My friend is a Lecturer,what are the career options open for a lecturer,?

Answer 1

This depends on what his/her background is, and what s/he is lecturing in. I've been a college professor for almost 30 years, but I started out as a lecturer; at that time, it was the official title given to someone who taught at a university who did not have a Ph.D. I had to get the Ph.D. to move on; I should also say that no one would have hired me permanently as a lecturer. Those were temporary jobs given to people with Master's degrees who were about to go back for a Ph.D. or who was in the process of getting a Ph.D. Once you have a Ph.D., you become an Assistant Professor, then an Associate Professor, and finally a Full Professor (this is in the U.S. and Canada; it is different in other countries, and most of the jobs mentioned by another poster here are administrative, not teaching or research, jobs).

Answer 2

In the same academic line, the unrestricted career path is, Tutor, (Demonstrator for science stream), Lecturer, Asst Prof., Prof., Reader, Guide, Dean, Registrar, Vice Princi, Princi, and then on to senate positions, eventually Vice Chancellor: could also end up as President of some Institution! If branching off to other fields, a lecturer has a good chance of doing well in civil services exams, IAS, IPS, IFS etc., and getting selected for beurocratic careers!