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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

3.3. Readers/Lecturers (Selection Grade) in service at present shall continue to be designated
as Lecturer (Selection Grade) or Readers, as the case may be, until they are placed in
the Pay Band of Rs. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000 and re-designated as Associate Professor in
the manner described in 3.1 and 3.2. above.

3.4. Assistant Professors completing three years of teaching in the AGP of Rs. 8,000 shall
be eligible, subject to the qualifying conditions prescribed by these Regulations, to
move to the Pay Band IV of Rs. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000 with AGP of Rs. 9,000 and to be
designated as Associate Professor.
3.5. Associate Professor completing three years of service in the AGP of Rs. 9,000 and
possessing a Ph.D. Degree in the relevant discipline shall be eligible to be appointed
and designated as Professor, subject to satisfying the required credit points as per API
based on PBAS methodology provided in Appendix IV, Table I-III stipulated in these
Regulations and assessment by a duly constituted selection committee as suggested for
the direct recruitment of Professor. No teacher other than those with a Ph.D. shall be
promoted or appointed as Professor. The Pay Band IV for the post of Professors shall
be Rs. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000 with AGP of Rs. 10,000.
4.0. The pay of a directly recruited Professor shall be fixed at a stage not below Rs.43,000 in the
Pay Band IV of Rs. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000, with the applicable AGP of Rs.10,000.

4.1. Ten percent of the positions of Professors in a university shall be eligible to be placed
in the higher AGP of Rs.12,000. However, teachers promoted to the posts with higher
AGP of Rs.12,000, shall continue to be designated as Professor. Eligibility for elevation
as a Professor in the higher Academic Grade Pay of Rs.12,000, shall be a minimum
of ten years of teaching and research experience as professor either in the pre-revised
scale of Professor’s Pay of Rs.16,400 – Rs. 22,400 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;
5.0. PAY SCALES OF PRINCIPALS IN COLLEGES:
5.1 PRINCIPAL OF UNDER GRADUATE COLLEGES:
The posts of Principal in Under Graduate Colleges shall be in the Pay Band of Rs.
37,400 – Rs. 67,000 with AGP of Rs.10,000, plus a Special Allowance of Rs. 2,000 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.10,000
5.2 PRINCIPAL OF POST GRADUATE COLLEGES:
Posts of Principal in Post Graduate Colleges shall also be in the Pay Band of Rs. 37,400
– Rs. 67,000 with AGP of Rs.10,000, plus a Special Allowance of Rs. 3,000 per month
and shall also be fixed at a stage not below Rs. 43,000 as in the case of directly recruited
Professors. All Principals in service shall be appropriately fixed in the Pay Band IV
with the AGP of Rs.10,000.

6.0. PAY SCALES AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT SCHEMES REGULATIONS FOR
LIBRARIANS, ETC.

6.1. ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN / COLLEGE LIBRARIAN:
(i) Assistant Librarian / College Librarian in the pre-revised scale of pay of Rs. 8,000
– Rs. 13,500 shall be placed in the Pay Band of Rs.15,600 – Rs. 39,100 with AGP
of Rs. 6,000.

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