ICAR AIEEA Counselling 2025: Important Dates, Step-wise & Selection Process, Documents Required, Physical Reporting

About ICAR AIEEA Counselling 2025

Based on the ICAR AIEEA 2024 counselling schedule for PhD courses, the student’s registration, counselling fee payment, choice filling, and display of seat matrix will be started on January 6, 2025, from 11:00 AM onwards on the National Testing Agency or NTA’s official website; whereas January 10 (up to 11:59 PM) will be last date for the academic year 2024-25. As per the official notice dated November 12, 2024, the following is a combined schedule for online ICAR AIEEA 2024 counselling of qualified students for admission to PhD in Agriculture & Allied Sciences:

The ICAR AIEEA Counselling 2025 dates for UG & PG courses are not yet released by the conducting body. Based on previous year's trends, however, the official announcement for ICAR AIEEA 2025 counselling for UG & PG programs will tentatively be published between July and August 2025.

The seven steps of the counselling procedure for the ICAR AIEEA 2025 exam are as follows: online seat allocation, document downloads, verification of paperwork, applicant resubmissions, seat acknowledgement fee deposition and fee reconciliation, and online reporting by educational institutions. Four online rounds are scheduled to precede one mop-up/final round in the online procedure for ICAR AIEEA PG counselling 2025.

The ICAR-AU system would provide acceptance to 70% of the seats i.e., 100% at IARI (New Delhi), Dr RPCAU (Pusa), ICAR-NDRI (Karnal), and RLBCAU (Jhansi) in postgraduate-level programs at 70 Agricultural Colleges for the Academic Session 2025-26. According to ICAR's Online Counselling policy, potential students who are deemed suitable for counselling will be considered for the program and AU allocation using the details that they submitted when registering for counselling. Continue reading to learn more about the important dates of the ICAR AIEEA 2025 counselling, seat distribution, document verification procedure, etc.

ICAR AIEEA Counselling 2025 for UG (Through CUET)

Since the institution does not offer a direct nomination for admission, students wishing to enrol in any undergraduate degree course in agriculture and related sciences at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) must take the CUET 2025 exam. Through this, ICAR provides admission to 12 undergraduate programs in agriculture and related sciences (except for veterinary sciences) at different agricultural universities on 20% of the available campus seats. The following table highlights the tentative schedule for ICAR AIEEA UG Counselling 2025:

ICAR AIEEA Counselling 2025 for PG

Based on the previous year’s trends, the ICAR AIEEA 2025 PG Counselling will include nearly four rounds of seat allotment followed by a final round to offer admission to prospective students into postgraduate courses in the field of Agriculture and Allied Sciences. The following table outlines the tentative schedule for ICAR AIEEA PG Counselling 2025:

ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling Dates for PhD Courses

The following table outlines some of the important dates for ICAR AIEEA 2024 for PhD programs which were released officially for students’ reference:

ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling Schedule for Mop-up/ Final Round for PhD Courses

The following table highlights the counselling schedule for the ICAR AIEEA 2024 mop-up/ final round which students can use for reference:

Step-by-Step Counselling Process of ICAR AIEEA 2025

The step-by-step ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025 process can be checked below -

Step 1 - Online Registration & Choice Filling

• The official website to register for ICAR AIEEA 2025 counselling is icarexam.net

• Firstly, the candidates who have cleared ICAR AIEEA with a non-zero score must complete the registration process for counselling

• The candidates will have to pay an ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025 fee of INR 500 through online payment methods such as Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Internet Banking Facility

• The payment status will be updated within 24 hours of the fee payment, and the candidates need not panic

• The login details will be shared on the candidate's E-Mail/ SMS. A Login ID and Password will be generated

Step 2 - Choice Filling

• After the successful registration, the candidates will need to log in to fill in the choices

• Before filling out the choices, it is important to check the seat matrix details displayed on the official website

• The candidates can choose any number of universities in the choice-filling form

• Once the choices are filled, it is important to 'Save' the choices

• The option to edit/ change the choices is available till the last date for the choice-filling process for ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025

Step 3 - Seat Allotment

• As per the schedule issued by ICAR, the seat allotment result will be processed

• The candidates will have to log in to the official website to check the seat allotment status

• Only those candidates who had submitted choices before the last date shall be considered for the seat allotment result

• Candidates who are not satisfied with the seat allotment can opt for 'Upgradation'. However, this choice is available to candidates who secured a seat as per 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th/ lower choice

• Candidates opting for an 'Upgrade' of seats must note that his/ her previously allotted seat will not be cancelled till he/ she gets a better allotment in subsequent rounds

Step 4 - Online Document Uploading & Verification

• Candidates who are accepting the seat will have to upload the required documents specified by ICAR

• The candidates will have to scan the documents in JPEG format and upload them before the last date

• The uploaded documents shall be verified online for ICAR AIEEA 2025 counselling

• If any error is found in the uploaded documents, the candidates will receive an E-Mail/ SMS to rectify the same before the last date

• Further, the candidates will have to check the document verification status through the official website

Step 5 - Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee

• Candidates whose documents are successfully verified must pay the seat acceptance fee of INR 10,000 online

• The candidates can use a credit card/ debit card/ internet banking facility to pay the seat acceptance fee\

• Seat acceptance fee receipt can be downloaded after paying the seat acceptance fee

Step 6 - Downloading Provisional Seat Allotment Letter

• After the successful document verification and seat acceptance fee payment, the candidates must download the provisional seat allotment letter for ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025

• It is important to keep the seat allotment letter handy till the time of physical reporting

Step 7 - Physical Reporting

• The physical reporting will start as and when the academic session starts by the respective Agriculture University

• The candidates will have to carry the seat allotment letter and required documents to complete the physical reporting

Related Questions

1. How is the ICAR AIEEA 2025 counselling process conducted?

Ans: The ICAR AIEEA 2025 counselling process is conducted in online mode.

2. Who conducts the ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025?

Ans: The National Testing Agency conducts the counselling process of ICAR AIEEA 2025. 

3. What are the steps involved in the ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025?

Ans: The steps involved in the counselling process are registration, choice filling, seat allotment, document verification and admission.

Documents Required to Upload for ICAR AIEEA Counselling 2025

Here is the list of documents that are required to be uploaded after the seat allotment of ICAR AIEEA 2025. All these documents have to be scanned and uploaded in JPEG format for ICAR AIEEA 2025 counselling-

• Class 10 Certificate

• Class 12 Certificate

• Transfer Certificate (TC issued by Last Studied Institute)

• ICAR AIEEA Admit Card

• Aadhaar Card

• Domicile Certificate

• Character Certificate

• Category Certificate (for SC/ ST/ PH/ UPS/ OBC-NCL/ EWS)

• Medical Certificate by PH Candidates (if applicable)

Documents Required for Physical Reporting

At the time of physical reporting for ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025 at the allotted college, the candidates are required to carry the following documents:

• Class 10 Certificate

• Class 12 Certificate

• Transfer Certificate

• ICAR AIEEA Admit Card

• ICAR AIEEA Application Form Printout

• Counselling Letter

• Seat Allotment Letter

• Passport size Colour Photographs (3)

• Aadhaar Card

• Domicile Certificate

• Character Certificate

• Category Certificate (SC/ ST/ PwD/ OBC-NCL/ EWS)

• Medical Certificate by PwD/ PH Candidates

Process to Fill up Vacant Seats in ICAR Counselling 2025

All the vacant seats, after the final round of the online ICAR AIEEA 2025 counselling process, will be filled up especially the ICAR quota seats. Once the online ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025 is over, the remaining vacant seats will be filled up as per the University criteria. The vacant seats at the end of the final round of the online counselling process will be treated as University seats instead of ICAR seats. Filling up the vacant seats after the conclusion of the online ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025 process will not be the responsibility of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Even the Universities will not inform the students regarding the filling up of the vacant seats.

Candidates who have successfully secured a seat through the ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025 procedure must report at the particular Agricultural University within the stipulated time period for the purpose of admission. The candidates must also possess a fair bit of knowledge regarding the fee structure of the University where they have been allocated a seat.

Any request for late admission or registration on behalf of the candidates shall not be entertained by the admission committee. It is thus advised to the candidates to not wait till the last date to apply for admission.

ICAR AIEEA 2025 Selection Process

The selection methods, following the ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025 process is over, have been discussed in detail:

• The qualification of the candidates for the ICAR AIEEA 2025 counselling process will depend on the CUET ICAR 2025 percentile for UG admission

• The candidates must register for the online ICAR AIEEA counselling process 2025 within the stipulated date and time otherwise the admission claim of the candidates will not be taken into consideration

• Those candidates cannot apply for ICAR quota seats who have not been notified about their ICAR AIEEA counselling 2025 process qualification status

• The admission of the candidates in the ICAR accreditated degree programme or the subject of choice in the Agricultural Universities is subject to the availability of seats and merit of the candidates in the entrance examination

• The candidates have to produce the original documents along with the self-attested photocopies and photographs during their admission at the University alloted to them (Mentioned Above).