Notification For Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test (TN-SET 2021) For Assistant Professorship
Notification For Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test (TN-SET 2021) For Assistant Professorship
Notification For Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test (TN-SET 2021) For Assistant Professorship
Annamalai University
Annamalainagar 608 002
(Nodal SET Agency for Tamil Nadu)
Important Dates
I Important Instructions 1
II Conditions of Eligibility 1
IX Hall Ticket 12
XII Clarification 15
I. Important Instructions
1. The candidates have to read this notification carefully before submission of the
Online Application Form
4. The result of the TN-SET will be made available on the website: www.tnsetau.in
as and when it is declared. The candidates will not be individually intimated
about their result.
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9. Candidates having Postgraduate Diploma awarded by Indian University/
Institute or Foreign Degree/Diploma awarded by the Foreign University/
Institute should ascertain the equivalence of their Degree /Diploma with
Master’s Degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian
Universities (AIU), New Delhi. (www.aiu.ac.in)
10. Candidates other than General Category are required to mention their Social
Status in the Online Application Form. Candidates may note that they should
satisfy the eligibility conditions with reference to documents such as Community
Certificate and Certificate related to PwD (VI/HI/PH), when they upload their
applications. The Community Certificate uploaded by the candidates must
be issued by competent authorities. In case any of the certificates mentioned
above is found to be invalid by the TN-SET 2021 authority at any stage, their
candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action. As the
category declared cannot be changed after submitting the application form,
candidates are advised to be doubly cautious while filling the category
(Community) details.
11. Candidates should note that their candidature is provisional. The mere fact that
an admission card has been issued to a candidate will not imply that the TN-
SET 2021 authority has accepted his/her candidature. Candidates may note
that candidature will be deemed final, only upon verification of eligibility
conditions.
CATEGORY FEE ( )
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1. After filling up all the details for the online application form for TN-SET 2021,
the candidates have to select the option of payment of examination fee either
by credit/debit card or net-banking. In case the examination fee is paid through
credit/debit card or net- banking, the applicable taxes and convenience fee, etc.
will be additionally charged.
2. Please note that fee paid by any other mode like Money Order, Demand Draft,
IPO, etc. will be rejected. Fee once paid will not be refunded under any
circumstances.
NOTE: Candidate must necessarily enter his/her mobile number and email
address while making payment of registration fee and the same
mobile number is to be retained for further reference i.e to view results.
Number of Duration
Multiple Choice
Session Paper Marks Questions
General PwD
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2. Paper-II will consist of 100 objective type compulsory questions; each question
carries 2 marks, which will be based on the subject selected by the Candidate.
4. All the questions of Paper-II will be compulsory, covering the entire syllabi.
5. The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I and
Paper-II on Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet which will be provided along with
the test booklet.
Question paper for Paper-I is common for all subjects in which SET is conducted
and it will be bi-lingual (English and Tamil). Paper-II of certain subjects will also be
bi-lingual. All questions of Paper II will be compulsory, covering the entire syllabus of
Paper-II (Including all electives, without options). Syllabi for all TN-SET 2021 subjects
can be downloaded from the website www.ugcnetonline.in and www.csirhrdg.res.in
TN-SET office will not send the syllabus to candidates.
The list of SET subjects along with their respective codes is as given below:
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Subject Subject Medium of Subject
Code Question
Paper*
Marine Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Bio-inorganic Chemistry
Nanoscience
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Subject Subject Medium of Subject
Code Question
Paper*
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Subject Subject Medium of Subject
Code Question
Paper*
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Subject Subject Medium of Subject
Code Question
Paper*
11 Chidambaram
12 Chennai
13 Coimbatore
14 Erode
15 Karaikudi
16 Madurai
17 Salem
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Centre Code Nodal Centres for TN-SET 2021
18 Thanjavur
19 Tiruchirappalli
20 Tirunelveli
21 Vellore
22 Villupuram
NOTE : Please note that Test Centre once selected is final and candidates
will not be allowed for change of centre under any circumstances
A. General Instructions
1. The candidates must read the conditions of eligibility carefully and must satisfy
themselves regarding their eligibility for the TN-SET 2021 before filling the
Online Application Form.
4. Incomplete Application Forms and forms with factual errors will be summarily rejected.
7. Candidates are advised to carefully fill the check list page (Last page of
registration process) before submitting the form.
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B. Steps for submission of Online Application Form
Candidate seeking admission to the TN-SET 2021 must apply online, only on
the TN-SET website: (www.tnsetau.in). Before applying Online, candidates are
advised to go through detailed notification available on TN-SET website.
Before start filling online application, the candidates must possess the scanned
images as detailed below:
i. Recent Passport size photograph (in JPG format, size 4 kb-30 kb) either in
colour or black & white with 80% face (without mask) visible including ears
against white background. The resolution of the photograph should be 100
pixels width by 120 pixels height. Candidates are advised to keep two more
copies of the same photograph to paste it on the attendance sheet at the
examination centre.
ii. Signature in JPG format of minimum 4kb to 30 kb. The resolution of the scanned
signature should be 140 pixels width by 60 pixels height. The candidate should
put his full signature on white paper with Black Ink pen and scan for uploading.
iv. PwD certificate issued by the competent authority in JPG format of minimum 15
kb to 50 kb (336 pixels width by 420 pixels height), if claiming the relaxation
under PwD category.
Step-1: To register click Registration in the Menu and enter your email and set the
password. You will receive a confirmation mail from TN-SET. If you don’t
find the confirmation mail in the Inbox, check the Spam/Junk folders
also. It is a one time procedure.
Step-2: Click the confirmation mail which will take you to the TN-SET website.
Step-3: Now login with the password used for registration and complete the
application form. Note down your email and password for further logins.
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Step-4: Upload legible scanned images of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) mentioned above
Step-5: Pay fee using the payment gateway integrated to the online application.
Candidates have to pay the examination fee either by credit/debit card/net
banking.
All the above 5 steps can be done together or at separate timings. However,
after the final submission further corrections cannot be done.
The candidates are required to bring a photo identity card along with their
printout of online admission card on the day of examination.
Please note that Fee submitted through any other mode like Money Order,
Demand Draft, IPO, etc. will be summarily rejected.
In order to avoid last minute rush, candidates are advised to apply early enough.
TN-SET will not be responsible for network problems or any other problem of this
nature in submission of online application during last days.
It may be noted that the Hall ticket will be uploaded on the website:
www.tnsetau.in. Hall Ticket will not be sent to the candidates by post. The
candidates should download their hall ticket from the website to ascertain their
venue of the Test as mentioned in the Hall Ticket and appear for the examination
only at the designated examination centre. No candidate will be allowed to
appear at the examination centre other than that allotted to him/her in the Hall
Ticket.
1. TN-SET 2021 will be conducted through pen and paper mode (OMR based) or
online.
2. The Hall Ticket must be presented for verification along with at least one original
(no photocopy or scanned copy) valid identification card (for Example: Passport,
PAN Card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-UID, Government Employer ID and Driving
License).
3. The candidates who do not have clear photographs on the hall ticket will have to
bring two passport size photographs for appearing in the Test with an undertaking.
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4. Candidates will be subjected to checking to ensure that they are not carrying any
electronic or any other gadget, mobile/cellular phone, tablet, pen drive, bluetooth
device, watch, calculator, log table, wallet, purse, notes, chart, loose sheets or
recording instruments strapped on their body or in their pockets.
5. There may not be a guaranteed security facility for safe-keeping of your valuable
devices or personal belongings outside the examination hall.
6. The check-in procedure inside the test hall includes capturing candidates’ photo
and left thumb impression. This is a security feature which will verify your identity
and also check impersonation by any candidate. Therefore, they are advised not
to apply any external matters like Mehandi, Ink, etc. on their hands/foot.
7. Candidates will be allowed inside the test centre from 8:30 AM onwards.
8. The test centre gate will be closed at 9:00 AM. NO CANDIDATE WILL BE
ALLOWED TO ENTER THE TEST CENTRE AFTER CLOSING OF THE GATE.
10. Candidates will not be permitted to leave the examination hall before the end of
the examination.
11. Candidate can carry ONLY his/her hall ticket and valid identification card(s) inside
the test centre, and other belongings will not be strictly allowed inside the test
centre.
12. Candidates have to inform the invigilator in case of any misprint, missing pages in
the question paper booklet within 5 minutes of the start of the examinations for
replacement.
Step II: The total slots shall be allocated to different categories as per the
reservation policy of Government of Tamil Nadu.
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Category Percentage
OC 31%
BC 26.5%
BCM 3.5%
MBC-Vanniyakula Kshatriya 10.5%
MBC and DNC 7%
MBC 2.5%
SC 15%
SCA 3%
ST 1%
Total 100%
Step III: In order to be considered for Eligibility for Assistant Professor the
candidate must have appeared in both papers and secured at least
40% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together for OC / BC
/ BCM / MBC / DNC category candidates and at least 35% aggregate
marks in both papers taken together for all candidates belonging to
the reserved categories (viz., SC / SCA / ST / PwD/ Transgender).
Number of candidates
belonging to SC category
who secure at least 35%
Number of candidates to be aggregate marks in both the
declared qualified for papers taken together for SC
Eligibility for Assistant category for ‘Economics’ Total slots derived for
Professor in the subject = Total number of candidates X the SC as per Step II
‘Economics’ for Schedule
Caste (SC) category belonging to SC category in
all subjects who secure at
least 35% aggregate marks in
both the papers taken
together
The aggregate percentage of the two papers corresponding to the number of
slots arrived at, shall determine the qualifying cut-off for Eligibility for Assistant
Professor in ‘Economics’ for the SC category.
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Similar yardstick shall be employed for deriving the subject-wise qualifying
cut-off for all categories.
It may be noted that the above qualifying criteria decided by TN-SET are final
and binding.
XII. Clarification
After the examination of TN-SET 2021, the answer key for all the papers will be
displayed on the website: www.tnsetau.in. Candidates can send their grievances
along with documentary evidences within
15 days from the date of publication of answer keys for all the papers to
tnsetexam2021@gmail.com
After the expiry of 15 days time, no grievance regarding answer key will be
entertained.
The grievances will be addressed by experts, and the final/ amended answer
keys, if any, will be uploaded on the website: www.tnsetau.in. As amended answer
key given by experts is final and binding, no further clarification will be permitted.
All legal disputes pertaining to this examination shall fall within the jurisdiction
of Tamil Nadu Courts only.
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