Examinations

(a) Tests and Examinations

18.        (i)         There shall be two examinations for each course during each semester. These examinations shall be termed mid-semester and final. In addition to these examinations the teacher shall give home assignments, term papers, quizzes, etc. The determination of the form of these examinations will be left to the teacher who will be solely responsible for the conduct of examination as well as evaluation in his course. The grade given in the course by the teacher shall be final.

(ii)         Only those students who have attended not less than 75 per cent of lectures and practical, separately, in each course, shall be eligible for admission to such examinations.

(ii)                 A teacher shall report to the Dean/Director/Principal concerned through the Chairman of the Department/Sectional Head concerned the names of students who are absent from the lectures/practical continuously for seven days to enable him/her to strike off such students.

            (Explanation: The Dean/Director/Principal may re-admit such a candidate or refuse admission if the reasons advanced are not convincing).

19.        The final examination for a semester shall be held on a date and time and place to be notified by the teacher in advance.

20.        To pass a deficiency course a student shall be required to obtain at least grade C.

21.        The scripts of the final examination shall be made available to the students to see by the concerned teacher, taken back and then forwarded to the Controller of Examinations within ten days, who shall preserve the scripts for a year.

22.        (i)         The mid-semester examination shall be held during 9th week of the semester which shall carry 30 per cent of the total allocated marks for the course. This examination shall be held by the teacher concerned who shall determine the form of the examination.

(ii)         In addition, quizzes, special home assignments and/or term papers shall carry 10 per cent of the total marks allocated which shall be uniformly split over the whole semester. The final examination to be held at the end of the semester shall carry 60 per cent of the total marks allocated.

            (iii)        For the purpose of evaluation, one credit will carry 20 marks e.g. a five credit course will carry 100 marks. These marks will be divided in accordance with the credits assigned to theory and practical for each course.

23.               The following weight age shall be given to the examinations, home assignments, term papers, etc.

            (i)         Seasonal work/Examination:

                        Mid-semester examination                                  30%

                        Home assignments/term paper/quizzes               10%        40%

            (ii)         Final Examination of the course                                        60%

                        (Covering the entire course)

                                                                                                Total:    100%

24.               In order to qualify in the examination of a semester, a student must obtain at least 20 per cent marks separately in (i) Seasonal Work/Examination(s), as well as (ii) Final Examination. In other words, for cumulative passing, the essential condition will be the attainment of at least 20 per cent marks in each part. It will also be essential to pass separately in the practical work.

25.        The teacher shall send the final award list for the course to the Controller of Examinations, and a copy each to the Dean/Director/Principal of the Faculty/Division/Institute/ College, Chairman of the Department concerned and the Director, Advanced Studies, normally within Ten days after the end of the semester(Syndicate dated 4.11.04.)

26.        On receipt of the award lists, the Controller of Examinations shall prepare a consolidated award sheet and send it to the Director, Advanced Studies and Dean/Director/Principal and the Chairmen of the Departments concerned.

27.        A student, who has taken the final examination of an approved course at the end of a semester, shall not be permitted to delete the course.

28.        A student who fails to make up the deficiency in his/her grade point average, in the number of chances permitted, shall cease to be on the rolls.

(b) Grade Point Average

29.        Grade point will be as follows: A for 4, B for 3, C for 2 and F for failure (that is zero).

            Maximum grade point average                                                     : 4.00

            Minimum grade point average for obtaining M.Phil. Degree : 2.75

            Equivalence between letter grading and numerical grading shall be as follows:

                        Grade              Value               Marks               Remarks

                        A                      4                      80 - 100%         Excellent

                        B                      3                      65 -  79%          Good

                        C                      2                      50 -  64%          Pass

                        F                      0                      Below 50%        Fail

                        (Fractions to be rounded to the nearest whole number)

(Explanation: The student should obtain GPA/CGPA of 2.75 for enrolment to the next semester. In case a student is able to obtain GPA/CGPA of 2.25, or more but less than 2.75, he/she will be allowed to enroll in the next semester, but only once, and he/she will be given a warning to improve his/her GPA/CGPA and if he/she fails to obtain 2.75 in the next semester, his/her admission shall stand cancelled.

30.        A student, who obtains CGPA of 2.25 or more but less than 2.75 upon the completion of entire approved course work, may be allowed to repeat once the courses of the previous semesters in which he/she had obtained the lowest grades in order to improve the CGPA so as to obtain the minimum of 2.75 failing which he/she shall cease to be on the rolls.

(c) Comprehensive Examination

31.        A student admitted to the course shall take a comprehensive examination, within two semesters after he/she has successfully completed the approved course work.

            (Explanation: The comprehensive examination shall be arranged within 10 weeks of the termination of each regular semester. A student will have to apply for comprehensive examination on the prescribed form at least two months before the examination. If a student does not apply within the specified period or does not appear in the examination, he/she will be deemed to have availed one chance and failed to qualify in the first attempt).

32.        The comprehensive examination will cover the entire fields of study and will consist of a written part followed by an oral part. It will be designed to ascertain whether the student has attained sufficient knowledge and the intellectual maturity necessary to become a successful scholar in his/her chosen discipline. It will not be a mere re-examination of previous courses but will test the students' ability to integrate and assimilate the knowledge obtained from the courses, seminars and independent studies.

33.        Examiners for the comprehensive examination shall be appointed by the Vice Chancellor from the persons proposed by the Board of Studies.

34.        To pass the comprehensive examination, a student must obtain not less than 60 % marks in each written paper and in the oral part, separately. A fraction in the total marks in either case shall be counted as one mark.

35.        A student shall not be eligible to sit in the oral part, unless he/she has qualified in the written part of the Examination.

36.        An application for admission to examination or for re-examination shall be submitted on the prescribed form.

37.        If a student fails to qualify either in the written or oral part of the comprehensive examination, he/she shall be eligible to offer himself/herself again in the part in which he/she failed, but only once and that also not earlier than three months and not later than 12 months after the date of the declaration of the result of the examination.

38.        A student who has passed the comprehensive examination shall be deemed to have become a candidate for admission to M.Phil. degree.

(i) Comprehensive Examination - Written Part:

39.        The Controller of Examinations shall, with the approval of the Vice Chancellor notify the date, time and venue of the examination at least two weeks before the commencement of the examination.

40.        The Board of Examiners for written comprehensive examination shall be appointed by the Vice Chancellor from amongst the teachers. The Vice Chancellor shall designate one of the members to act as Chairman of the Board.

41.        The written comprehensive examination shall comprise of at least 2 papers in the fields of study  to be prescribed by the Board of Studies of the Department.

42.        A student shall answer questions set by each member on a separate answer book which shall be sent by the Controller of Examinations to the member concerned for evaluation.

43.        Each member shall, within seven days after the receipt of the answer books, return them duly marked to the Controller of Examinations alongwith the award list.

44        To pass the written examination a student must secure not less than 60% marks in   

             the set of questions asked by each member separately.

(Explanation: If a student fails in two or more papers, he/she will be re-examined in all the papers as covered in regulation No.37. If a student fails in one paper, he/she will re-appears only in the failed paper in the next coming examination. In case he/she again fails, the student would have to appear in all the papers as covered in regulation No.37.)

(ii) Comprehensive Examination - Oral Part:

45.        After qualifying the written comprehensive examination, the candidate shall be required to appear in oral examination within 2 months of the declaration of the result of the written comprehensive examination. If a candidate fails to appear in oral comprehensive examination within the prescribed time limit, the result of the written comprehensive examination shall stand cancelled and he/she shall have to appear again in the written comprehensive examination. The oral examination shall be conducted by the Board of Examiners appointed under regulation 40 and the Chairman of the Department, Dean of the Faculty or his nominee, and Director, Advanced Studies or his nominee. If a member other than the Chairman of the Board of Examiners is not available, the Vice Chancellor may nominate another person in his place.

46.        The Chairman of the Board of Examiners shall be responsible for the conduct of the oral examination and shall determine the order in which each member of the Board shall put questions to the student. The members shall be free to ask any number of questions.

47.        At the conclusion of the oral examination, the student shall be declared to have qualified or not qualified and the Chairman of the Board of Examiners shall forward the award lists to the Controller of Examinations. In case of a split decision, the majority decision shall be final.

(d) Thesis Examination

48(1).    The unbound thesis shall be referred to the external examiner for evaluation after the student has passed all the final examinations in the approved courses and has fulfilled the residential requirement. The Supervisory Committee will certify that the contents and form of the thesis are satisfactory.

48(2).    The thesis shall be evaluated by a Board of Examiners comprising members of the supervisory committee and one external examiner, appointed by the Vice Chancellor out of the panel of five names recommended by the Board of Studies. At least three members of the Board of Examiners of whom one must be an external examiner shall, for the purpose of evaluating the thesis, hold a viva-voce

            examination and such other tests as they may consider necessary. The external examiner shall be given reasonable time to go through the contents of the thesis critically. The viva voce examination would be conducted at least after one week of the receipt of thesis by the external examiner. The evaluation will be made according to the following numerical as well as letter grades:

            (a)        There shall be 300 marks corresponding to 15 credit hours allocated for thesis which may be divided as under:

(i)                   Seventy five marks for the evaluation of  technical knowledge of the topic as well as general knowledge about the subject of the degree programme.

(ii)                 150 marks for the subject matter of the thesis such as originality and justification of research, quality of data, interpretation of data, conclusion drawn and achievements of the objectives of the research.

                        (iii)        Seventy five marks for technical aspects of presentation such as consistency, illustrations, diagrams, references, English grammar, vocabulary and quality of typing.

(a)                 The marks so awarded will be converted into letter grades by the prescribed formula which shall be A, B, C or F, as the case may be. Average grade on the basis of Course Work and Thesis will then be worked out to calculate the final CGPA.

(c)      The thesis evaluation will be conducted within six months from the date of dispatch of thesis from the office of Controller of Examinations to the   quarters concerned, failing which the student will be declared fail in the thesis  examination. However, the Vice Chancellor may allow upto one year in hardship cases (Syndicate 12.3.05)

   48(3). 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.

   48(4). 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. The Controller of Examinations will declare the candidate fail in thesis examination. The admission of such a candidate shall be cancelled and he/she shall not be readmitted to M.Phil. under any circumstances.

 48(5).   If 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 a candidate shall not be readmitted to M.Phil. under any circumstances.

                                                   IV. Examination fee

 49.       University examination fee shall be charged at the time of registration for each semester.

                                                          V. General

50.        A candidate who fulfilled all the requirements prescribed for the course shall be awarded the Degree of M.Phil.