Annexure-III

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi - 110012

Application for ICAR-PDF at IARI, New Delhi for 2021-22
 (LAST DATE TO RECEIVE THE APPLICATION: AUGUST 31, 2021)

Applied for the Division of : 

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1.	Name and Designation of the Applicant:

2.	Father’s and mother’s name:

3.	Address:

4.	Contact Telephone No. and E-mail:

5.	(a)Date and place of Birth:				 
	      (b) Category: UR/EWS/OBC/SC/ST/PC :
      (c) Gender: Male/Female:

6. Academic & Professional Qualifications :

S.No.	Degree/Diploma	Year	Major Subject	University/
Institution	OGPA/ Marks (%)	
1	Graduation					
2	Masters					
3	Doctoral					
4	Any other degree/Diploma					
5	Post-Doctoral					

7.  Employment status :

S No.	Designation	Pay scale
(Rs.)	Nature of work	University/Institution	Period
(From    -         To)	
1	
					
2	
					
3	
					
8. Details of Training in India and/or Abroad :

S No.	Training	Institution/Country	Sponsored by	Date and Duration	Subject 	
1						
2						

9. Details of the Research projects handled:

S.No.	Name of the project	Funding agency	Duration and amount in lakhs	PI/Co-PI/Associate	
1					
2					

10. Achievements :
(a) Research and extension
Sl. No.	Item*	Details in quantifiable terms. 
(Indicate whether applicant is a Developer, Co-developer or Associate)	
1	Product/Patent/ Variety/ Software, etc. developed		
2	New Concept / Methodology/ Process/ Model developed		
3	Advancement in Science/Technologies generated and its potential value/ Impact in agricultural sciences		
*Documentary evidence should be enclosed for the patents/ copyright, adoption of products and technologies and their impact on livelihood of farmers/commercial value and acceptance by clients/stakeholders, etc. 

(b) Teaching
S.No.	Item	Detail	Year (s)	
1	Teaching experience in years. List of Courses taught and year-wise number of classes taken in each course			
2	M.Sc./Ph.D. Students Guided as Chairperson			
3	New Course(s) introduced or  revised; Design of innovative course curriculum; e-resources developed, etc.			
4	Success of students guided as Chairperson (in terms of their recognition for medals/awards/employment, etc.)			
5	Books /Monographs (authored or edited); book chapters; review papers; 			
6	Technical Bulletins; Extension Bulletins; Quality reference material; Conference proceedings, etc.			
7	Popular articles; Pamphlets; Leaflets, etc.			
8	Trainings organized; Training Manual developed; Lectures delivered in training programmes			

(c) Please state the most significant achievements in bullet form (Not more than 300 words) :

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11 (i). h-index and  i10 index: 

     (ii). Complete List of publications in refereed journals: 

S. No.	Name of Authors	Year of publication	Title of paper	Journal, Volume, Issue, page Nos.	NAAS Journal ID (2021)	NAAS Score (2021)	Whether First author or Corresponding author	
1								
2								
3								
4								

12. Awards and Honors received:
S. No.	Name of the Award/ Honor/Recognition	Year	National/ International	Academy/Institutional/
Professional Society	
1					
2					
3					

13.     Proposed research plan (highlight the objectives, outline of the proposed research work and its utility to the parent Institute) : 

14.   Whether a consent letter of approval of research plan (as per Sl No. 13 above) from the Mentor at IARI, New Delhi including a declaration regarding availability of adequate infrastructural facilities and equipments to execute the Proposed Work is enclosed? : 
Yes/No 	:
		Consent letter enclosed at page No in application : 

(Note: Application without the Consent Letter will be rejected)

15.   Any other information :

This is certified that all the information furnished by me is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Place: 				Date: 					      (Signature of Applicant)

Endorsement by the Director of ICAR Institute/Vice-Chancellor of Agricultural University under the ICAR-AU system in support of the proposed research work plan (as per Sl No. 13 above):

“Certified that the information given by the candidate in this application has been verified and fully authenticated and that there are no disciplinary action or proceedings pending or contemplated against the candidate.

Signature & Seal
Director of ICAR Institute/VC, Agricultural University

Enclosures:
1.	Application in original duly forwarded and complete in all respect 
2.	Copy of birth certificate and Category certificate
3.	Reprints of 5 most important publications (first page of paper)
4.	Documentary proof for all the claims made in the application
5.	Copy of Consent letter by the Mentor at IARI, New Delhi

Eligibility Criteria: 
1.	The applicant should be an Indian citizen. 
2.	The candidate must have obtained Ph.D. degree (with course work) from a recognized University and should be working (in service) in an institution under ICAR-AU System. 
3.	He/she should have completed minimum three years of service (including clearance of probation) in regular capacity as a Scientist or equivalent in ICAR-AUs system working in any area of Teaching/Research/Extension. 
4.	The upper age limit for the fellowship is 40 years on the last date of submission of application. Age relaxation of five years will be given to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Physically Challenged and Women candidates. 
5.	ICAR-PDF can be availed only once by a candidate in his/her career. 
6.	The selected fellows are not allowed to work with their Ph.D. Guides/Co-guides. 
7.	Mentor must hold a regular academic/research position in concerned ICAR-DU having a Ph.D. degree and should be a faculty member. 
8.	The mentor must have a minimum of 10 years of service experience in the relevant area of work with the experience of guided minimum of 2 Ph. D. students. 
9.	A Mentor shall not have more than two ICAR-PDF fellows at any given time. 
10.	The candidates of ICAR-DUs are not eligible to apply for Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the same ICAR-DU.