NIFTEM Admission 2018 – National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management

NIFTEM Admission 2018 – NIFTEM has released notification for admission to the B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D. programmes for the academic year 2018-19. Interested candidates can read the complete details regarding NIFTEM Admission 2018 such as application form, eligibility criteria, selection process etc. on this page.

NIFTEM Admission 2018

NIFTEM offers B.Tech. (Food Technology and Management), M.Tech. and Ph.D. Programmes. This year a new programme of MBA (Food Business Management) is also being started. The complete detail of NIFTEM Admission 2018 for UG, PG, Ph.D programmes is given below.

Schedule for NIFTEM Admission 2018 is given below.

Counselling

The admissions for B.Tech (Food technology and management) 2018 will be made on the basis of the online counselling as notified by NIFTEM. The second round of counselling will take place on the basis of availability of of seats in respective categories and the same will be notified on the official website.

Candidates must report online on the day of counselling. Failing to do so may result in cancellation of the seat. Candidates are advised to keep in touch with the official website for the dates and timings for counselling. The seats will be allotted on the basis of the order of merit of candidates in different categories. For more information regarding counselling procedure, candidates can follow the link given below. The list of shortlisted candidates has been released, candidates can check the came from below.

Shortlisted Candidates:

• Click here to check the list of shortlisted candidates through CAT/MAT for GD-PI.
• Click here to check the list of shortlisted candidates for Written Test for MBA.
• Click here to check the date of written examination for MBA.
• Click here to check the Guidelines and Details of counselling for MBA examination.
• Click here to check the Information sheet for MBA candidates.
• Click here to check the list of shortlisted candidates for 3rd online counselling for provisional admission.
• Click here to check 2nd counselling list of GATE qualified candidates for Provisional Admission and seat upgradation for M.Tech
• Click here to check the list of shortlisted candidates for 2nd online counselling for provisional admission.
• Click here to check the list of shortlisted candidates for B.Tech (Food technology and management).
• Click here to read the guidelines regarding the counselling procedure.

Result

After the completion of the examination and evaluation of the answer sheets, the result has been announced. The provisional list of candidates for admission to B.Tech (FTM) has been released. Candidates can check the same from the link below.

Result: Click here to check the provisional list of candidates selected for admission to B.Tech (FTM)

Eligibility Criteria

For B.Tech Programme –

• Candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or equivalent examination  are eligible.
• Candidates must secure at least 50% in aggregate of all subjects.
• Besides, a candidate must have appeared in JEE (Main)-2018.

AGE: Only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1993 are eligible. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Challenged (PC) candidates, upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years.

Note 1. A candidate, who gets a compartment in the 10+2 examination held in March/April,
2018 will not be eligible for admission even if he/she clears the same (by appearing in the
supplementary examination) before the reporting/ counseling dates.

Note 2. Percentage of marks in each subject in qualifying examination shall be worked out as
suggested by the certificate awarding Board/University/Council. If the Board/University/Council
awards grades without providing equivalent percentage of marks on the grade sheet, the
candidate, should obtain a certificate from the respective Board/ University/Council specifying
equivalent percentage conversion formula, and submit the same at the time of reporting/counseling. In the absence of such a certificate, the decision of NIFTEM Admission Cell
regarding his/her eligibility shall be final.

Note 3. The date of birth as recorded in the high school / first Board/ Pre-University certificate
will be accepted. If the certificate does not mention the date of birth, a candidate must submit
along with the application, an authenticated document by a competent authority indicating the
date of birth.

For M.Tech Programme –

Four Year’s Bachelor’s Degree or a Master’s degree in relevant discipline with minimum 60% marks in aggregate. Additional programme wise requirement are as below:

For Ph.D. Programmes –

M.Tech/ Master Degree in relevant discipline with at least 60% marks at Masters. Preference will be given to NET qualified candidates. Candidates can apply only in one department.

For MBA Programmes: 

Bachelor’s degree and equivalent in relevant discipline with minimum 50% aggregate marks (45% in case of SC / ST) or equivalent CGPA.

Selection Process

Selection Process for NIFTEM Admission 2018 for B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D programes are given below.

Selection Process for NIFTEM B.Tech Programme

The merit list will be prepared purely based on All India Rank of JEE (Main)-2018 (overall rank) of the eligible applicants. On-line counselling procedure for admission will be followed. Kindly refer to NIFTEM’s website from time to time for any changes.

Selection Process for NIFTEM M.Tech Programme

The Admission to M.Tech programme will be based on valid GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering) score and personal interview (30 marks). Merit list wilt be prepared based on valid GATE score multiplied by 0.07 (70% Weightage of GATE Score) and will be added to marks obtained in the personal interview. The merit list will be displayed on the NIFTEM website NIFTEM reserves the right to decide a cut off in GATE score. Candidates whose GATE score is more than or equal to cutoff marks, will only be called for interview. After the admission of eligible GATE qualified candidates, the remaining seats, if any, will be filled by Non- GATE candidates (B.E./B.Tech/ M.Sc.). Non- GATE candidates would require to qualify the entrance exam (70 marks), conducted by NIFTEM at NIFTEM Campus Kundli, NIFTEM reserves the right to decide a cut off marks in entrance exam for non -GATE candidates. Candidates whose score is more than or equal to cutoff marks, will only be called for interview, The Non-GATE applicants common entrance exam shall not be conducted, if all seats have been filled by GATE candidates. In that case, the claim for refund of application fee shall not be entertained.

Pattern of Entrance Test

The written test conducted for non-GATE candidates shall consist of seventy (70) multiple choice questions of one mark each, there shall be negative marking and for each wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted. The duration of the test will be one hour. The test shall consist of two parts.

Part-A shell contain twenty (20) questions to test the Mental Ability. English and General Knowledge.

Part-B shall contain fifty (50) questions to test candidates knowledge base in their eligibility areas. Due to varied nature of eligibility areas, Part-B shall consist of five sections and candidates may attempt any one of them. Broad description of each section under Part-B is given below:

• Part-I: Food Science and Technology, Food Engineering, Dairy Technology, Foods and Nutrition.
• Part-II: Food Engineering, Agricultural Process Engineering, Bio-Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
• Part-III: Food Business Management and Entrepreneurship.
• Part-IV: Food Science and Technology, Foods and Nutrition, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry.
• Part-V: Agriculture, Environmental Science, Food Science and Technology.

Selection Process for NIFTEM Ph.D Programmes

Candidates who have qualified UGC-NET (including JRF)/UGC-CSIR NET (including JRF)/ICAR-NET (including JRF) /SLET shall be exempted from Research Entrance Test (RET) in line with clause 5.1 of UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awards of M. Phil and PhD Degrees) Regulations 2016.

RET to be organized by NIFTEM at NIFTEM campus, Kundli. As per entrance paper choice, question papers for RET shall consist of seventy (70) multiple choice questions of one mark each. The duration of the test will be one hour. The test shall consist of two parts. Part A shall contain twenty (20) questions to test the Mental Ability, English and General Knowledge of the candidate. Part B shall contain fifty (50) questions to test candidate’s technical background in their eligibility areas. There shall be negative marking and for each wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted. Qualifying marks is 50%. Syllabus for the entrance exam will be uploaded later in NIFTEM website.

Both NET (including JRF) qualified and RET qualified candidates will appear for interview /presentation where the candidates would be required to discuss their research areas/interest before the interview panel. Separate department-wise (subject specific) merit lists to be prepared based on the interview performance only.

Selection Process for NIFTEM MBA Programme

MBA Programme is based on last two years’ score of CAT/MAT and an Internal-Test for Non CAT/MAT category applicants. The final selection of shortlisted candidates will be made on the basis of GD/PI, past academic performance, and work experience.

For Foreign Nationals admission is based directly upon the merit and the applicants do not have to appear in the Entrance Test or Interview. The eligibility for Foreign Nationals 60% aggregate marks in the qualifying examination, for detailed guideline, applicants may refer relevant section for foreign students in this brochure.

Number of Seats

For the sake of the candidates. number of seats offered by NIFTEM is given below.

Official Website: www.niftem.ac.in.

For More Details of NIFTEM Admission 2018 Download – Latest Notification |  Information Brochure.

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