JU successfully conducts SET

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 26: As the Nodal Agency, University of Jammu successfully conducted the State Eligibility Test (SET) for the Assistant Professor for UT of Jammu and Kashmir (JKSET) and UT of Ladakh (LASET) in 38 subjects.
According to Prof Pankaj Srivastava, Member Secretary of JKSET Agency, 31,543 candidates got registered for the JKSET/LASET Examination which was held on July 24, 2022 at 67 different examination Centers spread throughout the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh. In J&K, the centres were in the University and Colleges at Jammu, Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla, Kathua, Rajouri, and Udhampur while the UT of Ladakh had centres both at Leh and Kargil.
A total of 21340 candidates appeared in the examination. Elaborate arrangements, including videography of examination centre for fair and smooth conduct of examination, were made by the JKSET Agency,
The examination was conducted smoothly in all the Centers. Apart from the Observers from the Nodal Agency i.e. JKSET Agency, University of Jammu, the University Grants Commission (UGC), which is the accreditation body for SET, had also appointed 7 Observers across the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh at different centres.
This year Public Administration subject was also added for the first time in the list of papers. The syllabus and pattern of the examination were kept the same as of the UGC & CSIR NET.
Prof Umesh Rai, JU Vice Chancellor and Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir State Eligibility Test Agency, underlined the importance of the State Eligibility Test (SET) and complimented Prof Pankaj Srivastava and his team for the hard work and sincere efforts put in by them for flawless conduct of this mega event.