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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

APPENDIX – III TABLE – II(c)

Minimum Scores for APIs for direct recruitment of teachers in university departments/
Colleges, Librarian/Physical Education cadres in Universities/Colleges, and weightages in
Selection Committees to be considered along with other specified eligibility qualifications
stipulated in the Regulation.

Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor/ equivalent Professor/equivalent cadres
equivalent cadres (Stage 1) cadres (Stage 4) (Stage 5)
Minimum API Minimum Qualification Consolidated API score Consolidated API score
Scores as stipulated in these requirement of 300 points from requirement of 400 points from
regulations category III of APIs category III of APIs
Selection Academic Record and a) Academic Background (20%) Academic Background (20%)
Committee criteria/ Research Performance b) Research performance based Research performance based
weightages (Total (50%) Assessment of on API score and quality of on API score and quality of
Weightages = 100) Domain Knowledge and publications (40%). Assessment publications (40%). Assessment
Teaching Skills (30%) of Domain Knowledge and of Domain Knowledge and
Interview performance Teaching Skills (20%) Interview Teaching Skills (20%) Interview
(20%) performance: (20%) performance: (20%)
Note: For universities/colleges for which Sixth PRC Awards (vide Appendix 2) are
applicable, Stages 1, 4 and 5 correspond to scales with AGP of Rs. 6000, 9000 and 10000
respectively
APPENDIX-III - TABLE: III

MINIMUM ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR
PROMOTION OF TEACHERS

IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
S. Promotion of Teachers Service requirement Minimum Academic Performance
No. through CAS Requirements and Screening/Selection Criteria
1 Assistant Professor/ Assistant Professor in Stage 1 Minimum API scores using PBAS scoring
equivalent cadres from and completed four years of proforma developed by the concerned
Stage 1 to Stage 2 service with Ph.D. or five years university as per the norms provided in Table
of service who are with M.Phil/ II(A)/II(B) of Appendix III.
PG Degree in Professional One Orientation and one Refresher/Research
Courses such as LLM, M.Tech, Methodology Course of 2/3 weeks duration.
M.V.Sc., M.D., or six years of Screening cum Verification process for
service who are without Ph.D/M. recommending promotion.
Phil/PG Degree in Professional
Courses
2. Assistant Professor/ Assistant Professor with Minimum API scores using the PBAS scoring
equivalent cadres from completed service of five years proforma developed by the concerned
Stage 2 to Stage 3 in Stage 2. university as per the norms provided in Table
II(A)/II(B) of Appendix III
One course / programme from among the
categories of refresher courses, methodology
workshops, Training, Teaching-Learning-
Evaluation Technology Programmes, Soft
Skills development Programmes and Faculty
Development Programmes of 2/3 week duration.
Screening cum Verification process for
recommending promotion.

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