Wednesday, October 5, 2011

UGC- National Eligibility Test (NET) 2011

ELIGIBILITY: Applicant should have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from Universities/Institutions recognized by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Sciences, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. Those belonging to SC/ST/Physically Handicapped (PH)/Visually Handicapped (VH) category need only 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree or equivalent examination.
Those who have appeared OR will be appearing at the qualifying Master’s Degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited OR those whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply subject tot the condition that they will be admitted provisionally and will be considered eligible for award of JRF/Lectureship eligibility only after they have passed their Master’s Degree examination or equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of SC/ST/PH/VH category candidates). Such candidates must complete their P.G Degree examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they will be treated as disqualified.
Ph.D. Degree holders whose Master’s level examination had been completed by 19th September, 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET.
Applicants should appear in the subject of their Post-Graduation only. Those applicants, whose Post-Graduation subject is not covered in the list of subjects, may appear in a related subject.
Exemption (Eligibility for Lectureship): NET/SLET/SET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities/ Colleges/Institutions. Those who are or have been awarded a Ph. D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009, are exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/ Colleges/ Institutions.
Those who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET.
SET Candidates: Those who have cleared the State Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for eligibility for Lectureship held prior to 1st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, being eligible to apply for Lectureship anywhere in India. For SET held from 1st June 2002 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of Lecturer only in the Universities/Colleges belonging to the state from where they have cleared their SET.
Age Limit & Relaxation:
Junior Research Fellowship: Applicant should not be more than 28 years of age as on 01.12.2011. SC/ST/OBC/PH/VH categories and women will get a relaxation up to 5 years. Relaxation will also be provided to the candidates having research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant/related subject of Post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a certificate from appropriate authority. Three years’ relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates possessing L.L.M. Degree. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any circumstances.
Lectureship: There is no upper age limit for applying for lectureship eligibility.
Fees: Examination Fee is Rs.450/- for General Candidates, Rs.225/- for Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC available at www.ncbc.nic.in ) and Rs.110/- for SC/ST/PH/VH candidates.
Those seeking concession in fee have to submit attested copy of their OBC(Non-creamy layer)/SC/ST/PH/VH certificate along with online printout of their Application Forms (obtained while applying on-line). Other candidates are not required to submit any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility along with printout of their Application Form.
Fee has to be paid by using the challan form that can be downloaded from http://ugcnetonline.in/bank_challan.pdf or using the photocopy available in the UGC-NET Notification published in the Employment News.
Bank Challan Form has to be filled in triplicate (Bank Copy, UGC Copy & Candidate’s Copy) as given in the Notification.
All the three copies of the Challan Form have to be submitted in any branch of State Bank of India along with the fees to be remitted and bank charges (commission) of Rs.20/-. The bank will retain one copy and return two copies of the challan to the applicant. The applicant has to attach the UGC copy of the challan with the printout of online Application Form which he/she has to submit to the Registrar of UGC-NET Centre opted by the candidate.
Applications: Applications have to be submitted online at www.ugcnetonline.in OR through a link available on www.ugc.ac.in.
Before applying Online, the candidates must possess Scanned passport (pp) size photograph in JPEG format of less than 300 kb and Copy of Bank Challan (fee receipt).
After successful submission, the candidate should take printout of online Application Form (two copies), Attendance Slip (one copy) and Admission Card (one copy) on separate A-4 size papers.
SC/ST/PH/VH candidates and candidates belonging to OBC (non-creamy layer) (as per the Central list of OBC available on website: www.ncbc.nic.in ) must enclose the attested copy of certificate for the same.
Those seeking age relaxation must enclose the certificate of educational qualification/research experience entitling age relaxation.
Applicants must affix their recent identical passport size photographs, at the places indicated, on the printout of Online Application Form and must sign across the photograph after it is affixed so that a part of the signature spreads over the Application Form beyond the photograph. Besides, it should be duly attested by the Head of the University Department/Principal of the College/Class-I Gazetted Officer.
Printout of Online Application Form should be addressed to the Registrar of the respective University Test Centres. However, candidates desirous of appearing at the Centre Code No. 65 should address their Application Forms to the Principal of the College.
The Application (consisting of two copies of printout of online application form, one copy of Attendance Slip and one copy of Admission Card along with required documents) must reach the Registrar of the University (UGC Test Centre) on or before 31.10.2011, in an envelope super-scribed “UGC NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP, DECEMBER 2011”.

Result: The result will be made available at www.ugc.ac.in and www.ugcnetonline.in as and when it is declared. The candidates will not be individually intimated about their result.
For more more information visit :  http://ugcnetonline.in/index.php

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