India’s University Grants Commission sets regulations for higher education, including essential qualifications for university professors. Incoming assistant professors will need at least a Master’s Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject from an accredited Indian or foreign university. Your application will be stronger if you have a Doctoral Degree. Keep in mind that you will not be able to advance through promotion from an assistant to an associate professor without getting a PhD. Besides having a degree, you will need to submit transcripts that prove your marks or grades are above average. Indian universities will judge your record according to the evaluation standards set by your degree-granting university. While assistant professor positions usually do not require a minimum number of publications, your application will be stronger if you have a record of original research in your field. Submit articles to peer-reviewed journals and book proposals to academic publishers in order to show that your work has been vetted by fellow scholars. In order to secure promotions, you will need to hit a minimum number of qualifying academic publications (5 for associates, 10 for full professors), so you might as well start early! If you only have a Master’s Degree, you will need to pass a qualifying exam in order to teach at an Indian university. You can either take the University Grants Commission’s National Eligibility Test (NET) or one of the UGC’s approved equivalent exams, such as the SLET/SET (the State Eligibility Test for the appropriate region in which the university is located). If you have a qualifying PhD, you are exempt from having to take an eligibility test. You can look for job openings through specific university websites or search for comprehensive listings at dedicated academic job sites, like IndianFaculty.com. Each opening will include information about the associated duties, necessary requirements, and application process for the job. Be sure that a position aligns with your needs and qualifications before applying.

Summary: Get the relevant degree(s). Ensure you have a good academic record. Secure academic publications. Take the necessary test. Search for faculty positions.


While the most popular tapa is made with beef, there are many variations in Filipino cooking, including:   Tapang Usa: Venison  Tapang Baboy Ramo: Wild Boar  Tapang Kabayo: Horse  You can also try pork shoulder or pork belly, or use different cuts of beef, like a roast. Usually you need to add some sugar too to cut the sourness a bit, but this recipe gives your tapa a nice sweet & sour flavor. Feel free to mix and match too, using half vinegar and half lemon juice. Sugar can also help the outside of the beef caramelize, but you will need to turn it more frequently to prevent burning. An extra tablespoon of black pepper, cayenne, or even a tablespoon of Sriracha will all make deliciously spicy tapa. For some people, cooking the meat with the liquid leads to a dish that is too tough for their preferences. You can always drain the liquid before cooking if you want crispier meat. Use 1-2 tablespoons of high heat oil (vegetable, sesame, canola) to fry the meat instead of cooking it with the liquid.

Summary: Try different types of meat for new tapa recipes. Substitute lemon juice for vinegar for a tart Tapa. Add brown sugar for a sweet, molasses-like flavor. Add spices like cayenne to give your tapa a kick. Cook the meat without liquid for a crispier dish.


.  This should be your go-to when you have time to kill. Being well-read is a quality that will pay off multiple times daily. If you have an oncoming wait during your day, bring a magazine or paperback book along with you and catch up on this often ignored hobby. Yeah, yeah, your Kindle counts, too, but you stare at a screen so much already -- why not rep it old school and bring something that smells like the libraries of yore? Okay, some people just don't have the book-reading mentality. Others didn't know they'd be stuck in this time-limbo and didn't think to bring a book with them. If either is your case, hop online (like you just did! Yay!) and read someone else's blog. Odds are you'll either laugh, cry, or get to mock them in your head extensively. Win, win, win. If you're unsure of where to find a good blog, you have no excuse. Huge publications like Time Magazine release a list of the year's best blogs annually. There are even blog awards (they're called the Bloggies)! There's a whole world out there you're probably missing! Huh, talk about a crazy idea, right? So archaic and mundane. Remember the last time you went to a Starbucks and actually talked to someone, apart from muttering "I need coffee and stat" to the hipster-looking barista? After wondering how she justified that employment choice to her hipster friends, you sat down and spent three hours sifting through your gmail. So don't do that. The people around you are much more interesting than those angry birds of yours. This might get awkward, especially if you don't do it right. And unless you're British, a quick, "Wow, sure is hot out," might just result in a few askance looks. However, awkward never killed anyone. If you're lucky enough to find someone not staring at their phone, give 'er a try. Especially if they're cute! ! Imagine that. You didn't come to this webpage for so-obvious-they're-not-obvious ideas, did you? But this doesn't mean studying as whipping out that textbook from 2005 you never actually opened in class but the bookstore wouldn't take back anyway, this means something much more interesting -- the Internet. Sites like Memrise, Academic Earth, Coursera and Khan Academy make studying and learning awesome. Pick a topic, there's something there to learn. With videos and graphics, even the most ADD minds will be contented. You're on wikiHow already, aren't you? Might as well find out how to fake having a boyfriend or how to combine fruit and mayonnaise in a good way. Think of all the things you don't know how to do! And then do them. On wikiHow there is a 'Random Article' option for if you don't know what to look at. YouTube is good too, but you might get sidetracked with Miley Cyrus videos and that's just risky. Stick to VideoJug or HowCast to avoid the temptation.
Summary: Read a book Read someone else's blog. Talk to the people around you. Study Search the internet for tutorials or watch funny videos online.