Institute of Computational Biology

Regular Classroom Program  Starting Date :

Batch 1 : Starting from Jan 15th 2010

Batch 2: Starting from Jan 31st  2010

ABOUT CSIR-UGC NET

This national level test is conducted twice every year by CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) in June and December. The notification of the June examination usually appears in February-March, while that of the December examination would appear in August-September.

Objective of the test

www.csirhrdg.res.in/Syllabi_NET.htm

This national level test is conducted to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF)-NET and eligibility for appointment of Lecturers (NET) in certain subject areas falling under the Faculty of Science. This test is conducted twice every year by CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) in June and December. The notification of the June examination usually appears in February-March, while that of the December examination would appear in August-September.

The Fellowship

The stipend payable to JRF working in the research schemes is Rs 8000 per month in the first and second year. Progress of JRF working in a research scheme will be assessed at the end of two years by a Committee. The stipend of JRF is increased from Rs 8000 pm to Rs 9000 pm for the remaining tenure of the scheme, provided the research progress has been found satisfactory by the Committee. On up gradation, the designation of JRF will be changed to SRF (Senior Research Fellowship).

Eligibility Conditions

M.Sc. or equivalent degree under the subjects Chemical Sciences/Atmospheric Sciences/Life Sciences/Mathematical Sciences/Physical Sciences with minimum 55% marks for General and OBC candidates; 50% for SC/ST candidates, Physically and Visually Handicapped candidates . For JRF (NET), minimum age can be 19 years and maximum age can be 28 years Upper age limit is relatable by 5 years for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC categories, physically/visually handicapped and female applicants. For LS (NET), there is no upper age limit, but minimum age should be 19 years as on cut off date.

New Format/Pattern

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

LIFE SCIENCES

The Joint CSIR-UGC JRF/LS (NET) Examination shall comprise 2 papers:

PAPER I
This paper shall be of 2 hours and 30 minutes duration and shall have a maximum of 200 marks.
Part ‘A’ of Paper I shall contain 40 General Science questions. These questions shall be common to all subject areas of NET Examination. A candidate shall be required to answer a maximum of 25 questions from Part ‘A’. In case, a candidate answers more than 25 questions, only the first 25 answered questions will be taken up for evaluation.
Part ‘B’ of Paper I shall have 100 questions. A candidate shall be required to answer a maximum of 75 questions. In case a candidate answers more than 75 questions, only the first 75 answered questions shall be evaluated.
All questions shall be of two marks each. There will be negative marking for wrong answers.

PAPER II
This paper shall be of 2 hours and 30 minutes duration and shall have a maximum of 200 marks.
This Paper shall consist of 39-45 short answer type questions requiring descriptive answers. To answer each question, a candidate will be provided one page each.
There shall be one compulsory question of twenty Marks. In addition to the compulsory question, the candidate is required to answer a maximum of 15 questions of twelve marks each.

Some of the leading Research Institute where you can apply after qualifying JRF
1.IISc Bangalore: www.iisc.ernet.in
2.IIT-Bombay: www.iitb.ac.in
3.IIT-Delhi: www.iitd.ac.in
4.IIT-Kharagpur: www.iitk.ac.in
5.IIT-Roorkee: www.iitr.ernet.in
6.AIIMS: www.aiims.edu
7.ICGEB, New Delhi: www.icgeb.res.in
8.Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology: www.igib.res.in
9.IARI: www.iari.res.in
10.Central Drug Research Institute: www.cdriindia.org
11.ACBR, Delhi University: www.acbrdu.edu
12.JNU: www.jnu.ac.in
13.Delhi University South Campus: www.south.du.ac.in
14.NCPGR, New Delhi: www.ncpgr.nic.in
15.National Institute of Virology: www.unipune.ernet.in
16.National Chemical Laboratory: www.ncl-india.org
17.National Botanical Research Institute: www.nbri-lko.org
18.Bose Institute: www.boseinst.ernet.in
19.Central Food Technological Research Institute: www.cftri.com
20.Cancer Research Institute: www.tatamemorialcentre.com

DBT-JRF PROGRAMME

Nature of Fellowship
Award of Junior Research Fellowship to the qualifying candidate for pursuing research in Biotechnology and Applied Biology.

Fellowship

Rs. 8000/- per month for JRF (Rs. 9000/- per month for SRF) as fellowship + HRA per month as per the host institute + Rs. 30,000/- per year as contingency.

Entrance Test

Mode of Selection : Written Examination
Name of the written competitive exam : Biotechnology Elgibility Test (BET)

Structure of Question Paper

Nature of Questions : Multiple choices only.
Number and names of sections in Question paper : Section A: Core Courses- 50 questions.(Compulsory).
Section B: Specialization courses-200 questions of which answer any 50.
Section-wise weightage of marks:Section A-150 marks and Section B-150 Marks
Number of Questions : Total 100
Marks per question : 3
Total Marks : 300
Negative marking : 1 mark for each wrong answer.


Qualifying Exam and Eligibility

The applicant should be below the age 28 years (33 years in case of SC/ST/OBC/PH category and women candidates)
Percentage of Marks Required for Eligilbility
60 % or equivalent CGPA (Open)
55 % or equivalent CGPA (Reserved)


Contact Information

Co-ordinator, DBT-JRF programme, Department of Biotechnology, University of Pune,
Pune - 411 033
http://admissions.mkcl.ws/bet/DBTWebPages/dates.htm

ICMR-JRF Fellowship

A total of 120 Fellowships would be awarded for work in the field of biomedical sciences with emphasis on Life Sciences (like microbiology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, human biology, bioinformatics, biotechnology, biochemistry, biophysics, immunology, zoology, Environment Science, botany, veterinary sciences, bio-informatics etc.)
Every year the application forms notification published in newspaper during March/April and also on the website:http://icmr.nic.in/jrf.htm.
The entrance examination is usually held in the first/second week of July.

REGULAR CLASSROOM PROGRAM FOR UGC CSIR NET LIFE SCIENCES DETAILS

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