CSIR will hold the Joint CSIR-UGC Test for determining the eligibility of the Indian National candidates for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) NET and for determining eligibility for appointment of Lecturers (NET) in certain subject areas falling under the faculty of Science. The award of Junior Research Fellowship (NET) to the successful eligible candidates will depend on their finding admission/placement in a university/ national laboratory/ institution of higher learning and research, as applicable.

Important dates

Date of sales of application

Through bank – 21.02.2012

On-line – 21.02.2012

Date of close of sales of application

(on-line) – 20.03.2012

Date of submission of application

On-line submission - 20.03.2012

Completed application forms (including duly completed hard copy of on line application in the Examination Unit – 26.03.2012

Receipt of (both kind) completed application forms (from remote areas) – 02.04.2012

Date of test

17.06.2012

Application/ Eligibility

Fee for application

·         General category - Rs. 400/-

·         Other Backward Classes(OBC) (Non Creamy Layer) - Rs. 200/-

·         SC/ST/Physically Handicapped (PH) or Visually Handicapped (VH ) - Rs. 100/-

How to apply

·         Through Information Bulletin. Information bulletin can be obtained by hand or through post.

·         Online application onwww.csirhrdg.res.in

Availability of application/ forms

Information bulletin can be obtained from several branches of Indian bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce

Eligibility for application

M.Sc. or Equivalent degree

Minimum 55% marks for General & OBC candidates; 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 RA (Result Awaited) 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

Age limit for JRF (NET): Minimum 19 Years and maximum 28 years as on 01-07-2012 (upper age limit may be relaxed up to 5 years as in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC(Non Creamy Layer), Physically handicapped/Visually handicapped and female applicants).

Age limit for LS (NET): Minimum 19 years, as on 01.07.2012. No upper age limit.

About the test

Test Centres

26 Centres spread all over India, as specified below:

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.

Courses/ Topics/ Subjects covered

Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences,

Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences,

Physical Sciences

Pattern of the Test

The question paper shall be divided into three parts, (A, B & C) as per syllabus & Scheme of Exam.

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.