Visvesvaraya Technological University

(Award of Bachelor of Engineering/Technology Degree) Regulations, 2022

Index
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Clause Title Page No.
No.

1 -- Preamble 2

1 Short Title, Application and Commencement 2

2 Definition of Key Words 2

2 22OB 1.0 Title and Duration of the Programme 8

3 22OB 2.0 Academic Eligibility for Admission 8

4 22OB 3.0 Curriculum Framework and Academic Processes 9

5 22OB 4.0 Assessment and Evaluation Procedure 20

6 22OB 5.0 Maximum Duration for Programme Completion 28

7 22OB 6.0 Grading and Vertical Progression 31

22OB 7.0 Eligibility for Award of Degree, Prizes, Medals, and

8 37
Ranks

9 22OB 8.0 Change of College and Transfer of students 40

10 22OB 9.0 Change of Branch 41

11 22OB 10.0 Miscellaneous 41

12 22OB 11.0 Applicability and Power to Modify 41

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REGULATIONS
PREAMBLE:
The quality of Technical Education depends on many factors but largely on- outcome
based socially and industrially relevant curriculum, good quality motivated faculty,
teaching learning process, effective industry internship and evaluation of students based
on desired outcomes. To regulate, in an orderly manner, the process of admission,
registration of students, conduct of classes, teaching –learning, Assessment, Evaluation
and Grading processes to award Bachelor of Engineering/ Technology degree in
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi and the Colleges affiliated to it, with due
consideration to the NEP-2020 policy, and applicable Regulations of UGC and AICTE, in
exercise of the powers conferred under Section 22 of UGC Act 1956 and under Sections
[7(2) and 8(1,2, & 4] of the VTU Act 1994, the University hereby makes the following
Regulations, namely:-
1. SHORT TITLE, APPLICATION AND COMMENCEMENT:
1.1. These Regulations may be called the Visvesvaraya Technological University [Award of
Bachelor of Engineering/ Technology Degree] Regulations, 2022.
1.2. These Regulations shall apply to all the B.E./ B.Tech. Programmes conducted at the
Visvesvaraya Technological University, its constituent Colleges and all other Colleges
affiliated to it.
1.3. They shall come into force with effect from the date of their notification by the
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi.
1.4. These Regulations shall be applicable to the batch of students admitted from the
academic year 2022-23 and later and will be in force until revised or withdrawn by a
notification.
2. DEFINITION OF KEY WORDS:
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:
2.1. Academic Bank of Credits (ABC): The Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), is a
National-level facility that will promote the flexibility of the curriculum framework and
interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary academic mobility of students across the Higher
Educational Institutions in the country with an appropriate “credit transfer”
mechanism.

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2.2. Academic Year: Two consecutive semesters (odd followed by an even), including
intervening periods constitute one Academic Year.
2.3. Act: The Visvesvaraya Technological University Act 1994 including the amendments
thereon.
2.4. Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS): The CBCS provides students with choices from
the prescribed set of courses viz. Engineering Sciences, Professional core and electives,
Professional and Open Electives, Non-Credit Mandatory Courses, Internships and Skill
Courses. Under the CBCS, the requirement for awarding a degree or certificate is
prescribed in terms of number of credits to be earned by the students.
2.5. College: An affiliated College or a constituent College of the University or the University
Departments offering different programmes.
2.6. Constituent College: An Institution operating under the administrative, academic, and
financial control of the University and declared as such under the Notification. It is an
institution maintained by the University as such and includes an institution admitted to
the privileges of the University as an affiliated College of the University in accordance with
provisions of the Act.
2.7. Course: Usually referred to as ‘subject’/ ‘paper’ and is a component of a Programme with
defined learning objectives, course out comes and number of credits. The course credits
vary depending on the required teaching-learning hours to accomplish the learning
outcomes, specified in the course syllabus. A Course may be designed to comprise
lectures/ tutorials/laboratory work/ fieldwork/outreach activities/ project work/
vocational training/ viva-voce/ seminars/ term papers/ assignments/ presentations/
self-study components etc., or a combination of some of these.
2.8. Course Code: An alpha numeric code used to uniquely identify a course in the
programmes offered in the University. Three-digit number used as suffix with the Course
Code for identifying the level of the course in the University. Digit at hundred’s place
signifies the semester in which course is offered and the tens place signifies type of course
with unit place representing the sequence number in a semester in the Scheme of
Teaching and Evaluation.
2.9. Credit: A unit or weightage by which the Coursework is measured. It represents the
number of hours of instructions prescribed per week. One credit is equivalent to one hour
of lecture or two hours of laboratory/practical Courses/tutorials/fieldwork etc., per week.

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2.10. Credit Point: This is the product of grade point and the number of credits for a
Course.

Table 1: Credit Values

Theory/Lectures (L) Tutorials (T) Laboratory/Practical (P) Credits Total
(hours/ week/ Sem) (hours/week/Sem) (hours/ week/ Sem) (L:T:P) Credits
4 0 0 4:0:0 4
3 0 2 3:0:1 4
2 2 2 2:1:1 4
3 0 0 3:0:0 3
2 2 0 2:1:0 3
2 0 2 2:0:1 3
0 0 6 0:0:3 3
2 0 0 2:0:0 2
1 0 0 1:0:0 1
0 0 2 0:0:1 1

2.11. Credit Representation: Refers to the Credit Values for different academic activities
considered, as per Table 1 below. Credits for the project phases, project viva–voce
and internship shall be as specified in the Scheme of Teaching and Examinations.
2.12. Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS): The education model refers to customizing
the Coursework, Core, Professional Elective, Open Electives, Skill-based ability
Enhancement Courses, Non-Credit Mandatory Courses, and Internships to provide
the necessary support for the students to achieve their goals.
2.13. Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE)(also known as Formative Assessment):
Refers to the evaluation of student’s performance in the course during the teaching-
learning process. CIE shall be done by the faculty teaching course and evaluation
components may include tests, assignments, group discussion, quizzes, course-
specific projects, field surveys, seminars, etc., conducted during the semester tenure
with a weightage for different activities as specified by the University.
2.14. Course Evaluation: This represents the measurement of the impact of the teaching-
learning process and offers an opportunity for improving the quality of learning in
courses and teaching performance. Courses evaluation is done by adopting different
methods such as tests, quizzes, assignments, etc., during the teaching-learning period
at the end of some modules or chapters of syllabus contents and at the end of the
semester. While the former part of the evaluation is called the Continuous Internal
Evaluation (CIE) and the latter part of the evaluation is called Semester End
Evaluation (SEE).

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2.15. Course Registration: It is a formal registration to Courses of study every semester

by every student under the supervision of a Mentor(also called Faculty Advisor,
Counselors) in the college to maintain proper records. Registration on the University
portal is mandatory.
2.16. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): This is a measure of the cumulative
performance of a student of all semesters and is computed from the 2ndsemester
onwards. It is a measure of the overall cumulative academic performance of a
student over the entire span of the academic program. CGPA is not an arithmetic
mean a but weighted mean. It is also a number that lies between 0 and 10.
2.17. Dean: Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
2.18. First Attempt: A student who has studied in a semester and attended any one of
the University examinations of that semester after satisfying attendance and CIE
requirements of all the prescribed courses of that semester and has registered for
SEE. Such an attempt shall be considered the first attempt. Even if the student is absent
for all the semester exams after registering for SEE, such an attempt shall also be
considered the first attempt.
2.19. Grade Card: Refers to the certificate showing the grades earned by a student. A
grade card shall be issued to all the registered students after every semester-end
examination. The grade card shall have the Program details (Course code, title,
number of credits, grades secured, along with the SGPA of that semester and CGPA
(except for the first semester) earned till that semester.
2.20. Grade Point (GP): Refers to a numerical weightage allotted to each letter grade
on a 10-pointscale against a range of percentage of marks secured by students in
a course.
2.21. Institution: An institution of higher education engaged in teaching and research at the
undergraduate, post-graduate or higher levels.
2.22. Letter Grade: Course Letter Grade (or simply letter grade or grade) is an index of
performance of a student in a said course and refers to a qualitative measure of
achievement of a student in each course, based on the percentage range of marks
secured in CIE and SEE put together or CIE alone. Grades are denoted by letters
O, A+, A, B+, B, C, P and F. The rubrics attached to letter grades are as follows: O:
Outstanding, A+: Excellent, A: Very Good, B+: Good, B: Above Average, C: Average, P:

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Pass and F: Fail. Additional letter grades used under special circumstances are, DX:
Attendance below 75%, AU: Satisfactory in an Audit course, AB: Absent for the Course,
PP: Passed in Non-credit course, NP: Not Passed in Non-credit course, W: Dropped/
withdrawn.
2.23. Non-Credit Mandatory Courses (NMC): In the case of non-credit mandatory
courses, students shall attend the classes during the respective semesters to satisfy
the attendance requirements as well as CIE requirements. In case, any student fails
to register for the said course/fails to secure the minimum 40% of the prescribed
CIE marks, he/she shall be deemed to have not completed the course. In such a
case, the student has to fulfill the requirements during subsequent semester/s to
appear for CIE. These Courses shall not be considered for CGPA calculation and
vertical progression, but completion of the courses shall be mandatory for the
award of a degree.
2.24. Major Degree: A Major degree will be awarded along with “Honours” distinction if a
student completes the specified additional number of credits during the regular
programme as per the Regulations governing Honours Degree Programme. A student
admitted to the Programme shall be eligible to register to “Honours” programme if
he/she fulfils the conditions as per the Regulations.
2.25. Mentor: A Faculty Advisor allotted by the principal to guide about 15-20 students about
their registration to the courses and progression in the Programme .
2.26. Notification: A notification issued by the concerned Statutory Officer of the University.
2.27. Minor Degree: A Degree along with Minors is awarded in a programme if a student
completes the required number of credits of another programme as per the Regulations
governing Minor Degree Programme. A student shall be eligible to register to a Minor
programme if he/she fulfills the conditions as per the Regulations
2.28. Multiple Entry and Multiple Exit (MEME): The multiple entries and exit points in
the academic programmes would remove rigid boundaries and create new
possibilities for students. To facilitate flexible learning within the stipulated period
(eight years for regular students and 06 years for lateral entry students), multiple-
entry and multiple-exit options are offered to needy students.
2.29. Passing Standards: Refers to passing a course only when GP is greater than or equal
to 04.

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2.30. Principal: The Head of the College or a Higher Educational Institution (HEI). In the case
of programmes offered at University campuses, it shall be the Head/ Chairperson of the
Department offering the programme.
2.31. Programme: A planned series of events/activities comprising of a combination of
courses leading to the award of degree.
2.32. Semester: One of the two sessions of an Academic Year, each session being
of sixteen weeks duration (with not less than 90 working days). The odd and even
semesters shall be as per the University academic calendar.
2.33. Semester End Examinations (SEE) (also called Summative Assessment): Also
called summative assessment, which refers to the examinations conducted by the
University covering the entire course syllabus. For this purpose, syllabi shall be
modularized, and SEE questions shall be set from each module as specified by the
University.
2.34. Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA):It is a measure of academic performance of
a student in a semester. It is the weighted average or weighted mean of the grade
points obtained by a student in the various courses of any semester. It results in
a number that lies between 0 and 10. It shall be expressed up to two decimal places.
2.35. Teacher: A member of the regular faculty at the levels of Professor, or Associate
Professor or Assistant Professor, and includes adjunct faculty and faculty on a long-term
contract of not less than three years.
2.36. Transcript, Grade Certificate and Grade Card: Grade card shall be issued to
candidates indicating the programme details (Course code, title, number of credits,
grade secured and grade points) for all the registered courses after every semester. On
successful completion of all courses/earning credits, specified in a semester, the grade
certificate is issued indicating the programme details along with SGPA of that semester
and CGPA earned till that semester. Transcripts to the successful candidates shall be
issued after completion of the programme.
2.37. University: Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, established under
the Karnataka State Act as defined in the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.

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REGULATIONS
22OB 1.0. TITLE AND DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME
22OB 1.1: The Programme of study, which is an undergraduate Programme, shall be called
the degree of Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Technology, abbreviated as
B.E./B.Tech., followed by specialization indicated within brackets.
22OB 1.2: The duration of the Programme for B.E./ B.Tech. degree shall be four academic
years, organized in eight semesters, with each semester having duration of 16-18
weeks, having provision for Multiple-Entry-Multiple-Exit and award of Honours
degree or Minor degrees.
22OB 1.3: The annual academic calendar of events in respect of the Programme of study
approved by the Academic Council, shall be notified at least a month before the
commencement of each academic year. It is mandatory for students/ faculty
members to strictly adhere to the Academic Calendar for completion of academic
activities. Academic Calendar shall be displayed on the Academic Office homepage
of the University website.
22OB 2.0. ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION
The rules specified in the following clauses shall be followed for admission to B.E./
B.Tech. Programmes, but the orders issued from the Government/the regulatory
bodies from time to time shall prevail.
22OB 2.1. Admission to 1st year: Eligibility for candidates Passed in second PUC or equivalent,
1) As notified by the Government of Karnataka from time to time.
2) Those students, who have passed a qualifying examination other than the PUC
II examination of the Pre-University Education Board of Karnataka, have to
obtain an eligibility certificate for seeking admission to I year B.E./B.Tech. Degree
Programme from the University.
22OB 2.2. Admission to 2nd year (Lateral Entry): Eligibility for candidates who have
passed a 3-year Diploma in Engineering and B.Sc. Degree shall be,
1) As notified by the Government of Karnataka and the University from time to
time for admission in to 3rd semester of B.E./B.Tech. degree programme.
2) Those candidates who have completed an Engineering Diploma from States
other than Karnataka shall submit the Equivalence/ Eligibility Certificate issued
by the Director of Technical Education, Karnataka.

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22OB 2.3. Qualification earned from foreign Countries:

With regard to the qualification earned from foreign countries, an equivalence
certificate from the Association of Indian Universities/ University is mandatory for
admission to B.E./B.Tech. Programmes. In case of any dispute about the equivalence
in qualification earned from foreign countries, the decision of the University in this
regard shall be final and binding on all concerned.
22OB 2.4 Additional Requirements:
1) All the Diploma and B.Sc. degree holders seeking admission to lateral entry, shall also
pass any deficit courses as specified by the University before the completion of the
degree.
2) Further, all the Diploma and B.Sc. degree holder applicants shall also be required to
register and pass the non-credit mandatory Mathematics bridge course(s) specified by
the University, within two year of joining the programme. However, applicants with B.Sc.
degree (with Mathematics major) may apply to the Registrar through Principal/ Dean
seeking exemption from the bridge course.
22OB 3.0. CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK AND ACADEMIC PROCESSES
22OB 3.1. Semesters – Odd and Even:
The University follows the Choice based credit system and the semester scheme. There
are two regular semesters in an academic year. The semester that begins in August
(August to December) is known as the Odd Semester and the semester that begins in
January (January to May) is known as the Even Semester.
22OB 3.2. Curriculum:
Every Programme has a prescribed course structure which, in general terms, is known
as the Curriculum or the Courses of Study or the Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation. It
prescribes all the courses/ laboratory/ other requirements for the degree and sets out
the nominal sequence semester wise.
It provides the syllabus and a list of text/ reference books (or other learning material
sources) for each course. The Courses of Study details are updated every semester and
are made available at the University website: http://vtu.ac.in/BEBTECH/. Curriculum
shall also include some Online Courses including SWAYAM and other MOOC courses,
approved by the University. However, selection of such courses, if any, shall always be
within prescribed guidelines of the relevant regulatory bodies and the University.

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22OB 3.2.1. Choice Based Credit System (CBCS):

1) A certain quantum of academic work, measured in terms of credits, is laid down
as the requirement for completion of B.E/B.Tech. degree in the different available
specialization areas. A student earns credits by satisfactorily completing
courses/other academic activities every semester.
2) The credits are distributed semester wise, as prescribed in the Scheme of
Teaching and Evaluation for each of the programmes. The courses generally
progress in sequences, building competencies as per the course learning
outcomes. The positioning of a course indicates certain academic maturity on the
part of the students.
3) Some courses do, in addition, may specify a grade/pass/exposure for other
courses, offered earlier in the programme, as pre-requisites for the course.
4) Since the University follows the CBCS, the students shall be offered courses as per
the Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation, and the students are required to register
for the courses of their choice before the beginning of every semester.
5) Students are required to follow the semester wise schedule of courses specified
in Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation; they do, however, have freedom to follow
alternative schedules to optimize their academic profile with additional courses,
keeping the requirements for each course in mind. For students with backlog
courses, such rescheduling may even become necessary. Such departures from
suggested schedules need to be done very carefully, and always with guidance
from the Mentor.
22OB 3.2.2. Types of Courses:
There will be following types of courses in a B.E./B. Tech. programme, namely:
1) Humanities and Social Sciences (HS), including Management, Skill enhancement
and Economics.
2) Basic Sciences (BS) including Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Chemistry.
3) Engineering Sciences (ES) including Workshop, Drawing, Basics of Electrical/ Civil/
Mechanical/ Computer Engineering, Materials, and Instrumentation.
4) Professional Core Courses (PC): These are the courses to be compulsorily studied
by a student as a core requirement to complete the requirements of a programme
in a said discipline of study.

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5) Professional Elective Courses (PE): These are the courses from which a student can
choose and study as part of the requirement to complete the programme in a said
discipline of study.
6) Open Elective Courses (OE): These courses are supportive to the discipline/
providing extended scope/enabling an exposure to some other discipline/ domain
and they are chosen from the pool of courses.
7) Skill development Courses (SD): These courses will be nurturing student
proficiency skills. These courses are offered to achieve the programme outcomes
not specifically covered by the other courses.
8) Ability Enhancement Courses (AE):These are the generic skill courses which are
basic and needed to all to ensure progression across all careers.
9) Non-Credit Mandatory Courses (NM): These are courses on peripheral subjects in
a programme, wherein familiarity is considered mandatory.
10)Project work (PW), Mini Project work (MP), and Internship (IS) are also considered
as courses in the programme.

22OB 3.2.3. Offering Courses

The above types of courses in a B.E./B. Tech. programme are offered as follows:
1) Humanities and Social Sciences (HS) courses will have 1 to 3 credits per course.
2) Basic Sciences (BS) courses will have 2 to 4 credits per course.
3) Engineering Sciences (ES) courses are common across all disciplines and will
have 2 to 4 credits per course.
4) Professional Core Courses (PC) will have 2 to 4 credits per course.
5) Professional Elective Courses (PE) will have 2 to 4 credits per course.
6) Open Elective Courses (OE) may have 2 to 4 credits per course.
7) Skill development Courses (SD) and may have 1 to 3 credits per course.
8) Ability Enhancement Courses (AE)may have 1 to 2 credits per course
9) Non-Credit Mandatory Courses (NM) require only a pass in each of the specified
courses to qualify for the award of the Degree.
10)Project work (PW), Mini Project work (MP) and Internship (IS) are offered
which may have 10, 3, and 6 credits respectively.

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The courses in the above types may be a combination of Lectures, Tutorials and
Practical in any combination with suitable credits assigned to them. All the courses
registered by a student under any of the above types of courses as required for award
of the degree shall be considered as heads of passing which shall be Graded according
to his/her performance. However, the Non-Credit Mandatory Courses shall be passed
by a student for which Grades are not assigned.
The following procedure shall be used for designing and offering the above courses:
The courses for a programme under the following types from (a) to (l) shall be
designed within the framework of UGC and AICTE guidelines by the concerned Board
of Studies and approved by the Academic Senate of the University. The number of
courses offered in a programme under each of the above types shall be decided as per
the curriculum framework specified under clause 22OB 3.4.
The list of different types of theory courses and details of the practical courses used
in the programmes are given below respectively from (a) to (i) and (j) to (l).
(a) Humanities and Social Sciences
(b) Basic Sciences
(c) Engineering Sciences
(d) Professional Core Courses
(e) Professional Elective Courses
(f) Open Elective Courses
(g) Skill development Courses
(h) Ability Enhancement Courses
(i) Non-Credit Mandatory Courses
(j) Project work:
Based on the ability/abilities of the student/s and recommendations of the
mentor, a disciplinary or an inter-disciplinary major project can be assigned to
a group having not more than 4 students. The main project work needs to
be taken up within the institute/ research laboratory/industry. It is desirable,
that the outcome of the project work may be published/patented.
(k) Mini Project work:
A Mini Project is a laboratory/ societal/ Industry-oriented work that will provide
a platform for students to enhance their practical knowledge and skills through
the development of small systems/ applications based on the ability/abilities
of the student/s and recommendations of the mentor, a disciplinary or

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aninter-disciplinary mini-project can be assigned to a group having not more

than 4 students.
(l) Internship:
The internship is an extended period of work experience undertaken by the
students aspiring to supplement their degree with professional development.
The students are allowed to prepare themselves for the workplace and develop
practical skills.The Internship shall be completed during the period specified in
the Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation.
The institution shall encourage students to take up,
(i) an interdisciplinary Research Internship or Industry internship and
(ii) a rural internship, a work-based activity carried out to learn practical
experiences in rural areas, for the upliftment of living standards.
With the consent of the internal guide and Principal of the Institution, students
shall be allowed to carry out the internship in their home town (within or outside
the state or abroad), provided favorable facilities are available for the internship
and the student remains regularly in contact with the internal guide.
University shall not bear any cost involved in carrying out the internship by
students. However, students can receive any financial assistance extended by the
College.
22OB 3.2.4. Audit Courses:
A student desirous of additional exposure to a course, without the rigors of obtaining
a good grade, ‘audits’ a course. The minimum requirement of attendance for an ‘Audit
Course’ is 75%, with any additional requirements as set by the instructor such as
submission of assignments and minimum performance in some of the in-semester
evaluations. Auditing of courses during regular semesters from 3rd semester onwards
is permitted under the following conditions:
1) Students with CGPA>6.0 will be permitted to ‘Audit’ a course. A course can be
audited provided the course is offered in the semester as a credit course for
others, and there is no slot clash. Prior permission of the Instructor is required.
2) Audit courses would be restricted to a maximum of two (2) courses per student
in the entire period of the programme.
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and additional requirements, as set out by the Course Teacher, are met. If the
attendance and performance in additional requirements is not satisfactory, the
Course Teacher will award ‘No Grade’. The grade ‘AU’ does not carry any grade
points and therefore does not figure in SGPA/ CGPA calculations.
4) The course successfully completed in Audit mode will be reflected in the Semester
Grade card and the Transcript as Audit Course.
22OB 3.3. Prescribed Number of Credits for the Programme
All courses prescribed by the University, except the Non-credit Mandatory courses,
shall have credits and be considered as a head of passing for vertical progression.
The credits fixed for the courses are awarded to the students on passing the courses
registered by him.
1) The total number of credits to be earned for the award of B.E./ B.Tech. degree
by students admitted to the first semester of the four year B.E./B.Tech.
programme shall be 160.
2) The total number of credits to be earned for the award of B.E./ B.Tech. degree
by students admitted under lateral entry scheme to the third semester of the
four year B.E./B.Tech. programme shall be 120.
3) A student shall be awarded B.E./ B.Tech. degree with Honours or Minor, if
he/she earns a minimum of additional 18 credits, satisfying the conditions
specified in “VTU (Award of B.E./B.Tech. Honors/ Minors Degree) Regulations,
2022”.
22OB 3.4. Curriculum Framework
The structure of UG programme in Engineering shall have essentially the following
types of courses with the breakup of credits as shown against them:

Table – 3.4 : Credit Breakup for a Programme

Sl. Category Credits % of total
No. Credits
1 Humanities and Social Sciences including Management 16 10.00
courses, including AE
2 Basic Science courses 22 13.75
3 Engineering Science courses including workshop, 24 15.00
drawing, basics of electrical/ mechanical/ computer/
PL/ ET etc.

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4 Professional Core courses relevant to chosen 59 36.88

specialization/branch
5 Professional Elective courses relevant to chosen 12 7.50
specialization/branch
6 Open subjects – Electives from other technical and /or 12 7.50
emerging subjects
7 Project work and internship in industry or elsewhere 15 9.37
8 Mandatory Courses (non-credit) 0.00
[Environmental Sciences, Induction Program, Indian
Constitution, Essence of Indian Knowledge Tradition]
Total 160* 100.00

*Minor variation allowed as per need of the respective disciplines on approval of the University.

22OB 3.5. Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation

1) The Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation shall be framed by distributing the total
credits over eight semesters as follows:

Table – 3.5 : Semester-wise Allocation of Credits

Semester Credits Total • Lecture(L): one hour/week : 1 credit
Credits
• Tutorial(T): Two hours/week: 1 credit
I year 1 20 40
2 20 • Practical/ Lab/ Drawing (P): Two hours/
II Year 3 20 week: 1 credit
40
4 20
III Year 5 20 40 • Project, Mini-project, Internship: credits as
6 20
IV Year 7 20 recommended by the University.
40
8 20 • Credit for the Seminars shall be part of the
Total: 160 courses.

2) Course Load:
Every student to register for a set of Courses in each Semester, with the total number of
their Credits being limited by considering the permissible weekly Contact Hours
(typically: 35 hours/Week); For this, an average Course Load of 18-24 Credits/Semester
(e.g., 6-7 Courses) generally acceptable; to also include 2 or 3 Units of Non-Credit
Mandatory Courses in some Semesters.

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3) Teaching-Learning Process
The theory courses shall be designed to have the syllabus spanning over one semester
depending on the credits allocated for them. That is, Four-credit theory courses shall
be designed for 55-60 hours of Teaching-Learning process, Three-credit theory
courses shall be designed for 40-45 hours of Teaching-Learning process, Two-
credit theory courses shall be designed for 25-30 hours of Teaching-Learning
process and One credit theory course shall be designed for 15 hours of Teaching-
Learning process.
4) The Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation provides the list of courses offered in a
semester, their types, course credits in L-T-P format and the contact hours. As per this,
detailed syllabus content, hour distribution, Text and reference Books, Assessment and
Evaluation procedure shall also be provided for all the semesters by the Board of
Studies of the respective programmes. A course may include online references and
virtual labs as approved by the University.
5) The composition of courses in the curriculum may be only a theory, a thory with
practical or only a practical. These carry separate course codes and each are considered
as separate “head of passing”.
6) The Syllabus formulated shall be well structured and enable CBCS implementation,
provide MEME options and incorporate Outcome Based Education (OBE) framework.
7) The University/Colleges shall provide necessary classrooms, Laboratory equipment,
Internet and computing laboratories, Library, qualified faculty and other supporting
facilities to meet the standards as specified by the University and concerned Statutory
bodies to create proper teaching-learning environment for the students.
22OB 3.6. Course Registration
1) It is mandatory for every student to register for the semester to attend various courses/
earn credits, using the prescribed Course Registration Form (CRF), till he completes his
programme. The registration is normally done on the last two working days of each
semester upon completion of the SEE. In all circumstances, registration shall be
completed on or before the prescribed last date for registration announced in the
Academic Calendar. The registration of courses in each semester with the
University portal is mandatory.

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2) Student Mentoring
On joining the University or a College, a group of students are assigned a Mentor from
the concerned department offering the Programme. Students are advised to consult the
Mentor on any matter relating to their academic performance and the courses they may
register in various semesters. Mentor guides the students to complete their courses of
study for the required degree in a smooth and satisfactory manner.
3) Minimum Number of Registrations for Offering a Course:
There is no restriction on minimum registrations in a professional core course.
However, the minimum number of students registered to any Professional Elective
Course/ Open Elective Course/ Ability Enhancement Course (from 3rd semester
onward) offered by the Departments shall not be less than ten. In such cases, if the
number of registrants for the elective course is less than 10, the college must seek
permission from the Registrar (Evaluation) within 15 days from the date of
commencement of the semester as per the academic calendar of the University,
if that Professional Elective Course/ Open Elective Course/ Ability Enhancement
Course is to be offered in that college.
22OB 3.6.1. Course Registration Procedure:
The procedure involves the following steps:
a) A student shall register for required courses each semester with prior permission of
the Mentor.
b) The student can register for courses he intends to take during a given semester on the
basis of his plan for each Programme, as given in the Scheme of Teaching and
Evaluation and as per the advice of the Mentor.
c) The students shall decide on the courses to be registered during the ensuing semester
immediately after their SEE examinations.
d) The Mentor is expected to discuss with the student his academic performance during
the previous semesters and then decide the number and nature of the courses for
which the student can register during the semester within the framework of the
Regulations.
e) The Mentor may advise the student to drop one or more courses/ activities based on
his performance. The Mentor may even advise a reduced load program over several
semesters for students with poor performance at the end of the first semester/ year.

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f) Every student is permitted to register for the courses to an extent subjected to the
conditions under clause 22OB 3.6.2.
g) Students are not permitted to re-register for a course, which they have already passed.
h) The student shall fill up the CRF online, stating the courses that they propose to
complete during the ensuing semester as per the prescribed curriculum.
i) They shall take a printout of the completed CRF, take signature of the Mentor and
submit to the Dean/ Principal within the date notified by the University for
registration.
j) Students having outstanding dues to the University/ College, or a hostel may not be
permitted to register.
k) The registration is deemed to be complete only on approval by the University.
l) Without registration, any academic activity (course/ seminar etc.) undergone by a
student will not be counted towards the requirements of his/her degree.
m) A student shall exercise the option in respect of a higher semester Professional
Elective Course/ Open Elective Course/ Ability Enhancement Course and register
for the same at the end of the previous semester. However, the student may be
permitted to opt for a change of Elective Course/s preferably within 15 days from
the date of commencement of the semester as per the academic calendar of the
University
22OB 3.6.2. Permitted Maximum Credits for Registration:
The student shall be permitted to register in a semester for that number of courses with
total credits not exceeding 28. These 28 credits, include Minor/ Honours degree courses,
the courses of the regular semester and backlog courses. The registration of these
additional credits also includes the courses with a shortage of attendance and the
courses with unfulfilled CIE requirements. A student shall pay the prescribed
registration fees as notified by the University from time to time.
22OB 3.6.3. Late Registration:
Registration beyond the last date may be permitted only in special cases till the date
specified in the Academic Calendar, on payment of a late registration fee.
22OB 3.6.4. Registration for Non-credit Mandatory courses:
1) Formal registration for these courses shall also be done along with other courses, at the
beginning of the semesters.

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2) Non-credit requirements are assessed as Pass (PP)/ Not Pass (NP) subject to the
fulfillment of the minimum requirements of the specified activities and a minimum of
75% attendance. The award of degree is subject to successful completion of these
requirements.
3) A student will be awarded PP (Pass) grade for the course he is registered for, in that
semester, provided the minimum requirement is met during that semester together with
attendance criteria.
4) Not satisfying these requirements will result in a failure grade NP (Not Pass), and the
student has to re-register for the course when offered next in the subsequent semesters
and pass within two years. The grades shall be submitted to the University before the
commencement of the SEE.
22OB 3.6.5. Course substitution:
A student obtaining ‘F’ grade four times in a course, other than the Professional core
courses, is permitted to choose an equivalent course for substitution on approval by the
University. The student shall re-register for the new course and complete the course
requirements subjected to the conditions of clause 22OB 5.2. A student shall not be
permitted to avail this option beyond a maximum of two courses during the programme.
22OB 3.7. Attendance Requirement
1) Every prescribed course shall be considered as a unit for the calculation of
attendance. The students are required to attend all the lectures, tutorials, practical,
and other prescribed curricular and co-curricular activities, and earn full attendance.
However, a student shall obtain a minimum attendance of 85% in each of the courses
registered. However, if the attendance is below 85%, the shortage upto a maximum of
10% of the attendance may be condoned by the Vice Chancellor on the specific
recommendations of the Dean/ Principal of the college where the candidate is
studying. This provision shall be utilised based on medical grounds, participation in
NSS/NCC/Red cross/National level Republic Day and Independence Day Parade/
participation in University/State/National/ International level sports and cultural
activities, seminars, workshops, paper presentation etc., of significant value,
supported by valid documents. The Course Teacher shall recommend condoning
shortage of attendance and submit the application with documents through the
Principal along with his recommendation to the the Registrar (Evaluation) before the

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last day of the semester.

2) The basis for the calculation of attendance shall be the period prescribed by the
University by its academic calendar of events and as notified by the Registrar.
3) In case of late admissions, approved by competent authority (KEA/DTE/VTU), for
admission to I semester and III semesters (for lateral entry scheme), the attendance
shall be reckoned from the date of admission to the Programme.
4) The Principal shall also notify every month, the list of candidates who are falling
short of required attendance. The Course Teacher/ Mentor/ Class Teacher or the
College office shall inform the students as well as their parents/guardians about the
attendance requirement and the attendance status every month. Students facing an
attendance shortage shall be mentored to make up for the shortage.
5) A student who does not satisfy the attendance requirement in one or more courses
(including bridge courses for lateral entry students, if any) shall not be permitted
to appear for the Semester End Examinations of those courses. The grade card for
such courses shall be marked as DX. The candidate shall repeat those courses
whenever offered next. However, the student shall be allowed to appear for the SEE
in other courses of the semester.

22OB 4.0. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION PROCEDURE

Formative, Summative and other Assessments shall be conducted as per the University
calendar of events in all the courses of the programme offered to the students, within
the framework of Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation approved by the University. The
details of Assessment and Evaluation for specific theory and practical courses,
including theory question paper setting patterns, approved by the University are
included in Annexure- VI.
22OB 4.1 Assessment and Evaluation Process:
1) CIE and SEE constitute the major evaluations prescribed for each course, with only
those students maintaining a minimum standard in CIE are permitted to appear in
SEE of the course.
2) In such cases where a laboratory is attached to the course, CIE marks shall be
awarded separately for both theory and the laboratory. However, the laboratory may
or may not have the SEE component in the evaluation.

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3) In such cases where a laboratory carries more credits and is not part of the theory,
they are listed separately in the Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation. Hence, they are
treated as separate “heads of passing” which are assessed and evaluated
independently.
4) CIE and SEE to carry 50% weightage each, to enable the course to be evaluated for
a total of 100 marks, irrespective of its credits.
5) The evaluation system of the programme is comprehensive and continuous during
the entire period of Semester, by the faculty who is teaching the course. For a course,
the evaluation and grading will be on the following parameters:

A Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) 25 marks

B Internal Assessment Tests (IAT) 25 marks
Total of CIE (A+B) 50 marks
C Semester End Examination (SEE) 50 marks
Total of CIE and SEE (A + B + C) 100 marks

22OB 4.2. Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE)

1) The CIE will carry a maximum of 50% weightage of total marks of a course. Before the
start of the Academic session of each semester, a faculty may choose for his course
Internal Assessment Test and a minimum of two of the following assessment
methods with suitable weightage for each.
i) Assignments (Individual and/or Group)
ii) Seminars
iii) Oral/Online Quizzes
iv) Group Discussions
v) Case studies/Case lets
vi) Practical orientation on Design Thinking, Creativity & Innovation
vii) Participatory & Industry-integrated learning
viii) Practical activities / problem solving exercises
ix) Class presentations
x) Analysis of Industry/ Technical/ Business Reports
xi) Reports on Guest Lectures / Webinars / Industrial Visits
xii) Industrial / Social / Rural projects

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xiii) Participation in Seminars/ Academic Events/ Symposia, etc.

xiv) Any other academic activity
2) The faculty will submit the ‘CCE Assessment Plan’ to the Principal/Dean/HOD for
approval and notify the same along with the course syllabus before the start of
semester. The total marks of the above two assessment components shall be scaled
down to 25 marks/ 25% of total marks of the respective course.
3) To assess the students in a course under IAT component, two tests shall be conducted
in a semester. Each test will be conducted for 20 marks. The average marks obtained
in these two tests will be taken as IAT Marks. If a student fails to attend the IAT on the
scheduled date, due to valid reasons specified under clause 22OB 3.7.1, an additional
test at the end of the semester would be conducted covering the syllabus of the test for
which he was absent.
4) The CIE marks awarded to students at different stages during the course shall be
displayed on the notice board of the Department concerned to enable the students to
point out any discrepancies.
5) The student shall obtain a minimum of 40% of marks allotted for CIE in each course to
be eligible to appear for the SEE in that course.
6) When laboratory is part of a theory course, the student shall obtain a minimum of 40%
marks in CIE of the laboratory to be eligible to appear for SEE in that course. This is in
addition to the requirement specified under (5) above. The CIE marks obtained by a
student in the laboratory, if it is equal to or greater than 40%, shall be retained until
the end of that academic year till he passes the SEE. Otherwise, he shall re-register for
the course when offered next.
7) If a student is unable to secure a minimum of 40% in CIE marks in any course, he shall
not be eligible to take up SEE/ viva-voce examination in that particular course. It shall
be the responsibility of Principal/Dean to scrutinize the list of candidates and permit
only the eligible students to take up SEE/ viva-voce. In the event of an ineligible student
inadvertently being allowed to appear for the theory/viva voce examination, the result
of the concerned student shall be withdrawn forthwith.
8) The list of such students, who have not secured the minimum in CIE marks, shall be
sent to the Registrar (Evaluation) along with the submission of CIE marks of the
successful students.

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9) After the submission of CIE marks to the Registrar (Evaluation) of the University, any
request for changes in the marks by the Principal/Dean shall be considered only after
due approval of the Vice- Chancellor obtained through the Registrar (Evaluation).
10)The students not obtaining 40% marks in CIE shall re-register for the course during the
subsequent semester whenever it is offered.
22OB 4.3. Semester End Examination:
1) The Semester End Examination for all the courses offered during the semester shall be
conducted at the end of each semester except when there are no students taking
examination for any course as per the Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation.
2) Only those students who satisfy the attendance requirement as per 22OB 3.7 and CIE
requirement as per 22OB 4.2 shall be eligible to appear for SEE of that course.
3) University examination for all courses under SEE shall be conducted for a maximum of
100 Marks. The marks secured by the students for100 marks shall be proportionately
scaled down to a maximum of 50 marks to add the same with the CIE marks for the
award of the letter grade.
4) The University examinations for all the Programmes of study shall be conducted at
the end of each semester.
5) Students having no backlog courses, may not have more than one examination
scheduled on the same day. However, students having backlog course may face a
situation where they may have,
a) Two examinations scheduled at the same time of the day,
b) To take two examinations on the same day, one during the morning session
and the other in the afternoon session, and
c) Examinations on consecutive days.
The students shall be prepared to appear for the examinations specified above under
(b) and (c) cases. However, the University shall take utmost care to avoid scheduling as
specified under(a) as far as possible. But in view of time constraint to complete the
examinations and announce results on time, if it becomes unavoidable, the students
shall choose to appear for the examination as per the advice of their Mentor. As
changing the examination date is not an option, the examination time table shall
not be modified/ altered/ adjusted in any of the above three cases.

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6) The passing standards in CIE, SEE, a course and a semester for all types of the courses
in which grades are awarded shall be as per the clause 22OB 6.3.
7) A student securing an ‘F’ grade in any courses, shall reappear for that course
during the subsequent SEE. The CIE marks awarded to the student at the first
attempt in the concerned course shall be carried forward. Revised CIE marks are
considered only for courses where grade DX was awarded.
8) For a pass (‘P’ grade), sum total of CIE and SEE marks must be 40% of the
maximum marks prescribed for a course as per the Scheme of Teaching and
Evaluation.

22OB 4.4. Makeup Examination:

1) The makeup examination facility shall be available to those students who have
appeared and failed in the SEE in one or more courses in a semester. However, the
students passing in the makeup examination shall lose their eligibility to be
considered for the award of Ranks.
2) If a student has satisfactory attendance in a course and has secured a minimum of
40% in CIE but could not appear in SEE for valid and convincing reasons as specified
under 22OB 3.7.1 , shall be eligible to appear for the makeup examination, after due
recommendation by the Principal/ Dean and approval from the University.
3) Following may be considered as other valid reasons for semester end makeup
examination:
a) Serious Illness/ personal accident in the case of the student himself.
b) Serious illness/ Accident/ Death of parent /guardian.
4) Students claiming semester end makeup examination on the above reasons are
required to apply to the Principal/ Dean, on or before the prescribed last date for
registration for such makeup examination announced in the Academic Calendar, along
with proper medical certificate issued by a competent Authority. In the event of death
and/ or serious illness/ accident of parent or guardian, the application should be
supported by adequate evidence of the same/ appropriate documents. Decision of the
Vice Chancellor is final in these matters.
5) The Makeup Examinations for both the semesters shall be conducted once in a year at
the end of the even semester.

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22OB 4.5. Maintenance of Examination Records

1) The candidate shall write tests, assignments/unit-tests /written quizzes in Blue
Books, which shall be preserved by the Principal/ Head of the Department
for at least 3 years after the announcement of University results and shall be
made available for verification as per the direction of the Registrar (Evaluation).
2) Any corrections or overwriting of CIE marks on the blue book/drawing sheet
laboratory record etc., where CIE marks are awarded, shall bear the signature(s)
of the concerned Teacher(s) and the Head of the Department.
3) CIE marks shall reach the University before the commencement of examinations
as per the notification from the office of the Registrar(Evaluation) from time
to time. After submission of CIE marks to the University, any request under
any circumstances for a change of CIE marks shall not be considered.
4) CIE marks of those students, who come under 22OB 4.6(4) and (5), shall also
be sent to the Registrar (Evaluation) along with other course CIE Marks.
5) The final list, incorporating corrections (if any), of CIE marks awarded to the
students in the Theory/Practical/Internship/ Mini – Project Work/Major-Project
Work shall be displayed on the notice board of the college much before the
closure of the semester.
6) The college/Department shall enter the CIE marks of each on the University’s
online CIE marks portal and submit a certified copy of the same to the
University Examination Section within the stipulated date notified by University.
Every page of the CIE marks sheet (hardcopy) shall bear the signatures of the
concerned Teacher/Teachers, Head of the Department, and the Principal/ Dean.
22OB 4.6. Review Committee for CIE
1) Review of assessment is an organized procedure that ensures the use of valid
assessment methods and consistent application of criteria, to provide fair
academic judgment and reliable outcomes in the form of marks or grades. It
assures appropriate designing and implementation of assessment activities along
with the generation of valid and reliable results.
2) After each test, the Principal/ Dean shall ensure that the evaluation is fair in each of
the courses, scheme of valuation is uniformly followed and that the award of marks
in the courses follow a normal distribution curve. If there are any lapses or the marks

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distribution is either left skewed or right skewed, corrective measures shall be taken
and the Report to be submitted to the University.
3) If the review exercise is done solely for the purpose of unduly favouring the students,
the University reserves its right to take punitive action on the concerned.
4) There shall be a Review Committee for Internal Assessments in every
Department, which shall be chaired by the Head of Department and two senior
faculty members nominated by the Principal/Dean. This Committee shall be
responsible for the entire process of Internal Assessment in the Department,
including redressal of grievances, if any.
5) Guidelines for the Review Committee:
Review may be conducted after each test or after the tests in case there is a
large number of failures or high marks, or when large numbers of students have
received the same marks, or when there are wide discrepancies between marks
allocated to individual students in different courses,
a) Split-up of marks used for each of the different types of assessment in the
course may be checked.
b) Checking of the questions to find whether it maps to course outcomes.
c) Checking the difficulty level of questions paper i.e., is the difficulty level on
the high extreme, very easy or otherwise.
d) Whether the assessment modes are used to cover the entire syllabus or
not.
e) Checking the manner of awarding the marks, i.e., has correction been at
the extremes, liberal or tough?
f) Moderation should not be restricted to just assessment but also includes
the assessment design (scheme of evaluation).
g) Each college shall submit the moderation committee report to Registrar
(Evaluation) along with the CIE marks.
22OB 4.7. Rejection of Result
1) A student is permitted to reject the total performance of a semester (including CIE
marks) or reject only the result of his/her performance in University
examinations(SEE) of a semester. The rejection is permitted only once during the
entire Programme of study.

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2) Students who desire to reject the SEE results of a semester shall reject the total
performance(irrespective of the earned course grades) in all the courses of the
semester either rejecting or retaining the CIE marks. However, rejection of the
performance of the VIII semester project shall not be permitted.
3) Students who desire to reject the total SEE performance of an odd or even
semester including CIE marks, have to repeat that odd or even semester of the
prevailing scheme by taking readmission during the subsequent academic year/s,
governed by clauses 22OB 5.3 and 22OB 5.2.
a) If the rejection of SEE results excluding CIE marks is of the odd semester,
students shall be allowed to take admission to the immediate next even
semester.
b) If the rejection of SEE results excluding CIE marks is of an even semester, then
students shall be allowed to take admission to the next odd semester.
c) Readmission to odd/even semesters shall not be considered as fresh admission
and therefore students shall continue to have the same University Seat Number,
which was allotted earlier. The maximum duration of the Program shall be
counted with reference to the University Seat Number (USN).
d) Applications for rejection of results excluding CIE and approval to reappear for
University examinations shall be sent to the Registrar (Evaluation) through the
Principal of the College within 30 days from the date of announcement of the
results, with prescribed fee as notified by the University from time to time.
Late submission of applications shall not be accepted for any reason.
e) Application for rejection of results including CIE and approval for readmission
shall be sent to the Registrar through the Principal of the College within 30
days from the date of the announcement of the results with prescribed fee as
notified by the university from time to time. Late submission of application
shall not be accepted for any reason.
4) Registration for SEE is compulsory if the student/s has satisfied the attendance
and CIE requirement of ODD /EVEN semester.
In case, the students fail to register for SEE of the odd semester after satisfying
the attendance and CIE requirements of the semester, they shall be permitted to
move to an even semester of that academic year.

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However, such students have to register for odd semester examinations conducted
at the end of the academic year for all the semesters and registration shall be
considered for the first attempt.
In case, students fail to register for the odd semester SEE after completing
successfully the even semester, they shall not be permitted to move to the higher
odd semester of the subsequent academic year. Irrespective of a student appearing
for SEE, he/she has to register for SEE for odd and even semesters before
completing the academic year.
5) Students who opt for rejection of results of the University examination shall be
eligible for the award of the Degree and Minor Degree but not for the award of
ranks and Honors Degree.
22OB 4.8. Academic Malpractice
Academic malpractices shall be seriously viewed, and appropriate action taken. In case of
malpractice during any of the internal examinations like assignments, quizzes, and tests,
the Course Teacher/Invigilator shall report the matter to the Principal/ Dean for penal
action. If the Principal/ Dean finds that the offence is serious enough or the candidate
appeals in writing to the University, then the matter shall be further referred to the
Academic Malpractice Committee of the University. However, any malpractice in the SEE
shall be reported to the University irrespective of the seriousness of the malpractice.

22OB 5.0. MAXIMUM DURATION FOR PROGRAMME COMPLETION

22OB 5.1: Multiple-Entry-Multiple-Exit Options
While earning credits towards their B.E./B.Tech. degree, the students may judiciously use
the options provided to them through CBCS and MEME clauses in the Regulations, to
obtain additional certificate and a B.Sc. degree. However, they shall earn the required
credits for the award of the degree within the maximum specified duration.
The following distinctions are awarded under MEME options:
1) Certificate in Respective Programmes of Engineering
A student who exit at the end of II year of the programme shall be awarded a
certificate, if he/she successfully passes the registered courses and earns:
(i) At least 50% of the credit requirements of B.E./B.Tech. programme. (i.e. 80
credits) However, it is 25% for lateral admission candidates ( i.e. 40 credits).

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(ii) At least 50% of the programme professional core courses (some specific
courses may be specified, so the leaving student has decent skills), and
(iii) A minimum CGPA of 5.0.
2) B.Sc. in Respective Programmes of Engineering
A student who exits the end of III year of the programme shall be awarded a B.Sc.
degree, if he/she successfully passes the registered courses and earns:
(i) At least 75% of the credit requirements of B.E./B.Tech. programme (i.e. 120
credits); and completed at least 3 years ( 80 credits and 2 years respectively for
lateral admission candidates) in the programme.
(ii) 100% of programme professional core courses
(iii) A minimum CGPA of 5.0.
With B.Sc., the student is eligible for entry into programmes which take
B.Sc. as admission eligibility criteria.
3) Re-entry to complete the programme
A student exiting with a certificate or B.Sc. should be entitled to re-enroll in the
programme. All the credits will be transferred, if the student enrolls back within a
limited period of 3 years of exiting. In case a student enrolls after that, then the
transfer of credits should be examined by looking at the change in the curriculum from
what the student did. Exits are permitted by the University within 15 days of
announcement of II year and III year University results, on written request for the
award of certificate and B.Sc. degree by a student when he/she is eligible.
Corresponding to these two exits, a maximum of two re-entries are permitted with
the condition that he/she complete the programme within the maximum specified
duration.
4) Programme Completion in another Institution
The University permits a student to earn a certificate/B.Sc. in one institution and
complete the degree programme in another. This will enhance the value of
certificates and the B.Sc. Degree.
22OB 5.2. Maximum Duration for Programme Completion
Students admitted to first-semester B.E./B. Tech., shall complete the programme within
eight academic years from the year of the first admission, failing which they will
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B.Tech., under the lateral entry category shall complete the programme within six
academic years from the year of the first admission, failing which they will not be
eligible for the award of degree.
22OB 5.3. Readmission
1) Students who are temporarily discontinuing the programme and getting
readmitted to the eligible semester are permitted subjected to the clause 22OB 5.2.
2) The permission for readmission is only on request through the Principal and is
not treated as a matter of right. Such students shall not claim any benefits based
on the readmission.
3) Students who take re-admission to any semester of the existing scheme from
another scheme, as a repeater/fresher because of various reasons, shall attend
and complete all the remaining semesters of the programme adhering to the
Regulations of the prevailing scheme and shall complete additional courses, if any, as
per the decision of equivalence committee in concurrence with concerned Board of
Studies on establishing the equivalence between two schemes. Such a candidate
shall not be eligible for the award of rank.
4) Readmission to odd/even semester shall not be considered as fresh admission
and therefore students shall continue to have the same University Seat Number
(USN), which was allotted at the time of his/her admission to the programme.
The maximum duration of the programme shall be counted with reference to the
USN allotted during his/her first admission to the programme.
5) A student who has not obtained the eligibility for III semester even after three
academic years from the date of admission to I semester shall discontinue the
programme or get readmitted to I semester of first year B.E./B.Tech., with a new
University Seat Number (USN) but retaining the same year of admission.
6) The candidates who have temporarily discontinued the programme of study or
changed the scheme of study from one to another because of various reasons or
transferred with credits from the autonomous college of the University/other
University to non-autonomous constituent/affiliated college of the University,
shall be eligible for the award of degree provided the total credits earned at that
stage are equal to or greater than the credits prescribed by the University under
clause 22OB 3.3. and satisfy all other conditions of this Regulations.

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7) In case, the forecasted or estimated credits are going to be less than that of the
credits prescribed by the University on the completion of all the semesters of the
programme under the prevailing scheme, the candidate shall register for a course
or courses not studied earlier and make up the credits which are equal to or
greater than the University prescribed credits.
8) In case of any difficulty, Vice-Chancellor shall decide on individual cases, which
shall be final.
22OB 6.0. GRADING AND VERTICAL PROGRESSION
22OB 6.1. Award of Grades:
1) The University adopts absolute grading system wherein the marks are converted to
grades, and every semester result will be declared with semester grade point average
(SGPA) on successful completion of all courses of that semester.
2) The total marks obtained by the student in CIE and SEE of a course is expressed as a
percentage to compute the grade points and the letter grade is awarded as indicated in
the table below:
Letter Grade and corresponding Grade Points on a typical 10 – Point scale
O A+ A B+ B C P F
Letter Grade Very Above
Outstanding Excellent Good Average Pass Fail
Good Average
Grade Point 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 0
% of Marks
90-100 80-89 70-79 60-69 55-59 50-54 40-49 0-39
Secured

3) If there is no SEE for a course, then the CIE marks alone will be the basis for the
determination of letter grade.
22OB 6.2. Other Letter Grades:
The letter grades specified in 22OB 6.1 are used as student performance measures in all
kinds of assessments. However, the following letter grades are also awarded under the
circumstances defined below (Letter Grade: Grade Point - Circumstances).
1) DX: 0 - Credits are not included in CGPA, Attendance below 75%, hence Repeat the
course (In case of electives, course change is permitted)
2) AU: 0 - Satisfactory in an Audit course
3) AB: Absent for the Course
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5) NP: 0 - Not Passed in Non-credit course

6) IC: No credits - Incomplete (a place holder; gets converted to an appropriate grade
after clearing SEE examination else converted to ‘F’) else automatically converted to ‘F’.
7) W: No credits – Dropped/ withdrawn (W is not a grade but only a place holder
indicating that the course has been dropped/withdrawn, and it must be cleared in
subsequent semesters).
22OB 6.3. Passing Standards
1) Maximum and Minimum CIE Marks:
The maximum weightage of CIE mark shall be 50. To appear for the SEE, the
minimum CIE marks to be secured in each of the courses shall be 40 % of the
maximum marks of CIE.
2) Maximum and Minimum SEE Marks:
The maximum weightage of SEE marks shall be 50 and marks to be secured for
passing shall be 35 % of the maximum marks of SEE.
3) Eligibility for Passing a Course:
The overall passing marks shall be 40% of the maximum marks (the sum of the
CIE and SEE should be 40% of the maximum marks) of the course. That is,
minimum passing grade in a course (head of passing) shall be “P”.
4) Semester Passing Standards:
a) A student shall be declared successful or ‘passed’ in the entire undergraduate
programme, only when he secures a Grade Point of 4 (“P” Grade) or above in every
registered course in each Semester during the entire programme for the Degree
Award, as required.
b) A Student shall be declared successful or ‘passed’ in any Non-Credit Course if he
secures a ‘Satisfactory Grade (PP)’ for that Mandatory Course.
5) A student who satisfies the conditions (1), (2), and (3) above, and obtain any
grade from ‘O’ to ‘P’ in a course shall be considered to have passed that course.
6) A student shall be awarded letter grade in a course as indicated below, if he/she,
a) Fails to satisfy the conditions under Section (5) above: ‘F’ Grade,
b) Absents himself/herself from the University examinations: ‘AB’ Grade,
c) Has attendance shortage in a course: ‘DX’ Grade, and
d) Course is Incomplete for any reason: ‘IC’.

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7) Students satisfying the attendance requirement but failing to secure the minimum
percentage of CIE marks, in any course/s, shall not be eligible for the SEE,
conducted by the University and they shall be considered as fail in that
Course/those Courses and marked as DX in the grade cards against this course/s.
However, they can appear for University examinations conducted for other Courses
of the same semester and backlog course/s if any.
8) Students who have satisfied the attendance requirement but not the CIE
requirements can be permitted to register afresh and appear for SEE after
satisfying the CIE requirements in the same Course(s) when offered during the
next immediate semester/s or later.
9) Each appearance to SEE or absence after completing CIE and attendance
requirements to complete a course shall be treated as an attempt.
22OB 6.4. Vertical Progression
A student progresses according to his/her performance and could register for the higher
semesters subjected to conditions under clause 5.2.
1) Students admitted to the first year:
a) Students having “F” grades for the courses totaling to more than 16 credits in the 1st
and 2nd semesters of the first year of the programme shall not be permitted to move to
the 3rd semester (2nd year) of the programme. These courses include courses marked
as DX.
b) The students who fail to satisfy CIE and attendance requirement shall repeat the
courses whenever offered next and become eligible for the 2nd year.
2) Obtaining CIE: From the 3rd semester (II year) onwards the student who obtains the
required attendance for the course, but not the required CIE marks is allowed to move
forward to the next semester. However, the student shall mandatorily obtain the required
CIE in the subsequent semester. Obtaining minimum CIE marks for the course is
mandatory. It may also be noted that the student shall not be permitted to appear for SEE
in such courses until he/she obtains the required CIE.
3) Completion of backlog courses: From 3rd semester (II year) onwards,
a) the student who obtains required attendance, CIE, and appearing for SEE obtains “F”
Grade shall be allowed to move forward to the next semester (odd /even) irrespective
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b) there shall be no restriction for promotion from an even to next odd semester (or odd
to next even semester) even if the student has not satisfied the attendance
requirement in one or more courses (including bridge courses for lateral entry
students), but he/she shall not be eligible to appear for SEE in those course(s). Such
students shall repeat those courses whenever offered next.
4) A student shall be given admission to the 7th semester (IV year) provided he/she passes
all courses of 1st and 2nd semesters.
5) Permitted Maximum credits for registration: The student shall be permitted to
register for total courses to an extent subjected to the conditions under the clause 22OB
3.6.2.
6) Successive Failures and alternate course selection:
a) If a student not completing a course, other than the professional core course,
even after four attempts, may drop that course and choose an alternate course
having the same number of credits from the pool of courses suggested by the
concerned Board of Studies.
b) The course so selected should not have been studied by the student or to be
studied in future at higher semesters. The faculty advisor shall guide/ advise the
student in this regard.
c) The college shall make arrangements for the registration and conduction of CIE
for the alternate course selected.
d) This provision is given only for two courses (one at a time) during the entire
maximum duration of the programme.
e) This provision is optional; the student/s can continue registering for the same
course without opting for a change.
22OB 6.5. Condition for Re-Registering a Course:
1) Students who do not pass the course as per clause 22OB 6.3(3) and awarded “F”
Grade may Re-Register and improve their performance.
2) Such student, after passing the failed course in subsequent examination/s, will be
awarded letter grade based on the marks he scores while passing in the subsequent
examination/s.
22OB 6.6. Computation of SGPA and CGPA:
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Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) will be awarded at the end of the program.
However, CGPA is calculated at the end of each semester from the second semester
onwards and reflected in the grade card for indicating the progress of the student.
2) Each course in a program is associated with number of credits (C). Based on the
number of Credits for a course and obtained Grade Point (GP) for that course in a
Semester, the GPA is calculated as given below:
a) The SGPA is the ratio of sum of the product of the number of credits with the grade
points secured by a student in all the courses taken by him and the sum of the
number of credits of all the courses undergone by a student, i.e.,
SGPA = ∑ (Ci x Gi) / ∑ Ci
Where Ci is the number of credits of the ith course and Gi is the grade point scored
by the student in the ith course.
b) The CGPA is also calculated in the same manner considering all the courses
undergone by a student over all the semesters of a programme, i.e.,
CGPA = ∑ (Ci x Si) / ∑ Ci
Where Si is the SGPA of the ith semester and Ci is the total number of credits in
that semester.
Finally, the SGPA and CGPA shall be rounded off to 2 decimal points and
reported in the grade cards. An illustrative example to calculate SGPA and CGPA
for one academic year is shown in Annexure-I.
22OB 6.7. Conversions of CGPA into Percentage of marks and Class Equivalence
The following formula for conversion of the CGPA on a 10-point scale into the
percentage of marks (M) for employment/ higher studies, etc. may be used;
Percentage of marks secured, M = CGPA Earned x 10
E.g.: Illustration for a CGPA of 8.20;
Percentage of marks secured, M = 8.20 × 10= 82.0 %
22OB 6.8. Class Equivalence
Subsequent to the conversion of final CGPA, after successful completion of the
Program, into the percentage of marks (M), a graduating student is reckoned to
have passed in,
(i) First Class with Distinction (FCD) if M≥ 70
(ii) First Class (FC) if 60 ≤M<70

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(iii) Second Class (SC) if 50 ≤ M < 60

(iv) Pass Class (P) if 40≤ M ≤ 50
22OB 6.9. Award of Grade Cards, Certificates and Transcripts:
(1) Grade Cards: At the end of each semester, a Grade Card shall be issued to all the
registered students of that semester, indicating the Course code, Title, Number of credits,
Letter grade awarded, and Credits earned, for all the Courses as specified in the scheme of
teaching and evaluation, along with total credits earned, SGPA, and CGPA as applicable.
This may have F grades and other temporary grades awarded to the student.
(2) Grade Certificate: The Grade Certificate, having the same format of Grade card but
indicating the month and year of clearing a course, is issued to the student on demand
only on clearing all the temporary grades specified in the Grade Card.
(3) Transcripts: Transcript is the consolidated statement of the academic performance of a
student for all the semesters since joining the programme and is generally given to a
student on successful completion of the programme along with the degree certificate.
(4) For those students who have taken multiple attempts to clear a course, the transcript
given on successful completion of the programme will only contain earned pass grade (‘O’
to ‘E’, AU and PP); the courses cleared subsequently will however be shown in the
respective semester with Month and Year in which the student has finally cleared the
course. The transcript will show only the overall CGPA based on all the courses taken by
the student. Credits earned beyond the requirement for the award of the degree shall be
shown as additional courses separately, indicating the grade earned by the student.
Additional copies of the transcript can be obtained if needed, on request submitted along
with payment of applicable fee.
(5) Students who have not yet completed the programme can obtain an interim Transcript at
the end of any semester, if needed, on request and upon payment of applicable fee. The
interim Transcript includes failed courses, which have not been cleared at the time of
issue.
22OB 6.9.1. Mandatory Earning of Activity points:

Activity Points
Sl. No. Student Category
prescribed
1 Regular Students admitted to the 4 100
year Degree Programme

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2 Students entering 4 year Degree 75

Programme through lateral entry
3 Students transferred from other 50
Universities. To the 5th Semester

The Activity Points earned shall be reflected on the student’s eighth semester
Grade Card.
(i) Activity Points (non-credit) have no effect on SGPA/CGPA.
In case a student fails to earn the prescribed activity Points before the
commencement of 8th semester examinations, the Eighth Semester Grade Card
shall be issued only after earning the required activity Points. Students shall be
admitted for the award of the degree only after the release of the Eighth Semester
Grade Card.
(ii) The Guidelines and suggestive activities under Activity points are listed in
Annexure –VII.
22OB 7.0. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD OF DEGREE, PRIZES, MEDALS, AND RANKS
22OB 7.1. B.E./B.Tech. degree
(a) Students shall be declared to have completed the undergraduate Programme of
B.E./B.Tech. degree and is eligible for the award of degree provided they have
undergone the stipulated course work of all the semesters under the Scheme of
Teaching and Examinations and have earned the prescribed number of credits as
per clause 22OB 3.3 within the permitted maximum duration specified under clause
22OB 5.2.
(b) For the award of degree, completion of bridge courses, if any, as applicable is
compulsory.
22OB 7.2. B.E./B.Tech. (Honors) Degree
(a) Students shall be declared to have completed the undergraduate Programmme
of B.E./B.Tech., degree with Honours, provided they have,
(i) Been declared eligible for the award of the degree as per clause 22OB 7.1,
(ii) Earned additional 18 or more credits through University-approved online
courses, and
(iii) Satisfied the conditions of “VTU (Award of Honours/ Minor at B.E./B.Tech.
Degree Programmes) Regulations, 2022”.

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22OB 7.3. B.E./B.Tech. with Minor Degree

a) Students shall be declared to have completed the undergraduate Programmme of
B.E./B.Tech., degree with Minors, provided they have,
(i) Been declared eligible for the award of the degree as per clause 22OB 7.1,
(ii) has earned additional 18 or more credits through University-approved online
courses, and
(iii) Satisfied the conditions of “VTU (Award of Honors/Minor at B.E./B.Tech.
Degree Programmes) Regulations, 2022”.
22OB 7.4. Award of Degree for an Extraordinary Student:
1) The University through college can offer a fast-track degree for an extraordinary
student. The same is done by offering courses of his/ her choice to fulfill the
requirement of the programme in three and half years.
2) However, the degree shall be awarded on completion of 04 years.
3) The course completion letter shall be issued jointly by the University and the
College immediately after completion of the programme, notwithstanding
the minimum duration.
4) The extraordinary student is one with a CGPA ≥ 9 in 2nd and 3rd semesters and
continue to maintain the same in all the semesters. Otherwise, his/her registration
shall stand canceled automatically.
5) Aspirant students shall register with the University through the Principal of the
college at the 4th semester level, with the prescribed registration fee as fixed by the
University from time to time. Such students shall register for more credits, other
than the regular semester credits, along with the 5th semester registration.
22OB 7.5. Noncompliance Cases
1) Noncompliance of Mini-project
The mini-project shall be considered as a head of passing and shall be considered
for the award of degree. Those, who do not take up/complete the mini-project shall
be declared fail in that course and shall have to complete the same during
subsequent University examinations after satisfying the Mini-project requirements.
2) Noncompliance of Major-project
The Project Work shall be considered as a head of passing and shall be considered
for the award of degree. Those, who do not take up/ complete

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the Major-project shall be declared fail in that course and shall have to complete
the same during subsequent University examinations after satisfying the Major-project
requirements.
3) Noncompliance of Internship
All the students of B.E./B.Tech. shall have to undergo mandatory internship The
internship shall be considered as a head of passing and shall be considered for the
award of degree. Those, who do not take up/complete the internship shall be
declared fail in that Course and shall have to complete the same during subsequent
University examinations after satisfying the internship requirements.
4) Noncompliance to earn credits in Honours and Minors
When a student registering for minor or honours degree is unable to complete all the
required courses or earn the required credits within the maximum programme duration
or at the time of becoming eligible for the award of the Degree, may withdraw from these
additional degree programmes and request for the award of a certificate. The University
shall consider those additional courses passed as Value Added Courses and issue a
certificate to that effect.
22OB 7.6. Award of Prizes, Medals, and Ranks
For the award of Prizes and Medals, the conditions stipulated by the Donor shall be
considered subject to the provisions of the statutes framed by the University for such
awards.
(1) For the award of rank in a Specialization of Bachelor of Engineering/Technology,
the highest CGPA secured by the students at the end of the VIII semesters shall be
considered after having completed the requisite credits.
(2) The additional credits earned for the award of Honours/ Minors degree shall not
have any bearing for the Rank declaration.
(3) A student shall be eligible for a rank at the time of award of the degree of
Bachelor of Engineering/ Technology, provided that the student,
a) (i) Has passed all the Courses of I to VIII semester in the first attempt only in
case of Candidates admitted to the I year.
(ii) Has passed all the Courses (including bridge courses) of III to VIII semester in
the first attempt only in case of Candidates admitted under lateral entry
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b) Is not a repeater in any semester because of rejection of result of a semester/

shortage of attendance /temporarily discontinued and rejoined/readmitted etc.
c) Has completed all the semesters (I to VIII or III to VIII for lateral entry students) in
VTU constituent college or in any VTU affiliated college, excluding the autonomous
colleges.
d) Has not been transferred from any autonomous college affiliated to VTU or any
other University.
(4) The total number of ranks awarded shall be 10% of the total number of students
who appeared in the VIII semester subject to a maximum of 10 ranks in a
specialization.
(5) For an award of ranks in a specialization, a minimum of 10 students should have
appeared in the VIII semester examination.

Illustration:
a) If 1228 students appeared for the VIII semester in Electronics and Communication
Engineering Program, the number of ranks to be awarded for Electronics and
Communication Engineering shall be10.
b) If 90 students appeared for the VIII semester in Biomedical Engineering, the number
of ranks to be awarded for Biomedical Engineering will be 09.
c) In case of a fractional number of ranks, it is rounded to a higher integer only when
the first decimal place is greater than or equal to 5.

22OB 7.7. Ranks shall be awarded based on the merit of the students as determined by
CGPA. If two or more students get the same CGPA, the tie shall be resolved by
considering the number of times a student has obtained ahigher SGPA. If it is not
resolved even at this stage, the number of times a student has obtained higher
grades like S, A+, A, B+ etc., shall be taken in to account to decide the order of the
rank.

22OB 8.0. CHANGE OF COLLEGE: TRANSFER OF STUDENTS

The Regulations Governing the Change of College shall be followed [Annexure-II].

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22OB 9.0. CHANGE OF BRANCH

The Regulations Governing the Change of Branch shall be followed[Annexure-III].

22OB 10.0. MISCELLANEOUS

1) Guidelines for using Online content in courses at the University and Colleges
[Annexure-IV].
2) The Regulations Governing the Academic Bank of Credits shall be followed
[Annexure-V]

22OB 11.0. Applicability and Power to Modify

i) The regulations governing the degree of Bachelor of Engineering/ Technology of
Visvesvaraya Technological University shall be binding on all concerned.
ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing, the University shall have
the power to issue directions/ orders to address and removal of any difficulty.
iii) Nothing in the foregoing may be construed as limiting the power of the University
to amend, modify or repeal any or all of the above.

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Annexure – I
An illustrative example to calculate SGPA and CGPA for one academic year:

(a) SGPA and CGPA Calculations: An Illustrative Example for one academic year
Semester

Even: II)
(Odd :I,

Points

Points
Grade

Grade

Credit
Course

(CrP)
(GP)
Credits SGPA, CGPA
Code

I XX11 3 B 8 3x8=24
I XX12 3 Absent(F) 0 3x0=00 101
𝑆𝐺𝑃𝐴 =
I XX13 3 A+ 9 3x9=27 20
= 𝟓. 𝟎𝟓
I XX14 3 F 0 3x0=00
I XX15 3 B 6 3x6=18
I XX16 1 C 5 1x5=05
I XX17 1 A+ 9 1x9=09
I XX18 2 B 6 2x6=12
I XX19 1 B 6 1x6 = 06
Total 20(14*) Total 101
(14*): Total credits of the semester excluding the credits of the courses under F grade. Considered for the
calculation of CGPA of the two consecutive semesters under consideration.
II XX21 3 B+ 7 3x7=21
II XX22 3 A 8 3x8=24 178
𝑆𝐺𝑃𝐴 =
II XX23 3 B 6 3x6=18 26
= 6.85
II XX24 3 C 5 3x5=15
II XX25 3 A+ 9 3x9=27
II XX26 1 F 0 1x0=00 𝐶𝐺𝑃𝐴
II XX27 1 A 8 1x8=08 (101 + 178)
=
II XX28 2 A+ 9 2x9=18 14 + 25
II XX29 1 A 8 1x8=08 𝟐𝟕𝟗
I semester = 𝟑𝟗 = 𝟕. 𝟏𝟓
I XX12 3 B 6 3x6=18
I XX14 3 B+ 7 3x7=21
Total 26(25*) Total 178
(25*): Total credits of the semester excluding the credits of the courses under F grade. Considered for the
calculation of CGPA of the two consecutive semesters under consideration.
(b) CGPA Calculation of the Program: An Illustrative Example
Semester I II III IV V VI VII VIII
Credits of the 20 20 20 20 20 20 24 16
semester
SGPA 5.0 6.73 9.20 6.86 8.18 7.73 9.18 9.40
∑CrP 100 175 220 165 204 185 184 169
[100 + 175 + 220 + 165 + 204 + 185 + 184 + 169 ] [1402 ]
𝑪𝑮𝑷𝑨 = = = 𝟖. 𝟕𝟔
160 160

For Lateral Entry Students

[220 + 165 + 204 + 185 + 184 + 169 ] [1127 ]
𝑪𝑮𝑷𝑨 = = = 𝟗. 𝟑𝟗
120 120

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Annexure – II

The Regulations Governing the Change of College:

( @ https://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Notified-COC-Regulations.pdf )

Annexure – III

The Regulations Governing the Change of Branch:

(@ https://vtu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Notified-COB-Regulations.pdf )

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Annexure – IV

Guidelines for Using Online Content in Courses at the University and Colleges.

1.0. Background
A lot of online high quality content is available today either free or at a low cost. Besides the
Government supported NPTEL, there are companies who aggregate courses from several
Universities (and even private commercial organizations) and offer them to students all over
the world. There are other companies who offer courses designed and developed by them.
Further, a lot of companies have online content available to students.
On the other hand, most of the Computer Science (and related) departments face serious
shortage of faculty, particularly in areas where there is a significant demand in the industry.

So, on one hand, we have quality content available for free or low cost, and on the other hand,
we don’t have faculty to teach such courses. The natural solution is to find ways to use online
content for the courses in the curriculum (with credits). This way, either a knowledgeable
faculty can “teach” a much larger class, or a faculty member with inadequate background in
the topic can still “teach” the course better than what he/she would have done without the
support of such online content.

1.1. Issues
The online content has been around for several years. The regulatory bodies have also been
encouraging use of such content (particularly, NPTEL). And yet, the online content has not
been integrated with the curriculum in most colleges. The pandemic has allowed people to
take a fresh look at online content and the mental barriers to using such content in the
curriculum have been breached. At this time, it is felt that a lot of colleges would want to use
this content. However, there are two primary academic issues that need to be addressed
(besides logistics, financial, and HR issues). These are:
1. How do we decide what material to use? This has two sub-issues. One, what content
would be equivalent to the content that is mentioned in our curriculum (course
mapping). Note this is a challenge because there may not be a single module which
covers all parts of the curriculum. So, we may need to select more than one module.
Two, given the plethora of content, which content is of reasonable quality.
2. How would a college do evaluation of students in order to assign marks/grades?

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1.2. Modes of Learning

There are several ways of using the online content in the curriculum.

The simplest mode (Mode 1) is to use online content as additional reference material. In this
mode, the normal teaching is anyway being done, and the faculty is referring to online content
in the same way he/she would refer to a book. This mode requires no change or suggestions
and hence is outside the scope of this document.

The next mode (Mode 2) is the flipped classroom model where the students go through the
online content (including writing programs, small quizzes, etc.), and the local faculty takes
discussion sessions and does all the evaluation. This mode still requires a knowledgeable
faculty member to be the Course Teacher. However, given that we can now reduce the contact
hours for the students and faculty, the same faculty can handle a much larger class (or multiple
sections in case there is an upper limit on the size of the class).

The next mode (Mode 3) is that the students are studying only through the online mode and
there is very little interaction with the faculty at the college. May be there can be some sessions
once in a while, but mostly, the role of a local faculty is only to handle evaluation (exams,
assignments, projects, etc.). This partially addresses the issue of lack of faculty in certain areas
since the expertise required for handling evaluation is arguably lesser than the expertise
required to teach the course.

The last mode (Mode 4) is where the online provider does everything, including evaluations.
We don’t need any faculty member at the college to offer this course. We only need to decide
how to translate the evaluation done by an outsider to an equivalent grade/ mark on the
college transcript.

The table below illustrate the four models in brief.

S.
Model Local Part Online Part Guidelines
No.
1 Reference All lectures, Additional No additional recommendations.
Mode homework, Reference This requires no additional details.
evaluations material

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2 Flipped Discussion Lectures, Requires local faculty with some

Mode sessions, Homework, knowledge in the subject area.
evaluations Quizzes, Large sections/class sizes can be
Project options handled
3 Screen Evaluations All lectures, Place reasonable limit on the
Mode Homework, number of credits that can be earned
Projects in this mode.
Use in cases where there is faculty
shortage in critical areas.
4 Fully -- All lectures, Place reasonable limit on the
online evaluations, number of credits that can be earned
Projects, Tests in this mode.
Advised not to repeat this model for
the same course more than two
times.
Local faculty also to register and go
through the course.
Official score/grade to be suitably
added to the student transcript.

1.3. Course Mapping

Each course in the curriculum has course outcomes and the content defined by the University.
Typically, we may have some course outcomes which are important ones and may be some
outcome which is desirable or optional. Similarly, the curriculum may also define the rough
duration of each topic. Sometimes the curriculum will also include the kind of projects or
assignments that the student shall be asked to do in the course.

The key to course mapping is to realize that any two individuals defining a course will have
some differences and we must be flexible to accept differences to some extent. The committee
trying to do course mapping should have an understanding of what are the important
components (in all three: outcomes, topics, and projects) and should ensure that the online
content meets all the important requirements. But looking for identical course would be
usually futile.

Also, what is noticed is that typical online courses are often available in smaller modules than
a typical 4- credit course in our curriculum. And therefore, one may need to consider more
than one online course together to be equivalent to one course in the college. It may also be

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noted that just like some small aspects of the course may not be present in the modules chosen,
there may be some aspects of the online modules which were not part of the college course.
This amount of flexibility should be acceptable to the college. Typically, if the online content
covers 80% of the college course, it may be accepted.

While autonomous colleges and Universities do have this flexibility, the affiliated colleges may
not have the flexibility of not teaching even 20% of the content. In case of affiliated colleges,
one will have to either be stricter in course mapping or find a way to cover the gaps through a
local faculty or a visiting faculty. It is assumed that it is easier to find a visiting faculty for a
small part of the course and hence it is still a useful mode.

It may also be noted here that for Core courses, the overlap needs to be significantly higher
while for the elective courses, the overlap could be relaxed somewhat. It is because the core
courses typically are pre-requisites for other courses. Also, core courses have been defined to
be such because it is assumed that content is more important for the graduates than what is
taught in electives.

However, course mapping is still not an easy thing to do. It requires an understanding of
important versus less important components, and quality of content among the plethora of
options available. It may require someone to go through the content patiently.

And hence it is recommended that for courses recommended in the curriculum, a course
mapping may be suggested for the benefit of colleges by the University.

1.4. Evaluation
In Modes 1, 2, and 3, the complete evaluation is local, and hence there is no issue. In Mode 4,
we need to consider an external evaluation and use that internally. This is a challenge. There
is a difference in how to handle this in a University versus an affiliating college. In a University,
a simple way of handling this would be to assign a Pass/Fail grade to the student. In case of an
affiliating college, where only the internal marks need to be forwarded to the University, one
could consider the external evaluation since it impacts only 30% of the marks, and the
University will anyway have its own exam of 70% marks.

There are other models like normalizing the external evaluation to the college’s internal policy
or average distribution of marks in other courses.

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It is assumed that in Mode 4, there is a formal way of communicating performance of the

student by the provider of the online courses since colleges/Universities will not accept screen
shots, emails, etc.

1.5. Other Issues

a) Financial: If there is a fee to be paid for online content, the college should have a policy
on that. Typically, if the savings due to reduced faculty requirements are significant, then
the fees for the online provider shall be reimbursed by the college.
b) Teaching Load: Faculty member supporting the course whether by taking a few
discussion sessions (in Mode 2) or by evaluating the students (in Mode 3) is still putting
in substantial effort in managing the course, and an appropriate credit should be given
to the faculty member when his/her teaching load is computed.
c) Training the teacher: When a course is being done in Mode 3, the local faculty member
should also be expected to register for the course and go through the course (with load
being appropriately counted). After a faculty member has gone through the course in two
academic sessions, he/she would be well prepared to teach the course in the class in a
much better way. Even if the course is being offered in Mode 4, there is no harm in asking
a faculty member to register for the course and go through it. Some responsible person
in the college would know the level of the course and what exactly students have done,
and again, after two such sessions, the faculty member would be well prepared to teach
the course. Hence this mode will also lead to better training of the teachers.
d) Limits on Credits: The University recommends that there should be a limit on the
number of credits students can earn through online courses. In case of Mode 4, where
even the evaluation is done by the online course provider, the proposed limit is 8 credits
only. As the technology for online exams or the processes for evaluation by online
providers improve over a period of time, this limit may be increased. In case of Mode 3
where the content is delivered online but evaluation is local, the limit can be high. For
Mode 3 and Mode 4 combined, the limit can be what the regulatory bodies like UGC have
announced for online courses, which is currently 40% of the total credits. In Modes 1 and
2 where the online content is really the reference material, there is no need for any limit.

Another constraint the committee would want the colleges to consider is that in a
sequence of courses in one stream of Computer Science, at least one course should be in

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class. For example, if we consider the sequence of systems courses – Operating Systems,
Databases, Networks, Architecture, at least one course should be in class. This is to
ensure that if there were some gaps in online courses, the faculty in the face to face class
can try to cover that to some extent.
e) Faculty Incentive: There is a need to provide some incentive to faculty members who
would manage the course that is being taught in the online mode. If a course is being
taught in Mode 2, the load on the faculty is only marginally less than the load of teaching
an in person course. So the full teaching load should be considered for the faculty. In
Mode 3, the load is much less, and in Mode 4, the load is only that we are asking the
faculty to also go through the course along with the students. In these two modes, the
college may consider this as reduced load. However, their learning the course may be
treated as equivalent to having done a Faculty Development Program when it comes to
their appraisal and promotions.

f) Consideration in NBA Accreditation: One of the prime reasons why online courses
haven’t become popular with colleges is that they must recruit faculty with a certain
faculty to student ratio for accreditation and ranking. And once they have recruited
faculty, one would always want the faculty to teach and not keep them under-loaded. If
one can consider online courses as equivalent to faculty strength while deciding faculty-
to-student ratio, then colleges would be attracted to online courses. A typical faculty
member teaches about 100 students in a semester (across 2-3 courses). If 100 students
do a course in Mode 4, we may consider this as equivalent to having one additional full
time equivalent (FTE) faculty member on the rolls of the college for that semester.
Similarly, if 200 students do a course in Mode 3, we may consider this as equivalent to
having one additional FTE faculty member for that semester.
g) Online offering of AICTE Model Curriculum Courses by Experts
It is known that a significant number of colleges do not have adequately qualified faculty
to teach the courses in the model curriculum properly. This proposal tries to alleviate
this challenge by utilizing our newly acquired comfort level with online education.
Essentially, the suggestion is that AICTE incentivizes top faculty to offer the AICTE model
courses online and publishes a calendar of such courses well in advance, so colleges/HEIs
can use them for teaching the AICTE curriculum.

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The following would be the salient features of the proposed scheme.

1. All the identified core courses and later on some key electives of the AICTE curriculum
may offered regularly (may be every semester) with a predefined calendar enabling
colleges to plan to use them for their students.

2. For each course AICTE identifies through a process a set of “Distinguished National
Technical Teachers” who are subject experts and who also have experience teaching the
course at the undergraduate level.

3. These “Distinguished Teachers” are offered financial reward for offering one course
online once every 2 to 3 years. The reward must be substantial to make it prestigious as
well as attractive. Suitable funding is also made available to the instructor for engaging
TAs for help sessions as well as laboratory exercises.

4. AICTE can also recognize industry professionals in the panel of distinguished faculty as
they can make these courses more interesting and industry oriented. They could teach
jointly with academics appointed as Distinguished Teachers and handle certain
components of the course. The Distinguished Teachers will be encouraged to actively
invite guest faculty from industry and/or professional associations (e.g., ACM) to give
lectures in these courses to make them more interesting and industry oriented.

5. There is a registration procedure for colleges (not individual students) to register for
making this course available to their students. They should also commit to assigning an
instructor for coordinating classes including infrastructure, conducting assessments,
help in grading etc.

6. Colleges may be asked to pay a reasonable amount as registration charges so that the
scheme is self-sustaining.

7. This will be an AICTE scheme for teaching its model curriculum courses by experts. It
can be managed by AICTE directly, or it can offer it to another institutions/consortium to
manage them. Any platform (e.g., NPTEL) can be used to deliver these courses.

This approach differs from the currently available online courses from NPTEL and other
platforms substantially.

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1. Syllabus for each course is the approved AICTE syllabus.

2. The courses would be available against a set calendar each semester making it possible
for colleges to rely on them.

3. It empowers the college rather than individual students to make use of the online course
in a “mixed” mode and thus addresses the deficiency of expertise in specific areas in that
college.

4. With suitable incentive (both prestige and financial) top experts may be motivated to
offer these courses.

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Annexure – V:
The Regulations Governing the Academic Bank of Credits:

The notification from the University Grants Commission (refer page no.8 to 15 for the
English version of the Gazette notification) shall be followed.

https://www.ugc.gov.in/pdfnews/9327451_Academic-Bank-of-Credicts-in-Higher-
Education.pdf

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Annexure – VI:
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN SPECIFIC COURSES
[Recommendations of the Joint Board of Studies]
22OB A6.1. CIE and SEE Assessment in Specific Courses:
Examination and Evaluation for all the courses shall be done as specified under
Sections 22OB 4.1, 22OB 4.2 and 22OB 4.3 of this Regulations for SEE and CIE. However,
for some specific courses, the procedure is made clear in the following sections.
22OB A6.1.1. CAED
The CIE marks for CAED course offered in the 1st year shall be assessed as follows:
1) The CIE marks awarded in the case of Drawing shall be based on weekly evaluation
of the classwork (sketching and computer- aided drawing) with each drawing
evaluated as mentioned module-wise in the syllabus. The marks for all the drawing
sheets are added and scaled down to 30 marks.
2) One class test similar to SEE will be conducted after completion of the syllabus
for 100 marks and scaled down to 20 marks.
3) CIE marks (out of 50) scored by the student is the sum of classwork evaluation
and test marks.
22OB A6.1.2. Engineering Graphics/ Drawing /Field Works
1) Engineering Graphics and Drawing (Laboratory Course)
a) The CIE marks awarded for higher semester Engineering Graphics/ Drawings/
Design Drawings offered by various branches shall be based on the evaluation
of the sheets and one test in the ratio 80:20. Method of assessing the CIE for
such courses shall as per the scheme of Teaching and Evaluation of the course.
b) The SEE shall be conducted and evaluated for a maximum of marks 100.
Marks obtained shall be accounted for SEE final marks, reducing it by 50%.
(i) SEE will be conducted by the two examiners of the same institute
appointed by the Principal.
(ii) Question paper shall be set jointly by both the Examiners and made
available for each batch as per schedule. Examiners may refer question
bank for this purpose.
(iii) Evaluation shall be carried out jointly by both examiners as per the
scheme of Teaching and Evaluation.

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2) Field Works
a) Field works include Surveying Practice/ Socio-Economic survey/ Marketing
survey/ traffic survey/environmental survey. The CIE marks shall be split into two
components with 80% of maximum marks (40 marks) are considered for
fieldwork report evaluation and 20% of maximum marks (10 marks) for internal
assessment test evaluation.
Fieldwork evaluation includes attendance, data collection through survey, use of
datafor design drawing, and report. The split-up of marks for the report shall be
decidedby the faculty member who is guiding them for the design drawing and
report. The criteria for split-up of marks shall be done to achieve the course
outcomes. The report evaluation shall be carried out for 100 marks and scored
marks shall be scaled down to 40 marks.
The assessment shall be through a presentation of the report followed by the
viva-voce. This test shall be conducted by the fieldwork project guide and fieldwork
coordinator. If the fieldwork coordinator happens to be the same faculty, then, HOD
or senior faculty member will conduct the test with the guide. A test similar to SEE
shall be conducted for 100 marks and marks scored shall be scaled down to 10
marks.
The sum of the report and test marks shall be the total CIE marks for fieldwork.
b) SEE for fieldwork Conducted by the two examiners of the same institute appointed
by the University. Report and design drawing evaluation and viva-voce are in the
ratio of 60:40. Fieldwork will be jointly evaluated by the Internal and External
examiners and the duration of SEE shall be three hours.
22OB A6.1.3. Practical Courses:
1) CIE for Practical Work Courses
a) CIE marks for a practical course shall be 50 Marks. The split-up of CIE
marks for record/ journal and test to be split in the ratio 60:40.
(i) Each experiment to be evaluated for conduction with observation sheet
and record write-up. Spit up of marks for the evaluation of the
journal/write-up for hardware/software experiments designed by the
faculty who is handling the laboratory session and shall be made known
to students at the beginning of the practical session.

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(ii) Record shall contain all the specified experiments in the syllabus and
each experiment write-up be evaluated for 10 marks.
(iii) Total marks scored shall be scaled downed to 30 marks (60% of maximum
marks).
(iv) Weightage to be given for neatness and submission of record/write-up
on time.
(v) Department shall conduct one test for 100 marks, after the completion
of the experiments.
(vi) In test write-up, conduction of experiment, acceptable result, and
procedural knowledge shall carry a weightage of 60% and the rest 40%
for viva-voce.
(vii) The suitable split up of marks can be designed to evaluate each student’s
performance and learning ability.
(viii) The test marks out of 100 shall be scaled down to 20 marks (40% of
the maximum marks).
The Sum of scaled-down marks scored in the report write- up/journal and
marks of the test shall be the total CIE marks scored by the student.
b) Internal tests for laboratory courses with software experiments shall be
conducted for a total of 100 marks at the end of the semester, jointly by the
class Teacher and a Senior faculty nominated by the Principal.
In this evaluation, Observation, write-up of procedure/ Algorithm/ program,
and execution of experiment shall be assessed for 80 marks and the Viva-
voce for 20 marks.
Marks scored out of 100 shall be scaled down to 50 marks.

2) SEE for Practical Work Courses

1) The SEE marks for the practical courses shall be 50 Marks.
2) SEE shall be conducted jointly by the two examiners of the same institute
appointed by the University.
3) All laboratory experiments are to be included for practical examination.
4) Breakup of marks and the instructions printed on the cover page of the
answer script are to be strictly adhered to by the examiners. OR

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Based on the course requirement, a split-up of marks for evaluation shall

be decided jointly by the examiners.
5) Students shall pick one question (experiment) from the questions pool
prepared by the examiners jointly.
6) Evaluation of write-up/ conduction procedure and result/viva will be
conducted jointly by the examiners.
7) The split-up of maximum allocated marks for SEE are:
(i) procedure/ writeup 20%,
(ii) Conduction and result 60%,
(iii) Viva-voce 20%
8) SEE for the practical course shall be evaluated for 100 marks and scored marks
shall be scaled down to 50 marks.
9) Change of experiment is allowed only once and 20% Marks allotted to the
procedure/write-up part to be made zero (Evaluation is to be carried out for
80% of total maximum marks).
10)The duration of SEE shall be three hours.

22OB A6.1.4. Internship

1) The Internship shall be taken up during the period specified in the Scheme of
Teaching and Examinations.
The Department/ College shall nominate faculty member/s to facilitate, Guide,
and supervise students under an internship.
The students shall report the progress of the internship to the Guide in regular
intervals and seek his/her advice. The Guide shall maintain the progress record
of the candidate’s undergoing internship. Duration of the internship shall be as
mentioned in the scheme of Teaching and Examination.
The Internship examination shall be conducted at the end of the internship
period.

2) Report evaluation:Internship shall be evaluated for 50% maximum marks. The

split-up of marks suggested for report evaluation shall be based on,
a) Report formatting (20% of marks of CIE for report)

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b) Presentation of the outcomes in the report (40% of marks for CIE for
report) and
c) Technical content of the report (40% of marks for CIE for report)
Weightage shall be given for paper publication in reputed journals/refereed
journals/ Conferences/Product developed/ Patent filed – only for Industry/
Research Internship.
3) Viva-Voce shall be conducted for 50% of marks of CIE. The split-up of marks
suggested are:
a) For demonstration of (soft) skills/Engineering Knowledge gained (50% of
marks of CIE for Viva-voce).
b) The question-answer session will check for the understanding of the
fundamentals and concepts (40% of CIE marks for Viva-voce)
c) Clarity in answering the questions (10% of CIE marks for Viva-voce)
Viva-voce shall be conducted by the Mentor/ Guide and Head of the Department/
one of the senior faculty assigned by the Head of the department.
4) Those who do not complete the internship shall be declared Fail and shall
complete it during subsequent University examinations after satisfying the
internship requirements during subsequent semesters.

22OB A6.1.5. Seminar

1) The maximum marks prescribed for the Seminar and the evaluation process shall
be notified by the University/ College before offering the course.
2) The Seminar performance evaluation shall be a part of CIE only in a course where
required.
3) The Seminar shall be assessed as indicated below.
a) The Head of the Department shall make arrangements for the conduct of
seminars through a committee of faculty members of the Department. The
committee, constituted for the purpose by the Head of the Department, shall
award the CIE marks for the seminar. The committee shall consist of three
senior faculty members of the Department and the most senior among them
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b) The marks awarded for Seminar shall be based on the evaluation of the
Seminar Report, Presentation skill, and Viva-voce (Question & Answer session)
in the ratio of 50:25:25.
c) Split up Marks to be assessed as follows:
(i) Report marks to be allotted by the seminar guide/s(50% of the maximum
marks)
A). Formatting of the report (10% of maximum marks)
B). Literature survey (20% of maximum Marks) and
C). Technical content of the report (20% of maximum marks)
(ii) Seminar Presentation skill marks to be allotted by the committee: (25% of
the maximum marks)
(iii) Viva-Voce marks to be allotted by the committee: (25% of the maximum
marks)
A). Understanding of fundamentals and concepts (15% )
B). Clarity in answering the questions (10%)
22OB A6.1.6. Mini-Project
1) The Mini-Project performance of a student shall be evaluated under CIE only. The
maximum marks prescribed for CIE shall be as mentioned in the Scheme of
Teaching and Evaluation.
2) The Head of the Department shall make arrangements for the conduct of viva-
voce evaluation of the mini-project. The committee shall consist of a Faculty
guide/mentor and two senior faculty members of the Department and the
most senior among them shall be the Chairperson.
3) The CIE marks awarded for Mini-Project, shall be based on the evaluation of
the Mini-Project Report, Project Presentation skill, and Viva-Voce (Question and
Answer session) in the ratio of 50:25:25.
4) The marks awarded for the Mini-Project report shall be the same for all the
students of the batch. The faculty guide/ mentor guiding the Mini-project shall
Evaluate the performance for 50% of the maximum marks of CIE for the report.
5) This committee shall evaluate Mini-project Work for the rest of 50% of the
maximum marks considering performance in project presentation and Viva-Voce
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a) Project presentation: 25% of maximum marks

b) Viva-Voce (Question and answer session) :25% of maximum marks
22OB A6.1.7. Project Work
1) The project work shall be evaluated considering both CIE and SEE; The CIE
and SEE marks shall be as mentioned in the Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation.
2) The CIE marks awarded for Project Work shall be based on the evaluation of
the Project Report, Project Presentation skill, and Viva-voce in the ratio of
50:25:25.
3) The marks awarded for the Project report shall be the same for all the students
of the batch.
4) The Head of the Department shall make arrangements for the conduct of Viva-
Voce for evaluation of the project work. The committee shall consist of the
faculty guide/mentor and two senior faculty members of the Department and
the most senior among them shall be the Chairperson.
5) The faculty guide/ mentor guiding the project shall Evaluate the performance for
50% of the maximum marks of CIE for the report.
6) This committee shall evaluate Project Work for 50% of the maximum marks
considering the project presentation and question-answer session.
a) Project presentation: 25% of maximum marks
b) Question and answer session: 25% of maximum marks

22OB A6.2. SEE Assessment in Specific Courses:

22OB A6.2.1. Theory Course with 4, 3 and 2 Credits
The SEE for theory courses shall be conducted by the University as per the scheduled
timetable for all, with common question papers for the course. The duration of
examination shall be three hours.
1) The question paper will have ten questions. Each question is set for 20 marks.
The medium of the question paper shall be ENGLISH unless otherwise it is
mentioned.
2) There will be 2 questions from each module. Each of the two questions under
a module (with a maximum of 3 sub-questions), should have a mix of topics
under that module.

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3) The students have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from
each module.
4) Marks scored will be proportionally scaled down to 50 marks.

22OB A6.2.2. Integrated Course (I/c) /Integrated Professional Core Courses (IPCC)
For a course where theory is integrated with Laboratory course, the SEE duration for
the theory part shall be three hours, as specified in section 22OB 4.3. However, the
question paper in the SEE examination shall include at least one question from the
Laboratory component.

22OB A6.2.3.Theory Course with 1 Credit

The SEE question paper shall have MCQ(multiple choice questions) set for 50
questions, each carrying one mark. The time duration for SEE is one hour.

22OB A6.2.6. Practical Work Courses

1) The SEE marks for the practical courses shall be 50 Marks.
2) SEE shall be conducted jointly by the two examiners of the University/ College
appointed by the University.
3) All laboratory experiments are to be included for practical examination.
4) Breakup of marks and the instructions printed on the cover page of the answer
script are to be strictly adhered to by the examiners. OR
Based on the course requirement, a split-up of marks for evaluation shall be
decided jointly by the examiners.
5) Students shall pick one question (experiment) from the questions pool
prepared by the examiners jointly.
6) Evaluation of write-up/ conduction procedure and result/viva will be conducted
jointly by the examiners.
7) The split-up of maximum allocated marks for SEE are:
a) procedure/ writeup 20%,
b) Conduction and result in 60%,
c) Viva-voce 20%

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8) SEE for the practical course shall be evaluated for 100 marks and scored
marks shall be scaled down to 50 marks.
9) Change of experiment is allowed only once and 20% Marks allotted to the
procedure/write-up part to be made zero (Evaluation is to be carried out for
80% of total maximum marks).
10)The duration of SEE shall bethree hours.
22OB A6.2.7. Internship
1) SEE shall be conducted by the Internal and external examiners approved by the
University. The internal examiner shall be the guide for SEE. The external
Guide for the Internship shall be the external examiner for SEE.
2) Examination for internship shall be conducted at the college and the date
shall be fixed in consultation with the external Guide. The Examiners shall
jointly award the SEE marks.
3) In case the external Guide expresses his inability to conduct the Examination
at the last moment, the Principal /Chief Superintendent appointed by the
University for the concerned examination of the Institute shall appoint a senior
faculty of the Department to conduct the Examination along with the internal
Guide.
4) Split up of marks for evaluation may be the same as suggested for CIE or
Internal and external examiners shall devise split up of marks for SEE and
the same may be submitted to the University along with evaluation marks.
22OB A6.2.8. Project Work
1) The project work shall be evaluated for 200 marks with CIE of 100 marks and
SEE of 100 marks.
2) The Project Work will be conducted by the two examiners one internal and
one external examiner appointed by university.
3) SEE marks for the project shall be awarded using appropriate Rubrics based on
the quality of work & report, presentation skills, and viva- voce in the ratio
50:25:25 respectively.

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Annexure –VII:
Guidelines and Suggestive Activities for earning Activity Points
1) AICTE Activity Points Programme: AICTE has also made it mandatory for students to
earn ‘AICTE Activity Points’, over and above their academic grades for their contribution
towards community and allied activities.
2) According to Section 22OB 6.9.1. of above “VTU (Award of Bachelor of Engineering/
Technology Degree) Regulations, 2022”, it is mandatory for the students to earn Activity
points as specified herein, during their programme.
3) The student may choose any activities as per their liking in order to earn the AICTE
Activity points. These activities can be spread over the years, as per convenience of the
student
4) The Minimum AICTE activity points shall have to be earned, as per entry level of any
student as prescribed in Table-1 below, for the award of degree.

Table – 1: The Activity Point requirement for Degree/ Lateral entry students

Sl. Level of Entry in 4 year Degree Total Years Activity Points

No. Programme for Points prescribed

1 Regular Students admitted to 1st 1st to 4th Year 100

Semester of the 4 year Degree
Programme

2 Students entering 4 year Degree 2nd to 4th year 75

Programme through lateral entry and
from other Universities to the 3rd
Semester

3 Students transferred from other colleges 3rd to 4th year 50

and Universities to the 5th Semester

5) The Activity Points earned shall be re{lected on the student’s eighth semester Grade
Card.
6) Activity Points (non-credit) have no effect on SGPA/CGPA.
7) In case a student fails to earn the prescribed activity Points before the
commencement of 8th semester examinations, the Eighth Semester Grade Card shall be
issued only after earning the required activity Points. Students shall be admitted for the
award of the degree only after the release of the Eighth Semester Grade Card.
8) Additional Requirement for Earning 4 Years Degree Programme.

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Apart from technical knowledge and skills, to be successful as professionals, students

should have excellent soft skills, leadership qualities and team spirit. They should have
entrepreneurial capabilities and societal commitment. In order to match these
multifarious requirements, AICTE has created a unique mechanism of awarding
minimum100 Activity Points over and above the academic grades.
Every regular student, who is admitted to the 4 years Degree programme, is required
to earn 100 Activity Points in addition to the required academic grades, for getting 4
Years degree programme. Students entering 4 years Degree programme through lateral
entry are required to earn 75 Activity Points, in addition to the academic grades, for
getting 4 years’ degree program. Similarly, Diploma students are required to earn 75
Activity Points during 3 years of their diploma programme.
AICTE recommends 300-400 hours Activity Programme for each degree student for
Community service and allied activities. Similarly, 200-250 hours should be devoted by
Diploma student for Community service and allied activities as an additional
requirement or non-credit programme. Here, 40-45 hours are equivalent to 1 week.
These activities will be coordinated by NSS/NCC/Sports/SAGY Coordinator or TPO of
the Institute. The student will be provided a certi{icate from the concerned coordinator
and Institutional Head.
Every student is required to prepare a {ile containing documentary proofs of activities,
done by him/ her. This {ile will be duly veri{ied by the concerned evaluator as listed in
Table-4. The student should earn at least 100 activity points before he/ she appears for
his/ her Final Examinations. The points students have earned will be re{lected on the
student’s transcript. However, there will be neither grades/ marks for these points nor
will there be any effect on SPI/CPI/CGPA etc.
As proposed under the AICTE Rural Internship Programme, if a student completes any
long term goal during his degree programme, it will be counted as Internship Activity
and credit requirement for the internship is ful{illed. However, if only short term
interventions under the programme are attempted it will be counted towards AICTE
Activity Point Programme requisite. Following suggestive activities as Long Term Goals
may be carried out by students in teams:

1. Prepare and implement plan to create local job opportunities.

2. Prepare and implement plan to improve education quality in village.
3. Prepare an actionable DPR for Doubling the village Income.
4. Developing Sustainable Water Management system.
5. Prepare and Improve a plan to improve health parameters of villagers.
6. Developing and implementing of Low Cost Sanitation facilities.
7. Prepare and implement plan to promote Local Tourism through Innovative
Approaches.

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8. Implement/Develop Technology solutions which will improve quality of life.

9. Prepare and implement solution for energy conservation.
10. Prepare and implement plan to Skill village youth and provide employment.
11. Develop localized techniques for Reduction in construction Cost.
12. Prepare and implement plan of sustainable growth of village.
13. Setting of Information imparting club for women leading to contribution in social
and economic issues.
14. Developing and managing Ef{icient garbage disposable system.
15. Contribution to any national level initiative of Government of India. For eg.
Digital India/ Skill India/ Swachh Bharat Internship etc.

Table - 2: AICTE Activity Point Programme (Activity Summary Sheet)

Major Performance
Credits Suggested Total Duration/ Week Proposed
Sub Activity Head appraisal/ Maximum
Head of (Max.) period Document
(Degree) Evaluated Maximum Points
Activity Degree (Max.) as
by points/ under this
Evidence
activity category

2 Weeks Prepare and implement

(80-90 hrs) plan to create local job 20
opportunities.
2 Weeks Prepare and implement
(80-90 hrs) plan to improve education
20
quality in village.

2 Weeks Preparing an actionable

(80-90 hrs) DPR for Doubling the 20
village Income.
2 Weeks Developing Sustainable
(80-90 hrs) Water Management 20
system.
2 Weeks Prepare and Improve a
Anytime during (80-90 hrs) plan to improve health 20
the semester parameters of villagers.
AICTE during
Activity 2 Weeks Developing and
Non Credit weekends or 20
Programme (80-90 hrs) implementing of Low Cost
holidays
Sanitation facilities.
Prepare and implement
2 Weeks
plan to promote Local 20
(80-90 hrs)
Tourism through
Innovative Approaches.
Implement/Develop NSS/ NCC/
2 Weeks
Technology solutions Project SAGY
(80-90 hrs) 20
which will improve Report Coordinator
quality of life. of the
Institute
2 Weeks Prepare and implement
(80-90 hrs) solution for energy 100
conservation. 20

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2 Weeks Prepare and implement

(80-90 hrs) plan to Skill village youth 20
and provide employment.
2 Weeks Develop localized
(80-90 hrs) techniques for Reduction 20
in construction Cost.
2 Weeks Prepare and implement
(80-90 hrs) plan of sustainable growth 20
of village.
2 Weeks Setting of Information
(80-90 hrs) imparting club for women
leading to contribution 20
in social and economic
issues.
2 Weeks Developing and managing
(80-90 hrs) Efficient garbage
20
disposable system.

2 Weeks Contribution to any

(80-90 hrs) national level initiative
of Government of India.
For e.g. Digital India/ Skill
India/ 20
Swachh Bharat Internship
etc.

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