TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

No. 577, Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai 600 015.

Phone: (91-44) 2430 6645 / 6600
Fax: (91-44) 2430 6640
email : registrar@tnou.ac.in ; website : www.tnou.ac.in

Applications are invited for the following vacant posts of Associate Professors:

S.N
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Advt. No.& Date School No. of Posts Roster Specialization
1 15 & 02/08/2014 Criminology & Criminal
Justice Administration
1 GT -

2 16 & 02/08/2014 Education 1 GT Educational Technology

3 17 & 02/08/2014 History & Tourism Studies 1 GT Tourism Studies
4 18 & 02/08/2014 Humanities 1 GT -
5 19 & 02/08/2014 Politics & Public Administration 1 GT -
6 20 & 02/08/2014 Science 1 GT Zoology
7 21 & 02/08/2014 Tamil and Cultural Studies 1 GT Comparative Literature(or) Scientific
Tamil (or) Computational Linguistics
8 22 & 02/08/2014 Management Studies 1 GT -
9 23 & 02/08/2014 Journalism &New Media Studies 1 GT Visual Communication or Mass
Media or Media Studies
10 24 & 02/08/2014 Continuing Education 1 GT -
11 25 & 02/08/2014 Special Education &
Rehabilitation
1 GT Mental Retardation or Hearing
Impaired or Visual Impaired

Details of prescribed Application Form, qualifications, experience, scale of pay and other terms & conditions are
available at the University Web Site www.tnou.ac.in Filled-in Application Form along with all the enclosures and
a Demand Draft for Rs. 500/- drawn in favour of Tamil Nadu Open University payable at Chennai should reach
the University on or before 5:00 P.M. 02/09/2014 superscribing the envelope APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF
..
Note: The University reserves the right to shortlist the candidates by adopting conventional procedures and fill
or not fill-up the post without assigning any reasons whatsoever.
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TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY
No. 577, Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai 600 015.
Phone: (91-44) 2430 6645 / 6600
Fax: (91-44) 2430 6640
email : registrar@tnou.ac.in ; website : www.tnou.ac.in

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS (As per UGC Regulations, 2010):

Scale of Pay : Rs.37,400- 67,000/- with AGP Rs.9000/-
i. Good Academic record with a Ph.D., Degree in the concerned/allied/ relevant
disciplines.

ii. A Masters Degree with at least 55% marks (or equivalent grade in a point
scale, wherever grading system is followed)

iii. A minimum of eight (8) years of experience of teaching and/or research in an
academic/research position equivalent to that of Assistant Professor in a
University/College or Accredited Research Institution/Industry excluding the
period of Ph.D research with evidence of published work and a minimum of 5
publications as books and/or research/policy papers.

iv. Contribution to educational innovation, design of new curricula and courses,
and technology-mediated teaching learning process with evidence of having
guided doctoral candidates and research students.

v. A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API)
based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) developed by the UGC.

Preferable :

Open and Distance Learning (ODL) experience in Course Design, Preparation of
Course Materials in self-learning format and Delivery of Programmes through ODL
method.
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TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY
No. 577, Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai 600 015.
Phone: (91-44) 2430 6645 / 6600
Fax: (91-44) 2430 6640
email : registrar@tnou.ac.in ; website : www.tnou.ac.in


ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (As per UGC Regulations, 2010):

Associate Professor in the School of Management Studies (GT -1)

Scale of Pay Rs.37,400/-67,000/- with AGP Rs.9,000/-
Essential:

i. Consistently good academic record with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in
a point scale wherever grading system is followed) in Masters Degree in Business
Management/Administration/in relevant management related discipline or first class
in two years full time PGDM declared equivalent by AIU/recognized by the AICTE/UGC;
OR
First Class Graduate and professionally qualified Charted Accountant/Cost and works
Accountant/Company Secretary of the Concerned statutory body.

ii. Ph.D or Fellow of Indian Institute of Management or of an Institute recognized by
AICTE and declared equivalent by the AIU.

iii. A minimum of eight years experience of teaching/industry/research/professional at
managerial level excluding the period spent for obtaining the research degree.
OR
A minimum of ten years experience of teaching industry/research/profession, out of
which five years must be at the level of Assistant degree. Professional work
experience, which is significant and can be recognized at national/international level
as equivalent to Ph.D and ten years managerial experience in industry/profession of
which at least five years should be at the level comparable to that of lecturer/assistant
professor

Desirable:
1. Teaching, research, industrial and/or professional experience in a reputed organization
2. Published work, such as research papers, patents filed/obtained, books and / or
technical reports; and
3. Experience of guiding the project work/dissertation of PG/Research Students or
supervising R&D projects in industry.
Preferable :
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) experience in Course Design, Preparation of Course
Materials in self-learning format and Delivery of Programmes through ODL method.
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TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY
No. 577, Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai 600 015.
Phone: (91-44) 2430 6645 / 6600
Fax: (91-44) 2430 6640
email : registrar@tnou.ac.in ; website : www.tnou.ac.in


ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (As per RCI Regulations, 2010):

Associate Professor in the School of Special Education & Rehabilitation (GT -1)

Scale of Pay Rs.37,400/-67,000/- with AGP Rs.9,000/- (Leave Vacancy)

Essential:

i. Master Degree in any subject area with not less than 50% of marks.
ii. M.Ed. Degree in the specific disability area with not less than 55% of marks or an
equivalent degree from a foreign university recognized by RCI
iii. Ph.D in Education will research on Special Education (In the case of existing
Lecturers/readers, a time duration of 5 years will be given for the completion of Ph.D)
iv. Should have completed at least 5 years of experience as lecturer in specific disability
area.
v. Should have completed at lease one general orientation course and a refresher course
in special education recognized by RCI.

Desirable:

1. Publication pertaining to special Education in reputed journals and research
experience.
Preferable :

Open and Distance Learning (ODL) experience in Course Design, Preparation of Course
Materials in self-learning format and Delivery of Programmes through ODL method.

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