Performance appraisal mechanism in Indian higher academic institutions

The present study investigates the perception of academic staff about current performance appraisal mechanism in their institutions and factors influencing appraisal. The study consists of sample from various private, public and deemed Universities across UP and Delhi. The analysis of the data was done using tables and ANNOVA. The study reveals relatively higher number of faculty members from UP were not satisfied with mechanism and execution of the performance appraisal in comparison to faculty members from Delhi. The variation in appraisal format and its implementation is significantly different in private, public and deemed institutions. It has been proposed that academic institutions need to improve their faculty evaluation mechanism and implementation process.