The CSIR UGC JRF-NET exam is being conducted in five science disciplines- Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), are partnering towards conducting a combined single national exam for JRF-NET for Life Sciences (LS) and Biotechnology (BT), which were being conducted separately by CSIR and DBT.

It is proposed that in the combined exam, the syllabus of Life Sciences and Biotechnology subjects may be merged by avoiding redundancies and catering to the students of both the disciplines and aligning with contemporary scientific concepts and knowledge.

The merging of the life sciences and biotechnology syllabus is a transformative development in the efforts to prepare the scientific human resources proficient in the latest advances in Science & Technology, while having strong fundamentals in the basic concepts.

This initiative taken by CSIR and DBT is towards synergizing their efforts and arriving at the newly combined discipline which will be known as Life Sciences and Biotechnology (LS & BT), replacing the independent exams, and will be an important step in unifying the examination processes for these critical research areas.

The announcement and proposed syllabus are given at Notices link at ‘News and Announcements’ at https://csirhrdg.res.in/

Stakeholders may fill their feedback form at given link (given as a scrolling message at https://csirhrdg.res.in/) on the proposed syllabus, by 7th June 2025.

More than one feedback by the same person will not be entertained.