Re: [MTC Global] Now PhD research period is also teaching experience: UGC

Dear All 

Kindly read the UGC document carefully. 

It's not a new order. It is just a clarification of existing 2010 regulations. 

The reason behind issuing the clarification:

Suppose someone was appointed as Assistant Professor in 2009 on a permanent position without Phd (on the basis of NET) and later on he enrolled himself in PhD without taking any leave. His PhD was awarded in 2015. Now, if he applies for the post of Associate Professor in 2017, technically he is eligible for the post (as it needs eight years of experience as assistant professor to be an associate professor) but some universities were counting only his post PhD experience and thus only two years. 

Now, the UGC has clarified it that his ACTIVE PERIOD OF SERVICE SPENT FOR PHD WITHOUT LEAVE will be considered and he will be eligible for the post of Associate Professor. 

It does not mean that any one's PhD earning experience will be counted equivalent to assistant professor. 

Regards 

Prof Kaushal Kishore 

On 14-Aug-2017 2:16 PM, "Prof. Bholanath Dutta" <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:

Now PhD research period is also teaching experience: UGC

A period spent on acquiring a PhD degree without any leave will now be counted as teaching experience of candidates applying for direct recruitment to vacant positions of faculties or promotion in the higher educational institutions.

"The period of active service spent on pursuing a research degree, i.e, for acquiring PhD degree simultaneously without taking any kind of leave may be counted as  teaching experience for the purpose of direct recruitment/promotion to the post of associate professor and above." the commission decided.

The commission's decision was seen in the academic circles as an effort to primarily facilitate filling up of posts lying vacant in large numbers across the country's universities and other higher educational institutions.

Many of the universities and other higher educational institutions demand at least two to three years teaching experience for recruitment to vacant posts of faculties.

"We have a large number of unemployed meritorious PhD holders. The decision to treat the period spent by them in acquiring a PhD degree as teaching experience will not only open doors of employment to many of such degree holders, but also facilitate institutions fill up their teaching positions lying vacant for years," official sources said.

Prof. Bholanath Dutta
Founder & President: MTC Global
Global Advisory Body in Management Education
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