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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

5.1.7 Selection Committees for the posts of Directors, Deputy Directors, Assistant
Directors of Physical Education and Sports, Librarians, Deputy Librarians and
Assistant Librarians shall be the same as that of Professor, Associate Professor
and Assistant Professor respectively, except that the concerned expert in Physical
Education and Sports or Sports Administration or Library, practicing Librarian/
Physical Director, as the case may be, shall be associated with the Selection
Committee as one of the subject experts.
6.0.0 SELECTION PROCEDURES:
6.0.1 The overall selection procedure shall incorporate transparent, objective and credible
methodology of analysis of the merits and credentials of the applicants based on
weightages given to the performance of the candidate in different relevant dimensions and
his/her performance on a scoring system proforma, based on the Academic Performance
Indicators (API) as provided in this Regulations in Tables I to IX of Appendix III.
In order to make the system more credible, universities may assess the ability for
teaching and/or research aptitude through a seminar or lecture in a class room situation
or discussion on the capacity to use latest technology in teaching and research at the
interview stage. These procedures can be followed for both direct recruitment and CAS
promotions wherever selection committees are prescribed in these Regulations.
6.1.2 The Universities shall adopt these Regulations for selection committees and selection
procedures through their respective statutory bodies incorporating the Academic
Performance Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS)
at the institutional level for University Departments and their Constituent colleges/
affiliated colleges (Government/Government-aided/Autonomous/ Private Colleges) to
be followed transparently in all the selection processes. An indicative PBAS template
proforma for direct recruitment and for Career Advancement Schemes (CAS) based
on API based PBAS shall also be sent separately by the UGC to the universities. The
universities may adopt the template proforma or may devise their own self-assessment
cum performance appraisal forms for teachers in strict adherence to the API criteria
based PBAS prescribed in these Regulations.
6.1.4 In all the Selection Committees of direct recruitment of teachers and other academic staff
in universities and colleges provided herein, an academician representing Scheduled
Caste/Scheduled Tribe/OBC/Minority/Women/Differently-abled categories, if any of
candidates representing these categories is the applicant and if any of the members of
the selection committee do not belong to that category, shall be nominated by the Vice
Chancellor or Acting Vice Chancellor of the University, and in case of a college Vice
Chancellor or Acting Vice Chancellor of the University to which the college is affiliated
to. The academician, so nominated for this purpose, shall be one level above the cadre
level of the applicant, and such nominee shall ensure that the norms of the Central
Government or concerned State Government, in relation to the categories mentioned
above, are strictly followed during the selection process.
6.1.5 (i) Besides the indexed publications documented by various discipline-specific
databases, the University concerned shall draw through committee(s) of subject
experts and ISBN / ISSN experts: (a) a comprehensive list of National /Regional
level journals of quality in the concerned subject(s); and (b) a comprehensive
list of Indian language journals / periodicals / official publication volumes of
language bodies and upload them on the University website which are to be
updated periodically.

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