BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA
Admission Notification
Master Degree and Doctoral Degree Programmes for the session 2017-2018

Online applications are invited for admission to Master Degree and Doctoral Degree programmes. The admission will be done through an entrance examination to be held on 08.07.2017 and 16.07.2017 respectively at the University campus at Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal. The Syllabus for both the programmes has been displayed on the University website (www.bckv.edu.in) separately.

All the P.G. and Ph.D. seats, excepting ICAR seats will be filled up by the domicile students, state of West Bengal. 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	Name of the Groups	Departments
A	Natural Resource Management	1) Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science
		2) Soil and Water Conservation
		3) Agricultural Meteorology & Physics
B	Crop Protection	1) Agricultural Entomology
		2) Plant Pathology
		3) Agricultural Chemicals
C	Plant Science	1) Genetics & Plant Breeding
		2) Plant Physiology
		3) Agricultural Biochemistry
		4) Seed Science & Technology
		5) Agricultural Biotechnology
D	Social Science	1) Agricultural Extension
		2) Agricultural Economics
		3) Agricultural Statistics
E	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.

There will be deduction of marks of one correct answer for four wrong answers.

Candidates are advised to go through the Brochure of P.G. & Ph.D. programme for the academic session 2017-18 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.

Master Degree Programme (PG)

• 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) Agril. Biotechnology.
• Faculty of Horticulture :
  1) Fruits Science, 2) Vegetable Science, 3) Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, 4) Post Harvest Technology, 5) Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic 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 other cases, 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 for admission to B.Tech. 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 counseling for admission.

Doctoral Degree Programme (Ph.D.)

For Entrance Examination of Doctoral Degree Programme in the Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering, candidates will be apply for only one subject/department according to the following subjects/departments 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, 16) Agril. Biotechnology.
• Faculty of Horticulture :
  1) Fruits Science, 2) Vegetable Science, 3) Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, 4) Postharvest Technology, 5) Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic 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/OBC/PH Category, 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 other cases, where grade-points are not awarded and only marks are awarded, the candidate must have secured at least 60% marks for General/OBC/PH 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/PH 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 Animal Husbandry 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 other cases, 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.

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 counseling for admission.

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. Application fees once paid will not be refunded.

For Masters Degree admission (General/OBC category)	Rs. 1200/-
For Masters Degree admission (SC, ST & PH)	Rs. 600/-
For Doctoral Degree admission (General/OBC category)	Rs.1500/-
For Doctoral Degree admission (SC, ST category)	Rs.750/-

In-Service candidate: In-Service candidates must have 3 (three) year service in reputed organization. In-Service candidates need not to appear in Entrance Examination. However, they have to appear in an Interview Board as constituted by the University for preparing the merit list of such candidates.

The In-service candidates (For both Masters and Doctoral degree programme) must submit a “NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE” from his/her present employer during the Counseling. After admission, the concerned M.Sc./M.Tech./Ph.D. 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 with effect 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.

CANCELLATION OF ADMISSION : If it is found at any stage that a candidate has obtained admission by misrepresentation and/or suppression of facts, his/her admission shall be liable to be cancelled, without assigning any reason.

IMPORTANT
For Master and Doctoral Degree 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 as the case may be on the date of admission test and on before the last date of up gradation of application form.

On the date of counseling, the candidates must produce his/her admit card for getting entry in the Counseling 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/counseling.

• The entire Mark-sheet & Age-proof certificate (Madhyamik admit card).
• SC/ST/PH & 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.).
• AADHAR /Voter Identity Card of the candidate or his/her parent (if any).
• 2 (two) copies of recent colour passport size photograph.
• The self-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.
• Blood Electrophoresis (Thalassaemia) test report : The candidates who are admitted in this University are required to submit self attested copy of Blood Electrophoresis (Thalassaemia) test report to the Registrar’s Department (Admission & Scholarship Section) within 1 (one) month from the date of admission.
  
  • Important Dates for Master Degree Admission :

    1.	Last date of Submission of Application Forms	30.06.2017
    2.	Date of commencement of generation/ download of admit card	02.07.2017
    3.	Date of Entrance Examination	08.07.2017
    4.	Last date of up-gradation of Application Forms with U.G. Final marks	15.07.2017
    5.	Date of Declaration of Result/ Publication of Merit List (tentative)	20.07.2017
    6.	Date of Admission/Counseling of M.Sc./ M. Tech. students at Convocation Hall, Administrative Building (2nd Floor), BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia	27.07.2017 & 28.07.2017
    7.	Date of Final Admission/Counseling of M.Sc./ M. Tech. students at Convocation Hall, Administrative Building (2nd Floor), BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia (if vacancy occurs)	31.07.2017
    8.	*Counseling of non-domicile students in vacant seats, if any	07.08.2017
    9.	Date of Registration & Commencement of 1st semester classes of M.Sc./ M.Tech. students.	08.08.2017

    * List of vacant seats, if any, will be displayed in the University Website on 01/08/2017
  • Important Dates for Doctoral Degree Admission (Ph.D.) :

    1.	Last Date of Submission of Application Forms	30.06.2017
    2.	Date of commencement of generation/ download of admit card	04.07.2017
    3.	Date of Entrance Examination	08.07.2017
    4.	Last date of up-gradation of Application Forms with U.G. Final marks	16.07.2017
    5.	Date of Declaration of Result/ Publication of Merit List	26.07.2017
    6.	Date of Admission/Counseling of Doctoral Degree students at Convocation Hall, Administrative Building (2nd Floor), BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia	01.08.2017, 02.08.2017 and 03.08.2017
    7.	Publication of vacant seats for non-domicile students	04.08.2017
    8.	Date of Final Admission/Counseling of Doctoral Degree students at Convocation Hall, Administrative Building (2nd Floor), BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia (if vacancy occurs)	10.08.2017
    9.	Date of Registration & Commencement of 1st semester classes of Ph.D. students	11.08.2017

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

ADMIT CARD for Entrance Examination

The candidates who shall be eligible for appearing the Entrance Examination of M.Sc. & Ph.D. programme to be held on 08.07.2017 & 16.07.2017 respectively are requested to bring the computer generated admit card along with two copies of duly attested passport size photograph.

Schedule for Entrance Examination

For Masters Degree Programme
Group /Subject	Date	Time	Venue
Agronomy	08.07.2017	11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.	F/of Ag. Bldg.
Crop Protection	-do-	-do-	-do-
Natural Resource Management	-do-	1:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M.	-do-
Social Science	-do-	-do-	-do-
Plant Science	-do-	3:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.	-do-
Horticulture	-do-	11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.	F/Hort. Bldg.
Agricultural Engineering	-do-	11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.	F/Ag. Engg. Bldg.
For Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) Programme
Group /Subject	Date	Time	Venue
All subjects	16.07.2017	11:00 A.M.	F/ of Ag. Bldg. F/of Hort. Bldg. F/Ag.Engg. Bldg.

Schedule for Department wise Counselling

For Masters Degree Programme
Date	Courses	Time
27.07.2017	Horticulture	12.00 – 2.00 pm
	Agronomy	2.30 – 4.00 pm
	Natural Resource Management	4.00 – 5.00 pm
28.07.2017	Crop Protection	12.00 – 1.00 pm
	Plant Science	1.00 – 2.00 pm
	Social Science	2.30 – 4.00 pm
	Agricultural Engineering	4.00 – 5.00 pm
31.07.2017	Final counseling for all the above courses (if vacancy occurs)	12.00 – 4.00 pm
07.08.2017	All courses for non-domicile students in vacant seats, if any	12.00 – 2.00 pm
For Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) Programme
Date	Time	Venue
01.08.2017	SESSION-1
	Fruits Science	12.00-12.30 pm
	Floriculture and Landscaping Architecture	12.30-1.00 pm
	Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	1.00-1.30 pm
	Postharvest Technology	1.30-2.00 pm
	Vegetable Science	2.00-2.30 pm
	BREAK	2.30-3.00 pm
	SESSION-2
	All department of Ag. Engineering	3.00 to 4.00 pm
02.08.2017	SESSION-1
	Agronomy	12.00-12.45 pm
	Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science	12.45-1.30 pm
	Agricultural Entomology	1.30-2.15 pm
	BREAK	2.30-3.00 pm
	SESSION-2
	Plant Pathology	3.00-3.30 pm
03.08.2017	SESSION-1
	Plant Physiology	12.00-12.15 pm
	Agricultural Extension	12.15-12.45 pm
	Genetics & Plant Breeding	12.45-1.15 pm
	Seed Science & Technology	1.15 – 1.45 pm
	Ag. Meteorology & Physics	1.45-2.00 pm
	BREAK	2.00-2.15 pm
	SESSION-2
	Ag. Biochemistry	2.15-2.30 pm
	Agricultural Chemicals	2.30-2.45 pm
	Agricultural Statistics	2.45-3.00 pm
	Agricultural Economics	3.00-3.15 pm
	Soil & Water Conservation	3.15-3.30 pm
	Animal Science	3.30-3.45 pm
	Ag. Biotechnology	3.45-4.00 pm
10.08.2017	Final counseling for all the above courses (if vacancy occurs)	12.00-4.00 pm

Fees

Sl. No.	Courses	Admission Fees (A) (Rs.)	Hostel Fees (B) (Rs.)	Total Fees to be paid at the time of Admission for 1st Semester (for HOSTELLER) [A+B] (Rs.)	Total Fees to be paid at the time of Admission for 1st Semester (for DASYSCHOLAR) (Rs.)
1.	M.Sc. (Ag.) / M.Sc. (Hort.) / M.Tech. (Ag. Engg.)	5410.00	1610.00	7020.00	5410.00
2.	Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.)	9920.00	1642.00	11562.00	9920.00

Source : bckv.edu.in