PhD not mandatory to teach in central universities, says UGC- Education News
The University Grants Commission (UGC) is doing away with the mandatory PhD requirement to teach in central universities. Special positions i.e. professor of practice and associate professor of practice, are being created. This will allow, say a diplomat, to walk in to teach international relations.
UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar said “There are many experts who want to teach. There could be someone who has implemented large projects and has a lot of on-the-ground experience, or there could be a great dancer or a musician. But we can’t appoint them going by the present rules.” Therefore, it was decided that special positions will be created, he said, adding that “There would be no need for a PhD, the experts will just need to have demonstrated experience in a given domain.” These positions can either be permanent or temporary depending on the experts’ and institutions’ requirements.
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