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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

University Grants Commission
(Minimum Qualifications required for the appointment and Career
Advancement of teachers in Universities and Institutions affiliated to it)

(3rd Amendment), Regulation 2009.

F.1-1/2002 (PS) Exemp.- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (e) & (g) of sub-
section (1) of Section 26 read with Section 14 of University Grants Commission Act 1956 (3
of 1956), and in supersession of the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications
required for the appointment and Career Advancement of teachers in Universities and Institutions
affiliated to it)(1 Amendment), Regulation, 2002 dated 31 July, 2002 and University Grants
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Commission (Minimum Qualifications required for the appointment and Career Advancement
of teachers in Universities and Institutions affiliated to it)(2nd Amendment), Regulation, 2006
dated 14.06.2006, the University Grants Commission hereby makes the following Regulations to
amend the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications required for the appointment
and Career Advancement of teachers in Universities and Institutions affiliated to it) Regulation,
2000, namely:-

Short Title, Application and Commencement :
1. These regulations may be called University Grants Commission (Minimum
Qualifications required for the appointment and Career Advancement of teachers in
Universities and Institutions affiliated to it)(3 Amendment), Regulation 2009.
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2. They shall apply to every University established or incorporated by or under a Central
Act, Provincial Act or a State Act, every Institution including a constituent or an
affiliated college recognized by the Commission, in consultation with the University
concerned under clause (f) of Section 2 of the University Grants Commission Act 1956,
and every Institution deemed to be a University under section 3 of the said Act.
3. The shall come into force with effect from the date of their publication in the Gazette
of India.
4. In the ANNEXURE to the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications
required for the appointment and Career Advancement of teachers in Universities and
Institutions affiliated to it) Regulation, 2000, the following was provided in the Note to
Regulation 1.3.3, 1.4.3, 1.5.3, and 1.6.1:
“NET shall remain the compulsory requirement for appointment as Lecturer even for
candidates having Ph.D degree. However, the candidates who have completed M.Phil
degree or have submitted Ph.D thesis in the concerned subject upto 31 December, 1993 are
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exempted from appearing in the NET examination”
The said Note to Regulation 1.3.3, 1.4.3, 1.5.3, and 1.6.1 was submitted by the following para,
vide University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications required for the appointment
and Career Advancement of teachers in Universities and Institutions affiliated to it)(1
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Amendment), Regulation, 2002 :
“NET shall remain the compulsory requirement for appointment as Lecturer even for
candidates having Ph.D degree. However, the candidates who have completed M.Phil
degree by 31 December, 1993 or having submitted Ph.D thesis to the University in the
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concerned subject on or before 31 December, 2002 are exempt from appearing tin the NET
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examination. In case such candidates fail to obtain Ph.D Degree, they shall have to pass the
NET examination.”

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