CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), the apex industrial R&D organization in India, has just issued notification for
CSIR NET 2010 exam.
Click here to download the CSIR NET June 2010 Notification. This notification can also be found in Employment News dated 13th February. This blog post aims to summarize the content of above notification.
Before we go further, a small primer on what is CSIR NET:
What is CSIR NET:
CSIR NET (National Eligibility test) is a national level test, held for five major science subjects (
Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences). It is also called as CSIR-UGC NET, since the exam is held in association with UGC. UGC on its own also conducts another exam called UGC NET, which is held for 93 other applied science/non-science subjects. To know more about the origin of CSIR NET and the difference between UGC-NET and CSIR-NET and why you should appear in this exam, visit my previous blog post titled:
UGC and CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET).
On qualifying CSIR-NET, you become eligible to apply for the post of lecturer in all Indian universities/Institutes/colleges as well as to receive Junior Research Fellowships (UGC/CSIR) under various schemes, subject to you finding placement in the universities/IITs/other national organizations.
CSIR NET is held twice every year in the months of December & June.
Salient points of the notification is summarized below:
Important dates of CSIR-UGC NET June 2010 exam:
Date of CSIR-UGC NET Examination: 20th June, 2010 (Sunday).
Date of availability of CSIR NET 2010 OFFLINE forms (through bank):
Date of start of sale of form-cum-information brochure: 16.02.2010
Last date of sale of form-cum-information brochure (by post only):10.03.2010
Last date of sale of form-cum-information brochure (at all stations):17.03.2010.
Date of availability of CSIR NET 2010 ONLINE forms:
Start of On-Line Submission of Application Form and Fee deposit: 16.02.2010
Date of close of On-Line submission and deposit of fee (at all stations):17.03.2010
Last Date for receipt of CSIR NET 2010 completed forms (both online/offline):
From non-remote areas: 23.03.2010
From remote areas:30.03.2010
Last Date for receipt of written request for change of Examination Centre: 12.04.2010
Publication of list of candidates registered for test on CSIR, HRDG website: 14.05.2010
Last date for entertainment of any representation about non-registration: 24.05.2010
Start of dispatch of Admission Certificate to eligible candidates: First week of June 2010
Date of announcement of CSIR NETJune 2010 exam result: October 2010.
Date of award of fellowship: From 01.01. 2011.
CSIR NET December 2010 exam notification:
Some of you may be appearing the CSIR NET December 2010 exam and hence would like to know when this exam would be held.
Going by the past CSIR NET exam date trends as you can see below, CSIR NET December 2010 exam should be 19th December, 2010 (the third December Sunday), notification for which should come out by 14th or 21st of August, 2010 (click to enlarge):
What are the eligibility criteria to appear in CSIR NET?Eligibility criteria of CSIR-UGC NET (qualification & age criteria) are as follows:
1.0 Educational Qualification criteria:You need to be a M.Sc. or Equivalent degree in above subjects, with minimum 55% marks for General & OBC candidates; 50% for SC/ST candidates, Physically and Visually Handicapped candidates. If you are a Ph.D. degree holder, having passed Master's degree prior to 19th September 1991, you are eligible.
If you are studying in the final year/semester of M.Sc. or Equivalent degree in above subjects or have appeared in the final exams already and waiting for results, you can appear in the CSIR NET conditionally under RA (Result Awaited) category.
In such cases, you will have to submit the attestation format (given at the reverse of the application form) duly certified by your Head of the Deptt./Institute with signature and rubber stamp (with address and name). You will have to produce later 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, as decided by CSIR.
2.3 Age limit:
For Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) NET:
Min. 19 Years, Max. 28 years as on 01-01-2010.
(Upper age limit relaxed up to 5 years for SC/ST/OBC, Physically handicapped/Visually handicapped and female applicants).
For Lectureship LS (NET):
Minimum 19 years, as on 01-01-2010.
No upper age limit.
CSIR NET June 2010 Forms:
You can apply for the CSIR NET exam in two ways:
1.0 Offline.
2.0 Online.
Find more about where to find these forms and how to apply in my next blog post titled: CSIR NET June 2010 Forms & How to apply. Please visit the same.
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