Postgraduates from all fields can hold teaching jobs at the college/university level as professors and lecturers. They are employed by various government and private universities, as well as research institutes across the country.

In addition to teaching, many professors also regularly engage in, and contribute to research developments in their field, by writing research papers.

A Permanent Professor in universities usually holds an open-ended position that covers teaching, research, and administrative responsibilities. Permanent Professorship are tenured positions. A candidate generally starts out as an Assistant Professor, who may be promoted based on his or her research record, to become a Senior Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Associate Professor (Sr) and Professor on the basis of Basic Pay and Grade Pay. The Promotional experience is different from Central Universities to State Universities and also it is vary for Open Positions and Promotional Positions.

• Excellent verbal and Communication skills
• Public Speaking
• Self-Motivation
• Problems solving skills
• Time management
• Patience
• Creativity
• Enthusiasm
• Confidence
• Dedication
• Conflict Resolution
• Organization
• Read and understand work related materials
• Clarity and Record keeping
• Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses
• Understand new information or materials by studying and working with them
• Combine several pieces of information and draw conclusion
• Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.
• Recognize the nature of a problem.
• Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order
• Think of new ideas about a topic
• Develop rules that group items in various ways.
• Think of original, unusual, or creative ways to solve problems
• Recognize when important changes happen or are likely to happen in a system
• Identify what must be changed to reach goals.

• Pass 12th Class in Any Stream
• Most colleges have an eligibility criteria of minimum 50% aggregate marks in Class XII / and some of minimum 60%
• Pursued post-graduation from a UGC recognized college or university from streams such as Humanities, Electronic Science, Social Science, Computer Science & Applications, etc.
• Post-Graduation program some colleges/universities do Entrance test or Interview for selection.

• Senior Lecturer
• Assistant Professor
• Associate Professor
• Laboratory Manager
• Reputation Management Professionals
• Media Professionals

• Deliver lectures, seminars and tutorials
• Develop and implement new methods of teaching to reflect changes in research
• Set exam papers and mark/ score examinations
• Support students through a pastoral or advisory role
• Undertake personal research projects and actively contribute to the institution's research profile
• Write research papers and prepare it for publication
• Supervise students' research activities
• Complete continuous professional development (CPD) and participate in staff training activities
• Carry out administrative tasks related to the department, such as student admissions, induction programmes and involvement in committees and boards