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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

10.3. SABBATICAL LEAVE:
(i) Permanent, whole-time teachers of the university who have completed seven years of
service as Reader/Associate Professor or Professor may be granted sabbatical leave to
undertake study or research or other academic pursuit solely for the object of increasing
their proficiency and usefulness to the university and higher education system.
(ii) The duration of leave shall not exceed one year at a time and two years in the entire
career of a teacher.
(iii) A teacher, who has availed himself/herself of study leave, would not be entitled to the
sabbatical leave.
Provided further that sabbatical leave shall not be granted until after the expiry of five years
from the date of the teacher’s return from previous study leave or any other kind of
training programme.
(iv) A teacher shall, during the period of sabbatical leave, be paid full pay and allowances
(subject to the prescribed conditions being fulfilled) at the rates applicable to him/her
immediately prior to his/her proceeding on sabbatical leave.
(v) A teacher on sabbatical leave shall not take up during the period of that leave, any regular
appointment under another organization in India or abroad. He/she may, however, be
allowed to accept a fellowship or a research scholarship or ad hoc teaching and research
assignment with honorarium or any other form of assistance, other than regular employment
in an institution of advanced studies, provided that in such cases the Executive Council/
Syndicate may, if it so desires, sanction sabbatical leave on reduced pay and allowances.

(vi) During the period of sabbatical leave, the teacher shall be allowed to draw the increment
on the due date. The period of leave shall also count as service for purposes of pension/
contributory provident fund, provided that the teacher rejoins the university on the
expiry of his/her leave.

11.0. Research Promotion Grant
The UGC or the respective funding agency (Central/State Governments) shall provide a start-
up grant at the level of Rs.3.0 lakhs in Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages and Rs.6.0
lakhs for the disciplines in Sciences and Technology to teachers and other nonvocational
academic staff through the respective universities to take up research immediately after their
appointments which should facilitate such new appointees for generating major sponsored
research proposals/grants for the respective departments/schools/universities.
12.0. AGE OF SUPERANNUATION:

(i) In order to meet the situation arising out of shortage of teachers in universities and
other teaching institutions and the consequent vacant positions therein, the age of
superannuation for teachers in Central/Educational institutions has already been
enhanced to sixty five years, vide the Department of Higher Education letter No.F.No.1-
19/2006-U.II dated 23-32007, for those involved in class room teaching in order to
attract eligible persons to the teaching career and to retain teachers in service for a longer
period. Consequent on upward revision of the age of superannuation of teachers, the
Central Government has already authorized the Central Universities, vide Department
of Higher Education D.O. letter No.F.1-24/2006-Desk(U) dated 30-3-2007 to enhance
the age of superannuation of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities from 65 years
to 70 years, subject to amendments in the respective statutes, with the approval of the
competent authority (Visitor in the case of Central Universities).

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