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A Brief history of Department :

Sri Krishnadevaraya Institute of Management (SKIM) has been rendering yeomen service to thebusiness world since its inception in 1981. Today it is one of the distinguished premier business

schools in India. It has made a mark in the world of management by producing quality students

who are committed to their work. With its fine infrastructure, able faculty and salubrious

atmosphere, SKIM is poised for bigger strides in management education. The institute adopts anopen system in training and development of students personality, which is essential for

managerial positions. The teaching methods adopted are a judicious mix of classroom sessions,

field visits, role plays, simulation games, business games and case studies. The communicationlaboratory provides a forum for every student to share thoughts, ideas and work for the all round

development of the student community. The activities include Group discussions, Debates,

Role-plays, Business Games, Quiz etc.

Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati was established in 1954, in the world

famous temple town of Tirupati on the sprawling campus of 1000 acres with apanoramic and pleasant hill view. This University stands as a testimony to the

wisdom and foresight of great visionaries Late Sri Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu,the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Late Sri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy,

to cater to the educational needs and aspirations of the people of Rayalaseema

area. With a great wisdom, the founder of this University have rightly coined the

motto Wisdom lies in proper perspective for it. The University has grownexcellently from strength to strength over the past fifty-two years, as a premier

institute of higher learning under the able and committed leaderships of successive

Vice-Chancellors starting from Prof. S. Govindarajulu to the present Vice-Chancellor Prof. N. Prabhakar Rao. It has gone through greater strides in the

transformation of the University with acquiring necessary and modernsophisticated instrumentation to catch up with the world competition in academicand research programmes.

Right from its inception, the University has been laying more emphasis onteaching, research and extension activities in different subjects. The range of

subject departments, courses and research programmes undertaken and promoted

during the last fifty-two years reflect the Sri Venkateswara Universitys

commitment in promoting socially relevant and inter-disciplinary programmes.The University was started with six departments of Chemistry, Physics,

Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Economics and Philosophy. The University has

eight constituent colleges concerning various conventional and advanced subject,in order to provide good academic and smooth administrative service to one andall. Besides these colleges, it has a PG centre at Kavali. The University has 58

departments, wherein 71 different PG courses and several Diploma and Certificate

courses are being run with a total academic faculty strength of 400 and 1500 non-teaching and a student strength of 5000, including research scholars. Several novel

and newly emerging PG courses have also been introduced during this academic

year. The University has been moving forwards in achieving academic excellence

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with a strong commitment and dedicated approach, by clearly setting up of avision of its own. The initiatives taken by the Vice-Chancellor have already

started yielding excellent results, in terms of research funding, extension activitiesand thus keeping the University on the path of excellence.

xpected Exam Pattern for APSET-2012

30 questions from Logical Reasoning

30 questions from Legal Reasoning

30 questions from Analytical Reasoning30 questions from General Knowledge

30 questions from Reading Comprehension

SCHEME AND DATE OF EXAMINATION :

i) The UGC-NET will be conducted in objective mode from June, 2012 onwards. The

Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will consist of only objective

type questions and will be held on 24th June, 2012 (SUNDAY) in two separatesessions as under:

Session Paper Marks Number of Question Duration

First I 10060 out of which 50 question to

be attempted

1 Hours (09.30 A.M. to

10.45 A.M.)

First II 10050 questions all are

compulsory

1 Hours (10.45 A.M. to

12.00 NOON)

Second III 15075 questions all are

compulsory

2 Hours (01.30 P.M. to

04.00 P.M.)

Paper-I shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitudeof the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability,

comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. Sixty(60) multiple choice questions of two marks each will be given, out of which the

candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50). In the event of the candidate

attempting more than fifty questions, the first fifty questions attempted by thecandidate would be evaluated.

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Paper-II shall consist of 50 objective type compulsory questions based on the

subject selected by the candidate. Each question will carry 2 marks.

Paper-III will consist of 75 objective type compulsory questions from the subjectselected by the candidate. Each question will carry 2 marks.

The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I, Paper-II and

Paper-III on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the Test

Booklet. The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR Sheet will be sent to thecandidate along with the Admit Card.

The candidates are required to obtain minimum marks separately in Paper-I, Paper-

II and Paper-III as given below:

CATEGORYMinimum Marks (%) to be obtained

PAPER I PAPER II PAPER III

GENERAL 40 (40%) 40 (40%) 75 (50 %)

OBC(Non-creamy

layer)35 (35%) 35 (35%)

67.5 (45 %) rounded

off to 68

PH/VH/SC/ST 35 (35%) 35 (35%) 60 (40 %)

Only such candidates who obtain the minimum required marks in each Paper,separately, as mentioned above, will be considered for final preparation of result.

However, the final qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and

Eligibility for Lectureship shall be decided by UGC before declaration of result.

ii) For Visually Handicapped (VH) candidatesthirty minutes extra time shall beprovided separately for paper-I and Paper-II. For paper-III, forty five minutes extra

time shall be provided. They will also be provided the services of a scribe whowould be a graduate in a subject other than that of the candidate. Those Physically

Handicapped (PH) candidates who are not in a position to write in their own hand-

writing can also avail these services by making prior request (at least one week

before the date of UGC-NET) in writing to the Co-ordinator of the test centre. Extratime and facility of scribe would not be provided to other Physically Handicapped

candidates.

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iii) Syllabus of Test: Syllabi for all NET subjects can be downloaded from the UGC

Websitewww.ugc.ac.inand are also available in the libraries of all Indian

Universities. UGC will not send the syllabus to individual candidates.

vi) In case of any discrepancy found in the English and Hindi versions, the questions in

English version shall be taken as final.

2. Scheme of Examination:The APSET will be conducted in objective mode. The test will consist of three papers. All the threepapers will consist of multiple choice questions and will be held on the day of examination in twoseparate sessions as under:

Session Paper Number of Questions Marks DurationFirst I 60 out of which 50 questions are to beattempted50x2=100 1 Hours (09.30 am to10.45 amFirst II 50 questions all of which are compulsory 50x2=100 1 Hours (10.45 am to12.00 noon)

Second III 75 questions all of which are compulsory 75x2=150 2 Hours (01.30 pm to04.00 pm)

Paper-I: General paper on Teaching and AptitudeThis paper shall be of general nature intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of thecandidate. It will be primarily designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking andgeneral awareness of the candidate. There will be sixty (60) multiple-choice questions of two markseach of out of which the candidate will be required to answer any fifty (50). In the event of the candidateattempting more than fifty questions, the first fifty questions attempted by the candidate will beevaluated.

Paper-II: Subject PaperThis paper consists of multiple- choice questions based on the subject selected by the candidates .Thepaper will consists of fifty (50) multiple choice questions. The candidates will have to answer all thequestions. The candidates will have to mark their response for each question on the computer codedoptical mark reader (OMR) answer sheet provided along with the test booklet

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Paper-III: Subject Paper (in depth questions)This paper consists of multiple choice questions based on the syllabus of the subject selected by thecandidates. The paper will consist of seventy-five (75) multiple-choice questions. The candidates will berequired to answer all the questions and have to mark their response for each question on the computercoded optical mark reader(OMR)answer sheet provided along with the test booklet.Paper-III of all the subjects covers all the specializations of that subject in which SET is conducted. Forexample Paper-III of Chemical Sciences covers all specializations such as Analytical Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Marine Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry,Applied Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry, & Bio-inorganic Chemistry.Similarly, Paper-III of Earth Sciences covers such as Geology, Applied Geology, MS Geology,Geophysics, Meteorology, Marine Geology, Petroleum Geology, Geo-Informatics, Applied Geochemistry& Oceanography.Paper-III of Life Sciences covers all specializations such as Botany, Biochemistry, Biotechnology,

Genetics, Microbiology, Zoology, Fishery Science, Animal Biology & Marine Biology.Paper-III of Mathematical Sciences covers all specializations such as Mathematics, AppliedMathematics, Statistics & Applied Statistics.

Paper-III of Physical Sciences covers all specializations such as Atomic & Molecular Physics, ClassicalDynamics, Condensed Matter Physics, Electromagnetics, Experimental Design, Electronics, NuclearPhysics, Space Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics & Thermodynamics.A candidate who does not appear for Paper-I and Paper-II will not be permitted for Paper-III.

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