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Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya - Admission to Ph.D. Programme 2023-2024


Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
Faculty of Agriculture & Horticulture
Admission to Ph.D. Programme 2023-2024
Academic Session: 2023-2024

Applications in prescribed form are invited through online only at www.ubkv.ac.in. for admission to Ph.D. Programme under Research Scholar / In-service Research Scholar category in the following disciplines under the Faculties of Agriculture and Horticulture for the session 2023-2024. The candidate must satisfy one of the qualifications as given in Annexure-I as indicated against the relevant disciplines to which admission is sought in Ph. D. Programme.

    + Important Dates

    Starting date of submission of application form through online 25.09.2023 (12.00 noon)
    Last date of submission of application form 09.10.2023 (12.00 noon)
    Publication of list of eligible candidates for Entrance Test 13.10.2023 (tentative)
    Date of Entrance Test to be notified later
    Date of publication of merit list to be notified later
    Date of counseling and admission to be notified later
    Classes will commence on and from to be notified later

    + The number of seats under different disciplines

    • Ph.D. (Agriculture) - Faculty of Agriculture:
      Sl.No. Discipline Total no of allotted Seats ICAR Seat (30%) Order of Admission Category, in case of vacancy in ICAR seat University Seats State Domiciled (80%) Open (20%) In- Service
      1. Agril. Economics 6 2 1: State Domicile UR-1 4 3
      UR-2 SC-1      		 1
      UR-1      		 1
      2: State Domicile-SC-1; State Domicile UR-1
      2. Entomology 6 2 1: State Domicile- OBC- B-1 4 3
      UR-1 SC-1
      OBC A- 1      		 1
      UR-1      		 1
      2: State Domicile – UR- 1; State Domicile- OBC-
      B-1
      3. Agril. Extension Education 03 01 1: State Domicile- OBC- B-1 02 2
      UR-1 SC-1      		   1
      4. Agril. Statistics 6 2 1: State Domicile- UR-1 4 3
      UR-1 SC-1
      OBC B-1      		 1
      UR-1      		 1
      2: State Domicile- SC-1; State Domicile – UR-1
      5. Agronomy 6 2 1: State Domicile- SC-1 4 3
      UR-1 ST-1
      OBC A- 1      		 1
      UR-1      		 1
      2: State Domicile- OBC- B-1,SC-1
      6. Bio-Chemistry 6 2 1: State Domicile- ST- 1 4 3
      UR-1 SC-1
      OBC-B- 1      		 1
      UR-1      		 1
      2: State Domicile- UR- 1; State Domicile- ST- 1
      7. Genetics & Plant Breeding 6 2 1: State Domicile UR-1 4 3
      UR-1 SC-1
      OBC-B-1      		 1
      UR-1      		 1
      2: State Domicile- SC-1; State Domicile UR-1
      8. Plant Pathology 6 2 1: State Domicile UR-1 4 3
      UR-1 ST-1
      OBC A- 1      		 1
      UR-1      		 1
      2: State Domicile- SC-1; State Domicile UR-1
      9. Seed Science & Technology 03 01 1: State Domicile SC-1 02 2
      UR-1 OBC B- 1      		 - -
      10. Soil Science 6 2 1: State Domicile- SC-1 4 3
      UR-1 SC-1
      OBC-B-1      		 1
      UR-1      		 1
      2: State Domicile UR-1; State Domicile- SC-1
      *In case of students not nominated by the ICAR the seat will be converted to University seat with the stated category mentioned in next column.
    • Ph.D. (Horticulture) - Faculty of Horticulture:
      Sl. No. Discipline Total no. of allotted Seats ICAR Seats (30%) Order of Admission Category, in case of vacancy in ICAR seat University Seats State Domiciled (80%) Open (20%) In service
      1. Floriculture and Landscaping 06 02 1: State Domicile- SC-1 04 3
      UR-1 SC-1
      OBC-A- 1      		 1
      UR-1      		 -
      2: State Domicile UR-1; State Domicile- SC-1
      2. Forestry 04 01 1: State Domicile- SC-1 03 2
      UR-1 OBC-A- 1      		 1
      UR-1      		 -
      3. Fruit Science 06 02 1: State Domicile UR-1 04 3
      UR-1 SC-1
      OBC-B- 1      		 1
      UR-1      		 -
      2: State Domicile - SC-1; State Domicile UR-1
      4. Plantation, Spices, Medicinaland
      Aromatic Crops      		 06 02 1: State Domicile UR-1 04 3
      SC- 2 OBC-B-1      		 1
      UR-1      		 -
      2: State Domicile- UR-1; State Domicile UR-1
      5. Postharvest Management 02 01 1: State Domicile UR-1 01 1
      OBC-A-1      		 - -
      6. Vegetable Science 06 02 1: State Domicile UR-1 04 3
      UR-1
      SC-1 ST-1      		 1
      UR-1      		 1
      2: State Domicile - OBC- A-1; State Domicile UR-1
      *In case of students not nominated by the ICAR the seat will be converted to University seat with the stated category mentioned in next column.
    • The number of seats may change subject to availability of eligible teacher/Guide in each Department.
    • Students who obtain their Master Degree from any Private College/University where the particular Faculty/College/Programme is not accredited by ICAR are not eligible for admission to Master Degree Programme. Students need to upload a certificate in prescribed format (see annexure)/ related format of the respective University issued by the Registrar of the University stating that particular degree programme of the concerned college is accredited by ICAR.
    • 02 Seats shall be reserved for Kashmiri migrants over and above the normal student intake.
    • SC/ST/OBC candidates of outside the state of West Bengal shall be treated as General category candidates.
    • Foreign students will be admitted following University Guideline only.

    + Essential Qualification

    • Consistently good academic records with Master’s Degree in Agriculture /Horticulture / Forestry Science having at least 65% marks or an OGPA of 6.5 out of 10.00 or 3.75 out of 5.00 or 3.0 out of 4.00 or 2.25 out of 3.00 for general and OBC category (for SC/ST/PH candidate 60 % marks or OGPA 6.0 out of 10.00 or 3.44 out of 5.00 or 2.75 out of 4.00 or 2.06 out of 3.00) in Master’s degree programme from any recognized Indian/Foreign University followed by Bachelors’ Degree in Agricultural / Horticultural /Forestry Science under 10+2+4 or 10+1+4 or 11+4.
    • Experience of Dissertation in University / Institute for at least one year.
    • Minimum age for admission is 23 years as on 31/12/2023.
    • Students passed with three years Bachelor degree course are not eligible.

    + Application Fees

    Category Application Fees
    (Candidates will have to pay separate application fee for application to each Subject / Department which is non-refundable.)
    General / OBC category Rs. 1200/-
    SC / ST Category Rs. 600/-
    # No application form without deposition of fee will be considered.
    # Only PWD candidates whose disability percentage are 40% or above, are exempted from application fees. However, there is no PWD seat separately in any department and will be treated as per their respective caste category.

    + The candidate must satisfy one of the qualifications as indicated against the relevant disciplines to which admission is sought in Ph.D. Programme

    • Faculty of Agriculture
      Discipline M.Sc. (Ag.) / M.Sc.
      Agricultural Economics Agricultural Economics
      Entomology Agricultural Entomology
      Agricultural Extension Education Agricultural Extension
      Agricultural Statistics Agricultural Statistics
      Agronomy Agronomy
      Biochemistry Biochemistry / Soil science & Ag. Chem (major in Ag. Chemicals &
      Biochemistry)
      Genetics and Plant Breeding Genetics and/or Plant Breeding / Seed Science and Technology / Plant Physiology
      Plant Pathology Plant Pathology
      Seed Science & Technology Seed Science & Technology / Plant Breeding/Plant Physiology
      Soil Science Soil Science and / OR Agricultural Chemistry / Agril. Physics / Microbiology
    • Faculty of Horticulture
      Discipline M.Sc. (Hort.) / M.Sc. (Ag.) / M.Tech. / M.Sc. / M.Sc. Food Tech.
      Floriculture and Landscaping Floriculture, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants / Floriculture and Landscaping / Landscape Architecture / Horticulture
      Forestry Forestry / Agroforestry / Natural Resource Management
      Fruit Science Pomology and Post-Harvest Technology / Pomology / Fruits and Orchard Management / Fruit Science / Horticulture
      Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops Plantation Crops and Processing / Plantation Crops / Horticulture / Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops / Vegetable and Spice Crops
      Post-Harvest
      Management      		 Pomology and Post-Harvest Technology / Plantation Crops and Processing / Food Processing and/or Technology / Horticulture
      Vegetable Science Vegetable and Spice Crops / Vegetable Crops / Horticulture / Vegetable Science / Olericulture

    + Guideline for Entrance Test

    The Entrance Test for admission to Ph. D. degree course in a discipline of Agriculture/ Horticulture / Forestry for Research Scholar, In-service Research Scholar and Project Fellow of session 2023-24 will be held as per ICAR syllabus of concerned M.Sc. Courses.
    • Duration of the Test: 1 hour;
      Total marks: 70
    • Questions pattern: MCQ type Questions with four alternatives, each of 1 marks (70x1=70).
    • Qualifying marks of the Entrance Test: 35 % for General, OBC-A & OBC-B categories and 30% for SC, ST categories of the Test.
    • There will be negative marks for MCQ is 0.25 for each wrong answer.
    • The syllabus for entrance test in Ph.D. (Agriculture), Ph.D. (Horticulture) and Ph.D. (Forestry) is available in the University Website www.ubkv.ac.in)
Source: ubkv.ac.in

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