The pay structure for different categories of teachers and equivalent positions shall be
as indicated below:-
(a) Assistant Professor/Associate Professors/Professors in Colleges and Universities
(i) Persons entering the teaching profession in Universities and Colleges shall be designated as Assistant Professors and shall be placed in the Pay Band of Rs.15600-39100 with AGP of Rs.6000. Lecturers already in service in the pre-revised scale of Rs. 8000-13500, shall be re-designated as Assistant Professors with the said AGP of Rs. 6000.
(ii) An Assistant Professor with completed service of 4 years, possessing Ph.D Degree in
the relevant discipline shall be eligible, for moving up to AGP of Rs. 7000.
(iii) Assistant Professors possessing M.Phil degree or post-graduate degree in professional
courses approved by the relevant Statutory Body, such as LL.M/M.Tech etc. shall be eligible
for the AGP of Rs. 7,000 after completion of 5 years service as Assistant Professor.
(iv) Assistant Professors who do not have Ph.D or M.Phil or a Master’s degree in the
relevant Professional course shall be eligible for the AGP of Rs. 7,000 only after completion
of 6 years’ service as Assistant Professor.
(v) The upward movement from AGP of Rs. 6000 to AGP of Rs. 7000 for all Assistant
Professors shall be subject to their satisfying other conditions as laid down by the UGC from
time to time.
(vi) The pay of the incumbents to the posts of Lecturer (senior scale) (i.e. the un-revised
scale of Rs. 10,000-15200) shall be re-designated as Assistant Professor, and shall be fixed at
the appropriate stage in Pay Band of Rs.15600-39100 based on their present pay, with AGP of
Rs. 7000.
(vii) Assistant Professors with completed service of 5 years at the AGP of Rs. 7000 shall be
eligible, subject to other requirements laid down by the UGC, to move up to the AGP of Rs.
8000.
(viii) Posts of Associate Professor shall be in the Pay Band of Rs.37400-67000, with AGP
of Rs.9000. Directly recruited Associate Professors shall be placed in the Pay Band of
Rs. 37400-67000 with an AGP of Rs. 9000, at the appropriate stage in the Pay Band in terms
of the conditions of appointment.
(ix) Incumbent Readers and Lecturers (Selection Grade) who have completed 3 years in
the current pay scale of Rs. 12000-18300 on 1.1.2006 shall be placed in Pay Band of Rs.
37400-67000 with AGP Pay of Rs. 9000 and shall be re-designated as Associate Professor.
(x) Incumbent Readers and Lecturers (Selection Grade) who had not completed three
years in the pay scale of Rs. 12000-18300 on 1.1.2006 shall be placed at the appropriate stage
in the Pay Band of Rs. 15600-39100 with AGP of Rs. 8000 till they complete 3 years of
service in the grade of Lecturer (Selection Grade)/Reader, and thereafter shall be placed in the
higher Pay Band of Rs.37400-67000 and accordingly re-designated as Associate Professor.
(xi) Readers/ Lecturers (Selection Grade) in service at present shall continue to be
designated as Lecturer (Selection Grade) or Readers, as the case may be, until they are placed
in the Pay Band of Rs. 37,400-67000 and re-designated as Associate Professor in the manner
described in (x) above.
(xii) Assistant Professors completing 3 years of teaching in the AGP of Rs. 8000 shall be
eligible, subject to other conditions that may be prescribed by the UGC and the university, to
move to the Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000 with AGP of Rs. 9000 and to be designated as
Associate Professor.
(xiii) Associate Professor completing 3 years of service in the AGP of Rs. 9000 and
possessing a Ph.D. degree in the relevant discipline shall be eligible to be appointed and
designated as Professor, subject to other conditions of academic performance as laid down by
the UGC and if any by the university. No teacher other than those with a Ph.D. shall be
promoted, appointed or designated as Professor. The Pay Band for the post of Professors
shall be Rs.37400-67000 with AGP of Rs. 10000.
(xiv) The pay of a directly recruited Professor shall be fixed at a stage not below Rs. 43000
in the Pay Band of Rs. 37400-67000, with the applicable AGP of Rs. 10000.
(xv) Ten percent of the posts of Professors in a university shall be in the higher AGP of
Rs. 12000; however, teachers appointed to the posts shall continue to be designated as
Professor. Eligibility for appointment as a Professor in the higher Academic Grade Pay shall
be as may be laid down by the UGC, and such eligibility conditions shall, inter alia, include
publications in peer reviewed/ refereed Research Journals, and the requirement of at least 10
years of teaching as Professor and post-doctoral work of a high standard. No person appointed
directly as Professor in the AGP of Rs. 12000 shall be fixed at a stage less than Rs. 48000
along with the AGP.
(xvi) For initial direct recruitment at the level of Associate Professors and Professors, the
eligibility conditions in respect of academic and research requirements shall be as may be or
have been prescribed by the UGC through Regulations and as may be laid down by the
university.
(xvii) Discretionary award of advance increments for those who enter the profession as
Associate Professors or Professors with higher merit, high number of research publications
and experience at the appropriate level, shall be within the competence of the appropriate
authority of the concerned University or recruiting institution while negotiating with
individual candidates in the context of the merits of each case, taking into account the pay
structure of other teachers in the faculty and other specific factors.
(b) Professors in Under Graduate and Post Graduate Colleges:
(i) Ten percent of the number of sanctioned posts of Associate Professor in an Under
Graduate College shall be that of Professors and shall be subject to the same criterion for
selection/ appointment as that of Professors in Universities, provided that there shall not be
more than one post of Professor in each Department; and provided further that One-fourth
(25%) of the posts of Professor in UG Colleges shall be directly recruited or filled on
deputation by eligible teachers and the remaining three-fourths (75%) of posts of Professors
shall be filled by merit promotion from among eligible Associate Professors of the relevant
department of the Under Graduate College. Identification of posts of Professor in an Under
Graduate College for being filled through direct recruitment/deputation shall be within the
competence of the University acting in consultation with the College. Where the number of
posts of Professor worked out as a percentage of the number of posts of Associate Professor
for merit promotion or direct recruitment/ deputation is not an integer, the same shall be
rounded off to the next higher integer.
(ii) There shall be one post of Professor in each Department of a Post Graduate College
and shall be subject to the same criterion for selection / appointment as that of Professors in
Universities, provided that One-fourth (25%) of the posts of Professor shall be filled on
deputation/direct recruitment from among eligible teachers and the remaining three-fourths
(75%) of posts shall be filled through merit promotion from among the eligible Associate
Professors in the relevant department of the Post Graduate College. Identification of posts of
Professor in a Post Graduate College for being filled through direct recruitment/deputation
shall be within the competence of the University acting in consultation with the College.
Where the number of posts of professor for merit promotion or direct recruitment/ deputation
worked out as a percentage of the total number of posts in a Post Graduate College is not an
integer, the same shall be rounded off to the next higher integer. The UGC shall issue separate
guidelines to ensure availability of minimum standards of academic infrastructure (library,
research facilities etc.) for starting Post Graduate Courses in Colleges.
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