Ph.D. Degree shall be mandatory for direct recruitment

Ph.D. Degree shall be mandatory for direct recruitment

No. F.9-1/2010(PS/MISC)Pt. Vol.I.—In exercise of the powers conferred under clause (e) and (g) of subsection (1) of section 26 read with section 14 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), the University Grants Commission hereby makes the following amendment in the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement.-
   (1) These regulations may be called the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Amendment Regulations, 2021.
   (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
   
2. In the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018, in regulation 3, for sub-regulation 3.10, the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely:-
   
   3.10 ‘‘The Ph.D. Degree shall be a mandatory qualification for direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor in Departments of the Universities with effect from 01.07.2023.”

Note: The Principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary under Part III, Section 4 vide No. F.1-2/2017(EC/PS) dated 18th July, 2018.

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