The faculty recruitment norms are as per the University Grants Commission (UGC) / AICTE Guidelines and Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) with reference to SPPU Circular dated 08/09/2023, Prapatra No. 199/2023.

B.Sc. (Aviation) – Faculty Norms

B.Sc. (Aviation) course under Savitribai Phule Pune University is recommended to follow the UGC Guidelines (Ref. UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities & Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education, 2018, No. F.1-2/2017(EC/PS)).

• ⦁ Assistant Professor - Eligibility:
• ⦁ Master's degree with minimum 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed).
• ii) A relaxation of 5% shall be allowed at the Bachelor's as well as at the Master's level for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-Creamy Layer) / Differently-Abled for the purpose of eligibility and assessing good academic record for direct recruitment.
• Differently-Abled categories include:
  • ⦁ Blindness and low vision;
  • ⦁ Deaf and Hard of Hearing;
  • ⦁ Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid-attack victims and muscular dystrophy;
  • ⦁ Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness;
  • ⦁ Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under the above categories, including deaf-blindness.
• The eligibility marks of 55% (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 only on the qualifying marks without including any grace mark procedure.

B.Sc. (Aviation) being a multi-disciplinary course, P.G. Degree in the following disciplines be considered as allied branches to Aviation and respective degrees in these recommended allied branches will be considered for the faculty approval process.

Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate other than having P.G. Degree in Engineering must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET / SET or who are or have been awarded a Ph.D. degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil. / Ph.D. degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time as the case may be and AICTE norms shall be applicable for those candidates having P.G. Degree in Engineering.

These following are the Recruitment guidelines as per the SPPU Circular No. Prapatra No. 86/2024 dated 24/04/2024.

B) The Norms for the Post of "Physical Director"

The norms for the post of "Physical Director" are as per the UGC and SPPU Guidelines.

• Master's degree with minimum 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed).
• The candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or a similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET / SET or who are or have been awarded a Ph.D. degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil. / Ph.D. degree) regulations, 2009 or 2016.