University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar on Friday said that PhD is not mandatory for recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professors in universities and colleges and a qualification in UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) would suffice. Kumar, who inaugurated the newly constructed UGC-HRDC building on Osmania University (OU) campus on Friday said a one nation-one data portal was being developed, which will have all UGC guidelines and other details.