NOTIFICATION

                   (Proposal for norms for Teaching Assistantship (TA duty) for Research Scholars)

The Board of Academics (BoA) in its 57th meeting held on 10th October, 2024, vide Item No. 57.8 discussed the proposal for norms for Teaching Assistantship (TA duty) for Research Scholars.

After detailed deliberation, the BoA resolved to approve the proposal as follows:

• The Teaching Assistantship for research scholars (MTech, MTech(R), and PhD) admitted under HTRA, UGC/CSIR-NET, and other equivalent schemes is 8 hours a week.
• The research scholars supported through sponsored research grants and PMRF are exempted from the institute’s TA duty.

Guidelines:

1. The respective schools assign TA duties for a theory or a laboratory course before the semester begins.
2. TA must report to the faculty in charge of the course/laboratory well in advance and be aware of his/her responsibilities.
3. The assistantship is also renewed every month, subject to good performance during the preceding month as a teaching/research assistant.
4. TA is required not to be absent from the tutorial/laboratory session. In case of unavoidable circumstances, TA need to provide replacement and the same must be informed to the teacher/course instructor in advance.
5. As a TA, the TA duty must be treated as an excellent opportunity to improve expertise in the technical content of the course, enhance communication skills, obtain hands-on experience handling experiments in the laboratory and improve peer interactions.