Ph.D. Admission Notification 2016-2017

Online applications are invited from Indian citizens only for admission to Doctoral 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 Ph.D. 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.

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 Ph.D. 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.

For Entrance Examination of Doctoral Degree Programme in the Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering, candidates will have to apply for only one subjects/department according to the following subjects/department under the respective faculty as mentioned below.

• 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, 15) Animal Science.
• Faculty of Horticulture :
  1) Fruits & Orchard Management, 2) Vegetable Crops, 3) Floriculture & Landscaping, 4) Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops, 5) Spices & Plantation Crops.
• Faculty of Agricultural Engineering :
  1) Soil & Water Engineering, 2) Farm Machinery & Power, 3) Post Harvest Engineering, 4) Food Engineering.

Eligibility

Candidates must have passed 2-year Master degree examination in Agriculture / Horticulture / Agril. Engineering from a duly recognized University, following 4-year Bachelor Degree programme with relevant subjects, securing an Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) of at least 6.50/10.00 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 categories, the said requirement is an OGPA of at least 5.50/10.00, 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/OBC Category, whereas for SC/ST candidates, the minimum percentage of marks is 50%.

Candidates passed 2-year Master Degree in cognate branches under traditional system and secured at least 60 % marks for General/OBC and 50% for SC/ST candidates in aggregate in related discipline following a 3-year Bachelor Degree with Honours in concerned subject are also eligible for admission excepting in the courses offered by the Faculty of Horticulture and the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture. In the Faculty of Agril. Engineering, the candidates having M.Tech. in Civil/Mechanical/Chemical Engineering after completing 4-years Bachelor Degree in Engineering are eligible for admission to Ph.D. programme in the respective department as cognate branches of Agricultural Engineering.

In the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, the candidates must have passed 2-year Master Degree in concerned subjects followed by B.V.Sc and AH degree / B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. with specialization in Animal Husbandry are eligible for admission to Doctoral Degree programme in the Department of Animal Science. Regarding securing of marks for admission to the said courses, contents as stated above will be followed. Other qualifications related to Graduation in the course credit and traditional system would be the same as mentioned above.

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 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 categories the requirement is 50 % marks.

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

The students having M.Sc. (Agriculture) in Horticulture degree opting admission for the Doctoral Degree in any department of Horticulture may opt for admission in the unfilled seat, if any, under the Dept. of Post Harvest Technology.

Candidates appeared in the final semester of post-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 Doctoral Degree admission (General / OBC category)	Rs. 1000.00
For Doctoral Degree admission (SC & ST category)	Rs. 250.00

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 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 Ph.D. 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	07.07.2016
Date of commencement of generation/downloading of admit card	08.07.2016
Last date of up-gradation of Application Forms with P.G. Final marks	15.07.2016
Date of Entrance Examination	16.07.2016
Date of Declaration of Result/ Publication of Merit List	26.07.2016
Date of Admission/Counseling of Doctoral Degree students at J. N. Mukherjee Hall, Faculty of Agriculture Building (1st Floor), BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia	08.08.2016 09.08.2016 10.08.2016
Publication of vacant seats for non-domicile students	11.08.2016
Date of Final Admission/Counseling of Doctoral Degree programme for non-domicile candidates at J. N. Mukherjee Hall, Faculty of Agriculture Building (1st Floor), BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia (if vacancy occurs)	17.08.2016
Date of Registration & Commencement of 1st semester classes of Ph.D. students	18.08.2016

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 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
All subjects	16.07.2016	11:00 A.M.	1.00 hours	F/ of Ag. Bldg. F/of Hort. Bldg. F/Ag.Engg. Bldg.

Schedule of Department-wise Counselling :

Date	Course	Time
08.08.2016	SESSION-1
	Fruits & Orchard Management	12.00 Noon - 12.30 P.M.
	Floriculture & Landscaping	12.30 - 1.00 P.M.
	Spices & Plantation Crops	1.00 - 1.30 P.M.
	Post Harvest Tech. on Hort. Crops	1.30 - 2.00 P.M.
	Vegetable Crops	2.00 - 2.30 P.M.
	BREAK	2.30 - 3.00 P.M.
	SESSION-2
	All departments of Ag. Engineering	3.00 to 4.00 P.M.
09.08.2016	SESSION-1
	Agronomy	12.00 - 12.45 P.M.
	Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science	12.45 - 1.30 P.M.
	Agricultural Entomology	1.30 - 2.15 P.M.
	BREAK	2.30 - 3.00 P.M.
	SESSION-2
	Plant Pathology	3.00 - 3.30 P.M.
10.08.2016	SESSION-1
	Plant Physiology	12.00 - 12.15 P.M.
	Agricultural Extension	12.15 - 12.45 P.M.
	Genetics & Plant Breeding	12.45 - 1.15 P.M.
	Seed Science & Technology	1.15 - 1.45 P.M.
	Ag. Meteorology & Physics	1.45 - 2.00 P.M.
	BREAK	2.00 - 2.15 P.M.
	SESSION-2
	Ag. Biochemistry	2.15 - 2.30 P.M.
	Agricultural Chemicals	2.30 - 2.45 P.M.
	Agricultural Statistics	2.45 - 3.00 P.M.
	Agricultural Economics	3.00 - 3.15 P.M.
	Soil & Water Conservation	3.15 - 3.30 P.M.
	Animal Science	3.30 - 3.45 P.M.
	Ag. Biochemistry	3.45 - 4.00 P.M.
17.08.2016	Counseling for non-domicile students	12.00 - 4.00 P.M.

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.)
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.)	7129.00	1642.00	8771.00	7129.00

Source : bckv.edu.in