Performance Appraisal System at SIMATS

The performance appraisal of the University is multi-centric and provides ample and equitable opportunities for the faculty members.The metrics for the appraisal are  transparent and easily understandable. Cumulative Annual Faculty Evaluation (CAFE) score is the starting metric which is a 360 degree assessment of the individual of their clinical, research and academic domains. The appraisal consists of self declared data in terms of the publications in indexed and non-indexed journals, projects taken up and guided for the students, contributions to text book, grants received from funding bodies, patents filed, published and commercialized. The faculties are also eligible for a monthly PHD allowance of Rs.10,000. The academic contribution and learning by the faculties are assessed in terms of the numbers of conference attended, organized, papers presented and posters presented. The awards received in the conference are also taken into consideration. In all the criteria mentioned above the data is not assessed in terms of quantity but also in terms of quality. The individual score is based on the quality of the submitted data. All the above said data is entered into the individual’s account in the  online portal (Academic Record Management System-ARMS) of the University and is vetted first by the respective Department Heads every week and monthly by the Institution Heads for the authenticity of the data and is then added into the Score of the individual.

In addition to the objective data mentioned above there is also a subjective appraisal done in terms of peer appraisal, feedback collected from the students on their teaching by the faculty and also the teaching effectiveness is assessed based on the clinical work guided by them. On an annual basis the assessment of the individual cafe score, the best faculty of each department is compared to decide the best faculty of the College who in turn is compared between all the constituent colleges of the University. The top performing faculties based on these scores are awarded Annual Awards function. (Insignia)The academic teaching by the faculties is graded based on the student feedback, their understanding of the concept and active participation in the class.The ability of the teacher to freely express themselves in a sound language with confidence is assessed by the respective Heads of the institution and student feedback. The faculty are also eligible to convert their unused leaves to casual leaves and they also can encash their accrued earned leaves for attending conferences.For the non-teaching faculties, we have periodic appraisals during the course of the day by the supervisors to assess the performance and are scored based on the effectiveness of the work. These scores are cumulatively summed up and used for the calculation of the monthly incentive.Thus the appraisal system of our University is comprehensive , well regulated with counter checks to ensure the quality of work is constantly monitored with an upward improvement.