Teaching
Medium of Instruction: The medium of instruction is English.
Approval of Courses: Only approved courses can be offered during
any semester. A Course framed by individual faculty would be discussed at the departmental
level and subsequently shared with faculty colleagues across departments. After
incorporating feedback from all, it is to be proposed to the AC UGC. On the recommendations
of AC UGC, the AC approves the course (s).
Conduct of Courses: Any approved course, whenever offered during
a semester, is conducted by an Instructor - incharge of the course. Once the
Instructor - incharge of a course is designated, he/she is responsible for teaching
the course keeping the suggested course contents in mind, setting the question papers
and holding the examinations as per schedule, evaluating the performance of the
students, and awarding the letter grades at the end of the semester. Normally, the
letter grades awarded to the students registered for a course must be submitted
to the Office of the Registrar within the prescribed time limit.
Evaluation : The evaluation of students, in any course, is a continuous
process. Normally, the performance of students in the mid - term examination(s), end - term examination, quizzes/short tests, tutorials , assignments, laboratory
work and attendance is used to award the letter grade at the end of the semester.
The relative performance of students is considered while awarding the letter grades.
The Instructor - incharge of the course announces the evaluation strategy at
the beginning of the course.
Examination Schedule: The mid - term examination(s) and the end
- term examination are held on the dates announced in the Academic Calendar. The
Dean Academic announces the Examination Schedule of all the courses.
Make - Up Examinations The concept of make - up examination is
a facility which is meant to help deserving students. The make - up examination
cannot be demanded as a matter of right. If a student is not able to appear in mid/end
term examination(s), due to valid reasons, he/she may request the Instructor - in
- Charge of the course for a make - up examination. The Instructor - incharge
of the course, if convinced of the reasons given by the student, may arrange a make
- up examination at his/her discretion. All end - term make up exams require approval
of Dean Academic. Makeup examinations would be administered one week before January
- May semester for the courses of July - November odd semester and two weeks after
January - May even semester. For Mid Term make - up examination(s), the Instructor
- incharge of a course may use any means to ascertain the progress of such student
but for End Term make - up examination(s), such a student needs to write three hour
examination.
Letter Grades and their Numerical Equivalents:
NEW grading system is valid from Academic Year 2012 - 13 and has eight letter grades. Currently these eight letter grades are used to evaluate the performance of students in each course. These letter grades
and their numerical equivalents on a 10 - point scale are given below:
Letter Grades:
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A
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AB
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B
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BC
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C
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CD
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D
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F
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Numerical Equivalents:
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10
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9
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8
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7
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6
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5
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4
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0.
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OLD grading system had six letter grades. These letter grades and their numerical
equivalents on a 10 - point scale are given below (Discontinued with effect from
Academic Year 2012 - 13):
Letter Grades:
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A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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F
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Numerical Equivalents:
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10
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8
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6
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4
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2
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0
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The minimum graduation CGPA is 5.0 corresponding to the grade CD in the new grading
system. At the end of the semester, the Instructor - incharge of a course examines
the relative performance of students registered in the course, as per the evaluation
strategy announced at the beginning of the semester, and awards one of the eight
letter grades to each student, that he/she deserves.
Course with "F" grade: A student, who gets an 'F' grade in a compulsory
course, must repeat the course in some subsequent semester(s) till he/she gets
a grade “ E" (For OLD grading system) or “D” (For NEW grading system) or better
grade in that course.
A student who gets an 'F' grade in an elective course, may either repeat the course
in some subsequent semester, or else replace / substitute the course by some other
permissible elective course. Thus, a student who gets an 'F' grade in any course
does not earn any credits for that course.
Repetition of Compulsory Course by the Student:: A student who
gets “D” grade (as per new grading system) or “E” or “D” grade (as per old grading
system) in a core/compulsory course may choose to repeat that course in subsequent
semester(s) to improve his/her CGPA. Whenever a student registers for repeating
a course, the earlier grade is ignored and the grade acquired on repetition is used
for the calculation of the CGPA (even if the student gets a worse grade on repetition
of a permissible course). The maximum number of credits for which a student can
register in any semester includes such courses also.
Replacement of Elective Course by the Student:: A student who gets
“D” grade (as per new grading system) or “E” or “D” grade (as per old grading system)
in an elective course, may choose to replace/substitute the course by some other
permissible elective course in subsequent semester(s) to improve his/her CGPA. Whenever
a student registers for replacing/substituting a course, the earlier grade is ignored
and the grade acquired on replacement/substitution is used for the calculation
of the CGPA (even if the student gets a worse grade on replacement/substitution
of a permissible course). The maximum number of credits for which a student can
register in any semester includes such courses also.
Remedial Measures: At the time of admission to the first year,
students will undergo a screening test in Mathematics, Physics and English. If
a student does not perform up to the satisfactory level in the screening test, s/he
will have to undergo the remedial classes apart from the regular classes and time
table which will be held on I and III Saturdays of every month. The students should
take advantage of this voluntary service provided by the instructor. Towards the
end of the semester, at the discretion of the instructor, all such students may
be evaluated and assigned an audit grade.
Incomplete Grade 'I':: In case the Instructor - incharge of
a course does not have adequate information to evaluate a student, he/she may decide
to award grade “I”, the Incomplete Grade. The Incomplete Grade is usually awarded
when the make - up examination of a student, due to convincing reasons, has not
been arranged within the time limit prescribed for submitting the letter grades.
Or, a student has not yet completed a minor part of the course requirement, but
has completed the other parts satisfactorily. The Instructor - incharge must
replace any 'I' grade by one of the six /eight letter grades by the date specified
in the Academic Calendar.
Change of Grades: In case the Instructor-in-charge of a course
detects a serious error affecting the letter grade already awarded to a student,
he/she may make a request to the Chairperson AC to rectify the 12 error. The Chairperson
AC, if convinced of the genuineness of the error, may permit a change of grade
already awarded. Any such request for change of grade already awarded must be made
within six weeks of the start of the next semester.
Semester Grade Performance Average (SGPA ): The SGPA of a student
is a numerical indicator of his/her academic performance during a semester. The
SGPA of a student is the weighted average of the numerical equivalents of the grades
earned by the student in a semester, the weights being the approved units of the
respective courses. Thus, if a student obtains a grade whose numerical equivalent
is in a course with units, then the SGPA of the student is given by
where wi is the weightage (No. of credits) and gi is the grade point (Numerical
Equivalents) for the ith course and the summation is over all the courses taken
by the student in that semester.
Cumulative Grade Performance Average (CGPA ): The CGPA of a student
is a numerical indicator of his/her academic performance in all the courses that
he/she has registered up to and including the last completed semester. The computation
of CGPA is similar to that of SGPA. Thus,
Where the summation, now, is over all the courses that the student has registered
till the completion of the last semester.
Whenever a student is permitted to repeat or substitute a course, only the new grade
is used in the computation of CGPA (the original grade is ignored).
Grade Report:At the end of each semester, a copy of the Grade Report
is issued to each student. The Grade Report incorporates the list of all the courses
taken up to the last completed semester along with the grades obtained in each course.
The SGPA / CGPA calculations are also shown in the Grade Report. A duplicate copy
of the Grade Report can be obtained on payment of the prescribed fee.
Whenever a student repeats or substitutes another course for some course, both the
grades (original grade and the new grade after repetition/substitution) appear on
the Grade Report. However, only the grade earned on repetition/substitution of the
course is considered for the calculation of the CGPA.
Withholding of Grades: The Grade Report of a student may be withheld
for various reasons. In case there is a case of indiscipline pending against a student,
his/her Grade Report will be withheld. The Grade Report of a student may also be
withheld if he/she fails to clear the dues pending against him/her.