B.Sc.

Candidate should note that for admission to Masters degree programmes through entrance examination conducted by NTA, only the candidates having passed graduation with four/six (10+6 B.Sc. Ag. )/five years (B. V. Sc. & AH) degree programme from any public funded/government. institution will be eligible. Candidates passed out from private Agricultural Universities/Colleges not accredited by ICAR, even though affiliated to public funded/government. are not eligible for admission through this examination. Only those candidates from Private Agricultural Universities/Colleges (accredited by ICAR) are eligible to appear in the examination who have completed their degree in programmes accredited by ICAR. The eligibility criteria of ICAR PG for Food Technology is given below. Eligibility criteria : B.Sc. Agric. / Horti. / B.Sc. (Hons. ) Agriculture/ Horticulture, / Food Science. & Techno. / B.E. (Agril. )/ B.Tech. (Agrl. engineering. )/ B.Tech. (Food Technology)
While the alternate qualification is B.Tech. /BE (Food Technology), B.Tech. (Dairy Technology), B.Sc. (Food Science/Food Science & Technology), B.Tech. (Food Technology & Management), B.Sc. (Agriculture), B. V. Sc. & AH. So from above B.Sc. Nutrition and dietetics students are not eligible for ICAR's Food and Technology programme.

The basic minimum eligibility for pursuing B.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics is a X and XII qualification from a recognized educational board with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as the main subjects at the intermediate level, with a minimum aggregate score of 50%.
Some universities/ colleges also accept Botany/ Zoology/ Computer Science/ Biochemistry instead of Biology as one of the main subjects studied in class XII.
Admission to the course at some colleges and institutes offering B.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics is based on the candidates performance in the relevant entrance examination conducted by the concerned university.
Admission to the course at some other colleges/ institutes, however, is based on the candidates' scores in the qualifying exam, i.e. classes X and XII. Subsequently, a merit list is prepared, based on which seats are allotted to the shortlisted candidates.