IARI PhD Admissions 2009 Agriculture

IARI PhD Admissions 2009 Agriculture Courses

Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
Post Graduate School
(Deemed University)
New Delhi

Last date to submit Applications 11th April 2009

DISCIPLINES (SUBJECTS) FOR ADMISSION DURING 2009-10

The disciplines (main subjects of study) and sub-disciplines (major fields / specializations) within each discipline in which instructions are offered at this Institute, leading to the Ph.D. Degree, are as follows:

1. AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
Sub-discipline Agricultural Chemicals

2. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Sub-discipline Agricultural Development and Policy; Agricultural Finance and Project Appraisal; Agricultural Marketing and Trade; and Farm Management and Resources Economics

3. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Sub-discipline Agricultural Processing and Structures; Farm Power and Equipment; and Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

4. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
Sub-discipline Agricultural Extension; Agricultural Communication; and Agricultural Management

5. AGRICULTURAL PHYSICS
Sub-discipline Agricultural Physics

6. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Sub-discipline Agricultural Statistics

7. AGRONOMY
Sub-discipline Crop Husbandry; and Resource Management

8. BIOCHEMISTRY
Sub-discipline Biochemistry; and Nutrition

9. ENTOMOLOGY
Sub-discipline Insect Pest Management; Insect Physiology; Insect Taxonomy; Insect Toxicology

10. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Sub-discipline Environmental Sciences

11. GENETICS
Sub-discipline Plant Breeding; and Genetics

12. HORTICULTURE
Sub-discipline Floriculture; Pomology; and Vegetable Science

13. MICROBIOLOGY
Sub-discipline Algology; Applied Microbiology; and Soil Microbiology

14. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Sub-discipline Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

15. NEMATOLOGY
Sub-discipline Nematology

16. PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES
Sub-discipline Plant Genetic Resources

17. PLANT PATHOLOGY
Sub-discipline Fungal Pathology; Mycology; Plant Bacteriology; and Plant Virology

18. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Sub-discipline Plant Physiology

19. POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY
Sub-discipline Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops: and Post Harvest Engineering and Technology

20. SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Sub-discipline Seed Science and Technology

21. SOIL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Sub-discipline Soil Science; and Agricultural Chemistry

22. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Sub-discipline Water Science and Technology



ACADEMIC TERMS
The academic session of the P.G. School, IARI shall commence on August 6, 2009 and is divided into three trimesters. The duration of the three trimesters for the 2009-10 academic year is indicated below :
Registration of newly : 6nd August, 2009
admitted students
Orientation Week : 7th August, 2009
I Trimester : 10th August, 2009 to 28th November, 2009
Winter Break : 29th November, 2009 to 13rd December, 2009
II Trimester : 14th December, 2009 to 9th April, 2010
Summer Vacation : 10th April, 2010 to 2nd May, 2010
III Trimester : 3rd May, 2010 to 31st July, 2010
Trimester Break : 1st August, 2010 to 8th August, 2010


ELIGIBILITY
A. Open Scheme
(i) Essential Qualification for Admission
(a) Only those candidates who had their Bachelor’s Degree Programmes under 10+2+4 OR 10+2+3 OR 10+1+4
system (OR awarded B.Sc. degree under 10+2+2 system prior to 1985) and fulfil the qualifications as prescribed
in this bulletin are eligible to apply for admission.
(b) For General/OBC candidates: At least 60% marks OR an overall grade point average (OGPA) of 7.50 out of
10.00 OR 3.75 out of 5.00 OR 3.00 out of 4.00 OR 2.25 out of 3.00 in M.Sc./M.Sc. (Ag.)/M.Tech./M.E.
For SC/ST/PH candidates: At least 55% marks OR OGPA of 6.88 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 M.Sc./M.Sc. (Ag.)/M.Tech./M.E.
In universities where OGPA is awarded no equivalence of grades to percentage shall be considered
for determining the eligibility qualification for appearing in the entrance examination or calculation of
academic score. The percentage of marks shall be considered only for those candidates coming from
universities that do not award grades and only award percentage of marks.
Note : Candidates who have appeared at the Master’s Degree final year Examination in 2009 are also eligible to
apply and appear in written entrance examination provisionally for Ph.D. programme. However, they will
have to submit documentary evidence of their eligibility on or before July 7, 2009 failing which they shall not
be considered for admission.













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