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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

4. Principal / Director / Head of Institutions
4.1 Qualification same as those prescribed for the post of professor in the relevant discipline
with a minimum of 15 years’ experience of postgraduate teaching / industry / research.
4.2. Administrative experience in senior level responsible position

4.3. For candidates from Industry / Profession
4.3.1. Qualification same as those prescribed for the post of Professor from industry /
profession stream with 15 years’ experience of postgraduate teaching / research out
of which 5 years must be at the level or Professor in the relevant discipline.
4.3.2. Administrative experience in senior level responsible position.
4.3.3. A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API)
based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) developed by UGC in these
Regulations.
* If a class / division is not awarded at Masters level, minimum of 60% marks in
aggregate shall be considered equivalent to First Class / Division. If a grade point
system is adopted, the CGPA will be converted into equivalent marks as given
below:-

** Relevant management related disciplines shall be those as Commerce,
Economics, Applied Economics, Econometrics Business Economics, Psychology
(Organizational / Industrial Psychology), Public Administration, Statistics,
Mathematical Statistics, Applied Statistics, Operational Research, Business Law,
Production & Industrial Engineering, Industrial management and Computer
Application.
*** This recognition shall be valid only if the same is recommended unanimously
by a 3Member Committee of Experts appointed by the Vice-Chancellor of the
University.

PERCENTAGE EQUIVALENCE OF GRADE POINTS FOR A TEN POINTS SCALE
Grade Grade Point Percentage Equivalent
‘O’ – Outstanding 5.50-6.00 75-100
‘A’ – Very Good 4.50-5.49 64-74

‘B’ – Good 3.50-4.49 55-64
‘C’ – Average 2.50-3.49 45-54
‘D’ – Below Average 1.50-2.49 35-44
‘E’ – Poor 0.50-1.49 25-34
‘F’ - Fail 0-0.49 0-24

4.4.5 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF TEACHING FACULTY
IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES-

4.4.5.1 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DISCIPLINE:
1. Assistant Professor
1.1. Master’s Degree with 55% marks in the appropriate branch of Engineering (Engg.)
& Technology (Tech) .
1.2. NET/SLET/SET shall also not be required for such Masters Programmes in
disciplines for which NET/SLET/SET is not conducted subject to the conditions
stipulated in these Regulations in clause.3.3.3.

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