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1. Conditions for admission
Candidates
for admission to the B.Tech. Degree course shall be required to have passed the
higher secondary/+2/XII Std. examination conducted by boards/departments
recognized/accepted by the University, obtaining not less than 50% marks in
Mathematics and not less than 50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
put together or the diploma examination in Engineering, Kerala or any
examination accepted by the Government of Kerala as equivalent there to with
50% marks in the final qualifying examination, subject to the usual concession
allowed for backward and other communities as specified from time to time.
2. Duration of the course
a) The
course for the B.Tech. Degree shall extend over a period of four academic years
comprising of 8 semesters. The first and
second semester combined and each semester from third semester onwards shall
cover the groups of subjects as given in the scheme of studies and
examinations.
b) Each
semester shall normally comprise of 16 weeks.
c) The course
calendar will be as follows.
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Semesters
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Commencement
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Closing
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Examination
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I & II
Semesters
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After the
admissions are over.
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31st of
March
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15th
April
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IV, VI and VIII
Semesters
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December 1st
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31st of
March
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15th
April
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III, V and VII
Semesters
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First working day
of June
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30th of
September
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15th
October
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3. Eligibility
for the Degree
Candidates for admission to the Degree of
B.Tech. shall be required to have undergone the prescribed course of study in
an institution maintained or affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University for a
period of not less than four academic years and to have passed all examinations
specified in the scheme. The first
academic year of study shall be from the date of commencement of admission till
the closure of the academic year. The
remaining 6 semester will have to be completed within 3 subsequent academic
years.
4. Subjects
of Study
The subjects of study shall be in
accordance with the scheme and syllabi given in the Annexure.
5. Electives
All students shall choose electives in VII
and VIII semesters, from a prescribed set of elective subjects offered by the
institution, as indicated in the scheme.
There should be at least 20% students of the class for an elective
subject to be offered. New electives may be introduced according to the needs
of emerging fields in technology. The name of the elective and its syllabus
should be approved by the university before the course is offered.
6. Sessional
work
Sessional marks for Theory, Drawing,
Workshops, Laboratories and Practical will be awarded by the teaching faculty
based on the day to day performance of the students. The allocation of sessional marks for the
individual subjects shall be on the following basis.
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Theory Subjects
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Practical Subjects
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Attendance
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20%
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Attendance
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20%
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Assignments
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20%
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Regular class
work/Drawing/Workshop Record/Lab Record and Class Performance
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60%
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Tests
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60%
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Tests
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20%
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The sessional marks allotted for
attendance shall be awarded in direct proportion to the percentage of
attendance secured by the candidate in the subject. However full sessional marks for attendance
shall be awarded to those who are securing 80% attendance and above.
7. Examination
There shall be University Examinations at
the end of the first academic year and at the end of every semester from third semester
onwards in subjects as prescribed in the scheme of examination.
8. Eligibility
for appearing examination is subject to the following
a) The student should
have successfully completed the course work for the year/semester.
b) The student should have not less than 75%
attendance for the particular year in the case of I & II semesters combined
or the particular semester in the case of higher semesters.
However, he is eligible for condonation of
attendance (once in case of I & II semesters combined or twice in the case
of higher semesters) subject to the conditions given below in the entire
course.
i)
His conduct must be satisfactory.
ii)
The shortage shall not be more than 10% of actual
working days.
iii)
Condonation is given only on medical grounds.
iv)
The condonation shall be granted subject to rules and
procedures prescribed by the University from time to time.
v) It
is open to the Vice Chancellor to grant condonation of shortage of attendance
on the recommendation of Principal.
9. Repetition
of the course work
a) A student who
is not eligible for condonation of shortage of attendance shall repeat the
course in full including the sessional work in the next immediate chance. The sessional marks earned during repetition
of course alone will be counted in such case.
b) A student can
repeat the course only once in each semester/year.
c) A student can
also repeat the course work for improving sessional marks subject to the
following conditions.
i)
He shall repeat the course work in full (including
sessionals) in a particular semester/year once and that too at the earliest
available opportunity.
ii)
He shall not combine his course work with regular
course work of any other semester.
iii)
A candidate who has satisfactorily completed the VIII
semester course will not be allowed to repeat the course work in any semester.
iv)
He shall not be allowed to repeat the course work of
any semester if he has already passed that semester examination in full.
v)
A candidate who has been registered for the higher
semester examination will not be allowed to repeat the course work, in lower
semester.
vi)
The sessional marks obtained during the repeated course
only shall be considered for all purposes.
d)
For repeating the course in any of the above cases the
character and conduct of the student must be satisfactory as certified by the
Head of the Institution.
10. Conduct
of Examination
To conduct all the theory examinations, a
Chief Superintendent and an Assistant Chief Superintendent should be appointed
by the Principal. An external Chief
Superintendent should also be appointed by the University as an Observer for
conducting all theory examinations in Self-financing Engineering Colleges.
The examination in theory papers will be
conducted in accordance with the following schedule as far as possible.
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Fore Noon
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After Noon
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Tues.
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day 1
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1 & 2, 6
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4, 8
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Wed.
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day 2
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5
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3, 7
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Thurs.
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day 3
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1 & 2, 6
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4, 8
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Fri.
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day 4
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5
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3, 7
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Mon.
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day 5
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1 & 2, 6
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4, 8
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Tues.
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day 6
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5
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3, 7
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Wed.
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day 7
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1 & 2, 6
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4, 8
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Thurs.
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day 8
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5
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3, 7
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Fri.
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day 9
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1 & 2, 6
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4, 8
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Mon.
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day 10
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1 & 2, 6
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4, 8
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Tues.
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day 11
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5
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3, 7
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Wed.
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day 12
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1 & 2
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Thurs.
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day 13
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5
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3, 7
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Fri.
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day 14
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1 & 2
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Mon.
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day 15
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1 & 2
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(Main and
supplementary examinations will alternate)
Conduct
of Practical Examinations
The Principals of the concerned
Engineering Colleges with the help of the Chairmen of all branches will conduct
the practical examination for all semesters with the approval from the
University and bonafide laboratory record, workshop record/project record,
seminar report are mandatory for appearing practical/viva voce university
examinations.
To conduct each practical examination, an
External Examiner and an Internal Examiner should be appointed by the
University. In Self-financing
Engineering Colleges, no practical examination should be conducted without the
presence of an External Examiner appointed by the University.
11. Minimum
for a pass
A candidate shall be declared to have
passed in any individual subject of a semester/year examination if he secures
not less than 40% marks for the subject in University examination and not less
than 50% of the total marks for the subject, i.e., University examination marks
and sessional marks in that subject put together. A candidate who passes in all the subjects of
a semester examination shall be declared to have passed the examination in
full.
12. Improvement
of marks
A candidate shall be allowed to re-appear
for any theory examination in order to improve the marks already obtained
subject to the following conditions.
a) The candidate
shall be permitted to take the improvement examination only during the chance
immediately after the first appearance.
b) The candidate
shall not be allowed to appear for an improvement examination for the subject
of the VIII semester.
c)
The improved marks (better of the two) obtained by the
candidate for each subject he has appeared for shall be counted for all
purposes.
d)
A candidate can apply for improvement in three subjects
in combined SI&II provided he/she has passed all the theory subjects.
e)
A candidate can apply improvement in two subjects in
combined SI&II if he/she has only one supplementary theory examination.
f)
A candidate can improve one subject in combined
SI&II if he/she has only two supplementary theory examinations.
g)
Those candidates who have to write supplementary
examination in three or more theory papers in combined SI&II will not be
eligible for improvement of any paper.
h)
For higher semesters (SIII to SVII) (i) a candidate can
apply for improvement in two subjects if he/she has passed all theory subjects
(ii) a candidate can apply for improvement in one subjects if he/she has passed
five theory subjects (iii) a candidate shall not be eligible for improvement of
any paper if he/she has failed for two or more theory subjects.
i)
No candidate shall be permitted to improve the marks
for practical examination.
j)
A candidate shall be allowed to withdraw from the whole
examination of a semester in accordance with the rules for cancellation of
examinations, of the University.
13. Promotion
to Higher semesters
A student is eligible to be promoted to
the higher semesters subject to the following conditions.
i)
He should have successfully completed the lower
semester.
ii)
He should have obtained 75% attendance in the lower
semester or obtained condonation as per University rules.
iii)
A student shall be permitted to register for any
semester examination only if he had registered for the previous semester
examination.
iv)
A student can be permitted to register for the V
semester University examination only if he has passed fully the combined I
& II semester examination.
v)
A student can be permitted to register for the VII
semester examination only if he has passed fully the III and IV semester
examination.
14. Completion
of the course
The degree will be awarded to the
candidate only if he successfully completes the course work and has passed all
the examinations within a period of 8 years from the time of admission.
15. Classification
of Successful candidates
a)
A candidate who qualifies for the Degree passing all
the semester examinations within five academic years (10 consecutive semesters)
after commencement of his course of study and has secured not less than 75% of
the aggregate of the total marks in all the 8 semesters shall be declared to
have passes B.Tech. Examination in First Class with Distinction.
b)
A candidate who qualifies for the Degree passing all
the semester examinations within five academic years (10 consecutive semesters)
after the commencement of the course of study and has secured not less than 60%
of the aggregate of the total marks in all the 8 semesters shall be declared to
have passes B.Tech. Examination in First Class.
c)
All other successful candidates shall be declared to
have passed B.Tech. Degree Examination in Second Class.
d)
Successful candidates who complete the examination in
four academic years (8 consecutive semesters and chances) after the
commencement of the course of study shall be ranked branch-wise on the basis of
the aggregate of the total marks for all the eight semesters.
16. Industrial
visit
It is desirable to conduct
Industry/Establishment/Site visits of one day duration as suggested by the
department in 3rd to 8th semesters. Such visits should be limited to 15 numbers
during the course and these days will be counted for attendance.
17. Co-curricular
Activities and Extra Murals
a) ‘Students’
Counselling
Students counselling must be undertaken
either during Saturdays or after regular working hours or on other holidays
depending upon the convenience of students and faculty members. A team of 3 faculty members including group
tutor of the class is expected to conduct regular counselling for duration of 5
hours/week in order to help the students in their curricular and personal
problems.
b)
Industrial/Field
Training & Literature Overview
In order to promote Industry-Institute
Interaction and to impart hands-on experience in the field work/literature
overview, 3 hours/week must be set apart for each class in addition to regular
working hours under the supervision of the faculty members.
c)
Seminar,
Symposium, Group Discussions etc.
Orientation lectures, Seminars etc. will
be presented by the faculty and experts from Industries or other Educational
institutions. Also there will be
Seminars, Debates and Group Discussions presented by the students to develop
their communication skill. 3 hours/week
from 4 P.M. to 5 P.M. is to be apart for this, which is to be, supervised by
the faculty members.
d)
Project work
For the students in final
semester, in addition to 4 hours allotted to regular project work, 5 hours/week
must also be added on during Saturdays or other holidays in order to improve
the quality of the projects undertaken.
A candidate will not be permitted to appear for the project work/viva
voce examinations unless, he/she submits the project report within the prescribed
date (March 15th).
18. Question
Papers
Question papers for Mathematics of all
semesters and Engineering Graphics of I & II semesters combined shall
contain two questions from each module of the relevant syllabus, one of which
will have to be answered. All other
theory papers will normally have the question papers in the following pattern.
Part
A Short answer questions
covering the whole syllabus with maximum 40% marks for this part. All questions are compulsory.
Part
B Two questions from each
module of the syllabus out of which one is to be answered. Maximum marks for this part is 60%.
19. Revision
of Regulations
The University may from time to time
revise, amend or change the Regulations, scheme of studies, and examination and
syllabi. The changes, unless specified
otherwise, will have effect from the beginning of the academic year/semester
following the Notification from the UNIVERSITY.
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