The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is the apex body for coordinating, guiding, and managing
research and education in agriculture in the entire country under the aegis of DARE, Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare. Considering the importance of agricultural education, the University Education
Commission (1948) chaired by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan recommended the establishment of Rural Universities
in the country. As a result, the first State Agricultural University was established in 1960 at Pantnagar on
the pattern of the Land Grant Colleges of the United States.
The ICAR-AU system of India has 75 Agricultural Universites comprising 64 State Agricultural, Veterinary,
Horticultural and Fisheries Universities (SAUs), 4 ICAR-DUs, viz. IARI, IVRI, NDRI and CIFE, 3 Central
Agricultural Universities (CAU, Imphal, Dr. RPCAU, Pusa and RLB CAU, Jhansi), 4 Central Universities (CUs) having
Faculty of Agriculture (BHU, AMU, Viswa Bharati and Nagaland University). The National Agricultural
Research and Education System (NARES) of India is one of the largest in the world, admitting more than
15,000 graduates, 11,000 post-graduates, and 2,500 Ph.Ds annually, in different disciplines of Agriculture
and Allied Sciences.
1.3 ICAR-AIEEA (UG) 2019
In 2019, All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA)-UG shall be conducted for admission to
Bachelor Degree programmes in Agriculture and allied sciences (other than veterinary sciences), at
Agricultural Universities on 15% of the University seats (100% seats in RLB CAU Jhansi, NDRI Karnal and Dr.
RP CAU Pusa, Bihar). Further, not more than 40% candidates from any one state shall be admitted in any agricultural university/subject.