CSIR-NET December-2008

COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT GROUP,EXAMINATION UNIT

CSIR COMPLEX, LIBRARY AVENUE, PUSA, NEW DELHI-110012.

NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST (NET)

Joint CSIR-UGC Test For Junior Research Fellowship And Eligibility for

Lectureship – 21st December, 2008

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NOTIFICATION

DATE OF EXAMINATION : 21.12.2008

DATE OF START OF SALE : 12.08.2008

OF APPLICATION FORM

THROUGH BANKS & ONLINE

SUBMISSION

DATE OF CLOSE OF SALE : 04.09.2008

OF APPLICATION FORM

THROUGH BANKS & ONLINE

SUBMISSION

IMPORTANT DATES

A. Date of Examination 21.12.2008

B. Schedule for sale of Information Bulletin

through Bank

(i) Start of sale of Information Bulletin

(ii)Date of close of sale of Information

Bulletin by post only

(iii)Date of close of sale of Information

Bulletin by cash at all branches/

stations

12.08.2008

01.09.2008

04.09.2008

C. Schedule for On-Line Application

(i)Start of On-Line Submission of

Application Form and Fee deposit

Through Bank Challan

(ii) Date of close of On-Line

Submission and deposit of fee (at All stations)

12.08.2008

04.09.2008

D. Last date of receipt of completed

application forms (including duly

completed hard copy of on line

application in the Examination Unit

11.09.2008

E. Last date of receipt of (both kind)

Completed application forms (from remote areas)

18.09.2008

F. Last Date for receipt of written request for

change of Examination Centre only on merit basis

10.10.2008

G. Notification for Examination

coordinators of all Examination

Centres to be published in

‘Employment News’

13.12.2008

1. CSIR will hold the above national level test on

21st December, 2008 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.

1.1 A candidate may apply either for ‘JRF + Lectureship’

both or for ‘Lectureship (LS) only’ He/she may indicate

his/her preference in col.3 of the application, as the case

may be. CSIR may consider candidates applying for

‘JRF + LS’ for ‘Lectureship only” depending on number

of fellowships available. If a candidate is found to be

over-age for JRF (NET) he/she will automatically be

considered for Lectureship (NET) only.

1.2 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). 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 as per the

eligibility criteria of that Scheme/Project. 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.

1.3 The result of the examination to be held on 21.12.2008

may be declared sometime in the month of April

2009 and fellowship to successful candidates could be

awarded from 01.07.2009.

2.1 SUBJECTS OF THE TEST

The Test will be held in the subjects as given under:

1. Chemical Sciences,

2. Earth Atmospheric Ocean and Planetary

Sciences

3. Life Sciences

4. Mathematical Sciences

5. Physical Sciences

2.2 EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

M.Sc. or Equivalent degree under the subjects

mentioned in para 2.1 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 (III/IV Semester where

Semester system is there) of M.Sc. OR equivalent

Degree Examination in subjects mentioned in para 2.1

above during the academic Session 2008-2009. 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 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.

2.3 AGE LIMIT& RELAXATION

For JRF (NET): Minimum 19 Years and maximum 28

years as on 01-07-2008 (upper age limit may be relaxed

up to 5 years as in case of candidates belonging to

SC/ST/OBC, Physically handicapped/Visually

handicapped and female applicants).

For LS (NET): Minimum 19 years, as on 01.07.2008.

No upper age limit.

3. DATE AND SCHEME OF THE TEST

3.1 The Test will be held in two sessions on Sunday,

the 21st December, 2008 with the revised

syllabus of paper I & II, with the revised

scheme of Examination as under: -

Paper Marks Timings Duration

I 200 10.00AM-12.30PM 2-1/2 hrs

II 200 2.00PM-4.30PM 2-1/2 hrs

Negative marking will be made for wrong answers in

Paper I. Paper II will be evaluated only in case of

those candidates who will be able to secure a

minimum of such aggregate marks in Paper I as may

be fixed by the CSIR.

Candidates are required to appear in both the

papers. A candidate who does not appear in Paper I

will not be permitted to appear in Paper II. The

questions in all these papers will appear both in

Hindi and English.

3.2 REVISED SYLLABUS OF THE TEST

Syllabus of Paper I (Section A), subject-wise syllabus of

Paper I (Section B) and Paper II has been revised from

December, 2008 CSIR-UGC JRF(NET) Examination.

4. EXAMINATION CENTRES

The test will be held at 25 Centres spread all over India,

specified below:

Bangalore, Bhavnagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar,

Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Guwahati,

Hyderabad, Imphal, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Karaikudi,

Kolkata, Lucknow, Nagpur, Pilani, Pune, Raipur

Roorkee, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur

and Varanasi.

A candidate may opt for any of the above centres. No

request for change of centre would ordinarily be granted.

However, a request in writing for change of Centre may

be entertained on merits, if received in this unit latest by

10.10.2008.

5. HOW TO OBTAIN THE APPLICATION FORM

THROUGH BANKS OR ONLINE SUBMISSION AND

EXAMINATION FEE PAYABLE

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 in para 5.2 (within the prescribed dates) by paying

the following fee in cash:

CATEGORY FEES

1. General - Rs. 400/-

2. Other Backward Classes (OBC) - Rs. 200/-

3.SC/ST/Physically or

visually handicapped - Rs. 100/-

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 above mentioned Bank will

entertain the request for forms through post from

Tuesday the 12th August, 2008 till Monday, the 1st

September, 2008 only.

The candidate should write his/her name, Date Of

Birth, address, date of Examination (21.12.2008) and

subject code on the back of the Demand Draft so

that it can be located easily, if it gets detached

accidentally from the letter of request for supply of

Information Bulletin. 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.

APPLY ONLINE ON OR BEFORE 04.09.2008

AT www.csirhrdg.res.in

Only online applications followed by hard copy will be

entertained, as per terms and conditions including

eligibility criteria, as notified in the notification. Detailed

advertisement to be seen at www.csirhrdg.res.in

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 places, attach required

certificates and send alongwith CSIR marked copy of fee

deposited Bank Challan in an envelop to Sr. Controller of

Examinations, Human Resource Development Group,

Examination Unit, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa,

New Delhi-110012 on or before 11.09.2008 (18.09.2008

for remote areas).

Examination fee paid along with the Bulletin or through

Bank Challan for a particular examination will neither

be adjusted for any subsequent examination nor

refunded under any circumstances. Similarly,

candidates should also check all the column of Bank

Challan, online application, which are to be filled in

properly to avoid cancellation of application,

5.1 CANDIDATE SEEKING FEE CONCESSION

The candidate should attach an attested copy of the

certificate to the category he belongs as a proof of

his claim. An application form (either through Bank

or online), claiming fee concession but without an

attested copy of a valid SC/ST/OBC/PH/VH

certificate, will be summarily rejected.

5.2 LIST OF DESIGNATED BRANCHES FROM WHERE THE

INFORMATION BULLETIN AND APPLICATION

FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED

(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 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

MAHARASHTRA: 1) "Parasmani" 228, Samarth Nagar,

Aurangabad 2) United India Bldg. Sir P M Road Fort,

Mumbai 3) Gotmare Market, Laxmi Bhuwan Square

Dharampeth, Nagpur 4) 480 Y, Swami R P Road, Nasik 5)

210 Mittal Towers, B Wing, Nariman Point, Mumbai 6) 495,

Mantri Heights, Shaniwar Peth, Pune City 7) 129, Sterling

Centre 11, Moledina Road, Pune Cantonment, Pune 8) 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 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

ORRISA: 1) Mallikashpur, Opp. To Faquir Mohan College,

Balasore, Orrisa-756001 CHHATTISGARH: 1) Jarhabhata

Chowk, Main Road, Bilaspur-495001 MAHARASHTRA: 1)

Patel Plaza Housing Society, M.G.Road, Jalgoan,

Maharashtra-425001 JAMMU & KASHMIR: 1) Poloview

Residency Road, Srinagar-190001.

6. HOW TO APPLY AND THE LAST DATE OF

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORM

Candidates seeking admission to the Test must apply in

the prescribed application form supplied along with the

Information Bulletin. Please handle this form carefully

while filling up. The completed application should be

sent only Under Certificate of Posting (U.P.C). in the

prescribed envelope supplied with Information Bulletin.

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. and

CENTRE CODE in the boxes provided on the envelope

containing the application form (with enclosures).

The application form (through Bank or online), duly

completed with requisite enclosures should be sent

Under Certificate of Posting (U.P.C) 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 11.09.2008.

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 Controller of

Examination CSIR on or before 18.09.2008.

The candidates are advised in their own interest to

apply early enough to ensure timely receipt of their

applications by the Examination Unit on or before

the closing date.

APPLICATION FORM RECEIVED AFTER CLOSING

DATE WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.

7. OTHER GENERAL INFORMATION

(i) Candidates may go through the terms and conditions

for CSIR /UGC Research Fellowships on the

respective websites.

(ii) For detailed information candidates may go through

the ‘Information Bulletin’ and our website

www.csirhrdg.res.in for Joint CSIR-UGC Test for

JRF/Eligibility for Lectureship (NET), December,

2008.

(iii) Candidates must use only the form supplied with

Information Bulletin purchased from any of the

designated branches of the Bank listed in

para 5.2 above. They should ensure that while

selling the form,the bank has authenticated the form

at reverse of the application form in space provided

for the purpose. Application Form should be

purchased from designated branches only and not

from any other agency. Those candidates who are

willing to apply through online application shoule see its

terms & conditions in addition to above, on our website

www.csirhrdg.res.in by ensuring deposit of fee of

Rs.400/-, Rs.200/-, Rs.100/-, as the case may be

through Bank Challan in the respective Bank (Please see

5.2) which may also be downloaded from out above

website.

(iv) ‘The Certificate of Postage’ may be preserved as

acknowledgement.

(v) Candidates should ensure that the signatures

appended by them in all the places viz. In their

application form, Attendance Sheet etc. and in all

the correspondence with the CSIR, should be

identical and there should be no variation of any

kind.

(vi) A candidate must ensure that communications sent

to him/her at the address stated in his/her

application form are redirected, if necessary. Any

change in address of correspondence should be

promptly brought to the notice of Examination Unit

within the prescribed period i.e. by 10.10.2008.

(vii) The Center and date of the Test are liable to be

changed at the discretion of CSIR. No TA will be

paid to the candidates by the CSIR.

(viii) Candidates should note that their candidature is

Provisional till their joining. No candidate will be

admitted to the

Test unless he/she holds the admission Certificate

to the Test. The mere fact that an Admission

Certificate has been issued to a candidate will not

imply that the Council has finally accepted his/her

candidature. Candidates may note that the

verification of essential eligibility conditions of a

candidate with reference to the documents as

may be called for, will be taken up only by the

Lecturer appointing/JRF awarding authorities

after the candidate has qualified in the Test.

(ix) Candidates may please note that all

communications to CSIR should invariably contain

the following particulars, failing which no response

is possible:

(a) Name of the candidate (in full and in BLOCK

LETTERS)

(b) Application form No.

(c) Subject

(d) Centre for Examination

(x) In all matters the decision of the CSIR as to the

eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission

to the Test or his/her subsequent qualifying in the

Test shall be final.

(xi) Any attempt on the part of a candidate to obtain

support for his / her candidature by any means may

disqualify him/her for admission to the examination.

(xii) A candidate who is found of guilty of

impersonation or of submitting fabricated

documents or documents which have been

tempered with or of making statements which are

incorrect or false or of suppressing material

information or otherwise resorting to any other

irregular or improper means for obtaining

admission to the examination, or of using or

attempting to use unfair means or of misbehavior in

the examination hall, may, in addition to rendering

himself liable to criminal prosecution:

(a) Be debarred by the CSIR from this test and

future tests also.

(b) Will be liable to disciplinary action under the

appropriate rules, if he/she is already in

service under Government/Autonomous

Bodies/UGC/CSIR.

(xiii) All disputes pertaining to the NET Examination

shall fall within the jurisdiction of Delhi only.

(xiv) The eligible candidates, in their own interest, are

advised to keep Certificate of Postage and

photocopy of both sides of the completed

Application Form and three identical copies of the

passport size photographs which has been affixed

on the Application Form.

(xv) Candidate may also see information relating to

the examination, ‘Revised Syllabus & Scheme of

Examination along with free of cost sample

question papers for the Joint CSIR-UGC JRF/LS

(NET) – 21.12.2008 and onward examinations.