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Here is your quick guide to “NMC guidelines for promotion to Associate Professor” in Indian Medical Colleges/Institutes.

This guide is based on e-Gazette notification published by NMC (Earlier MCI) on 17/02/2020.

As per NMC guidelines for promotion to associate professor, following are the requirements:

Requirements for Broad Specialities (MD/MS/DNB) as per NMC guidelines for promotion to Associate Professor

Experience Required

5 years of Post PG experience

Qualification

A post graduate qualification MD/MS/ DNB in the concerned subject and as per these Regulations

Teaching and Research Experience

• As Assistant Professor in the subject for 4 years in a permitted/approved/recognized medical college/ institution
• One Research publication (As per the recent NMC publication guidelines)
• Or a research project can also be considered instead of a publication/authorship only if the person is Principal or Co-Principal investigator (P1/CoPI) of a research project funded by a national research body such as Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) or Department of Science and Technology or Department of Biotechnology (DBT) or any such body.

• Should have completed the Basic course in Medical Education Technology from Institution(s) designated by NMC
• Should have completed the Basic course in biomedical research from Institution(s) designated by NMC

Requirements for Super Speciality (DM/M.Ch./DrNB), for promotion to Associate Professor

Experience Required

2 years of Post Super Speciality experience

Qualification

A super speciality post graduate qualification in DM/M.Ch./DrNB in the concerned subject and as per these Regulations.

Teaching and Research Experience

• As Assistant Professor in the subject for 2 years in a permitted/approved/recognized medical college/ institution
• One Research publication (As per the recent NMC publication guidelines)
• Or a research project can also be considered instead of a publication/authorship only if the person is Principal or Co-Principal investigator (P1/CoPI) of a research project funded by a national research body such as Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) or Department of Science and Technology or Department of Biotechnology (DBT) or any such body.

• Should have completed the Basic course in Medical Education Technology from Institution(s) designated by NMC
• Should have completed the Basic course in biomedical research from Institution(s) designated by NMC

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As per NMC guidelines for promotion to Professor, following are the requirements:

Requirements for Broad Specialities (MD/MS/DNB) as per NMC guidelines for promotion to Professor

Experience Required

8 years of Post PG experience

Qualification

A post graduate qualification MD/MS/ DNB in the concerned subject and as per these Regulations

Teaching and Research Experience

• As Associate Professor in the subject for 3 years in a permitted/approved/recognized medical college/ institution
• 3 Research publication (As per the recent NMC publication guidelines)

• Should have completed the Basic course in Medical Education Technology from Institution(s) designated by NMC
• Should have completed the Basic course in biomedical research from Institution(s) designated by NMC

Requirements for Super Speciality (DM/M.Ch./DrNB), for promotion to Professor

Experience Required

5 years of Post Super Speciality experience

Qualification

A super speciality post graduate qualification in DM/M.Ch./DrNB in the concerned subject and as per these Regulations.

Teaching and Research Experience

• As Associate Professor in the subject for 3 years in a permitted/approved/recognized medical college/ institution
• 3 Research publication (As per the recent NMC publication guidelines)

• Should have completed the Basic course in Medical Education Technology from Institution(s) designated by NMC
• Should have completed the Basic course in biomedical research from Institution(s) designated by NMC

Download the original pdf for these NMC Promotion guidelines here.