Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (DBSKKV) Admission 2024: UG & PG Admissions, Application process

At undergraduate level, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth offers courses in the fields of Agriculture and Fisheries with a number of specialization subjects. All of these specialization courses are offered with the duration of four years. In order to get admission to the UG courses, candidates need to pass in 10+2 pattern from Maharashtra State Board of Higher Secondary Education or an equivalent Examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English. Admission to the UG courses are done on the basis of Merit in the pre-qualifying examination.

• 15% of the total seats for all U.G. Courses shall be reserved to be filled in from all India basis through Common Entrance Examination to be conducted by ICAR, New Delhi (It includes 10% seats over and above the sanctioned intake capacity)
• One seat in each of the below mentioned undergraduate degree courses is reserved for the wards of displaced citizens and wards of Officers/Staff advt of Military and Paramilitary Forces/ All India services posted to combat terrorists activities in Jammu and Kashmir State

List of UG courses:

At postgraduate level, the college offers Master of Technology (M.Tech) degree in the field of Agriculture to the aspiring candidates. The duration of the M. Tech. course is two years for regular students. Courses of study are offered in multiple number of disciplines and specializations. To get admission in the M.Tech program, candidates need to hold a Bachelor’s degree in the relevant discipline from any recognized institute. Admission to the M.Tech program will be done through Common Entrance Test (CET) 2018, conducted by the Maharashtra Agricultural Universities Examination Board (MAUEB), Pune. In order to get admission candidates need to sit for the CET and pass the examination with minimum 5.5 CGPA.

• 25 % seats shall be filled in all India basis through Common Entrance Examination to be conducted by I.C.A.R., New Delhi (It includes 10% seats over and above the sanctioned intake capacity)
• However, if among the above seats are found to be vacant then those shall be filled in at College / Institute level immediately after Centralised Admission Process and from the state merit list

List of M.Tech courses:

At the postgraduate level, the college offers various courses focusing on the area of Agriculture and Aquaculture / Fisheries. All these programs are provided with various number of specializations. The duration period for both the programs is two years. The intake capacity varies for different specialization programs. Postgraduate admission are strictly on merit basis on marks obtained in the Common Entrance Test (CET) of respective faculty for the current year conducted by Maharashtra Agricultural Universities Examination Board (MAUEB) and CGPA of the qualifying degree examination.

• Admission to all Postgraduate courses shall be on the basis of 70% of Marks obtained in Common Entrance Test conducted by Maharashtra Agriculture University Examination Board (MAUEB) and 30% marks of CGPA in graduation and weightages if any.
• 25 % seats for all Postgraduate Courses shall be filled in all India basis through Common Entrance Examination to be conducted by I.C.A.R., New Delhi (It includes 10% seats over and above the sanctioned intake capacity)
• However, the vacant seats after consideration of the waiting list of ICAR, New Delhi, shall be filled in by the respective University after issuing state level advertisement by adopting the existing rules and regulations being used for the admission process
• After deducting seats to be reserved for ICAR & OS quota, the -- First 50% seats will be kept open for all the students of the State (‘M’ quota) and -- After 50% seats of the admission capacity will be filled in from amongst the students who have passed the qualifying examination from the institution situated in the University area (‘U’ quota)

List of PG courses:

At the doctoral level, the college offers Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree specializing in the fields of Fisheries, Farm Technologies and Agricultural Studies to the research aspirant candidates. The maximum duration period for the Ph.D programs is three years. Admission to the Ph. D. programs are strictly on the basis of merit in the concerned subject in the Ph.D. Common Entrance Test (CET) of respective faculty for the current year conducted by Maharashtra Agricultural Universities Examination Board (MAUEB) and CGPA of the qualifying postgraduate degree examination.

• Admission to all Ph.D. courses shall be on the basis of merit formulated by considering weightage of 70 per cent of the CET score and 30 per cent of the CGPA of the student

List of Ph.D. courses: