University of Calcutta jobs for Ph.D. Programme in Kolkata. Last Date to apply: 05 Nov 2019

RET for Admission to Ph.D. Programme in Agronomy Department

The Department committee has resolved the following points regarding admission of Ph.D. students.

3(three) vacancies exist in the Department for admission to Ph.D. considering the strength and availability of faculty members. Reservation will be followed as per the WB(PartI)/2014/SAR

Eligibility :  Candidates for admission to the Ph.D. programme shall have a Master’s degree in Agronomy with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) are eligible to apply. A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-abled and other categories of candidates as per UGC Ph.D. Regulations, 2016. Those who have qualified in NET/GATE/ or have obtained DST INSPIRE Fellowship would be exempted from the Ph.D. entrance test. They may directly submit a statement of purpose or research in brief and appear in the interview.

A Ph.D. entrance test followed by an interview (Research Eligibility Test) for Ph.D. programme in Agronomy will be held on 6th November, 2019 at 2 p.m. and 6 th November, 2019 at 4 p.m. respectively.

The entrance test will be of 50 marks. The question pattern will be of objective type or short answer type. The Duration of the entrance test will be one hour (the qualifying marks for Entrance Test will be 50%).

An interview will be held on 6th November, 2019 at 4 p.m. for entrance test qualified candidates as well as candidates having NET/GATE/or have obtained DST Fellowship. Successful candidates will be eligible to register for their Ph.D. in Department of Agronomy.