Now you can become an Assistant Professor without NET: Teaching experience is not required for the post of Vice Chancellor; UGC draft guidelines released

Now there will be no need to clear UGC NET exam to become an Assistant Professor in Higher Education Institutes. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has released draft UGC guidelines for faculty recruitment and promotion in Higher Education Institutes i.e. HEIs. According to this, it will not be necessary to be NET qualified in the subject for Assistant Professor recruitment.

Draft guidelines have been released on the official website of UGC. These guidelines will be implemented after taking feedback and suggestions from industry experts and stakeholders. UGC may implement guidelines after February 5.

According to the currently applicable UGC Guidelines 2018, for Assistant Professor recruitment, it was necessary for the candidate to be NET qualified in the same subject in which he has done Post Graduate (PG). In the new guidelines, candidates have the freedom to do NET from subjects other than PG. Also, without NET, candidates who have done Ph.D directly will also be able to apply for Assistant Professor recruitment.

The requirement of teaching experience for the post of VC is abolished. According to the draft guidelines, now it will not be necessary for a candidate to have 10 years of teaching experience to become Vice Chancellor in a higher education institute.

Experts in their field, who have 10 years of experience of working at senior level and who have a good track record, can become Vice Chancellor (VC). The University Chancellor will form a committee for the appointment of VC, which will take the final decision.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan (centre) released the draft guidelines with UGC Chairman M Jagadish Kumar (left) on January 6. Additional Secretary of Ministry of Education Sunil Kumar (right) was also present on the occasion.

Objective to increase flexibility – UGC Chairman UGC Chairman M. Jagadish Kumar says the new rules will help in selecting faculty from multi-subject background. The objective of these rules is to increase freedom and flexibility in higher education.

Last year the VC of Pune Institute was removed. Let us tell you that in the year 2024, Vice Chancellor of Pune-based Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) Ajit Ranade was removed from the post. He did not have the required 10 years of teaching and academic research experience for the post, due to which he was removed from the post.

Dr. Ajit Ranade is the President and Group Chief Economist of Aditya Birla Group.

However, considering his field experience, the Bombay High Court decided to reinstate him as the Vice Chancellor of the Institute. Later he resigned from the post in November 2024.

You can see the draft guidelines of UGC here

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