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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

(ii) In respect of Indian language publications, equivalence in quality shall be
prescribed for universities located in a State by a Co-ordination Committee of
experts to be constituted by the Chancellor of the concerned State University.
(iii) At the time of assessing the quality of publications of the candidates during their
appointments/promotions, the selection committees shall have to be provided
with the above two lists which could be considered by the selection committees
along with the other discipline-specific databases.
(iv) The UGC shall constitute a Committee as soon as practicable, in so far as
acceptability of the (list of) Indian language journals so developed by Universities/
States, to arrive at equivalence in quality of such publications with otherwise
accepted and recognized journals.
6.0.6 The process of selection of Associate Professor should involve inviting the bio-data
with the duly filled Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) proforma developed
by the respective universities based on the API criteria provided in this Regulation
and template separately provided. Without prejudice, to the requirements provided for
selection of Associate Professor under this Regulation, the prescription of research
publications for promotion from the post of Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
in colleges shall be as follows:
(a) For those who possess a Ph.D. Degree, a minimum of one publication made
during the period of service as Assistant Professor;
(b) for those with a M.Phil. Degree, a minimum of two publications made during the
period of service as Assistant Professor; and
(c) for those without Ph.D. or M.Phil. degree, at least three publications during the
period of service as Assistant Professor.
Provided that in so far as teachers in Universities are concerned, three publications
shall be required to be submitted for all the three categories mentioned above for
consideration of promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor.
Provided further that such publications shall be provided to the subject experts
for assessment before the interview and the evaluation score of the publications
provided by the experts shall be factored into the weightage scores while finalizing
the outcome of selection by the selection committee.
6.0.7 The process of selection of Professor shall involve inviting the bio-data with duly filled
Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) proforma developed by the respective
universities based on the API criteria based PBAS set out in this Regulation and reprints
of five major publications of the candidates.
Provided that such publications submitted by the candidate shall have been published
subsequent to the period from which the teacher was placed in the Assistant Professor
stage-II.
Provided further that such publications shall be provided to the subject experts for
assessment before the interview and the evaluation of the publications by the experts
shall be factored into the weightage scores while finalizing the outcome of selection.
6.0.8 In the case of selection of Professors who are from outside the academic stream and
are considered under Clause 4.1.0 (B), the universities’ statutory bodies must lay down
clear and transparent criteria and procedures so that only outstanding professionals
who can contribute substantially to the university knowledge system are selected in any
discipline as per the requirements.

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