IARI jobs for Ph.D. programmes in Delhi. Last Date to apply: 16 Apr 2018

Admission to Ph.D. programmes in various disciplines of Agricultural Sciences at IARI, New Delhi.

Discipline/No. of Seats :

01 Agricultural Chemicals/06 Seats

02 Agricultural Economics/05  Seats

03 Agricultural Engineering/09  Seats

04 Agricultural Extension/07 Seats

05 Agricultural Physics/05  Seats

06 Agricultural Statistics/08  Seats

07 Agronomy/10  Seats

08 Biochemistry/05  Seats

09 Bioinformatics /05  Seats

10 Computer Application/06 Seats

11 Entomology/05 Seats

12 Environmental Sciences/06 Seats

13 Floriculture & Landscape Architecture/04 Seats

14 Fruit Science/05 Seats

15 Genetics & Plant Breeding/13 Seats

16 Microbiology/06 Seats

17 Molecular Biology & Biotechnology/8 Seats

18 Nematology/04 Seats

19 Plant Genetic Resources/05 Seats

20 Plant Pathology/09 Seats

21 Plant Physiology/06 Seats

22 Post Harvest Technology/03 Seats

23 Seed Science & Technology/06 Seats

24 Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry/09 Seats

25 Vegetable Science/10 Seats

26 Water Science & Technology/07 Seats

Agricultural Engineering 

a) Agricultural Processing and Structure/02 Seats

b) Farm Power and Equipment/04 Seats

c) Soil & Water Conservation Engineering/03 Seats 

Post Harvest Technology

a) Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops/02 Seats

b) Post Harvest Engineering & Technology /01 Seats 

For IARI PG outreach programme at ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal

a) Agricultural Processing & Structure/06  Seats

b) Farm Power & Equipment/6 Seats

c) Soil & Water Conservation Engineering/01 Seats

Qualification : (a) Only those candidates who had their Bachelor's Degree Programmes under 10+2+4 OR 10+1+4 system (OR awarded B.Sc. degree under 10+2+2 system prior to 1985) and ful
ll the quali
cations as prescribed in this bulletin are eligible to apply for admission. (b) For General/OBC candidates: At least 60% marks OR an overall grade point average (OGPA) of 7.00 out of 10.00 OR 3.50 out of 5.00 OR 2.8 out of 4.00 OR 2.21 out of 3.00 in M.Sc./M.Sc. (Ag.)/M.Tech./M.E. For SC/ST/PC/CWSF candidates: At least 55% marks OR OGPAof 6.50 out of 10.00 OR 3.25 out of 5.00 OR 2.6 out of 4.00 OR 1.95 out of 3.00 in M.Sc./M.Sc. (Ag.)/M.Tech./M.E. 

Note : Candidates who appear at the Master's Degree
nal year Examination in 2018 are also eligible to apply and appear in written entrance examination provisionally for Ph.D. programme. However, they will have to submit documentary evidence of their eligibility on or before June 30, 2018 failing which they shall not be considered for Interview.

Fee : Copy of Bank counterfoil mentioning the details of NEFT transfer of fee (Rs.1000/- for General/OBC category and Rs.500/- for SC/ST/PC/CWSF category) namely the (i) Name and Branch of the Bank (ii) Transaction ID and Date of payment made.

 Selection :

Academic Attainments (Record)

Weightage for academic attainments (High School to terminal degree) would be 10%.

Entrance Examination

The weightage for entrance examination is 80%. The candidates will have to appear for Entrance Examination consisting of one paper of three parts: Part-I (General Agriculture) and Part-II & III (Subject Paper). The minimum qualifying mark for appearing in the interview is 50% for General/OBC, 45% for SC/ST/PC/CWSF candidates. Total marks (percentile) would be considered for the preparation of merit. The highest mark scored by the candidates within each discipline will be considered as maximum mark (=100%) for calculating the % mark within that discipline. 

Interview

The weightage for interview is 10%. Candidates qualifying in the Entrance Examination will be called for interview in the ratio of maximum 1:4 (No. of seats: No. of students called for interview). The interview would be held on July 2, 2018 in respective Disciplines and the candidates may download their interview letter from June 25 to July 02, 2018.