Indian Council of Agricultural Research conducts All India Competitive Examination for admissions to Under-Graduate Programmes in Agriculture and allied Sciences other than Veterinary Science and also for the award of National Talent Scholarships.
The entrance test is conducted for admissions to 15% of the seats in 39 State Agricultural Universities, CAU, Imphal, NDRI (all seats) and Central Universities having Agriculture faculty namely BHU, Viswa Bharti and Nagaland University for U.G. Degree (B.Sc./B.Tech./B.F.Sc. etc.) in the subjects of Agriculture, Horticulture, Agricultural Engineering, Dairy Technology, Biotechnology, Forestry, Food Science, Fisheries Sciences, Home Science, Sericulture, Agricultural Marketing Banking & Co-operation, and Commercial Agriculture & Business Management.
National Talent Scholarship (NTS) of Rs. 1,000/- per month for U.G. would be awarded to all selected candidates who join any University in ICAR-SAU system, located outside their state of domicile.