University Grants Commission

UGC and CSIR are different agencies. UGC stands for University Grants Commission that is a statutory organization started by Union Government and CSIR stands for "Council of Scientific & Industrial Research" primarily known for national R&D organization, is among the world's largest publicly funded R&D organization. Human Resource Development Group (HRDG), a division of CSIR realizes this objective through various grants, fellowship schemes etc. UGC offers a limited number of fellowships in all the disciplines viz. Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Commerce, etc., through its own (UGC-NET) exam and in five natural science discipline like, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Mathematical Sciences through Joint CSIR-UGC-NET exam held by CSIR twice a year, now they have added Engineering Sciences as one of the domain for CSIR-JRF.