REGIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DBT-JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (DBT-JRF) PROGRAMME
BIOTECHNOLOGY ELIGIBILITY TEST (BET) 2024
Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, through nodal agency, Regional Centre for Biotechnology
(RCB), Faridabad is conducting Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET) 2024. Applications are invited from bonafide
Indian citizens, residing in India for the award of ‘DBT-Junior Research Fellowship’ (DBT-JRF) to pursue research
in frontier areas of Biotechnology across the country. Based on the performance in BET 2024, candidates will be
shortlisted under Category-I and Category-II of DBT-JRF Programme. Government of India norms for reservation
will be followed for shortlisting of candidates.
Candidates shortlisted under Category-I will be eligible to avail fellowship at any recognized University/ Institution
across India, where the candidate enrols for Ph.D. Programme. Candidates selected under Category-II will be eligible
to be appointed in any DBT sponsored project with fellowship equivalent to NET/ GATE qualification as per current
DST guidelines and/ or enrol in PhD programme, subject to selection through institutional selection process. There
will be no binding on Principal Investigators of DBT sponsored projects to select JRF for their project from CategoryII list. Selection in Category-II will not entitle candidates to avail any fellowship from DBT-JRF programme.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Academic Qualification: Bachelors (B.E./ B.Tech./ M.B.B.S.) and Masters (M.Sc./ M.Tech./ M.VSc./ M.Pharm./
Integrated M.Sc./M.Tech.) in any discipline of Biotechnology, Life-Sciences or any other allied areas of Biology.
Candidates admitted in any of the M.Sc./ M.Tech./ M.VSc./ M.Sc.(Agri) programmes supported under the DBT Post
Graduate Teaching Programme shall be eligible to apply. Candidates who are yet to appear in the final semester
examination or awaiting result of final semester examination are also eligible to apply.
Marks: Minimum 60% of marks for General, EWS & OBC category and 55% of marks for SC/ ST/ Differently Abled
in aggregate (or equivalent grade).
Age Limit: Upto 28 years of age as on the last date of application for General & EWS category. Age relaxation of up
to 5 years (33 years) for SC/ ST/ Differently Abled/ women candidates and upto 3 years (31 years) for OBC (NonCreamy Layer) candidates.
DETAILS OF THE AWARD
Category-I entitles a shortlisted candidate for activation of fellowship subject to joining Ph.D. Programme and
subsequent registration of Ph.D. from recognized University/ Institution across India within two (2) years from the
date of issuance of award letter. Registration for Ph.D. is candidate's responsibility and DBT/ RCB has no role/
responsibility in this matter. Verification of documents will be carried out for shortlisted candidates only. Award letter
will not be issued to candidates found ineligible or who submit incorrect documents or whose documents are not
received within one (1) year from the date of declaration of BET 2024 result.
Shortlisted candidates who activate their fellowship upon successful enrolment in Ph.D. program at University/
Institutions across India shall be designated as ‘Junior Research Fellow’ (JRF) with fellowship of Rs. 37,000.00/- per
month for two (02) years from date of joining/ activation of fellowship. On completion of 02 years and successfully
defending three-member assessment committee a fellow shall be designated as ‘Senior Research Fellow’ (SRF)
entitled for enhanced fellowship of Rs. 42,000.00/- per month for remaining duration of three (03) years. Additionally,
a DBT JRF/ SRF is entitled to avail HRA (if applicable) and Rs. 30,000.00/- contingency per annum on pro-rata basis.
MODE OF SELECTION
Candidates will be shortlisted on merit by computer-based ‘Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET).
PROGRAMME
SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION
The syllabus for BET is given at https://rcb.res.in/upload/DBT-JRF%20BET-%202021%20Syllabus.pdf
PATTERN OF EXAMINATION
The medium of BET 2024 will be in English only. The pattern of question paper will comprise Multiple Choice
Questions as given below
Section A will comprise of 50 compulsory multiple-choice questions of 10+2 level in subjects:
General Science,
Mathematics, Chemistry, General Aptitude, Analytical, Quantitative Ability and General Biotechnology and each
question carries Three (03) marks.
There will be negative marking and for each incorrect response, One (01) mark
will be deducted from the total marks. Un-answered/ un-attempted questions will be given Zero (0) mark.
Section B will comprise of 150 multiple-choice questions of specific areas in Biotechnology. A candidate has to
attempt 50 questions and each question carries Three (03) marks. There will be negative marking and for each incorrect
response, One (01) mark will be deducted from the total marks. Un-answered/ un-attempted question will be given
Zero (0) mark.
CHOICE OF EXAMINATION CITIES
Candidates may opt for any four different cities of their choice from the options provided in the application form.
Efforts will be made to allot one of the four opted cities; however, in certain cases, candidates may be allotted a
different city due to administrative reasons. No TA/ DA will be payable to candidates for appearing in the examination.
MODE OF APPLICATION
Information Bulletin for filling the application form, payment of application fee and uploading of required documents/
certificates is available at https://dbt.nta.ac.in/ www.nta.ac.in. Prescribed formats of category certificates and
undertaking to be submitted by appearing/ result awaited candidates is available at https://dbt.nta.ac.in/
www.nta.ac.in.
A non-refundable and non-transferable application fee of Rs. 1200/-is payable by General/ OBC/ EWS candidates
and Rs 600/- by SC/ ST/ PWD candidates.
IMPORTANT DATES
Closing Date of submission of online application 06
th March 2024 (upto 05:00 PM)
Closing Date for submission of online application fee 06
th March 2024 (upto 11:50 PM)
Correction in Particulars of Application Form (Online Only) 08
th March 2024 to 09
th March 2024
Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET) 2024 20th April 2024 (Saturday) | 03:00 PM to 06:00 PM
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