Regd. No. MH/MR/South-160/2012-14 RNI Regn. No. 43675/1985 MUMBAI TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 32 PAGES `3 Website: www.afternoondc.in
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NETTING PSUs L to R: Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Lata Mangeshkar and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi among others, yesterday.
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By Yatin Ingle
PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS OPEN DOORS FOR CANDIDATES CLEARING NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST WHICH IS MANDATORY FOR TEACHERS
hile the National Eligibility Test (NET) has become tough thanks to the inclusion of aggregate percentile scores, it has also increased job opportunities. Now, clearing the NET will not only make you eligible to teach, but also enable you to work for Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). The University Grants Commission (UGC) had declared that the NET scores will now also be considered by the PSUs for job recruitment. The NET is conducted by the UGC to help a person qualify to be a professor and Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in any university or institution in India. The UGC, in its NET examinations conducted in June 2012, suddenly increased the passing percentile, due to which the passing criteria had become tougher. Fortunately, a grand opportunity was presented by
the UGC when it declared that the NET scores will be considered for job recruitment in PSUs. Public Sector Undertakings have already proposed taking the NET scores of candidates into consideration while recruiting. The Indian Oil Corporation has secured permission to consider NET scores for recruitment. The UGC states that this declaration will increase the number of NET candidates. There had been a decline in the last two years. There were 28,824 candidates appearing for NET in December 2012. The number has fallen by around 2,500 candidates this year. Prof D.N. Reddy, member, UGC told the ADC, “With the NET, it will be easy to assess a candidate’s knowledge of subjects and his understanding skills. It is for this reason that employers are giving importance to NET scores during recruitment. Many PSUs are likely to opt for this in the coming days.”
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‘Aey Mere Vatan Ke Logon’ revisited
YESTERDAY saw a mammoth gathering at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse to mark 50 years of songstress Lata Mangeshkar's rendition of the famous song, 'Aey Mere Vatan Ke Logon.' Accepting public felicitation, the songstress reminded the audience and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, who was present and gave a speech on the occasion, of her close proximity to the Nehru-Gandhi family. She disclosed that the song drove the late Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to tears on January 27, 1963. She also stated his daughter, the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, had come searching for her in the audience stating that she wanted Lata to meet her two sons, Rajiv and Sanjay, who were her ardent admirers. Lata later donated a cheque of Rs.5,001 for the Shahid Gaurav Samiti. BJP MLA and chief architect of the event, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, in his speech, disclosed that the Rs. 31 lakh raised for organising the event were being donated to the Army Welfare Fund. — Prashant Hamine