How can I become a university vice chancellor? What is the preferred qualification and work experience required?

According to UGC regulations and recent open job postings for VC, VCs are anticipated to be: (a) A visionary with demonstrated leadership ability, administrative skills, and credentials in teaching and research. (b) Possessing an exceptional academic history overall and having at least ten years of experience as a professor in a university system or in a comparable position with a reputable research and/or academic administration organisation. Candidates need to have a Ph.D. from an accredited university in order to be professors. (c) Be under 65 years old as of the deadline for submission of applications for this advertisement.

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As per the UGC guidelines and recent open advertisements for VC, VC is expected to be: (a) A visionary with proven leadership qualities, administrative capabilities as well as teaching and research credentials. (b) Having outstanding academic record throughout and a minimum of 10-year experience as a Professor in a University system or in an equivalent position in a reputed research and/or academic administrative organisation. To be a Professor, candidate is required to be a Ph.D. from a recognised university. (c) Not more than 65 years of age as on the closing date of receipt of applications of this advertisement.

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The Vice-Chancellor is the academic as well as administrative head of a University or deemed University. The acts and statutes of almost all the universities in the country are silent on the eligibility criteria. What most academic institutes follow, are the University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations on minimum qualifications for appointment of teachers and other academic staff in universities and colleges and measures for the maintenance of standards in higher education in 2010. As per the UGC guidelines and recent open advertisements for VC, VC is expected to be: (a) A visionary with proven leadership qualities, administrative capabilities as well as teaching and research credentials. (b) Having outstanding academic record throughout and a minimum of 10-year experience as a Professor in a University system or in an equivalent position in a reputed research and/or academic administrative organization. To be a Professor, candidate is required to be a Ph.D from a recognized university. (c) Not more than 65 years of age as on the closing date of receipt of applications of this advertisement.

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Hello, This a very interesting query to say the least. This question has been debated, discussed, referred to committees, but still eludes a firm answer. As a result, many a times political appointments are made that may turn out to be good or bad depending on happenstance. In India, there are universities called central universities whose chancellor is the President of India and on the other hand there are universities controlled by States and as a result, their chancellor is the Governor of the state. Its the prerogative of these chancellors to appoint vice chancellors for the respective universities. Unfortunately, there is no fixed or one rule based on which this appointment is made. Be that as it may, Vice Chancellor is a very important position of any university. The whole reputation of the university, its progress, its academic excellence all are dependent on this single person. Hence, a person with impeccable integrity and a high academic standard is normally picked. There are various methods across different states for this. Generally, a search committee ID formed which invites applications and then selects normally three names for the chancellor to pick up a person of his choice. This is the procedure. There are lots of loopholes, possibilities to select political appointees.If someone can manage this, he can become a Vice Chancellor.

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