Hello Sarojini,

The UGC publishes and reviews guidelines each year and the guidelines on working hours of an assistant professor are

UGC Regulation for Workload of an Assistant Professor

1. The workload of the teachers in full employment should not be less than 40 hours a week for 30 working weeks (180 teaching days) in an academic year.

2. It should be necessary for the teacher to be available for at least 7 hours daily in the University/ College as follows:

At least 2 hours for mentoring of students (minimum 15 students per coordinator) for Community Development/ Extra Curricular Activities/ library consultation in case of Under Graduate Courses.

At least 2 hours for research in case of Post Graduate courses, for which necessary space and infrastructure should be provided by the University/College.

3. The minimum direct teaching-learning process hours should be as follows:

Assistant Professor - 16 hours

Associate Professor and Professor - 14 hours

4. A relaxation of two hours in the workload may be given to Professors and Associate Professors who are actively involved in extension activities and administration.

Hey

The hours would depend on the respective colleges as per their rules and regulations.If you are not a experienced professor, then for achieving better teaching career opportunities, you would have to stay in the college during their working hours.If you are working as a fulltime professor you would have to stay in the college during the working hours.There are guest lecturers in the college.They can leave the college after giving their respective lectures.