Aspirants seeking admission to 3-year Full-time Ph.D. program having passed (or due to appear at the final examination) their Master’s degree in the concerned field with Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) of at least 6.50/ 10.00 in ten-point scale, at least 3.25/5.00 in five-point scale, at least 2.60/ 4.00 in four-point scale for General, OBC, Economically weaker section(EWS) and UPS categories candidates whereas for SC/ ST/ Divyang candidates the said requirement is an OGPA of at least 5.50/10.00, 2.75/ 5.00, 2.20/ 4.00 respectively. In other cases, where grade-points are not awarded and only marks are awarded, the candidate must have secured at least 60% marks for General, OBC and UPS categories whereas for SC/ ST/ Divyang categories the minimum requirement is 50% marks. (Please note that equivalence between OGPA and % marks will not be acceptable). Admission to Ph. D. program shall be made on the basis of merit in All India Entrance Examination conducted by ICAR, New Delhi.