Dear Jaskirat

The criteria to become a professor in economics in India is:- Education requirements you must have completed your PG program in Economics (post graduation) with at least 55% marks if your are from general category and if you belong to SC and ST then 50%marks.

Age limit:- no upper age limit is being set by UGC

Exams to be qualified:- NET( national eligibility test) conducted by UGC .

Salary:- salary may different according to location, college , teaching experience the salary in India lies between 30,000 to 90,000.

The maximum salary is being given by :-

IITs

IIMs

AIIMs

BITs

All The Best!!!