Shastri in Siddhanta Jyotisha 

at National Sanskrit University, Tirupati

Candidates must have passed in any one of the following examinations as in 10+2 or 9+3 pattern: (a) Prak-Sastri of: 1) National Sanskrit University, Tirupati 2) Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi (b) Uttara Madhyama of: 1) Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, 2) Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi. (c) Madhyama of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. (d) Varishtopadhyaya of Rajasthan Board of Intermediate Education, Ajmer. (e) Upasastri of: 1) Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri. 2) Kameshwar Singh Sanskrit University, Darbhanga. (f) Sahitya of Karnataka State. (g) Veda Vibhushan of Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Sanskrit Vedavidya Pratishtan, Ujjain (h) NIOS(XII) of states and central. (i) (1) Intermediate or equivalent examination with Sanskrit as one of the subjects. Vichakshana of Samskrita Bhasha Pracharini Sabha, Chittoor. (2) Equivalent course without Sanskrit at + 2 stage subject to the passing of the entrance test conducted by the National Sanskrit University, Tirupati.