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GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA Commissioner & Competent Authority State Common Entrance Test Cell 8th Floor, New Excelsior Building, A. K. Marg, Fort, Mumbai (MS) 400 001 Email : [email protected] / [email protected] Website : : www.mahacet.org / www.mcaer.org / maha-agriadmission.in Information Brochure of Centralized Admission Process (Academic year 2019-20) for Courses B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture, B.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture, B.Sc. (Hons) Forestry, B. F. Sc., B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering), B. Tech. (Food Technology),B.Sc. (Hons) Community Science and B. Tech. (Biotechnology) Admission to Professional Degree Courses in Agricultural Universities of Maharashtra th Published on 29 June, 2019 (With the approval of Maharashtra Council of Agricultural Education and Research, Pune) ADMISSION PROSPECTUS (2019-20) Admissions in Professional Degree Courses viz. B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture, B.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture, B.Sc. (Hons) Forestry, B.F.Sc., B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering), B. Tech. (Food Technology), B.Sc. (Hons) Community Science and B. Tech. (Biotechnology) in Agricultural Universities of the Maharashtra 1. INTRODUCTION: 1.1 In exercise of the powers conferred by the Maharashtra Un-aided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulations of Admission and Fees) Act, 2015 notified by Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries Department, gazette dated 15.01.2018, the undergraduate Courses [B. Sc. (Honors) (Agriculture) / B. Sc. (Honors) (Horticulture) / B. Sc. (Honors) (Forestry) / B. Tech. (Agriculture Engineering) / B. Tech. (Food Technology) / B. Sc. (Honors) (Community Science) / B. Tech. (Biotechnology) are declared and notified as professional educational courses and rules and regulations are finalized for eligibility for admission. The admission rules are notified as per Government gazette, Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries dated 1/06/2018 and as per Government gazette, Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries dated 1/06/2019, the criteria for merit is updated. The Fisheries science is declared as professional degree course as per the government resolution, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries Department, No. MaPaVi 2017/Pra.Kra. 57/Mhapsu dated 9/08/2017. Similarly, as per Government gazette Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries Department dated 13/06/2018, the terms and conditions of eligibility for admissions to B. F. Sc. course in Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri are decided. Similarly, admission rules are decided as per Government Resolution, Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy development and Fisheries No. 1517/Pra.Kra./67 Mhapsu dated 18/06/2018. As per the eligibility, conditions and criteria‟s mentioned in this Gazette, the CET organized by competent authority is mandatory for admissions in Government and __________________________________________________________________________________________ State CET Cell, M.S., Mumbai -----1------ UGPROSPECTUS 2019-20 Government Aided and Un-aided private professional educational institutions. The admission procedure in these courses will be conducted under control of Admission Regulatory Authority. 1.2 As per the Government Resolution, Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries No. 1517/ |É.Gò. 20 (1) / 7 +ä, Ênù.02/02/2018, the above rules are applicable to all Courses in Government and Government aided Colleges. 1.3 The Maharashtra Council of Agricultural Education and Research (Agriculture Council), Pune is a Statutory Body which has been constituted under Section 12 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Universities (Krishi Vidyapeeths) Act, 1983. Agriculture Council helps to make effective coordination in the Education, Research and Extension Education under four Agricultural Universities of the State. 1.4 As per the Government Resolution, Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Dairy Science and Fisheries No. ¨ÉEÞòÊ´É 2010 / |É.Gò. 155 / 7 +ä, Ênù.20/10/2011 the Government of Maharashtra has finalized the strategy of reservation of seats, procedure for the distribution of social reservations and the admission procedure for the degree, postgraduate and Ph.D. courses offered by Agricultural universities. The said GR is available on MCAER website. 1.5 The responsibility of Online Admission Process has been bestowed upon Kalp Technologies Pvt. Ltd. („KTPL‟), Pune as per decision taken in the meeting of ARA. 1.6 JURISDICTION OF AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES: Sr. Name of the Agricultural Districts No. University Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Ahmednagar, Nasik, Dhule, Nandurbar, 1 Rahuri-413 722, Dist. Ahmednagar Jalgaon, Pune, Solapur, Satara, Sangli and [MPKV, Rahuri] Kolhapur. Dr.Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Akola, Amravati, Yavatmal, Washim, 2 Vidyapeeth, Akola-444 104. Buldana, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara, [Dr.PDKV, Akola] Gondia, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur. Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Parbhani, Hingoli, Nanded, Latur, 3 Vidyapeeth, Parbhani-431 402. Osmanabad, Beed, Jalna and Aurangabad. [VNMKV Parbhani] Dr.Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigad, Thane, Vidyapeeth, Dapoli-415 712. Palghar, Mumbai City and Mumbai 4 Dist.Ratnagiri Suburban. [Dr. BSKKV Dapoli] __________________________________________________________________________________________ State CET Cell, M.S., Mumbai -----1------ UGPROSPECTUS 2019-20 1.7 Definitions: (a) “Act” means the Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions and Fees) Act, 2015 (Mah. XXVIII of 2015); (b) “College Admission Reporting Centre” means a centre where the candidate shall report for confirmation of admission by verification of document and payment of fees; (c) “Application Form” means prescribed form filled up online by the Candidate for admission. (d) “CAP Seats” means the seats filled in through the centralized process of admission carried out by the Competent Authority. (e) “Courses” means the full time Professional Degree Technical Courses in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, B.F.Sc. (Fishery Science), Agriculture Engineering, Food Technology, Biotechnology and Community Science; (f) “Department” means the Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department of Government of Maharashtra; (g) “Eligible Candidates” means the candidates who are eligible for different professional courses as notified by the Government from time to time, under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act; (h) “Facilitation Centre” means a centre where the facilities like filling online forms and grievances, etc, are provided. (i) “HSC” means the Higher Secondary School Certificate (Standard XII Science) examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent certificate awarded by a recognized Board; (j) “Institutional Quota” means seats available for admission to the eligible candidates at Institution level as declared by the Government or appropriate Authority, from time to time; (k) “Inter-Se-Merit” means the order of merit declared by the Competent Authority in respect of various classes/category of Candidates; (l) “MCAER” means the Maharashtra Council of Agricultural Education And Research established under section 12 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Universities (Krishi Vidyapeeths) Act, 1983(Mah. XLI of 1983); (m) “Agriculture University” The University established as per the provisions of Article 3 (1) of the Maharashtra Agricultural Universities (Krishi Vidyapeeths) Act 1983. __________________________________________________________________________________________ State CET Cell, M.S., Mumbai -----1------ UGPROSPECTUS 2019-20 (n) “Minority Quota” means seats earmarked for the Minority Community students from within the State of Maharashtra, belonging to the Minority Community to which the institution belongs. (o) “Qualifying Examination” means Examination on the basis of which a candidate becomes eligible for admission or its equivalent examination. (p) “SSC” means the Secondary School Certificate (Standard X) examination conducted by Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent certificate awarded by a recognized Board. (q) “Admission Process Centre” means a Government or Government aided college allotted by respective Agricultural University where the spot admission in selected colleges will be carried out. (r) “Spot Admission Round” means after the planned online admission rounds are over; the vacant seats are filled through merit list candidates as per rules. Merit list is prepared for such candidates who are physically present in respective spot admission process centers. This admission process shall be conducted by considering Eligibility, Reservation and merit of candidate and not considering the preferences given by them. (s) “Online Admission Allotment Round” means the Process of allotment of admission to candidate under CAP on the basis of candidate merit, reservation and preference (Option). (t) “Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)” means a candidate or a person registered as an Overseas Citizen of India as declared by the Central Government under section 7 C of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (CST of 1955) and includes Persons of Indian Origin (PIO). Explanation: For the purposes of this clause, all the existing Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card holders registered under notification of