
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Application process is ongoing, and the end date for candidates to register and fill out the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Application Form and to submit the application fee is June 5, 2025. The ICAR JRF/SRF Exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency, once a year, for those candidates who wish to pursue admission in doctoral degree programmes in different disciplines of Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Veterinary, Animal Sciences, and Agri. Engineering, Community Science (erstwhile Home Science), Fisheries, Dairy Science and other allied sciences.
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ICAR JRF/SRF 2025 Counselling is tentatively to start in the first week of January 2026. Candidates need to visit the official website to register themselves to be eligible for the counselling process and to submit their choice as per the counselling schedule and ICAR JRF/SRF dates.
Once the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Result is out, all the selected candidates will be eligible for the counselling process for them to pursue courses in agriculture at the Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral levels. The National Testing Agency has released the ICAR AICE JRF SRF 2025 Final Answer key on the official website for those candidates who want to pursue PhD courses after passing this year's ICAR AICE JRF SRF 2025 Exam.
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After completing Step 2 of Online Application Form, candidates may remit the examination fee (Step 3) by choosing the following options:
1. Through Debit/Credit card – Candidates need to check the validity of the Debit/Credit Card, while logging on to website for submitting Application Form. Candidate should enter the information asked for and make the required payment through Debit/Credit Card.
2. Through Net Banking - Check the balance in account and keep all credentials ready while logging on to website for submitting Application Form. Candidate should Login with his/her credentials of net banking and make payment through Net Banking.
3. Through UPI.
NTA reopened the application form of ICAR AICE JRF/SRF again and now applicants can register for the exam between May 21 to 23, 2024 again.
Earlier NTA started the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF appliaction porcess on April 11, 2024. Interested candidates can visit the official website of ICAR JRF/SRF to do the basic regsitration in order to fill out the ICAR JRF/SRF application form 2024. The last date for filling out the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF application form was May 11, 2024. ICAR JRF/SRF exam is being conducted to candidates admission in Doctoral Degree Programmes (PhD) and an award for JRF/SRF (PGS).
ICAR applicants who have filled out the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF application form for the academic cycle 2024-2025 will be getting an oppurtunity to edit the deatisl filled in the appliaction form if they have committed any mistakes. NTA will be opening the ICAR JRF/SRF application for correction portal on May 13, 2024. The window will be opened for a period of two day the portal will be closed on May 15, 2024, upto 11:50 PM
- What is ICAR AICE SRF/JRF 2025?
- ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Important Dates
- ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Exam Highlights
- Subjects Offered Through ICAR AICE JRF/SRF
- ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Eligibility Criteria
- How to fill ICAR AICE JRF/SRF Application Form 2025
- ICAR AICE JRF/SRF Admission Process 2025
- ICAR AICE JRF/SRF Admit Card
- ICAR AICE JRF/SRF Result 2025
- ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Counselling
- ICAR AICE SRF/JRF 2025 FAQs
What is ICAR AICE SRF/JRF 2025?
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) conducts the All India Competitive Examination (AICE) in order to offer candidates admission in Doctoral Degree Programmes (PhD) and an award for JRF/SRF (PGS). The ICAR AICE SRF/JRF is conducted on behalf of the National Testing Agency (NTA). The ICAR AICE JRF/SRF is conducted in 70 subjects at 89 cities all over the country to ensure participation for admission in doctoral degree programmes in different disciplines of Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Veterinary, Animal Sciences, Agril. Engineering, Community Science (erstwhile Home Science), Fisheries, Dairy Science and other allied sciences.
Commonly asked questions
Candidates can check out the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF application form fee details from here:
- General/Unreserved- 1900/-
- OBC-NCL/ UPS/EWS- INR1800/-
- SC/ ST/ PwBD / Third Gender- INR 975/-
Applicable Service/Processing charges& GST are to be paid by the candidate. Note: In case, the fee payment status is not ‘OK’ the candidates are advised asfollowing:
1. If the fee is paid through credit/debit card and status is not OK, it means the transaction is cancelled.
Therefore, such candidates have to pay the fee once again and ensure the OK fee status.
2. For cancelled transactions, the amount will, automatically, be refunded to concerned credit/debit card
within 15 days of last date of submission of Application Form.
Candidates can check the Minimum OGPA/Marks in the Eligibility Examination required to appear in AICEJRF/SRF 2024 from here:
OGPA | Marks Secured | |||||||
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Categories/ Scale | 10 point Scale | 9 point scale | 8 point scale | 7 point scale | 6 point scale | 5 point scale | 4 point scale | Percent (100 Point) |
General, OBC (NCL) and UPS/ EWS | 6.5 | 5.85 | 5.20 | 4.55 | 3.90 | 3.25 | 2.6 | 60 |
SC/ST/PwBD/Thi rd Gender | 5.50 | 4.95 | 4.40 | 3.85 | 3.30 | 2.75 | 2.2 | 50 |
Note:
1. Where OGPA is awarded, equivalence between OGPA and % marks will not be acceptable.
2. There will be no rounding-off of the OGPA/percentage of marks of qualifying examination while deciding the basic eligibility of any candidate for admission e.g. if a candidate obtains 49.99% marks in his/her qualifying examination, then it will not be rounded-off to 50%.
The candidate is not required to give any option for Agricultural Universities for admission at the time of filling up Online Application Form. The admission/allotment of seat will be made through online counselling on the basis of Subject opted by him/her at the time of filling Online Application and depending upon the availability of seat at his/her merit-rank in the
opted Subject and fulfillment of other eligibility requirements.
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Important Dates
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2024 exam
Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
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Jun ' 25 | ICAR AIEEA JRF/SRF 2025 City Intimation Slip TENTATIVE |
Jun ' 25 | ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Admit Card TENTATIVE |
03 Jul ' 25 | ICAR AIEEA JRF/SRF 2025 Exam |
Aug ' 25 | ICAR AICE JRF SRF 2025 Final Answer Key TENTATIVE |
Aug ' 25 | ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Result TENTATIVE |
Jan ' 26 | ICAR JRF SRF 2025 Counselling: Online Registration, Fee, TENTATIVE |
Jan ' 26 | ICAR JRF SRF 2025 Counselling 1st Round: Seat Allotment, Document Upload TENTATIVE |
Dates | Past Exam Dates |
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07 Jun ' 25 - 09 Jun ' 25 | ICAR AIEEA 2025 Application Correction Window |
05 Jun ' 25 | Last Date to Submit ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Application Fees |
06 May ' 25 - 05 Jun ' 25 | ICAR AIEEA JRF/SRF 2025 Application Process |
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Exam Highlights
The following table brings the key features and highlights of the exam.
Particulars |
Details |
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Name of Exam |
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF PhD |
Conducting Body |
ICAR & NTA |
Exam Level |
National-Level Exam |
Exam Mode |
Online |
Exam Medium |
English |
Exam Duration |
2 Hours |
Exam Date |
29 June 2025 (tentative) |
Official Website |
icar.nta.nic.in |
Commonly asked questions
The candidates are advised to retain:
(i) Computer generated confirmation page of online application
(ii) 3 identical copies of recent passport size colour photographs (with name and date) same as uploaded on the Online Application Form
(iii) Copy of proof of payment of application fee
Candidates are required to fill in the online Application Form and note down the system generated Application Number. The second last step of ICAR JRF/SRF application form is upload of the scanned documents required.
Here appliacants need to Upload scanned images of Candidate’s Photograph (file size: 10 kb - 200 kb) Candidate’s Signature (file size: 4kb – 30kb)and candidate’s thumb impression (between 3 kb to 30 kb) in JPG format.
Subjects Offered Through ICAR AICE JRF/SRF
The following subjects and courses are offered at the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF participating institutes.
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Subjects |
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Genetics & Plant Breeding |
Seed Science & Technology |
Economic Botany and Plant Genetic Resources |
Plant Pathology |
Nematology |
Agricultural Entomology/Entomology |
Plant Biochemistry/ Biochemistry |
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Plant Physiology/ Crop Physiology |
Agricultural Biotechnology / Biotechnology/Molecular Biology & Biotechnology |
Agricultural Microbiology/ Microbiology |
Vegetable Science/Olericulture |
Fruit Science/Pomology |
Floriculture & Landscaping/ Floriculture & Landscape Architecture |
Spices, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants |
Post-Harvest Technology (Horticulture) |
Animal Genetics & Breeding |
Animal Nutrition |
Livestock Production Management |
Livestock Products Technology |
Poultry Science |
Veterinary Parasitology |
Veterinary Public Health/Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology |
Veterinary Microbiology |
Veterinary Pathology |
Veterinary Medicine |
Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Vet. Gynaecology & Obstetrics/Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology & Obstetrics |
Veterinary Surgery & Radiology/Veterinary Surgery |
Veterinary Anatomy/Veterinary Anatomy & Histology |
Veterinary Physiology/ Animal Physiology |
Veterinary Biochemistry /Animal Biochemistry |
Animal Biotechnology |
Dairy Chemistry |
Dairy Microbiology |
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Food Safety and Quality Assurance |
Dairy Technology |
Dairy Engineering |
Farm Machinery and Power Engineering |
Soil and Water Conservation Engineering / Soil and Water Engineering |
Agricultural Processing and Food Engineering |
Renewable Energy Engineering |
Irrigation Water Management Engineering / Irrigation & Drainage Engineering |
Family Resource Management |
Textiles and Apparel Designing |
Human Development and Family Studies/Human Development |
Food Science and Nutrition/Human Nutrition |
Home Science Extension and Community Management |
Fisheries Resource Management |
Fish Processing Technology/Fish Post-Harvest Technology |
Fisheries Engineering & Technology |
Aquatic Environment Management |
Aquaculture |
Fish Health Management/Aquatic Animal Health Management |
Fish Nutrition and Feed Technology |
Fish Genetics and Breeding |
Fish Biotechnology |
Fish Physiology and Biochemistry |
Forestry /Agroforestry |
Agricultural Meteorology |
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Agricultural Physics |
Agronomy |
Soil Sciences/Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry |
Agricultural Chemicals |
Water Science & Technology |
Agricultural Economics |
Agribusiness Management |
Agricultural Statistics |
Bioinformatics |
Computer Application & IT |
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Eligibility Criteria
Indian nationals who have passed Master’s Degree programme with a minimum of Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) from any public-funded/Govt. the institution will be eligible. In other cases, where grade points are not awarded and only marks are awarded, the candidate must have secured a minimum per cent score as shown in the table below:
Category |
OGPA |
Marks Secured (100) |
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General/OBC/UPS/EWS |
6.5/10 Point Scale |
3.25/5 Point Scale |
2.6/4 Point Scale |
60 |
SC/ST/PwD |
5.50/10 Point Scale |
2.75/5 Point Scale |
2.2/4 Point Scale |
50 |
- Candidates who passed out from private universities which are not accredited by ICAR, are not eligible for the examinations. Students who have studied from private universities accredited by ICAR are eligible.
- The candidate must complete the postgraduate degree in all respects and should have all the degree-completion requirements at the time of Counseling/admission in the university failing which they will not be considered for admission and the award of the fellowship.
- Education Qualification – The candidate should have done their postgraduate programme with a minimum Overal Grade Pont Average (OGPA) from any university which is accredited by ICAR.
- Age Criteria: The candidate should be 20 years old minimum to apply.
How to fill ICAR AICE JRF/SRF Application Form 2025
The ICAR AICE JRF/SRF PhD 2025 application process is conducted online only. Students could fill out the application form before the last date for submission, and the payment of application fees had to be paid before the end date.
To streamline the process, it is strongly recommended that applicants avoid any offline methods. Eligible candidates intending to apply online should first review the eligibility criteria. Upon visiting the official website, they must register by providing essential information like name, address, and contact details, which will generate login credentials.
Using these credentials, candidates can proceed to complete the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF PhD application form. This entails furnishing personal and academic particulars, specifying program and exam city preferences, and uploading necessary documents. Following the form's completion, applicants are required to remit the application fee through online channels, including debit/credit card, Net Banking, Paytm, or UPI.
Commonly asked questions
The final submission of Online Application Form will remain incomplete if Step-2 and Step-3 are not completed. Such forms will stand rejected and no correspondence on this account will be entertained. No request for refund of fee once remitted by the candidate will be entertained by NTA under any circumstances. There is no provision to upload any certificate/marks sheet etc., with the application.
Application Form may be submitted in three simple steps:
Step 1 Apply for Online Registration using unique Email ID and Mobile No.
Step 2 Fill in the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Application No. Upload scanned images of Candidate’s Photograph (file size: 10 kb - 200 kb) Candidate’s Signature (file size: 4kb – 30kb)and candidate’s thumb
impression(between 3 kb to 30 kb) in JPG format.
Step 3 Pay fee using SBI/ICICI Bank Payment Gateway through Debit Card/ Credit Card/ NetBanking/UPI(Annexure-V) and keep proof of fee paid. In case the Confirmation Page is not generated after payment of fee then the transaction is cancelled, and amount will be refunded to the candidate’s account. However, the candidate has to make another transaction, in case the Confirmation Page is not generated.
Instructionsto be followed while Applying
1. Candidates must be careful while entering their e-mail address and phone number in the Application Form, because this email address and phone number may be used by the NTA and ICAR for future communication.
2. A candidate can apply for writing the examination in only one Subject.
3. The candidate is required to give the option of degree programme (Subject) for admission at the time of filling Online Application Form as his/her merit will be drawn in the Subject opted by him/her. No change in the opted Subject would be allowed thereafter.
4. The candidate is not required to give any option for Agricultural Universities for admission at the time of filling up Online Application Form. The admission/allotment of seat will be madethrough online counselling on the basis of Subject opted by him/her at the time of filling Online Application and depending upon the availability of seat at his/her merit-rank in the
opted Subject and fulfillment of other eligibility requirements.
5. The reservation category being claimed by the candidate must be filled in correctly. Selection
should be made as under:
SC- for Scheduled Caste
ST- for Scheduled Tribe
PwBD - for Persons with Benchmark Disability
UPS - for Under Privileged States
EWS - for Economically Weaker Sections
OBC (NCL) - for Other Backward Classes having Central OBC certificate
GEN - for General/Unreserved category
In case of leaving the reservation category column blank, the candidate would be considered under General Category.
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF Admission Process 2025
The admission process for ICAR AICE JRF/SRF is as follows:
Registration: Candidates had to visit the official website of ICAR AICE NTA and register themselves. The candidates needed to register to get details on their email ID and mobile phone. Once registered, they could proceed to apply for admission to the course of interest.
Fill Up Application Form: Once registered, candidates could proceed to apply online. They will have to enter the following details:
- Personal Details – Name, Address, Phone No, Category, Parents' Details
- Academic Details – Class 10, Class 12, Graduation, Postgraduation details
- Upload Images – Passport Size Photograph and Signature
- Pay Application Fee – Via Online mode – Net Banking/Credit Card/Debit Card
Exam: Students are advised to appear for the exam.
Results: The ICAR AICE JRF/SRF results were released online on the official website of ICAR AICE NTA. Students have to log in to check the results. The results contain the candidate’s marks secured and percentage.
Counselling: Students who make the merit list will have to appear for the counselling session on the given date and time. The counselling session will be done online, and students can book their seat on the basis of the rank secured and position on the merit list. The counselling details will be mentioned on the official website of ICAR.
Commonly asked questions
Candidates are not allowed to carry any textual material, Calculators, Docu Pen, Slide Rules, Log Tables and Electronic Watches with facilities of calculator, printed or written material, bitsof papers, mobile phone, Blue-tooth devices, pager or any other electronic gadget/ device etc.
• The candidates are prohibited to bring any kind of electronic gadgets/device in the examination room/hall.
• If any candidate is in possession of any of the above item, the same will be seized, his/her candidature treated as unfair means and this will lead to cancellation of his/her current examination besides debarring him/her from appearing in future examination (s).
• Smoking, chewing gutka, spitting etc. in the Examination Room/Hall is strictly prohibited.
• Instrument/Geometry/Pencil box, Handbag, Purse, Any kind of Paper/ Stationery, Eatables/snacks and Tea/coffee/cold drinks/Water (loose or packed), Mobile Phone/ Ear Phone/Microphone/Pager, Calculator, Camera, Tape Recorder, any metallic item or electronic gadgets etc. are NOT allowed in the examination Room/Hall.
The candidate must show, on demand, the Admit Card downloaded/printed from the NTA website for admission in the examination room/hall. The Test Centre Staff on duty is authorized to verify the identity of candidates and may take steps to verify and confirm the identify credentials. Candidates are requested to extend their full cooperation. A candidate who does not possess the valid Admit Card shall not be permitted for the examination under any circumstances by the Centre Superintendent Candidates should find and sit on their allocated seat only. Any candidate found to have changed room/hall or the seat on his/her own other than allotted would be considered as a case of Unfair Means and the candidature shall be cancelled and no plea would be accepted.
Candidates MUST bring the following documents on the day of examination at the test centre. Candidates who will not bring these will not be allowed to appear in the examination.
I. Print copy of Admit Card downloaded from NTA website
II. One passportsize photograph (same as uploaded on the Online Application Form) for pasting on the specific space in the attendance sheet at the Centre during the Examination
III. Any one of the authorized Govt photo IDs (original, valid and non-expired), viz. PAN card/ Driving License/ Voter ID/ Passport/ Aadhaar Card (With photograph)/ Aadhaar Enrolment No/ Ration Card
IV. PwBD certificate issued by the Competent Authority, if claiming the relaxation under PwBD category
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF Admit Card
Admit Card: Jun ' 25
The admit card serves as an official identification document that verifies your eligibility to take the ICAR JRF exam. It typically contains your name, photograph, and other personal details, ensuring that you are the rightful candidate appearing for the test.
Once candidates successfully applied online, the admit card could be downloaded from the official website of ICAR AICE NTA. The admit card is an important document that needs to be carried to the exam centre which will be mentioned on the admit card.
Make sure to check all the details on the admit card, including your name, photograph, examination date, time, and venue. If you find any discrepancies, contact the exam authorities immediately for correction. On the day of the exam, carry a printed copy of the admit card along with a valid photo ID proof (such as Aadhar card, passport, driving license, or PAN card) to the exam center.
Commonly asked questions
The exam conducting authority National Testing Agency (NTA) has not released the official notification yet. The dates releated to release of application form, admit card, exam date, answer key and result will be mentioned in the official brochure only.
As per previous year trend the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2024, admit card can be released tentatively by first week of June 2024 in online mode.
Candidate may please note that Admit Cards will not be sent by post. In no case, the duplicate Admit Card for AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph.D.)-2024 would be issued at the Examination Centres.
Candidate must not mutilate the Admit Card or change any entry made therein. Candidates are advised to preserve their Admit Cards in good condition for future reference and verification during Counseling.
No Admit Card shall be issued to the candidates whose Applications are found to be incomplete for any reasons (including indistinct/ doubtful photographs/unsigned Applications. Issue of Admit Cards, however, shall not necessarily mean acceptance of eligibility which shall be further scrutinized at subsequent stages of admission process
In case of any discrepancy in the particulars of the candidate or his/her photograph and signatures shown in the Admit Card and Confirmation Page, the candidate may immediately approach the Help Line between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm. In such cases, candidates would appear in the examination with the already downloaded Admit Card. However, NTA will take necessary
action to make correction in the record later
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF Result 2025
Result: Aug ' 25
ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2025 Counselling
Counselling: Jan ' 26
ICAR AICE SRF/JRF 2025 FAQs
Commonly asked questions
If the AICE-JRF/SRF (Ph.D.) is conducted in more than one Session Shifts, the following procedure will be followed in ensuring equivalency in the difficulty level : -
(i) Raw marks obtained by the candidates in different shifts/sessions will be converted to NTA Score (percentile).
(ii) In case a subject test is conducted in multi-shifts, NTA Score will be calculated corresponding to the raw marks obtained by a candidate. The calculated NTA Score for the Raw Marks for all the shifts/sessions will be merged for further processing for
deciding the allocation.
(iii) In the events of the percentilesforthe multi-shifts being dissimilar/ unequal, the lowest will be the eligibility cut-off for that category for all candidates (i.e. all shifts). For Example: In an the examination held in two shifts, if the 40% marks correspond to a
Percentile score of 78 in Shift 1 and 79 in Shift 2, then all those equal to or above 78 percentiles (Percentile score of 100 to 78) in both shifts will become eligible in General Category. Similar method will be adopted for the other categories to determine
eligibility cut-offs. In case the examination is held in more number of shifts the same principle shall apply.
Overall Merit/Rank List will be prepared by ICAR separately for every major Subject. In the event of candidates getting equal marks in the Entrance Examination, relative/inter se Merit will be determined in the following order:
(i) the candidate scoring less negative marks will be rated higher in merit.
(ii) the candidate higher in age would be rated higherin merit.
(iii) the candidate with higher score in Bachelor’s/UG examination would be rated higher in merit.
No representation for re-evaluation/re-checking of answer scripts shall be entertained after the declaration of results, as candidates are given opportunity to evaluate their own recorded responses and to submit challenge to discrepancy (if any), before the finalization of final answer keys and declaration of the result.
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