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Revised Pay Scales, Service conditions and Career Advancement Scheme for teachers and equivalent positions: 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.15,600 – Rs. 39,100 with AGP of Rs. 6,000. Lecturers already in service in the pre-revised scale of Rs. 8000 – Rs. 13,500, shall be re-designated as Assistant Professors with the said AGP of Rs. 6,000. (ii) An Assistant Professor with completed service of four years, possessing Ph.D. Degree in the relevant discipline shall be eligible, for moving up to AGP of Rs. 7,000. (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 five 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 six years' service as Assistant Professor. (v) The upward movement from AGP of Rs. 6,000 to AGP of Rs. 7,000 for all Assistant Professors shall be subject to their satisfying other conditions as laid down by the UGC. (vi) The pay of the incumbents to the posts of Lecturer (senior scale) (i.e. the unrevised scale of Rs. 10,000 – Rs. 15,200) shall be re-designated as Assistant Professor, and shall be fixed at the appropriate stage in Pay Band of Rs.15,600 – Rs. 39,100 based on their present pay, with AGP of Rs. 7,000. (vii) Assistant Professors with completed service of five years at the AGP of Rs. 7,000 shall be eligible , subject to other requirements laid down by the UGC, to move up to the AGP of Rs. 77 8,000. (viii) Posts of Associate Professor shall be in the Pay Band of Rs. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000, with AGP of Rs. 9,000. Directly recruited Associate Professors shall be placed in the Pay Band of Rs. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000 with an AGP of Rs. 9,000, 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 three years in the current pay scale of Rs. 12,000 – Rs. 18,300 on 1 January, 2006 shall be placed in Pay Band of Rs. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000 with AGP Pay of Rs. 9,000 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. 12,000 – Rs. 18,300 on 1 January, 2006 shall be placed at the appropriate stage in the Pay Band of Rs. 15,600 – Rs. 39,100 with AGP of Rs. 8,000 till they complete three years of service in the grade of Lecturer (Selection Grade)/Reader, and thereafter shall be placed in the higher Pay Band of Rs. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000 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 – Rs. 67,000 and re-designated as Associate Professor in the manner described in (x) above. (xii) Assistant Professors completing three years of teaching in the AGP of Rs. 8,000 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. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000 with AGP of Rs. 9,000 and to be designated as Associate Professor. (xiii) Associate Professor completing three years of service in the AGP of Rs. 9,000 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. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000 with AGP of Rs. 10,000. (xiv) The pay of a directly recruited Professor shall be fixed at a stage not below Rs. 43,000 in the Pay Band of Rs. 37,400 – Rs. 67,000, with the applicable AGP of Rs. 10,000. (xv) Ten percent of the posts of Professors in a university shall be in the higher AGP of Rs. 12,000, 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 ten years of teaching as Professor and post-doctoral work of a high standard. No person appointed directly as Professor in the AGP of Rs. 12,000 shall be fixed at a stage less than Rs. 48,000 along with the AGP. (xvi) For initial direct recruitment at the level of Associate Professors and Professors, the 78 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: (xviii) 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. (xix) 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.