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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

6.4.15. The incumbent Readers who have completed 6 years as Reader/Associate Professor on
or after 1.1.2006, shall be eligible for promotion as Professor and to be placed in the Pay
Band IV of Rs.37400-67000 provided one earns the required API score as per Tables I and
II through the PBAS methodology stipulated in these Regulations.

6.4.16. In the case of Associate Professors in Colleges, promotion to the post of Professor under
CAS shall be further subject to 6.5.1.and 6.5.2 of these Regulations. as given below.

6.4.17. The pay of a directly recruited Professor shall be fixed at a stage not below Rs.43000 in the
Pay Band IV of Rs.37400-67000, with the applicable AGP of Rs.10000.
6.4.18. Ten percent of the posts of Professors in a university shall be in the higher AGP of
Rs.12000, however, teachers promoted to the posts with higher AGP of Rs.12000, shall
continue to be designated as Professor. Eligibility for elevation as a Professor in the
higher Academic Grade Pay of Rs.12000, shall be a minimum of 10 years of teaching
and research experience as professor either in the pre-revised scale of Professor’s Pay of
Rs.1640022400 or the revised scale of Pay Band IV of Professor with AGP of Rs.10,000/-
on satisfying the required API score as per Tables I and II through the PBAS methodology
stipulated in these Regulations through a duly constituted Expert committee; As this AGP
elevation for Professor is applicable to only university departments, additional credentials
are to be evidenced by (a) post-doctoral research outputs of high standard; (b) awards /
honours / recognitions / patents & IPR on products & processes developed / technology
transfer achieved; and (c) Additional research degrees like D.Sc., D.Litt., LL.D etc., The
selection is to be conducted by the university by receiving PBAS proformas from eligible
professors based on seniority, three times in number of the available vacancies. In case
the number of candidates available is less than three times the number of vacancies, the
zone of consideration will be limited to the actual number of candidates available. The
assessment process shall be through an Expert-Committee evaluation of all credentials
submitted along with duly filled PBAS proforma by eligible Professors as stipulated in
Table-II(A) of Appendix-III for teachers in University departments. No separate interview
need to be conducted for this category.

6.4.19 Discretionary award of advance increments for those who enter the profession as Associate
Professors or Professors with higher merit, high number of research publications and
experience at the appropriate level, shall be within the competence of the appropriate
authority of the concerned University or recruiting institution while negotiating with
individual candidates in the context of the merits of each case, taking into account the pay
structure of other teachers in the faculty and other specific factors. Discretionary award of
advance increments is not applicable to those entering the profession as Assistant Professor/
Assistant Librarian/Assistant Director of Physical Education to those who are entitled for
grant of advance increments for having acquired Ph. D/M. Phil/M. Tech etc.,
6.5.0. PROFESSORS IN UNDER GRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE COLLEGES:
6.5.1. Ten percent of the number of the posts of Associate Professor in an Under Graduate
College shall be that of Professors and shall be subject to the same criterion for selection /
appointment as that of Professors in Universities provided that there shall not be more than
one post of Professor in each Department; and provided further that One-fourth (25%) of
the posts of Professor in UG Colleges shall be directly recruited or filled on deputation by
eligible teachers and the remaining three-fourths (75%) of posts of Professors shall be filled
by CAS promotion from among eligible Associate Professors of the relevant department of
the Under Graduate College. Sanctioned posts include the posts approved under both direct
recruitment and CAS promotion. Identification of posts of Professor in an Under Graduate

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