Faculty Fitment Norms for VIT on recommendations of 7th Pay – 2018

The revised norms and Fitment structure for the faculty members of VIT are given below. There shall
be 12 grades. Faculty fitment level grid is as under,

Table #1:

Faculty Designation Level Code

Assistant Professor Grade 1 A1
Assistant Professor Grade 2 A2
Assistant Professor Sr. Grade 1 A3
Assistant Professor Sr. Grade 2 A4
Associate Professor Grade 1 Ao1
Associate Professor Grade 2 Ao2
Associate Professor Sr. Grade 1 Ao3
Associate Professor Sr. Grade 2 Ao4
Professor Grade 1 PG1
Professor Grade 2 PG2
Higher Administrative Grade 1 PHAG1
Higher Administrative Grade 2 PHAG2

1. Appointment and Promotion norms for engineering Ph.D. and non-engineering Ph.D.
streams are given below.

Table #2:

Level # of Level # of
Engg. Level Non Engg. Level
Code Yrs. Code Yrs.
Assistant Professor Grade 1 A1 0
Not Applicable
Assistant Professor Grade 2 A2 2
Assistant Professor Sr. Grade 1 A3 0 Assistant Professor Sr. Grade 1 A3 2
Assistant Professor Sr. Grade 2 A4 2 Assistant Professor Sr. Grade 2 A4 2
Associate Professor Grade 1 Ao1 2 Associate Professor Grade 1 Ao1 2
Associate Professor Grade 2 Ao2 2 Associate Professor Grade 2 Ao2 2
Associate Professor Sr. Grade 1 Ao3 2 Associate Professor Sr. Grade 1 Ao3 2
Associate Professor Sr. Grade 2 Ao4 2 Associate Professor Sr. Grade 2 Ao4 2
Professor Grade 1 PG1 2 Professor Grade 1 PG1 2
Professor Grade 2 PG2 2 Professor Grade 2 PG2 2
Higher Administrative Grade 1 PHAG1 2 Higher Administrative Grade 1 PHAG1 2
Higher Administrative Grade 2 PHAG2 2 Higher Administrative Grade 2 PHAG2 2
The following table shows the Basic Pay for revised academic levels.

Pay Matrix Academic Levels – 2018

Table #3

Year Increment A1 A2 A3 A4 Ao1 Ao2 Ao3 Ao4 P G1 P G2 P HAG1 P HAG2

1 NA 65,800 71,200 77,900 84,300 1,04,000 1,11,500 1,19,500 1,28,000 1,36,000 1,45,000 1,55,000 1,65,000
2 3% 67,774 73,336 80,237 86,829 1,07,120 1,14,845 1,23,085 1,31,840 1,40,080 1,49,350 1,59,650 1,69,950
3 2% 69,129 74,803 81,842 88,566 1,09,262 1,17,142 1,25,547 1,34,477 1,42,882 1,52,337 1,62,843 1,73,349
4 1% 69,821 75,551 82,660 89,451 1,10,355 1,18,313 1,26,802 1,35,822 1,44,310 1,53,860 1,64,471 1,75,082

Note: Other additional allowances, such as question paper setting, summer remuneration / winter / weekend
remuneration etc., have been recalibrated / adjusted while restructuring the 7th pay recommendations

2. Please note that minimum qualification for a faculty member is a Ph.D. (except in special
areas such as, Catering & Hotel management, Architecture, Law, Design, Multimedia &
Animation and Fashion Technology).

3. During recruitment, candidates who have completed Ph.D. viva, may be considered in
appropriate entry grade with consolidated pay. Upon production of the Ph.D. provisional
certificate he / she may be fixed at applicable level with scale.

4. All the existing Non-Ph.D. faculty members (except in special areas such as, Catering & Hotel
management, Architecture, Law, Design, Multimedia & Animation and Fashion Technology)
will be under salary stagnation, till they submit their successful completion of Ph.D.
provisional certification.

5. For Promotion to next level, there will be a minimum requirement of 2 years of service in a
level with an average 75% as PE Score. After 3rd year, if 2nd & 3rd year average points
(moving average method) is more than 75% then he/she will be eligible for promotion.

6. When the average performance of the faculty member is not adequate, where average PE
score is less than 75% on completion of 4th year, then EB [Efficiency Bar] will come into force
and he / she will be stagnated. During the stagnation period the performance will be reviewed
and appropriate action will be initiated.

7. Fitment regarding AP Junior level will be communicated separately.

8. Promotion is based on merit, provided the position is available (vacancy based promotion).
 Fitment Guidelines for Existing Faculty Members

Grade fitment for existing faculty members will be as per the Pay Matrix 2018. For fitment, status as
on 1st July 2018 will be considered and fitted as given below:

Engineering:

Table #4

Current level Mapped To 7th pay grade

Qualification and Experience
(As on 1st July 2018) Level Description Level Code
Assistant Professor Non Ph.D. with ≤ 4 yrs. exp. Asst. Prof. Grade 1 A1
Assistant Professor Non Ph.D. with > 4 yrs. exp. Asst. Prof. Grade 2 A2
Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Irrespective of exp.) Asst. Prof. Sr. Grade 1 A3
Assistant Professor (Sr.) Non Ph.D. (Irrespective of exp.) Asst. Prof. Sr. Grade 1 A3
Assistant Professor (Sr.) Ph.D. with ≤ 4 yrs. exp. as AP (Sr.) Asst. Prof. Sr. Grade 2 A4
Assistant Professor (Sr.) Ph.D. with > 4 yrs. exp. as AP (Sr.) Associate Prof. Grade 1 Ao1
Assistant Professor (SG) Non Ph.D. (Irrespective of exp.) Asst. Prof. Sr. Grade 2 A4
Assistant Professor (SG) Ph.D. (Irrespective of exp.) Associate Prof. Grade 1 Ao1
Associate Professor Ph.D. with ≤ 8 yrs. exp. as AoP Associate Prof. Grade 1 Ao1
Associate Professor Ph.D. with > 8 yrs. exp. as AoP Associate Prof. Grade 2 Ao2
Professor / Sr. Prof Ph.D. with ≤ 12 yrs. exp. as Prof. Professor Grade 1 PG1
Professor / Sr. Prof Ph.D. with > 12 yrs. exp. as Prof. Professor Grade 2 PG2

Science, Humanities & Management:

Table #5

Current Grade Mapped To 7th pay grade

Qualification and Experience
(As on 1st July 2018) Level Description Level Code
Assistant Professor Non Ph.D. Asst. Prof. Grade 1 A1
Assistant Professor Ph.D. with ≤ 4 yrs. exp. Asst. Prof. Grade 1 A1
Assistant Professor Non Ph.D. with > 4 yrs. exp. Asst. Prof. Grade 2 A2
Assistant Professor Ph.D. with > 4 yrs. exp. Asst. Prof. Grade 2 A2
Assistant Professor (Sr.) Non Ph.D. (Irrespective of exp.) Asst. Prof. Sr. Grade 1 A3
Assistant Professor (Sr.) Ph.D. with ≤ 6 yrs. exp. Asst. Prof. Sr. Grade 1 A3
Ph.D. with > 6 yrs. exp.
Assistant Professor (Sr.) Asst. Prof. Sr. Grade 2 A4
(with 4 yrs. as AP Sr.)
Assistant Professor (SG) Non Ph.D. (Irrespective of exp.) Asst. Prof. Sr. Grade 2 A4
Assistant Professor (SG) Ph.D. with ≤ 8 yrs. exp. Asst. Prof. Sr. Grade 2 A4
Ph.D. with > 8 yrs. exp.
Assistant Professor (SG) Associate Prof. Grade 1 Ao1
(with 4 yrs. as AP SG)
Associate Professor Non Ph.D. / Ph.D. with ≤ 12 yrs. Associate Prof. Grade 1 Ao1
Ph.D. with > 12 yrs. exp.
Associate Professor Associate Prof. Grade 2 Ao2
(with 4 yrs. as AoP)
Professor / Sr. Prof. Ph.D. with ≤ 16 yrs. exp. Professor Grade 1 PG1
Ph.D. with > 16 yrs. exp.
Professor / Sr. Prof. Professor Grade 2 PG2
(with 4 yrs. as Prof. or Sr. Prof.)
Note: The fitments to the new scale will always be at Year 1 of the new scale (refer table #3)
Law:

As Per BCI norms.

Architecture:

As per CoA norms.

Design, Agriculture, Catering & Multimedia and Fashion Technology:

Fitment to be worked out, based on individuals & it will be need based.