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of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Indian Council of Social Science
                             Research  (ICSSR)  and  Council  for  Scientific  and  Industrial  Research  (CSIR).
                             ICAR conducts all India entrance tests for the admission in under-graduate (UG)
                             and  post-graduate  (PG)  agricultural  courses.  In  the  central  agricultural  and
                             deemed  universities  100%  seats  are  filled  by  the  ICAR  conducted  common
                             entrance  test  while  in  state  agricultural  universities  (SAUs),  15%  seats  in
                             undergraduate courses and 25% seats in post-graduate courses are filled through
                             this  common  entrance  test.  In  CAUs,  under-graduate  and  post-graduate
                             agricultural  courses  are  offered  whereas,  in  deemed  universities,  only  post-
                             graduate  courses  are  offered.  The  three  CAUs  are  (1)  Central  Agricultural
                             University, Manipur (2) Rani Luxmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi,
                             Uttar  Pradesh  (3)  Dr.  Rajendra  Prasad  Central  Agricultural  University,  Pusa
                             (Samastipur),  Bihar.  The  four  deemed  universities  are:  (1)  Indian  Agricultural
                             Research  Institute  (IARI),  New  Delhi  (2)  National  Dairy  Research  Institute
                             (NDRI),  Karnal,  Haryana  (3)  Indian  Veterinary  Research  Institute  (IVRI),
                             Izzatnagar,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  (4)  Central  Institute  on  Fisheries  Education
                             (CIFE), Mumbai,  Maharashtra.  The  famous  and  reputed  SAUs  are  (1)  Punjab
                             Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana in Punjab (2) Tamil Nadu Agricultural
                             University  (TNAU),  Coimbatore  in  Tamil  Nadu  (3)  University  of  Agricultural
                             Sciences (UAS), Dharwad in Karnataka (4) Gobind Ballabh Pant University of
                             Agriculture  and  Technology  (GBPUAT),  Pantnagar  in  Rudrapur  district  of
                             Uttrakhand  and  (5)  Professor  Jayashankar  Telangana  State  Agricultural
                             University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad in Telangana.

                                 Students  who  want  to  study  agriculture,  veterinary,  fisheries,  forestry,  or
                             dairy courses, can appear for all India entrance test or state entrance examination
                             after completing 10+2 or Intermediate Science (I.Sc.) or Pre-University Courses
                             (PUC) depending on the states or boards. Those students who have opted for
                             mathematics  or  biology  or both  can  appear  in  the  entrance  test.  However,  to
                             study veterinary science, only those students can appear in the entrance test that
                             had  Biology  in  10+2/I.Sc/PUC.  After  getting  admission  in  agricultural
                             universities, they have to complete the deficiency courses. For example, if the
                             student had mathematics in 10+2, they have to study Biology in the first year. If
                             the students had opted for Biology, then he/she has to do a deficiency course of
                             mathematics.

                                 Conclusively, the students can pursue agricultural courses for employment
                             and for improving the economic condition of themselves and of the nation.


                                                         Afzal Ahmad
                                                       Assistant Professor




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