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Agriculture & ForestryICAR AICE (PhD)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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GENETICS & PLANT BREEDING
Unit 1: General Genetics and Plant Breeding
Unit 2: Economics Botany and Plant Breeding Methods
Unit 3: Genome Organization and Cytogenetics of Crop Plants
Unit 4: Quantitative and Biometrical Genetics
Unit 5: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnological Tools in Plant Breeding
Unit 6: Plant Breeding for Stress Resistance and Nutritional Quality
Unit 7: Plant Genetic Resources and their Regulatory System; Varietal Release and Seed Production
Unit 8: Statistical Methods and Field Plot Techniques
SEED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Unit 1 : Seed Biology
Unit 2 : Seed Production
Unit 3 : Seed Processing
Unit 4: Seed Quality Control
Unit 5 : Seed Storage
Unit 6 : Seed Health
Unit 7 : Seed Industry Development and Marketing
Unit 8 : Protection of Plant Varieties
PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES
Unit 1: Biodiversity and Plant Genetic Resources
Unit 2: Exploration and Germplasm Collecting
Unit 3: Germplasm Exchange and Plant Quarantine
Unit 4: Principles and Methods of Germplasm Conservation
Unit 5: Principles and Practices of Germplasm Regeneration and Evaluation
Unit 6: Biotechnology in Plant Genetic Resource Management
Unit 7: Economic Botany
Unit 8: Information Management in Plant Genetic Resources
Unit 9: Plant Taxonomy
Unit 10: Plant Biosecurity
Unit 11: Fundamentals of Molecular Biology for PGR Management
PLANT PATHOLOGY
Unit 1: History and Principles of Plant Pathology
Unit 2: Laboratory and Analytical Techniques
Unit 3: Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
Unit 4: Mycology
Unit 5: Plant Bacteriology
Unit 6: Plant Virology
Unit 7: Plant Disease Epidemiology
Unit 8: Phanerogamic Parasites and Non-parasitic Diseases
Unit 9: Fungal Diseases of Crop Plants
Unit 10: Bacterial and Viral Diseases of Crop Plant
Unit 11: Management of Plant diseases
NEMATOLOGY
Unit 1: History and Economic Importance
Unit 2 : Nematode Taxonomy and Morphology
Unit 3 : Nematological Techniques
Unit 4 : Nematode Ecology
Unit 5 : Plant Nematode Relationships
Unit 6 : Nematode Physiology and Cytology
Unit 7: Nematode pests of crops
Unit 8 : Nematode Management
Unit 9: Interactions of Nematodes with Soil Organisms
Unit 10 : Statistics
ENTOMOLOGY
Unit 1: Systematics
Unit 2: Morphology
Unit 3: Embryology, Internal Anatomy and Physiology
Unit 4: Ecology
Unit 5: Biological Control
Unit 6: Chemical Control and Toxicology
Unit 7: Host Plant Resistance
Unit 8: Novel Approaches in Pest Control
Unit 9: Integrated Pest Management
Unit 10: Pesticide Application Equipment
Unit 11: Pests of Field Crops and their Management
Unit 12: Pests of Horticultural Crops and their Management
Unit 13: Pests of Stored Products and their Management
Unit 14: Insect and mite vectors of Plant Diseases
Unit 15: Honey Bees and Bee-keeping
Unit 16: Silkworms and Sericulture
Unit 17: Lac Insect
Unit 18: Helpful and Useful Insects
Unit 19: Statistics and Computer Application
SERICULTURE
Unit 1: Mulberry Crop Production
Unit 2: Mulberry and Silkworm Breeding
Unit 3: Silkworm Biology
Unit 4: Silkworm Protection
Unit 5: Silkworm Nutrition
Unit 6: Non-Mulberry Sericulture
Unit 7: Silk Reeling Technology
Unit 8: Silkworm Seed Cocoon and Egg Production
BIOCHEMISTRY
Unit 1: Basic Biochemistry and Biomolecules
Unit 2: Intermediary Metabolism
Unit 3: Enzymes, Vitamins and Hormones
Unit 4: Molecular Biology
Unit 5: Techniques in Biochemistry
Unit 6: Biochemistry of Food-grains, Fruits and Vegetables
Unit 7: Photosynthesis
Unit 8: Plant Metabolic Processes
Unit 9: Plant Molecular Biology
Unit 10: Plant Biotechnology/Genetic Engineering
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Unit 1: Cell Organelles and Water Relations
Unit 2: Metabolic Processes and Growth Regulation
Unit 3: Crop Productivity and Modelling
Unit 4: Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants
Unit 5: Plant Growth Regulators and Plant Development
Unit 6: Mineral Nutrition
Unit 7: Climate and Climate Change
Unit 8: Seed Physiology
Unit 9: Physiology of Flowering and Reproduction
Unit 10: Physiology of Horticultural and Plantation Crop Species
Unit 11: Post-Harvest Physiology
Unit 12: Morphogenesis, Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation
Unit 13: Phenomics
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Unit 1: Cell Structure and Function
Unit 2: Biomolecules and Metabolism
Unit 3: Enzymology
Unit 4: Molecular Genetics
Unit 5: Gene Expression
Unit 6: Molecular Biology Techniques
Unit 7: Gene Cloning
Unit 8: Molecular Biology
Unit 9: Plant Molecular Biology
Unit 10: Tissue Culture
Unit 11: Plant Genetic Engineering
Unit 12: Molecular Markers and Genomics
MICROBIOLOGY
Unit 1: History of Microbial World
Unit 2: Basic Microbiological Techniques
Unit 3: Microbial Physiology
Unit 4: Microbial Genetics
Unit 5: Soil Microbiology
Unit 6: Microbial diversity and Ecology
Unit 7: Microbiology of food and water
Unit 8: Industrial Microbiology
Unit 9: Applications of microorganisms in agriculture
Unit 10: Microbial omics
Unit 11: Data Analysis
VEGETABLE SCIENCE
Unit 1: Production Technology of Cool Season Vegetable Crops
Unit 2: Production Technology of Warm Season Vegetable Crops
Unit 3: Breeding of Vegetable Crops
Unit 4: Growth and Development
Unit 5: Seed Production
Unit 6: Systematics of Vegetable Crops
Unit 7: Production Technology of Underexploited Vegetable Crops
Unit 8: Post-Harvest Technology of Vegetable Crops
Unit 9: Organic Vegetable Production Technology
Unit 10: Hi-tech Production Technology of VegetableCrops
FRUIT SCIENCE
Unit 1: Tropical and Dry Land Fruit Production
Unit 2: Subtropical and Temperate Fruit Production
Unit 3: Biodiversity and Conservation
Unit 4: Canopy Management in Fruit Crops
Unit 5: Breeding of Fruit Crops
Unit 6: Post-Harvest Technology
Unit 7: Growth and Development
Unit 8: Biotechnology of Fruit Crops
Unit 9: Protected Fruit Culture
Unit 10: Principles and Practices of Plant Propagation
FLORICULTURE & LANDSCAPING
Unit 1: Breeding
Unit 2: Production Technology of Cut Flowers
Unit 3: Production Technology for Loose Flowers
Unit 4: Landscaping
Unit 5: Protected Floriculture
Unit 6: Value Addition
Unit 7: Turfing and Turf Management
Unit 8: Computer Aided Designing (CAD) for Outdoor and Indoorscaping
PLANTATION, SPICES, MEDICINAL & AROMATIC CROPS
Unit 1: Production technology of Plantation Crops
Unit 2: Production Technology of Spice Crops
Unit 3: Production Technology of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
Unit 4: Breeding of Plantation, Spice, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
Unit 5: Processing of Plantation Crops, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Unit 6: Organic Spice and Plantation Crop Production Technology
POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT
Unit 1: Post-Harvest Technology of Vegetable Crops
Unit 2: Post-Harvest Technology of Fruit Crops
Unit 3: Value Addition of flowers
Unit 4: Processing of Plantation Crops, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
ANIMAL GENETICS & BREEDING
Unit 1: Overview of Genetics
Unit 2 : Advanced Genetics
Unit 3 : Overview of Breeding
Unit 4 : Genetic Properties of Population
Unit 5 : Population Genetics
Unit 6 : Genetic Strategies
Unit 7 : Selection & Selection Experiments
Unit 8 : Genetic Laboratory Techniques
Unit 9 : Research Techniques for Quantitative Animal Genetics
Unit 10 : Laboratory Animal Breeding
ANIMAL NUTRITION
Unit 1: Energy and Proteins
Unit 2: Minerals, Vitamins and Feed Additives
Unit 3: Rumen Eco-system and Functions
Unit 4: Non-ruminant Nutrition
Unit 5: Nutrient Requirements
Unit 6: Forage Conservation and Evaluation
Unit 7: Global feed industry and production scenario
Unit 8: Anti-metabolites and Toxic Principles
Unit 9: Elements of Research Methodology
Unit 10: Clinical Nutrition
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION & MANAGEMENT
Unit 1: General
Unit 2: Breeding Management
Unit 3: Feeding Management
Unit 4: Reproduction Management
Unit 5: Shelter Management
Unit 6: Health Management
Unit 7: Production and Management of Cattle and Buffalo
Unit 8: Production and Management of Other Animals
Unit 9: Wildlife Management
Unit 10: Forage Production and Conservation
Unit 11: Economics and Marketing of Livestock and Poultry and their Products
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY
Unit 1: Basic and General Aspects of Livestock Products
Unit 2: Abattoir and Poultry Processing Plants
Unit 3: PFA and FSSAI standards of different dairy products
Unit 4: Wool, Mohair and Fur
Unit 5: Packaging
Unit 6: Quality Control
Unit 7: Marketing
POULTRY SCIENCE
Unit 1: Poultry Genetics and Breeding
Unit 2: Poultry Nutrition
Unit 3: Avian Physiology
Unit 4: Poultry Products Technology
Unit 5: Poultry Management
Unit 6: Economics and Marketing
Unit 7: Poultry Health Management
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
Unit 1: Veterinary Helminthology
Unit 2: Veterinary Entomology
Unit 3: Veterinary Protozoology
Unit 4: Clinical Parasitology
Unit 5: Parasitic Zoonoses
Unit 6: Management of Livestock Parasitism
Unit 7: Immunoparasitology
Unit 8: Diagnostic Parasitology
VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH & EPIDEMIOLOGY
Unit 1: Veterinary Public Health
Unit 2: Milk Hygiene
Unit 3: Meat Hygiene
Unit 4: Food-borne Infections and Intoxications
Unit 5: Zoonoses
Unit 6: Environmental Hygiene
Unit 7: Epidemiology
Unit 8: Experimental Animal Medicine
Unit 9: Health Education
Unit 10: Standard Guidelines and Legislation
Unit 11: Microbiology in Public Health
VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
Unit 1: General Bacteriology
Unit 2: Systematic Bacteriology
Unit 3: General Virology
Unit 4: Systematic Virology
Unit 5: Mycology
Unit 6: Immunology
Unit 7: Molecular Cell Biology (Vaccine & Diagnostic Technology)
VETERINARY PATHOLOGY
Unit 1: Introduction, History and Etiology
Unit 2: Haemodynamics Derangements, Degeneration and Necrosis
Unit 3: Inflammation and Healing
Unit 4: Immunopathology
Unit 5: Genetically Determined Diseases
Unit 6: Disturbances in Cell Growth and Oncology
Unit 7: Post-mortem Diagnosis and Histopathological Techniques
Unit 8: Clinical Pathology
Unit 9: Systemic Pathology
Unit 10: Pathology of Infectious Diseases
Unit 11: Avian Pathology
Unit 12: Nutritional and Production Pathology
Unit 13: Pathology of Toxicosis
Unit 14: Pathology of Diseases of Laboratory and Wild Animals
VETERINARY MEDICINE
Unit 1: General Medicine
Unit 2: Diagnosis of Animal Diseases
Unit 3: Gastroenterology
Unit 4: Diseases of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary System
Unit 5: Diseases of Urinary, Nervous, Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems
Unit 6 : Production and Deficiency Diseases
Unit 7 : Common toxicities
Unit 8 : Infectious Diseases (Bacterial and Mycoplasmal)
Unit 9 : Infectious Diseases (Viral, Chlamydial, Rickettsial and Fungal)
Unit 10: Parasitic Diseases
Unit 11: Poultry Disease
Unit 12: Veterinary Jurisprudence and Ethics
Unit 13: Special Therapeutic Approaches
Unit 14: Prevention and Control of Diseases
Unit 15: Common Diseases of Zoo, Laboratory Animals and Wildlife
VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY& TOXICOLOGY
Unit 1: General Pharmacology
Unit 2: Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System
Unit 3: Drugs Acting on Humoral and Autonomic Nervous Systems
Unit 4: Drugs Acting on Cardio-vascular and Respiratory Systems
Unit 5: Drugs Acting on Digestive System
Unit 6: Drug acting on Urogenital System
Unit 7: Endocrine Pharmacology
Unit 8: Autacoids
Unit 9: Chemotherapy
Unit 10: Toxicology
Unit 11: Ecotoxicology
Unit 12: Miscellaneous Topics
ANIMAL REPRODUCTION, GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
Unit 1: Veterinary Gynaecology
Unit 2 : Reproductive Endocrinology
Unit 3 : Accidents during Gestation
Unit 4 : Veterinary Obstetrics
Unit 5 :Andrology
Unit 6 : Male Infertility
Unit 7 : Frozen Semen Technology and Artificial Insemination
Unit 8 : Reproductive Technology
Unit 9 : Infertility in Cows and Buffaloes
Unit 10 : Reproduction and Infertility in Ovine/Caprine
Unit 11 : Reproduction and Infertility in Swine
Unit 12 : Equine Reproduction
Unit 13 : Canine and Feline Reproduction
VETERINARY SURGERY & RADIOLOGY
Unit 1: General Surgery
Unit 2 :Anaesthesia
Unit 3 : Radiology
Unit 4 :Orthopaedics and Lameness
Unit 5 : Surgery of Head and Neck Region
Unit 6 : Thoracic Surgery
Unit 7 : Abdominal and Pelvic Surgery
VETERINARY ANATOMY
Unit 1: Comparative Osteology and Arthrology
Unit 2: Comparative Splanchnology
Unit 3: Myology, Angiology, Neurology and Aesthesiology of Ox
Unit 4: Histological and Histochemical Techniques
Unit 5: General and Systemic Histology and Ultrastructure
Unit 6: Developmental Anatomy
Unit 7: Principles and Applications of Biomechanics
Unit 8: Avian Anatomy
Unit 9: Neuroanatomy
Unit 10: Endocrine Anatomy
Unit 11: Theory and Applications of Electron Microscope
Unit 12: Histoenzymology and Immunocytochemistry
Unit 13: Applied Embryology and Teratology
Unit 14: Functional Veterinary Anatomy
Unit 15: Gross Anatomy of Laboratory Animals
VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY
Unit 1: Cellular Basis of Animal Physiology
Unit 2: Blood and Circulation
Unit 3: Respiration
Unit 4: Excretion
Unit 5: Digestion
Unit 6: Muscle Physiology
Unit 7: Nervous System
Unit 8: Endocrinology
Unit 9: Reproduction and lactation
Unit 10: Physiology of Growth
Unit 11: Climate Physiology
VETERINARY BIOCHEMISTRY
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Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
Unit 11
VETERINARY BIOTECHNOLOGY
Unit 1: Biomolecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology
Unit 2: Cell Biology
Unit 3: Fundamental Cellular Processes
Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Signalling
Unit 5: Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA methods
Unit 6: Animal Tissue Culture and Hybridoma Technology
Unit 7: Embryo Transfer and Related Techniques
DAIRY CHEMISTRY
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
Unit 1: Introductory Food Technology
Unit 2: Technology of Foods of Plant Origin
Unit 3: Technology of Foods of Animal Origin
Unit 4: Food Quality Management
Unit 5: Food Engineering/Packaging and Labeling
Unit 6: Food Microbiology & Biotechnology
Unit 7: Flavour Chemistry Technology
Unit 8: Consumer Sciences/Food Product Development/Health Foods
DAIRY MICROBIOLOGY
Unit 1: Scope and History of Microbiology
Unit 2: Microbial Genetics
Unit 3: Microbiological Quality of milk
Unit 4: Microbiology of Processed Foods
Unit 5: Starter Cultures and Probiotics
Unit 6: Quality Assurance
Unit 7: Fermentation Technology
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY
Unit 1: Basic Concepts of Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Unit 2: Concept of Risk Analysis
Unit 3: General Principles of Food Law
Unit 4: Food Microbiology
Unit 5: Chemistry of Milk and Milk Products
Unit 6: Research Techniques
DAIRY TECHNOLOGY
Unit 1: Technology of Milk and Milk Products
Unit 2: Advances in Dairy Food Packaging
Unit 3: Advances in Dairy Processing
Unit 4: Membrane Processing
Unit 5: Rheology of Dairy Foods
Unit 6: Functional Foods and New Product Development
Unit 7: Biotechnology for Dairy Applications
Unit 8: Technology of Food Emulsions, Foams and Gels
Unit 9: Legal and Quality Aspects for Milk and Milk Products
DAIRY ENGINEERING
Unit 1: Dairy and Food Engineering-I
Unit 2: Evaporation and Drying
Unit 3: Dairy and Food Engineering-II
Unit 4: Thermal Engineering
Unit 5: Process Equipment Design
Unit 6: Refrigeration Engineering
Unit 7 Instrumentation and Process Control
FARM MACHINERY AND POWER ENGINEERING
Unit 1: Design of Tillage and Planting Machinery
Unit 2: Design of Plant Protection and Harvesting Equipments
Unit 3: Testing and Evaluation of Agricultural Machinery
Unit 4: Tractor Design Principles
Unit 5: Ergonomics and Safety in Farm operations
Unit 6: Soil Dynamics in Tillage and Traction
Unit 7: Manufacturing Technology
Unit 8: Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques
Unit 9: Energy in Agriculture
SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ENGINEERING
Unit 1: Groundwater Development, Wells and Pumps
Unit 2: Open Channel Hydraulics
Unit 3: Soil, Plant, Water and Atmosphere Relationship
Unit 4: Watershed Hydrology
Unit 5: Soil and Water Conservation
Unit 6: Watershed Management
Unit 7: Irrigation Water Management
Unit 8: Management of Degraded, Waterlogged and Other Problematic Soils and Water
Unit 9: Protected Cultivation
PROCESSING AND FOOD ENGINEERING
Unit 1: Engineering Properties and Quality of Biomaterials
Unit 2: Heat and Mass Transfer
Unit 3: Post Harvest Unit Operations
Unit 4: Process Technology and Machinery
Unit 5: Design of Processing Machinery
Unit 6: Material Handling, Packaging and Transport
Unit 7: Storage Engineering
Unit 8: Process Plant Design
Unit 9: Instrumentation and Process Control
Unit 10 : Agri-Project Planning and Management
RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERING
Unit 1: Biochemical Conversion Technology
Unit 2: Thermo chemical conversion Technology
Unit 3: Liquid Biofuels
Unit 4: Solar Energy Engineering
Unit 5: Wind Energy Engineering
Unit 6: Biochemical and Process Engineering
Unit 7: Power Generation and Energy Storage
Unit 8: Energy Auditing and Management
Unit 9: Modeling and Project Management in Energy
IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE ENGINEERING
Unit 1: Soil-Water-Plant Relationships
Unit 2: Fluid Mechanics and Open Channel Hydraulics
Unit 3: Groundwater Development, Wells and Pumps
Unit 4: Irrigation Systems
Unit 5: Protected Cultivation & Landscaping
Unit 6: Drainage Systems
Unit 7: Hydrology of Agricultural Lands, Farm ponds and Percolation ponds
Unit 8: Precision Agriculture
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONSUMER SCIENCE
Unit 1: Family Resource Management
Unit 2: Art Principles and Interior Enrichment
Unit 3: Housing and Space Designing
Unit 4: Household Energy and Equipments
Unit 5: Family Finance and Consumer Education
Unit 6: Entrepreneurship Management
Unit 7: Markets and Marketing
Unit 8: Ergonomics
APPAREL AND TEXTILES SCIENCE
Unit 1 : Clothing Construction and Pattern Making
Unit 2 : Fibre Science
Unit 3 : Dyeing and Printing
Unit 4: Textile and Apparel Quality Analysis
Unit 5: Woven and Knitted Structures
Unit 6: Textile and Apparel Industry
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES
Unit 1: Lifespan Development
Unit 2: Theories of Human Development
Unit 3: Early Childhood Education
Unit 4: Children with Developmental Challenges
Unit 5: Assessment, Guidance and Counselling
Unit 6: Family Ecology
Unit 7: Parenting and Community Education
FOOD AND NUTRITION
Unit 1: Food and Food Groups
Unit 2: Food Preservation and Packaging
Unit 3: Cooking methods and Food Processing
Unit 4: Food Safety
Unit 5: Macro and Micro Nutrients in Human Nutrition
Unit 6: Community Nutrition
Unit 7: Nutrition during Life Cycle
Unit 8: Clinical Therapeutic Nutrition
Unit 9: Institutional Food service management
Unit 10: Food Analysis
EXTENSION EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
Unit 1: Home Science extension education
FISHERIES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Unit 1: Fisheries Resources
Unit 2: Fish Biology and Stock Assessment
Unit 3: Fisheries Management and Responsible Fisheries
Unit 4: Fisheries Livelihood
FISH PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
Unit 1: Fish Biochemistry
Unit 2: Low and High Temperature Preservation
Unit 3: Fish Curing, Value Addition and by Products
Unit 4: Microbiological and Quality Aspects of Fish and Fishery Products
FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Unit 1: Fishing Technology
Unit 2: Fishing Harbour and Fleet Management
Unit 3: Aquaculture engineering
Unit 4: Refrigeration, Electrical & Equipment Engineering
AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Unit 1: Fundamentals of Environmental Sciences
Unit 2: Aquatic Ecosystem, Biodiversity and Marine Ecology
Unit 3: Chemical Interaction in the Aquatic Environment and Analytical Techniques
Unit 4: Aquatic Pollution and Microbiology
Unit 5: Fisheries Oceanography
AQUACULTURE
Unit 1: Status and Scope of Aquaculture
Unit 2: Design, Construction and Operational Management of Aqua-Farms
Unit 3: Broodstock Management and Seed Producton
Unit 4: Aquaculture Systems
AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Unit 1: Introduction to Fish Health and Pathology
Unit 2: Diseases of Fish & Shellfish
Unit 3: Disease Diagnosis
Unit 4: Defence System
Unit 5: Disease Prevention and Control
FISH NUTRITION AND FEED TECHNOLOGY
Unit 1: Principle of Fish Nutrition
Unit 2: Feed Formulation, Feed Technology and Feeding Management
Unit 3: Nutritional Physiology and Nutrigenomics
Unit 4: Nutrition and Fish Health
FISH GENETICS AND BREEDING
Unit 1: Principles of Fish Genetics and Breeding
Unit 2: Population, Quantitative and Conservation Genetics
Unit 3: Selective Breeding of Aquaculture Species
Unit 4: Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics
FISH BIOTECHNOLOGY
Unit 1: Cellular and Molecular Biology
Unit 2: Recombinant DNA Technology
Unit 3: Biochemical and Molecular Markers
Unit 4: Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology
FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Unit 1: Introduction to Fish Physiology
Unit 2: Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology
Unit 3: Fish Biochemistry
Unit 4: Metabolism of Biomolecules
FORESTRY
Unit 1: Forests and Forest Policy
Unit 2: Silviculture
Unit 3: Forest Biology and Tree improvement
Unit 4: Forest Mensuration
Unit 5: Social forestry and Agroforestry
Unit 6: Agroforestry management
Unit 7: Wood Science and Forest Products
Unit 8: Forest Degradation and Protection
Unit 9: Forest Management and Forest Economics
Unit 10 : Wildlife
Unit 11 : Forest Genetic Resources and Ecotourism
Unit 12 Climate change and mitigation
Unit 13 : Statistics
AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY
Unit 1 : General Meteorology
Unit 2 : General Climatology
Unit 3 : Agricultural Climatology
Unit 4 : Micrometeorology
Unit 5 : Evapotranspiration
Unit 6 : Crop Weather Modeling
Unit 7 : Weather Forecasting for Agriculture
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
AGRICULTURAL PHYSICS
Unit 1: Basic Physics
Unit 2: Soil Physics
Unit 3: Radiation Physics
Unit 4: Plant Biophysics and Nano Technology
Unit 5: Remote sensing
Unit 6: Geoinformatics
Unit 7: Atmospheric physics
Unit 8: Mathematical Modelling of soil-plant-atmosphere system
AGRONOMY
Unit 1: Crop Ecology and Geography
Unit 2: Weed Management
Unit 3: Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use
Unit 4: Dryland Agronomy
Unit 5: Crop Production
Unit 6: Agricultural Statistics
Unit 7 : Sustainable Land Use Systems
Unit 8: Soil-Plant-Water Relationship
Unit 9: Irrigation Water Management
Unit 10: Management of Problematic Soils and Crop Production
Unit 11: Cropping and Farming Systems and Organic Farming
SOIL SCIENCE
Unit 1: Pedology
Unit 2: Soil Physics
Unit 3: Soil Chemistry
Unit 4: Soil Fertility
Unit 5: Soil Microbiology
Unit 6: Statistics
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS
Unit 1: General Chemistry
Unit 2: Chromatography and Spectroscopic Techniques
Unit 3: Chemistry of Natural Products
Unit 4 : Naturally Occurring Insecticides
Unit 5: Synthetic Insecticides, Fungicides, Nematicides and Rodenticides
Unit 6: Herbicides and Plant Growth Regulators
Unit 7: Agrochemical Formulations
Unit 8: Pesticide Residues and their Dynamics in the Environment
Unit 9: Agrochemicals – Regulation and Quality Control
Unit 10: Natural Resource Management
Unit 11: Environment Pollution: Implications and Remediation
Unit 12: Data Analysis
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Unit 1: General Concepts of Water Resources Management
Unit 2: Soil Water Plant and Atmosphere Relationships
Unit 3: Crop Water Requirement
Unit 4: Soil and Water Conservation
Unit 5: Hydrology and Watershed Management
Unit 6: Irrigation Water Management & Drainage
Unit 7: Management and Remediation of Poor quality Soil and Water
Unit 8: Basics of pressurized irrigation system
Unit 9: Rainfed Agriculture
Unit 10: Ground Water Management, Wells and Pumps
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Unit 1: Economic Theory
Unit 2: Economic and Agricultural Development
Unit 3: Public Finance and International Economics
Unit 4: Farm Management Economics
Unit 5: Agricultural Production Economics
Unit 6: Agricultural Finance and Co-operation
Unit 7: Agricultural Marketing
Unit 8: Agricultural Project Analysis
Unit 9: Research Methodology and Econometrics
AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Unit 1: Basics of management &Organizational Behavior
Unit 2: Human Resource Management
Unit 3: Financial Management & Managerial Accounting
Unit 4: Marketing Management and International Marketing of Agri-products
Unit 5: Operations management
Unit 6: Managerial economics
Unit 7: Research methods
Unit 8: Operations research
Unit 9: Agribusiness Environment and Policy
Unit 10: Strategic Management
Unit 11: Project Management and Entrepreneurship Development
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EDUCATION
Unit 1: Fundamentals of Extension Education and Programme Planning
Unit 2: Extension Methods & Farm Journalism
Unit 3: Information & Communication Technologies and Development Communication
Unit 4: Training and Human Resource Development
Unit 5: Research Methodology in Extension Education
Unit 6: Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations
Unit 7: Management in Extension
Unit 8: Entrepreneurship Development
Unit 9: Market - Led Extension
Unit 10: Gender Sensitization and Empowerment
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Unit 1: Statistical Methods I
Unit 2: Statistical Methods II
Unit 3: Statistical Genetics
Unit 4: Design of Experiments
Unit 5: Sample Surveys
BIOINFORMATICS
Unit 1: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Unit 2: Preliminaries of Bioinformatics
Unit 3: Genome assembly
Unit 4: Evolutionary Biology
Unit 5: Statistical Genomics
Unit 6: Protein Structure Prediction
Unit 7: Biological Database Management System
Unit 8: Bio-programming and Computational Biology
COMPUTER APPLICATION
Unit 1: Computer organization and architecture
Unit 2: Programming language (C++/JAVA)
Unit 3: Internet programming
Unit 4: Data structures
Unit 5: Software engineering
Unit 6: Networking
Unit 7: Compilers and translators
Unit 8: Operating system
Unit 9: Data base management system
Unit 10: Numerical analysis
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Exam Date: 2026-07-04
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Exam Date
Completed2026-07-04
Latest Official Update
CompletedThe latest visible examination-stage notice is the admit-card notice dated 1 July 2026.
Extended Application Deadline
Completed2026-06-10 21:00
Extended Fee Deadline
Completed2026-06-10 23:59
Initial Application Deadline
Completed2026-06-07 17:00
Application Start Date
Completed2026-05-08
Next Exam Date
Awaiting official dateTo be announced by NTA and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Job profile & salaryPending verification
Seat Status
University-, subject- and category-wise doctoral seats and fellowship awards are controlled by the current bulletin/counselling tables. No unsupported consolidated total is inserted.
| Outcome |
|---|
| Admission to an eligible doctoral programme in agricultural and allied sciences. |
| Consideration for ICAR JRF/SRF (Ph.D.) fellowship under the merit, subject, category and award conditions. |
CutoffsPending verification
No 2026 result, qualifying cutoff or counselling closing rank was visible on the official portal as of the research date.
Previous-year papersPending verification
Books & study sourcesNot loaded
Official & trusted free resourcesPending verification
| Name | Purpose | Url |
|---|---|---|
| NTA ICAR portal | Current notices, admit card, answer key and result access | Open ↗ |
| Ph.D. Information Bulletin | Eligibility, subject table, syllabus and fellowship conditions | Open ↗ |
| Application public notice | Initial application dates and core exam scheme | Open ↗ |
| Application extension | Revised application and fee deadlines | Open ↗ |
| City-intimation notice | Official examination-date confirmation | Open ↗ |
| Admit-card notice | Official admit-card release | Open ↗ |
How to applyPending verification
- 1Read the Ph.D. Information Bulletin and identify the examination subject matching the Master's qualification.
- 2Register through the NTA ICAR portal with a unique email address and mobile number.
- 3Enter identity, academic, category and selected-subject details.
- 4Upload the prescribed photograph, signature and supporting documents.
- 5Pay the applicable fee shown by the official portal.
- 6Download the city-intimation slip and admit card.
- 7Appear for the English-medium, 120-minute CBT.
- 8After the result, complete ICAR doctoral counselling and fellowship formalities when notified.
FAQsPending verification
When was the 2026 Ph.D. examination held?
4 July 2026.
What is the medium and duration?
English only and 120 minutes.
Can a Master's result remain incomplete after July?
No. The Master's programme must be complete in all respects by 31 July 2026.
Final eligibility and dates are always subject to the latest official notification. Content marked “Pending verification” is not presented as verified advice.