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Format checker

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Academic Performance Indicator (API) Calculator

Estimate your API score under the UGC Career Advancement Scheme, 2010 — fill in your teaching, co-curricular, and research activity, and see where you stand against the promotion norms.

Category I — Teaching, Learning & Evaluation0 / 125 · min 75

% of allotted lectures/tutorials/practicals undertaken

Max 60 points

Preparation, instruction & syllabus enrichment

Self-assessed score, max 20

Innovative teaching methods / course improvement

Self-assessed score, max 20

Examination duties (invigilation, evaluation, etc.)

Self-assessed score, max 25

Category II — Co-curricular & Professional Development0 / 50 · min 15

Student co-curricular / extension / field activities

Max 20

Dept./institution management & committees

Max 15

Professional development (seminars, memberships, etc.)

Max 15

Category III — Research & Academic Contributions0 · no upper cap

Papers & publications

Research papers (journal) (×15)

Conference full papers (×10)

Books (sole author) (×40)

Books (co-author) (×30)

Book chapters (×10)

Books/journals edited (sole) (×20)

Books/journals edited (co) (×10)