Course window for each level: A course counts only if it was completed after the previous level's promotion date and on or before December 31, 2024 or that level's own eligibility date, whichever is later. A course completed after that cut-off pushes the promotion forward to the course's completion date.
Service period calculation: Each next-level eligibility is counted from the ACTUAL promotion date of the previous level, not from the original service eligibility date. So a delayed Level 11 also delays Level 12 and Level 13A.
Qualification rules applied
- Ph.D. completed within 4 years of joining moves the candidate to the Ph.D. track (5 + 4 + 3).
- Ph.D. completed after 4 years does not change the Level 11 / Level 12 timing — it only unlocks Level 13A, 3 years after Level 12.
- M.Phil. counts only if held at the time of joining. An M.Phil. earned during service gives no reduction in service period.
Basic Information
Within 4 years of joining moves you to the Ph.D. track; after 4 years it only unlocks Level 13A.
Level 10 to Level 11
Requirements: Orientation Programme + (one Refresher Course OR two alternative courses)
Additional Level 10 Courses:
Level 11 to Level 12
Requirements: Two additional courses (2-week courses count as 1, two 1-week courses count as 1)
Level 12 to Level 13A
Requirements: One additional course (2-week courses count as 1, two 1-week courses count as 1) + Ph.D. mandatory
Eligibility Calculation Results
Final Eligibility Dates
| Level | Speculated Eligibility | Actual Promotion Date | Requirements Status | Status |
|---|
Requirements for Each Level
Level 10 to Level 11
- One Orientation Programme (21 days)
- One Refresher Course OR two of: Workshop, Syllabus Upgradation, Teaching-Learning-Evaluation, FDP (1 week), Short-term Course (1 week), etc.
- Two FDPs/Short-term courses of 1 week count as one course
- 5 years of service on the Ph.D. / M.Phil. track, 6 years on the NET-only or no-qualification track
Level 11 to Level 12
- Two additional courses from: Refresher Courses, Workshops, Syllabus Upgradation, Teaching-Learning-Evaluation, FDP (2 weeks), Short-term Course (2 weeks), MOOCs, etc.
- Two FDPs/Short-term courses of 1 week count as one course
- 4 years at Level 11 on the Ph.D. track, 5 years otherwise — counted from the ACTUAL Level 11 promotion date
Level 12 to Level 13A
- Ph.D. degree (mandatory for every track)
- One additional course from: Refresher Courses, Workshops, Syllabus Upgradation, Teaching-Learning-Evaluation, FDP (2 weeks), Short-term Course (2 weeks), MOOCs, etc.
- Two FDPs/Short-term courses of 1 week count as one course
- 3 years at Level 12, counted from the ACTUAL Level 12 promotion date