University examination fee shall be charged at the time of enrollment of each semester.

1. There shall be two mandatory examinations in each semester i.e. Mid Term and Final Term. Any student absent in the final examination shall be considered as a fail. In addition to these examinations the teacher shall give home assignments and quizzes etc. to the students. The teacher will be solely responsible for deciding the mode, conduct as well as evaluation of examination in his/her course. The grade given by the teacher shall be final.
2. For Distance Learning Programs, a collective final exam will be conducted. Student has to get passing marks in assignment and final examination separately.
3. The mid-semester examination shall be held during 9th week of the semester and carry 30 percent of the total allocated marks for the course. This examination shall be held by the concerned teacher who shall proceed according to the University rules.
4. For the purpose of evaluation, one credit hour will carry 20 marks e.g., a four credit hours will carry 80 marks. These marks will be divided in accordance with the credits assigned to theory and practical (where applicable) for each course.
5. To pass a deficiency course a student is required to obtain at least “C” grade.
6. The following weightage shall be given to the examinations, home assignments, etc.

   Regular and Weekend Programs		Distance Learning Programs
   Mid-semester examination	30%	At least Two Assignments as sessional evaluation	20%
   Home assignments / quizzes, presentations etc.	20%	Final Examination (No Mid Exam)	80%
   Final examination	50%	Total:	100%
   Total:	100%
   Note: (fraction in total obtained marks of a course will be rounded to the nearest whole number)

    
7. The scripts of each examination shall be discussed with the students.
8. To qualify a course, it is essential to pass separately the theory and practical (where applicable) examinations with aggregation to be at least 40 percent except for Engineering and Pharmacy Degree programs where aggregation pass marks requirement is 50%.
9. The duration of examination shall be as under;

   Mid-Semester Examination (One hour)

   Final Examination (Two to three hours)

10. Question paper for the mid and final term examination shall be set by the respective teacher. However, Chairperson/ Principal/ Director/ Departmental Incharge shall ensure the quality and standard of the question paper set by the teacher.
11. The teacher shall send the final award list of the course through the respective Chairperson to the office of the Controller of Examinations within 10 days after the end of a semester. The Dean/Coordinator may condone the delay in result submission. A copy of the award list should also be sent to the office of the Director/Principal/ Chairman and the Dean/Coordinator concerned.
12. On receipt of the award lists, the Controller of Examinations shall notify the results and send copies to the office of the Dean/Coordinator, Director/Principal and the Chairman of the concerned Department.

This Committee shall have proper role in supervising and evaluating the conduct of all examinations in the Department. The Committee may comprise the following:

• Chairperson/Incharge of Department (Convener).
• Two faculty members of the Department (one may be program coordinator, the other as Secretary of Committee).
• The teacher concerned may be co-opted in case of complaint of a student.

1. All tests and examinations shall take place on the premises specified by the Departmental Examination Committee.
2. The schedule of tests and midterm/final examinations shall be notified by the Departmental Examination Committee at the beginning of the Semester or whenever these are announced by the Office of the Controller of Examinations.
3. Students are responsible for checking the date time and location of their examinations from the given schedules.
4. Student who is unable to take an examination due to reasons beyond his/her control (e.g., serious illness, accidental events etc.) may be permitted to take the special examination.
5. For all examinations, the students may be required to show their students ID cards or personal ID for verification purpose. Students, who are unable to present their ID cards, if required, may not be allowed to sit in the examination.
6. Student must write the program title, subject title, course code (course title) and his/her registration number, signature clearly on the front page of their \ answer sheets.
7. The record of question papers/marked scripts/Midterm Examination / Final Examination etc. shall be preserved by the Controller of Examinations for two years after the completion of the degree program.
8. Provisional announcement of the result of a program will be made by the Controller of Examinations.
9. Final Notification of the results shall be made by the Controller of Examinations by displaying on the University Notice Board / Gazette / University Website.

1. Grade point and equivalence between letter grading and numerical grading shall be as follows:

   Grade	Value	Marks (%)	Remarks
   A	4	80 – 100	Excellent
   B	3 – 3.99	65 – 79.99	Good
   C	2 – 2.99	50 – 64.99	Satisfactory
   D	1 – 1.99	40 – 49.99	Pass
   I	0	Zero	Incomplete
   F	0	Less than 40 % for undergraduate & master Less than 50 % for MS/MPhil/PhD	Fail
   W	–	Will not be included in GPA calculation	With drawn
   * Only for BS and Master Degree Programs. There is no “D” Grade in MPhil and PhD and BSC Pharm-D.

2. For the BSc electrical (telecommunication) engineering and BSc Engineering/ Electrical/ Electronics/ Telecommunication Technology programmes grade point and equivalence between letter grading and numerical grading shall be as follows:

   Grade	Value	Marks (%)	Remarks
   A+	4	90 – 100	Exceptional
   A	4	80 – 89.99	Excellent
   B+	3.51–3.99	75 – 79.99	Very Good
   B	3.0 – 3.5	65 – 74.99	Good
   C+	2.6 – 2.99	60 – 64.99	Satisfactory
   C	2 – 2.59	50 – 59.99	Satisfactory
   I	0	Zero	Incomplete
   F	0	Less than 40 % for undergraduate & master Less than 50 % for MS/MPhil/PhD	Fail
   W	–	Will not be included in GPA calculation	With drawn

3. If a student fails to obtain prescribed CGPA at the end of each Academic Year (after two consecutive Fall and Spring Semesters and summer semester) his/her admission shall stand cancelled. However the student may seek fresh admission.
4. The following CGPA is required for secure of his/her admission in a program and successful completion.

   1. For Undergraduate Program

      1. After first Academic Year required CGPA is 1.75
      2. After second Academic Year required CGPA is 2.00
      3. After third Academic Year required CGPA is 2.25
      4. After fourth Academic Year required CGPA is 2.50

   2. For Master Degree Program

      1. After first Academic Year required CGPA is 2.00
      2. After second Academic Year required CGPA is 2.50
      3. A student, who obtains CGPA of 2.25 or more but less than 2.50 upon the completion of entire course work, may be allowed to repeat once two courses of the lowest grades (C & D) in order to improve the CGPA and to obtain the minimum of 2.50, failing which the student shall cease to be on he rolls provided that he/she has availed the maximum permissible repetitions

   3. For MS/MPhil Degree Program

      1. After completion of course work required CGPA is 2.8
      2. After second Academic Year required CGPA is 3.0
      3. A student, who obtains CGPA of 2.5 or Additional but less than 2.8 upon the completion of course work, may be allowed to repeat once two courses of thelowest grades or allowed to enroll more courses (if offered) in order to improve the CGPA and to obtain the minimum of 2.80,failing which the student shall cease to be on the rolls provided that he/she has availed the maximum permissible repetitions.

   4. For Ph.D Degree Program

      1. If a student fails to obtain 3.0 CGPA at the end of each academic year (fall and spring) his/her admission shall stand cancelled. However he/she may seek fresh admission.

1. The CGPA will be reported up to two decimals but for determination of merit position CPGA will be calculated up to four decimal. In case of a tie merit position will be determined on the basis of the weighted percentage marks obtained.
2. All students obtaining CGPA of 4.0 will be declared on the Honours List.
3. Compilation and notification of the results will be made by the Controller of Examinations.

Absence from any scheduled examination is permissible only in extreme situations beyond the control of the student as approved by the Vice Chancellor. Serious illness of the student or death of the immediate family member is regarded as a legitimate reason for scheduling a special examination. Even in an emergency situation, the student or someone on his/her behalf must inform the Chairperson of the Department in writing before the examination is held. Request for scheduling a special examination must be made by student and submitted to the Chairperson, along with other required documents, within one week of missing the examination. The Chairperson will send the case to Controller of Examinations for notification after the approval of the Competent Authority. The special examination of the mid semester examination will be managed by the concerned teacher and chairperson of the department before the commencement of the final examination. Whereas,special examination of the (missed) final semester examination must be held during the next summer break or before the Midterm examination of next semester. Such a candidate shall be given Incomplete Grade (‘I’ Grade). Private arrangements for special examination between a student and the teacher are not allowed.

All departments should have a 3 member Committee headed by a senior faculty member to redress the grievances of the students about any course instructor or grades or for any other issue.

1. The Supervisory Committee for a student shall be proposed by the respective Board of Studies of the Department/Institute during the 3rd semester for the thesis and for research project only one supervisor will be appointed by Chairperson in respective semester. In PhD program Supervisory Committee and thesis topic will be approved by BoS and ASRB after successful qualification of comprehensive examination.
2. Supervisory Committee shall consist of the 03 members of the department. Therefore, the constitution of the Committee is given as under
   Supervisor
   Member-1
   Member-2
   However, if an outstanding specialist in a major or minor/elective field of study is available outside the department/University, he/ she may be taken as a member of the Supervisory Committee as “ Supervisor-2” on ‘ceteris paribus’.
3. Supervisor of the student will act as Chairman of the Supervisory Committee.
4. Supervisory Committee proposed by the respective Board of Studies and recommended by the Chairman/ Director of the Institute shall be approved by the Competent Authority.
5. Supervisory Committee may be revised with the reasons of change to be recorded by the Competent Authority but not after the submission of thesis to DAS. Further all the rules therein laid by HEC from time to time will be followed strictly.
6. In case, a student duly recommended by the Chairman/ Director/ Principal is concerned to conduct his/her complete/part of thesis research in other institution/ laboratory, is allowed by the office of the Dean/Director; the helping scientist will be taken as Supervisor-2 in the Supervisory Committee of the student. However, the university will not bear any financial liability in this context.
7. Foreign Faculty members, HEC National Professors/HEC Eminent Scientists may act as Supervisor/Member of the Supervisory Committee.
8. Faculty on Tenure Track System (TTS) / Interim Placement of Fresh PhD program (IPFP) will be considered at par with regular faculty for appointment as member of supervisory committee.
9. Contract teachers may act as Supervisor / Member of the Supervisory Committee only in Mphil program , where, there is shortage of regular faculty members.

1. Candidates pursuing a program of study which includes research component must pass the prescribed courses before proceeding with the research work & also fulfill the residential requirements. He/she is required to submit thesis submission form and thesis examination fee before the submission of thesis.
2. For the evaluation of research reports at under graduate level an examination committee comprising of senior faculty members of the department will be formulated by the respective chairperson of the department.
3. The topic of the Thesis and the panel /list of the External Examiners are to be approved by the Board of Studies of the concerned Department.
4. Thesis/Research report has to be submitted within 60 days (90 days for PhD) after the last day of termination of last semester unless extension has been approved by the Competent Authority.
5. The student who will enroll beyond their stipulated limit of the semesters will have to pay an additional tuition fee of 50% for every semester above the regular fee.
6. The thesis must be prepared in accordance with the guidelines provided by the academic department/faculty concerned.
7. The thesis duly certified by the Supervisory Committee that the contents and form of the thesis are satisfactory for submission shall be sent to the external examiner by the office of the Controller of Examinations (CE) for evaluation. A panel of three examiners per student shall be submitted to the CE office by the Chairman of the respective Board of Studies on or before the submission of thesis.
8. Candidates must submit the required number of the copies of the thesis as determined by the program for the purpose of assessment and examination. Original Plagiarism report along with the certificate from Supervisor and Declaration by the student must be submitted while submitting the thesis to the respective Directorate. The Directorate shall notify the dates for the semi final and final phases of thesis submission.
9. The thesis shall be evaluated by a Board of Examiners comprising members of the Supervisory Committee and external examiners (National) appointed by the Vice Chancellor from the panel of names recommended by the Board of Studies. At least three/four members of the Board of Examiners of whom one at least must be an external examiner shall be appointed to evaluate the thesis, hold a viva voce examination and such other tests as they are considered necessary for the degree. The external examiner/s shall be given reasonable time to go through the contents of the thesis critically.
10. Supervisor, after consultation with the external examiner shall decide the date, time and venue ( in campus) for thesis evaluation.
11. There shall be 120 marks corresponding to 06 credit hours allocated for thesis.
12. Total marks so awarded will be converted into a letter grade as mentioned under clause 16.5 above and average grades on the basis of course work and thesis will then be worked out to calculate the final CGPA.
13. The thesis evaluation should be completed within six months from the date of dispatch of thesis by the Controller of Examinations to the quarter concerned. The Controller of Examination shall get the approval of the external examiner from the Vice Chancellor and thesis shall be dispatched to him/her accordingly. In case of regret from the first External Examiner nominee(s), second approval of External Examiner nominee (s) shall be sought within eight weeks from the Vice Chancellor by the Controller Examination. However, the Vice Chancellor may allow extension for thesis evaluation up to one year in hardship cases.
14. The supervisor shall send the award list of thesis examination after counter signature of the Chairperson to the office of the Controller of Examinations after making sure that the student has incorporated the suggested improvements. The Controller of Examinations shall notify the result of the student after receiving three hard bound copies of thesis.
15. In case of disagreement between the Supervisory Committee and the External Examiner regarding the acceptance of the thesis it shall be referred to another external examiner whose decision shall be final.
16. If a candidate fails in the thesis examination, he/she will submit a revised thesis within six months after the date of declaration of the result of the last thesis examination,on payment of the prescribed thesis examination fee. He/she can avail this chance only once.
17. If the thesis, submitted by a candidate for final evaluation, is proved to be copied/ plagiarized at the time of viva-voce examination, it will be liable to be rejected on the report of Board of Examiners and the Controller of Examinations will declare the candidate fail in thesis examination. The admission of such candidate shall be cancelled and he/she shall not be readmitted under any circumstances.
18. f the thesis of a candidate is proved to be plagiarized after its evaluation and declaration of result, previous result of the candidate will be cancelled and he/she will be declared to have failed in thesis examination. Such candidate shall not be re-admitted under any circumstances.
19. To publish an approved thesis or any portion of it, the student must indicate clearly that the said thesis was submitted to the University as fulfillment of requirement for the Degree Program.
20. The University reserves the right to use the thesis or otherwise for teaching and research purposes as and when required.
21. After submission of the thesis, the students will not be allowed to stay in the University hostels.
22. The Convener of the Board of Studies (BoS) shall act as Chairman of thesis examination.

1. Every member of the University community is responsible for upholding the highest standards of honesty at all times. Academic honesty is expected from all the concerned (the students, teachers, technical and administrative staff etc.) of all levels.
2. Cheating, that is, using or attempting to use unauthorized assistance, material or study aids in examinations or academic work will be called for disciplinary action.
3. Plagiarism: using the data, or written material without specific or proper acknowledgment is an academic dishonesty that shall result in disciplinary action.
4. Tempering or an attempt to temper any academic record or transcripts in any manner will result in the termination of the study of the student involved.
5. Exchanging or passing information to other students through any electronic or network means during an examination is considered cheating and shall be liable to disciplinary action.
6. Any form of unfair means or irregularity by a student or a group of students will be immediately reported to the Departmental Examination Committee which will forward it to Discipline Committee (Examinations) for establishing facts and fixing responsibility (ies). Severity of penalty imposed on the student can range from termination or expulsion from the Programs for a specified period or monetary fines or both.

For admission of candidates from other Universities, Colleges, Institutes, etc. to this University whose courses/examinations are different from the corresponding courses/examinations of this university, a standing committee of the Academic Council called the Equivalence Committee, shall be set up to examine the cases of such students and make recommendations to Vice Chancellor for final approval on behalf of the Academic Council. The members of the equivalence committee shall hold office for two years. regarding conversion of grades/marks obtained in Semester system into Annual system or vice versa.

Not withstanding anything contrary to these Regulations/Rules, the Vice Chancellor shall have the powers conferred by the statuary bodies to issues order, directions or instructions for the smooth working of the Academics affairs of this University and on the issue(s) which are not covered under these “Semester Rules”, where any rule(s) /Regulation(s) are silent or in cases of ambiguity or discrepancy as regards into the interpretation of these Rules, the decision of the Vice Chancellor shall be final.