The post is open to all, however candidates from any category can apply for the post. Reservation for women will be as per University Circular No. BCC/16/74/1998 dated 10th March, 1998 & disabled persons will be as per University Circular No. Special Cell/ICC/2017.18/05 dated 13th June, 2017. Candidates having knowledge of Marathi will be preferred. The Educational Qualifications, Experience & pay-scale for the post of Principal is as prescribed by the UGC, Government of Maharashtra & University of Mumbai from time to time. The required minimum qualifications for the post of Principal are as follows: A. Eligibility i. PhD degree ii. Professor / Associate Professor with a total service / experience of at least fifteen years of teaching / research in Universities, Colleges and other Institutions of higher education. iii. A minimum of 10 research publications in peer-reviewed or UGC - listed journals; and iv. A minimum of 110 Research Score as per Appendix II, Table 2. B. Tenure: A College Principal shall be appointed for a period of 5 years, extendable for another term of five years on the basis of performance assessment by a Committee appointed by the University, constituted as per these rules. A minimum of 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) at the Master's level shall be the essential qualification for direct recruitment of teachers and other equivalent cadres at any level. A relaxation of 5% shall be allowed at the Bachelor's as well as Master's level for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe / Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-cremy 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) 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 on only the qualifying marks without including any grace mark procedures. A relaxation of 5% may 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. 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.
