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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

B. A traditional or a professional artist with highly commendable professional
achievement in the subject concerned having a Bachelor’s degree, who has:
i) studied under a noted/reputed traditional Master(s)/Artist(s)
ii) Has been ‘A‘ grade artist of AIR/Doordarshan;
iii) Has the ability to explain, with logical reasoning the subject concerned; and
iv) Has adequate knowledge to teach theory with illustrations in the discipline
concerned.
II. Associate Professor :
Eligibility (A or B): A.

i) Good academic record, with a doctoral degree.
ii) Performing ability of a high professional standard.
iii) Eight year’s experience of teaching in a University or College and / or of
research in a University/national level institution, equal to that of Assistant
Professor in a University/College.
iv) Has made a significant contribution to knowledge in the subject concerned,
as evidenced by quality publications.
OR
B. A traditional or a professional artist with highly-commendable professional
achievement having Master’s degree in the subject concerned, who has:
i) been ‘A’-grade artist of AIR/Doordarshan;
ii) eight years’ experience of outstanding performing achievement in the
field of specialisation;
iii) experience in designing of new courses and /or curricula;
iv) participated in National level Seminars/Conferences/Concerts in reputed
institutions’ and
v) ability to explain, with logical reasoning, the subject concerned and
adequate knowledge to teach theory with illustrations in the said
discipline.
III. Professor :

Eligibility (A or B): A.
i) An eminent scholar having a doctoral degree
ii) Have been actively engaged in research with at least ten years of experience
in teaching in University/College and / or research at the University/
National level institutions.
iii) Minimum of 6 research publications in the peer-reviewed or UGC-listed
journals,
iv) Has a total research score of 120, as per Appendix II, Table 2.
OR
B. A traditional or a professional artist, with highly-commendable professional
achievement, in the subject concerned,
i) Having Masters degree, in the relevant subject
ii) Has been ‘A‘-grade artist of AIR/Doordarshan
iii) Has Ten years of outstanding performing achievements in the field of
specialisation
iv) Has made significant contributions in the field of specialisations and
ability to guide research;

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