NET exempted for candidates registered for M.Phil/Ph.D prior July 2009

New Delhi: The UGC has decided that candidates who have registered for M.Phil or Ph.Ds prior to July 11, 2009, will be exempted from clearing NET exam to become eligible for the post of assistant professor if they fulfill certain other conditions.

The move would help thousands of Ph.D holders who had been affected by a UGC guideline that came in 2009 making NET and Ph.D a minimum eligibility criteria for applying for assistant professor in colleges and universities.

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HRD minister Smriti Irani said that this decision will help in recruitments for various posts.

According to the UGC decision, candidates registered for M.Phil and Ph.D prior to July 11, 2009 shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET or State Level Eligibility Tests for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor if they fulfill some other conditions.

Among the conditions laid down is that their Ph.D degrees should be awarded in regular mode only and the evaluation of the thesis should be done by at least two external examiners.

Other conditions include that open Ph.D viva voice of the candidate had been conducted and there should be two research publications from his or her Ph.D work. The candidate should also have made at least two presentations in conferences or seminars

These accomplishments are to be certified by the Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dean (Academic Affairs) or Dean (University Instructions).

UGC chairman Ved Prakash said that while there is a shortage of faculty in institutions of higher education, this move will help in allowing many candidates apply for teaching positions.

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