New Delhi : The University Grants Commission (UGC), in view of the COVID-19 pandemic has decided to extend the date of applicability of Ph.D. as mandatory qualification for direct recruitment of Assistant Professors in Departments of Universities from 01.07.2021 to 01.07.2023. Accordingly, UGC has made an amendment in the UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education), Regulation, 2018 regarding clause 3.10 that stipulates that the Ph.D. degree shall be a mandatory qualification for direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor in Department of the Universities w.e.f. 01.07.2023.

This amendment shall be known as UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education), Amendment Regulation, 2021.

This amendment has been published in Part – III, Section- 4 of Gazette of India (Extraordinary) each in Hindi & English which can be downloaded from www.egazette.nic.in and www.ugc.ac.in.

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