What is UGC (University Grants Commission)?

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is a government agency and it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1956. Mainly established for the coordination, determination, and maintenance of standards of university education.

Head office located at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in New Delhi and it has six Regional offices located in Bangalore, Bhopal, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Pune.

UGC basically started as University Grants Committee, which was established in 1945 on the recommendation of Sargeant Report. The purpose of constituting committee is to monitor the work of three Central Universities (Aligarh, Benaras, and Delhi) of the country.

Under the chairmanship of Dr. S Radhakrishnan In 1948, the University Education Commission was set up. The recommendation was to the reconstitution of the University Grants Committee on the basis of the University Grants Commission of the UK.

What is NET (National Eligibility Test)?

NET (National Eligibility Test) is conducted by University Grants Commission with the help of NTA (National Testing Agency). The NET exam was conducted by UGC in December 1989 and again in March 1990 for both Lectureship and Junior Research fellowship. For many years, NET is conducted twice a year. National Eligibility Test is the eligibility for lectureship, JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) and for PSU Recruitment.

What is NTA (National Testing Agency)?

National Testing Agency (NTA) is a statutory body that has been approved by Union Cabinet and established in November 2017 to conduct entrance exams for higher educational institutions.

NTA conducts entrance exams like UGC NET (Lectureship/JRF/PSU Recruitment), Engineering Entrance exam (JEE), Medical Entrance Exam (NEET), Management Entrance exam (CMAT) and Pharmacy Entrance exam (GPAT).

Career Opportunities with NTA-UGC NET

There are three major career opportunities with NTA UGC NET: one is JRF, second is Lectureship, and third is PSUs Job opportunities.

JRF (Ph.D) and Lectureship

Candidates who qualified in the above test are grouped into two separate merit lists: JRF List and NET List. Candidates who scored well and are in the first merit list will be awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), and if they chose the option for NET (Lectureship) during application filling, they will be awarded Lectureship also. Those who chose NET while filling the application and are in the second merit list would be awarded Lectureship (NET). The same score is considered for PSU exams also.

All universities give priority to those who qualified UGC NET and will get some bonus marks in interview or written test. Many write UGC NET to pursue their scholar or Ph.D and choose Ph.D as career opportunities with NTA UGC NET and lectureship as well.

PSU Recruitment

Most fresh graduates and professionals utilize the career opportunities with NTA UGC NET. NTA UGC NET is the best platform for post-qualification (after Master's Degree) who are eagerly looking for an opportunity in the government sector. PSU (Public Sector Undertaking) considers the score in UGC NET Exam. HRD ministry and UGC NET agreed to give permission to PSUs to take scoring for their recruitment. Whoever qualified UGC NET can directly apply to participate in PSUs; there is no written test for candidates who already qualified UGC NET, the candidate will be called up for personal interview directly as part of the recruitment process.

PSUs are offering salary packages more than MNCs, Salary Package range in PSUs from 8L to 12L per annum. After post-graduation getting job in the private sector is difficult but if you qualify the NTA UGC NET it is easy to settle in PSUs with high salary packages.

Many students and professionals frequently ask what are the benefits after UGC NET, so PSU job placement is a major benefit after UGC NET. In addition to PSU recruitment through UGC NET Exam, there is another way to get job in PSUs that is direct exam for respective PSUs; we offer Online Courses for PSUs HR exams.

List of Maharatna Companies in India

• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
• Coal India Limited
• GAIL (India) Limited
• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
• Indian Oil Corporation Limited
• NTPC Limited
• Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
• Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
• Steel Authority of India Limited

List of Navratna Companies in India

• Bharat Electronics Limited
• Container Corporation of India Limited
• Engineers India Limited
• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
• Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
• National Aluminium Company Limited
• NBCC (India) Limited
• NMDC Limited
• NLC India Limited
• Oil India Limited
• Power Finance Corporation Limited
• Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
• Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
• Shipping Corporation of India Limited

Miniratna Category - I CPSEs are 61 and Miniratna Category-II CPSEs are 12.

Lectureship

The lectureship is a better opportunity for students who are willing to settle in the academic field. This is one more great benefit after UGC NET, with a wide range of opportunities available in state universities, Central University, Deemed universities, and Premier institutions.

Salary Packages: At the initial stage salary ranges from 25K to 40K or more and it depends on university or institutions.

Career Development: Assistant Professor - Associate Professor - Professor - Sr. Professor - Head of the Department – Dean.

Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)

Those who are willing to pursue research, JRF is the right option. Qualifying candidates can choose Ph.D. Program from university/Institution/DU with the respective postgraduate subject.

After qualifying JRF and need to enroll for a Ph.D. course, fellowship is for five years. The JRF qualifiers are awarded a stipend or fellowship. The option to pursue research in their respective postgraduate subject is considered as one of the benefits after UGC NET.

Fellowship: Ph.D. for five years, first two years fellowship of Rs.25,000/- + HRA and next three years fellowship Rs.28,000/- + HRA.

Academic Opportunities: Jr. Research Fellowship (Scholar) and Senior Fellowship.

Opportunities in Organisations: Project Fellowship, Sr. Project Fellowship, Project Associate, Senior Associate, Authors, Senior Author, and Project Author.

Independent: Own Research or Train others.

UGC NET Job Portal

There is another opportunity through the UGC job portal. Here candidates need to register. UGC will post the vacancies which are available in universities/Institutions/Colleges and Universities/Institutions/Colleges also will contact the registered candidates for filling vacant positions. Apart from the above three, this is one more benefit after UGC NET.

www.ugc.ac.in/jobportal

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