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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

College for being filled through direct recruitment / deputation shall be carried out by the
affiliating/concerned University acting in consultation with the College. Where the number
of posts of Professor worked out as a percentage of the number of posts of Associate
Professor for CAS promotion or direct recruitment/ deputation is not an integer, the same
shall be rounded off to the next higher integer.

The selection process is to be conducted by the university by receiving PBAS proformas
from eligible Associate Professors based on seniority and 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 selection shall be conducted through the API scoring system with
PBAS methodology and selection committee process stipulated in these Regulations for
appointment of Professors; In the direct recruitment of the 25% of the posts, ‘Rota-Quota
system shall be followed starting with promotions. The direct recruitment quota shall be
rotated in an alphabetical order.
6.5.2. There shall be one post of Professor in each Department of a Post-Graduate College which shall
be subject to the same criterion for selection / appointment as that of Professors in Universities,
provided that one-fourth (25%) of the posts of Professor shall be filled on deputation/direct
recruitment from among eligible teachers and the remaining three-fourths (75%) of posts
shall be filled through merit promotion from among the eligible Associate Professors in the
relevant department of the Post-Graduate college. Identification of posts of Professor in a Post-
Graduate College for being filled through direct recruitment/deputation shall be carried out
by the affiliating/concerned University acting in consultation with the College. The decision
regarding whether the posts of professor will be for CAS promotion or direct recruitment/
deputation shall be within the competence of the University acting in consultation with the
College. Where the number of posts of professor for CAS promotion or direct recruitment /
deputation worked out as a percentage of the total number of posts in a Post Graduate College
is not an integer, the same shall be rounded off to the next higher integer.
The selection process is to be conducted by the university by receiving PBAS proformas from
eligible Associate Professors based on seniority and 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 selection shall be conducted through the API scoring system with PBAS
methodology, selection committee process stipulated in these Regulations for appointment
of Professors; In the direct recruitment of the 25% of the posts, ‘Rota-Quota System’ shall
be followed starting with promotion. The direct recruitment quota shall be rotated in an
alphabetical order.
6.6.0 PAY SCALES OF PRINCIPALS IN COLLEGES:

6.6.1 PRINCIPAL OF UNDER GRADUATE COLLEGES:
Appointments to the posts of Principal in Under Graduate Colleges shall be based on the
conditions of eligibility in respect of educational qualifications and teaching / research
experience laid down by the University Grants Commission in these Regulations, using the
API scoring system and PBAS methodology developed. The posts of Principal in Under
Graduate Colleges shall be in the Pay Band of Rs.37400-67000 with AGP of Rs.10000, plus a
Special Allowance of Rs.2000 per month and shall also be fixed at a stage not below Rs.43,000
as in the directly recruited Professors. All Principals in service shall be appropriately fixed in
the Pay Band with the AGP of Rs.10000

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