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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

iv. Duty leave may be combined with earned leave, half pay leave or extraordinary
leave, or Casual leave.
v. Duty leave should be given also for attending meetings in the UGC, DST, etc.
where a teacher is invited to share his/her expertise with an academic body,
government agency or NGO.
8.2 STUDY LEAVE:
i. The scheme of Study Leave provides an opportunity to avail of scholarships/
fellowships awarded to the faculty who wish to acquire new knowledge and to
improve analytical skills. When a teacher is awarded a scholarship or stipend (by
whatever nomenclature called), for pursing further studies, leading to a Ph.D./
Post- doctoral qualification or for undertaking a research project in a higher
education institution abroad, the amount of the scholarship/fellowship shall not be
linked to the recipient‘s pay/salary paid to him/her by his /her parent institution.
The awardee shall be paid salary for the entire duration of fellowship/scholarship,
provided, that he/she does not take up any other remunerative jobs, like teaching,
in the host country.
ii. A teacher on Study Leave shall not take up, during the period of that leave, any
regular or part-time appointment under an organisation in India or abroad. He/
she may, however, be allowed to accept a fellowship or a research scholarship
or an ad-hoc teaching and research assignment with an honorarium or any other
form of assistance, other than the regular employment in an institution either in
India or abroad, provided, that the Executive Council/Syndicate of his/her parent
institution may, if it so desires, sanction study leave on reduced pay and allowances
to the extent of any receipt in this regard, in-lieu of teaching etc., which may be
determined by his/her employer.

iii. The study leave shall be granted to an entry-level appointee as Assistant Professor/
Assistant Librarian/Assistant Director of Physical Education and Sport/College
DPE&S (other than as Associate Professor or Professor of a University/College/
Institution, who is otherwise eligible for sabbatical leave) after a minimum of
three years of continuous service, to pursue a special line of study or research
directly related to his/her work in the University/College/Institution or to make
a special study of the various aspects of University organisation and methods of
education, giving full plan of the work.
iv. The study leave shall be granted by the Executive Council/Syndicate on the
recommendation of the Head of the Department concerned. The leave shall not be
granted for more than three years in one spell, save in exceptional cases, in which
the Executive Council/Syndicate is satisfied that such extension is unavoidable on
academic grounds and necessary in the interest of the University/College/Institution.
v. The study leave shall not be granted to a teacher who is due to retire within five
years of the date on which he/she is expected to return to duty after the expiry of
study leave.
vi. The study leave shall be granted not more than twice during one‘s entire career.
However, the maximum period of study leave admissible during the entire service
shall not exceed five years.
vii. The study leave may be granted more than once, provided, that not less than five
years have elapsed after the teacher/returned to duty on completion of the earlier

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