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Dear friend, many thanks for your question, and I am happy to answer it through Meracareerguide. Here you have not mentioned your academic qualifications and what you are doing at present. The zoologist is a person who study the animals, their behavior, classification, distribution and physiology in their natural habitat and also in captivity.

Technically speaking the person holding a degree of post graduation in zoology is known as zoologist. But now a days the post graduate (MSc) in zoology get a job of school teacher, or Research associate, senior research fellow or technical officer. The RA, SRF and JRF are temporary or time bound positions. Here the person work for a duration of three years.

To make an entry in colleges or universities as lecturer or assistant professor, one has to obtain the degree of PhD (doctoral degree). The person holding a doctoral degree in zoology or animal biology or animal behavior or animal conservation is eligible for the post of lecturer of assistant professor. To make an entry into governmental sector one has to pass the national Eligibility Test conducted by UGC-CSIR, or State Level Eligibility Test (SET). The SET qualification makes a person eligible only in the state who awarded SET certificate.

Let me make you clear here that to become professor in any field, one has to get experience of many years in the relevant field. The entry level of a fresh zoologist is at the level of lecturer or assistant professor. After getting some years (generally eight years) of experience the person is promoted to reader or Associate Professor. After working as Associate Professor or Reader for around eight years the person become full professor.

It is not easy job to become a professor in zoology. One has to work very hard. The person has to guide MSc and PhD students for their research purpose, publish the research papers from the information generated. Writing of review articles, book chapters and books makes the person eligible for higher position.

On the other hand, supervising the research projects funded by funding agencies, preparation of reports and publication of the findings in the journals of international repute.The organization of international and national conferences, symposium, workshops and training programs is also very important to get promotion and sustain in the research or teaching field.

Hope I have answered your query.

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