GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DIRECTORATE OF ART AND CULTURE

(G.O. Ms. No. 08, dated 23rd June 2022)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 6 of the Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture

(PILC) Rules and Regulations, the Governing Body hereby makes the following rules relating the method of

recruitment to the Group 'A' post of Assistant Professor in the Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (i) These rules may be called the post of Assistant Professor

in the Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture (PILC) Recruitment Rules, 2022.

(ii) They shall come into force on and from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Number of post, its classification and Academic Level in the Pay Matrix.—The number of the said

post, its classification and the Academic Level in the Pay Matrix attached thereto, specified in columns (2)

to (4) of the Schedule annexed hereto.

3. Method of recruitment, age-limit and other qualifications.—The method of recruitment

to the said post, age-limit, qualifications and other matters relating thereto, shall be as specified in

columns (5) to (13) of the said Schedule.

4. Disqualifications.—No person,—

(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or

(b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person,

shall be eligible for appointment to the said post:

Provided that, the Governing Body with the approval of Hon'ble Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry,

may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the Personal Law applicable to such person and the

other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation

of this rule.

5. Power to relax.—Where, the Governing Body is of the opinion, that it is necessary or expedient

so to do, he may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing and with the approval of Hon'ble

Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or

category of persons.

6. Saving.— Nothing in these rules shall affect the reservations, relaxation in upper age-limit and

other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and other special

category of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Government of Puducherry from time to

time in this regard.

SCHEDULE

RECRUITMENT RULES FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

IN PONDICHERRY INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS AND CULTURE

1. Name of the post

Assistant Professor

2. Number of posts

9 (Nine) [2022] Subject to variation dependent on work-load.

[Tamil (3), Linguistics (3), Anthropology (2), Folklore (1)]

3. Classification

Group-'A'

4. Level in the Pay Matrix

Academic Level–10 in the Pay Matrix.

(Entry Pay ` 57,700 per month)

5. Whether selection post or non-selection post

Not applicable

6. Age-limit for direct recruits

Not exceeding 35 years (Relaxable for Government

Servants up to 5 years in accordance with the orders or

instructions issued by the Central Government).

Note : The crucial date for determining the age-limit shall

be the closing date for receipt of applications from

candidates in India (and not the closing date prescribed

for those in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh,

Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Union

territory of Ladakh, Lahaul and Spiti Districts and Pangi

Subdivision of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh,

Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep).

7. Educational and other qualifications required for

A. Essential

direct recruits.

Eligibility (A or B)

A. (i) A Master's Degree with 55% of 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 relevant discipline) 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.

Provided that the candidates registered for the Ph.D.

Programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the

provisions of the then existing Ordinances/Bye-laws/

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

fulfilment 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;

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.

The fulfilment of these conditions is to be certified by

the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the

University concerned.

Note : NET/SLET/SET shall also not be required for such

Master's Programmes in disciplines for which NET/SLET/

SET is not conducted by the UGC, CS1R or similar test

accredited by the UGC, like SLET, SET.

(OR)

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 anyone 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).

B. Desirable

(a) Teaching experience at postgraduate level;

(b) Experience in inter-disciplinary research;

(d) Working knowledge of an additional South Indian

language other than mother tongue;

(e) Completion of minor or major project with support

of UGC/CICT or equivalent autonomous agency;

(f) Exposure to the handling of computer system.

Note 1 : Qualifications are relaxable at the discretion of

the competent authority for reasons to be recorded in

writing, in the case of candidates otherwise well qualified;

Note 2 : A relaxation of 5% shall be allowed at the

Bachelor's as well as at the Master's level for the

candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled

Tribe/Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-creamy Layer)/

Differently abled [(a) Blindness and low vision; (b) Deaf

and Hard of hearing; (c) Locomotor disability including

cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid-attack victims

and muscular dystrophy; (d) Autism, intellectual disability,

specific learning disability and mental illness; (e) Multiple

disabilities from amongst persons under (a) to (d) including

deaf-blindness] for the purpose of eligibility and assessing

good academic record for direct recruitment. The eligibility

marks of 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale

wherever the grading system is followed) and the relaxation

of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible,

based only on the qualifying marks without including any

grace mark procedure;

Note 3 : A relaxation of 5% shall be provided, (from 55%

to 50% of the marks) to the Ph.D. Degree holders who have

obtained their Master's Degree prior to 19 September, 1991.

Note 4 : A relevant grade which is regarded as equivalent

of 55% wherever, the grading system is followed by

a recognized university, at the Master's level shall also be

considered valid.

Note 5 : The time taken by candidates to acquire M.Phil.

and/or Ph.D. Degree shall not be considered as teaching/

research experience to be claimed for appointment to the

teaching positions. Further, the period of active service

spent on pursuing Research Degree simultaneously with

teaching assignment without taking any kind of leave,

shall be counted as teaching experience for the purpose

of direct recruitment.

Note 6 : The academic score as specified in Appendix II

(Table 3B) for Colleges, 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.

8. Whether age and educational qualifications

Not applicable

prescribed for direct recruits will apply in the

case of promotees.

9. Period of probation, if any

One year

10. Method of recruitment, whether by direct

By direct recruitment

recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/

transfer and percentage of the vacancies to be

filled by various methods.

11. Reservation

Not applicable

12. If, a Recruitment Committee exists, What is its

Group 'A' Departmental Confirmation Committee (for

composition?

considering confirmation) :—

The Vice-Chairman, PILC/Secretary . . Chairman

to Government (Art and Culture).

The Director (Art and Culture)

. . Member

The Director, PILC

. . Member

Group 'A' Departmental Recruitment Committee:—

The Vice-Chairman, PILC/Secretary . . Chairman

to Government (Art and Culture).

The Director (Art and Culture)

. . Member

The Director, PILC

. . Member

Three subject experts in the relevant . . Member

field.

13. Circumstances in which Union Public Service

Not applicable

Commission is to be consulted in making

recruitment.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

K. CANDANE @ SIVARADJANE,

Under Secretary to Government (Art and Culture).

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