Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) Invites Application for Assistant Professor cum Coordinator Recruitment 2021

Application (Eight copies) in the prescribed format are invited from eligible candidates for the post of Assistant Professor Cum Co-ordinator - Constituent Community College, Viluppuram And Kothagiri (The Nilgiris District)- (Gt-2)

1. Post Name: Assistant Professor cum Coordinator

2. Pay Matrix Assistant Professor Academic level 10 (Rs.57700-182400)

3. Subject: Adult & Continuing Education / Rural Technology / Lifelong Education / Andragogy

4. Eligibility (A or B):

i) 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 an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university.

ii) 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 or who are or have been awarded a Ph. D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time as the case may be exempted from NET/SLET/SET

iii) Provided, the candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions 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:-

a) The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in a regular mode;

b) The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners;

c) An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted; d) The Candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work, out of which at least one is in a refereed journal;

e) 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.

v) The fulfillment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned.

vi) Note: NET/SLET/SET shall also not be required for such Masters Programmes in disciplines for which NET/SLET/SET is not conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC, like SLET/SET.

B. The Ph.D. degree has been obtained from a foreign university/institution with a ranking among top 500 in the World University Ranking (at any time) by any one of the following: (i) Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) (ii) the Times Higher Education (THE) or (iii) the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai).

5. Note :The Academic score as specified in 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.

6. Desirable : A minimum of two years experience in Teaching / Extension / Skill Development / Human Resource Management activities.

7. Advt. No. TNOU/CCC-AP /2021/3 December 04, 2021

Selection Procedure

Selection Will be Based either Written Exam/Interview

How to Apply:

For more details, please refer to official notification at Download Official Notification