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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

Notwithstanding the above provision, the Executive Council/Syndicate
may order that nothing in these Regulations shall apply to a teacher who,
within three years of return to duty from study leave is permitted to retire
from service on medical grounds, provided further that the Executive
Council/Syndicate may, in any other exceptional case, waive or reduce,
for reasons to be recorded the amount refundable by a teacher under these
Regulations.
xiv. After the leave has been sanctioned, the teacher shall, before availing himself/
herself of the leave, execute a bond in favour of the University/College/
Institution, binding himself/herself for the due fulfillment of the conditions laid
down in paragraph (x) to (xiii) above and give security of immovable property to
the satisfaction of the Finance Officer/Treasurer or a fidelity bond of an insurance
company or a guarantee by a scheduled bank or furnish security of two permanent
teachers for the amount which might become refundable to the University/College/
Institutions in accordance with paragraph (x) to (xiii) above.
xv. The teacher on study leave shall submit to the Registrar/Principal of his/her parent
University/College/Institution six-monthly reports of progress in his/her studies
from his/her supervisor or the Head of the institution. Such report shall reach
the Registrar/Principal within one month of the expiry of every six months of
the period of the study leave. If the report does not reach the Registrar/Principal
within the specified time, the payment of leave salary may be deferred till the
receipt of such report.
xvi. The teacher on leave shall submit a comprehensive report on the completion of
the study leave period. A copy of the research document/monograph/academic
paper produced during the period of the study leave shall be put in the public
domain, preferably on the website of the University/College/Institution.
xvii. With a view to enhancing the knowledge and skills of the faculty members,
especially the junior faculty, at the level of Assistant Professor, the Heads of
universities/Colleges/Institutions and their subordinate Departments are enjoined
to be generous in the award of study leave in the interest of faculty improvement,
thereby impacting the academic standards of the University/College/Institution in
the long run.

8.3 Sabbatical Leave:
i) The permanent, whole-time teachers of the university and colleges who have
completed seven years’ of service as a Reader/Associate Professor or a Professor
may be granted sabbatical leave to undertake study or research or any other
academic pursuit solely for the object of increasing their proficiency and usefulness
to the university and higher education system. The duration of leave shall not
exceed one year, at a time, and two years in the entire career of the teacher.

ii) A teacher, who has availed himself/herself of study leave, would not be entitled
to the sabbatical leave, until after the expiry of five years from the date of the
teacher‘s return from previous study leave or any other kind of training programme
of duration of one year or more.

iii) A teacher shall, during the period of sabbatical leave, be paid full pay and
allowances (subject to the prescribed conditions being fulfilled) at the rates
applicable to him/her immediately prior to his/her proceeding on sabbatical leave.

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