National Eligibility Test
December-2010 for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for
Lectureship
Important dates:
i) Last date for Applying On-Line :
25-10-2010
ii) Last date for receiving the print out of online Application Form (2
copies) , Attendance Slip and Admission Card at the respective test centres
(with fee receipt & category certificate(s) ). Print out of online application
form sent directly to the UGC office will not be entertained. :
01-11-2010
1). The University Grants Commission announces holding of the National
Eligibility Test (NET) on 26th December, 2010 (Sunday) for determining the
eligibility of Indian nationals for the Award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)
and Eligibility for Lectureship in Indian universities and colleges. UGC will
conduct NET in 77 (seventy seven) subjects (listed under item no. 9) at 70
(Seventy, including four new centres) selected University Centres (listed under
Item no. 10) spread across the country.
The result of the UGC-NET held on 27th June, 2010 and the one to be held on
26th December, 2010 will be made available on the UGC website: www.ugc.ac.in and
shall also be published in the Employment News as and when it is declared. The
candidates will not be individually intimated about their result. The candidates
who qualify for the award of Junior Research Fellowship are eligible to pursue
research in the subject of their post-graduation or in a related subject and are
also eligible for lectureship. The universities, institutions, IITs and other
national organizations may select the JRF awardees for whole time research work
in accordance with the procedure prescribed by them. The award of JRF will
depend on the performance of the candidate in all three papers of NET. However,
the candidates qualifying exclusively for lectureship will not be considered for
award of JRF. Candidates appearing in NET should clearly specify in the
prescribed Application Form whether they are applying for both JRF & eligibility
for Lectureship OR only for eligibility for Lectureship.
Candidates who qualify the Test for eligibility for Lectureship will be
governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of lecturers of the
concerned universities/colleges/state governments, as the case may be.
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Visually Handicapped (VH)/Physically
Handicapped (PH) / Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-creamy layer), as per the
central list of Other Backward Classes available on National Commission for
Backward Classes (NCBC), Government of India website : www.ncbc.nic.in,
candidates will be given such special concessions as may be decided by the
Commission.
JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP :
Candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship will be
eligible to receive fellowship of UGC under various schemes, subject to finding
their placement in universities/IITs/institutions. The validity period of the
offer is two years w.e.f. the date of issue of JRF Award Letter. However, in
case the candidates who already have joined M.Phil/Ph.D., the date of
commencement of fellowship shall be from the date of declaration of NET result
or date of their joining, whichever is later.
CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY:
i) Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in
Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from universities/institutions
recognised by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Sciences,
Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this
Test. The Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Physically Handicapped
(PH)/Visually Handicapped (VH) category candidates who have secured at least 50%
marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination are
eligible for this Test.
ii) Candidates who have appeared OR will be appearing at the qualifying
Master’s degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited OR
candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for
this Test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall 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 shall be
treated as disqualified.
iii) The 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 (i.e., from
55% to 50%) for appearing in NET.
iv) Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their post-graduation
only. The candidates whose post-graduation subject is not covered in the list of
subjects in item No. 9, may appear in a related subject.
v) Candidates seeking concession in fee are required 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 alongwith printout of their Application Form. Therefore, the
candidates, in their own interest, must satisfy themselves about their
eligibility for the Test. In the event of any ineligibility being detected by
the Commission at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall
be liable for legal action.
It
was very tough to achieve place in Civil Services was a past story, but now
students from rural background proved it wrong, says Dr. DP Agarwal, Chairman
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He was in city to address a seminar on
Inclusive Growth and Social Tensions held at Andhra University. 
