Teaching Assistantship Scheme 2009 (Rs 25,000 pm) Leading to PhD @ University of Delhi

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

University Teaching Assistantship Scheme-2009 | UTA Scheme

to assist the faculty in the Departments who are engaged in the teaching of
MA/MSc programmes.

No. of Assistantships
Maximum of 5 Assistantships for small Departments and 10 Assistantships in those Departments where more than 200 students are admitted per year per Department.

Eligibility Criteria Candidates (general and reserved categories) who have obtained their Master’s degree in the current year (2009) and the previous year (2008) and have scored more than 55% marks in the Post-Graduate as well as Under-Graduate
examinations will be eligible. Only those candidates who are in the top 30% of
the successful candidates of each academic session will be eligible to be
considered for the UTA Scheme. (In Departments where the total no. of students is
10 to 12 only, all candidates having secured 60% marks both in graduation and
post-graduation will be eligible to be considered for the UTA Scheme.)

Period of Assistantship The University Teaching Assistantship will be for four years, and may be renewed annually after a performance review and recommendations by Departmental Research Committee

Value of Assistantship Teaching Assistant would draw Rs.25,000/- per month and a contingency of Rs.10,000/- (for Arts, Commerce & Business, Mathematical Sciences and Social Sciences Subjects) and Rs.25,000/- (for Science Subjects) per annum in the case of candidates who do not have any fellowship. In the case of candidates with a
UGC/CSIR or other fellowship, the Teaching Assistant will be allowed to draw
the difference in such a way that the total value is Rs.25,000/-.

Responsibilities I. Teaching Assistants selected under this Scheme will be required to undertake Practical/ Tutorials/ Internship/ Supervision for checking assignments (six hours per week) along with their research work.

II. Selected candidates will have to be registered for Ph.D. by respective departments in case they are not already registered.

The last date of submission of applications to the concerned Head of the
Department is September 30, 2009.

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