification

• Aspiring Indian Nationals, must have passed a Master's degree in the concerned discipline with a minimum of 55% or equivalent OGPA (50% or equivalent OGPA for SC/ST and PH candidates) from any recognized university in India or abroad.
• The equivalence of OGPA to percent marks, where needed, will be certified by the Registrar of the concerned University and must be produced by the candidates.
• Candidates appearing in the final semester would also be eligible provided they complete the Post-Graduate 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 completed more than two years as of the date of examination are not eligible to apply. The above conditions will also apply to in-service candidates.

Age Limits

• Between 21 and 30 years as of 21st Apr 2021, the date of examination.
• The upper age limit will be relaxable by 5 years in the case of SC/ST/PH and 3 years in the case of OBC categories.
• For in-service candidates, as specified, the maximum upper age limit will be 45 years.

ICAR AIEEA 2022 Syllabus

Syllabus for AIEEA UG 

AIEEA UG consists of questions:

For streaming an entrance test from-

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology / Agriculture

For stream B entrance test from

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics

Syllabus for AIEEA PG 

• AIEEA PG Consists of questions from the Major subject chosen by the candidates.

Syllabus for AIEEA SRF-PGS 

• Paper 1 of SRF PGS will consist of questions from General Knowledge in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries, and Allied Sciences, etc. including current events and such matters of everyday observation and experience.
• Whereas Paper 2 consists of questions from one of the majors selected by the student.

ICAR AIEEA 2022 Pattern

The pattern of the AIEEA-UG Exam 

There will be only one question paper consisting of  180  multiple-choice objective type questions in:

• Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (or Agriculture) for “STREAM–A” and
• Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics for “STREAM–B”.

The question paper will be in ENGLISH and HINDI. For each incorrect answer, one mark will be deducted from the total score.

The pattern of the AIEEA-PG Exam 

• There will be only one question paper in each major subject group consisting of 150 multiple-choice (MCQ), objective type questions, and also 10 cross-matching type questions.
• The question papers will be in ENGLISH only. For each incorrect answer in MCQs, one mark will be deducted from the total score, while for each incorrect crossmatching type sub-question/pairing, 0.2 marks will be deducted from the total score.

The pattern of SRF-PGS Exam 

There will be two papers in the written examination, i.e., Paper-I & Paper-II. The question papers will be in ENGLISH only.

Paper-I will be a  composite paper on General Knowledge common to all subjects. The questions will be designed to test the ability of a candidate’s awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society. There will be negative marking (–25%/–0.25 marks) for each wrong answer. The paper will be evaluated through computer scanning.

Paper-II will also be an objective type having subject-specific multiple-choice OMR-based questions. Paper-II of only those candidates will be evaluated who qualify for Paper-I. Merit criteria will include 75% weight-age for the marks obtained in the written examination and 25% weight-age for the past academic performance.

ICAR AIEEA 2022 Exam Dates

ICAR AIEEA is normally held in the month of May/June.

How to apply for ICRA AIEEA Entrance Exam 2022?

Aspiring candidates can opt for any of the following ways to apply for ICRA AIEEA:

• For SRF (PGS) the applications will be submitted ONLINE only.
• For AIEEA-UG and PG can be submitted both Online and Offline.

For receiving applications Online, a provision has been kept to deposit the application fee either through-
(i) Bank Challan of Syndicate Bank or
(ii) credit/debit card using Payment Gateway of Syndicate Bank or
(iii) NEFT.

Candidates can also download the form from the official website of ICAR http://www.icar.org.in.

ICAR AIEEA 2022 Fees

• For AIEEA-UG: Rs. 500/- for General, OBC, and UPS categories and Rs. 250/- for S.C., S.T., and P.H. categories. 
• For AIEEA-PG: Rs. 600/- for General, OBC, and UPS categories and Rs. 300/- for S.C., S.T., and P.H. categories

In addition, Rs. 25/- per Bulletin would be charged as handling charges plus service tax as applicable, in case of purchase against cash, whereas Rs. 50/- per Bulletin should be added in the Bank Draft amount towards postal expenses if requested to be sent by post from COE (Edn).

SRF(PGS): SRF-PGS Information Bulletin will be available only ONLINE at www.icar.org.in from December onwards and a fee of Rs. 1200/- for General/OBC and Rs. 600/- for SC/ST and P.H. categories shall have to be deposited through any of the three modes of payment while submitting the application Online.

List of places from where the application form can be obtained

A. The forms can be obtained by cash payment from Registrars of Agricultural Universities or from the specified branches of Syndicate Bank and also from eight ICAR Institutions by payment through Bank Draft from December to February. 

I.  From Agricultural Universities: (On Payment by Cash) 

The Information Bulletins with Application Forms will be available for sale against Cash Payment from the Offices of the Registrars of Agricultural Universities viz.,

• AAU Anand  (Gujarat)
• AAU Jorhat (Assam)
• ANGRAU Hyderabad  (A.P.)
• AP Hort. Univ. Venkataramannagudem  (A.P.)
• AMU Aligarh (UP)
• Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur (Bihar),
• BAU Ranchi (Jharkhand)
• BCKKV Mohanpur, Nadia (W.B.)
• CAU Imphal (Manipur)
• CCSHAU Hisar (Haryana)
• CSAUA&T Kanpur (U.P.)
• CSKKVV Palampur (H.P)
• Dr. BSKKV Dapoli (M.S.)
• Dr. PDKV Akola  (M.S.),
• Dr. YSPUH&F Solan  (H.P.)
• GADVASU Ludhiana (Punjab)
• GBPUA&T Pantnagar  (Uttarakhand)
• Institute of Agriculture, BHU Varanasi (UP)
• IGKVV Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
• JAU Junagadh (Gujarat)
• JNKVV, Jabalpur (M.P.)
• KAU Thrissur (Kerala)
• KVAFSU Bidar (Karnataka)
• MA&FSU Nagpur  (M.S.)
• MPPCVVV Jabalpur (M.P.)
• MPUA&T Udaipur (Rajasthan)
• MPKV Rahuri (M.S.)
• MAU Parbhani (M.S.)
• NAU Navsari (Gujarat)
• NDUA&T Faizabad  (U.P.)
• OUA&T Bhubaneswar  (Orissa)
• PAU Ludhiana (Punjab),
• PSB Sriniketan, Viswa Bharati (West Bengal)
• RAU Pusa, Samastipur  (Bihar)
• RUVAS Bikaner (Rajasthan)
• RVSKVV Gwalior, (M.P.)
• SASARD, Nagaland University, Medziphema (Nagaland)
• SHIATS Allahabad (UP)
• SKDAU Sardarkrushinagar  (Gujarat)
• SKRAU Bikaner  (Rajasthan)
• SKUAS&T Jammu  (J&K)
• SKUAS&T(K) Srinagar  (J&K)
• SVBPUA&T Meerut  (U.P.)
• SVVU Tirupati (AP)
• TANUVAS Chennai  (T.N.)
• TNAU Coimbatore (T.N.)
• UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru (Karnataka)
• UAS Dharwad (Karnataka)
• UAS Raichur (Karnataka)
• UHS Bagalkot (Karnataka)
• UPPDDUPCVVVEGAS, Mathura (U.P.)
• UBKVV Cooch Behar (W.B.)
• WBUAFS Kolkata (W.B.)
• KUFOS, Kochi (Kerala)
• KVASU, Wayanad (Kerala) 

Note: These Universities will not entertain any request for Information Bulletin to be sent by Post.

II.   From Syndicate Bank Branches:(On Payment by Cash through Challan)

AIEEA-UG:

• Andhra Pradesh: (1) D.No. 40-3-2, M.G. Road, Labbipet, Vijayawada. (2) 5-9-246/1, Opp. Grammar School, Abid Road, Hyderabad.
• Assam: (3) 135, Motilal Nehru Road, Pan Bazar, Distt. Kamrup, Guwahati.
• Bihar: (4) 23, Choti Kalyani Road, Near Kalyani Post office, Muzaffarpur, (5) Capital Tower, Block-B, Fraser Road, Patna,
• Chandigarh: (6) Shop No. 236 Ekta Market, Sector–45 B, Burial, Chandigarh-160047.  
• Chhattisgarh:(7) Maurya Picture Complex, G.E. Road, Bhilai. (8) 113,  Smt. Surjadevi Shukla Camp, Near Deshbandhu School, Station Road, Raipur.  
• Gujarat: (9) Samrudhi, G.H.–4, Sector–16, Gandhinagar.  J&K: (10) Sant Palace, Purani Mandi,
• Jammu. (11) No. I, Exchange Road, Srinagar.
• Jharkhand: (12) C-1, City Centre, Sector 4, Bokaro Steel City. Karnataka: (13)
• Karnataka University Campus, Pavate Nagar, Dharwad, (14) 66, 9th Main Road, 3rd Block, Jaynagar, Bengaluru.
• Kerala: (15) I-Floor, M.S. City Centre, Bank Road, Kasaragod. 
• Madhya Pradesh: (16) 102/103, Kalachand Mansion, Berasia Road, Bhopal. (17) Moti Market, Jayendraganj, Lashkar, Gwalior. (18) 31-1, Nanda Nagar, Main Road, Indore.
• Maharashtra: (19) Prakash Apartments, Plot No. CIS-2410, SVP Road, Borivali West, Mumbai. Orissa: (20) Ward No. 14, Nandi Sahi, P.O.– Choudhary Bazar, Cuttack.
• Puducherry: (21) Kannan Building, Maidan Road, Mahe.
• Punjab: (22) Near Hotel Sky Lark, Model Town Road, Jalandhar City.
• Rajasthan: (23) Jaipur Towers, MI Road, Jaipur, (24) 68, Old Dhan Mandi, Sarovar Cinema Road, Kota. Tamil Nadu: (25) Door No. 24, 1st Floor, Sardar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai.
• Uttarakhand: (26) 45, Rajpur Road, Dehradun, (27) Shakti Motors Complex, Kaladhungi Road, Mukahani, Haldwani.
• Uttar Pradesh: (28) Garib Manjil, Abad Nagar, Dodhpur Civil Lines, Aligarh, (29) 167-A, Civil Lines, Bareilly, (30) B-16-17, Sector–18, Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar, (31) 177/035 Zamir Mansion, Dr. B.N. Road, Opp. Gulmarg Hotel, Aminabad, Lucknow, (32) Chandrasekhar Azad market, 1st Floor, Sardar Patel Marg, Civil Lines, Allahabad, (33) B-I-B, Officers Colony, Sarvodaya Nagar, Kanpur.
• West Bengal: (34) 1, Parcus Road, G.T. Road Cross, 1 WG, Burdwan, (35) 42, G.T. Road (South), Howrah. 

AIEEA-UG and AIEEA-PG: (On Payment by Cash through challan) 

• NEW DELHI (1) 1st Floor, Arunachal Building, 19, Barakhamba Road, (2) Delhi Tamil Sangam Building, Sector 5, R.K. Puram, (3) Institute of Hotel Management, Amar Colony, Near Guru Nanak Market, Lajpat Nagar (4) Pusa Campus Main Branch, IARI, Pusa. 

Note: These branches will not entertain any request for Information Bulletin to be sent by Post

III.   From ICAR Institutions (By Depositing Bank Draft Only)  

A. Information Bulletin with Application Form can also be obtained, in person, by depositing an account payee bank  draft from any scheduled bank of the amount mentioned above and from the sale counters at the following ICAR Institutions:

• CARI, Port Blair
• CIFE, Mumbai
• IVRI, Izatnagar
• NAARM, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad
• NDRI, Karnal; ICAR
• Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya;  
• ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa and
• ICAR-Examination Cell (Education Division), Room No. 216, ICAR, KAB-II, Pusa, New Delhi.  

B.  Candidates can also obtain Information Bulletin with Application Form by sending a written request (on plain paper) along with an Account Payee Bank draft of the amount specified at Sl. (7) above and also an unstamped self-addressed envelope (size 30cm x 25cm). The request should be addressed to:  “The Controller of Examination (Education), ICAR, Room No. 216, Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan-II, Pusa, New Delhi-110012." 

Note: No request for supply of Information Bulletin by post will be accepted after February. 

C.  Online Application Form & Information Bulletin:

For Online application and downloading Information Bulletin visit www.icar.org.in

The A/c payee bank draft should be drawn in favor of “ICAR Unit-Education Division, ICAR, New Delhi” payable at “New Delhi” and the candidate should write the details of his/ her name and address on the back of the Bank Draft.  It may be checked that the Bank Draft contains the name of the issuing bank and branch, the signature of the issuing authority, the amount in words, the date of the draft, etc. clearly. In no case, ICAR will be held responsible for non-receipt of the application and bank draft or delay in postage. Application Form must be sent in original and duly completed in all respect. Photo/ Fax copies of Application and Application on Specimen copy of the Form shall not be considered. 

ICAR AIEEA 2022 Test Centres

The ICAR AIEEA is held at the following given location in all over India:

• Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Bikaner
• Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore
• Delhi, Dharwad
• Gangtok, Guwahati
• Hisar, Hyderabad
• Imphal, Indore
• Jabalpur, Jammu
• Karnal, Kolkata, Kota
• Lucknow, Ludhiana
• Mannuthy, Mohanpur
• Nagpur
• Palampur, Pantnagar, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Pusa (Bihar)
• Raipur, Ranchi
• Shillong, Solan, Srinagar (Kashmir)
• Tirupati
• Udaipur
• Varanasi

ICAR AIEEA 2022 Contact Details

Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Krishi Bhavan
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road
New Delhi-110114
Web: www.icar.org.in 

List of institutes considering ICAR AIEEA scores for admissions

• West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata
• Visva Bharati, (Palli Siksha Bhavana),  Birbhum (W.B.)
• Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, (West Bengal)
• University of Agricultural Sciences, Karnataka
• University of Agricultural Sciences, K, Bangalore
• University of Agricultural Sciences, (Karnataka)
• University of Horticultural Sciences, Sector No. 60, Karnataka
• Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, (Tamil Nadu)
• Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, (Tamil Nadu)
• Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, (Rajasthan)
• Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University Tirupati, (Andhra Pradesh)
• Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu
• Sher-E-Kashmir Univ. of Agril. Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar
• Sardarkrushinagar-Dantiwada Agricultural University (Gujarat)
• Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut
• Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology& Sciences (SHIATS), Allahabad
• Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior
• Rajendra Agricultural University,(Bihar)
• Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
• Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Orissa
• Navsari Agricultural University, Eru Char Rasta, (Gujarat)
• National Dairy Research Institute, (Haryana)
• The Narendra Deva University of Agri. and Technology,(Uttar Pradesh)
• Nagaland University, School of Agricultural Sciences & Rural Development(SASARD), Nagaland
• Marathwada Agricultural University, (Maharashtra)
• Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth,(Maharashtra)
• Maharashtra Animal Science & Fishery University, Nagpur
• Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur
• Kerala Agricultural University, (Kerala)
• Karnataka Veterinary Animal & Fisheries Sciences University, Karnataka
• Junagadh Agricultural University, (Gujarat)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur
• Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya,(Chhattisgarh)
• Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
• G.B. Pant University of Agri. & Technology,(Uttarakhand)
• Dr. Balasaheb Sawan Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth. (Maharashtra)
• Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar Univ. of Horticulture & Forestry, (HP)
• Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, (Maharashtra)
• Ch. Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya
• Ch. Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, (Haryana)
• Central Agricultural University, (Manipur)
• C.S. Azad University of Agri. & Technology, Kanpur
• Birsa Agricultural University, (Jharkhand)
• Bihar Agricultural University, Bihar.
• Bidhan Chandra Krishi, Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, (West Bengal)
• Banaras Hindu University (Institute of Agricultural Sciences)Varanasi
• Assam Agricultural University, (Assam)
• Anand Agricultural University Anand  (Gujarat)
• Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University Rajendranagar, Hyderabad
• A.P. Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem,(A.P.)

List of ICAR Institutes