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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

5. Professor with Professor with 10 (i) Minimum yearly /cumulative API
AGP of Rs.12000/- years of completed scores for the assessment period.
service based on the using the PBAS scoring
proforma developed by the concerned
university as per the norms provided in
Table III(a) of Appendix III for teachers
in university departments/equivalent
cadres in Universities and in Table
III(b) of Appendix III for teachers/
equivalent cadres in Colleges.
(ii) As this AGP elevation for Professor
is applicable to only university
departments, additional credentials are
to be evidenced by (a) post-doctoral
research outputs of high standard;
(b) awards / honours / recognitions /
patents & IPR on products & processes
developed / technology transfer
achieved; and (c) Additional research
degrees like D.Sc., D.Litt., LL.B etc.,
(iii) The selection process is to be conducted
by the university through an Expert-
Committee evaluation of all credentials
submitted along with duly filled
PBAS proforma by eligible Professors
as stipulated in Table-III (A) of
Appendix-III for teachers in University
departments. No separate interview need
to be conducted for this category.

* For teachers seeking promotion under CAS to Associate Professor, for those who on the
date of this notification are Assistant Professors with AGP 8000, the existing requirement of
Ph.D. or equivalent publications will continue to apply. For all others who enter the grade of
AGP 8000, subsequent to this notification, the requirement of three publications, as defined
in these regulations, will be applicable.

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