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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

VII. Professor in Colleges, including Private and Constituent Colleges
(a) The Selection Committee for the post of Professor in Colleges including
Private and Constituent Colleges shall consist of the following persons:
i) The Chairperson of the Governing Body or his/her nominee, from
amongst the members of the Governing body, who shall be the
Chairperson of the Selection Committee.
ii) The Principal of the College.
iii) The Head of the Department / Teacher-In charge of the concerned
subject from the college not below the rank of Professor.
iv) Two University representatives not below the rank of Professor
nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, one of whom shall be the Dean
of College Development Council or equivalent position in the
University, and the other must be expert in the concerned subject.
In case of Colleges notified/declared as minority educational
institutions, two nominees, not below the rank of Professor, of
the Chairperson of the College from out of a panel of five names,
preferably from minority communities, recommended by the Vice-
Chancellor of the affiliating university from the list of experts
suggested by the relevant statutory body of the college of whom
one should be a subject expert.
v) Two subject-experts not connected with the college to be nominated
by the Chairperson of the governing body of the college out of a
panel of five names recommended by the Vice Chancellor from the
list of subject experts approved by the relevant statutory body of
the university concerned. In case of colleges notified/declared as
minority educational Institutions, two subject experts not connected
with the University nominated by the Chairperson of the College
Governing Body out of the panel of five names, preferably from
minority communities, recommended by the Vice Chancellor from
the list of subject experts approved by the relevant statutory body.
vi) An academician not below the rank of Professor belonging to the
SC/ST/OBC/ Minority/Women/Differently-abled categories, if any
of candidates belonging to these categories is the applicant, to be
nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, if any of the above members of
the selection committee does not belong to that category.
(b) The quorum for the meeting shall be five, including two subject experts.
VIII. College Principal and Professor
A. Selection Committee
(a) The Selection Committee for the post of College Principal and Professor
shall have the following composition:
i) Chairperson of the Governing Body to be the Chairperson.
ii) Two members of the Governing Body of the college to be nominated
by the Chairperson of whom one shall be an expert in academic
administration.
iii) Two nominees of the Vice-Chancellor who shall be Higher
Education experts in the subject/field concerned out of which
at least one shall be a person not connected in any manner with
the affiliating University. In case of Colleges notified/declared as

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