ICAR AICE JRF/SRF 2024 Application Correction (Starts): Check Last Date, Fees, Eligibility & How to Apply

NTA reopened the application form of ICAR AICE JRF/SRF again and now applicants can register for the exam between May 21 to 23, 2024 again. 

Earlier NTA started the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF appliaction porcess on April 11, 2024. Interested candidates can visit the official website of ICAR JRF/SRF to do the basic regsitration in order to fill out the ICAR JRF/SRF application form 2024.  The last date for filling out the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF application form was May 11, 2024. ICAR JRF/SRF exam is being conducted to candidates admission in Doctoral Degree Programmes (PhD) and an award for JRF/SRF (PGS). 

ICAR applicants who have filled out the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF application form for the academic cycle 2024-2025 will be getting an oppurtunity to edit the deatisl filled in the appliaction form if they have committed any mistakes. NTA will be opening the ICAR JRF/SRF application for correction portal on May 13, 2024. The window will be opened for a period of two day the portal will be closed on May 15, 2024, upto 11:50 PM

After completing Step 2 of Online Application Form, candidates may remit the examination fee  (Step 3) by choosing the following options:
1. Through Debit/Credit card – Candidates need to check the validity of the Debit/Credit Card,  while logging on to website for submitting Application Form. Candidate should enter the information asked for and make the required payment through Debit/Credit Card.
2. Through Net Banking - Check the balance in account and keep all credentials ready while logging on to website for submitting Application Form. Candidate should Login with his/her credentials of net banking and make payment through Net Banking.
3. Through UPI.

Application Form may be submitted in three simple steps:
Step 1 Apply for Online Registration using unique Email ID and Mobile No.
Step 2 Fill in the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Application No. Upload scanned images of Candidate’s Photograph (file size: 10 kb - 200 kb) Candidate’s Signature (file size: 4kb – 30kb)and candidate’s thumb
impression(between 3 kb to 30 kb) in JPG format.
Step 3 Pay fee using SBI/ICICI Bank Payment Gateway through Debit Card/ Credit Card/ NetBanking/UPI(Annexure-V) and keep proof of fee paid. In case the Confirmation Page is not generated after payment of fee then the transaction is cancelled, and amount will be refunded to the candidate’s account. However, the candidate has to make another transaction, in case the Confirmation Page is not generated.

The final submission of Online Application Form will remain incomplete if Step-2 and Step-3 are not completed. Such forms will stand rejected and no correspondence on this account will be entertained. No request for refund of fee once remitted by the candidate will be entertained by NTA under any circumstances. There is no provision to upload any certificate/marks sheet etc., with the application.

Instructionsto be followed while Applying
1. Candidates must be careful while entering their e-mail address and phone number in the Application Form, because this email address and phone number may be used by the NTA and ICAR for future communication.
2. A candidate can apply for writing the examination in only one Subject.
3. The candidate is required to give the option of degree programme (Subject) for admission at the time of filling Online Application Form as his/her merit will be drawn in the Subject opted by him/her. No change in the opted Subject would be allowed thereafter.
4. The candidate is not required to give any option for Agricultural Universities for admission at the time of filling up Online Application Form. The admission/allotment of seat will be madethrough online counselling on the basis of Subject opted by him/her at the time of filling Online Application and depending upon the availability of seat at his/her merit-rank in the
opted Subject and fulfillment of other eligibility requirements.
5. The reservation category being claimed by the candidate must be filled in correctly. Selection
should be made as under:
SC- for Scheduled Caste
ST- for Scheduled Tribe
PwBD - for Persons with Benchmark Disability
UPS - for Under Privileged States
EWS - for Economically Weaker Sections
OBC (NCL) - for Other Backward Classes having Central OBC certificate
GEN - for General/Unreserved category
In case of leaving the reservation category column blank, the candidate would be considered under General Category.

Candidates can check out the ICAR AICE JRF/SRF application form fee details from here:

• General/Unreserved- 1900/-
• OBC-NCL/ UPS/EWS- INR1800/-
• SC/ ST/ PwBD / Third Gender- INR 975/-

Applicable Service/Processing charges& GST are to be paid by the candidate. Note: In case, the fee payment status is not ‘OK’ the candidates are advised asfollowing:
1. If the fee is paid through credit/debit card and status is not OK, it means the transaction is cancelled.
Therefore, such candidates have to pay the fee once again and ensure the OK fee status.
2. For cancelled transactions, the amount will, automatically, be refunded to concerned credit/debit card
within 15 days of last date of submission of Application Form.

The candidate is not required to give any option for Agricultural Universities for admission at the time of filling up Online Application Form. The admission/allotment of seat will be made through online counselling on the basis of Subject opted by him/her at the time of filling Online Application and depending upon the availability of seat at his/her merit-rank in the
opted Subject and fulfillment of other eligibility requirements.

Candidates can check the Minimum OGPA/Marks in the Eligibility Examination required to appear in AICEJRF/SRF 2024 from here:

Note:

1.       Where OGPA is awarded, equivalence between OGPA and % marks will not be acceptable.

2.        There will be no rounding-off of the OGPA/percentage of marks of qualifying examination while deciding the basic eligibility of any candidate for admission e.g. if a candidate obtains 49.99% marks in his/her qualifying examination, then it will not be rounded-off to 50%.

Candidates are required to fill in the online Application Form and note down the system generated Application Number. The second last step of ICAR JRF/SRF application form is upload of the scanned documents required.

Here appliacants need to Upload scanned images of Candidate’s Photograph (file size: 10 kb - 200 kb) Candidate’s Signature (file size: 4kb – 30kb)and candidate’s thumb impression (between 3 kb to 30 kb) in JPG format.

The candidates are advised to retain:
(i) Computer generated confirmation page of online application
(ii) 3 identical copies of recent passport size colour photographs (with name and date) same as uploaded on the Online Application Form
(iii) Copy of proof of payment of application fee