ICMR JRF 2013 Notification

ICMR in collaboration with PGIMER, Chandigarh will hold a National level examination for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF), for Indian national candidates.

Exam Cities: Bhopal,Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkatta Mumbai, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Varanasi on Sunday, July 14,2013.

A total of 120 fellowships awarded in Life Sciences stream(like microbiology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, human biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biophysics, immunology, pharmacology,zoology, environmental sciences,botany, veterinary sciences).

Eligibility:
Educational: M.Sc/M.A or equivalent degree with minimum 55% marks for General/OBC Candidates and 50% for the SC/ST & physically handicapped (PH) candidates in the subjects mentioned above.

Candidates appearing in the final year examination (2013-2014) can also apply.

Age Limit: The upper age limit for admission to the eligibility test is 28 years as on 30-09-2013 (relaxable up to 5 years in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/PH/ female candidates and 3 years in the case of OBC.

Important Dates to remember

Application form duly completed must reach the Professor Incharge (Academic Section)
PGIMER, Chandigarh-160012 by registered/Speed post on or before 30.4.2013.
Candidate from remote areas /regions may submit their application forms duly completed latest by 10.5.2013.
ICMR-JRF Exam 2013 - Sunday, July 14,2013

How to apply

The candidate is required to download the Application Form/Challan Form from the PGIMER Website http://pgimer.nic.in and ICMR New Delhi website http://icmr.nic.in only. After filling the application form the candidate is required to send it by Speed Post/Registered Posts to Registrar, PGI, Chandigarh on or before 10.5.2013 (for General & OBC Rs. 500/- and Rs. 300/- for SC/ST/PH) . After depositing the fee with the branch of State Bank of India, the candidate shall send PGI’s copy of the Challan Form along with the application form and retain candidate’s copy of Challan with him/her for future use. The third copy of the challan form will be retained by the State Bank of India. The Challan form is required to be filled up in the name of Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh in the ‘Power Jyoti’ Account No. 32211616762 and those candidates who have SBI account can also pay their fee through i-collect service of SBI. In that case the INB reference No. will have to be mentioned instead of Challan No. in the application form. The candidate is required to send two window envelopes (without self-address) affixing Rs. 10/- postal stamp on them directly to Registrar, PGI, Chandigarh before 10.5.2013.

Amount of application fee and Mode of payment:The candidates can go to any branch of State Bank of India with the fee payment challan duly filled in and pay the prescribed application fee in the “Power Jyoti” PUL current account of ICMR. The Account No. of ICMR for admission is 32211616762. The candidates after having deposited the fee in the bank must ensure that they have Triplicate Fee Payment Challan with Challan No. given by the bank on it. The candidate should keep this Challan Form with them for future use.

The amount of fee to be paid is as under : (General & OBC : Rs. 500/- , SC/ST/OPH : Rs. 300/-).

No other form of payment of application fees like Demand Draft, Banker Cheque, Money
Order, Postal Order etc. will be accepted under any circumstances. The fee once paid will not be refunded.

ICMR-JRF Official Notification

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Application form

NOTE: No request for supply of form by post will be entertained after 30.4.2013

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