CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms : Career Quips

CSIR NET June 2012 Notification Eligibility Forms

Exam Notification for CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 for JRF/LS has been published just yesterday in major national/regional dailies as well as in Employment News (i.e. dated 18/02/2012). As per the notification, the exam would be conducted on 17th June, 2012 and the application form would be available from 21.02.2012. till 20th March, 2012.

You can click here to download the CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 notification.

This blog post is being made for twin purpose of helping you to apply for the exam as well as to archive it for later CSIR exams such as CSIR NET 2013/2014 exams. Towards the end of this article, you would find link for prep materials for the exam - the exam pattern, sample papers & books to prepare for the CSIR NET.

Before we go further, a small primer on what is CSIR-UGC NET:

What is CSIR-UGC 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 called as CSIR-UGC NET as the exam is held in association with UGC (University Grants Commission). UGC on its own also conducts another exam called UGC NET, which is held for 93 other applied science/humanities subjects. To know more about the origin of CSIR NET and the difference between UGC-NET and CSIR-UGC NET and why you should appear in this exam, visit my previous blog post titled: UGC and CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET).

CSIR-UGC NET is conducted twice a year (in mid-June & mid-December). 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.

Important dates of CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 exam:

Date of CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 Exam: 17.06.2012 (Sunday).

Dates for CSIR NET June 2012 Offline forms:

(i) Start of sale of Information Bulletin: 21.02.2012

(ii) Date of close of sale of Information Bulletin by post only: 14.03.2012

(iii) Date of close of sale of Information Bulletin by cash at all branches/ stations: 20.03.2012

Dates for CSIR NET June 2012 Online forms:

(i) Start of On-Line Submission of Application Form: 21.02.2012

(ii) Date of close of On-Line deposit of fee (at all stations): 20.03.2012

(iii) Date of close of On-Line submission of Applications (at all stations): 21.03.2012

Last date of receipt of completed forms (including hard copy of online form): 26.03.2012

Last date of receipt of application forms (from remote areas) 02.04.2012

Publication of list of candidates registered for test on CSIR, HRDG website: 15.05.2012

Start of dispatch of CSIR NET Admit cards: last week of May, 2012

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.

2.3 Age limit: (as on 01-01-2012)

For Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) NET:

Min. 19 Years, Max. 28 years

(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, No upper age limit.

Above eligibility means if you are 28 years or less on 01-01-2012, you can apply for both Lectureship as well as for JRF while if you are more than 28, you can apply only for Lectureship.

CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 Forms:

You can apply for the CSIR NET exam in two ways: either Offline or Online.

CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 Offline Forms:

You can obtain the Information Bulletin containing the Offline Application forms from two sources:
1.0 By hand: From designated bank branches (of Indian bank & Oriental Bank of Commerce) by paying the application fee in cash (Rs. 400/=: General, Rs. 200/=: OBC & Others: Rs. 100/=). The list of these bank branches where CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 Bulletin cum Application forms would be available are given in section: 5.4 in page-5 of the notification.

2.0 By Post: You can obtain the CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 Bulletin cum Form as a VPP (Value Payable Post) from the Indian Bank, 3/1, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi - 110 008, by sending a request letter with with two self-addressed slips and the application fee as Demand draft. The DD should be drawn in favour of “Indian Bank, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi” payable at New Delhi.

CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 Online Form:

You can find the CSIR-UGC NET June 2012 Online Forms in CSIR NET website from 21.02.2012 onwards till 21.03.2012. Post submission of the online form, you have to take print out of it and send the same with other documents to CSIR, New DElhi so as to reach on or before 26.03.2012 (02.04.2012 for remote areas).

How to apply for CSIR NET is given very clearly in section: "5. HOW TO APPLY" in page-4 of the notification.

Exam dates for next CSIR-UGC NET:

Some of you may be appearing in future CSIR NET exams -and naturally you would like to know LIKELY exam dates of CSIR NET December 2012 or June 2013.

Well, let me tell you that CSIR has been maintaining the schedule of CSIR NET exams very consistently - the June exam is held on the 3rd Sunday of June while the December exam is held on the 3rd Sunday of December, as you can find from following exam date trends 4 years:

Exam Date Trends of CSIR NET December exams:

From above, you can easily find that CSIR NET December 2012 exams date is: 16.12.2012. You can start to look for CSIR NET December 2012 date notification from the first week of August 2012 in CSIR NET website. Also CSIR NET December 2012 application forms should become available from second week of August 2012.

Exam Date Trends of CSIR NET June exams:

From above, you can easily find that CSIR NET June 2013 exams date is: 16.06.2013. You can start to look for CSIR NET June 2013 date notification from the first week of February 2013 in CSIR NET website. Also CSIR NET June 2013 application forms should become available from second week of February 2013.

Prep Materials for CSIR-UGC NET

Following two of my previous blog article gives you some very good prep materials for CSIR NET:

CSIR NET Exam Pattern/Question Pattern: This article tells you the pattern/scheme of exam of CSIR NET, with few sample questions. But however, let me tell you that the pattern of exam in CSIR NET has been changed from CSIR NET June 2011 - you can find the changes in this webpage.

CSIR NET Syllabus. Sample papers & Books: This article gives you the syllabus and sample papers for all CSIR NET subjects: Chemical Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences. It also gives you the list of books for CSIR NET exam.

Hope with information you can apply confidently for CSIR NET June 2012 exams and also prepare for the same to come out with flying colours. Best wishes!