ICAR AIEEA 2023 Counselling: Check Dates (Out), Documents Required, Choice Filling

Below is the table mentioning the expected events and dates of ICAR AIEEA PG counselling from previous year.

Note:
1. For any technical assistance related to counselling, the candidate may approach the Help Desk Menu on the homepage of ICAR Counselling Portal (https://icar.org.in). Helpline Phone No. shall also be available on the HelpDesk Menu.
2. The list of Single Points of Contact at the admitting universities for admission related queries of the candidates shall also be available on the counselling portal for seeking any clarification/information.

Students who get selected for registration and choice filling for ICAR AIEEA Counselling will only be eligible for the allocation of subjects and the Agricultural University. Also, students who did not qualify for the ICAR AIEEA (PG) are not eligible for admission through ICAR in any Master's degree programme. ICAR AIEEA 2025 Exam for postgraduation courses was conducted in 89 cities across India for students who want to pursue Master's courses in Agriculture University in various disciplines such as Horticulture, Animal Science, Agriculture Engineering, Veterinary, and Forestry.

ICAR AIEEA counselling process includes the following steps:

Step 1: Registration

Step 2: Choice Filling

Choice Updation

Step 3: Online Uploading of Documents

Step 4: Verification of Documents

Step 5: Deposition of Seat Acceptance Fee

Step 6: Issue of Provisional Admission Letter

At the time of counselling, seats are allotted to students and they also need to submit original as well as self-attested photocopies of the documents listed below:

• Proof of date of birth - High School/ Class 10 Certificate.
• All Certificates and Mark sheets, grade reports in original, related to Class 10, Class 12 onwards.
• Final year/final semester result indicating final OGPA/CGPA or final percentage of marks where grade points are not awarded. Candidates need to produce Provisional/Degree certificate of qualifying graduate examination issued by the university.
• SC, ST and a non-creamy layer of OBC category candidates need to submit original Certificates as per Central Govt. requirements and issued by Competent Authority.
• Medical certificate in case of Physically Challenged (PC) candidate issued by Medical Officer of any Government Hospital along with a description of the kind of disability and the degree of disability.
• Character Certificate from the Head of the institution last attended.
• E-Admit card and counselling call/invitation letter from ICAR in original.
• Three recent coloured passport size photographs with name and date same as the one uploaded on the application form.
• Domicile certificate in case of candidates from States/Union Territories namely Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura for UPS categories.
• Authority letter/undertaking if the candidate is unable to attend the counselling personally.
• Valid registration certificate under the IVC Act. 1984 for Veterinary graduates only.

Candidates can follow the steps to check the ICAR seat allotment results:

• Visit the official website of the ICAR Exam
• Click on the Applicant Login tab
• Enter application number, password and security code (as shown on the screen)
• Click on Login
• View and download the ICAR AIEEA seat allotment result 2025

1. No updation is permitted in the mop-up/ final round of counselling
2. Candidates who scored zero or negative marks in the ICAR AIEEA entrance exam cannot participate in the mop-up/ final counselling round
3. Candidates for PG and PhD admission, who did not fill their qualifying exam marks till the designated date at the NTA-ICAR portal and whose status of the qualifying exam is still "Appearing" are not allowed to participate in counselling
4. Candidates who have been given admission or were denied admission on the ground of non-accreditation of their private agricultural college/university by ICAR or did not meet the prescribed eligibility requirements in the previous rounds (1-3) are not allowed to participate in the Mop-up/final round of counselling.
5. Candidates who could not register for the first round of counselling are allowed to participate in the Mop-up/ final round of counselling by paying the prescribed registration fee of INR 400 for ICAR counselling. Such candidates are required to fill their fresh choices only for the vacant seats as displayed on the counselling portal, and their previously filled choices, if any, automatically stand cancelled and will not be considered. 
6. Candidates who registered during the first round of counselling, paid the prescribed counselling registration fee but could not fill their choices, are also allowed to participate in the Mopup/final round of counselling. They are, however, exempt from paying the counselling registration fee. Such candidates are required to fill their fresh choices only for the vacant seats as displayed on the counselling portal, and their previously filled choices, if any, automatically stand cancelled and will not be considered. 
7. Candidates who registered during the first round of counselling, paid the prescribed counselling registration fee, filled the choices and were allotted seats but could not report to the allotted university for admission for any reason are also allowed to participate in the Mop-up/final round of counselling. They are, however, exempt from paying the counselling registration fee. Such candidates are required to fill their fresh choices only for the vacant seats as displayed on the counselling portal, and their previously filled choices, if any, automatically stand cancelled and will not be considered. 
8. Candidates who registered during the first round of counselling paid the prescribed counselling registration fee, filled the choices but were not allotted any of their choices till the third round of counselling is also allowed to participate in the Mop-up/final round of counselling. They are, however, exempt from paying the counselling registration fee. Such candidates are required to fill their fresh choices only for the vacant seats as displayed on the counselling portal, and their previously filled choices, if any, automatically stand cancelled and will not be considered. 
9. Candidates who graduated from private agricultural colleges/ universities not accredited by ICAR were notified, through Information Bulletins, that they are not eligible to appear in the AIEEA examination. Therefore, if any of such candidates appeared in the examination and their scores were declared by NTA, they are not eligible to participate in the counselling. ICAR will not be held responsible for denying admission to such ineligible candidates by any of the accredited AUs under the ICAR-AU system.
10. In case any degree from a particular college/university is not considered for admission by an Agricultural University or any particular college/university has been derecognized by VCI/UGC, or due to any court directives (present or future), ICAR will not be responsible for admitting students of that college/university in the Universities not willing to admit such candidates.

Candidates can go through the leftover seats for admission in UG courses through ICAR AIEEA 2025. The following PDF brings the category-wise seat matrix for each course and college. One can download the ICAR AIEEA seat matrix below.

Download ICAR AIEEA Seat Matrix here

Note: The ICAR AIEEA seat matrix mentioned above is that of the previous year. We will update the ICAR AIEEA 2025 seat matrix as and when it is released.

Also, candidates should know that for the academic Session 2025-26, admissions to 20 per cent seats (100% seats at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, IARI New Delhi, RLBCAU, Jhansi and Dr RPCAU, Pusa) in Master’s degree programmes will be granted in 70 Agricultural Universities under the ICAR-AU system. Candidates declared eligible for counselling, based on information provided by the candidates at the time of registration for counselling, will be considered for allocation of course and AU as per ICAR’s Online Counselling procedure. 

Here are the UG courses available for candidates who wish pursue these courses through OUAT exam.

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Forestry
• Fisheries
• Home Science
• Sericulture
• Agricultural Engineering
• Dairy Technology
• Food Science/ Food Technology
• Biotechnology, etc.

On the other hand, candidates can secure admission in 20 subject groups based on the ICAR AIEEA PG exam. 

• Colleges accepting ICAR AIEEA UG scores/ranks for admission
• ICAR AIEEA PG colleges accepting scores