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UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (PAY REVIEW COMMITTEE, 2016)

(QUESTIONNAIRE FOR COLLEGE)

Basic information as of March, 2016 regarding scales of pay, allowances and other related conditions of service of teachers working in Constituent/affiliated or recognized Colleges/Institutions by the University for the use of Pay Review Committee constituted to review the scales of pay and services conditions of academic staff in Universities and Colleges.

I. Basic Information

1. (i) Name of the College/Institution :______(ii) Postal Address : ______(iii) Website : ______2. (i) Year of establishment :

(ii) Name of the University to which affiliated :

& the date of affiliation :

3. Contact details of Officer providing the information : (i) Name ______(ii) Designation :______(ii) Contact Tel. No. ______(iv) Email id : ______

4. Location of the College ( Rural-01/ Urban-02) :

5. Type of College/Institution (Specify the Code) :

Codes: Affiliated College (1)/ Constituent College (2)/ Others (3) (Please Specify)

6. Is College a single faculty or multi-faculty ?

Single : Multi :

1 7. i) Is it a Technical or Professional or Specialized College ? Yes : No :

(ii) If Yes, then select any one Code :

Codes: Agriculture – 1 / Medical - 2/ Law - 3/ Engineering & Technical - 4/ Veterinary - 5/ Education – 6/ Sports -7/ Others -8 (Please Specify)

8. Whether College is autonomous ? : Yes : No :

9. Management of College/ Institution (code) :

Codes: Central Government (1) / State Government (2) / Local Body (3) / College/Institution (4) / Private Aided (5) / Private Un-Aided (Self-Financing) (6)

10. Whether the College/Institution is running degree programmes (1) Self-Financing stream (2) Self-Financing in Shift I or II and (3) Evening College :

Yes : No :

11. Whether the College/Institution is exclusively meant for women :

Yes : No :

12. (i) Whether the College/Institution is accredited by NAAC or any other agency?

Yes : No :

(ii) If yes, Name of the agency:

Grade & CGPA : Year :

(iii) Whether College/Institution is ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), MHRD? Yes : No :

If Yes, rank :

13. (i) Whether the College/Institution is recognized under UGC 2(f) and 12(B) ?

12(B) only : Yes : No : 2(f) & 12(B) Both : Yes No

2 2(f) only : Yes : No : (ii) Whether the College/Institution received grants under any of the UGC programmes in 12th Five Year Plan Period ?

Yes : No :

II. Academic Departments, Programmes, Student Enrolment & Funding 14. Please provide the following details for the academic year 2015-16:

Level Aided College/Stream Un-aided/Self Financing Number of Total student Number of Total student Departments strength Departments strength UG PG M.Phil. Ph.D. Diploma/Certificate Others, Specify …….

15. Total receipts in the College/Institution (Aided College only) during the Academic year 2014-15 & 2015-16, from :

Year 2014-15 (Rs.) Year 2015-16 (Rs.)

i) Central Government / UGC : i) Central Govt./UGC :

ii) State Government : ii) State Government :

iii) Student Fees : Total : iii) Student Fees : Total :

Part –time Regular Course Distance Mode Part-time Regular course Distance Mode

iv) Other Sources (endowments, interest, etc.) iv) Other Sources (endowments, interest etc.)

3 v) G.Total : G. Total :

III. Teaching Posts, Un-filled Sanction Posts, Recruitment and Career Advancement Scheme (CAS)

16. Teaching Staff Details (as of March 2016) :

Designation/ Level Aided Stream Un-aided/Self-Financing Number of Number of Number of Number of Regular/ Contract/ Regular/ Contract/ Permanent Temporary Permanent Temporary Teachers Teachers Teachers Teachers Principal Professor Assoc. Professor Asstt. Professor(All AGP) Librarian / Dy. Librarian / Asstt. Librarian DPE&S/ Dy. DPE&S/Asstt. DPE&S Other Academic Staff (pl. specify-Add rows if required)

(Note: Questions 17-20 are for Aided College)

17. Please provide the following details:

Designation Number of Reason for unfilled (include positions equivalent to the vacancies (use category) Sanctioned Posts filled codes) posts up Principal Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor(All AGP) Librarian / Dy. Librarian / Asstt. Librarian DPE&S/ Dy. DPE&S/Asstt. DPE&S

4 Other Academic Staff (pl. specify-Add rows if required) Codes: Non-availability of suitable candidates-1/Not advertised due to administrative reasons-2/Not filled due to financial constraints- 3/Due to court cases-4/Administrative approval of State Govt. - 5/ Others, specify briefly - 6.

18. (i) Does the College/Institution follow Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) as per the UGC/State Government guidelines/Regulations ?

UGC Norms : State Govt. Norms : University Modified Norms :

(ii) If the College/Institution modified the UGC Norms/Regulations, briefly state the norms modified by the College/Institution for CAS:

a. Disciplines : All : Selected : If, selected, specify :

b. Qualification (API score) : Yes : No :

If yes, give details (in 50 words) :

c. Number of year of Experience : Yes : No :

d. Whether participation of Orientation and Refresher Courses should be linked with promotion ?

Yes : No :

If answer is “No”, please specify reasons ; (Not more than 50 words)

5 19. Number of Teachers promoted under CAS since 01-01-2006 (After implementation of the new pay scales):

S.No. Category Number of Teachers promoted 1 Associate Professor with AGP of Rs.9000 to Professor with AGP of Rs, 10,000 2 Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs.8000 to Associate Professor with AGP of Rs. 9000 3 Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs.7,000 to Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs. 8,000 4 Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs. 6,000 to Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs.7,000 5 Librarian / Dy. Librarian / Asstt. Librarian 6 DPE&S/ Dy. DPE&S/Asstt. DPE&S

20. Please provide the following details as of March, 2016:

Designation Number of Teachers Number of recruited with open Teachers advertisement promoted under CAS Professors/Principal Associate Professor Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs.8000 to Associate Professor with AGP of Rs. 9000 Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs.7,000 to Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs. 8,000 Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs. 6,000 to Assistant Professor with AGP of Rs.7,000 Librarian / Dy. Librarian / Asstt. Librarian DPE&S/ Dy. DPE&S/Asstt. DPE&S

21. Faculty Recruitment :

(a) Please state whether minimum qualifications for various teaching posts as notified by the UGC from time to time have been adhered to :

Yes : No :

(b) If yes, since when ? :

(c) If the answer is ‘no’ to any of the above, please state variations and reasons, thereof:

6 Designation Yes/No Remarks (variations and Date reasons) Principal Professor Assoc. Professor Asstt. Professor (All AGP) Librarian/Dy. Librarian/ Assistant Librarian DPE&S/Dy. DPE&S/ Assistant DPE&S

(d) Whether recruitment of Assistant Professors is done in accordance with NET or the duly accredited examination?

Yes : No :

(e) Whenever there is a departure from the procedure laid down by the UGC, please indicate the authority which approved such departure from the procedure laid down by the UGC : ( Not more than 100 words)

(f) Number of Teachers who possess : M.Phil Ph.D

i) Regular :

ii) Ad-hoc :

iii) Part-time :

iv) Contractual :

7 22. Contractual/Ad hoc/Guest Lecturer/Adjunct Faculty Appointments

(a) How many teachers appointed and their remuneration during the academic year 2015-16 under the following category:

Category Number of Duration of Basis for Workload Teachers appointment Remuneration (hrs/week) appointed (academic or any other* year/semester/less than semester) Contractual Ad hoc Adjunct Faculty Guest Lecturer Any other * If it is per hour, per month, consolidated or scales

(b) How many teachers appointed against regular vacancy? :

(c) How does the College/Institution appoint contractual/adhoc/guest/part-time teachers?

(i) Duly constituted selection committee :

(ii) Directly by the Principal/Management :

(iii) Any other (Please specify) :

IV. Teacher Performance Assessment

8 23. Information relating to Academic Performance Indicator (API) in Aided Colleges:

(a) Whether the College/Institution follows the Academic Performance Indicator (API) as prescribed by the UGC in Recruitments and CAS :

Fully : Modified : No :

(b) If answer is Modified or No, then briefly state the reasons for modifying/ not following API:

(c) What are major difficulties faced by the College/Institution in implementing the API scheme:

(d) Whether the College/Institution face any problem in implementing the CAS scheme for Library and physical/Sports personnel ?

(e) Any suggestions to improve or simplify the API Scheme:

Note: (b), (c), (d) & (e) should not be more than 100 words.

V. Teacher Shortage and Enhancing the Teacher Performance

9 24. Does the College/Institution face any difficulty in recruiting qualified teachers?

Yes : No :

If yes;

(a) What are the disciplines in which shortage of teachers?

Agriculture : Medical : Law : Engg. & Tech.

Veterinary : Education : Commerce/Management :

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences : Science : BPT :

Other :

(b) What are the nature of difficulty faced? (Not more than 100 words)

(c) How do the College/Institution overcome the problem? (Not more than 100 words)

(d) What are the suggestions for improving availability of qualified teachers in those disciplines? (Not more than 100 words)

(e) Whether the College/Institution has any performance based incentive schemes to encourage teachers : Yes : No :

If yes, give details below : (Not more than 100 words)

VI. Pay Parity, Allowances and Other Benefits

25. Details of Pay and other related benefits of teachers and other academic staff working in Aided Colleges:

(a)Allowances and Benefits (indicate whether at par with Central Government Rules or State Government Rules or neither of the two) (Pl. tick the appropriate option) :

Allowances Central State Time Lag in implementation (in years) DA/Additional DA House Rent Allowance City Compensatory Allowance Hill Allowance (if applicable) Transport Allowance Other Allowances, if any (Please specify): i) ii) iii)

(b) Benefits: Medical Facilities (Please state, yes or no} : Yes : No :

(i) Contributory or Non-Contributory : Yes : No :

(ii) CGHS : Yes : No :

11 (iii) Reimbursement : Yes : No :

(iv) Any other, specify :

(c) Leave Travel Concession (LTC): whether available? : Yes : No :

(d) Residential Accommodation : Yes : No :

If yes, staff provided with residential accommodation (%) :

(e) Leave:

Type of Leave Admissible No. of Days Per Annum/Academic year Teachers Librarians and sports personnel Casual Leave (CL) Earned Leave (EL) Extra Ordinary Leave (EOL) Child Care Leave (CCL) Half Pay Leave/Commuted Leave Maternity leave/ Paternity Leave Detention Leave (leave in lieu of vacation) Encashment Leave during service (Earned Leave) Encashment Leave during service (Detention Leave) Any Other (Please specify).

(f) Provision for attending Conferences in India & Abroad :

Yes : No :

(g) Superannuation Benefits:

a. Age of Superannuation :

12 b. Is there a provision for re-employment? Yes : No :

If yes, then

i. Average percentage of superannuating teachers getting reemployment in the last 5 years :

ii. Principals/Professors : Assoc. Professors : Asstt. Professors :

Others (Pl. specify) :

iii. Average duration of re-employment (in years) :

c. Provision for Voluntary Retirement : Yes : No :

(h) i) Whether provision exists for transferring services/accepting services rendered elsewhere for pensionary benefits ( in case of pre-2004 Pension scheme) ?

Yes : No :

If yes, Within the State or Outside the State or both :

ii) Whether provision exists for pay protection ?

Yes : No :

13 VII. Work Load, Mobility, Leave, Capacity Building and Incentives for Teachers

26. Actual Workload in hours/week for different categories of teachers working in aided colleges: Category Hours per week Teaching Tutorial/ Research Co-curricular Others Practical Activities & Extension Principal Professor Associate Professors Assistant Professors (All AGP) Librarian/Dy. Librarian/ Asstt. Librarian DPE&S/ Dy. DPE&S / Asstt. DPE&S

(a) The number of days, the College/Institution is working per week : (b) Number of actual teaching days (excluding examination and preparation days) in last academic year2015-16 :

27. Outwards mobility of Teachers in Aided Colleges:

(i) In your College/Institution how many teachers (fully paid by Government) have left in the past five years to join different jobs?

Designation Left to join Number % to total Reasons for (use Code A) teachers leaving (use Code B)

Code -A for ‘Left to join’: i) Public College/Institution/college/educational institution (Code 1) ii) Private College/Institution/college/ educational institution (Code 2) iii) other public sector organization (Code 3) iv) Private sector (Code 4), v) Others (Code 5) Code-B for ‘Reasons’: i) Higher Post (Code 1)

14 ii) Better/Higher starting salary (Code 2) iii) Better Career/ Promotion Prospects (Code 3) iv) More Attractive Perks (Code 4) v) Others ( Code 5)

(ii) From amongst the following disciplines which discipline witnessed the highest number of teachers leaving your Aided College/Institution? Give your ranking for the highest 1 and down the line 2, 3, 4, ……………..

Faculty Ranking

Arts, humanities and social sciences Science Commerce/Management Education Engineering/Technology Medicine Agriculture Veterinary Science Law Pharmacy BPT Others

(iii) Which level experiences the highest outward mobility of teachers from your College/Institution?

Professors/Principals : Assoc. Professors : Asstt. Professors :

(v) What measures do you suggest for retaining the faculty? (Not more than 100 words)

(vi) How many teachers granted the following leaves during the last 5 years?

Leave category Number of Teachers % of total % of number of on leave teachers teachers who

15 applied for the leave Study Leave Sabbatical Leave Academic Leave Duty/Deputation Leave Any Other (Please specify).

(vi) (i) Whether the College/Institution has any incentive scheme to reward the high performers in teaching, research and extension? Yes : No :

(ii) If yes, please briefly indicate the scheme and how teachers rewarded during the academic year 2014-15 & 2015-16 (Not more than 100 words) :

(vii) Provision for professional paid consultancy / expert assignments ( Not more than 100 words):

28. i) Does the College/Institution provide research grant/funds to individual faculty?

If yes, provide the following details for the academic year 2015-16 :

Faculty Number of faculty Number as Number Grant provided % of as % of /fund per grants/funds number of total individual those who number applied for of faculty grant/funds strength Arts, humanities and social sciences Science

16 Commerce/Management Education Engineering/Technology Medicine Agriculture Veterinary Science Law Pharmacy BPT Others

ii) Extra-mural funds received for research purpose in last 5 years :

Govt. agencies : Non-Govt. agencies :

29. Whether the College has adopted Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) ?

Yes : No :

30. Whether the College faces any problem in implementing Choice Based Credit System ? If yes, please specify and suggest to overcome the problem (Not more than 100 words only) :

31. It is believed that new technologies including MOOCs and other forms of ICT has major role in teaching and research methods in Universities.

Have you implemented any new technology beside smart classroom ? If yes, pl. specify (Not more than 100 words) :

17 32. Do you believe that public perception about the College is relevant for the teaching & research performance ? If yes, what should be the measure of public perception ? (Not more than 100 words )

33. a) What type of anomalies arise out of implementation of 6th Pay Commission ? Please specify ; (Not more than 100 words )

b) Please give suggestions to overcome these anomalies ( Not more than 100 words ) :

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UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (PAY REVIEW COMMITTEE, 2016)

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PRINCIPALS/DIRECTORS OF AFFILIATED COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS

18 1. Would you like the present system of hierarchy (Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor) to be continued during the next 10 years?

Code : Yes – 01, No – 02 , Needs to be modified – 03 :

Yes : No : Needs to be modified :

If it needs to be modified, please give your suggestions: (Not more than 100 words)

2. Many Colleges/Institutions are facing difficulty to recruit qualified candidates at the entry level position (Assistant Professor). Can you suggest, how to improve the quality of candidates entering into teaching profession ? (Not more than 100 words)

3. Should the pay package be linked with merit, performance and achievements?

Yes : No :

If yes, briefly state how to introduce performance based pays and rewards? (Not more than 100 words)

19 4. Do you favour a single running scale of pay for all College and University teachers or separate pay bands for each cadre?

Yes : No :

5. Do you have suggestions to improve the present system of Career Advancement Scheme using the Academic Performance Indicators (API)? Please list your suggestions:

(Not more than 100 words)

6. Unlike many countries, teachers in India are employed on a permanent basis. Do you suggest to introduce tenure-track positions at the entry level appointments?

Yes : No :

If yes, briefly explain: (Not more than 100 words)

7. (i) Do you think that there should be a link between education / skills learnt at the College by its graduates with the Industry-community ?

Yes : No :

20 (ii) What are the ways in which the College Industry Community (CIC) link can be strengthened? (Not more than 100 words)

(iii) Do you favour appointing experts from industry/Government as Adjunct faculty on fixed tenure overlooking the qualifications prescribed for teaching cadres?

Yes : No :

8. In India, teacher mobility form one institution to another is constraint by government and institution rules. Could you please suggest how to liberalize the rules so that teachers can move temporarily or permanently among education institutions and between College/Institution and industry? (Not more than 100 words)

9. What should be the age of retirement for teachers? How long a retired teacher can be reemployed? How to make use of the talents and service of the retired teachers in both teaching and research without affecting the employment opportunities of entry level candidates for teaching? (Not more than 100 words)

21 10. Do you suggest special benefits and privileges (such as flexible working hours, liberal leave for maternity and child care etc.,) for women teachers? (Not more than 100 words)

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