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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

CAS Promotion Criteria:
A teacher may be promoted if;
i) He/she gets a ‘satisfactory‘ or ‘good‘ grade in the annual performance
assessment reports of at least two of the last three years of the
assessment period as prescribed in Appendix II,Table 1, and
ii) The promotion to the post of Associate Professor is recommended
by the selection committee in accordance with these Regulations.
IV. Associate Professor (Academic Level 13A) to Professor (Academic
Level 14)
Eligibility:
1. Associate Professors who have completed three years of service in
Academic Level 13A.
2. A Ph.D. degree in subject relevant/allied/relevant discipline.
3. A minimum of 10 research publications in peer-reviewed or UGC-
listed journals out of which three research papers shall be published
during the assessment period.
4. A minimum of 110 Research Score as per Appendix II,Table 2
CAS Promotion Criteria:
A teacher shall be promoted if;
i) The teacher gets ‘satisfactory‘ or ‘good‘ grade in the annual
performance assessment reports of at least two of the last three years
of the assessment period, as per Appendix II, Table 1 and at least
110 research score as per Appendix II, Table 2.
ii) The promotion to the post of Professor is recommended by selection
committee constituted in accordance with these Regulations.
C. Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) for University teachers

I. Assistant Professor (Academic Level 10) to Assistant Professor (Senior
Scale/Academic Level 11)
Eligibility:
i) An Assistant Professor who has completed four years of service
with a Ph.D. degree or five years of service with a M.Phil. / PG
Degree in Professional Courses, such as LLM, M.Tech, M.V.Sc.and
M.D., or six years of service in case of those without a Ph.D./M.
Phil./ PG Degree in a Professional course and satisfies the following
conditions:
ii) Attended one Orientation course of 21 days duration on teaching
methodology;
iii) Any one of the following: Completed Refresher/ Research
Methodology Course/ Workshop/ Syllabus Up-gradation Workshop/
Training Teaching-Learning-Evaluation, Technology Programmes/
Faculty Development Programmes of at least one week (5 days)
duration, or taken one MOOCs course (with ecertification) or
development of e-contents in four-quadrants / MOOC‘s course
during the assessment period; and
iv) Published one research publication in the peer-reviewed journals or
UGC-listed journals during assessment period.

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