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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

(xi) 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. 37,400-67000 and re-designated as Associate Professor in the
manner described in (x) above.
(xii) Assistant Professors completing 3 years of teaching in the AGP of Rs. 8000 shall
be eligible, subject to other conditions, that may be prescribed by the UGC and the
university, to move to the Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000 with AGP of Rs. 9000 and to
be designated as Associate Professor.
(xiii) Associate Professor completing 3 years of service in the AGP of Rs . 9000 and
possessing a Ph.D . degree in the relevant discipline shall be eligible to be appointed
and designated as Professor , subject to other conditions of academic performance as
laid down by the UGC and if any by the university . No teacher other than those with a
Ph.D. shall be promoted ,appointed or designated as Professor , The Pay Band for the
post of Professors shall be Rs.37400-67000 with AGP of Rs. 10000.
(xiv) The pay of a directly recruited Professor shall be fixed at a stage not below Rs. 43000
in the Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000, with the applicable AGP of Rs. 10000.
(xv) Ten percent of the posts of Professors in a university shall be in the higher AGP of
Rs. 12000, however, teachers appointed to the posts shall continue to be designated
as Professor. Eligibility for appointment as a Professor in the higher Academic Grade
Pay shall be as may be laid down by the UGC, and such eligibility conditions shall,
inter alia, include publications in peer reviewed/ refereed Research Journals, and the
requirement of at least 10 years of teaching as Professor and post-doctoral work of a
high standard. No person appointed directly as Professor in the AGP of Rs. 12000 shall
be fixed at a stage less than Rs. 48000 along with the AGP.
(xvi) For initial direct recruitment at the level of Associate Professors and Professors, the
eligibility conditions in respect of academic and research requirements shall be as may
be or have been prescribed by the UGC through Regulations and as may be laid down
by the university.
(xvii) Discretionary award of advance increments for those who enter the profession as
Associate Professors or Professors with higher merit, high number of research
publications and experience at the appropriate level, shall be within the competence
of the appropriate authority of the concerned University or recruiting institution while
negotiating with individual candidates in the context of the merits of each case, taking
into account the pay structure of other teachers in the faculty and other specific factors.
(b) Professors in Under Graduate and Post Graduate Colleges:

(xviii) Ten percent of the number of sanctioned posts of Associate Professor in an Under
Graduate College shall be that of Professors and shall be subject to the same criterion
for selection/ appointment as that of Professors in Universities, provided that there shall
not be more than one post of Professor in each Department; and provided further that
One-fourth (25%) of the posts of Professor in UG Colleges shall be directly recruited or
filled on deputation by eligible teachers and the remaining three-fourths (75%) of posts of
Professors shall be filled by merit promotion from among eligible Associate Professors
of the relevant department of the Under Graduate College. Identification of posts of
Professor in an Under Graduate College for being filled through direct recruitment/
deputation shall be within the competence of the 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 merit promotion or direct recruitment/
deputation is not an integer, the same shall be rounded off to the next higher integer.
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