🧑🏻‍🔧 NET

About the Exam

• NET means NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST
• It is a qualifying examination for determining eligibility for the position of Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) and other Agricultural Universities (AUs). Candidates clearing the National Eligibility Test will be eligible to apply for the post of Lecturers or Assistant Professors in the SAUs/AUs.
• Exam is conducted by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB)
• Generally ASRB conduct a combined examination for NET, Subject Matter Specialist (SMS), Senior Technical Officer (STO) & Agriculture Research Service (ARS) in Online computer based (CBT) mode in a staggered slot-wise examination format.
• Out of which NET is only one stage exam because

Eligibility

• Possess a Master’s degree or equivalent in the respective Discipline and specialization completed on or before 30th September.
• That means candidates in their last year of MSc are also eligible to apply for this examination.
• Degree must be from any Indian University incorporated by an Act of Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institution established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or he/she must have qualification from a foreign University recognized as equivalent eligibility qualification by the Government of India (GoI).
• A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years as on 1st January. There is no upper age limit.
• There is no restriction on number of attempts for appearing in this exam.

Pattern of the Exam

• The online examination will be conducted in the designated Centres/cities at single or multiple venues.
• The questions of the Examination will be available in bilingual form i.e. in Hindi and English medium. The applicants will have to indicate their medium of Examination in the online application form itself.
• In case of any discrepancy between English and Hindi versions of the English version will be treated as final.

Notification

• Each year ASRB releases the notification on it’s Website (http://www.asrb.org.in) between March to April month.
• List of Exam Centers

  

Syllabus

👉🏻 Here is the list of revised disciplies for NET, STO, SMS & ARS exams:

1. Agronomy
2. Soil Sciences
3. Genetics & Plant Breeding
4. Economic Botany & Plant Genetic Resources
5. Seed Science & Technology
6. Plant Pathology
7. Agricultural Entomology
8. Nematology
9. Floriculture & Landscaping
10. Fruit Science
11. Spices, Plantation & Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
12. Vegetable Science
13. Agricultural Extension
14. Agricultural Economics
15. Agricultural Business Management
16. Agricultural Statistics
17. Farm Machinery & Power
18. Computer Applications & IT
19. Agricultural Microbiology
20. Agricultural Biotechnology
21. Plant Biochemistry
22. Agricultural Chemicals
23. Agricultural Meteorology
24. Agroforestry
25. Environmental Science
26. Home Science
27. Plant Physiology
28. Animal Biochemistry
29. Animal Biotechnology
30. Animal Genetics & Breeding
31. Animal Nutrition
32. Animal Physiology
33. Animal Reproduction & Gynecology
34. Dairy Chemistry
35. Dairy Microbiology
36. Dairy Technology
37. Livestock Product Technology
38. Livestock Production Management
39. Poultry Science
40. Veterinary Medicine
41. Veterinary Microbiology
42. Veterinary Parasitology
43. Veterinary Pathology
44. Veterinary Pharmacology
45. Veterinary Public Health
46. Veterinary Surgery
47. Aquaculture
48. Fisheries Resource Management
49. Fish Processing Technology
50. Fish Nutrition
51. Fish Health
52. Fish Genetics & Breeding
53. Land & Water Management Engineering
54. Bioinformatics
55. Food Technology
56. Agricultural Structure and Process Engineering
57. Veterinary Anatomy (only for NET)

Reference

- https://www.asrb.org.in//