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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

B. Tenure
(i) A College Principal shall be appointed for a period of five years, extendable
for another term of five years on the basis of performance assessment
by a Committee appointed by the University, constituted as per these
regulations.
(ii) After the completion of his/her term as Principal, the incumbent shall join
back his/her parent organization with the designation as Professor and in
the grade of the Professor.
VI. Vice Principal
An existing senior faculty member may be designated as Vice-Principal by the
Governing Body of the College on the recommendation of the Principal, for a tenure
of two years, who can be assigned specific activities, in addition to his/her existing
responsibilities. During the absence of the Principal, for any reason, the Vice Principal
shall exercise the powers of the Principal.

4.2. Music, Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Other Traditional Indian Art Forms like
Sculpture, etc.

I. Assistant Professor:
Eligibility (A or B): A.
i) Master‘s Degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever
grading system is followed) in the relevant subject or an equivalent degree from
an Indian/foreign University.
Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the
National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test
accredited by the UGC like SLET/SET or who are or have been awarded a Ph.
D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum
Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009
or 2016 and their amendments from time to time as the case may be.
Provided further, candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme prior to July 11,
2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances/ Bye-laws
/ Regulations of the Institutions awarding the degree and such Ph.D. candidates
shall be exempted from the requirement of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment
and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/
Colleges /Institutions subject to the fulfilment of the following conditions:
a) Ph.D. degree has been awarded to the candidate in a regular mode
b) The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners;
c) An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate had been conducted;
d) candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work, out
of which, at least one is in a refereed journal;
e) The candidate has presented at least two research papers based on his/her
Ph.D. work in conferences/seminars supported/funded/sponsored by the
UGC/AICTE/ICSSR or any other similar agency.
Note 1: The fulfilment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar
or the Dean (Academic Affair) of the University concerned.
Note 2: The clearance of NET/SLET/SET shall also not be required for
such Masters Programmes in disciplines for which NET/SLET/SET is not
conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC (like
SLET/SET). OR
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