Candidates must hold a Post Graduate Degree in Basic Science OR a Graduate/Post Graduate Degree in a Professional Course. Additionally, candidates must have been selected through one of the following methods:
- National Eligibility Tests (CSIR –UGC NET including lectureship (Assistant Professorship) and GATE).
- National level examinations conducted by central Government departments and their agencies/Institutions such as DST, DBT, DAE, DOS, DRDO, MHRD, ICAR, IIT, IISc, IISER etc.