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The CSIR-UGC NET qualified candidate will have good career prospective after completion of his / her Ph.D. He can join as a postdoctoral fellow / research associate to carry further research. Apart from the fellowship (16,000+ HRA for JRF and 18,000+ HRA for SRF) the candidate also qualifies for lectureship (LS), which is mandatory to join in the universities as a Lecturer / Assistant Professor or to join as a scientist in the government funded research organizations. The candidates qualified in CSIR-UGC NET for JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) can join in any of the reputed CSIR/ ICMR/ DBT laboratories or IISCC and IIT’s to pursue his / her P.hD. Following are some of the reputed CSIR institutes / organisations:

1. Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
2. National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
3. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
4. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore
5. Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow
6. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
7. Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
8. Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh
9. Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
10. National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
11. Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
12. Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur
13. Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar
14. National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad

Apart from CSIR laboratories, you can also join in Central Universities and other state level reputed universities and research institutes for higher courses and research. The CSIR-UGC NET results are divided in to Three categories. These are CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF and LS which will be based on the performance in the examination. CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF fellows will receive their fellowship/ research grants from CSIR and UGC respectively. They can join in any laboratory or university based on their interest.

Another important feature of CSIR UGC NET is the top 10 percent of the CSIR-UGC NET qualified students will be invited / called for SPM fellowship (Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship) test once a year, normally in the month of July. The eligible candidates shall be called for interview by a panel of subject-experts for initial screening. The shortlisted candidates will be further interviewed by a panel of SPMF Core Committee members and subject committee chairmen for final selection of the candidates. This is a prestigious fellowship and the amount of fellowship is higher than CSIR – UGC JRF, that is 20, 000+ HRA for JRF and 24, 000+ HRA for SRF.

London based business and financial daily, The Financial Times has released Global Business School Rankings for the year 2011. The Financial Times (FT) releases Top 100 rankings for B-Schools across the world every year based on its own criterion and these ranking have more credibility at the international level. The daily has taken increase in average salary in placements and last three years average rankings into consideration along with other set of parameters.

India has two premier B-Schools in the top 100 list. Prestigious Brand IIM Ahmadabad and Indian School of Business (Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh have occupied 11th and 13th slots in the top 100 list. Both the institutes are famous for their reputation across the globe and have been successful in building their own brand of education, training, research and placements. Following are the Top 20 B-Schools in the Financial Times list:

1. London Business School, U.K.
2. University of Pennsylvania: Wharton U.S.A.
3. Harvard Business School, U.S.A.
4. Insead, France / Singapore
5. Stanford University GSB, U.S.A.
6. Hong Kong UST Business School, China
7. Columbia Business School, U.S.A.
8. IE Business School, Spain
9. Iese Business School, Spain
10. MIT Sloan School of Management, U.S.A.
11. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), India
12. University of Chicago, Booth, U.S.A
13. Indian School of Business, India
14. IMD, Switzerland
15. New York University, Stern, U.S.A.
16 Yale School of Management, U.S.A.
17. Ceibs, China
18. Dartmouth College, Tuck, U.S.A.
19. HEC Paris, France
20. Duke University, Fuqua U.S.A.

The Financial Times also allot rankings for European Business Schools, Online MBA Institutes, Executive Programmes and Branch wise rankings for B-Schools such as Management, Finance etc. You can get all complete list of various rankings and categories at rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2011

Best CSIR Institutes for CSIR-UGC JRF Qualified Candidates and Prospects

Financial Times Top 20 Global B-School Rankings