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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

(ii) Maternity leave may be combined with earned leave, half pay leave or
extraordinary leave but any leave applied for in continuation of maternity
leave may be granted if the request is supported by a medical certificate.
8.4.9 Child Care Leave

Women teachers having minor children may be granted leave up to two years for
taking care of their minor children. Child care leave for a maximum period of two
years (730 days) may be granted to the women teachers during entire service period
in lines with Central Government women employees. In the cases, where the child
care leave is granted more than 45 days, the University/College/Institution may
appoint a part time / guest substitute teacher with intimation to the UGC.
8.4.10 Paternity Leave

Paternity leave of 15 days may be granted to male teachers during the confinement
of their wives, and such leave shall granted only up to two children.

8.4.11 Adoption leave
Adoption leave may be provided as per the rules of the Central Government.
9. RESEARCH PROMOTION GRANT

The UGC or the respective agency (Central/State Governments) may provide a start-up grant
at the level of Rs. 3.0 lakhs in Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages and Rs. 6.0 lakhs
in Sciences and Technology to teachers and other non-vocational academic staff to take up
research immediately after their appointments.

9.1. CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS
The consultancy rules, terms, conditions and the model of revenue sharing between
institutions and consultant teachers shall be as per the UGC Consultancy Rules to be
provided separately.
10.0 COUNTING OF PAST SERVICES FOR DIRECT RECRUITMENT AND
PROMOTION UNDER CAS
10.1. Previous regular service, whether national or international, as Assistant Professor,
Associate Professor or Professor or equivalent in a University, College, National
Laboratories or other scientific/professional Organizations such as the CSIR, ICAR,
DRDO, UGC, ICSSR, ICHR, ICMR, DBT, etc., should be counted for direct recruitment
and promotion under CAS of a teacher as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor,
Professor or any other nomenclature these posts are described as per Appendix III –
Table No. II provided that:
(a) The essential qualifications of the post held were not lower than the qualifications
prescribed by the UGC for Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor
as the case may be.
(b) The post is/was in an equivalent grade or of the pre-revised scale of pay as
the post of Assistant Professor (Lecturer) Associate Professor (Reader) and
Professor.
(c) The candidate for direct recruitment has applied through proper channel only.

(d) The concerned Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor should
possess the same minimum qualifications as prescribed by the UGC for
appointment to the post of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor,
as the case may be.

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