AURO UNIVERSITY

MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY:

For (School of BUSINESS [AICTE+UGC REGULATIONS]
&
FOLLOWING SCHOOLS AS GOVERNED BY UGC REGULATIONS
[ School of DESIGN]
[School of HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT]
[School of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY],
[School of JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATIONS]
[School of LAW [BCI REGULATIONS+UGC REGULATIONS],
&
[School of LIBERAL ARTS & HUMAN SCIENCES]
Note:
Consistently “Good Academic Record:
 Consistently “Good Academic Record” would mean at least 55 % marks at the Master’s Level in the relevant
subject for those Schools that are governed by the UGC Regulations and at least 60 % marks at the Master’s
Level in the relevant subject for those Schools that are governed by the AICTE Regulations,2019 (or)
candidates who have been awarded PhD.
 Preference will be given to candidates with teaching experience.
MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS for SCHOOL OF DESIGN, SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISM & COMMUNICATIONS, AND SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS & HUMAN
SCIENCES
[As Per UGC Regulations,2018]
[I] ASSISTANT PROFESSOR:
1. ‘‘NET/SET/SLET shall be the minimum criteria for the Post of ASSISTANT PROFESSOR.”
2. Applicant should have been awarded a Ph. D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission
(Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil. /PhD Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their
amendments from time to time as the case may be only exempted from NET/SLET/SET
3. A minimum of 05 Research Publications in the peer-reviewed or UGC-listed journals
Note:
The Academic / Research score as specified in Appendix II (Table 3A) for universities shall be considered for short-
listing of the candidates for interview only, and the selections shall be based only on the performance in the interview.
1.

MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS for SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

[AS PER AICTE REGULATIONS,2019]
[I] ASSISTANT PROFESSOR:
1. Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline and Master’s Degree in Business Administration / PGDM / C. A. / ICWA/
M. Com. with First Class or equivalent and two years of professional experience
2. Applicant should have been awarded a Ph. D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission
(Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil. /PhD Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their
amendments from time to time as the case may be only exempted from NET/SLET/SET
3. A minimum of 05 Research Publications in the peer-reviewed or UGC-listed journals
 MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS for SCHOOL OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
[I] ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
B E. / B. Tech. / B. S. and M.E. / M. Tech. / M. S. or Integrated M. Tech. in relevant branch with First Class or
equivalent in any one of the degrees.
OR
B.E., B. Tech. and MCA with First Class or equivalent in any one of the two degrees.
OR
Graduation of three years duration with Mathematics as a compulsory subject and MCA with First Class or equivalent
with 2 years of relevant experience after acquiring a degree of MCA.

MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS for SCHOOL OF DESIGN

[I] ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
1. Bachelor’s Degree or minimum 4-year Diploma in any one of the streams of Design, Fine Arts, Applied Arts
and Architecture or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with First class or equivalent
2. Master’s degree or equivalent Post Graduate Diploma in relevant disciplines with First Class or equivalent in a
concerned/relevant/allied subject of Industrial Design / Visual Communication / Fine Arts / Applied Arts /
Architecture / Interaction Design / New Media Studies / Design Management / Ergonomics / Human Factors
Engineering / Indian Craft Studies and related fields of Engineering or Design.
3. Minimum 2 years of professional design experience in Industry/research organization / Design studios.

MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS for SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY

MANAGEMENT
[I] ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Having consistently Good Academic record with Post-Graduation from a recognised University (Central/State/ Deemed
to be/AIU equivalent PG from a Foreign Institution) with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade.
At least 02 research publications in SCI journals/ UGC/AICTE approved list of journals

Ph.D. Degree with 05 years of experience in teaching and the hospitality industry.
[OR]
At least 07 years total experience (Teaching and Industry together), including Hotel industry experience, minimum 02
years in Supervisory capacity in the Hospitality industry, with 2 years experience in Teaching/ Training.
 MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS for SCHOOL OF LAW
[I] ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Consistently Good Academic record with a Master’s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale
wherever the Grading System is followed) in a concerned/relevant/allied subject from a recognized Indian University,
or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.

Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET)
conducted by the UGC or the CSIR, or a similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET

2 research papers from his/her PhD work, out of which at least 1 is in a refereed journal;

A minimum of 3 years of teaching/training experience shall also be essential

 Table 1
Assessment Criteria and Methodology for University/College Teachers
S.No. Activity Grading Criteria

1. Teaching: (Number of classes taught/total classes 80% & above - Good

assigned)x100%
Below 80% but 70% & above-Satisfactory
(Classes taught includes sessions on tutorials, lab and
Less than 70% - Not satisfactory
other teaching related activities)
2. Involvement in the University/College students related Good - Involved in at least 3 activities
activities/research activities:
Satisfactory - 1-2 activities
(a) Administrative responsibilities such as Head,
Not-satisfactory - Not involved / undertaken any
Chairperson/ Dean/ Director/ Co-ordinator,
of the activities
Warden etc.
Note:
(b) Examination and evaluation duties assigned by
the college / university or attending the Number of activities can be within or across the
examination paper evaluation. broad categories of activities
(c) Student related co-curricular, extension and
field based activities such as student clubs,
career counselling, study visits, student
seminars and other events, cultural, sports,
NCC, NSS and community services.
(d) Organising seminars/ conferences/ workshops,
other college/university activities.
(e) Evidence of actively involved in guiding Ph.D
students.
(f) Conducting minor or major research project
sponsored by national or international agencies.
(g) At least one single or joint publication in peer-
reviewed or UGC list of Journals.
Overall Grading:
Good: Good in teaching and satisfactory or good in activity at Sl.No.2.
Or
Satisfactory: Satisfactory in teaching and good or satisfactory in activity at Sl.No.2.
Not Satisfactory: If neither good nor satisfactory in overall grading

Note: For the purpose of assessing the grading of Activity at Serial No. 1 and Serial No. 2, all such periods of duration which
have been spent by the teacher on different kinds of paid leaves such as Maternity Leave, Child Care Leave, Study Leave,
Medical Leave, Extraordinary Leave and Deputation shall be excluded from the grading assessment. The teacher shall be
assessed for the remaining period of duration and the same shall be extrapolated for the entire period of assessment to arrive
at the grading of the teacher. The teacher on such leaves or deputation as mentioned above shall not be put to any disadvantage
for promotion under CAS due to his/her absence from his/her teaching responsibilities subject to the condition that such
leave/deputation was undertaken with the prior approval of the competent authority following all procedures laid down in
these regulations and as per the acts, statutes and ordinances of the parent institution.
 Table 2
Methodology for University Teachers for calculating Academic/Research Score (Assessment must be
based on evidence produced by the teacher such as: copy of publications, project sanction letter,
utilization and completion certificates issued by the University and acknowledgements for patent
filing and approval letters, students’ Ph.D. award letter, etc,.)

Sr. Academic/Research Activity Faculty of Faculty of

No. Sciences Languages/
/Engineering Humanities /
/Agriculture Arts / Social
/Medical/Veterinary Sciences /
Sciences Library
/Education
/Physical
Education/
Commerce /
Management
& other
related
disciplines
1. Research Papers in Peer-Reviewed or UGC 08 per paper 10 per paper
listed Journals

2. Publications (other than Research papers)

(a) Books authored which are published

International publishers 12 12
National Publishers 10 10
Chapter in Edited Book 05 05
Editor of Book by International Publisher 10 10
Editor of Book by National Publisher 08 08
(b) Translation works in Indian and
Foreign
Languages by qualified faculties
Chapter or Research paper 03 03
Book 08 08
3. Creation of ICT mediated Teaching Learning
pedagogy and content and development of new and
innovative courses and curricula

(a) Development of Innovative pedagogy 05 05

02 per curricula/
02 per
(b) Design of new curricula and courses course
curricula/course

(c) MOOCs
Development of complete MOOCs in 4 20 20
quadrants (4 credit course)(In case of
MOOCs of lesser credits 05 marks/credit)

MOOCs (developed in 4 quadrant) per 05 05

module/lecture
Content writer/subject matter expert for each module 02 02
of MOOCs (at least one quadrant)
Course Coordinator for MOOCs (4 credit 08 08
course)(In case of MOOCs of lesser credits
02 marks/credit)

(d) E-Content
Development of e-Content in 4 quadrants for 12 12
a complete course/e-book
e-Content (developed in 4 quadrants) per 05 05
module
Contribution to development of e-content 02 02
module in complete course/paper/e-book (at least one
quadrant)
Editor of e-content for complete course/
paper /e-book 10 10

(a) Research guidance

4
Ph.D. 10 per degree 10 per degree
awarded awarded
05 per thesis 05 per thesis
submitted submitted
02 per degree 02 per degree
M.Phil./P.G dissertation
awarded awarded
(b) Research Projects Completed
More than 10 lakhs 10 10
Less than 10 lakhs 05 05
(c) Research Projects Ongoing :
More than 10 lakhs 05 05
. Less than 10 lakhs 02 02
(d) Consultancy 03 03
 (a) Patents
International 10 10
5 National 07 07
(b) *Policy Document (Submitted to an International body/organization like
UNO/UNESCO/World Bank/International Monetary Fund etc. or Central
Government or State Government)
International 10 10
National 07 07
State 04 04
(c) Awards/Fellowship
. International 07 07
National 05 05
6. *Invited lectures/Resource Person /
Paper presentation in Seminars/ Conferences/full
paper in Conference Proceedings (Paper presented in
Seminars/Conferences and also published as full paper
in Conference Proceedings will be counted only once)

International (Abroad) 07 07
International (within country) 05 05
National 03 03
State/University 02 02
The Research score for research papers would be augmented as follows :
Peer-Reviewed or UGC-listed Journals (Impact factor to be determined as per Thomson Reuters list) :
i) Paper in refereed journals without impact factor - 5 Points
ii) Paper with impact factor less than 1 - 10 Points
iii) Paper with impact factor between 1 and 2 - 15 Points
iv) Paper with impact factor between 2 and 5 - 20 Points
v) Paper with impact factor between 5 and 10 - 25 Points
vi) Paper with impact factor >10 - 30 Points
Two authors: 70% of total value of publication for each author.
More than two authors: 70% of total value of publication for the First/Principal/Corresponding author and 30%
of total value of publication for each of the joint authors.
Joint Projects: Principal Investigator and Co-investigator would get 50% each.

Note:
 The paper presented if part of edited book or proceeding then it can be claimed only once.
 For joint supervision of research students, the formula shall be 70% of the total score for the
Supervisor and Co-supervisor. The supervisor and Co-supervisor, both shall get 7 marks each.
 For the purpose of calculating the research score of the teacher, the combined research score from
the categories of 5(b). Policy Document and 6. Invited lectures/Resource persons/Paper
presentations shall have an upper capping of thirty percent of the total research score of the teacher
concerned.

The research score shall be from a minimum of three categories out of six categories.
 Table : 3 A

Criteria for Short-listing of Candidates for Interview for the Post of Assistant Professors in
Universities

Sr.
Academic Record Score
No.

1 Graduation 80% & Above 60% to less than 55% to less 45% to
= 15 80% = 13 than less than
60% = 55%
10 =05

2 Post-Graduation 80% & Above 60% to less than 55% (50% in

= 25 80% = 23 case of
SC/ST/OBC
(non-
creamy
layer)/PWD)
to less than
60% = 20

60% & above =

3 M.Phil. 07 55% to less than 60% = 05

4 Ph.D. 30
5 NET with JRF 07
6 NET 05
7 SLET/SET 03
8 Research 10
Publications ( 2
marks for each
research
publications
published

9 Teaching / Post 10
Doctoral
Experience (2
marks for one year

10 Awards
 International / National 03
Level (Awards given by
interactions Organizations
/ Government of
India / Government
of India recognized
National Level Bodies)

State-Level (Awards 02
given by State
Government)

#However, if the period of teaching/Post-doctoral experience is less than one year then
the marks shall be reduced proportionately.
Note:
(A)
(i) M.Phil + Ph.D Maximum - 30 Marks
(ii) JRF/NET/SET Maximum - 07 Marks
(iii) In awards category Maximum - 03 Marks

(B) Number of candidates to be called for interview shall be decided by the concerned
universities.
(C)
Academic Score - 80
Research Publications - 10
Teaching Experience - 10
Total - 100

(D) Score shall be valid for appointment in respective State SLET/SET

Universities/ Colleges/ Institutions only