| Essential Qualifications |
- A Master’s Degree in Library Science, Information Science or Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree, with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale, wherever the grading system is followed).
- A consistently good academic record, with knowledge of computerization of library.
- Besides fulfilling the above qualification, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET/SET or who are or have been awarded Ph.D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (minimum standard and procedure for award of M.Phil/Ph.D. Degree) Regulation, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time as the case may be. Provided that the candidates registered for the Ph.D. degree prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provision of the then existing Ordinances/Byelaws/Regulations of the institution awarding the degree, and such Ph.D. candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/Colleges/Institutions subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions:
- The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in the regular mode;
- The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners;
- Open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted;
- The candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work out of which at least one is in a referred journal;
- The candidate has presented at least two papers based on his/her Ph.D. work in conferences/seminars/sponsored/funded/supported by the UGC/ICSSR/CSIR or any similar agency.
Note: The fulfillment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned.
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