NOTIFICATION FOR 34th MH-SET FOR ASSISTANT …

1 0 NOTIFICATION FOR 34th MH-SET FOR ASSISTANT professorship to be conducted for the States of Maharashtra & Goa on Sunday, 28th January, 2018 by SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY (The State Agency nominated by the Government of Maharashtra & Goa Accredited by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi.) Ganeshkhind, Pune - 411007. MAHARASHTRA _____ E-mail : Tele: 020 - 25692527 Website : 020 - 25601289 Fax No. : 020-25699250 020 - 25601290 1 Important Dates Commencement of online application form :- Last date for applying Online :- Last date of submission of Online Fee :-through Credit/Debit card/Internet Banking Correction in particulars of application :- form on the website to Availability of admit card on website :- Date of Examination :- (1) PRINTOUT OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM SHOULD NEITHER BE SENT TO ANY CO-ORDINATING CENTRE NOR TO SET DEPARTMENT, SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY, PUNE.

2 2 INDEX Sr. No. Contents Page No. 1. Important Instructions 3 2. Conditions of Eligibility 4-5 3. Exemption from SET 5 4. SET- & Post-Graduation Subjects 6 5. Examination Centers 7 6. Application Form 7 7. Scheme of Examination 8-9 8. Procedure & Criteria for declaration of result 10-11 9. Provisions for persons with 40% or more disability 12 10. Admit Card/Hall Ticket 12 11. How to Apply (Application to be submitted online) 13 12. General Instructions 13-14 13. Check List for filling the online application form 15 14. Important Instructions for Marking the Test Booklet Code, Subject Code, Seat Number and responses with Blue/Black ball point pen 16 15. Unfair means/Misconduct 17 3 MAHARASHTRA STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST ( MH-SET ) FOR ASSISTANT professorship Conducted by SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY AS THE STATE AGENCY : MOST IMPORTANT 1) Read the NOTIFICATION carefully before filing an online Application form 2) Enter the category (Caste/PWD/NCL) and Post-graduation degree & subject correctly 3) By mistake if you click as SET qualified, you will be denied for submission of online application form 4) During examination, make entries in the OMR sheet (Answer sheet) correctly.

3 5) Students will be solely responsible for the wrong entries in the online application form as well as in the OMR sheet (Answer sheet) 6) Students should ensure that the NCL (Non-creamy layer) Certificate is valid. 7) The Reservation policy for SET examination is as per the Maharashtra Govt. (Central Govt. OBC certificate is not acceptable from the candidates belonging to DT(A)/VJ(A), NT(B), NT(C), NT(D) & SBC). 1. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS : (a) Before submission of the online Application Form, the candidate should read this NOTIFICATION carefully. (b) On behalf of the States of Maharashtra & Goa, the Savitribai Phule Pune University, the State Agency announces holding of the 34th MH-SET on 28/01/2018 (Sunday) for determining the Eligibility of the candidates for the post of ASSISTANT professorship in the Universities and Colleges of Maharashtra & Goa States.

4 The Savitribai Phule Pune University, State Agency will conduct the MH-SET in 32 subjects (listed under Item No. 4 on page 6) at 15 selected cities of examination (listed under Item No. 5 on page 7) spread across the states. (c) The Eligibility for ASSISTANT Professor will depend on the performance of the candidate in all three papers of SET. Candidates who qualify the Test for Eligibility for ASSISTANT Professor will be governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of ASSISTANT Professor of the concerned Universities/Colleges/State Governments, as the case may be. (d) The result of the MH-SET to be held on 28/01/2018 will be made available on the website: as and when it is approved and declared. The candidates will not be intimated individually about their result.

5 (e) Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with 40% or more Disability (PWD)/ Other Backward Class (OBC),/ DT(A) (VJ),/NT(B)/ NT(C)/, NT(D)/ SBC ( Non Creamy Layer category only) are the recognized categories by the Governments of Maharashtra and Goa to avail benefit as per UGC guidelines. The candidates will be given such special concession as may be decided by the UGC. 4 2. CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY : a) The candidates must have Master s Degree recognized by , in a subject of SET. The candidates having Post Graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/Institute or Foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the Foreign University/Institute should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence *of their diploma/degree/certificate, with Master's degree of recognized Indian Universities from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi ( ) (* Such candidates who qualify SET will be required to submit equivalence certificate from AIU, immediately after the result of the SET examination) b) The candidates other than SC/ST/OBC/SBC/DT(VJ)/NT category, who have secured at least 55% marks (without gracing or rounding off) in Master s or equivalent examination, are eligible for this test.

6 OBC/SBC/DT(VJ)/NT [belonging to non-creamy layer] and SC/ST/PH/VH (PH-Physically Handicapped, VH-Visually Handicapped Blind) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without gracing or rounding off) in Master s or equivalent examination are eligible for this test. The candidates belonging to DT(A)(VJ)/NT (B,C,D)/SBC must submit a valid category certificate recognized by the Govt. of Maharashtra & Goa. The OBC certificate will not be accepted in lieu of said categories (The OBC certificate is accepted only at national level for UGC-NET and UGC-CSIR NET in lieu of said categories). c) The candidates who are studying in the first year of two years Masters Course or in first two semesters of a four semester course of Master s Degree are not eligible to appear for this test.

7 D) Candidates who have appeared OR will be appearing at the qualifying (final) master s degree examination and whose result is still awaited OR candidates whose examinations have been delayed may also apply for this Test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible to apply for the MH-SET Examination. Such candidates who clear SET Examination will be issued the certificate after they have passed their Master s Degree examination or equivalent examination with at least 55% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PH/VH and OBC/SBC/DT(A)/NT(B)/NT(C)/NT(D) [belonging to non-creamy layer] and submit their Mark sheet within two years from the date of declaration of result of the MH-SET examination. e) The candidates of other States (other than Maharashtra & Goa) belonging to reserved categories shall be treated as Open category, as per the rules of the Maharashtra and Goa States.

8 F) Candidates can appear for SET in the subject of their Post Graduation only Commerce : , Environmental Science : Env. Sci., Life Science : Life Science/Botany/Zoology/Microbiology/ Biotechnology etc., Home Science : Home Science (Refer Item No. 4 on page 06, for list of SET and subjects). 5 g) Candidates should note that their candidature is provisional. It will be deemed final upon verification of eligibility documents with reference to the claims made in their application, after the result of SET examination. h) A candidate who has already qualified SET in a particular subject, will not be allowed to appear again for the same subject in SET. The candidates violating this rule will be liable for initiating leagal action. i) To apply for the SET, there is no upper age limit.

9 J) As per the rules the candidates who have passed (by Research) are not eligible to appear for the SET. k) The SET State Agency will not issue any mark sheet to qualified/not qualified candidates. Students should note that there is a provision for online verification of MH-SET result. The SET Unit will issue certificate to qualified candidates only on verification of the eligibility documents immediately after the result of the SET examination. 3) EXEMPTION (ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANT professorship ) : a. Exemption from SET will be as per decisions taken by the and State Government from time to time. 6 4. SET subjects, Courses & Post Graduation Subjects: Presently the SET is being conducted in 32 subjects mentioned in the following table.

10 Sr. No. SUB. CODE SET SUBJECT Course Subject (S) 01 01 MARATHI MARATHI 02 02 HINDI HINDI 03 03 ENGLISH ENGLISH 04 04 SANSKRIT SANSKRIT 05 05 URDU URDU 06 10 HISTORY HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY 07 11 ECONOMICS ECONOMICS, HOME ECONOMICS, FINANCIAL ECONOMICS, AGRIBUSINESS ECONOMI CS 08 12 PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY 09 13 PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY 10 14 SOCIOLOGY SOCIOLOGY 11 15 POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICS/POLITICAL SCIENCE 12 16 DEFENCE & STRATEGIC STUDIES DEFENCE STUDIES/ DEFENCE & STRATEGIC STUDIES 13 17 HOME SCIENCE M. HOME SCIENCE 14 18 LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE LIBRARY SCIENCE/LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE 15 19 JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION M. A. JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION/JOURNALISM 16 20 SOCIAL WORK M. A. SOCIAL WORK 17 21 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION M. A. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 18 30 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE M.