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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

(b) The faculty members shall be considered for the promotion from one
Academic Level/Grade Pay to another as per the CAS provided under
the UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of
Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and
Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education 2010
and its amendments with relaxation in the requirements of Academic
Performance Indicators (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System
(PBAS) upto the date of notification of these Regulations.
The relaxation in the requirements of Academic Performance Indicators
(API) based Performance Based
Appraisal System (PBAS) upto the date of notification of these Regulations
for the promotion from one Academic Level/Grade Pay to another under
CAS as provided in UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for
Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and
Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher
Education 2010 and its amendments, is defined as under :
i) Exemption from scoring under Category I, as defined in Appendix
III of said above mentioned UGC Regulations on Minimum
Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff
in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of
Standards in Higher Education 2010 and its amendments including
University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for
Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities
and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in
Higher Education) (4th Amendment), Regulations, 2016, for faculty
and other equivalent cadre positions.
ii) Scoring in Category II and Category III for faculty and other
equivalent cadre positions shall be as provided for in the UGC
Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of
Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and
Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education
2010 with the following combined minimum API score requirement
for Category II and Category III taken together, as mentioned below.
Note: There shall be no minimum API score requirement for Category II and
Category III individually.
TABLE-A

(Minimum API requirement for the promotion of teachers under CAS in university
departments)

S. Assistant Assistant Assistant Professor Associate Professor
No. Professor Professor (Stage 3/ AGP (Stage 4/ AGP
(Stage 1/ AGP (Stage 2/ AGP Rs.8000/) to Rs.9000/- to
Rs.6000/- to Stage Rs.7000/- to Stage Associate Professor (Stage
2/AGP Rs.7000/-) 3/AGP Rs.8000/-) Professor (Stage 5/AGP Rs.10000/-)
4/AGP Rs.9000/-)
1 Research and Academic 40/assessment 100/assessment 90/assessment period 120/assessment
contribution (Category III) period period period
2 Expert assessment system Screening Screening Selection Committee Selection
Committee Committee Committee

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