API Proforma for Professor, Associate Professor & Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC PEFORMANCE INDICATORS BASED ON PERFORMANCE BASED

APPRAISAL SYSTEM TO BE SUBMITTED BY EACH APPLICANT FOR APPOINTMENT
OF TEACHERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC STAFF
AS PER UGC REGULATIONS, 2010

Annual Self-Assessment for the Performance Based Appraisal

System (PBAS)
Session/Year .....................
(To be completed and submitted at the end of each academic year)
PART A: GENERAL INFORMATION

1 Name (In Block Letters :

2 Father’s Name/Mother’s Name/ :

Husband’s Name
3 Department :

4 Current Designation & Grade Pay :

5 Date of last Promotion :

Address for correspondence (with

6 :
Pincode)

7 Permanent Address (with Pincode) :

Telephone No. :

Email :

Whether acquired any degrees or

8 fresh academic qualifications :
during the year
9 Academic Staff College Orientation/Refresher Course attended during the year:
 SCORES FOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (APIs) IN
RECRUITMENTS AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT SCHEME (CAS)
PROMOTIONS OF UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE TEACHERS

CATEGORY I: TEACHING, LEARNING AND

EVALUATION RELATED ACTIVITIES

Brief Explanation: Based on the teacher’s self-assessment, API scores are

proposed for (a) teaching related activities; (b) domain knowledge; (c) participation
in examination and evaluation; (d) contribution to innovative teaching, new courses
etc. The minimum API score required by teachers from this category is 75. The self
assessment score should be based on objectively verifiable criteria wherever possible
and will be finalized by the screening/selection committee.
Self
Assessment Verified API
Maximum Score Score
S.No. Nature of Activity
Score (to be filled (for official
by use)
applicant)
Lectures, seminars, tutorials,
practicals, contact hours
1. 50
undertaken taken as percentage
of lectures allocated
Lectures or other teaching duties
2. in excess of the UGC norms
10
Preparation and Imparting of
knowledge / instruction as per
3. curriculum; syllabus enrichment 20
by providing additional resources
to students
Use of participatory and
innovative teaching- learning
4. methodologies; updating of 20
subject content, course
improvement etc
Examination duties (Invigilation;
question paper setting,
5. evaluation/assessment of answer
25
scripts) as per allotment.
Total Score 125
Minimum API Score Required 75

# Supporting documents, wherever required be attached.

(Signature of Applicant)
CATEGORY II: CO-CURRICULAR, EXTENSION AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES.

Brief Explanation: Based on the teacher’s self-assessment, category II API scores are
proposed for co- curricular and extension activities; and Professional development
related contributions. The minimum API required by teachers for eligibility for
promotion is 15. A list of items and proposed scores is given below. It will be noticed
that all teachers can earn scores from a number of items, whereas some activities will
be carried out only by one or a few teachers. The list of activities is broad enough for
the minimum API score required (15) in this category to accrue to all teachers. As
before, the self-assessment score should be based on objectively verifiable criteria
and will be finalized by the screening/selection committee.

Self
Assessment Verified API
Maximum Score Score
S.No. Nature of Activity
Score (to be filled (for official
by use)
applicant)
Student related co-curricular,
extension and field based
activities (such as extension work
through NSS/NCC and other 20
1
channels, cultural activities,
subject related events, advisement
and counseling)
Contribution to Corporate life
and management of the
department and institution
2 15
through participation in
academic and administrative
committees and responsibilities.
Professional Development
activities (such as participation in
seminars, conferences, short
term, training courses, talks,
3 15
lectures, membership of
associations, dissemination and
general articles, not covered in
Category III below)
Minimum API Score Required 15

# Supporting documents, wherever required be attached.

(Signature of Applicant)
 CATEGORY-III: RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS
Brief Explanation: Based on the teacher’s self-assessment, API scores are proposed for research and academic
contributions. The minimum API score required by teachers from this category is different for different levels of
promotion and between university and colleges. The self-assessment score will be based on verifiable criteria and will be
finalized by the screening/selection committee.

Faculties of Languages Max. points for Self Assessment

Engineering/Agriculture/V Verified API
Arts/Humanities/Social University and Score (to be
S No. APIs eterinary Science Score (for
Sciences/Library/ Physical college teacher filled by
/Sciences/Medical Sciences official use)
education/Management position applicant)

Refereed Journals * Refereed Journals* 15 / publication

Non-refereed but recognized

Non-refereed but recognized and
and reputable journals and
reputable journals and periodicals, 10 / Publication
Research Papers periodicals, having
III A having ISBN/ISSN numbers.
published in: ISBN/ISSN numbers.

Conference proceedings as Conference proceedings as full

full papers, etc. (Abstracts papers, etc. (Abstracts not to be 10/ publication
not to be included) included)
Text or Reference Books
Text or Reference Books
Published by International 50 /sole author;
Published by International
Publishers with an 10 /chapter in
Publishers with an established
established peer review an edited book
Research peer review system
system
Publications
Subjects Books by National Subject Books by / national level
(books, chapters in 25 /sole author,
III (B) level publishers/State and publishers/State and Central Govt.
books, other than and 5/ chapter in
Central Govt. Publications Publications with ISBN/ISSN
refereed journal edited books
with ISBN/ISSN numbers. numbers.
articles)
15 / sole
Subject Books by Other Subject Books by Other local
author, and 3 /
local publishers with publishers with ISBN/ISSN
chapter in edited
ISBN/ISSN numbers. numbers.
books
 Chapters contributed to Chapters contributed to edited
edited knowledge based knowledge based volumes
10 /Chapter
volumes published by published by International
International Publishers Publishers
Chapters in knowledge based Chapters in knowledge based
volumes by Indian/National volumes in Indian/National level
level publishers with publishers with ISBN/ISSN
5 / Chapter
ISBN/ISSN numbers and numbers and with numbers of
with numbers of national national and international
and international directories directories
III (C) RESEARCH PROJECTS
(a) Major Projects amount
Major Projects amount mobilized 20 /each
mobilized with grants above
with grants above 5.0 lakhs Project
30.0 lakhs
Major Projects Amount mobilized
Sponsored Projects (b) Major Projects amount
III (C) with minimum of Rs. 3.00 lakhs 15 /each
carried out/ mobilized with grants above
(i) up to Rs. Project
ongoing 5.0 lakhs up to 30.00 lakhs
5.00 lakhs
(c) Minor Projects Minor Projects (Amount
(Amount mobilized with mobilized with grants above
10/each Project
grants above Rs. 50,000 Rs. 25,000 up to Rs.
up to Rs. 5 lakh) 3 lakh)
Consultancy Amount mobilized with minimum 10 per every
III (C) Amount mobilized with
Projects carried out of Rs. 2.0 lakhs Rs.10.0 lakhs Rs.2.0 lakhs,
(ii) minimum of Rs.10.00 lakh
/ ongoing and respectively

20 /each major
Completed projects Completed project
III (C) Completed project report project and 10 /
: Quality Report(Acceptance from
(iii) (Accepted by funding agency) each minor
Evaluation funding agency)
project
 30 / each national
Major Policy document of Govt. level output or
III (C) Projects Outcome Patent/Technology transfer/
Bodies at Central and State patent /50 /each
(iv) / Outputs Product/Process
level for International
level,
III (D) RESEARCH GUIDANCE
III (D)
M.Phil. Degree awarded only Degree awarded only 3 /each candidate
(i)
III (D) 10 /each
Ph.D Degree awarded Degree awarded
(ii) candidate
Thesis submitted Thesis submitted 7/each candidate
III(E) TRAINING COURSES AND CONFERENCE /SEMINAR/WORKSHOP PAPERS
III(E) (i) Refresher courses,
Methodology
workshops,
(a) Not less than two (a) Not less than two weeks
Training, Teaching- 20/each
Learning- weeks duration duration
Evaluation
Technology
Programmes, Soft
Skills development
Programmes,
Faculty (b) One week duration (b) One week duration 10/each
Development
Programmes (Max:
30 points)
III(E) Papers in
(ii) Conferences/ Participation and
Participation and Presentation of
Seminars/ Presentation of research
research papers(oral/poster) in
workshops papers (oral/poster) in
etc.**
a) International conference a) International conference 10 each
b) National b) National 7.5 / each
 c) Regional/State level c) Regional/State level 5 /each
d) Local –
d) Local – University/College 3 / each
University/College
III(E) Invited lectures or (a) International (a) International 10 /each
(iv) presentations for
conferences/
symposia
(b) National level (b) National level

*Wherever relevant to any specific discipline, the API score for paper in refereed journal would be augmented as
follows: (i) indexed journals – by 5 points; (ii) papers with impact factor between 1 and 2 by 10 points; (iii) papers with impact
factor between 2 and 5 by 15 points; (iv) papers with impact factor between 5 and 10 by 25 points.

** If a paper presented in Conference/Seminar is published in the form of Proceedings, the points would accrue for the
publication (III (a)) and not under presentation (III (e)(ii)).
Note: The API for joint publications will have to be calculated in the following manner: Of the total score for the relevant
category of publication by the concerned teacher, the first/Principal author and the corresponding author/supervisor/mentor of
the teacher would share equally 60% of the total points and the remaining 40% would be shared equally by all other authors.
# Supporting documents, wherever required be attached.

(Signature of Applicant)