JRF NET Science Subjects

CSIR will hold the Joint CSIR-UGC Test on 18th December, 2011 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.

A candidate may apply either for 'JRF + Lectureship' or for 'Lectureship (LS) only' He/she may indicate his/her preference 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 fulfill 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.

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 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 JRF-NET 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 final result of this Single MCQ test may be declared in the month of February, 2012 and fellowship to successful candidates could be awarded from 01.07. 2012.

Subjects of the Test

The Test will be held in the subjects are: 1.Chemical Sciences, 2.Earth Sciences, 3.Life Sciences, 4.Mathematical Sciences, 5.Physical Sciences

Educational Qualification: M.Sc. or Equivalent degree under the subjects mentioned above, with 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 in subjects mentioned above during the academic Session 2011-2012. 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.

Age Limit and Relaxation

For JRF (NET): Minimum 19 Years and maximum 28 years as on 01-07-2011 (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).
For LS (NET): Minimum 19 years, as on 01.07.2011. No upper age limit.

Syllabus & Scheme of Exam of single Paper is given in the Information Bulletin for this test at Annexure 'A' and may also be seen at CSIR website:       www.csirhrdg.res.in .

Examination Centres

The test will be held at 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.

How to Apply

OPTION-I : Apply through Information Bulletin: Apply through Information Bullettin :
1.By Hand :
Candidates applying for the Test may obtain the Information Bulletin and Application forms (inclusive of fee payable) through the branches of the Bank notified below (within the prescribed dates) by paying the following fee in cash:

Sl.No. CATEGORY                                                  FEES
1. General                                                           Rs. 400/-
2. Other Backward Classes(OBC) (Non Creamy Layer)  Rs. 200/-
3. SC/ST/PH/(PH) or Visually Handicapped (VH )         Rs. 100/-

2. By Post :
The information Bulletin and Application form may also be obtained through Value Payable Post(V.P.P.) from the 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 the case may be) drawn in favour of "Indian Bank, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi" payable at New Delhi. For this purpose, the candidate should send a request to the Bank with TWO self-addressed slips clearly mentioning the address at which he/she desires the Information Bulletin & Application Form to be sent by Value Payable Post (V.P.P.) The Bank will entertain the request for forms through post from Tuesday, the 16th August, 2011 to Tuesday, the 30th August, 2011 only, hence, candidates are advised to send well in advance so as to reach their request within the above said period. The candidate should write his/her name, Date Of Birth, address, date of Examination (18.12.2011) and subject code on the back of the Demand Draft. However, before attaching the draft with letter of request, the candidates should check that it bears the code number of the issuing bank and drawee bank and also amount and signatures of issuing authority.

Option II  : Apply through Online Application

Interested & eligible candidates may apply for this test Online through a link available at CSIR, HRDG website: www.csirhrdg.res.in. In order to apply Online the candidates are required to download Bank challan Performa from the above website and then deposit the requisite examination fee in any of the Indian Bank branches throughout the country. The examination fee for the Online application is same as mentioned above. Candidates after successfully submitting application online are 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 alongwith CSIR marked copy of fee deposited Bank Challan in an envelope to Sr. Controller of Examinations, Human Resource Development Group, Examination Unit, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012 so as to reach on or before 09.09.2011 (16.09.2011 for remote areas).

List of Designated Branches from where the Information Bullettins and Application Forms may be obtained by Hand.
(a)   INDIAN BANK
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: 1) 22, First Floor Babu Lane, Aberdeen Bazaar, Port Blair. ANDHRA PRADESH: 1) 6-3-852, Red Cortege Ameerpet, Begumpet, Hyderabad 2) D.No.26-2-36 Andhra Ratna Road, Gandhinagar, Vijaywada 3) Kothapet Guntur 4) 40-301, Bhagya Nagar, Bellary Road, Kurnool 5) Sai Viswanatha Shopping Complex, 16/157 Trunk Road, Nellore 6) 5-2-993/1,First Floor, Nizamshahi Road, Osmangunj, Hyderabad 7) 201, Karan Centre, Sarojini Devi Road, Secunderabad 8) 293, Gandhi Road, Tirupathi 9) Sivalayam Street, Krishna Dist., Vijaywada 10) 30-15-136/A Lorven Plaza, Block No:42, Allipuram Ward, Daba Gardens, Viskhapatnam 11) No. 14-2-153, J.P.N.Road, Mandi Bazaar , Warangal ASSAM: 1) R N C Path, Dibrugah 2) S S Road, Fancy Bazaar, Guwahati 3) Assam Trunk Road, Jorhat BIHAR & JHARKHAND: 1) 4, Patal Babu Road, Bhagalpur 2) Golpathar Thakur Bari, Gaya 3) Main Road Bistupur, Singhbhum Dist. Jamshedpur 4) West Gandhi Maidan, Patna 5) Sainik Bhavan, Main Road, Ranchi 6) C/7, City Centre Sector IV, Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro DELHI 1) 309, Main Road, Chandni Chowk, Delhi 2) 13, Community Centre, Zamrudpur, Greater Kailash - I, New Delhi 3) 106 & 107, Aurobindo Place, D D A Commercial Complex, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 4) C - 26/27 Community Centre, Janakpuri, New Delhi 5) 13/36, Arya Samaj Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi 6) 1376, Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi 7) 33, Pratap Nagar, Mayur Vihar Phase - I, Patparganj, Delhi 8) Main G-41, Connaught Circus, New Delhi 9) 47-48, Pragati House, Nehru Place, New Delhi 10) D-1/1, Rana Pratap Bagh, New Delhi 11) A B 20, Safdarjung Development Enclave, New Delhi 12) A 7, NDSE Part I, Main Ring Road, South Extension, New Delhi 13) 3/1, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 14) Aggarwal Tarun Plaza, DDA Shopping Centre, Tarun Enclave, Pitampura, Delhi 15) Aggarwal Mall, I Floor Plot No.3, Sector V, Ashirwad Chowk, Dwarka, New Delhi. GOA 1) Station Road, Margao 2) Hotel Bardez Building, Coscar Corner, Mapusa 3) Dr. Domingo Roque De - Souza Road, Panaji GUJRAT 1) Mission Road, Bhadra, Ahmedabad 2) Prof. Manekrao Road, Raopura, Baroda 3) Kantawala Dela Undivakhar, Bhavnagar 4) Kasi Vishwanath Road, Jamnagar 5) Ring Road, Belgium Tower, Surat 6) Block 316, Sector 16, Gandhi Nagar HARYANA: 1) A-3/3, Nehru Ground, Faridabad 2) Gurdwara Road, Gurgoan 3) SCF 20 Red Square Market, Hissar 4) 574/2, Civil Road , Rohtak HIMACHAL PRADESH: 1) 17, The Mall, Shimla JAMMU: 1) 56 A/B, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu (J&K) KARNATAKA: 1) 35, Lady Curzon Road, Bangalore Cantonment 2) 7, Gandhi Bazaar, Basavangudi, Bangalore 3) Goldsmith Street Brucepet, Bellary 4) No 7 , 4th Main Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore 5) Mangala Shopping Complex, Touching Sangama Talikes Compound Line Bazaar Road, Dharwar 6) 57/4-9, R.S. Plaza, I floor, Vinoba Road, Gandhi Square, Mysore 7) 110, M G Road Bangalore 8) B H Road, Shimoga KERALA: 1) 29/373F, Ground Floor, Ray Bhavan, NH 47 Byepass Thykoodam, VYTTILA ,Kochi 2) M C Road Baker Junction, Kottayam 3) C 34, S M Street, Kozhikode 4) Swaraj Round East, Thrissur 5) Indian Bank Towers M G Road, Thiruvananthapuram MADHYA PRADESH: 1) 83, M P Nagar, Zone II, Bhopal 2) 752, Iderganj Square Lashkar, Gwalior 3) G-1, Shree Vardhan Complex 4, R N T Marg, Indore 4) 426, Marhataal, Jabalpur CHATISGARH: 1) Gurunanak Chowk, Raipur 2) 1st Floor, Taha Complex, Vyapar Vihar, Bilaspur MAHARASHTRA: 1) "Parasmani" 228, Samarth Nagar, Aurangabad 2) 99, Polan Peth, First Floor, Dana Bajar, Jalgaon 3) United India Bldg. Sir P M Road Fort, Mumbai 4) Gotmare Market, Laxmi Bhuwan Square Dharampeth, Nagpur 5) 480 Y, Swami R P Road, Nasik 6) 210 Mittal Towers, B Wing, Nariman Point, Mumbai 7) 495, Mantri Heights, Shaniwar Peth, Pune City 8) 129, Sterling Centre 11, Moledina Road, Pune Cantonment, Pune 9) Bakle Complex, 162/6, Railway Lines, Sholapur MEGHALAYA: 1) G S Road, Burra Bazaar, Shillong, East Khasi Hills, Shillong ORISSA: 1) 32, Janpath Ashok Nagar Unit II, Bhubaneswar 2) 1140, Main Road, Rourkela, Sundargarh Dist. Rourkela 3) Laxmi Talkies Road, Sambalpur 4) 566/1414, Padmalaya market Complex Khunta, Balasore PONDICHERRY: 1) 288, M G Road, Pondicherry PUNJAB: 1) 42, Chowk Farid Katra Sher Singh, Amritsar 2) 922 G T Road, Jalandhar 3) Near A C Market Adalat Bazaar, Patiala. CHANDIGARH: 1) SCO 38-39 Madhya Marg, Sector 7 C, Chandigarh RAJASTHAN: 1) Alakh Sagar, KEM Road, Bikaner 2) "Dharma Heights" 10 Motilal Atal Road, Opp.Ganpati Plaza, M.I. Road, Jaipur 3) 4th Chopasni Road , Jodhpur 4) MP A8 Mahavir Nagar II, Kota 5)182, Outside Delhi Gate, Udaipur SIKKIM: 1) Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Market, Gangtok TAMIL NADU: 1) Gee Gee Complex, First Floor 42, Anna Salai, Chennai 2) 31 Variety Hall Road, Coimbatore Main 3) 21, Koviloor Road, Karaikudi 4) 100, East Avani Moola St. Madurai Main 5) 128, Big Bazaar St. Tiruchirapalli Main 6) 5-J, Madurai Road, Tirunelveli Junction UTTAR PRADESH: 1) E-11/8, I floor, Prateek Centre, Sanjay Place, Agra 2) Marris Road, Aligarh 3) 249, Chak Zero Road, Allahabad 4) 152-E, Civil Lines Chowki Chauraha, Bareilly 5) 3, Navyug Market, Ghaziabad 6) Bank Road, Gorakhpur 7) 50/276 Halsi Road, Kanpur 8) 64, Cant. Board office Kanpur Cantt. 9) 1-2, Ashok Marg, Lucknow 10) B-1316, Sai Plaza B Block Crossing, Indira Nagar, Lucknow 11) 213, Begum Bridge Road, Meerut 12) C-7/34-B, Lahurabir, Varanasi 13) D-48/122, Missirpokhra, Godowlia, Varanasi UTTRANCHAL: 1) 3, Astely Hall Rajpur Road, Dehradun WEST BENGAL: 1) 150, B C Road, Burdwan 2) 3/1, R N Mukherjee Road, Shree Ram Chambers, Kolkata Main 3) Bajaj Bhawan, Nachan Road, Benachitty, Durgapur 4) Malancha Main Road, Kharida, Kharagpur, Midnapore Dist. Kharagpur 5) Hill Craft Road, Siliguri, Darjeeling Dist. Siliguri 6) West Bengal Uni. Of Technology, BF-142, Salt Lake Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata 7) Akash Ganga Commercial Complex, I floor, Block E, Basudebpur, Durga Chowk P.O., Khanjanchak, Haldia 8) 9/118, Rabindra Avenue, Khudiram Shaw Complex, 1st Floor, Opp. Zilla School, Malda.
(b) ORIENTIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
JAMMU & KASHMIR: 1) Poloview Residency Road, Srinagar-190001.

Candidate should check that the Serial number printed on the Information Bulletin, Application form, Certificate of Postage card and on the envelope are the same. The application form should be filled-in by the candidate legibly and carefully, in his/her own handwriting with Black INK pen. Candidate should super-scribe the SUBJECT CODE, APPLICATION FORM NO., Medium of Exam and CENTRE CODE in the boxes provided on the envelope containing the application form (with enclosures).

LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORM:

The application form (through Bank or online), duly completed with requisite enclosures should be sent by Under Certificate of Posting /Ordinary post to the Sr. Controller of Examinations, Examination Unit, Human Resource Development Group, CSIR Complex, Opposite Institute of Hotel Management, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi 110012 so as to reach Examination Unit CSIR on or before 09.09.2011.

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 16.09.2011.

List of candidates registered for this will be made available on the website tentatively on 1st November, 2011. The candidates must refer to the website for checking their registration in time & for having update from time to time.