General Studies · Decision Making

Study the following criteria and case details carefully and choose the correct course of action. An autonomous institute wants to recruit Junior Project Fellows (JPF) for a Research Project. The conditions are: (i) Age should not exceed 40 years as on 15 August 2020. (ii) Post Graduate in any Science discipline with at least 65% marks. (iii) Cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) in any Science discipline. (iv) Must have secured at least 60% marks in the selection process. (v) Must have at least one year of research experience. Exceptions if the applicant fulfills all criteria except: a) At (iv) above, the matter will be referred to the Coordinator of the project. b) At (v) above, the matter will be referred to the Head of the Department. Case Details: V. Prasad has a postgraduate degree in Chemistry with 70% marks. He qualified the NET exam in Chemistry. After qualifying NET, he worked as a school chemistry teacher for three years. He secured 90 marks out of 150 (which is exactly 60%) in the selection process. His date of birth is 19 September 1987. He does not have any direct research experience.