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Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA) has published MHADA Forms 2011 with detailed Broucher. Details can be checked in Advertisement and Broucher of MHADA flats.

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APGENCO | APGENCO RESULTS 2011 | APGENCO SUB ENGINEER RESULT 2011 | APGENCO RESULTS

Andhra Pradesh (DLN): Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGENCO) has announced Sub Engineers  Results 2011 against Notification No.4/CGM(Adm)/2010.

APGENCO Results 2011 can be checked here online. Just enter your Hallticket Number and Date of Birth to get results here at the link given below here of the official website of APGENCO.

The marks of Zone-IV candidates will be revealed later as per info available at the website. For these candidates results will be available after completion of By-Election process in Kadapa District.

Applicants are required to submit the Documents for verification. These candidates are requested to submit the attested photocopies of the documents. The documents should reach to “The O/o Chief General Manager (Administration), Room No.250, ‘A’ Block, Vidyuth Soudha, Khairathabad, Hyderabad- 500 082”. Last date for receipt of documents is 10th May 2011 by 5.00 P.M.

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John James Audubon painting in Google doodle

John James Audubon and his paintings are the subject of worldwide discussion on Tuesday (April 26) as search engine Google superimposed the French-American ornithologist and painter's works on its logo to mark his birthday.

Audubon was born on April 26, 1785 in present day Haiti and was raised in France but he embraced the newly-formed United States of America. His seminal work, Birds of America, contains over 700 bird species from North America. He died in January 1851.


Google is celebrating the 226th birthday of John James Audubon, the French-American ornithologist, artist, and naturalist with a special logo. Fitting that Google is honoring Audubon, considering that in his day Audubon had a Google-like mission to paint every bird species in North America (Google's mission today is, obviously, much larger: to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful).

Just as Audubon had a love of nature, Google also has been showing its "green" side, with massive investments in solar and wind energy. Google this year, as has been tradition for the past 10 years, also tried to raise awareness of the environment with a special Earth Day logo April 22.
Audubon made a major contribution to our knowledge of birds and is very worthy of this honor. The simple logo appears to be influenced by his bird paintings.
Audubon, born on April 26, 1785, was also well known for his paintings of 435 varieties of birds in "Birds of America." A complete copy of the first edition of "Birds of America" was sold in London, setting a record auction price -- £7,321,250 ($11.5 million) -- for a printed book on Dec. 6, 2010.
His life was dedicated to the painting, classifying, and descriptions of the birds of the world. Gathering information from as many sources as he could find, Audubon mapped the habitats of American birds.
This quote, attributed to Audubon, sums it up best: "I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds."
The impact of his work can best be seen in the references to him in the works of Charles Darwin.
Apart from being the inspiration for The Audubon Society established in 1905, there are numerous towns, parks, and bridges throughout the U.S. bearing his name, including John James Audubon State Park in Kentucky.
Wonder if Twitter will also opt to also celebrate this milestone, given their bird association?

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A trip back -- way back -- to Mt. Athos and the 10th century

A trip back -- way back -- to Mt. Athos and the 10th century

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

By Neil Averitt, Chicago Tribune

Welcome to the Monastic Republic of Holy Mt. Athos. Please set your calendar back a thousand years.
Clocks here run on Byzantine time, which starts at sunset. Dates are calculated according to the Julian calendar of the Roman Empire, which differs by 13 days from the modern Gregorian calendar you're used to. Some settlements are supplied solely by mule teams, and the flag of Byzantium still flies.
Radio? Television? Newspapers? Paved roads? If they didn't exist in the year 972, you probably won't find them here.


And if you're a woman, you'd better make other plans. Females have been strictly forbidden here for a thousand years. Not even female animals are permitted.
Mt. Athos is an Eastern Orthodox monastic republic and, astonishingly, a surviving administrative unit of the Byzantine Empire -- a fully functioning mini-state with roads, settlements and a capital city, all operating under a charter granted by the Byzantine emperor at Constantinople in 972.
That world is preserved here in great detail and texture. Clothes, music, roads, public fountains, aqueducts, arched stone bridges, vegetable plots -- all are from another age. Even the shiniest new chapel is built with traditional Byzantine-style brickwork, the product of a living culture.
Legally speaking, Mt. Athos is an autonomous region in northeast Greece, with most characteristics of an independent state. Visitors must show passports on the way in and undergo customs inspections on the way out.
Psychologically and geographically speaking, it's a world apart. It's perched on a hilly, heavily forested peninsula -- 6 miles wide and 35 miles long -- which terminates in the peak of Mt. Athos itself, a sharply pointed, bare rock, 6,700 feet high, that drops steeply into the Aegean. Scattered over this rugged landscape are 20 large monasteries, a dozen smaller communities, innumerable hermitages and 2,000 monks. The whole place is reachable only by boat.
This exotic little state has many features of a truly great travel destination: grand architecture, hiking trails along clifftops or through virgin forests, guest rooms in monasteries, meals of fresh natural foods, and a chance to talk with wise and thoughtful men about the nature of the good life and the state of your soul.
And no one can justly complain about the price: In the tradition of monastic hospitality, each monastery offers two meals and a night's lodging for free, then sends you on your way. You can spend a week at Mt. Athos, as I recently did, without spending a dime.
That is, if they'll admit you in the first place.
Mt. Athos guards its isolation and discourages casual visitors. To be admitted, I had to prepare a letter for the central Pilgrims' Bureau explaining why I wanted to go there. Fortunately, I had a decent reason: After years of legal practice, I was ready for a seriously non-materialistic pilgrimage. I was granted one of 10 permits issued each day for non-Orthodox visitors.
Mt. Athos is the spiritual center of the Eastern Orthodox world. Visitors need not be Orthodox themselves, but it helps to get in if they have religious or spiritual purposes in mind.
I got my permission to visit Mt. Athos last May, and entered, as most visitors do, through the town of Ouranopolis, a honky-tonk resort 75 miles southeast of Thessaloniki. This is the end of the road from the outside world. There I showed my entry papers and boarded a ferry for the two-hour ride along the coast to the little town of Daphne, the port of Mt. Athos.
From Daphne visitors can transfer to another ferry that serves the monasteries further along the coast, or set off on one of the walking trails, or use the simple but efficient system of buses and minivans. The ferry is more pleasant than the minivans, since it cruises only a hundred yards or so off a beautiful coastline and doesn't throw up clouds of dust. But the best plan is to entirely leave public transportation a bit before your destination, and walk the last couple of hours to get into a proper pilgrim's frame of mind. That's what I usually did.
The most striking piece of architecture is the monastery of Simonopetra, where I stayed the first night. It sits on an outcrop of rock a thousand feet above the sea and rises like a fortress, with the bottom 40 feet of its walls blank stone. But the topmost floors are open with a vengeance: Four stories of decidedly rickety-looking wooden balconies run all the way around the building. Walking on the balconies provides an early test of one's faith and serenity. There are gaps between the floorboards, and it's a loooong way down.
Like most of the monasteries, Simonopetra is filled with the sounds of heavy renovation. Just 30 years ago it appeared that Athos was about to die out. The buildings were in disrepair, and most of the monks were old. Today, however, the average age has fallen to something closer to 40, young monks are common, and many of the new entrants are highly educated. One is a former Harvard professor.
This turnaround is attributed in part to the arrival of a new generation of charismatic leaders (some of them fleeing from places like Meteora that had become too touristy for monastic practice), and in part to organizational changes that shifted several monasteries over to a more communal and tightly organized way of life.
It was at Simonopetra that I began to learn the basic routine on Mt. Athos: A monk passes through each monastery courtyard at 3:30 a.m., tapping a distinctive rhythm on a wooden board called a talanton to wake everyone for 4 a.m. services, which begin in total darkness and run for three hours as the candlelit church slowly brightens into daylight.
After breakfast there's a ferry ride or a few hours' hike to the next monastery. There you have a meeting with the host monk, who greets visitors, offers the traditional welcome of jellied candy and cool water, and explains the layout and schedule of the monastery. Ninety percent of pilgrims are Greek, but most guestmasters speak at least a little English.
Then there are a few quiet hours to explore, talk with the monks, attend afternoon services and have dinner. After more free time and an early bedtime at 9:30 p.m., a visitor enjoys the smooth and easy sleep of a stress-free life.
At Simonopetra I also encountered the role that relics play in Orthodox tradition. The monastery had many, including what is believed to be the left hand of Mary Magdalene. Those could be kissed, or touched by crosses that the visitors had brought with them.
My next day's destination was the Danieleon -- not a monastery, but a free-standing house for five or 10 monks, located at the extreme end of the peninsula in a rugged area without roads. I caught a ferry, then toiled up a series of steep switchbacks under the hot sun for an hour. Then, at last, relief: a terrace, a walkway under a cool and shady arbor, flower beds and a view over the Aegean.
The monks at the Danieleon are famous for their expert chanting. They start in the morning darkness, in a little chapel dimly lit with a few small olive-oil lamps, some shining through containers of colored glass. They're shadowy shapes, nothing more. But in this darkness comes a sonorous, complex, humming harmony of many voices, soothing and otherworldly, a perfect accompaniment to three hours of meditation.
Not everything was sweetness and light. At dinnertime the night before, I had been sent outside with the command "exo, exo" (outside, outside) and ate by myself at a table on the terrace. This was presumably because I was non-Orthodox. The non-Orthodox are sometimes sent to secondary places on Athos, particularly during church services. However, the monks did invite me into the chapel for the morning service, which was the important thing.
The monasteries varied widely in their approach to this issue, with some involving the non-Orthodox on equal terms, some seating them in the outside hall, and some keeping them farther back in the church porch -- yes, in the exonarthex. In all cases where a distinction was made, however, it was done kindly and with the explanation that there was an injunction against praying with people who were not members of the church.
Next on my journey was Grigoriou, a midsize monastery on the rocks just above the sea. It's noted for the friendliness of its monks: Benches and kiosks on the grounds are arranged for easy conversation. Visitors gather around the monks in twos and threes, talking quietly, often comparing Orthodoxy and Western Christianity.


A novice at one of the monasteries -- a former teacher of classics -- explained that Western churches often take positions on issues of social justice. The Orthodox church, by contrast, sees itself more as a "hospital for souls," concerned primarily with the individual's inner peace and his relationship to God. It sees itself as "a religion of the heart," and tries to induce spirituality through more directly aesthetic means, such as the chants, incense, candles and, most importantly, the services in the quietest hour of the night when the heart is most open.
Monastery food is always plain and fresh, but varies in its sophistication. Some places serve a simple bowl of lentils; others offer artichoke hearts in lemon sauce. Dinner at Grigoriou ended with an excellent chocolate torte.
The monastery of Vatopedi is definitely at the urbane end of the scale. It's one of the largest on the mountain, with a courtyard that looks like the center of an Italian Renaissance town. One of the monks told me that Britain's Prince Charles, a regular visitor to Mt. Athos, had been a guest there earlier in the month.
Vatopedi stands in an area of rolling agricultural land, rather than on steep cliffs. An easy walk leads past farmhouses and along country lanes, where a sense of bone-deep peace lies on the land. You can hear the rush of birds' wings and the hum of bees in a flowering tree.
I was reminded of a conversation a few days previously with an English monk named Father Damian, who had stopped by Grigoriou as a visitor and ended up staying there. He recommended the line from Psalms, "Be still and know that I am God."
One thing notably absent from this landscape is the feminine touch. Partly this is a consequence of monastic status, for Mt. Athos is basically a cooperative of private monasteries. Another reason is a belief that Christ gave the peninsula to his mother, Mary, to be her private garden, and other women are excluded to more distinctively honor the Virgin Mary.
The exclusion of women is, naturally, controversial. The European Parliament has endorsed a report containing a paragraph that suggests this is a violation of women's rights.
The Greek government has responded that the special status of Mt. Athos was recognized in conjunction with the treaty by which Greece joined the European Union in the first place.
There have been a few exceptions to the ban. During the Greek Civil War, Mt. Athos granted sanctuary to refugees, including women and girls. And in the 1930s a Greek beauty queen named Aliki Diplarakou, who had won the Miss Europe title, dressed up as a man and sneaked in.
For the male visitor, there are some benefits. The absence of women seems to ease communication among the men and to heighten introspection by removing not sexual tensions precisely, but a layer of social complexities that would otherwise demand attention.
The ban also protects a shared mood among the visitors. Now they consist of those willing to focus on the spiritual experience, and they share that bond. Many fear that if the ban were removed, Mt. Athos would become a tourist destination like any other, its distinctive atmosphere lost.
As my week wound down, I realized that a kind of "spiritual detox" had taken place. I felt I had been on Mt. Athos long enough when I began to look forward to the pre-dawn ritual, when I accepted with contentment whatever portion of food was offered and when I felt no particular compulsion to learn the latest news. I did, however, miss the reliable hot showers of the outside world.
On the way back to the ferry and the mainland, I passed through the town of Karyes, the administrative seat of Mt. Athos and, with a population of about 350, surely the smallest and dustiest capital in Europe. The main street has a few general stores. Pack mules are a common sight. But I was able to buy a candy bar there.
Arriving back in Ouranopolis, I experienced a brief culture shock: Women! Children! Cars! Crowds! I soon adjusted, but the memory of Athos lingered. And I had packed a Byzantine flag as a souvenir.

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Stabbing of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall

Stabbing of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall

The stabbing of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall -- he should recover within 2 to 3 weeks, his agent said -- is unfortunate. Yet it is a reminder that problems are constantly lurking, especially for football players during the offseason.

I'm not about to go all knee-jerk and say this is another incident stemming from players being locked out and not supervised by their teams.

Players arrested during lockout

Buccaneers CB Aqib Talib is one of 10 players to have been arrested since the NFL lockout began March 12. Talib turned himself in last month in a shooting case.More ... 

To the contrary.

This incident, in which police say Marshall was stabbed by his wife, could have happened if the receiver was participating in offseason activities with his team. It could have happened during the season. It simply could have happened because something always seems to be going on with Brandon Marshall.

Now, we've seen our share of troubling incidents this offseason. In addition to Marshall -- who as far as we know is a victim -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Mike Vrabel and Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt, among others, have been cited in police reports this offseason. We've also seen non-player employees step out of line.

As of now, though, this isn't some trend because players are locked out of work. They get in trouble every offseason. I've covered the NBA and NFL combined for far more than a decade, and I can't say the number of players getting into trouble is some abnormality.

Some of these players -- Bryant, Britt, Talib and Marshall -- had prior issues, so this could be more about them than a league-versus-players labor standoff.

Sure, offseason activities do provide players with structure and something to do three or four days per week. We all know that certain people need structure and supervision to organize their days and themselves.

Those of us who cover the NFL also know that not everybody attends every offseason workout with the team and that several players work out on their own and do just fine. Some don't do fine. Some get in trouble or seem surrounded by trouble at the very least. Idle time is idle time, and some players don't always do the right thing with it.

One train of thought is that because some of the locked-out players haven't received workout or roster bonuses or other means of revenue, they're more restrained with carousing, potential trouble-making behavior and keeping a distance from money-grabbing friends who could lead them astray.

Now, where the lockout does come into play -- and this is serious -- is the lack of communication between players and teams. Some coaches, particularly assistants, have tight relationships with players. There also might not be a more important person in any NFL building than the player development director or someone with a similar title.

This person is the go-to communicator, facilitator, friend and common-sense director for every team. They arrange everything from helping players find real-estate agents when they move to town, to getting them offseason internships with local businesses, to helping them navigate baby-mama drama.

Players trust these people because many of their discussions are private and don't reach coaches or others in the organization. Player development directors also tell players when they need to grow up, ditch the homies and get their butts to work when they're not feeling up to it that day.

At the NFL Scouting Combine in February, I spoke with a number of player development guys who were terrified about not being able to speak with players. One told me specifically that some players on his team needed him because he listened to them when no one else would. The severance of communication wouldn't be healthy, he said.

The biggest fear of some player development directors I spoke with is that after spending months, if not years, building relationships with players, the inability to be there in a time of need could breach trust. There are players who count on them but remain insecure enough to think folks with the team turned their backs on them in moments of need.

It might not seem like a big deal to many people because most of us don't have anyone but our parents, spouses or friends to lean on during crises. Then again, most of us don't do our jobs in front of millions on Sundays and Mondays or receive $90,000 every two weeks with women who previously paid no attention to us suddenly interested -- not to mention fast-food franchisers trying to get us to invest.

A multitude of dynamics are in play, and if this lockout stretches on for months, we'll see more players get in more trouble than usual. Maybe then we can say idle time and lack of structure caused by the lockout had a role. Now, though, the calendar is pretty much the same as it always is.

So is player behavior -- and last I checked, most of the folks are conducting themselves as professionals and adults.(Sources:NFL)

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Sathya Sai Baba | Sai Baba | Puttaparthi

Sathya Sai Baba breathes his last

Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba died at the Sathya Sai super speciality hospital at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district today. Doctors said he died at 7.40 am of cardio-respiratory failure. The 84-year-old was admitted to hospital on March 28 with breathing and heart problems.  

His condition since Thursday morning had been described as "very critical" by doctors attending to him. Most of his organs were not responding to treatment. The condition of his liver and his low blood pressure were causing concern, they had said.

Godman to some, miracle-man to others and revered as God by lakhs of his followers, Sathya Sai Baba had the rich, famous and powerful from the world of politics, business, films and sport flocking to his doorstep in Puttaparthi, the small Andhra Pradesh village that he made internationally famous. 

 
Born on 23 November 1926 in a modest family in Puttaparthi, Satyanarayana Raju declared himself a reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba at the age of 14. From then on his devotees and admirers only grew in numbers over the years.
 
Though a few controversies did cast shadows on Sai Baba's image and critics have been skeptical about claims that he would produce holy ash, golden rings and mementoes from thin air, Sathya Sai Baba also earned respect for setting up world-class educational and health institutions and also for charitable work like drinking water projects for four semi-arid districts of Andhra Pradesh and in Chennai. The institutions and properties that he built are estimated to be worth over Rs. 27,000 crore. 

After a hip fracture in 2006, Sathya Sai Baba was confined to a wheel chair and gave darshan from his car or a portable chair.

He breathed his last at 7: 40 a.m. on Sunday due to cardio-respiratory failure. His body will be kept at the Sai Kulwant Hall for two days for people to pay their homage to the spiritual guru.

The Baba was admitted to the super-speciality hospital at Prashantigram at Puttaparthi on March 28, following respiration-related problems.

In view of his deteriorating health, the Andhra Pradesh Police had deployed additional forces in Puttaparthi to maintain the law and order. Born as Sathyanarayana Raju, on November 23, 1926, Sai Baba was a popular Indian guru, spiritual figure and educator.

He had claimed to be the reincarnation of the great spiritual guru, Sai Baba of Shirdi, whose teachings were an eclectic blend of Hindu and Muslim beliefs.

Sathya Sai Baba and his organizations support a variety of free educational institutions, hospitals, and other charitable works in India and abroad.The number of active Sathya Sai Baba adherents was estimated in 1999 to be around six million, although followers’ estimations are far higher.

The Sathya Sai Organization reports that there are an estimated 1,200 Sathya Sai Baba Centers in 114 countries worldwide. In India itself, he draws followers from predominantly upper-middle-class, urban sections of society who have the “most wealth, education and exposure to Western ideas.”

A cultural icon in his home country, Sai Baba had attracted Presidents and Prime Ministers from India and beyond who have become his devotees in 2002, he claimed to have followers in 178 countries.(ANI)

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Sachin Tendulkar decided not to celebrate birthday

Sachin Tendulkar decided not to celebrate birthday , praying for Shri Sathya Sai Baba

Master  Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who turns 38 on Sunday, has decided not to celebrate his birthday and remains doubtful for the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Deccan Chargers here in view of the worsening condition of the spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba.

Tendulkar is an ardent devotee of the 85-year-old Baba, whose condition is very critical.

Tendulkar said he is praying for Baba's quick recovery.

"I am praying for Shri Sathya Sai Baba's quick recovery. Hope everyone will join me in praying for his return to good health," Tendulkar said on Twitter.

The Mumbai Indians' captain did not arrive with the team on Saturday for the match against Deccan Chargers here on Sunday but is expected to come later in the day, according to sources in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA).

He is, however, uncertain for the match and has also decided not to celebrate his birthday, sources said.

"He may stay away from Sunday's match so that he can visit Puttaparthi, the pilgrim town in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, in case of any eventuality," sources said.

Tendulkar, who has visited Puttaparthi on several occasions to seek Baba's blessings, had planned a party in the hotel to celebrate his birthday. The Mumbai Indians' management and HCA officials had even made some arrangements for the party.

(IANS)

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UGCNETONLINE | UGC Net 2011 | UGC Online

National Educational Testing (Net) Bureau
UGC National Elgibility Test For Junior Research Fellowship(JRF) and Eligibility For Lectureship – December 2010
EXAM. DATE : 26.06.2011                 NOTIFICATION        CLOSING DATE : 25.04.2011
Last date for receipt of duly completed Application Forms at the respective Test Centres is 30.04.2010 Candidates should submit their Application Forms only to the Registrar of the university from where they wish to appear in the Test as indicated in item 10 below. The application must be strictly as per the prescribed format.. APPLICATION SENT DIRECTLY TO THE UGC OFFICE WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED
The University Grants Commission announces holding of the National Eligibility Test (NET) on 26th June 2011 (Sunday) for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lectureship in Indian universities and colleges. UGC will conduct NET in 78 (seventy eight including ‘Bodo’ as a new subject) subjects (listed under item no. 9) at 74 (Seventy four) selected University Centres (listed under Item no. 10) spread across the country.
The result of the UGC-NET held on 26th December 2010 and the one to be held on 26th June 2011 will be made available on the UGC websites: www.ugc.ac.in and www.ugcnetonline.in and shall also be published in the Employment News as and when it is declared. The candidates 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 lectureship. 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. The award of JRF will depend on the performance of the candidate in all three papers of NET. However, the candidates qualifying exclusively for lectureship will not be considered for award of JRF. Candidates appearing in NET should clearly specify in the prescribed Application Form whether they are applying for both JRF & eligibility for Lectureship OR only for eligibility for Lectureship. Candidates who qualify the Test for eligibility for Lectureship will be governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of lecturers of the concerned universities/colleges/state governments, as the case may be.
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Visually Handicapped (VH)/Physically Handicapped (PH) / 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, candidates will be given such special concessions as may be decided by the Commission.
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 finding their placement in universities/IITs/institutions. The validity period of the offer is two years w.e.f. the date of issue of JRF Award Letter. However, in case the candidates 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.


UGC NET ELIGIBILITY :


AGE LIMIT & RELAXATION :
   
i)  
Junior Research Fellowship: Not more than 28 years as on 01.06.2011. A relaxation upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PH/VH 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 possessing L.L.M. Degree. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any circumstances.
   
ii)  
Lectureship: There is no upper age limit for applying for lectureship eligibility.

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 in Humanities (including languages) and Social Sciences, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this Test. The Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Physically Handicapped (PH)/Visually Handicapped (VH) 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 have appeared OR will be appearing at the 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 JRF/Lectureship eligibility only after they have passed their Master’s degree examination or equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of SC/ST/PH/VH category candidates). Such candidates must complete their P.G. degree examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.
iii) The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master’s level examination had been completed by 19th 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.
iv) 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. 9, may appear in a related subject.
v) Candidates seeking concession in fee are required to submit attested copy of their OBC(Non-creamy layer)/SC/ST/PH/VH certificate along with online printout of their Application Forms (obtained while applying on-line). Other candidates are not required to submit any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility alongwith printout of their Application Form. Therefore, 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 Commission at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action.
vi) Candidates with post-graduate diploma/certificate course(s), should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their course(s) with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi. (www.aiuweb.org)
4) AGE LIMIT & RELAXATION :
i) Junior Research Fellowship : Not more than 28 years as on 01.06.2010. A relaxation upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PH/VH 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 possessing L.L.M. Degree. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any circumstances.


ii) Lectureship : No upper age limit.


5) EXEMPTION (ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP) :
i) For M. Phil/ Ph.D candidates: The candidates having Ph.D. Degree in the concerned subject are exempted from NET for Under Graduate and Post Graduate level teaching. The candidates having M. Phil Degree in the concerned subject are exempted from NET for Under Graduate level teaching only. The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET.
ii) For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the State Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for eligibility for Lectureship held prior to 1st June 2003, are exempted from appearing in NET, being eligible to apply for Lectureship anywhere in India. For SET held from 1st June 2003 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of lecturer only in the universities/ colleges belonging to the state from where they have cleared their SET. All SET qualified candidates are also eligible to appear in NET, if they so desire.
SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST :
   
i)  
The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will be held on 26th June 2011 in two separate sessions as under:
 
Session
Paper  
Marks
Duration
First I 100 1¼ Hours (09.30 A.M. to 10.45 A.M.)
First II 100 1¼ Hours (10.45 A.M. to 12.00 NOON)
Second III 200 2½ Hours (01.30 P.M. to 04.00 P.M.)
   
 
Paper-I shall 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. UGC has decided to provide choice to the candidates from the December 2009 UGC-NET onwards. Sixty (60) multiple choice questions of two marks each will be given, out of which the candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50). In the event of the candidate attempting more than fifty questions, the first fifty questions attempted by the candidate would be evaluated.
   
 
Paper-II shall consist of questions based on the subject selected by the candidate. Each of these papers will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50 compulsory objective type questions of two marks each.
The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I and Paper-II on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the Test Booklet. The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR Sheet will be sent to the candidate along with the Admit Card.
   
 
Paper-III will consist of only descriptive questions from the subject selected by the candidate. The candidate will be required to attempt questions in the space provided in the Test Booklet. The structure of Paper-III has been revised from June 2010 UGC-NET and is available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in.  


Paper-III will be evaluated only for those candidates who are able to secure the minimum qualifying marks in Paper-I and Paper-II, as per the table given in the following:
   
 
CATEGORY MINIMUM QUALIFYING MARKS
PAPER - I PAPER - II PAPER - I + PAPER - II
GENERAL 40 40 100 (50 %)
OBC/PH/VH 35 35 90 (45 %)
SC/ST 35 35 80 (40 %)
   
  The minimum qualifying criteria for award of JRF is as follows:
   
 
CATEGORY MINIMUM QUALIFYING MARKS
PAPER - I PAPER - II PAPER - I + PAPER - II PAPER - III
GENERAL 40 40 100 (50 %) 100 (50 %)
OBC/PH/VH 35 35 90 (45 %) 90 (45 %)
SC/ST 35 35 80 (40 %) 80 (40 %)
   
 
However, the final qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lectureship shall be decided by UGC before declaration of result.
   
ii)  
For Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates thirty minutes’ extra time shall be provided separately for paper-I and Paper-II. For paper-III, forty five minutes’ extra time shall be provided. They will also be provided the services of a scribe who would be a graduate in a subject other than that of the candidate. Those Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates who are not in a position to write in their own hand-writing can also avail these services by making prior request (at least one week before the date of UGC-NET) in writing to the Co-ordinator of the test centre. Extra time and facility of scribe would not be provided to other Physically Handicapped candidates.
   
iii)  
Syllabus of Test: Syllabi for all NET subjects can be downloaded from the UGC Website www.ugc.ac.in and are also available in the libraries of all Indian universities. UGC will not send the syllabus to individual candidates.
   
iv)  
In Paper III, candidate has the option to answer either in Hindi or in English in all subjects except the languages where the candidate is required to write in the concerned language only. In case of Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science and Environmental Sciences, the question papers have to be answered in English only.
   
v)  
In case of any discrepancy found in the English and Hindi versions, the questions in English version shall be taken as final.
   
   
8)
IMPORTANT :
   
i)  
The national level Test for determining the eligibility of candidates for the award of Junior Research Fellowship/Lectureship in science subjects (Chemical Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical Sciences; Physical Sciences) is conducted jointly with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. The candidates in science subjects, desirous of availing UGC-JRF or obtaining eligibility for Lectureship in these subjects are advised to appear in the Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship conducted by CSIR.
   
ii)  
The UGC-NET for JRF/eligibility for Lectureship will be held at the University Test Centres specified in the list under item No. 10. PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGE OF CENTRE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.


6) EXAMINATION FEE AND MODE OF PAYMENT :
General Candidates Rs.450/-
Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC available on website ) Rs.225/-
SC/ST/PH/VH candidates Rs.110/-




7) SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST :
(i) The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will be held on 26.06.2011 in two separate sessions as under :
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Session Paper Marks Duration
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First I 100 1¼ Hours (09.30 A.M. to 10.45 A.M.)
First II 100 1¼ Hours (10.45 A.M. to 12.00 NOON)
Second III 200 2½ Hours (01.30 P.M. to 04.00 P.M.)
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Paper-I shall 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 short questions based on the subject selected by the candidate. Each of these papers will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50 objective type questions. The candidate will have to mark the response for each question on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided alongwith the Test Booklet. The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR Sheet will be sent to the candidate along with the Admit Card. Paper-III will consist of only descriptive questions from the subject selected by the candidate. The candidate will be required to attempt questions in the space provided in the Test Booklet. The format of Paper-III has been revised w.e.f. June,2005 UGC-NET and is available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in.
Syllabus of UGC NET Test: Syllabi for all NET subjects can be downloaded from the UGC Website www.ugc.ac.in and are also available in the libraries of all Indian universities. UGC will not send the syllabus to individual candidates.
IMPORTANT :
i) The national level Test for determining the eligibility of candidates for the award of Junior Research Fellowship/Lectureship in science subjects (Chemical Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical Sciences; Physical Sciences) is conducted jointly with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. Check out CSIR UGC NET The candidates in science subjects, desirous of availing UGC-JRF or obtaining eligibility for Lectureship in these subjects are advised to appear in the Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship conducted by CSIR.


ii) The UGC-NET for JRF/eligibility for Lectureship will be held at the University Test Centres specified in the list under item No. 10. PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGE OF CENTRE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
For more Details, Please visit UGC website
UGC Net 2011 Subjects
The list of NET subjects along with their respective codes are as given below:


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 Music 17 Management 18 Maithili 19 Bengali 20 Hindi 21 Kannada 22 Malayalam 23 Oriya 24 Punjabi 25 Sanskrit 26 Tamil 27 Telugu 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 Performing Arts – Dance/Drama/Theatre 66 Museology & Conservation 67 Archaeology 68 Criminology 70 Tribal and Regional Language/Literature 71 Folk Literature 72 Comparative Literature 73 Sanskrit Traditional Subjects (including Jyotis ha/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 Arts (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture/ Graphics/Applied 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 92 Human Rights and Duties 93 Tourism Administration and Management. * The candidates who have completed their 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). Download UGC 2011 Notification

HOW TO APPLY (APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE) :

i) The candidates are required to download the Bank Challan Performa from the UGC website OR take photocopy from the UGC-NET Notification published in the Employment News and then deposit the requisite test fee in any branch of State Bank of India along with the bank charges (commission) of Rs.20/-.
ii) Before applying Online, the candidates must possess the following : (i) Scanned passport (pp) size photograph in JPEG format of less than 300 kb, (ii) Copy of Bank Challan (fee receipt).
iii) Candidate seeking admission to the Test must apply online (i.e. www.ugcnetonline.in OR through a link available on the UGC website: www.ugc.ac.in).
iv) After successful submission, the candidate should take printout of online Application Form (two copies), Attendance Slip (one copy) and Admission Card (one copy) on separate A-4 size papers.
v) SC/ST/PH/VH candidates and candidates belonging to OBC (non-creamy layer) (as per the Central list of OBC available on website : www.ncbc.nic.in) must enclose the attested copy of certificate for the same.
vi) Candidates seeking age relaxation must enclose the certificate of educational qualification/research experience entitling the candidates for age relaxation. (for details, please see item no. 4).
vii) The Application (consisting of two copies of printout of online application form, one copy of Attendance Slip and one copy of Admission Card) alongwith required documents (as mentioned in item No. 13) must reach the Registrar of the University (UGC Test Centre).
viii) Application received after 02.05.2011 at the Test Centre will be rejected.
ix) Before applying Online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available on UGC website and also to be shortly published in the Employment News. Please note that Fee submitted through any other mode like Money Order, Demand Draft, IPO etc. will be summarily rejected.
x) The envelope containing the Application Form should be superscribed “UGC NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP, JUNE 2011”.
xi) The candidates must affix their recent identical passport size photographs, at the places indicated, on the printout of Online Application Form and must sign across the photograph after it is affixed so that a part of the signature spreads over the Application Form beyond the photograph. Besides, it should be duly attested by the Head of the University Department/Principal of the College/Class-I Gazetted Officer.
xii) In order to avoid last minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough. UGC will not be responsible for network problems or any other problem of this nature.
   
       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 and submitting the printout of Online Application Forms.
   
ii)  
Candidates will be issued the Admission Card by the respective Test Centres. Candidates should note that their candidature is strictly provisional. The mere fact that Admission Card has been issued to any candidate shall not imply that the Commission has finally accepted his/her candidature.
   
iii)  
UGC may change the centre(s) or date of examination without assigning any reason.
 
iv)  
Applications received after the last date will not be entertained.
 
v)  
No TA will be paid to the candidates.
 
vi)  
Canvassing in any form will disqualify the candidate.
 
vii)  
The decision of the Commission shall be final in all matters.
 
viii)  
All legal disputes pertaining to this Test shall fall within the jurisdiction of Delhi Courts only.
 
ix)  
Candidates should correspond only with their respective Test centres for Admission Card or any other relevant information. UGC will not entertain any requests/queries in this regard.
 
x)  
The use of calculators or Log Tables is not permitted. Cellular phones, pagers etc. are not allowed in the Examination Hall/Room.
 
xi)  
A candidate who does not appear in paper-I, will not be permitted to appear in paper-II and paper-III.
 
xii)  
Candidates will not be allowed to write any question from the Test Booklet on the Admission Card or on any other paper.
   
xiii)  
Those candidates who do not receive their Admission Card (Roll Number) after allotment of the venue of the Test by the coordinator of the respective Test Centre for appearing in the UGC-NET till 23rd June 2010, are advised to contact the office of Registrar/Co-ordinator of their UGC-NET Centres from 24th to 26th June, 2010, with the copy of Admission Card (Provisional) and two identical passport-size photographs duly attested by a gazetted officer. No Admission Card (Roll Number) will be issued on the day of the Test (i.e. 27th June, 2010) under any circumstances. UGC will not be responsible for any delay/non-receipt of the Admission card.
   
xiv)  
The descriptive papers, i.e., Paper-III of language subjects must be answered in the concerned language only.
   
xv)  
Candidates should ensure that the signatures appended and photographs pasted by them in all the places, viz. in their Application Form, Attendance Slip and Admission Card should be identical and there should be no variation of any kind.
   
xvi)  
The candidates in their own interest are requested to keep a photocopy of the Application Form, Admission Care and Attendance Slip for their own record.
   
xvii)  
Applications submitted on any other format (including UGC old format ) will not be accepted.
 
xviii)  
Print out of online application sent directly to the UGC will not be accepted.
 
xix)  
Applications submitted (hard copy) in any other format/form or received after last date will not be accepted.
 
xx)  
Submission of Online Application is mandatory. Hard copies submitted to the Test Centre without online submission, will not be accepted.
   
     13)    ENCLOSURES TO BE SENT WITH THE APPLICATION
   
  The candidates should send the following documents with their application:
 
i)  
Copy of Bank Challan (UGC copy).
 
ii)  
Copy of SC/ST/Visually Handicapped/Physically Handicapped/ OBC (Non creamy layer) certificates, in case applicable.
 
iii)  
certificate of educational qualification/research experience, in case applicable, entitling the candidate for age relaxation, duly attested by a Gazetted Officer.
 
iv)  
Two self addressed unstamped envelopes of 10” X 4” size.


     14)    CHECK LIST FOR FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

  The candidates are advised to ensure the following points carefully 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., GEN/SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer), in the relevant column correctly.
 
iii)  
That the VH/PH candidates have filled the relevant column in the Online Application Form. Only VH/PH candidates have to fill this column and the others have to leave it blank.
 
iv)  
Whether they have signed the printout of Online Application Form Admission Card and Attendance Slip.
 
v)  
Whether they have enclosed the required documents with the application form before submission.
 
vi)  
Whether they have kept a copy of the submitted documents for their own record.

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