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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

ANNEXURE

UGC REGULATIONS ON MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR
APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC STAFF
IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND MEASURES FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 2010

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These Regulations are issued for minimum qualifications for appointment and other service
conditions of University and College Teachers, Librarians, Directors of Physical Education and
Sports for the maintenance of standards in higher education and revision of pay scales.
1.0.0 COVERAGE
1.1.1 For teachers in the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, the norms /Regulations
of Indian Council of Agricultural Research; for Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and
AYUSH, the norms/Regulations of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government
of India; for Faculty of Education, the norms/Regulations formulated in consultations with
National Council of Teacher Education; for Engineering and Technology, Pharmacy and
Management/Business Administration, the norms/Regulations formulated in consultations
with All India Council for Technical Education; and the qualifications in the field of
rehabilitation and special education at Degree, PG Diploma and Masters level, the norms/
Regulations formulated in consultations with Rehabilitation Council of India, shall apply.
2.0.0 PAY SCALES, PAY FIXATION FORMULA AND AGE OF SUPERANNUATION, ETC.

2.1.0 The revised scales of pay and other service conditions including age of superannuation
in central universities and other institutions maintained and/or funded by the University
Grants Commission (UGC), shall be strictly in accordance with the decision of the Central
Government, Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Education), as
contained in Appendix-I.
2.2.0 The pay scale shall, in the central universities and other institutions maintained and/or funded
by the UGC, be fixed in accordance with the pay “fixation formula” developed by the UGC
and approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), as contained in
Appendix-II.

2.3.0 The pay fixation formula for teachers shall apply for other positions in the Library and
Physical Education and Sports cadres in the Central Universities and Colleges thereunder
and Institutions Deemed to be Universities whose maintenance expenditure is met by the
UGC.
2.3.1. The revised scales of pay and age of superannuation as provided in Clause 2.1.0 above, may
also be extended to Universities, colleges and other higher educational institutions coming
under the purview of the State Legislature and maintained by the State Governments, subject
to the implementation of the scheme as a composite one in adherence of the terms and
conditions laid down in the MHRD notifications provided as Appendix I and in the MHRD
letter No.F.1-7/2010-U II dated 11 May, 2010 with all conditions specified by the UGC in
these Regulations and other Guidelines.

2.3.2. Subject to the availability of vacant positions and fitness, teachers such as Assistant Professor,
Associate Professor and Professor only, may be re-employed on contract appointment beyond
the age of superannuation, as applicable to the concerned University, college and Institution,
up to the age of seventy years.

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