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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

including assistance in the development of the API based PBAS methodology outlined in
these Regulations. It may also introduce, wherever feasible, the student feedback system as
per the NAAC guidelines on institutional parameters without incorporating the component of
Students’ assessment of individual teachers, since the API system will satisfy that requirement.
6.0.11 A teacher who wishes to be considered for promotion under CAS may submit in writing
to the university/college, with three months in advance of the due date, that he/she fulfils
all qualifications under CAS and submit to the university/college the Performance Based
Appraisal System proforma as evolved by the concerned university duly supported by all
credentials as per the API guidelines developed in these Regulations (vide Para 6.0.1 and
6.0.2). In order to avoid delays in holding Selection committees in various positions under
CAS, the University/College should immediately initiate the process of screening/selection
and complete the process within 6 months from the date of application.
6.0.12 Candidates who do not fulfill the minimum score requirement under the API Scoring System
proposed in the Regulations as per Appendix III- Tables II(a & b) or those who obtain less
than 50% in the expert assessment of the selection process will have to be reassessed only
after a minimum period of one year. The date of promotion shall be the date on which he/she
has successfully got re-assessed.
6.1.0 The minimum norms of Selection Committees and Selection procedures as well as API
scores requirements for the above cadres either through direct recruitment or through Career
Advancement Schemes Regulations should be basically similar. However, since teachers
recruited directly can be from different backgrounds and institutions, Table II(c) of Appendix
III provides norms for direct recruitment of teachers to different cadres, while Tables II (a) and
Table II(b) provide for CAS promotions of teachers in universities and colleges respectively,
which accommodate these differences.
6.2.0 While the API Tables I and III shall also be applicable to the selection of Professors/ Associate
Professors /Assistant Professors; Directors/ Deputy Directors/ Assistant Directors of Physical
Education; Librarians/ Deputy Librarians and Assistant Librarians for both direct recruitment
as well as Career Advancement Promotions, the ratio / percentage of minimum requirement
of category-wise API Score to each of the cadres shall vary from those for university teachers
and for UG/PG College Teachers, as given in Table II (a & b) of Appendix-III.

6.2.1 The API based system through the PBAS proforma for CAS promotions is to be implemented
only in a prospective manner from the academic year 2009-10 initially based on the annualized
API scores earned by the teachers as depicted in Table II (a) and Table II (b) . This annual
API scores can be compounded prospectively as and when the teachers become eligible for
CAS promotion to the next cadre with the multiplication factor of years of service required to
apply for CAS promotion. (e.g. If a teacher is eligible for CAS promotion in 2009, one year
API score of 2008-09 only is required; If a teacher is eligible for CAS promotion in 2010,
then 2 years API scores of 2008-09 and 2009-10 cumulatively would be required and so on).
6.3.0 The Selection Committee specifications as delineated in Sections 5.1.0 to 5.1.7 are applicable
to all direct recruitments of Faculty Positions and Career Advancement promotions of
Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs 8000 to Associate Professor and to that of Associate
Professor to Professor.
6.3.1 CAS promotions of Assistant Professors from one AGP to the higher AGP shall be conducted
by a “ Screening cum Evaluation Committee” adhering to the norms laid out as API and
PBAS in Table I to III of Appendix-III.

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