Introduction

The Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GOI) has established the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent, autonomous, and self-sustained premier testing organization under the Societies Registration Act (1860) for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been entrusted by the Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, with the task of conducting of Graduate Aptitude Test Biotechnology (GAT-B) an All-India Entrance Examination to test the eligibility of bonafide Indian nationals for admissions to DBT supported Post Graduate programmes in Biotechnology and allied areas at Participating Institutions/Universities in India and Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET), the national qualifying examination for award of Doctoral Research Fellowships under the DBT-Junior Research Fellowship (DBTJRF) Programme.