Notification For UGC- NET July -2018 For Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor Both CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (An Autonomous Organisation under the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development Govt. of India) H-149, Sector-63, Noida, District Gautam Budh Nagar 201 309(UP). E-mail: net@cbse.gov.in Tele: 7042399520, 7042399521, 7042399525, 7042399526. Website: cbsenet.nic.in Fax: 0120-2427772
Important Dates 1. Submission of online application 06.03.2018 form 2. Last date for Applying Online 05.04.2018 3. Last date of submission of Fee 06.04.2018 through online generated Bank challan, at any branch of (Syndicate/Canara/ICICI Bank) or through credit/debit card 4. Correction in Particulars of 25/04/2018 to 01/05/2018 application form on the website 5. Date of Examination 08.07.2018 NOTE: PRINTOUT OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM (CONFIRMATION PAGE) SHOULD NOT BE SENT TO CBSE. February 23, 2018 2
INDEX S. NO. CONTENTS PAGE NO. 1. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS 4 2. JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW SHIP 4 3. CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY 5 4. AGE LIMIT & RELAXATION 5-6 5. EXEMPTION (ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANT 6 PROFESSOR) 6. EXAMINATION FEE AND PAYMENT OF MODE 6-7 7. SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST 7 8. PROCEDURE & CRITERIA FOR DECLARATION OF 7-8 RESULT 9. PROVISIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY 8-9 10. ADMISSION CARD 9 11. HOW TO APPLY 9-10 12. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 10-11 13. CHECK LIST FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION 12 FORM 14. SUBJECT & SYLLABUS OF TEST 12-14 15. CITIES OF EXAMINATION 14-16 16. LIST OF STATES/UNION TERRITORIES ALONG WITH 16 THEIR RESPECTIVE CODES 17. TIME SCHEDULE FOR NET JULY, 2018 16 18. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF TEST BOOKLET AND 17-18 ANSWER SHEET 19. LIST OF SUBJECTS OF POST GRADUATION 19 20. LIST OF POST GRADUATION COURSES 20 21. LIST OF UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA AS INFORMED BY UGC 20 February 23, 2018 3
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS i) Before submission of the online Application Form, the candidate should read this notification carefully. ii) On behalf of UGC, the Central Board of Secondary Education announces holding of the National Eligibility Test(NET) on 08 th JULY, 2018 (SUNDAY)for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor Both in Indian universities and colleges. CBSE will conduct NET in 84 subjects (listed under item no.14 on page 12-14) at 91 selected Cities of Examination (listed under item no.15 on page 14-16) spread across the country. iii) The award of JRF and Eligibility for Assistant Professor both OR Eligibility for Assistant Professor only will depend on the performance of the candidate in both the papers of NET in aggregate. However, the candidates qualifying exclusively for Assistant Professor will not be considered for award of JRF. Candidate appearing in NET should clearly specify in the prescribed Application Form whether they are applying for both JRF& Eligibility for Assistant Professor both OR only for eligibility for Assistant Professor. Candidates who qualify the Test for eligibility for Assistant Professor will be governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of Assistant Professor of the concerned universities/colleges/state governments, as the case may be. iv) The result of the UGC-NET to be held on 08 th July, 2018 will be made available on the websites: cbsenet.nic.in as and when it is declared. The candidate 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 Assistant Professor. 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. v) Scheduled Caste(SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST)/Persons with Disability(PwD)/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, candidate will be given such special concessions as may be decided by the UGC. 2) 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 their finding placement in universities/iits/institutions. The validity period of the offer is three years w.e.f. the date of issue of JRF Award Letter. However, in case the candidates who have already 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. February 23, 2018 4
3) 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 (on the website:https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/consolidated%20list%20of%20all%20universities.pdf) in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science, Computer Science &Applications, Electronic Science etc. (list of subjects of post graduation attached at page No. 20) are eligible for this Test. The Other Backward Classes(OBC) belonging to non-creamy layer/scheduled Caste(SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST)/ persons with disability(pwd) 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 are pursuing their Master's degree or equivalent course or candidates who have appeared for their 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 Junior Research Fellowship/eligibility for Assistant Professor only after they have passed their Master's Degree OR equivalent examination with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of OBC falling in Non Creamy layer/sc/st/pwd (persons with disability)) category candidates. Such candidates must complete their Masters degree or equivalent examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified. iii) Candidates belonging to third gender in other words transgender would be eligible to draw the same relaxation in fee, age and qualifying criteria for NET (i.e. Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor) as are available to SC/ST/PwD categories. The subject wise cut-offs for this category should be the lowest among those for SC/ST/PwD/OBC NCL categories in the corresponding subject. iv) The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master s level examination had been completed by 19 th 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. v) 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.14 (on page 12-13), may appear in a related subject. vi) Candidates are neither required to send any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility nor printout of their Application Form (Confirmation Page) to CBSE. However 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 UGC/CBSE at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action. vii) Candidates having post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/ Institute or foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the foreign University/institute should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their diploma/degree/certificate with Master s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi. (www.aiu.ac.in) 4) AGE LIMIT & RELAXATION: i) Junior Research Fellowship: Not more than 30 years as on 01.07.2018. A relaxation up to 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to OBC (Non- creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC available on website: www.ncbc.nic.in ) SC/ST/PwD/Transgender categories and to women applicants. Relaxation will also be provided to the candidates having research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant/related subject of post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a certificate from appropriate authority. Three years relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates February 23, 2018 5
possessing L.L.M. Degree. A relaxation of up to 5 years is provided to the candidates who have served in the armed forces subject to the length of service in the armed forces up to the first day of the month in which the concerned UGC-NET is to be held. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any circumstances. ii) Assistant Professor: There is no upper age limit for applying for eligibility for Assistant Professor. 5) EXEMPTION (ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR) i) NET/SET/SLET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities/Colleges/ Institutions. In this regard, exemption from NET/SET/SLET will be governed by UGC regulations and amendments notified in the Gazette of India from time to time. ii) The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET. iii) For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the States Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for eligibility for Assistant Professor held prior to 1 st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, being eligible to apply for Assistant Professor anywhere in India. For SET held from 1 st June 2002 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor only in the universities/ colleges situated in the state from where they have cleared their SET. 6) EXAMINATION FEE AND MODE OF PAYMENT: Category General Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy layer), as per the Central list of OBC available on website: www.ncbc.nic.in SC/ST/PwD/ Transgender Examination Fee Rs. 1000/- Rs. 500/- Rs. 250/- i) The candidates may pay the examination fee either by credit/ debit card or through e- challan generated during the online filling of the application form. In case of e-challan the payment should be made in the Syndicate/Canara/ICICI Bank. In case the examination fee is paid through credit/debit card the additional processing charges as following will also be debited from the credit/debit card of the candidate. Credit card: - 1.20% of the examination fee plus the service tax as applicable. Debit Card: - 0.75% of examination fee plus the service tax as applicable ii) After filling all the details for applying online for NET, the candidate will have the option to select the mode of payment of examination fee either by credit/debit card or through e-challan generated during the online filling of the application form indicating their details therein. iii) The candidates are required to check the status of fee payment at CBSE website (cbsenet.nic.in) and if the status is OK the candidate will be able to take the printout of Confirmation Page. In case, the fee payment status is not OK the candidates are advised as following:- If the fee is paid through e-challan be depositing cash in above mentioned bank, the candidate should contact immediately the concerned bank to update his/her fee status on the website. If the fee is paid through credit/debit card and status is not OK, it means the transaction is cancelled and the amount will be refunded to concerned credit/debit card within a week. Such candidates have to pay the fee once again. February 23, 2018 6
Please note that fee submitted by any other mode like money order, demand draft, IPO etc. will be rejected. Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances. 7) SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST: i) The Test will consist of two papers. Both the papers will consist of only objective type questions and will be held on 08 th July, 2018 (SUNDAY) in two separate sessions as under: Session Paper Marks Number of Question Duration First I 100 50 questions all are compulsory 1 Hour (09:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.) IST Second II 200 100 questions all are compulsory 2 Hours (11:00 A.M. to 01:00 P.M.) IST Paper-I shall consist of 50 objective type compulsory questions each carrying 2 marks. The questions which will be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. Paper-II shall consist of 100 objective type compulsory questions each carrying 2 marks which will be based on the subject selected by the candidate. All the questions of Paper II will be compulsory, covering entire syllabi of earlier Paper II & Paper III (including all electives, without options). The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper I & Paper II on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Sheet provided along with the test booklet. The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR sheet are given on page 16 and 17. It may be noted that these instructions to candidates will not be sent to any of the candidate by post. 8) PROCEDURE & CRITERIA FOR DECLARATION OF RESULT: This will comprise of following steps: Step I: The number of candidates to be qualified (total slots) for Eligibility for Assistant Professor shall be equal to 6% of the candidates appeared in both the papers of NET. Step II: The total slots shall be allocated to different categories as per the reservation policy of Government of India. Step III: In order to be considered for Both Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Assistant Professor and for Eligibility for Assistant Professor Only, the candidate must have appeared in both the papers and secured at least 40% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together for General (Unreserved) category candidates and at least 35% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together for all candidates belonging to the reserved categories (viz., SC, ST, OBC (belonging to Non-Creamy Layer) & PWD) and Transgenders. Step IV: The number of candidates to be declared qualified in any subject for a particular category is derived as per the following methodology illustrated below: February 23, 2018 7
Number of candidates to be declared qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor in the subject Economics (say) for the Scheduled Caste (SC) category Number of candidates belonging to SC category who secure at least 35% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together for SC category for Economics ( ) Total slots derived for SC category as per Step II ( )Total number of candidates belonging to SC category over all subjects who secure at least 35% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together. The aggregate percentage of the two papers corresponding to the number of slots arrived at, shall determine the qualifying cut-off for Eligibility for Assistant Professor in Economics for the SC category. Similar yardstick shall be employed for deriving the subject-wise qualifying cut-offs for all categories. Step V: All candidates who had applied for Eligibility for JRF & Eligibility for Assistant Professor Both out of the total number of qualified candidates derived as per Step IV, shall constitute the consideration zone for JRF. Step VI: The total number slots available for awarding JRF is allocated among different categories as per the reservation policy of Government of India. The procedure for subjectwise cum category-wise allocation of JRF slots is illustrated below: Number of candidates to be declared qualified for JRF & Eligibility for Assistant Professor Both in the subject Economics (say) for Scheduled Tribe (ST) category Number of candidates belonging to ST category who have opted for JRF and have qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor in Economics (say) ( ) Total JRF slots available for ST category ( )Total number of candidates belonging to ST category over all subjects who have opted for JRF and have qualified for Eligibility for Assistant Professor. The aggregate percentage of the two papers corresponding to the number of JRF slots arrived at, shall determine the qualifying cut-off for JRF in Economics for the ST category. Similar allocation procedure is used for all subjects and categories. It may be noted that the above qualifying criteria decided by UGC/CBSE is final and binding. 9) PROVISIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (INCLUDING VISUALLY CHALLENGED CANDIDATES) HAVING 40% OR MORE DISABILITY. i) Twenty minutes compensatory time shall be provided for Paper I and forty minutes for Paper II separately. February 23, 2018 8
ii) The persons with minimum 40% Disability (Physically Challenged) candidates who are not in a position to write in their own hand-writing can also avail these services of scribe by making prior request (at least one week before the date of UGC-NET) in writing to the concerned Centre Superintendent. Compensatory time and facility of scribe would not be provided to other Persons with Disability (Physically Challenged) candidates. iii) The candidate has the discretion of opting for his/her own scribe or has to request the concerned Centre Superintendent for the same in writing at least one week in advance of the test. In such instances the candidate is allowed to meet the scribe a day before the examination so as to verify whether the scribe is suitable or not. Those candidates who opt for their own scribe have to produce the scribe before the concerned Centre Superintendent along with his/her certificates of educational qualifications at least one day before the test. iv) There is no provision of Test Booklets in Braille for visually impaired candidates. v) The candidates with disability should fill in the percentages and type of disability correctly in the online application form of NET July, 2018. The type of disabilities are mentioned as below: a) blindness and low vision b) deaf and hard of hearing c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; e) Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness in the posts identified for each disabilities. vi) An amount of Rs. 1000/- (Rs. One thousand only) will be paid to the scribe by the Centre Superintendent on the day of examination for all papers. [ 10) ADMISSION CARD FOR NET July, 2018 It may be noted that the admission card will be uploaded on the website cbsenet.nic.in in the third week of June, 2018. No admission cards will be sent to the candidates by post. The candidates should download their admission cards from the website to ascertain their venue of the Test as mentioned in the Admission Card and appear in the examination only at the designated examination center. No candidate will be allowed to appear at the examination center other than that allotted to him/her in the admission card. 11) HOW TO APPLY (APPLICATION HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE): STEPS FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM i) Candidate seeking admission to the Test (UGC-NET, July, 2018) must apply online only on the CBSE website: cbsenet.nic.in ii) Before applying Online, the candidates must possess the scanned images as below:- Passport size photograph in JPG format of minimum 4kb to 40 kb. The dimension of the photograph should be 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height). Signature in JPG format of minimum 4kb to 30 kb. The dimension of the signature should be 3.5 cm (width) x 1.5 cm (height). February 23, 2018 9
iii) After filling all the details for applying online for NET the candidates have to select the option of payment of examination fee either by credit/debit card or through e-challan generated during the online filling of the application form indicating your details therein and follow the process as mentioned under 6 (ii & iii) on page 6. iv) The candidates are required to bring a photo identity card along with their printout of online admission card on the day of examination. v) Before applying Online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available on CBSE website cbsenet.nic.in Please note that Fee submitted through any other mode like Money Order, Demand Draft, IPO etc. will be summarily rejected. vi) In other to avoid last minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough. CBSE will not be responsible for network problems or any other problem of this nature in submission of online application during last days. 12) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS i) The candidates must read the conditions of eligibility as given at item no. 3 carefully and must satisfy themselves regarding their eligibility for the Test before filling the online application Form. ii) Submission of Online Application is mandatory. Hard copies of application form will not be accepted by CBSE. iii) Application Form must be complete in all respects as per the Notification. iv) All incomplete Application Forms will be rejected. v) Applications submitted on any other format (including old UGC format) will not be accepted. vi) Printout of online application (Confirmation Page) should be kept by the candidate for further reference. vii) No applications can be submitted after the last date (i.e. 05/04/2018) and no fee will be accepted after 06/04/ 2018 in any circumstances. viii) The Candidate should note that their candidature is strictly provisional. The mere fact that Admission Card has been issued and the candidate is allowed to appear in the test shall not imply that the Board has finally accepted his/her candidature. ix) CBSE may change the city of examination or date of examination without assigning any reason. x) It may be noted that the Admission Card will be uploaded on the website cbsenet.nic.in in the third week of June, 2018. The candidates are requested to ascertain their venue of the test in the mentioned in the Admission Card and appear in the examination only at the designated examination center. No candidate will be allowed to appear at the examination center other than that allotted to him/her in the admission card. xi) xii) The candidates are required to bring a photo identity card also along with their printout of online Admission Card on the day of examination. No candidate will be allowed to appear in the examination whose admission card is not issued by the Board. To ensure fair conduct of examination frisking of the candidates will be done properly at main entry gate of the exam center. The candidates should report at the examination center 2 hrs 30 minutes prior to commencement of examination and cooperate with the invigilators in frisking. No candidate will be allowed to enter the examination center/hall after commencement of examination. No candidate will be allowed to leave the examination hall/room before 10:00 AM in the 1st session and 1:00 PM in the 2nd session. February 23, 2018 10
xv) xvi) xvii) xviii) xix) xx) xxi) xxii) xxiii) xxiv) xxv) xxvi) xxvii) xxviii) xxix) All the examination hall/room will have a wall clock so the candidates are not allowed to wear any type of watch in the examination hall/room. The use of calculators of Log Tables is not permitted. Mobile phones, pagers, electronic devices, bits of paper, books/note books etc. are not allowed in the Examination Hall/Room. The candidate(s) found in possession of any of these items in the examination hall/room will be treated as unfairmeans and his/her result will not be declared. The candidates have to follow the instructions given by the invigilators in the examination hall/room and should not argue with the invigilators or other staff involved in the examination duty at the examination centre. The candidates, who will not follow the instructions, will be treated as unfairmeans and his/her result will not be declared. In the examination hall/room, the candidates will neither talk to each other nor discuss any matter during the examination. The candidates should not disturb the candidates in the examination room and maintain complete silence during the examination. The candidate violating these instructions will be treated as unfairmeans and his/her result will not be declared. Candidates will not be allowed to write any question from the Test Booklet on the Admission Card or on any other paper. There are no negative marks of incorrect answers. The candidate shall have to return the OMR Sheet of Paper I & II to the Invigilator before leaving the examination hall/room. No TA will be paid to the candidates, on account of appearing at the examination etc The captured images of response sheets (OMR sheets) of the candidates appeared in NET July, 2018 and answer keys of all the papers will be displayed on the website cbsenet.nic.in during fourth week of August, 2018 (the exact dates will be notified later in the newspapers). The candidates, who are not satisfied with the captured response, may challenge by filling online application form on the website cbsenet.nic.in and paying a sum of Rs.1000/- per question The challenge of answer keys will also be accepted online only through the link available on the website cbsenet.nic.in on payment of Rs.1000/- per question. The fee can be paid by credit/debit card. In case the challenge of any candidate regarding captured images of response sheets (OMR sheets)/answer keys is accepted, the fee will be refunded to such candidates. In all other cases the fee once paid will not be refunded. The CBSE s decision on the challenges shall be final and the result will be declared on the basis of final answer keys. The refund (if any) will be transferred online to the concerned credit/debit card account so, the candidates are advised to pay from their own credit/debit card. The marks of all the candidates will be uploaded on CBSE website cbsenet.nic.in soon after declaration of result. Besides this, CBSE will not issue any marks sheet to qualified/non qualified candidates. No grievance with regard to answer key(s) after declaration of result of NET July, 2018 will be entertained. There are no negative marks of incorrect answers. Canvassing in any form will disqualify the candidate. The decision of the CBSE shall be final in all matters. All legal disputes pertaining to this Test shall fall within the jurisdiction of Delhi Courts only. February 23, 2018 11
13) CHECK LIST FOR FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM The candidates are advised to ensure the following pints before filling the Online Application forms: i) Whether they fulfil the eligibility conditions for the Test as prescribed under the heading CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY and AGE LIMIT ii) That they have filled their CATEGORY, viz, GENERAL/OBC (non-creamy layer)/ SC/ST/ PwD/Transgender, in the relevant column correctly. iii) That they have filled their subject and city of examination and code in the relevant iv) column correctly. That the Person with Disability (PwD) candidates have filled the relevant column in The online application form. Only PwD candidates have to fill this column and the others have to leave it blank. v) Whether they have kept a printout of application form (confirmation page) for their own record. 14) SUBJECT & SYLLABUS OF TEST: All questions of Paper II will be compulsory, covering entire syllabus of earlier Paper - II & Paper III (including all electives, without options). Syllabi for all NET subjects can be downloaded from the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in/net/syllabus.aspx and are also available in the libraries of all Indian Universities. CBSE will not send the syllabus to individual candidates. The list of NET subjects along with their respective codes is as given below: Code Subject 01 Economics 02 Political Science 03 Philosophy 04 Psychology 05 Sociology 06 History 07 Anthropology 08 Commerce 09 Education 10 Social Work 11 Defence and Strategic Studies 12 Home Science 14 Public Administration 15 Population Studies* 16 Hindustani Music (Vocal/Instrumental) 17 Management 18 Maithili 19 Bengali 20 Hindi 21 Kannada 22 Malayalam 23 Odia 24 Punjabi 25 Sanskrit 26 Tamil 27 Telugu February 23, 2018 12
28 Urdu 29 Arabic 30 English 31 Linguistics 32 Chinese 33 Dogri 34 Nepali 35 Manipuri 36 Assamese 37 Gujarati 38 Marathi 39 French 40 Spanish 41 Russian 42 Persian 43 Rajasthani 44 German 45 Japanese 46 Adult Education/Continuing Education/Andragogy/Non Formal Education 47 Physical Education 49 Arab Culture and Islamic Studies 50 Indian Culture 55 Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management 58 Law 59 Library and Information Science 60 Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies 62 Comparative Study of Religions 63 Mass Communication and Journalism 65 Dance 66 Museology & Conservation 67 Archaeology 68 Criminology 70 Tribal and Regional Language/Literature 71 Folk Literature 72 Comparative Literature 73 Sanskrit Traditional Subjects (including Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotisha/Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/Mimamsa/Navya Nyaya/Sankhya Yoga/Tulanatmaka Darsana / Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhva Vedanta/ Dharma Sastra/ Sahitya/ Purana-itihasa/Agama/Advaita Vedanta) 74 Women Studies ** 79 Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture/Graphics/Applies Art/History of Art) 80 Geography 81 Social Medicine & Community Health 82 Forensic Science 83 Pali 84 Kashmiri 85 Konkani 87 Computer Science and Applications 88 Electronic Science 89 Environmental Sciences 90 International and Area Studies 91 Prakrit February 23, 2018 13
92 Human Rights and Duties 93 Tourism Administration and Management 94 Bodo 95 Santali 96 Karnatik Music (Vocal Instrument, Percussion) 97 Rabindra Sangeet 98 Percussion Instruments 99 Drama/ Theatre 100 Yoga *The candidates with Master s Degree in Geography (with specialization in Population Studies) or Mathematics/ Statistics are also eligible to appear in the subject Population Studies (Code 15). **The candidates with Master s Degree in Humanities (including languages) and Social Sciences are eligible to appear in subject Women Studies (Code 74). 15) CITIES OF EXAMINATION: The candidates have to select any four cities of their choice for examination of NET July, 2018. The efforts will be made to allot city of examination to the candidates in order of the choice opted by them in their application form. However, in some exceptional circumstances, a different city of nearby area may be allotted. CODE STATE CITIES OF EXAMINATION NO. 1 ANDHRA PRADESH GUNTUR 2 TIRUPATI 3 VISAKHAPATNAM 4 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS PORTBLAIR 5 ARUNACHAL PRADESH ITANAGAR 6 ASSAM GUWAHATI 7 SILCHAR (ASSAM) 8 DIBRUGARH 9 TEZPUR 10 BIHAR BHAGALPUR 11 PATNA 12 CHANDIGARH CHANDIGARH 13 CHHATISHGARH BILASPUR 14 RAIPUR 15 DELHI NEW DELHI 16 GOA GOA 17 GUJARAT AHMEDABAD 18 PATAN 19 RAJKOT 20 VADODARA 21 HARYANA FARIDABAD 22 HISSAR 23 KURKSHETRA 24 MURTHAL (SONEPAT) February 23, 2018 14
25 HIMACHAL PRADESH DHARMSHALA 26 SHIMLA 27 JAMMU & KASHMIR JAMMU 28 SRINAGAR (J&K) 29 JHARKHAND RANCHI 30 KARNATAKA BENGALURU 31 DHARWAD 32 GULBARGA 33 MANGALORE 34 MYSORE 35 KERELA KOCHI 36 KOZKIKODE 37 THIRVANANTHAPURAM 38 MADHYA PRADESH BHOPAL 39 GWALIOR 40 INDORE 41 JABALPUR 42 REWA 43 UJJAIN 44 MAHARASHTRA AMRAVATI 45 AURANGABAD 46 JALGAON 47 KOLHAPUR 48 MUMBAI 49 NAGPUR 50 NASIK 51 SOLAPUR 52 PUNE 53 MANIPUR IMPHAL 54 MEGHALAYA SHILLONG 55 MIZORAM AIZAWAL 56 NAGALAND KOHIMA 57 ORISSA BERHAMPUR 58 BHUBANESWAR 59 SAMBALPUR 60 PUDUCHERRY PUDUCHERRY 61 PUNJAB AMRITSAR 62 PATIALA 63 RAJASTHAN AJMER 64 BIKANER 65 JAIPUR 66 JODHPUR 67 KOTA 68 UDAIPUR 69 SIKKIM GANGTOK (SIKKIM) 70 TAMIL NADU CHENNAI 71 COIMBATORE 72 MADURAI 73 TIRUCHIRAPALLI February 23, 2018 15
74 TELANGANA HYDERABAD 75 WARANGAL 76 TRIPURA AGARTALA 77 UTTAR PRADESH AGRA 78 ALIGARH 79 ALLAHABAD 80 BAREILLY 81 GORAKHPUR 82 KANPUR 83 LUCKNOW 84 MEERUT 85 VARANASI 86 UTTARAKHAND DEHRADUN 87 NAINITAL 88 SRINAGAR (UTTRAKHAND) 89 WEST BENGAL BURDWAN 90 DARJEELING 91 KOLKATA 16) THE LIST OF STATES/UNION TERRITORIES ALONG WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CODES IS GIVEN BELOW: Andhra Pradesh(01), Arunachal Pradesh(02), Assam(03), Bihar(04), Delhi(05), Goa(06), Gujarat(07), Haryana(08), Himachal Pradesh(09), Jammu & Kashmir(10), Karnataka(11), Kerala(12), Madhya Pradesh(13), Maharashtra(14), Manipur(15), Meghalaya(16), Mizoram(17), Nagaland(18), Odisha(19), Punjab(20), Rajasthan(21), Sikkim(22), Tamil Nadu(23), Tripura(24), Uttar Pradesh(25), West Bengal(26), Andaman & Nicobar Islands(27), Dadar & Nagar Havelli (28), Daman & Diu(29), Lakshadweep(30), Puducherry (31), Chhattisgarh(32), Jharkhand(33), Uttarakhand (34), Chandigarh(35), Telangana(36). 17) TIME SCHEDULE FOR NET July, 2018 DATES OF EXAMINATION Paper-1 Paper-2 08.07.2018 (Sunday) 08.07.2018 (Sunday) a) Entry in the Examination Hall 07.00 AM (IST) 10.45 AM (IST) b) Distribution of Test Booklet 09.15 AM(IST) 10.50 AM (IST) c) Seal of the Test Booklet to be broken/ 09.25 AM(IST) 10.55 AM (IST) opened to take out the Answer Sheet d) Last entry in the Examination Hall 09.30 AM (IST) 11.00 AM (IST) e) Test commences 09.30 AM(IST) 11.00 AM (IST) f) Test concludes 10.30 AM (IST) 1.00 PM(IST) February 23, 2018 16
18) INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF TEST BOOKLET AND ANSWER SHEET The candidates will find the Answer Sheet placed inside the sealed Test Booklet. The seal will be broken/ opened by the candidates on the announcement by the invigilator and the Answer Sheet shall be taken out. Do not open/break the seal before the announcement. The candidates should verify the serial number and series of the Test Booklet with the serial number and series of OMR sheet. In case of any variation, the Test Booklet and OMR sheet should be immediately returned to the invigilator for the replacement with another set of same series available in the examination hall/centre. 1. Each Answer Sheet will have a pre-printed Test Booklet Code like A, B, C or D. The candidates are required to check that the Test Booklet Code pre-printed on the Answer Sheet is the same as printed on the Test Booklet. 2. The Answer Sheet used will be of special type which will be scanned on Optical Scanner. The following columns of the Answer Sheet are to be filled in neatly and accurately by the candidate with Blue/Black ball point pen only. Use of pencil is strictly prohibited. I. Roll Number II. Name of the candidate III. Father s Name IV. Centre Number V. Name of the Examination Centre VI. Signature of the candidate WRITING OF PARTICULARS AND RESPONSES WITH BLUE/BLACK BALL POINT PEN ONLY WILL BE FILLED UP AS FOLLOWS: IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARKING THE RESPONSES IN PEN AND PAPER BASED EXAMINATION (i) Out of four alternatives for each question, only one circle for the correct answer is to be darkened completely with blue/black Ball Point Pen only. For example Question No. 008 in the Test Booklet reads as follows: Qutub Minar is situated in (1) Delhi (2) Mumbai (3) Agra (4) Bengaluru The correct response to this question is (1) Delhi. The candidate will locate Question No. 008 in the Answer Sheet and darken the circle (1) as shown below: 008 2 4 February 23, 2018 17
(ii) Use Blue or Black Ball Point Pen to completely darken the appropriate circle, i.e. one circle for each entry. The answer once marked is not liable to be changed. Use of pencil is strictly prohibited. If any candidate uses the pencil for darkening the answer sheet, his/her answer sheet will be rejected. (iii)a light or faintly darkened circle is a wrong method of marking and liable to be rejected by the Optical Scanner. So, the circle should be properly darkened. Any other partial or X or may not get captured by the scanner. (iv) The Correct way of marking is shown below. Correct Method (v) If the candidate does not want to attempt any question he/she should not darken the circle given against that question. (vi) Please do not fold the Answer Sheet and do not make any stray marks on it. (vii) (viii) ROUGH WORK The candidate will not do any rough work on the Answer Sheet. All rough work is to be done in the Test Booklet itself. CHANGING AN ANSWER IS NOT ALLOWED The candidates must fully satisfy themselves about the accuracy of the answer before darkening the appropriate circle as no change in answer once marked is allowed. Use of eraser or white/correction fluid on the Answer Sheet is not permissible as the Answer Sheets are machine gradable and it may lead to wrong evaluation. If more than one circle is darkened or if the response is marked in any other manner except the Correct Method shown above, it shall be treated as wrong way of marking. Prior to handing over the Answer Sheet soon after the examination is over, the candidate must sign the attendance sheet as a proof thereof. The examinee is permitted to carry the Test Booklet. WARNING: 1. Persons removing pages from the test-booklet during examination, impersonating or trying to appear through forged means will be dealt with as per law. 2. Canvassing directly or indirectly or influencing staff by unfair means would lead to serious consequences including disqualification of the candidates. February 23, 2018 18
19) LIST OF SUBJECTS OF POST GRADUATION S. No. Subject of Post Graduation S. No. Subject of Post Graduation 1 Economics 37 Marathi 2 Political Science 38 French 3 Philosophy 39 Spanish 4 Psychology 40 Russian 5 Sociology 41 Persian 6 History 42 Rajasthani 7 Anthropology 43 German 8 Commerce 44 Japanese 9 Education 45 Adult Education/Continuing Education 10 Social Work 46 Andragogy/Non Formal Education 11 Defence and Strategic Studies 47 Physical Education 12 Home Science 48 Arab Culture and Islamic Studies 13 Public Administration 49 Indian Culture Labr. Welfr./ Pers. Mgmt / Industrial 14 Population Studies 50 Relation / Labr. & Soc Welfr. / HRM 15 Music 51 Law 16 Management 52 Library and Information Science 17 Maithili 53 Buddhist 18 Bengali 54 Comparative Study of Religions 19 Hindi 55 Mass Communication and Journalism Performing Arts - Dance / Drama / 20 Kannada 56 Theatre 21 Malayalam 57 Museology & Conservation 22 Oriya 58 Archaeology 23 Sculpture 59 Criminology 24 Sanskrit 60 Tribal and Regional Language / Literature 25 Tamil 61 Folk Literature 26 Telugu 62 Comparative Literature 27 Urdu 63 Sanskrit Traditional Subjects 28 Arabic 64 Jyotisha 29 English 65 Sidhanta Jyotisha 30 Linguistics 66 Navya Vyakarna 31 Chinese Vyakarna 32 Dogri 68 Mimamsa 33 Nepali 69 Navya Nyaya 34 Manipuri 70 Sankhya Yoga 35 Assamese 71 Tulanatmaka Darsana 36 Gujarati 72 Shukla Yajurveda February 23, 2018 19
73 Madhva Vedanta 87 Geography 74 Dharma Sastra 88 History of Art 75 Sahitya 89 Applied Art 76 Purana itihasa 90 Graphics 77 Agama 91 Electronic Science 78 Women Studies 92 Environmental Sciences 79 Visual Arts 93 International and Area Studies 80 Drawing & Painting 94 Prakrit 81 Computer Science and 95 Human Rights and Duties Applications 82 Konkani 96 Tourism Administration and Management 83 Kashmiri 97 Punjabi 84 Pali 98 Advaita Vedanta 85 Forensic Science 99 Bodo 86 Social Medicine & Community Health 100 Santali 20) LIST OF POST GRADUATION COURSES Course Code Course Name Course Code Course Name Course Code Course Name 1 Ayurvedacharya 13 MCA 25 M. Plan 2 Acharya 14 M.F.M. 26 M.Sc. 3 LLM 15 M.H.R.D. 27 M. Stat. 4 M. Arch. 16 M.I.B 28 M. Tech. 5 M.Com 17 M. Mkt. M. 29 M. V. Sc. 6 M. Dance 18 M. Optom. 30 MA 7 M.Ed. 19 MHA 31 M.F.T. 8 M. Lib. Sc. 20 MJMC 32 M. P. Ed. 9 M.Litt. 21 MMC 33 MTM 10 M. Mus 22 MOT 34 MPES 11 M. Pharm. 23 MPH 35 Others 12 MBA 24 MSW 21) Please see the following website for list of universities in India:- https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/consolidated%20list%20of%20all%20universities.pdf The candidates have to select option Other in the dropdown list and fill the name of the University, if they have passed/appearing in their Post Graduation Examination from a University which is not mentioned in the list. Central Board of Secondary Education shall not be responsible for any printing error(s) in this notification. ****** February 23, 2018 20