Fellowships

UGC NET June 2012 – New Pattern and Changes in Exam

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UGC has announced several changes in the NET examination commencing from June 2012. The UGC NET June 2012 notification has been announced for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and Lectureship. The UGC has introduced complete objective type examination in all three papers from June 2012. The latest UGC NET June 2012 notification issued by UGC has notified these changes. There will be three papers. All the question papers will be in objective type. According to these changes, following is the new examination structure:

1) Paper 1: There will be 60 questions and candidates have to attempt 50 questions. Each question carry 2 marks thus making it a total of 100 marks. Duration is 90 minutes.

2) Paper 2: There will be 50 questions in this paper. All questions are compulsory. The paper will be for 100 marks and duration is 90 minutes.

3) Paper 3: There will be 75 questions in this paper and each question carry 2 marks. Total marks for this paper is 150 and duration is 150 minutes.

The UGC has announced that the syllabus of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III will remain the same as mentioned earlier. Candidates will be allowed to take out a printout of OMR Response Sheets with them after the completion of the examination. There will be no negative marking. Interested candidates can apply online only through www.ugcnetonline.in OR www.ugc.ac.in .

1) Last date for the submission of online applications: Monday, April 30, 2012
2) Last date for receiving the documents at the test center: Monday; May 07, 2012
3) Examination Date: Sunday, June 24, 2012

CCI – Competition Commission of India Essay Competition 2012

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) is conducting National Level Essay Competition 2012 for School, College and University level students. The competitions will be in two categories as mentioned below. Students of Class 11th and 12th, Under Graduate students and students pursuing PG / Ph.D. including PG Diplomas / M.Phil / CA / CWA/ CS/ MBA are eligible for respective categories. Following are topics for competition and application procedure:

1) Category A: Topic is ‘Benefits of fair Competition in markets OR Role of CCI in promoting and sustaining competition. Students of Class 11th and 12th can participate.

2) Category B and C: Competition: A potent tool for Economic Development and Socio – Economic Welfare OR Competition in markets promotes economic efficiency. Under Graduate students can participate in Category B and students pursuing PG / Ph.D. including PG Diplomas / M.Phil / CA / CWA/ CS/ MBA can participate in Category C competition.

There will be attractive cash prizes for winners. Participants can submit entries by email to cci.essay@gmail.com. Last date for the receipt of entries is 30th June 2012. Only one essay is allowed for participant. Names of the winners will be announced and published on CCI’s website in the third week of August, 2012. For more details, see www.cci.gov.in .