To apply for the post of Principals a candidate should have the minimum qualification of being an Associate Professor & must have the required other additional qualification as mentioned by the UGC (see link ) and Director of Higher Education, Assam.

The advertisement for the post of Principal for Govt. Colleges applications are invited by Director of Higher Education, Assam through news paper and other means of mass-media. And for the Provincialised Colleges the advertisement will be published by the President of the Governing Body of the respective Colleges as per the direction of the Director of Higher Education, Assam.