Dear Candidate

The UGC publishes and reviews guidelines each year and the guidelines on working hours of an assistant professor are:

UGC Regulation for Workload of an Assistant Professor

1. The workload of the teachers in full employment should not be less than 40 hours a week for 30 working weeks (180 teaching days) in an academic year.

2. It should be necessary for the teacher to be available for at least 7 hours daily in the University/ College as follows:

At least 2 hours for mentoring of students (minimum 15 students per coordinator) for Community Development/ Extra Curricular Activities/ library consultation in case of Under Graduate Courses.

At least 2 hours for research in case of Post Graduate courses, for which necessary space and infrastructure should be provided by the University/College.

3. The minimum direct teaching-learning process hours should be as follows:

Assistant Professor - 16 hours

Associate Professor and Professor - 14 hours

4. A relaxation of two hours in the workload may be given to Professors and Associate Professors who are actively involved in extension activities and administration.