Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),
Human Resource Development Group, Examination Unit,
CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012
CSIR UGC NET June 2012
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Human Resource Development Group, Examination Unit, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012, has announced the Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for determining the eligibility of Indian Nationals for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF-NET) and for determining eligibility for appointment of Lecturers in certain subject areas falling under the Faculty of Science.
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) is available for five years for candidates who desire to pursue research, subject to fulfilment of certain conditions including their finding admission/placement in a University/ National Laboratory/ Institution of higher learning and research.
Examination: The CSIR-UGC NET will be held on 17th June, 2012 at Bangalore, Bhavnagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Guntur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Karaikudi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Nagpur, Pilani, Pune, Raipur Roorkee, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Varanasi.
No request for change of centre opted, would ordinarily be granted. However, a request in writing for change of Centre may be entertained on merits, if received in the unit latest by 23.04.2012. If sufficient number of candidates do not opt for any of the above Centres, that particular Centre may stand deleted from the above list or otherwise also, the concerned candidates may be allotted another Centre nearest to their place of residence, at the discretion of CSIR. No TA/DA will be admissible to any candidate for attending the test, in any circumstances.
Subjects: The Test will be held in (i) Chemical Sciences (ii) Earth Sciences (iii) Life Sciences (iv) Mathematical Sciences and (v) Physical Sciences
Eligibility: Applicant should hold M.Sc or Equivalent Degree under the subjects mentioned in pre-para, with minimum 55% marks for General & OBC candidates and 50% for SC/ST candidates, Physically and Visually Handicapped candidates and Ph.D Degree holders who had passed Master's Degree prior to 19th September 1991.
A candidate can also apply for the Test under Result Awaited (RA) category, if he/she is appearing or has appeared in his/her final year (Last Semester where Semester system is there) of M.Sc or equivalent Degree Examination in subjects mentioned, during the academic Session 2011-12. Such candidates will have to submit the attestation format (given at the reverse of the application form) duly certified by the Head of the Deptt./Institute over his/her signature and rubber stamp (with address and name) from where the candidate is appearing or has appeared in the final year(Last Semester where Semester system is there) M.Sc. or equivalent Degree examination. However, such candidates shall be admitted to the Test provisionally. They shall only be considered eligible for JRF-(NET)/LS-(NET), if they are able to produce the proof of having passed the Master’s Degree examination in the relevant or related subject with the requisite percentage of marks and within the stipulated time frame. Students enrolled in integrated MS-Ph D Program are also eligible to apply for JRF in subject areas of NET. Their eligibility for Lectureship will be subject to fulfilling the criteria laid down by UGC.
Age limits: For JRF (NET), applicant should be of minimum 19 years of age and maximum 28 years of age as on 1.1.2012. The upper age limit is relaxable up to 5 years in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (Non Creamy Layer), Physically handicapped/Visually handicapped and female applicants. For LS (NET) applicant should be of minimum 19 years of age as on 1.1.2012. There is no upper age limit in this case.
Scheme of the Test: NET will be of 3 hours duration and will have single paper having Multiple Choice Questions. The morning session will, have the tests in (i) Life Sciences and (ii) Mathematical Sciences and will be held from 9 am to12 noon. The tests in (i) Chemical Sciences (ii) Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences and (iii) Physical Sciences will be held from
2 pm to 5 pm on 17th June, 2012.Syllabus & Scheme of Exam is available in the Information Bulletin at Annexure I and also at www.csirhrdg.res.in.
The question paper will be divided into three parts, A, B & C. Part 'A' shall be common to all subjects. This part shall contain questions pertaining to General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude. Part 'B' shall contain subject-related conventional Multiple Choice questions (MCQs), generally covering the topics given in the syllabus. Part 'C' shall contain higher value questions that may test the candidate's knowledge of scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific concepts. The questions shall be of analytical nature where a candidate is expected to apply the scientific knowledge to arrive at the solution to the given scientific problem. Negative marking for wrong answers, wherever required, shall be applicable as per scheme of Exam.
To enable the candidates to go through the questions, the question paper booklet will be distributed 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the exam. The Answer sheet will be distributed at the scheduled time of the exam.
The Question Booklet will be printed in Hindi & English Version separately. Those opting for Hindi medium in the Application Form, will be supplied Question Booklet printed in bilingual and Candidate opting for English medium, will be supplied Question Booklet printed in English Version only. The candidate will be required to answer as per option exercised in the application Form.
The final result may be declared sometime in the month of August, 2012 and fellowship to successful candidates could be awarded from 01.01.2013.
Application Fee: Application fee for General candidates is Rs. 400/- while for Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non Creamy Layer), it is Rs. 200/-. For SC/ST/Physically Handicapped (PH) or Visually Handicapped (VH), applicants, it is Rs. 100/-
Application: A candidate may apply either for ‘JRF + Lectureship’ or for ‘Lectureship (LS) only’ and the preference has to be indicated in the O.M.R Application Form/Online Application, as the case may be. CSIR may consider candidates applying for ‘JRF + LS’ or ‘Lectureship only’, depending on number of fellowships available & performance in the test subject to the condition that they fulfil the laid down eligibility criterion. If a candidate is found to be over-age for JRF (NET) he/she will automatically be considered for Lectureship (NET) only.
Submission of Application: Application can be submitted after obtaining the Information Bulletin and Application forms through the branches of the Bank notified and available at http://csirhrdg.res.in/netjune2012notice.pdf within the prescribed dates, by paying the fee applicable, in cash.
The information Bulletin and Application form may also be obtained through Value Payable Post (V.P.P) from ‘Indian Bank, 3/1, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi-110 008’, by sending a Crossed Demand Draft for Rs. 400/-, Rs. 200/- or Rs.100/-, as applicable, drawn in favour of ‘Indian Bank, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi’, payable at New Delhi (with name, date of birth, address, date of Examination (17.06.2012) and subject code written on the back of the Demand Draft), along with 2 self-addressed slips clearly mentioning the address at which the Information Bulletin & Application Form are to be sent by V.P.P,
to reach the addressee between 21st February, 2012 (Tuesday) and latest by 14th March, 2012 (Wednesday). The DD should bear the code number of the issuing bank and Drawee bank and also amount and signatures of issuing authority.
Application can also be submitted online at
www.csirhrdg.res.in . Applicant is first required to download Bank challan Performa from the website and then deposit the requisite examination fee in any of the Indian Bank branches throughout the country.
After successful submission of application online, applicant is required to take print out of the Application Form, paste his/her recent black & white photograph, put his/her signature at the required space, attach requisite certificates and send the same along with CSIR marked copy of fee deposited Bank Challan to ‘Sr. Controller of Examinations, Human Resource Development Group, Examination Unit, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012’, so as to reach there
on or before 26.03.2012. For candidates applying from Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Ladakh Division of J&K State, Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshdweep, the application form must reach the Sr.Controller of Examination CSIR
on or before 02.04.2012. Online applications without hard copy or bank challan receipt or incomplete in any respect will be summarily rejected.
Those seeking fee concessions should attach an attested copy of his/her category certificate as a proof of his/her claim. An application form (either through Bank or online), claiming any concession in fee & education qualification but without an attested copy of a valid SC/ST/OBC(Non Creamy Layer)/PH/VH certificate from a competent authority and in prescribed format, will be summarily rejected.
CSIR follows only Central Govt. lists and not state Govt. lists. Similarly, Govt. of India rules will be applicable for those applying under physically handicapped (PH)/ visually handicapped (VH) category.
Merit list: Two separate merit lists, one comprising the candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF - NET) and the second, of those candidates qualifying the Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET), will be made on the basis of their performance in the above Test. Candidates qualifying for JRF (NET), will also be eligible for Lectureship (NET) subject to fulfilling the eligible criteria laid down by UGC. The candidates qualifying for Lectureship will be eligible for recruitment as Lecturers as well as for JRF-ship in a Scheme/Project, if otherwise suitable. However, they will not be eligible for Regular JRFNET Fellowship. They will be eligible to pursue Ph.D. programme with or without any fellowship other than JRF-NET.
Candidates qualifying for the award of JRF (NET) will receive fellowship either from CSIR or UGC as per their assignment or from the Schemes with which they may find association. The candidates declared eligible for Junior Research Fellowship under UGC scheme will be governed by UGC rules/regulations in this regard.
For more details, see
http://csirhrdg.res.in/netjune2012notice.pdf
