IARI Ph.D. Admission 2026: Subjects, Selection Process and Fee Details

Indian agricultural research institute (IARI) invites application from candidates for various Ph.D. subjects.

Important Dates

• Registration Starts from  - 16th Apr 2019

• Last Date for registration - 27th July 2019

How to apply?

Candidate who wants to take admission in the Ph.D. program should have to visit the university website https://www.iari.res.in.

• Register yourself with all personal information. 
• Upload all the required scanned educational documents.
• Upload scanned copies of photograph and signature.

Selection Procedure

Selection will be on the base of the Written Exam, Interview, and Previous Academic Record.

• Written Exam: 80%
• Interview: 10%
• Previous Academic Record: 10%

Eligibility

M.Sc./M.Sc.(Ag.)/M.Tech./M.E. in following subjects with 55% marks.

Subjects and Qualification

Agricultural Chemicals

• Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry / Agricultural Chemicals / Environmental Science / Chemistry

Agricultural Economics

• Livestock Economics/ Agricultural Economics / Dairy Economics/ Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation/ Fisheries Economics

Agricultural Engineering

• Water Science and Technology / Agricultural Engineering / Dairy Engineering /  ; M.Sc. in Dairy Engineering are eligible for Ph.D. in Agricultural Processing and Structures

Agricultural Extension

• Home Science Extension / Agril. Extension and Communication / Dairy Extension / Fisheries Extension / Agricultural Extension / Extension Education / Livestock Extension / Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension

Agricultural Physics

• Biophysics / Water Science and Technology/ Soil Science / Agricultural Meteorology / Meteorology / Agricultural Physics / Agricultural Chemistry / Agricultural Engineering / Engineering / Physics / Geo-informatics/Remote Sensing

Agricultural Statistics

• Statistics / Mathematical Statistics / Agricultural Statistics / Biostatistics

Agronomy

• Water Science and Technology / Agronomy / Water Management

Biochemistry

• Molecular Biology and / OR Biotechnology / Biophysics / Relevant discipline of Life Sciences / Biochemistry / Agricultural Biochemistry / Agricultural Chemistry / Chemistry with Organic Chemistry as a special subject/ Plant Physiology

Bioinformatics

• Computer Science / Computer Application / Agricultural Sciences / M.Sc. / M.Tech. in Bioinformatics / Molecular Biology or Biotechnology / Life Sciences and equivalent post graduate degree in science.

Computer Application

• Computer Application/ Computer Engineering / Computer Science Engineering / M.Sc. / MCA / M.Tech. / M.E. in Computer Science / Information Technology / M.Tech. Agricultural Engineering / M.Tech. in Post Harvest Technology

Entomology

• Zoology or Plant Protection with Entomology as specialization / Entomology / Agricultural Entomology / Relevant Life Sciences

Environmental Sciences

• Chemistry / any branch of Agricultural Sciences / Environmental Sciences / Physical Sciences / Biological Sciences / Life Sciences/Chemical Sciences / Relevant Life Sciences

Microbiology

• Soil Science and / OR Agricultural Chemistry / Genetics / Molecular Biology and / OR Biotechnology / Relevant Life Sciences / Microbiology / Agricultural Microbiology / Botany / Agricultural Botany / Biochemistry with Microbiology as a special subject/ Environmental Microbiology/ Industrial Microbiology

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

• Relevant Life Sciences / Microbiology / Agricultural Microbiology / Agricultural Biochemistry / Botany / Agricultural Botany / Molecular Biology and / OR Biotechnology / Biochemistry / Genetics and / OR Plant Breeding / Plant Genetic Resources/Bioinformatics

Nematology

• Plant Protection / Helminthology / Agricultural Entomology / Mycology and / OR Plant Pathology / Relevant Life Sciences / Nematology / Entomology / Zoology / Botany / Molecular Biology and / OR Biotechnology / Agricultural Microbiology

Plant Genetic Resources

• Genetics / Plant Breeding / Agricultural Botany / Horticulture / Plant Genetic Resources / Plant Biotechnology / Seed Science & Technology / Plant Physiology / any other branch of Biological Sciences with specialization in these subjects and/or Plant Taxonomy / Economic Botany/Biotechnology

Plant Pathology

• Molecular Biology and/OR Biotechnology / Genetics / Plant Genetic Resources / Plant Protection / Mycology and/OR Plant Pathology / Botany / Agricultural Botany / Microbiology / Seed Science and Technology / Biochemistry / Relevant Life Sciences with Mycology and Plant Pathology as specialization/Bioinformatics

Plant Physiology

• Plant Physiology / Crop Physiology / Botany / Agricultural Botany / Relevant Life Sciences / Molecular Biology and/OR Biotechnology / Biochemistry / Plant Genetic Resources/Bio Science/Plant Science

Vegetable science

• Vegetable Science/Vegetable Breeding/ Genetics and/OR Plant Breeding / Horticulture or Agriculture with major in Olericulture/ Plant Genetic Resources with a specialization in Vegetable Science

Seed Science and Technology

• Plant Physiology / Crop Physiology / Mycology and/OR Plant Pathology / Seed Science and Technology / Genetics and/OR Plant Breeding / Entomology / Nematology / Botany / Agricultural Botany / Plant Genetic Resources

Soil Science and Agricultural chemistry

• Agricultural Physics with specialization in Soil Physics / Soil Science and/OR Agricultural Chemistry / Chemistry / Environmental Sciences with specialization in Soil Science/Agricultural Microbiology with specialization in Soil Science

Water Science and Technology

• Physics / Chemistry / Water Science and Technology / Agricultural Physics / Mathematics (with Physical Sciences in Bachelors Degree Level) / M.Tech. in Agril. Engineering / Civil Engineering

Fruit science

• Pomology/Genetics and/OR Plant Breeding/Plant Genetic Resources/ Horticulture or Agriculture with major in Fruit Science/ Plant Physiology with specialization in any of the above discipline of Fruit Science/Physiology/Water Science and Technology

Reservations

• For Scheduled Caste, 15% of the total number of seats is reserved.
• For Scheduled Tribe candidates 7.5% of the total number of seats is reserved.
• For other backward classes candidates, 18% of the total number of seats are reserved.
• For Physically Handicapped candidates 3% of the total number of seats are reserved.