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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

3. Professor:
3.1. Consistently good academic record with at least 55% marks in Master’s Degree in
Business Management / Administration / in a relevant discipline or consistently good
academic record with at least 55% marks in two year full time / three year part-time
PGDM declared equivalent and recognized by AICTE / UGC
OR
First Class graduate and professionally qualified Charted Accountant / Cost and works
Accountant / Company Secretary of the concerned statutory body.
3.2. Ph.D. or Fellow of IIM OR of an Institute recognized by AICTE .
3.3. (i) A minimum of 10 years’ experience of post graduate teaching / industry / research
/ professional out of which 3 years must be at the level of Reader/Associate
Professor or equivalent excluding the period spent for obtaining the research
degree.
OR
(ii) Contribution to educational innovation, design of new curricula and courses, and
technology – mediated teaching learning process.

(iii) A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API)
based on Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) developed by UGC in
these Regulations.

3.4. For candidates from Industry & Profession
3.4.1. Consistently good academic record with at least 55% marks in Master’s Degree
in Business Management / Administration / in a relevant management related
discipline** or consistently good academic record with at least 55% marks in two
years full time / three year part-time PGDM declared equivalent and recognized
by AICTE / UGC
OR

First Class graduate and professionally qualified Charted Accountant/ Cost and
works Accountant / Company Secretary of the concerned statutory body.
3.4.2. The candidate should have professional work experience which is significant and
can be recognized at national / International level as equivalent to Ph. D. and 15
years’ managerial experience in industry / profession of which at least 8 years
should be at lease at a level comparable to that of Reader.

3.5. Teaching, Teaching, research industrial and / or professional experience in a reputed
organization;

3.6. Published work, such as research papers, patents filed / obtained, books and / or
technical reports;
3.7. Experience of guiding the project work / dissertation of PG / Research Students or
supervising R&D projects in industry;
3.8. Demonstrated leadership in planning and organizing academic, research, industrial
and/ or professional activities;
3.9. Capacity to undertake / lead sponsored R&D consultancy and related activities;
3.10. A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API)
based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) developed by UGC in these
Regulations.

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