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I can speak only about IITGN. For every course we have two (anonymous) teaching evaluations, once in the middle of the semester (conducted informally by students themselves and communicated immediately to the professor) and once at the end of the semester (conducted by the institute and communicated next semester).And yes, the results are taken pretty seriously. While I have not seen someone being removed from the responsibility of a course, I have seen the evaluation scores being mentioned and discussed at the yearly faculty evaluation meetings that we have, so I can imagine that a bad score could be a cause of significant discomfort in such a setting. We also have teaching excellence awards to celebrate the best among us-- while I don't precisely know how this selection happens, AFAIK these scores have a significant effect.

YesI did an introductory session on OOP in MATLAB and solving differential equations for all first year bioengineering graduate students.I also prepared and taught 5 lectures in thermodynamics and one in transport processes for bio and chemical engineers (sophomores/juniors).I have had plenty of other opportunities (including teaching fellowships) that I have had to pass on, because the only thing that will get you anywhere in academia is "publishing good quality papers". Or so I am told.The easiest thing to do is to convince your advisor that you are (a) interested in teaching, (b) enjoy it very much and (c) are good it. Your advisor will either let you teach his/her class when he/she is not around or at a conference, and also let you know of other opportunities.But before that you have to TA first and establish yourself as someone who is good. In my program, all graduate students have to TA for one year. When you spend 5-6hrs a week, solving problems and interacting with 50-100 students for a year, people know if you are good. Students also get to fill out evaluation forms for TAs (at least in Maryland), so, if you make an impression, your department and other faculty members will know about it as well.Many schools award their best teaching assistants with distinguished/outstanding teaching assistant awards. Getting one of those awards will give you some recognition and credibility that you can build on.Graduate schools also offer teaching fellowships, some even let you prepare and teach summer courses. It might be a good idea to check your graduate school website for more details.PS: This answer is only applicable to (most or at least some) STEM programs in the U.S.

One of my coding instructors in college was brand-new, and every one of his students received an evaluation form at the end of the semester.Unfortunately for him, he proved to be an ineffective teacher (largely due to not actually knowing how to code in the language he was supposed to be teaching) and after reviewing the students’ responses, the school invited him to not return the following semester.