University Teaching Assistantship DU

I am searching for teaching job and heard about the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies University Teaching Assistantship DU. Will you tell what the eligibility criteria to apply for University Teaching Assistantship DU also tell what the training period for this course?

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The Department of Germanic and Romance Studies has its origins in the Department of Modern European Languages which was established in 1948. The Department came into existence in 1988 when the original department was divided into two separate departments.

University Teaching Assistantship Scheme for encouraging doctoral (Ph.D.) research.

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

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
A Teaching Assistant would draw Rs.25,000/- per month and a contingency of
Rs.10,000/- in the case of candidates who do not have any fellowship. In the case of candidates with a UGC 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
1. 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.
2. Selected candidates will have to register themselves for Ph.D. in case they are not already registered.

Termination
The University reserves the right to terminate the Assistantship without any notice on unsatisfactory report of the research work/ teaching duties carried out by the candidate.

Contact:

Address
Department of Germanic and Romance Studies
Faculty of Arts
University of Delhi
Delhi - 110007

Telephone
91-11-27666426
91-11-27667725 / Extn. 1296

Email
head@grs.du.ac.in, grs.du.in@gmail.com