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DR.AMBEDKAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Aided by Government of Karnataka)
(Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU, Belgaum)
BANGALORE – 560 056
Examination Regulations for B.E. Degree Programs
(July 2016)
Tentative
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Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology (An Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU, Belgaum)
Examination Rules and Regulation
Introduction:
Rules and regulation mentioned herein are applicable for
all the students joining this institution under autonomous
status. These rules are subject to changes as and when it
is required. The current document bears the number Dr
AIT Exam 1.0.
The examination section takes care of all the activities
connected to student assessment as shown in fig 1.
Fig1. Semester Assessment
Ex.1 Assessment Ex. 1.1 Achievement Testing:
Continuous internal
Evaluation
Test
Semester End
Examination
3Tests
3 Quizzes 3 Assignments
Theory &
Practical
Results &
Announced
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a) The Assessment of students’ performance during
and/or at the conclusion of a programme has to
be done using Examinations. In general, an
examination may have different objectives, like
Achievement Testing, prediction testing,
endurance testing, and creativity testing and
testing for ranking.
b) In technical education, the Assessment is of the
Achievement Testing type, so that students’
knowledge, understanding and competence in the
subjects studied are properly assessed and
certified.
c) Typically Achievement Testing is done in two
parts, viz. sessional and terminal.
Sessional: The duration of the session duration
is 16 weeks. During this period a Continuous
Internal Evaluation (CIE) of the students shall be
conducted by the subject teacher. This evaluation
be shall be in the form of Three tests (CIE), Three
quizzes and Three Assignements, seminars, mini-
project and others. A student shall score a
minimum of 40% (i.e, 20 marks out of 50 marks)
in CIE failing which he shall lose eligibility to
appear for Semester End Examination (SEE) in
that subject and repeat the course by re-registering
and the same shall be indicated in the grade sheet.
Terminal: at the end of 16 weeks
Semester End Examination (SEE) shall
be conducted by the college the dates of
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which are fixed by the college and are
irrevocable. Shall obtain 40% (i.e., 20
Marks out of 50 marks) in the SEE.
d) In the credit based system of evaluation equal
weight age is given to both CIE and SEE. A
student’s performance in a subject shall be
judged by taking into account the results of CIE
and SEE individually and also together.
e) Attendance standards: All students shall maintain
a minimum attendance of 85% in each course
registered. In case of shortfall the Principal of the
college shall consider and may condone deficiency up
to a limit of 10% in special cases after due
recommendation by the concerned head of the
department. Any student failing to meet the above
standard of attendance in any course(s) registered
shall not be allowed to appear for SEE of such
course(s);
f) Attendance at CIE and SEE: Attendance at all
examinations, both CIE and SEE of each course
registered shall be compulsory for the students
and there shall not be any provision for re-
examinations. Any student against whom any
disciplinary action by the college is pending shall
not be permitted to attend any SEE in that
semester:
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g) Passing standards: High standard shall be
maintained in all aspects of the examinations and
the standards of passing at CIE and SEE for each
course, registered, as given in table 1. (Please see
section 2 on grading):
Table 1: Passing standards using Absolute Grading
Evaluation
Method Passing standards
Sessional (CIE) Score: >= 40 % (i.e., 20 out of
50 marks)
Terminal(SEE) Score: >= 40 % (i.e., 20 out of
50 Marks)
Project work Evaluation: The Evaluation of
CIE of the Project work shall be based on the
progress of the work assigned to the student by
the project supervisor, and there shall be
periodic evaluation by the subject teacher
together with a departmental committee
constituted for this purpose as per the scheme
and syllabus. One Seminar presentation and the
final project report score with also are included
in CIE. The minimum CIE score shall be
40%(i.e., 40 out of 100 marks)
Final oral examination conducted by a
common project evaluation committee
consisting of internal and external examiners
shall form the SEE of the Project Work. The
minimum SEE score shall be 40% (i.e., 40 out
of 100 marks).
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h) In the case of other requirements,
such as seminar, industrial internship, fieldwork,
comprehensive viva, if any the assessment shall
be made as laid down by the academic council.
Ex.1.2 Question papers: a) Achievement Testing: for an effective
Achievement Testing of the students in a
course there shall be quality learning testing
tools like, standard question papers,
comprehensive quizzes etc. these testing tools
should be such that :
All sections of the course syllabus are
covered.
Unambiguous and free form any
defects/errors;
Emphasize laid on knowledge testing,
problem solving and quantitative
methods;
Contain adequate data/ relevant
information about the problem assigned;
and,
Clear and complete instructions to the
candidates.
b) Question paper Planning:
The question paper setting for the CIE
(Continuous internal Evaluations) is done by
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the respective subject teachers. In SEE
(Semester End Examinations) question paper is
set by the internal as well as external. Total of
5 question paper is set in that 2 by internal and
3 by external examiners.
These requirements make it necessary for a
Question paper to cover the entire syllabus,
with a provision for internal choice in some
questions. This factor shall be taken note of by
the Board of studies/examiners, while planning
for the question papers.
Typical question paper: A typical CIE and
SEE question paper shall contain.
c) Multiple choice questions to be answered
by tick marking/numbering the correct answer
from among the options (commonly four)
given against it. These questions shall be such
that they test the analytical skills of the
students in the subject. The marks assigned to
the multiple choice questions shall not be more
than 20% of the total marks in the subject.
Descriptive questions: These questions
shall include definitions, derivations and
numerical problems. These questions
shall be such that they test the
comprehensive knowledge of the student
in the subject.
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Ex.1.3 Examinations:
(a) Maintenance of Standards: For ensuring
high standard in CIE and SEE, to meet the
Statutory requirements and be able to declare
the results in time it is necessary to strictly
adhere to the following:
CIE: The CIE shall be conducted
exclusively by the subject teacher /
centralized. The teacher to spell out the
components of CIE to the students in
advance, maintain transparency in its
operation, declare the evaluation results in
time and then return/show the Blue book
and assignment sheets to them; The teacher
shall also solve the questions from these test
papers during tutorials for the benefit of weak
students.
SEE: The SEE question paper shall
be set by an internal and /or external
examiner appointed for this purpose by the
college. The SEE shall be conducted by the
college as per the calendar of events.
Internal / External Review of
SEE question papers: Internal / External
review shall be conducted under the aegis of
the Board of examiners (BOE) of the college
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consisting of a panel internal/external subject
expert.
SEE ANSWER SCRIPTS
evaluation: The answer scripts (two
valuations) of SEE shall is evaluated by
internal and / or external valuators.
Every B.E. student appearing for the
examinations is eligible to apply for
pphotocopy of answer scripts in all theory
subjects excluding the answer scripts which
include drawing sheets.
There will be a single notification
inviting applications from the students to
apply for photocopy and for revaluation of
answer scripts mentioning the last dates.
Students may apply for photo copy of
answer scripts and revaluation together OR
only photo copy of answer scripts OR only
for revaluations. Once the last date is over, no
additional time will be granted for apply
either to soft copy or Revaluation.
As per the procedure laid down by
the college from time to time, the students
may apply for photo copy of answer scripts
for any number of theory subjects along with
necessary fees prescribed by the university
from time to time.
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A student shall not apply for photo
copy of answer scripts in the subjects other
than theory subjects and for the answer
scripts which include drawing sheets.
The fee for revaluation of answer
script of under graduate program will
fixed by the college and it is subject to the
revision of fee from time to time by the
college.
On receipt of the consolidated list, examination
section shall initiate the process of revaluation as
per the procedure detailed here under:
The COE (Controller of Examinations) shall
direct the coordinators of designated semester
to call the eligible teachers for valuation work
through department coordinators/ HOD
concerned.
The scripts for which the revaluation is require
, shall be made available for the eligible
valuer’s for evaluation along with the copy of
the original scheme of evaluation.
Valuation during the revaluation shall be a
single valuation.
After the revaluation If any answer script is
difference is more than 15 marks (i.e, 16 and
above). Then such scripts shall be evaluated
once again from a different teacher (who has
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not evaluated the script in the first
valuation/revaluation).
Award of marks after revaluation: 1. If the revaluation marks is lesser than the
original marks, the original marks shall be
retained.
2. If the marks after revaluation is higher than
the original marks, the revaluation marks
shall be awarded up-to maximum of 15
marks.
3. If the difference of marks between first
valuation and revaluation is more than 15, the
script will be evaluated by a third valuer.
After the third valuation:
CASE A:
Average of NEAREST TWO MARKS:
For Ex
First valuation marks Third
valuation
marks
Final
marks after
revaluation
20 50 46 48
30 48 31 31
In Example 1: V1= 20, V2 = 50, V3= 46
The difference of V1 and V2 =30
V1 and V3=26
V2 and V3=4
The minimum difference is V2and V3
The marks = 50+46=96/2=48
g) There Shall be no re-examination for any
Course in the credit based system. In the case
of the students:
Who have absented themselves from
attending CIE or SEE; without valid
reasons;Or,
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Who have failed (Grade F, as covered
in section 2.) to meet the minimum
passing standards prescribed for CIE
and /or SEE;or,
Who have been detained for want of
attendance; or,
Who have withdrawn (Grade W, as
covered in section 2.) from a Course
Such students shall be required to re-register
for the course(s) and go though CIE and SEE
again and obtain a Grade equal to or better
then E (Please see Tables 1.) The re-
registration shall be possible when the
particular courses is offered again either in a
main (Odd/Even) or a supplementary
semester.
h) Successive failures: If a student fails (Grade
F, as covered in section Ex 2.4 b.) to pass a
course and earn the credits prescribed for the
course even after three attempts, the admission of
the student to the programme shall be terminated
and the student shall be asked to leave the
college. However, such a student may seek
admission to the programme at the college afresh.
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Ex. 2. Grading:
Ex. 2.1 General:
a) The evaluation of students’ performance in a
course based on absolute marks, is gradually
being replaced by the grading system. Due
care shall be taken in formulating the grading
scheme such that migration of students or
transfer of credits among autonomous
colleges under the university is made easy.
b) Letter Grade: A letter grade is basically a
qualitative measure (an alphabet/letter) of the
performance of a student, such as,
Outstanding (S), Excellent (A), Very good
(B), Good (C), Average (D), Poor (E) and
unsatisfactory / Fail (F), based on the raw
score (marks as in conventional practice)
obtained by the student. This is usually
arrived at after the students’ performance in a
course, which includes both CIE and SEE.
Ex. 2.2 Absolute Grading:
Grading points
a) Depending on the letter grades assigned, a
student earns certain grade points. The grading
system can have different; grade points like 5, 8,
9 & 10 obtained from the actual marks range of
indicated in table -2 by the student out of 100
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marks in every subject. Based on these grade
points the grade like D, B, A and S respectively
are awarded as shown in table 2. More number of
points in the scale will be necessary to provide a
better resolution in the performance assessment.
Table 2: Grade points scale for the Absolute Grading Level Out
standing
Excellent Very
Good
Good Average Poor Fail
Grade S A B C D E F Grade
Points 10 09 08 07 05 04 00
Score
(Marks)
Range (%)
≥90 ≥75-< 90 ≥60-<75 ≥50-<60 ≥45-< 50 ≥40-<45 <40
b) The grade points given in the table 2 help in
the evaluation of credit points earned by the
student in a course as the credit points are equal
to the number of credit assigned to the course
multiplied by the grade points awarded to the
student in that course. This shall be used in
arriving at the credit index of the student for that
semester, as it is the sum total of the credit points
earned by the student for the entire course
registered in the semester.
c) Earning of credit: A student shall be
considered to have completed a course
successfully and earned the credit if he/she
secures an acceptable letter grade in the range
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S-E letter grade ‘F’ any course implies failure of
the student in that course and no credit earned
d) Transitional Grades: The Transitional
Grades, such as, ‘I’, ‘W’ and ‘X’ shall be
awarded to a student in the following cases.
These shall be converted into one or the other of
the letter grades (S-F) after the student completes
his / her course requirements, including
examinations;
Grade ‘I’: awarded to a student having
satisfactory attendance at classes and
meeting the passing standard at CIE in a
course, but remained absent from SEE for
valid and convincing reasons acceptable
to the college, like
Accident or severe illness
leading to hospitalization,
which disabled the student
from attending semester and
Examination (SEE);
A calamity in the family at the
time of SEE, which required
the student to be away from the
college.
Note: Intimation/request(s) should be mandatorily made
before completion of the said examination to the
concerned HOD/ Principal.
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Grade ‘W’: awarded to a student
having satisfactory attendance at
classes, but withdrawing from that
course before the prescribed date in a
semester under faculty advice;
Grade ‘X’: awarded to a student
having attendance >=85% and CIE
rating (>=40%) in a course, but SEE
performance observed to be poor,
which could result in an overall F grade
in the course. (No F grade awarded in
this case but students’ performance
record maintained separately).
e) Make-up Examination: Make-up
Examination facility shall be available to students
who may have missed to attend the SEE of one or
more courses in a semester for valid reasons and
those students of ‘I’ and X grade; shall also be
eligible to take advantage of this facility. The
Make-up Examination shall be held as per dates
notified in the academic calendar. However,
these examination can held at any other time in
the semester with the permission of the college
academic council. In all these cases, the standard
of the Make-up Examination shall be the same as
that of regular SEE for the courses.
f) In the event of a student in his/her final
semester failing in a laboratory course and/or
in CIE of a course, the students shall be given I
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and X grades for such course(s). In such a case,
the concerned teacher may grant the student extra
time not exceeding 12 weeks for completing the
course, with the concurrence of the Head of the
department and the principal of college. If no
such extra time is sought /granted, the
concurrence student shall have to re-register for
the course(s) in a succeeding semester and fulfill
the requirements for the award of the degree.
g) All the ‘I’ and ’X’ grade awarded to the
student shall have to be converted by the
concerned teachers to appropriate letter grades
and communicated to the college authorities
within three days of the respective Make-up
Examinations. Any outstanding ‘I’ and ’X’
grades three days after the last scheduled Make-
up Examinations shall be automatically
converted to ‘F’ grade.
h) All the ‘W’ grade awarded to the concerned
shall be eligible for conversion to the appropriate
letter grades only after the concerned re-register
for the courses in a main (Odd/Even)/
supplementary semester and fulfill the passing
standards for their CIE and SEE.
i) Grade Card: Each student shall be issued a
grade card (or transcript) at the end of each semester.
This shall have a list of all the course registered by a
student in the semester together with their credits, the
letter grade with grade points awarded and those with
grades ‘I; ‘W; and ‘X; but, only those course
registered for credit and having grade points shall be
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included in the computation of the students
performance, like SGPA and CGPA while the course
taken for audit will not form part of this computation.
The results of mandatory course, which are of the
non-credit type, shall also be reflected in the grade
card as PP (for passed) or NP (for not passed). It may
be noted that each UG student shall have to
obtain the grade PP in each mandatory course to
qualify for the degree award by the university.
Ex. 2.3 Grade Points Averages:
a) SGPA and CGPA: The credit index can be
used further for calculating the semester grade
Points Average (SGPA) and the cumulative grade
Points Average (CGPA), both of which being
important performance indicators of the student.
while SGPA is equal to the credit index for a
semester divided by the total number of credits
registered by the student in that semester, CGPA
given the sum total of credit indices of all the
previous semesters divided by the total number
of credits registered in all these semesters. Thus,
b)
SGPA will be computed as follows;
∑ [(Course credits) X (Grade Points)] (for all
courses in that semester excluding transitional
grades)
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∑ [(Course credits)] (for all courses in that
semester excluding transitional grades)
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CGPA will be computed as follows;
∑ [(Course credits) X (Grade Points)] (for all
courses excluding those with F & transitional
grades until that semester)
----------------------------------------------------------
∑ [(Course credits) (for all courses excluding
those with F & transitional grades until that
semester)
c) Illustrative Example: An Illustrative Example given in
table 3 indicates the use of the above two equations
in calculating SGPA and CGPA both of which
facilitate the declaration of academic performance of
a student, at the end of a semester and at the end of
successive semesters respectively. Both of them shall
be normally calculated up to the second decimal
position, so that the CGPA, in particular, can be made
use of in rank ordering the performance of a student
in a class. If two students get the same CGPA, the tie
should be resolved by considering the number of
times a student has obtained higher grades like S, A,
B etc.
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Table3: SGPA/ CGPA calculations: In Illustrative Example
* Total Number of credits excluding with ‘F’ & transitional
grades; this is particularly important to keep track of the
number of credits earned by a student up to any semester;
d) Vertical progression: It shall also be necessary
to lay down uniform minimum standards for
Semester
(Odd:1, Even:
II)
Course
No
Credits Grade Grade
Points
Credits
Points SGPA/CGPA
I XX101 5:0:0 B 8 40
I XX102 3:2:0 W - --
I XX103 3:0:0 A 9 27
I XX104 0:1:1 F 0 00
I XX105 4:1:0 D 5 25
I XX106 5:0:0 E 4 20
Total 20(18*) 112 SGPA= 112/20=5.60
II XX107 3:1:1 C 7 35
II XX108 4:0:0 B 8 32
II XX109 3:0:0 D 5 15
II XX110 4:1:0 E 4 20
II XX111 2:1:1 A 9 36
II XX112 2:0:0 F 0 00
II XX113 0:2:0 B 8 16
Total 25(23*) 154 SGPA= 154/25=6.16
CGPA= 266/41=6.48
Supplementar
y
XX102 3:2:0 D 5 25
Supplementar
y
XX104 0:1:1 C 7 14
Supplementar
y
XX112 2:0:0 D 5 10
9 49 SGPA= 49/9=5.44
CGPA= 315/50=6.30
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SGPA and CGPA together with the minimum
number of credits to be earned in a semester for
the Vertical progression of students. This shall be
used in facilitating the mobility of students from
one college to another and also in avoiding any
confusion among the students. The prescribed
standards for Vertical progression shall be as
follows:
Minimum standard for SGPA =5.0;
Minimum standard for CGPA =5.0;
(At the end of each academic year)
Maximum number of ‘F’ Grades that
can be carried at the end of academic
year is 04 (Four only).
However, failure to secure a minimum SGPA
=5.0 at the end of any semester for the first time,
shall attract a warning before sanctioning the
approval for the student to continue in the
following semester.
e) Awarded of class: Sometimes, it is
necessary to provide equivalence of SGPA and
CGPA with the percentages and/or class awarded
as in the conventional system of declaring the
results of university examinations. This shall be
done by prescribing certain specific thresholds in
these averages for distinction, First class and
second class, as in table 4.
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Table 4: Percentage Equivalence of Grade Points
(for a 10- point scale)
Ex. 2.4 Readmission of Detained Students from VTU to
Autonomous status
Any student migrating from VTU system to Autonomous
system of Dr AIT shall complete the entire failed subject
under parent VTU system only. In other words at the point of
joining the student shall not carry any failed subject.
a. Rejection of semester results
A candidate if desires, shall reject the results of whole
semester irrespective of performance of any individual
subject. However, there is no provision for the rejection of
results of any individual subject. Such rejection shall be
permitted only once during the entire course of study.
A candidate can reject the semester results and can take
readmission. In such cases, candidate should attended the
classes and shall obtain new internal assessment marks. For
Grade Points Percentage of Marks/class
5.75 50 ( second class)
6.25 55
6.75 60( first class)
7.25 65
7.75 70 ( Distinction)
8.25 75
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such rejection application shall be sent to the Principal through
concerned Head of the department within 10 days from the date of
announcement of results.
b. Not Fit for Technical Course
A candidate who has not obtained eligibility for third semester after
a period of three academic years from the date of first admission
shall discontinue the course. However, the candidate is eligible for
readmission for first year B.E. in the college.
The candidate shall complete the course within a period of eight
academic years from the date of first admission, failing which
he/she has to discontinue the course
It implies that, any candidate not getting the eligibility for the
5th semester within 6 academic years or
7th semester within 7 academic years
From the date of first admission will not be able to
complete the course and hence shall have to discontinue after 6th
or 7th academic years, respectively as the case may be.
A student shall discontinue the course if he/she as obtained 5 ‘F’
grades but he/she is permitted to rejoin the course from I year of B.E
in the same discipline.
A student shall discontinue the course if he/she obtains 3
consecutively ‘F’ Grade in a single subject with an option to rejoin
the course from I year of B.E in the same discipline.
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Ex. 2.5 GRACING POLICY
There is no grace policy for obtaining better grade
Ex. 2.6 Evaluation of Answer Scripts
All answer scripts shall be evaluated by external /
internal examiners.
20% of answer script shall be moderated by external or
internal examiner (only those who have not done the
first valuation) and the marks awarded by the
moderator is final. If the difference of marks between
the first and second valuer is more than 15%
(Grading system As explained in Ex.2.0)
Ex. 2.7 Class Declaration
A candidate who passes all the subjects with grade point of
7.75 and above shall be declared as First Class with
Distinction.
A candidate who passes all the subjects with grade point
6.75 and < 7.75 shall be declared as First Class.
A candidate who passes all the subjects with grade point
5.75 and < 6.75 shall be declared as Second Class.
Ex. 2.8 Award of Degree
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering shall be awarded to the
candidates who have passed all the stipulated examination from 1st
to 8th
semesters. However, declaration of the class of the degree
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shall be based on the performance of the candidate from 5th
to 8th
semester examinations taken together.
Ex. 2.9 Rank Declaration
Three ranks shall be awarded in each branch of Engineering
A candidate shall be eligible for a rank at the time of award of degree
in each branch of Engineering, provided he/she has
1. Passed in all the subjects from I to VIII semester in
FIRST attempt only.
2. For award of rank in branch of Engineering
the cumulative aggregate marks secured by the candidate
from V to VIII Semester shall be considered.
3. Shall not have repeated/rejected any of the lower semesters.
4. Shall have completed the prescribed course of study within
4 academic years.
Ex. 2.8 Correction in Grade Card
The Principal shall suitably notify the students to check the grade
card for name correction, if any, in the First Semester level.
Such requests together with a copy of the examination application
form/s duly self attested or whosoever authorized by the student,
along with a Demand Draft for Rs. 500/- per Grade Card be
forwarded to the office of the Controller of Examinations for
further processing. If Grade cards are sent at a later stage for name
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correction, DD shall be in the name of principal necessarily be sent
at a rate of Rs. 500/- per grade card.
Ex. 2.9 Issue of Duplicate Grade Card
There is provision of issue of duplicate Grade Cards in cases where
the marks cards are lost or mutilated.
1. For applying for Duplicate Grade card, the candidate
shall submit an affidavit on Rs.50 stamp paper giving
details, such as, USN, Month & Year of passing,
Course, Branch and how the original marks cards were
lost along with a fee of Rs.250/- plus Rs. 100/- per year
thereafter payable in the form of a DD drawn in favour
of the Principal, Dr.AIT, Bangalore.
2. The candidate has to lodge a complaint to local police
station where it was lost and submit the original copy of
acknowledgement of complaint along with the above
affidavit.
The candidates who are in need of the same shall forward their
applications along with the relevant documents through the office
of the Principal, to the office of the Controller of Examinations.
Ex. 2.10 Re-valuation
Applying Re-valuation of any subject answer script will be
permitted within a week of declaring the results, by paying fees of
Rs 1000/-, The announcement of results of revaluations shall be
within 10 days after the last date for applying revaluation.
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Ex. 2.11 GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF B.E.
PROJECT REPORTS
Project reports shall be typed neatly on one side of the paper
only with 1.5 or double line spacing on an A4 size bond
paper (210 x 297 mm). The margins shall be: Left - 1.25",
Right - 1", Top and Bottom - 0.75".
The total numbers of reports to be prepared are
One copy to the department
One copy to the concerned guide(s)
Two copies to the sponsoring agency
One copy to the candidate.
3. Before taking the final printout, the approval of the concerned
guide(s) is mandatory and suggested corrections, if any, shall be
incorporated.
4. For making copies dry tone Xerox is suggested.
5. Every copy of the report shall contain
Inner title page (White)
Outer title page with a plastic cover
Certificate in the format both from the college and the
organization where the project is carried out.
An abstract (synopsis) not exceeding 200 words, indicating
salient features of the work. (NB: four copies of the abstract
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are to be submitted to the Department on the date of
submission separately)
6. The organization of the report should be as follows
Chapters (to be numbered in Arabic) containing
Introduction-, which usually specifies the scope of work and
its importance and relation to previous work and the present
developments, Main body of the report divided
appropriately into chapters, sections and subsections.
The chapters, sections and subsections may be numbered in
the decimal form for e.g. Chapter 2, sections as 2.1, 2.2 etc.,
and subsections as 2.2.3, 2.5.1 etc.
The chapter shall be left or right justified (font size 16).
Followed by the title of chapter centered (font size 18),
section/subsection numbers along with their headings
shall be left justified with section number and its heading
in font size 16 and subsection and its heading in font size
14. The body or the text of the report shall have font size
12.
1. Inner title page
2. Abstract or Synopsis
3. Acknowledgments
4. Table of Contents
5. List of table & figures (optional)
Usually numbered in roman
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The figures and tables shall be numbered chapter wise for
e.g.: Fig. 2.1 Block diagram of a serial binary adder, Table
3.1 Primitive flow table, etc.
The last chapter should contain the summary of the work
carried, contributions if any, their utility along with the
scope for further work.
Reference OR Bibliography: The references shall be numbered
serially in the order of their occurrence in the text and their numbers
shall be indicated within square brackets for e.g. [3]. The section on
references shall list them in serial order in the following format.
1. For textbooks - A.V. Oppenheim and R.W. Schafer,
Digital Signal Processing, Englewood, N.J., Prentice
Hall, 3 Edition, 1975.
2. For papers - David, Insulation design to combat
pollution problem, Proc of IEEE, PAS, Vol 71, Aug
1981, pp 1901-1907.
Only SI units are to be used in the report. Important
equations shall be numbered in decimal form for e.g.
V = IZ .......... (3.2)
All equation numbers should be right justified.
The project report shall be brief and include descriptions of
work carried out by others only to the minimum extent
necessary. Verbatim reproduction of material available
elsewhere should be strictly avoided. Where short excerpts
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from published work are desired to be included, they shall
be within quotation marks appropriately referenced.
Proper attention is to be paid not only to the technical
contents but also to the organization of the report and clarity
of the expression. Due care shall be taken to avoid spelling
and typing errors. The student shall note that report-write-
up forms the important component in the overall evaluation
of the project
Hardware projects must include: the component layout,
complete circuit with the component list containing the
name of the component, numbers used, etc. and the main
component data sheets as Appendix. At the time of report
submissions, the students shall hand over a copy of these
details to the project coordinator and see that they are
entered in proper registers maintained in the department.
Software projects shall include a virus free disc, containing
the software developed by them along with the read me
file. Read me file should contain the details of the variables
used, salient features of the software and procedure of using
them: compiling procedure, details of the computer
hardware/software requirements to run the same, etc. If the
developed software uses any public domain software
downloaded from some site, then the address of the site
along with the module name etc. shall be included on a
separate sheet. It shall be properly acknowledged in the
acknowledgments.
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The reports submitted to the department/guide(s) shall be
hard bounded, with a plastic covering.
Separator sheets, used if any, between chapters, shall be of
thin paper
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DR. AMBEDKAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(An Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to VTU, Belgaum) Near Jnana Bharathi campus, Bangalore -56
Department of ……………………………………………………..
CERTIFICATE
This is to Certify that the project work entitled ………………… carried out by
Mr./Ms. ………………………….……………….., USN…………………..………, a
bonafide student of …………………………………….has been carried under my
guidance during the academic year …………and is in partial fulfillment for the
award of Degree in Bachelor of Engineering in ………………………… of the Dr.
Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore for the academic year
……………………... It is certified that all corrections/suggestions indicated during
Internal Assessment have been incorporated in the Report deposited in the
departmental library. It is further certified that this work not been submitted to any
university/organization for the award of any other degree or diploma or certificate
including a similar degree. The project report has been approved as it satisfies the
academic requirements in respect of Project work prescribed for the said Degree.
Name & Signature of the Guide Name Signature of the HOD
Signature of the Principal
External Viva
Name of the examiners Signature with date
1
2.
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Certificate issued at the Organization where the project was
carried out (On a separate sheet, If applicable)
NAME OF THE INDUSTRY / ORGANIZATION
Address with pin code
CERTIFICATE
This is to Certify that the project work entitled
………………………………………... carried out by Mr./Ms .
…………………………USN…………………..………, a bonafied
student of ……………………………………………………. has
been carried out under my guidance at this organization in partial
fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of Engineering in
………………………...………………………….……… of the Dr.
Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore during the year
……………………... It is certified that, he/she has completed the
project satisfactorily.
Name & Signature of the Guide Name & Signature of the
Head or organization
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Color of the outer cover/front page of
UG Dissertation / project report
Sl.
No. UG course
Color of the
outer
cover/front
page of the
report
1
Electronics & Communication,
Telecommunication, Bio-Medical, Medical
Electronics, Electrical & Electronics and
Instrumentation Technology
(EC/TE/BM/ML/EE/IT)
PURPLE
2 Computer Science and Information Science
and Engineering (CS/IS) CREAM
3
Mechanical, Printing Technology, Mining,
Industrial Production, Industrial Engineering
& Management, Manufacturing Science and
Engineering and Automobile
(ME/PT/MI/IP/IM/ MA /AU)
SKY
BLUE
4 Civil, Transportation and Environmental
Engineering (CV/TR/EV) GREY
5 Chemical, Cement & Ceramics, Silk, Textile
Technology and Polymer Science
(CH/CC/ST/TX/PM) BROWN
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DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS FOR B.E. DISSERTATION
EVALUATION
Sl. No. Particulars Max. Marks
1 Relevance of the subject in the present context 5
2 Literature Survey 5
3 Problem formulation 5
4 Experimental observation / theoretical modeling 5
5 Results – Presentation & Discussion 5
6 Conclusions and scope for future work 5
7 Overall presentation of the Thesis/Oral presentation 20
Total Marks 50
Ex. 2.12 Students Malpractice:
To prevent students from indulging in copying etc., during the
conduction of Semester End Examinations, there shall be a
college flying squad. The squad shall visit every room wherein
written examination is going on and shall check, frisk, and seize
any incriminating material possessed by the students. Any
student caught copying shall be booked by the squad or room
invigilator or chief Supertindentant or malpractice. A
malpractice committee shall look into this matter well before
the announcement of the results and shall award punishment to
students based on the gravity of the offence committed by the
student. For other details refer regulations of malpractice No:
Ex. No.2.