SKRAU, Bikaner requires 107 Professor, Associate Professor & Assistant Professors

Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU), Bikaner invited applications for filling up 107 posts of Professor, Associate Professor & Assistant Professors in various disciplines. Eligible candidates can apply in the prescribed format by 19 October 2012.

Details of Vacancies:

• A minimum of 10 years of teaching/research/extension education experience of which at least 3 years should have been spent as Assoc. Prof. at an AGP of Rs.9000/- or in equivalent position in University/ college and/or National level institutions including experience of guiding candidates for research at doctoral level.

• Contribution to educational innovation, design of new curricula & courses and technology-mediated teaching learning process.

• A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) set out in University Regulation.

Associate Professor:

• A consistently good academic record with a Ph.D. Degree in the concerned/allied/relevant discipline.

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in teaching/ research and/or extension education as Asstt. Prof. or equivalent position in a university/ College or Accredited Research Institution (excluding the period spent in Ph.D. research subject to a maximum of 3 years) with evidence of published work and a minimum of 5 publications as books and/or research/policy papers.

• Contribution to educational innovation, design of new curricula & courses and technology mediated teaching learning process with evidence of having guided doctoral candidates at doctoral and master level.

• A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) set out in University Regulation.

Assistant Professor:

• A consistently good academic record with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade of 6.5/10.0 or 3.2/4.0 in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) at the Master’s Degree level in a relevant subject from an Indian University or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign University.

• Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC/CSIR/ASRB in the concerned or relevant subject or similar test accredited by the UGC/CSIR/ASRB etc.

• For candidates having Master’s degree, NET shall remain compulsory along with one publication in NAAS  (National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi) rated refereed journal for recruitment to the post of Assistant Professor and equivalent in the disciplines in which NET is conducted. Essentiality of NET can be waved off for the candidates holding Ph.D. degree provided it has been done with course work as prescribed by the UGC Regulations 2009, and the candidate has at least two full length publications having a NAAS rating not less than 4, on the last date of submission of application. Those candidates with Ph.D. degree without course work will not qualify for NET exemption.

Note: Candidates holding Bachelor’s degree in Science prior to a Master’s degree in Agriculture shall also be eligible for appointment in Agriculture Faculty

Application Fee: An application Fee of Rs.1000 (for Professor& Associate Professor) / Rs.500 (for Assistant Professor) has to be paid through a Crossed DD drawn in favour of Comptroller, SKRAU, Bikaner.

How to Apply:  Interested candidates should send duly filled in application form and Score Card, along with the crossed DD and copies of required documents/ certificates to the office of the Registrar, S K Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner – 334006 so as to reach the office on or before the last date.

The application form and score card can be downloaded from the University’s website: http://www.raubikaner.org

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