ICAR AIEEA 2024 Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Pattern

ICAR AIEEA 2024: All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA) conducted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR AIEEA 2024) for undergraduate and postgraduate admissions including PG Scholarship. For admission to Ph.D. courses, ICAR conducts AICE-JRF/SRF (PGS). Through the ICAR AIEEA UG exam, 15% seats of the bachelor degree programs (B.F.Sc/B.Tech/ B.Sc ag. etc) in Agricultural Universities (AUs) will be filled. National Talent Scholarships (NTS) are awarded to the candidates who take admission outside their state of domicile, through this entrance exam. Check complete details about ICAR AIEEA 2024 below.

ICAR AIEEA 2024: Important Dates

Online application form starts	1st week of April 2024
Submission of application form ends	last week of April 2024
Last Date Pay Exam Fee	1st week of May 2024
Releasing of e-admit card	2nd week of May 2024
Exam Date	1st week of July 2024
Declaration of result	1st week of June 2024
Counselling	In the month of July 2024

Eligibility Criteria

For AIEEA PG:

• Candidate must be an Indian citizen.
• The upper age limit is 19 years as on 31st August 2024.
• Bachelor’s degree in a respective field from a recognized institution (under the pattern of 10+6 and 10+2+4 years and 10+2+5 (B.V. Sc. & A.H.).
• Those candidates who have passed bachelor’s degree in the pattern of 10+2+3 can only apply for IARI Pusa and NDRI Karnal in some courses.
• Candidates should not have marks less than 60% (50% for SC/ST/PC categories).
• Final year graduation appearing candidates may also apply.

For AIEEA UG:

• Applicant must be an Indian national.
• Age of the candidate must be 16 years as on 31st August 2024.
• Minimum qualification required is 10+2 from a recognized board.
• The last two years of 10+2 should be studied with Physics, Chemistry and any one of the subjects amongst Agriculture/Home Science/ Biology/ Mathematics.
• Those studied intermediate with Agriculture and not with Physics and Chemistry may eligible for admission in some SAUs in the State of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
• Intermediate with home science candidates would be eligible for admission into limited AUs.
• Candidates who wish to opt stream-A in the entrance exam must have necessarily passed intermediate with Physics, Chemistry and Home Science/ Biology/Agriculture subjects.
• Stream-B aspirants have to pass the 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects.
• The qualifying examination should be passed with not less than 50% aggregate marks for General, OBC and UPS (40% aggregate marks for SC, ST, and PC categories).
• Candidates appearing the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply.

Application Fee of ICAR AIEEA 2024

Courses	Application fee
Engineering (E)	Rs. 350/-
Agriculture & Medical (AM)	Rs. 350/-
For both E+AM	Rs. 700/-

• Applicants also have the option to pay the fee through NEFT/bank challan of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ).
• The application fee can be paid through a credit card/debit card using the net banking of Canara bank.

Exam Pattern

For AIEEA PG 2024:

• The entrance examination will be conducted in offline mode.
• There will be 2 sections in the examination i.e. Section-A and Section-B.
• A total of 200 questions of a maximum of 200 marks will have appeared in the test. Section-A will carry 20 questions and the rest of the 180 questions will be carried by Section-B.
• All the questions will be of MCQ type.
• The candidate has to complete the examination in 3 hours.
• Each correct answer will earn 1 mark.
• 25 marks will be deducted from the total score in case of marking incorrect response.

Sections	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks
Section-A	20 Questions	20 Marks
Section-B	180 Questions	180 Marks

For AIEEA UG 2024:

• The entrance examination will be conducted in offline mode.
• Total of 180 questions of maximum of 720 marks will be in the test.
• All the questions will be of objective type.
• The question paper will be in Hindi as well as in the English language.
• The candidate has to complete the examination in 2 hours 30 minutes.
• Each correct answer will earn 4 marks.
• 1 mark will be deducted from the total score in case of marking incorrect response.

Stream-A	Stream-B	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks
Physics	Physics	60 questions	720 Marks
Chemistry	Chemistry	60 questions
Biology/Agriculture	Mathematics	60 questions
Total		180 questions

Admit Card

• The authority will upload the Admit card for ICAR AIEEA on the ICAR website in the 2nd week of May 2024.
• Admit Card must be attested by the principal of college/school last attended or by the gazetted officer.
• To appear the examination, it is necessary for the candidates to attest photograph, signature as well as put thumb impression in the admit card.

Result

• It is expected that the result of ICAR AIEEA 2024 will be announced by the second week of June 2024 on the official website.
• The result should be checked by the candidate from the personal login account.
• The result will be published in terms of the overall merit-rank and category rank obtained by the candidate.

Counselling

• The counselling will be as per the schedule notified by the authority.
• The qualified candidates will be eligible for attending the ICAR counselling.
• Candidates are required to attend the counselling in person.
• At the time of counseling, candidates have to bring the self-attested as well as original documents /certificates.

ICAR AIEEA 2024: Important Points

• You can apply for ICAR AIEEA through online mode only. The link for filling the form will be given above on a given time.
• The application form will be available on the 3rd week of April 2024 tentatively.
• The entrance examination will be conducted in offline mode.
• The minimum age of the candidate should be 16 years as on 31st August 2024.
• For AIEEA UG, there is a negative marking of 1 mark while for AIEEA PG, there is a negative marking of 0.25 mark.
• 500/- for GEN, OBC and UPS candidates and Rs. 250/- for SC/ST/PC candidates.
• Refer exam pattern section of our article to check the detailed exam pattern.
• The last date to fill the application form is 4th week of April 2024 tentatively.