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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 concerned subject, who has:
i) been a professional artist with three years’ Bachelor degree/Post Graduate
Diploma, with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever
the grading system is followed), from the National School of Drama, or
any other such Institution in India or abroad;
ii) five years of regular acclaimed performance at regional/ national/
international stage, supported by evidence; and
iii) the ability to explain, with logical reasoning, the subject concerned and
adequate knowledge to teach theory with illustrations in the discipline
concerned.
II. Associate Professor:

Eligibility (A or B) : A.
i) A good academic record, having a Ph.D degree with performing ability of
high professional standard as certified by an Expert Committee constituted
by the University concerned for the said purpose.
ii) Eight years experience of teaching in a University/College and/ or
research in a University/nationallevel institutions equal to that of Assistant
Professor in a University/College.
iii) A significant contribution to knowledge in the subject concerned, as
evidenced by the quality publications.
OR
B. A traditional or a professional artist, having highly commendable professional
achievement in the subject concerned, has a Master’s degree, who has:
i) Been recognised artist of Stage/ Radio/TV;
ii) Eight years of outstanding performance in the field of specialisation;
iii) Experience of designing new courses and /or curricula;
iv) Participated in Seminars/Conferences in reputed institutions; and
v) The 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. An eminent scholar, having a doctoral degree, actively engaged in research with
ten years of experience in teaching and /or research at a University/National-
level institution, including experience of guiding research at the doctoral level,
with outstanding performing achievement in the field of specialisation, with a
minimum of 6 research publications in the peer-reviewed or UGC listed journals,
and a total research score of 120, as per Appendix II, Table 2.
OR
B. A traditional and a professional artist, having highly commendable professional
achievement in the subject concerned, who has:

i) Master’s degree, in the relevant subject;:
ii) Ten years of outstanding performing achievements in the field of
specialisation;
iii) Made significant contribution in the field of specialisation
iv) Guided research;

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