Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand

(A Central University)

[AS PER UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION REGULATION (MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT
OF TEACHERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC STAFF IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND MEASURES FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 2018 DATED 18 July 2018]

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (API) FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT

SCHEME (CAS) PROMOTIONS FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

PART – A: GENERAL INFORMATION AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

1. Name (in Block Letter) :

2. Father’s Name :
3. Department :
4. Current Designation and Grade Pay :
5. Date of Last Promotion :
(Submit a self attested copy of the
Office Order/Appointment Letter)
6. Applicant for the Position and :
Academic Level under CAS?
7. Date of Eligibility for Promotion :
8. Date and Place of Birth :
9. Sex :
10. Marital Status :
11. Nationality :
12. Indicate whether belong to SC/ST/OBC :
13. Address for Correspondence (with Pincode):

14. Permanent Address (with Pincode) :

Mobile No.:
E-Mail:
15. Academic Qualifications (Matric till Post Graduation)
Examinations Board/University Year % of Marks Division Subjects

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 16. Research Degree(s)
Degree Title Date of Award University

17. Appointments held prior to joining this institution

Designation Name of Date of Joining Salary with Reason of
Employer Joining Leaving Grade Leaving

18. Posts held after appointment at this institution

Date of Actual Joining Scale/Grade
Designation Department From To

19. Period of teaching experience: PG Classes (In Years) UG Classes (In Years)
20. Research experience including years spent in M.Phil./Ph.D. (In Years)
21. Fields of specializations under the subject/discipline
a.
b.
c.
22. Have you published a minimum of one/three/seven/ten research publications in the
peer-reviewed or UGC-listed journals as per requirement for promotion: Yes/No
(Submit a separate list of publication with reprints of the papers)

Enclosures:
1.
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4.
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 PART - B: ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Self Assessment Scores for APIs

Note: Submit separate Table 1 for each applicable academic session

Table 1: Assessment Criteria and Methodology for University/College Teachers
Academic Session (20 - 20 )

S. Activity Grading Criteria Secured Teaching Score Grading

No. in percentage/Number
with Name of Activities
1. Teaching: (Number of classes 80% & above - Good
taught/total classes assigned)x100% Below 80% but 70%
(Classes taught includes sessions on & above-Satisfactory
tutorials, lab and other teaching related Less than 70% - Not
activities) satisfactory
2. Involvement in the University/College Good - Involved in at
students related activities/research least 3 activities
activities:
(a) Administrative responsibilities such
Satisfactory - 1-2
as Head, Chairperson/ Dean/
Director/ Co-ordinator, Warden etc. activities
(b) Examination and evaluation duties
assigned by the college / university Not-satisfactory -
or attending the examination paper Not involved/
evaluation. undertaken any of
(c) Student related co-curricular, the activities
extension and field based activities
such as student clubs, career
counselling, study visits, student Note:
seminars and other events, Number of activities
cultural, sports, NCC, NSS and can be within or
community services. across the broad
(d) Organising seminars/ conferences/ categories of
workshops, other college/university activities
activities.
(e) Evidence of actively involved in
guiding Ph.D. students.
(f) Conducting minor or major research
project sponsored by national or
international agencies.
(g) At least one single or joint
publication in peer reviewed or
UGC list of Journals.
Overall Grading:
Good: Good in teaching and satisfactory or good in activity at Sl.No. 2.
Or
Satisfactory: Satisfactory in teaching and good or satisfactory in activity at Sl.No. 2.
Not Satisfactory: If neither good nor satisfactory in overall grading
Note: For the purpose of assessing the grading of Activity at Serial No. 1 and Serial No. 2, all such periods of
duration which have been spent by the teacher on different kinds of paid leaves such as Maternity Leave, Child
Care Leave, Study Leave, Medical Leave, Extraordinary Leave and Deputation shall be excluded from the
grading assessment. The teacher shall be assessed for the remaining period of duration and the same shall be
extrapolated for the entire period of assessment to arrive at the grading of the teacher. The teacher on such
leaves or deputation as mentioned above shall not be put to any disadvantage for promotion under CAS due to
his/her absence from his/her teaching responsibilities subject to the condition that such leave/deputation was
undertaken with the prior approval of the competent authority following all procedures laid down in these
regulations and as per the acts, statutes and ordinances of the parent institution.

Countersigned by Dean/Director Verified by Head of Department Signature of the faculty

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 Table 2
Methodology for University and College Teachers for calculating Academic/Research Score
For Entire Assessment Period (20___ to 20___)
(Assessment must be based on evidence produced by the teacher such as: copy of publications,
project sanction letter, utilization and completion certificates issued by the University and
acknowledgements for patent filing and approval letters, students’ Ph.D. award letter, etc,.)

S. No. Academic/Research Faculty of Faculty of Total Self Score

Activity Sciences/ Languages / Number Assessed verified by
Engineering Humanities/Arts/ score Screening
/Agriculture/ Social Sciences/ Committee
Medical/ Library/Education
Veterinary /Physical
Sciences Education/
Commerce/
Management &
other related
disciplines
1. Research Papers in 08 per paper 10 per paper
Peer-Reviewed or
UGC listed Journal
2. Publications (other than Research papers)
(a) Books authored which are Published by ;
International 12 12
publishers
National Publishers 10 10
Chapter in Edited 05 05
Book
Editor of Book by 10 10
International
Publisher
Editor of Book by 08 08
National Publisher
(b) Translation works in Indian and Foreign Languages by
qualified faculties
Chapter or Research 03 03
paper
Book 08 08
3. Creation of ICT mediated Teaching Learning pedagogy and
content and development of new and innovative courses and
curricula
(a) Development of 05 05
Innovative
pedagogy
(b) Design of new 02 per 02 per Curricula/
curricula and Curricula/ Course
Courses Course
(c) MOOCs
Development of 20 20
complete MOOCs in
4 quadrants (4 credit
course)(In case of
MOOCs of lesser
credits 05 marks/
credit)
MOOCs (developed 05 05
in 4 quadrant) per
module/lecture

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 Content writer/ 02 02
subject matter expert
for each module of
MOOCs (at least one
quadrant)
Course Coordinator 08 08
for MOOCs (4 credit
course)(In case of
MOOCs of lesser
credits 02 marks/
credit)
(d) E-Content
Development of e- 12 12
Content in 4
quadrants for a
complete course/e-
book
e-Content (developed 05 05
in 4 quadrants) per
module
Contribution to 02 02
development of e-
content module in
complete course/
paper/ e-book (at
least one quadrant)
Editor of e-content 10 10
for complete course/
paper /e-book
4. (a) Research
guidance
Ph.D. 10 per degree 10 per degree
awarded awarded
05 per thesis 05 per thesis
submitted submitted
M.Phil./P.G 02 per 02 per degree
dissertation degree awarded
awarded
(b) Research
Projects Completed
More than 10 lakhs 10 10
Less than 10 lakhs 05 05
(c) Research
Projects Ongoing
More than 10 lakhs 05 05
Less than 10 lakhs 02 02
(d) Consultancy 03 03
5. (a) Patents
International 10 10
National 07 07
(b) *Policy Document (Submitted to an International body/
organisation like UNO/UNESCO/World Bank/International
Monetary Fund etc or Central Government or State Government)
International 10 10
National 07 07
State 04 04
(c) Awards/Fellowship
International 07 07
National 05 05

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6. *Invited lectures / Resource Person/ paper presentation in
Seminars/ Conferences/full paper in Conference Proceedings
(Paper presented in Seminars/ Conferences and also published
as full paper in Conference Proceedings will be counted
only once)
International 07 07
(Abroad)
International (within 05 05
country)
National 03 03
State/University 02 02
upper capping of thirty percent of the total research score
for Category 5(b) & 6

The Research score for research papers would be augmented as follows:

Peer-Reviewed or UGC-listed Journals (Impact factor to be determined as per Thomson Reuters list):
i) Paper in refereed journals without impact factor - 5 Points
ii) Paper with impact factor less than 1 - 10 Points
iii) Paper with impact factor between 1 and 2 - 15 Points
iv) Paper with impact factor between 2 and 5 - 20 Points
v) Paper with impact factor between 5 and 10 - 25 Points
vi) Paper with impact factor >10 - 30 Points
(a) Two authors: 70% of total value of publication for each author.
(b) More than two authors: 70% of total value of publication for the First/Principal/Corresponding
author and 30% of total value of publication for each of the joint authors.

Note:

 Joint Projects: Principal Investigator and Co-investigator would get 50% each.
 Paper presented if part of edited book or proceeding then it can be claimed only once.
 For joint supervision of research students, the formula shall be 70% of the total score for
Supervisor and Co-supervisor. Supervisor and Co-supervisor, both shall get 7 marks each.
 *For the purpose of calculating research score of the teacher, the combined research score
from the categories of 5(b). Policy Document and 6. Invited lectures/Resource Person/Paper
presentation shall have an upper capping of thirty percent of the total research score of the
teacher concerned.
 The research score shall be from the minimum of three categories out of six categories.

The category Wise Detail Scores need to be included separately in given prescribed formats. The self
assessment score will be based on verifiable criteria and will be finalized by the screening/selection
committee.

Date:________________ Signature of the Faculty with Designation

Place:________________

Signature of the Head of Department with Stamp

Countersigned by Dean/Director with Stamp

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 CATEGORY WISE DETAIL SCORES
Research Papers in Peer Reviewed or UGC List of Approved Journals*

S. Title of Paper Name of Refereed/ ISSN First/Principal/ Thomson Self Score

No. with name of Journal with UGC Listed Number corresponding Reuters Assessed verified by
all authors Volume and (S. No. if author/Others Impact Score Screening
Page Numbers UGC listed) Factor, If any Committee
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
*Research publications only from journal indexed in UGC-CARE list will be considered
prospectively w.e.f. 14 June 2019

Publications (other than Research Papers)

S. Title of Book/Chapter Name of Publisher Single Author/ International/ Self Score
No. with number of pages with ISBN Number One of the National/ Assessed verified by
Authors National Score Screening
Publisher Committee
(a) Books authored
1.
2.
Chapter in Edited Book
1.
2.
Editor of Book
1.
2.
(b) Translation works in Indian and Foreign Languages by qualified faculties
Chapter or Research Paper
1.
2.
Book
1.
2.

Research Guidance
S. Name of the Student Registration Thesis Self Score
No. No. Submitted/ Assessed verified by
Awarded with Score Screening
Year Committee
Ph.D.
1.
2.
3.
4.
M.Phil./PG Dissertation
1.
2.
3.
4.

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Research Projects
Completed
S. Title of the Project Funding Period Sanctioned Self Score verified
No. Agency Grant/Amount Assessed by Screening
Score Committee
1.
2.
3.
Ongoing
1.
2.
3.
Consultancy
1.
2.
3.

Fellowships, Awards and Invited Lectures delivered in conferences/seminars

Patent
S. No. Title Date of National/ Self Score verified
Acceptance International Assessed by Screening
Score Committee
1.
2.
*Policy Documents
S.No. Title of Document Name of Agency National/ Self Score verified
with Date of International/ Assessed by Screening
Submission State Score Committee
1.
2.
Awards/Fellowship
S. Name of the Name of the Year & Place National/ Self Score verified
No. Award/Fellowship Academic body/ of Award/ International Assessed by Screening
Association Fellowship Score Committee
1.
2.
3.
*Invited lectures / Resource Person/ paper presentation in Seminars/ Conferences/full paper in Conference
Proceedings (Paper presented in Seminars/Conferences and also published as full paper in Conference
Proceedings will be counted only once)
S. Title of Invited Title of Name of International Self Score
No. Lecture/Paper Conference/ Organizer (Abroad)/ Assessed verified by
Presented Seminar with Dates International Score Screening
& Place (within Country/ Committee
National/State/
University Level
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Signature of the Faculty with Designation