The National Eligibility Test (NET) is a standardised test conducted at the national level by various agencies of the

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. It assesses candidates' eligibility for research fellowships, specifically the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and, in some cases, the Senior Research Fellowship (SRF). The test enables successful candidates to pursue doctoral programmes and contribute to research endeavors within public research institutes and universities across the country. Additionally, many colleges and universities use the NET as a criterion for appointing

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s, with a lower cut-off mark specified than that required for the JRF.

List of NET exams

The NET exams include but not limited to: * Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board–National Eligibility Test (ASRB–NET) * Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) * Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) * UGC–NET * CSIR–UGC NET * Indian Council of Medical Research–Junior Research Fellowship (ICMR–JRF) * Indian Council of Agricultural Research–All India Competitive Examination (ICAR–AICE) * Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) * Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) * Joint Graduate Entrance Examination for Biology and Interdisciplinary Life Sciences (JGEEBILS) * NBHM PhD Scholarship Screening Test

References

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