Post Graduate (PG) Admission Notification 2016-2017

Online applications are invited from Indian citizens only for admission to Master Degree programmes. The admission will be done through an entrance examination to be held on 02.07.2016 and 16.07.2016 respectively at the University campus at Mohanpur, Nadia. The Syllabus for the programmes has been displayed on the University website (www.bckv.edu.in).

All the P.G. seats, excepting ICAR seats will be filled up by the domicile students of West Bengal state. However, the non-domicile students according to merit list will be considered for admission in the unfilled seats at different departments, if any. Non-domicile students are not eligible for University Scholarship. The SC/ST/OBC candidates who are domicile of West Bengal will get the benefit of reservation; ICAR’s nominees will be considered as per prevailing rules.

For Entrance Examination of Master Degree Programme of the Faculty of Agriculture, candidates may apply according to the following groups; however, all the candidates are permitted to apply for Agronomy and Plant Science separately. Separate examinations will be conducted for all the groups mentioned below.

Groups	Departments
Natural Resource Management	1) Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science 2) Soil and Water Conservation 3) Agricultural Meteorology & Physics
Crop Protection	1) Agricultural Entomology 2) Plant Pathology 3) Agricultural Chemicals
Plant Science	1) Genetics & Plant Breeding 2) Plant Physiology 3) Agricultural Biochemistry 4) Seed Science & Technology
Social Science	1) Agricultural Extension 2) Agricultural Economics 3) Agricultural Statistics
Agronomy	Agronomy

Only one Common Entrance Examination will be conducted for the Faculty of Horticulture and also for Agricultural Engineering for all of its departments. Entrance examination will be based on multiple choice questions.

Candidates are advised to go through the Brochure of P.G. programme for the academic session 2016-17 from the University website (www.bckv.edu.in) and submit the necessary Affidavit / Declaration / Undertaking as per format given in Annexure-I, II and IIA at the time of admission/ counseling.

Faculty of Agriculture	1) Agronomy, 2) Plant Pathology, 3) Agril. Entomology, 4) Agril. Economics, 5) Agril. Statistics, 6) Agril. Extension, 7) Genetics & Plant Breeding, 8) Seed Science & Technology, 9) Plant Physiology, 10) Agril. Chem. & Soil Science, 11) Agril. Biochemistry, 12) Agril. Chemicals, 13) Agril. Meteorology & Physics, 14) Soil & Water Conservation.
Faculty of Horticulture	1) Fruits & Orchard Management, 2) Vegetable Crops, 3) Floriculture & Land Scaping, 4) Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops, 5) Spices & Plantation Crops.
Faculty of Agricultural Engineering	1) Soil & Water Engineering, 2) Farm Machinery & Power, 3) Food Engineering, 4) Post Harvest Engineering

Eligibility

Candidates must have passed the 4-year Bachelor Degree examination in Agriculture/ Horticulture/Agricultural Engineering securing Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) of at least 6.60/10.00 in ten-point scale, 3.25/5.00 in five-point scale, 2.60/4.00 in four-point scale for General and OBC categories, whereas for SC/ST/PH candidates the said requirement is an OGPA of at least 5.60/10.00, 2.75/5.00, or 2.20/4.00. In traditional system, where grade-points are not awarded and only marks are awarded, the candidate must have secured at least 60 % marks for General and OBC categories, whereas for SC/ST/PH categories the requirement is 50 % marks.

The graduates of some other disciplines of Engineering are also eligible to apply in the respective departments, i.e. 1) Civil Engineering for the Dept. of Soil & Water Engineering, 2) Mechanical Engineering for the Dept. of Farm Machinery & Power, 3) Chemical/ Biochemical Engineering for the Dept. of Food Engineering.

Candidates must have passed Higher Secondary or equivalent examination (10+2) in General stream or Vocational stream securing at least 50 % marks in aggregate for General and OBC categories, whereas for SC/ST/PH categories the said requirement is 40 % marks.

However, for M. Tech. Admission, minimum marks accepted by WBJEE Board will be considered.

Candidates appeared in the final semester of under-graduate programme are also eligible to apply.

All the candidates are required to submit the photocopy of all the transcripts at the time of Entrance Examination.

Mode of Application (Online) and Payment Fees (Online & Offline) :

Apply online through the Viswavidyalaya website (www.bckv.edu.in) and application fee is to be paid as per following rates following online or offline mode.

For Master’s degree admission (General / OBC category)	Rs. 800.00
For Master’s degree admission (SC, ST & PH)	Rs. 200.00

The In-service candidates must submit a “NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE” from his/ her present employer during the Counseling. After admission, the concerned students must have to submit an approved letter of leave for a period of 2 years and 3 years respectively issued by his/her employer within three (3) months from the date of admission, failing which his/her admission will be treated as cancelled without any further notification. Results submitted/received after the due date shall not be considered for preparation of merit list.

Important :

For Master’s and Doctoral Degree admission, the candidates should submit the photocopy of Grade Card/Mark Sheet of H.S. and B.Sc./B. Tech. examinations on the date of admission test. Similarly, for PhD admission, the candidates should submit the photocopy of Grade Card/Mark Sheet of H.S., B.Sc./B. Tech. and M.Sc./M. Tech. examinations. If these documents are not submitted on the date of Entrance Examination, the candidature of the applicant will be cancelled and their name will not appear in the merit list.

On the date of counselling, the candidates must produce his/her admit card for getting entry in the Counselling Hall. Showing of Admit Card is mandatory.

Candidates are hereby directed to produce the photocopy of the following documents along with ORIGINALS for verification at the time of admission/counselling.

• The entire Mark-sheet & Age-proof certificate (Madhyamik admit card).
• SC/ST & OBC-A & OBC-B certificates from the competent authority.
• Domicile Certificate issued by the Competent Authority (Chairman, Municipality/Pradhan, Gram Panchayat /B.D.O./ S.D.O.).
• Voter’s Identity Card issued by the Election Commission in favour of the candidate or his parent (if any).
• Blood Electrophoresis (Thalassaemia) test report.
• 2 (two) copies of recent colour passport size photograph.
• The attested copy of recent (not more than 6 months old) Medical Certificate from proper authority (Sub-divisional Medical Officer/Superintendent of State Hospital or above) for physically handicapped persons along with CERTIFICATE FROM AN OPTHAMOLOGIST (Original Copy) to rule out Refractive Errors & Colour blindness.

Important Dates :

Last date of Submission of Application Forms	22.06.2016
Date of commencement of generation/downloading of admit card	24.06.2016
Last date of up-gradation of Application Forms with U.G. Final marks	01.07.2016
Date of Entrance Examination	02.07.2016
Date of Declaration of Result/ Publication of Merit List	20.07.2016
Date of Admission/Counseling of M.Sc./ M.Tech. students at J. N. Mukherjee Hall, Faculty of Agriculture Building (1st Floor), BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia	27.07.2016, 28.07.2016
Date of Final Admission/Counseling of M.Sc./ M.Tech. students at J. N. Mukherjee Hall, Faculty of Agriculture Building (1st Floor), BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia (if vacancy occurs)	29.07.2016
* Counselling of non-domicile students in vacant seats, if any	04.08.2016
Date of Registration & Commencement of 1st semester classes of M.Sc./ M.Tech. students	05.08.2016
* List of vacant seats, if any, will be displayed in the University Website on	29.07.2016

NB : If there is any change in the above mentioned dates due to unavoidable circumstances, revised dates will be notified in the University Website (www.bckv.edu.in).

Admit Card for Entrance Examination :

The candidates who will be eligible for appearing the Entrance Examination of M.Sc./M. Tech & Ph.D. programme to be held on 02.07.2016 & 16.07.2016, respectively are requested to bring the computer generated admit card along with two copies of duly attested passport size photograph.

Schedule for Entrance Examination :

Group /Subject	Date	Time	Duration	Venue
Natural Resource Management	02.07.2016	11:00 A.M.	1.00 hours	F/of Ag. Bldg.
Crop Protection	-do-	11:00 A.M.	-do-	-do-
Social Science	-do-	11:00 A.M.	-do-	-do-
Agronomy	-do-	1:00 P.M.	-do-	-do-
Plant Science	-do-	3:00 P.M.	-do-	-do-
Horticulture	-do-	11:00 A.M.	-do-	F/Hort. Bldg.
Agricultural Engineering	-do-	11:00 A.M.	-do-	F/Ag.Engg.Bldg.

Schedule of Department-wise Counselling :

Date	Course	Time
27.07.2016	Horticulture	12:00 Noon - 2:00 P.M.
	Agronomy	2:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
	Natural Resource Management	4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
28.07.2016	Crop Protection	12:00 Noon - 1:00 P.M.
	Plant Science	1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
	Social Science	2:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
	Agricultural Engineering	4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
29.07.2016	Final counselling for the domicile students for all the above courses (if vacancy occurs)	12:00 Noon - 4:00 P.M.
04.08.2016	All courses for non-domicile students in vacant seats, if any	12:00 Noon - 2.00 pm

Fees :

Courses	Admission Fees	Hostel Fees	Total Fees to be paid at the time of Admission for 1st Semester (for HOSTELLER) (Rs.)	Total Fees to be paid at the time of Admission for 1st Semester (for DASYSCHOLAR) (Rs.)
M.Sc. (Ag.) / M.Sc. (Hort.) / M.Tech. (Ag. Engg.)	2686.00	1610.00	4296.00	2686.00

Source : bckv.edu.in