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Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, conducts an All India PG Entrance examination annually for entry into post-graduation of Agriculture and allied disciplines viz., Veterinary, Dairy, Fisheries, Food Technology etc. in 20 major subjects. This entrance examination is meant to fill up 100% PG seats at CIFE (Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai), IARI (Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi), IVRI (Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar) and NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal) and 15% seats in 5 CUs (Central Universities), 1 deemed-to-be-university and 56 SAUs (State Agriculture Universities). The notification is issued in the month of December every year and the exam is conducted in the month of April (usually 2 nd or 3 rd Sunday) of the next calendar year at 49 test centers spanning India. It is a pen-and-paper based test wherein 160 questions (150 ...

Sitting in the HA1 compartment of Navjeevan Express for the very first time in my life- a meld of emotions cross my mind- happiness at being selected to CSIR-CFTRI, sadness of leaving behind my friends at Anand, the confusion of what’s next and the joy of re-uniting with my family back home. WTF? A year of only 18 days? How can that be? Even if we were to be the denizens of mercury, one calendar year would have 88 days- the least for any planet of the solar system. Don’t jump the fence such sooner. You read it, you get it! Let me remind you that in my last blog titled “ The Call That Never Came ”- I had shared with you all, my mysterious CAT-2013 adventure that landed me with a morsel of mud in the mouth. The story begins so… Riding high on the back of my excellent GD/PI performance of IIM-A, in which I was damn  sure of being selected, I gave a casual attempt to the prestigious 19 th All India ICAR PG Entrance Examination-2014. I was, after all, #...