**Summary:**
This notification, issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on October 11, 2021, amends 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. Specifically, it modifies regulation 3, sub-regulation 3.10, to mandate that a Ph.D. degree will be a mandatory qualification for direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor in Departments of the Universities with effect from July 01, 2023. This amendment is enacted under the powers conferred by clause (e) and (g) of sub-section 1 of section 26 read with section 14 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956). The amendment regulations are 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" and came into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette (October 12, 2021). The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary under Part III, Section 4 vide No. F.122017ECPS dated 18th July, 2018.
Key Entities Referenced
University Grants Commission: Statutory body established by the Indian Union government in accordance to UGC Act 1956 under Ministry of Education.
University Grants Commission Act, 1956: An Act of the Parliament of India to make provision for the coordination and determination of standards in Universities and for that purpose, to establish a University Grants Commission.
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: Regulations by University Grants Commission regarding minimum qualifications for teachers and academic staff.
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: Amendment regulations to the 2018 regulations by the University Grants Commission.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued.
Assistant Professor: The position to which the Ph.D. degree is a mandatory qualification for direct recruitment, as per the amendment.
Ph.D. Degree: A mandatory qualification for direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor in Departments of the Universities with effect from 01.07.2023.
Prof. Rajnish Jain: Secretary of University Grants Commission
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग III—खण्ड 4
PART III—Section 4
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 456] नई ददल्ली, िगं लिार, अक्त बू र 12, 2021/आजश्ि न 20, 1943
No. 456] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021/ASVINA 20, 1943
जिश्ि जिद्यालय अनदु ान आयोग
अजधसचू ना
नई ददल्ली, 11 अक् तूबर, 2021
स.ं एफ-9-1/2010 (पीएस/जिस०) भाग खडं .I.—जिश् िजिद्यालय अनुदान आयोग अजधजनयि, 1956 (1956 का
3) के धारा 14 के साथ पठित धारा 26 की उप धारा (1) के खंड (ई) एि ं (िी) के अंतगगत प्रदत्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े
हुए, जिश् िजिद्यालय अनदु ान आयोग एतद्द्वारा जिश् िजिद्यालय अनुदान आयोग (जिश् िजिद्यालयों और िहाजिद्यालयों ि ें
जिक्षकों और अन्य िैजक्षक किचग ाठरयों की जनयुजि हते ु न्यनू ति अहतग ा तथा उच् चतर जिक्षा ि ें िानकों के रख-रखाि हते ु
अन्य उपाय संबंधी) जिजनयि, 2018, ि ें जनम्न जलजखत संिोधन करता ह ैनाितः-
1. लघ ु िीर्कग और प्रारंभ.-(1) इन जिजनयिों को जिश्ि जिद्यालय अनदु ान आयोग (जिश्ि जिद्यालयों और िहाजिद्यालयों
ि ें जिक्षकों और अन्य िजै क्षक किचग ाठरयों की जनयजु ि हते ु न्यनू ति अहतग ा तथा उच्च तर जिक्षा ि ें िानकों के रख-
रखाि हते ुअन्य उपाय सबं धं ी) सिं ोजधत जिजनयि, 2021 कहा िा सकता ह।ै
(2) य ेरािपत्र ि ेंउनके प्रकािन की तारीख स ेलाग ूहोंग।े
2. जिश्ि जिद्यालय अनदु ान आयोग (जिश्ि जिद्यालयों और िहाजिद्यालयों ि ें जिक्षकों और अन्य िजै क्षक किचग ाठरयों की
जनयजु ि हते ु न्यनू ति अहतग ा तथा उच्च तर जिक्षा ि ें िानकों के रख-रखाि हते ु अन्य उपाय सबं धं ी) जिजनयि, 2018,
जिजनयि 3, के उप-जिजनयि 3.10, ि ेंजनम्न जलजखत उप-जिजनयि को प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा, नाितः-
5813 GI/2021 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
3.10 "ददनाकं 01 िलु ाई, 2023 स े जिश्ि जिद्यालयों के जिभागों ि ें सहायक आचाय ग के पद पर सीधी भती के जलए
पीएचडी उपाजध अजनिाय गअहतग ा होगी" ।
प्रो. रिनीि िनै , सजचि
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नोट : प्रिुख जिजनयि का प्रकािन भारत का रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग III, खण्ड 4 के अतं गतग संदभग सं. एफ. 1-2/2017
(ईसी/पीएस) ददनांक 18 िुलाई, 2018 को हुआ था ।
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 11th October, 2021
No. F.9-1/2010(PS/MISC)Pt. Vol.I.—In exercise of the powers conferred under clause (e) and (g) of sub-
section (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.”
Prof. RAJNISH JAIN, Secy.
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./320/2021-22]
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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