Evaluation of Faculty Performance on Introduction of Continuous Annual Faculty Evaluation Score (CAFE)

Faculty development programme is a protocol followed by every institution for the betterment of the faculty. However, it's not been standardised. This can be achieved only by assessing the faculty performance in a 360 degree way..Performance evaluation of faculty members is a challenge for the management. Any growing institution incorporates new innovations that becomes a task for the faculty. Hence, it is essential to have a standard and integrated appraisal system. It identifies strengths and weaknesses of teachers on all aspects, such as academic responsibilities, research profile, student evaluation, publications, acquiring research grants etc. Continuous Annual Faculty Evaluation was introduced to develop an inclusive and dynamic system of evaluation addressing all the activities and responsibilities of faculty members. After the introduction of CAFÉ system, the overall performance of the faculties showed a significant increase. This article describes in detail the performance of the faculty in all aspects after introducing CAFÉ.