RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT2005

MANUAL(SERIAL No. 4 OF THE RTI ACT 2005)

Regarding

The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions

PUNJABAGRICULTURALLUDHIANAUNIVERSITY

Norms set by the PAU for the discharge of its functions(approved by the Board of Management at its 69th meeting held on 19.06.1981 andcontained in Chapter XLII of the PAU Calendar)

1.

Teaching

Distribution of normative load for teachers – hours per week

Asstt.
Professor
Assoc.
Professor
Professor
Prof. &HeadClasspreparation

Teaching

Evaluation

Advisement

Counselling

Total

1

Postgraduate
guidance116-20

8-10

4-5

112-16

6-8

3-4

1

1

1-2

24-32

8-12
6-8

4-5
3-4

2-3
1.5-2

111
12
2

18-25
14.5-18

31-38

Note:
Class:

Normally 2-3 hours are required for preparation for every one hour of classcontact.

Preparation: Calculations have, however, been made by using the lower norm of twohours.
Evaluation: Half of the teaching contact hours have been used, as the basis for working
out time spent on evaluation responsibilities, which include setting up oftesting papers, test administration, evaluation of answer books, preparation ofreports and feed back to students. In every undergraduate course 3( three)examinations per semester have been prescribed. For post-graduate courses
the number may vary from two to three, including assignments.
Advisement: One hour per week of advisement has been prescribed under the Universityrules.
Counselling: Students need contact with their advisors outside the one hour prescription
for obtaining attestations, recommendations and counselling on otheracademic and personal problems. One hour per week has been assumed forthis assignment.

Post-Graduate
Guidance: The maximum number of post graduate students for a teacher, who is amember of post-graduate faculty is five but normal number is one for
Assistant Professor, 1-2 for Associate Professor and 2 for Professor orProfessor and Head. One hour per week has been assumed as the norm forthis responsibility.
Educational
2 credit hours for UG education tours may be allowed.
Tour:

II.

Research

Every teacher engaged whole time for research should fulfil the following
obligations one a year to year basis:i)

Be associated with a well defined research project or a competent, thereof, andshould spend about half of his day in field / laboratory work.
ii) Publish one paper every year in a research journal. Those beginning their careers
may publish tow papers in two years. Normally, abstracts would not be
considered as research papers and papers accepted for publication will bedeemed to have been published. Moreover, one paper should be published every
three years in which he/ she is either a single author or a fist author.
iii) Present a formal seminar once every two years in department where the faculty sizeis large and once every year in departm3ents where the faculty size is small
either on his/her research project or a topic of current interest.
As per the established policy, the research personnel will be involved in doing
teaching or extension work for one-third of their time.
III.

Extension

Sr.
No.

Activity2

A. Farm Advisory Service
SchemeLecture on training camps,
specialtraining
courses,
personal contact programmes,
production schools, etc.
Supervisory visits

3

Adaptive research trials

4

Varietal trials

1

Subject matter
Specialist at theUniversity level

District Extension Specialist

16 per year

12 to 20 per year

One per district
per season
Supervise 4 to 10
trials per year perdistrict.
Supervise 8 to 12
trials per year per
district.

Layout 4 to 10 trials peryear(Number includeslocations).
Layout 8 to 12 trials peryear for District Extension
Specialists in Agronomy.
Subject matter observations
to be recorded by specialconcerned.

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Demonstration plots
Publications

78Field visits
Rural youth volunteer corps
camp
Survey9

1 to 2 per year
2 popular articles
per year
10 per season-

4 per year
2 popular articles per year-

1-2 per season

15 to 20 per season
1 per season

Note: Activities such as advising farmers, who visit campus or district headquarters,
participation in Melas and Kisan Diwas, Exhibitions and Field days, agriculturalOfficers workshops and other random projects initiated by the departments or
the Directorate of Extension Education should be recognized as additional
contributions of extension staff under this scheme.

Extension Training Staff, Department of Extension Education
1Farmers’ Training Centre(a)Organization of and participation in:

4 per centi
ii
iii
iv
v
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

Short duration courses in villages
Production-cum-demonstration training camps
Institutional training course
District level training camps
Block level training camps
Supervisory / advisory visits
Demonstration plots
Educational movies
Publications

2 per year
1-2 per year
2 per year
10-15 per year
60 per year
5 per year
5 per year
2 popular articles per year

2

Youth Development

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)

Organization of youth clubs
Organization of institutional training course
Organization of village training courses
Evaluation of club activities
Issue of circular letters
Personal contact visits
Publications

3Staff Development(a)Teaching short duration certificate diploma courses 1 per Semester(2+1 credit hours)
Lecturers in specialized training courses
8 per monthVillage training camps, institutional training courses,
personal contact programmes etc.
Publications
2 popular articles per year
Organization of staff training courses
2 per year

(b)

(c )
(d)

1 per year
3 per year
10 per year
10 per year
4 per year
60 per year
2 popular articles per year

4.

Correspondence Courses

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

Writing /evaluating correspondence course lesions 1 for each related course
Field visits8 per monthPublications
2 popular articles per year
Organization of personal conduct programme
2 per month
Lectures in training courses
4 per monthNote: 12The staff provided under the above schemes also participates significantly inthe organization of Kisan Mela, Kisan Diwas, Farm Women Fair, Farmers’Parties visits, Agricultural Officers’ Workshops, Youth Clubs, Rally, SchoolStudents’ Training Programmes and other projects initiated by the Directorateof Extension Education. These activities should be recognized as additionalcontributions.
As per the established policy, and keeping in view their places of posting, theextension personnel will be involved in during teaching or research work for
one-third of their time.