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Information Brochure of Centralized Admission Process (Academic year 2020-21) for Courses

B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture, B.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture, B.Sc. (Hons) Forestry, B. F. Sc.(Fishery Science), B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering), B. Tech. (Food Technology),B.Sc. (Hons) Community Science and B. Tech. (Biotechnology), B.Sc. (Hons) Agri-business Management

Admission to Professional Degree Courses in Agricultural Universities of Maharashtra

Published on 09.12.2020

(With the approval of Government of Maharashtra and Maharashtra Council of Agricultural Education and Research, Pune)

ADMISSION PROSPECTUS (2020-21)

Admissions in Professional Degree Courses viz. B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture, B.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture, B.Sc. (Hons) Forestry, B.F.Sc. (Fishery Science), B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering), B. Tech. (Food Technology), B.Sc. (Hons) Community Science and B. Tech. (Biotechnology), B.Sc. (Hons) Agribusiness Management in Agricultural Universities of the Maharashtra

1. INTRODUCTION:

1.1 In exercise of the powers conferred by the Maharashtra Un-aided Private Professional

Educational Institutions (Regulations of Admission and Fees) Act, 2015 notified by

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries Department, gazette dated 15.01.2018, the undergraduate Courses [B. Sc. (Honors) (Agriculture) / B. Sc. (Honors) (Horticulture) / B. Sc. (Honors) (Forestry) / B. Tech. (Agriculture Engineering) /

B. Tech. (Food Technology) / B. Sc. (Honors) (Community Science) / B. Tech. (Biotechnology) are declared and notified as professional educational courses and rules and regulations are finalized for eligibility for admission. The admission rules are notified as per Government gazette, Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries dated 1/06/2018 and as per Government gazette, Department of

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries dated 1/06/2019, the criteria for merit is updated. The Fisheries science is declared as professional degree course as per the government resolution, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries

Department, No. MCAER 2017/letter No.57/Mhapsu dated 9/08/2017. Similarly, as per

Government gazette Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries

Department dated 13/06/2018; the terms and conditions of eligibility for admissions to B.

F. Sc. course in Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Dist.Ratnagiri are decided. Similarly, admission rules are decided as per Government Resolution,

Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries No. 1517/Pra.Kra./67 Mhapsu dated 13/06/2018. B.Sc. (Hons) Agri-business Management is declared as professional degree course as per the government resolution, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and

Fisheries Department, No. MCAER 1019/letter No.76/ 7-A, dated 5/03/2020.The terms and conditions of eligibility for admissions to B.Sc. (Hons) Agri-business Management course are notified as per Government gazette, Department of Agriculture, Animal

Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries dated 28/09/2020 As per the eligibility, conditions and criteria‟s mentioned in this Gazette, the CET organized by competent authority is mandatory for admissions in Government and

Government Aided and Un-aided private professional educational institutions. The admission procedure in these courses will be conducted under control of Admission

Regulatory Authority.

1.2 As per the Government Resolution, Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries No. 1517/ letter No.20 (1)/7-A, dated, 02/02/2018, the above

rules are applicable to all Courses in Government and Government aided Colleges. 1.3 As per the Government Resolution, Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry,

Dairy Science and Fisheries MCAER No.2010/ letter No. 155 / 7-A, dated,20/10/2011 the

Government of Maharashtra has finalized the strategy of reservation of seats, procedure for the distribution of social reservations and the admission procedure for the degree,

Post graduate and Ph.D. courses offered by Agricultural universities. The strategy of reservation finalized as per the Government Resolution, Department of Agriculture and

Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science No.1514/ letter No. 100 / 7- A, dated,8/07/2019 and

Government Resolution, Department of General Administration BBC 2020/ letter no.295/ /16- B, dated, 24.11.2020. The said GRs are available on MCAER website. 1.4 As per the power vested by section 23 of Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional

Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions and Fees) Act, 2015 (Mah. XXVIII of 2015) for admission of first year full time professional degree technical courses implemented by Government Resolution, Department of Agriculture and Animal

Husbandry, Dairy Science and Fisheries dated,1/6/2018 and it was revised on 31/5/2019. 1.5 The responsibility of Online Admission Process has been bestowed upon MahaIT,Mumbai as per decision taken in the meeting of ARA. 1.6 JURISDICTION OF AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES:

Sr. No.

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Name of the Agricultural University

Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri-413 722, Dist. Ahmednagar

[MPKV, Rahuri]

Dr.Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola-444 104.

[Dr.PDKV, Akola]

Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani-431 402.

[VNMKV Parbhani]

Dr.Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli-415 712. Dist.Ratnagiri

[Dr. BSKKV Dapoli] Districts

Ahmednagar, Nasik, Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Pune, Solapur, Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur. Akola, Amravati, Yavatmal, Washim, Buldana, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur. Parbhani, Hingoli, Nanded, Latur, Osmanabad, Beed, Jalna and Aurangabad.

Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigad, Thane, Palghar, Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban.

1.7 Definitions:

(a) “Act” means the Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions and Fees) Act, 2015 (Mah. XXVIII of 2015); (b) “College Admission Reporting Centre” means a centre where the candidate shall report for confirmation of admission by verification of document and payment of fees; (c) “Application Form” means prescribed form filled up online by the Candidate for admission.

(d) “CAP Seats” means the seats filled in through the centralized process of admission carried out by the Competent Authority. (e) “Courses” means the full time professional degree technical courses in Agriculture,

Horticulture, Forestry, B.F.Sc. (Fishery Science), Agriculture Engineering, Food

Technology, Biotechnology, Community Science and Agri-business Management; (f) “Department” means the Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and

Fisheries Department of Government of Maharashtra; (g) “Eligible Candidates” means the candidates who are eligible for different professional courses as notified by the Government from time to time, under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act; (h) “HSC” means the Higher Secondary School Certificate (Standard XII Science) examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher

Secondary Education or its equivalent certificate awarded by a recognized Board; (i) “Institutional Quota” means seats available for admission to the eligible candidates at

Institution level as declared by the Government or appropriate Authority, from time to time; (j) “Inter-Se-Merit” means the order of merit declared by the Competent Authority in respect of various classes/category of Candidates; (k) “MCAER” means the Maharashtra Council of Agricultural Education And Research established under section 12 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Universities (Krishi

Vidyapeeths) Act, 1983(Mah. XLI of 1983); (l) “Agriculture University” The University established as per the provisions of Article 3 (1) of the Maharashtra Agricultural Universities (Krishi Vidyapeeths) Act 1983.

(m) “Minority Quota” means seats earmarked for the Minority Community students from within the State of Maharashtra, belonging to the Minority Community to which the institution belongs. (n) “Qualifying Examination” means Examination on the basis of which a candidate becomes eligible for admission or its equivalent examination. (o) “SSC” means the Secondary School Certificate (Standard X) examination conducted by

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent certificate awarded by a recognized Board. (p) “Admission Process Centre” means a Government or Government aided college allotted by respective Agricultural University where the spot admission in selected colleges will be carried out.

(q) “Spot Admission Round” means after the planned online admission rounds are over; the vacant seats are filled through merit list candidates as per rules. Merit list is prepared for such candidates who are physically present in respective spot admission process centers.

This admission process shall be conducted by considering Eligibility, Reservation and merit of candidate and not considering the preferences given by them. (r) “Online Admission Allotment Round” means the Process of allotment of admission to candidate under CAP on the basis of candidate merit, reservation and preference (Option). (s) “Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)” means a candidate or a person registered as an

Overseas Citizen of India as declared by the Central Government under section 7 C of the

Citizenship Act, 1955 (CST of 1955) and includes Persons of Indian Origin (PIO).

Explanation: For the purposes of this clause, all the existing Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card holders registered under notification of the Government of India, Ministry of

Home Affairs No. F. No. 26011/04/98-AF (One) dated, 19th August 2002 and shall now be deemed to be Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders by virtue of Notification of

Government of India, Ministry of Home Affair, No. 25024/9/2014-AF (one), dated 9th

January 2015. (t) Agriculture University Quota 'U' Quota means the candidates who possess the

Domicile Certificate of Maharashtra. If doesn‟t have domicile, the candidates in Maharashtra State having their birth place in Maharashtra mentioned on their College / School Leaving Certificates or Birth Certificate issued by competent authority of Maharashtra State and those who have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate examination conducted in the respective jurisdiction of the Agricultural University of

Maharashtra, seats reserved for such candidates shall be referred to as „Agriculture

University Quota‟ [„U‟ Quota].

(u) Maharashtra Quota 'M' Quota 

The candidates who possess the Domicile Certificate of Maharashtra. If doesn‟t have domicile, the candidates with Maharashtra State as their birth place in Maharashtra mentioned on their College / School Leaving Certificates or Birth Certificate issued by competent authority of Maharashtra, seats reserved for such candidates shall be referred to as „'Maharashtra Quota‟ [„M‟ Quota]. Therefore, Candidates under the University Quota [„U‟ Quota] are also eligible for Maharashtra Quota [„M‟ Quota].

(v) Other State Quota 'OS' Quota means the candidate or their parents who are not

staying in Maharashtra for at least three years in the period of past consecutive 10 years, and if a person has a Domicile Certificate from some other State of the country other than Maharashtra, then such candidates shall be referred to as Quota for Candidates from Other State.

2. DETAILS OF INSTITUTIONS AND DEGREE COURSES:

Candidates seeking admission to the undergraduate degree courses under Institutional

Quota in non grant colleges shall also submit their applications for admission on website in order to arrange their names in the General Merit List. The degree courses are full time courses and medium of instruction for teaching and examination shall be English.

2.1 DEGREE COURSES AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

1. Minimum age: The age of the candidate should be 16 years as on last date of submission of application form. 2. Aggregate marks: Candidates must have passed the qualifying examination (12th Std.

Science) with minimum 50% marks for General category (Open) and minimum 40% marks in aggregate for reserved categories (SC/ST/VJa/NTb/NTc/NTd/OBC/

SBC/EWS/Handicapped).

Sr. No. Degree course Duration Credit Load Qualifying examination

1 B. Sc. (Honours) (Agriculture)

2 B. Sc. (Honours) (Horticulture)

4 Years ( 8 Semesters) 183

4 Years ( 8 Semesters) 182 1. XII Std. (Science) passed in 10+2 pattern from Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education or an equivalent Examination, with PCB or

PCMB or PCM or Inter (Agriculture) and passed with English. 2. Those who have not offered Biology or

Mathematics shall have to complete deficiency courses as prescribed by respective University. 3. Common Entrance Examination i.e.

MHT-CET/JEE/NEET organized by Competent Authority during year 202021 in PCB or PCM subject.

3 B. Sc. (Honours) (Forestry)

4 Years ( 8 Semesters) 180 1.XII Std. (Science) passed in 10+2 pattern from Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education or an equivalent Examination, with PCB or

PCMB or Inter (Agriculture) and passed with English. 2.Those who have not offered

4 B.F. Sc. (Fishery Science)

4 Years ( 8 Semesters) 186

Mathematics shall have to complete deficiency courses as prescribed by respective University. 3.Common Entrance Examination i.e.

MHT-CET/NEET organized by Competent Authority during year 202021 in PCB subject.

5 B. Tech. (Agriculture Engineering)

4 Years ( 8 Semesters) 183

6 B. Tech. (Food Technology )

4 Years ( 8 Semesters) 180 1.XII Std. (Science) passed in 10+2 pattern from Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education or an equivalent Examination, with PCM or

PCMB and English. 2.Those who have not offered Biology shall have to complete deficiency courses as prescribed by respective university except Agril. Engineering 3.Common Entrance Examination i.e.

MHT-CET/JEE organized by Competent Authority during year 202021 in PCM subject.

7 B. Sc. (Honours) (Community Science)

8 B. Tech. (Biotechnology)

4 Years ( 8 Semesters) 172

4 Years ( 8 Semesters) 184 1.XII Std. (Science) passed in 10+2 pattern from Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education or an equivalent Examination, with PCM or

PCMB or PCB and English. 2.Those who have not offered Biology,

Mathematics shall have to complete deficiency courses as prescribed by respective University. 3.Common Entrance Examination i.e.

MHT-CET/JEE/NEET organized by Competent Authority during year 202021 in PCB or PCM subject.