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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

v) Has participated in National/International Seminars/Conferences/
Workshops/Concerts and/ or recipient of National/International Awards/
Fellowships;
vi) Has the ability to explain with logical reasoning the subject concerned, and
vii) Has adequate knowledge to teach theory with illustrations in the said
discipline.
4.3 Drama Discipline:
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.
ii) Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared
the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or the CSIR or
a 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
fulfillment of the following conditions:-
a) The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in the 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 has been conducted;
d) The candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D.
work out of which at least one must be 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/CSIR/ICSSR or any other
similar agency.
Note:
1. The fulfilment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean
(Academic Affairs) of the University concerned.

2. NET/SLET/SET shall also not be required for such Masters Programmes in disciplines
for which the NET/SLET/SET is not conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test
accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET.
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