ICAR Announces AIEEA PG & AICE JRF/SRF PhD Results 2026 — Complete Category-Wise Breakdown
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the ICAR AIEEA PG and AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD) Results 2026 for admission to postgraduate and doctoral programmes in agriculture and allied sciences. Candidates can now download their individual scorecards from the official ICAR examination portal.
The scorecard links for both ICAR AIEEA PG 2026 and ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD) 2026 were published on August 29, 2026. NTA has also released the final answer keys for both examinations.
A total of 38,720 candidates appeared across the two entrance examinations. Of these, 28,303 appeared for AIEEA PG, while 10,417 appeared for AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD). The published statistics also provide a detailed category-wise and gender-wise breakdown.
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ICAR AIEEA PG, AICE PhD Result 2026: Highlights
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Conducting Authority | National Testing Agency |
| Exam Authority | ICAR |
| PG Examination | ICAR AIEEA PG 2026 |
| Doctoral Examination | ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD) 2026 |
| Exam Date | July 4, 2026 |
| Result Status | Declared |
| Scorecard Publication | August 29, 2026 |
| AIEEA PG Candidates Appeared | 28,303 |
| AICE-JRF/SRF Candidates Appeared | 10,417 |
| Total Candidates Appeared | 38,720 |
| PG Scorecard | Available |
| PhD Scorecard | Available |
| Final Answer Key | Released |
| 2026 Counselling Cutoff | Not released yet |
| Counselling Authority | ICAR |
| Official Result Portal | exams.nta.nic.in/icar |
The official ICAR NTA portal currently displays separate candidate activities for the PG scorecard, PhD scorecard, PG final answer key and PhD final answer key.
ICAR AIEEA PG Result 2026 Out
The AIEEA PG result has been declared for candidates seeking admission to Master's programmes offered through the ICAR agricultural university system.
AIEEA PG stands for:
All India Entrance Examination for Admission – Postgraduate
According to NTA, the examination is used for admission to Master's degree programmes and for the award of applicable ICAR-PG Scholarships.
Candidates can access the official PG scorecard here:
https://exams.nta.nic.in/icar/
The dedicated PG scorecard page was published on August 29, 2026.
ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF PhD Result 2026 Out
NTA has simultaneously announced the result of the:
All India Competitive Examination for Junior Research Fellowship/Senior Research Fellowship – PhD
The examination is used for doctoral admission under the ICAR system and for relevant JRF/SRF opportunities subject to the applicable admission and fellowship rules.
The dedicated PhD scorecard link was also published on August 29, 2026.
Official result portal:
https://exams.nta.nic.in/icar/
ICAR Result 2026: Category-Wise Candidate Breakdown
The result statistics provide an important category-wise picture of the candidates who actually appeared in the two examinations.
Category-Wise Candidates Appeared
| Category | AIEEA PG | AICE-JRF/SRF PhD | Combined Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | 7,809 | 3,409 | 11,218 |
| Gen-EWS | 2,385 | 879 | 3,264 |
| OBC-NCL | 11,343 | 3,656 | 14,999 |
| SC | 4,489 | 1,665 | 6,154 |
| ST | 2,277 | 808 | 3,085 |
| Total | 28,303 | 10,417 | 38,720 |
These are candidate-appearance statistics, not category-wise qualifying cutoffs.
This distinction matters because an OBC-NCL total of 11,343 in the PG examination, for example, does not represent a rank cutoff or qualifying score. It represents the number of candidates from that category who appeared.
Which Category Had the Highest Participation?
Among AIEEA PG candidates, OBC-NCL recorded the highest number of test takers with 11,343 appearances.
For the AICE-JRF/SRF PhD examination, OBC-NCL again recorded the largest category count at 3,656 candidates.
Combined across both examinations, OBC-NCL accounted for:
14,999 candidates
followed by:
General – 11,218
SC – 6,154
Gen-EWS – 3,264
ST – 3,085.
Gender-Wise Candidate Statistics
NTA's published statistics also give a gender-wise breakdown.
| Examination | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICAR AIEEA PG | 14,004 | 14,299 | 28,303 |
| ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF PhD | 5,755 | 4,662 | 10,417 |
| Total | 19,759 | 18,961 | 38,720 |
Across the two examinations combined, female candidates slightly outnumbered male candidates, with 19,759 female test takers compared with 18,961 males.
ICAR AIEEA PG Participation Analysis
For AIEEA PG:
28,303 candidates appeared
The category distribution was:
OBC-NCL – 11,343
General – 7,809
SC – 4,489
Gen-EWS – 2,385
ST – 2,277
This makes OBC-NCL the largest category among PG test takers, accounting for roughly two-fifths of the appeared candidates.
However, category size alone does not predict admission cutoff. Cutoffs are ultimately affected by subject-wise merit, seat availability, reservation, university preferences and counselling movement.
ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF PhD Participation Analysis
For the doctoral examination:
10,417 candidates appeared
The category-wise distribution was:
OBC-NCL – 3,656
General – 3,409
SC – 1,665
Gen-EWS – 879
ST – 808.
Competition at the PhD level can vary significantly across disciplines because admission is not determined by one common national closing rank across every doctoral subject.
How to Download ICAR AIEEA PG Scorecard 2026
Candidates should follow these steps:
Visit the official portal:
https://exams.nta.nic.in/icar/Go to the Candidate Activity section.
Select ICAR 2026 Score Card – PG.
Open the login page.
Enter the required candidate credentials.
Submit the details.
Check the scorecard carefully.
Download the PDF.
Save a digital copy.
Print a copy for counselling and admission purposes.
The official PG scorecard link is active on NTA's portal.
How to Download ICAR PhD Scorecard 2026
AICE-JRF/SRF candidates should:
Locate the Candidate Activity section.
Select ICAR 2026 Score Card – PhD.
Log in using the required application credentials.
View the scorecard.
Verify the candidate information.
Download and save the scorecard.
Keep it ready for ICAR counselling.
The PhD scorecard facility was published on August 29.
ICAR AIEEA PG Cutoff 2026
Candidates should be careful with websites currently displaying a supposedly final ICAR AIEEA PG 2026 category-wise cutoff.
As of August 31, ICAR has not published the final counselling-round cutoff ranks for PG admission.
Cutoffs are generated through the counselling process and can vary according to:
Subject
Agricultural university
Category
Seat availability
Candidate preferences
Counselling round
Scholarship availability where applicable
Published examination guidance indicates that the admission cutoff is normally available after individual counselling rounds rather than being one universal result-day cutoff.
Therefore, no single General/OBC/SC/ST marks table should currently be presented as the official 2026 admission cutoff unless ICAR publishes it.
ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF PhD Cutoff 2026
The same caution applies to PhD admission.
There is no verified single national category-wise closing score currently available that can be accurately labelled:
“ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF PhD Cutoff 2026”
for all subjects and universities.
Doctoral admission prospects will be determined through the relevant subject-wise merit and counselling process.
Candidates should use the rank shown in their result and wait for official ICAR counselling/allotment information instead of relying on speculative cutoff tables.
Result vs Cutoff: Important Difference
| ICAR Result | ICAR Counselling Cutoff |
|---|---|
| Already released | Not yet available for 2026 rounds |
| Shows candidate performance/rank | Shows last admitted/allotted rank |
| Issued by NTA | Emerges through ICAR counselling |
| Candidate-specific | University/subject/category-specific |
| Available August 29 | Available after allotment rounds |
This distinction is especially important for candidates trying to estimate admission chances immediately after result declaration.
Does NTA Declare Overall Merit Rank?
The AIEEA PG information bulletin states that the examination result is made available in terms of the overall merit rank obtained by candidates declared eligible for registration and choice filling in their subject.
Therefore, candidates should look at the rank and eligibility information on their official scorecard rather than attempting to convert raw marks into an unofficial national cutoff.
ICAR Result Rechecking or Re-evaluation
NTA's information bulletin states that there is no provision for rechecking or re-evaluation after declaration of the result.
Candidates were given the opportunity to review their recorded responses and challenge the provisional answer key before finalization of the result. Once final answer keys have been prepared and results declared, re-evaluation requests are not entertained.
The final answer keys are now available on the NTA ICAR portal.
What Happens After ICAR Result 2026?
The next major stage is ICAR online counselling.
The broad process is:
Result Declaration
↓
Scorecard Download
↓
Counselling Registration
↓
Choice Filling
↓
Seat Allocation
↓
University-Level Online Document Verification
↓
Response to Queries, if any
↓
Seat Acceptance Fee
↓
Provisional Admission Letter
↓
Final Admission Formalities
Only candidates declared eligible for counselling can participate in the seat-allocation process.
The PG information bulletin clearly states that candidates declared eligible for registration and choice filling for online counselling by ICAR will be considered for allocation of a subject and Agricultural University.
ICAR PG and PhD Counselling 2026
ICAR has an official counselling portal for its admission process:
The portal already contains notices and information bulletins for AIEEA PG 2026 and AICE-JRF/SRF PhD 2026 and confirms that PG/PhD candidates use their respective 2026 application numbers to access counselling services.
An ICAR page for Admission to PG and PhD Degree Programs for 2026 is also active.
Candidates should therefore monitor:
and
for the detailed PG and PhD counselling schedule.
Has the Full PG/PhD Counselling Schedule Been Released?
Candidates should avoid confusing the currently active UG counselling schedule with the PG/PhD admission schedule.
ICAR's public notice portal currently includes a separate entry titled:
“Admission to PG and Ph.D. Degree programs for Academic Year-2026-27”.
The AIEEA PG bulletin says the detailed online counselling schedule is to be notified separately by ICAR after the result declaration.
Therefore, candidates should rely on the next PG/PhD-specific ICAR notice for exact registration and allotment dates.
Who Can Participate in ICAR Counselling?
ICAR's counselling FAQ specifies that candidates with zero or negative marks in AIEEA PG 2026 or AICE-JRF/SRF PhD 2026 are not eligible to participate in counselling.
Candidates must also satisfy:
Programme-specific eligibility
University eligibility
Academic requirements
Category requirements
Document requirements
Other conditions in the respective information bulletin.
A positive score by itself does not guarantee admission because actual seat allocation depends on merit, choices and availability.
Choice Filling Rules Candidates Should Know
The official counselling FAQ states that candidates can fill choices during the prescribed counselling choice-filling window.
It also says that fresh choice filling in the middle of the counselling process is not permitted. Candidates should therefore enter their preferences carefully during the designated window.
Candidates should arrange institutions and programmes in genuine order of preference rather than trying to predict the allotment algorithm.
Documents Candidates Should Start Preparing
Although candidates must use the final counselling brochure as the authoritative checklist, they should start organizing important documents such as:
ICAR AIEEA PG/AICE PhD scorecard
Admit card
Application records
Class 10 certificate
Class 12 certificate
Undergraduate degree documents for PG admission
Master's degree documents for PhD admission
Consolidated/semester marksheets
Category certificate, where applicable
EWS certificate, where applicable
PwBD certificate, where applicable
Valid photo identification
Other eligibility documents required by the allotted university
Candidates awaiting final degree documents should pay particular attention to ICAR's completion deadlines.
Final-Year Degree Requirement
ICAR's counselling FAQ explains that candidates entering a Master's programme must complete their graduate degree requirements and produce proof by the prescribed verification stage.
If the required degree-completion evidence is unavailable by the scheduled deadline, the candidate may become ineligible for admission.
Similar programme-specific eligibility conditions apply to PhD candidates.
ICAR PG Scholarship and PhD Fellowship
AIEEA PG is associated with admission to Master's programmes and the applicable ICAR-PG Scholarship system.
AICE-JRF/SRF is associated with doctoral admissions and the applicable fellowship framework.
However, merely downloading a scorecard does not automatically confirm scholarship or fellowship award.
The PG information bulletin says admission and scholarship are awarded through the applicable ICAR counselling process.
Candidates should therefore distinguish:
Exam qualification
Counselling eligibility
Seat allotment
Admission confirmation
Scholarship/fellowship award
These are related but separate stages.
ICAR Agricultural University System
NTA states that the ICAR Agricultural University system comprises 74 Agricultural Universities.
The network includes:
State Agricultural Universities
ICAR Deemed Universities
Central Agricultural Universities
Central Universities with agriculture faculties.
The four ICAR Deemed Universities identified by NTA are:
IARI
IVRI
NDRI
CIFE.
Actual programme availability varies by subject and university.
How to Judge Admission Chances
Candidates should use three pieces of information once counselling begins:
1. Your overall merit rank
Use the rank on the official scorecard.
2. Subject eligibility
Check which programmes and universities accept your academic background.
3. Round-wise closing ranks
Once ICAR releases allotments, compare your rank with the actual category- and subject-wise closing ranks.
A speculative marks cutoff before counselling is less useful than actual allotment data.
What Determines ICAR PG Cutoffs?
The eventual 2026 cutoff will depend on:
Number of available seats
Number of eligible candidates
Subject selected
Candidate rank
Category/reservation
University preference
Programme popularity
Counselling-round movement
Seat withdrawals
Upgradation
Scholarship-linked seat availability where applicable
That is why one generic national cutoff figure cannot accurately represent every PG programme.
What Determines ICAR PhD Cutoffs?
PhD closing ranks can be even more discipline-specific.
Factors include:
Doctoral discipline
Participating university
Research area
Available seats
JRF/SRF allocation
Reservation category
Candidate merit
Choice order
Counselling-round vacancies
Candidates should therefore avoid comparing ranks across unrelated PhD disciplines.
Key Result Dates
| Event | Date/Status |
|---|---|
| ICAR AIEEA PG Exam | July 4, 2026 |
| ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF PhD Exam | July 4, 2026 |
| Provisional Answer Key | Released |
| Challenge Process | Completed |
| Final Answer Keys | Released |
| PG Scorecard | August 29, 2026 |
| PhD Scorecard | August 29, 2026 |
| PG/PhD Counselling | Official schedule to be followed from ICAR |
| Round-wise Cutoffs | After counselling allotments |
NTA's scorecard pages confirm the August 29 publication date.
ICAR Result 2026: Key Numbers at a Glance
38,720 – Total candidates appeared
28,303 – AIEEA PG candidates appeared
10,417 – AICE-JRF/SRF PhD candidates appeared
19,759 – Female candidates appeared
18,961 – Male candidates appeared
14,999 – Combined OBC-NCL candidates
11,218 – Combined General candidates
6,154 – Combined SC candidates
3,264 – Combined Gen-EWS candidates
3,085 – Combined ST candidates.
Important Accuracy Note on Category-Wise Cutoffs
NTA's result statistics give a category-wise count of candidates who appeared.
They do not provide a category-wise 2026 admission cutoff table.
Therefore, the following figures should not be invented at this stage:
General qualifying cutoff
OBC-NCL qualifying cutoff
EWS qualifying cutoff
SC qualifying cutoff
ST qualifying cutoff
University-specific closing ranks
Subject-specific Round 1 closing ranks
Those figures should be reported only after ICAR publishes counselling/allotment data.
What Candidates Should Do Now
Candidates should:
Download their PG or PhD scorecard.
Check the rank and candidate details carefully.
Download the final answer key if needed.
Preserve the admit card and application documents.
Visit the ICAR counselling portal.
Check whether they are eligible for counselling.
Review programme-specific eligibility.
Prepare academic and category certificates.
Shortlist suitable universities.
Prepare choice preferences.
Wait for the PG/PhD-specific counselling timetable.
Avoid unofficial “guaranteed cutoff” claims.
Official Result Portal:
https://exams.nta.nic.in/icar/
Official Counselling Portal:
Official ICAR Website:
FAQs
Is ICAR AIEEA PG Result 2026 out?
Yes. NTA has released the AIEEA PG scorecard. The official scorecard page was published on August 29, 2026.
Is ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF PhD Result 2026 out?
Yes. The PhD scorecard facility is also active and was published on August 29.
How many candidates appeared for ICAR AIEEA PG 2026?
28,303 candidates appeared.
How many candidates appeared for AICE-JRF/SRF PhD?
10,417 candidates appeared.
How many candidates appeared in total?
A total of 38,720 candidates appeared across both examinations.
How many General-category candidates appeared?
There were 7,809 General candidates in AIEEA PG and 3,409 in AICE-JRF/SRF, for a combined 11,218.
How many OBC-NCL candidates appeared?
There were 11,343 OBC-NCL candidates in AIEEA PG and 3,656 in the PhD examination, totaling 14,999.
How many SC candidates appeared?
AIEEA PG recorded 4,489 SC candidates, while AICE-JRF/SRF recorded 1,665, for a combined 6,154.
How many ST candidates appeared?
There were 2,277 ST candidates in PG and 808 in PhD, totaling 3,085.
How many EWS candidates appeared?
There were 2,385 Gen-EWS candidates in AIEEA PG and 879 in AICE-JRF/SRF, totaling 3,264.
Is the ICAR AIEEA PG cutoff 2026 out?
The final round-wise admission cutoffs are not yet available. They will depend on counselling allotments and vary by subject, category and university.
Is there one common ICAR PhD cutoff?
No. Doctoral admission cutoffs can vary by discipline, university, category and counselling round.
Can candidates request re-evaluation of ICAR results?
No. The official information bulletin states that rechecking or re-evaluation requests are not entertained after result declaration.
Where will ICAR counselling take place?
Candidates should use the official ICAR counselling portal:
Can candidates with zero or negative marks participate in counselling?
No. ICAR's counselling FAQ states that candidates with zero or negative marks in AIEEA PG or AICE-JRF/SRF PhD are not eligible for counselling.
Does qualifying guarantee admission?
No. Admission depends on counselling eligibility, merit rank, programme eligibility, category, choices and seat availability.
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