VINOBA BHAVE UNIVERSITY

HAZARIBAG
A State University & Regd. Under UGC Section 2(F) & 12-B of the U.G.C Act

NAAC B++ Accredited

UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF
MANAGEMENT

Regulations and Course of Study

For
Two Year Master Course

Master in Business Administration (Evening Session)

(For Working People)
Effective from 2018-2020 Session

Web: www.vbu.ac.in
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 VINOBA BHAVE UNIVERSITY, HAZARIBAG

REGULATION FOR THE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

(EVENING) EXAMINATIONS UNDER CHOICE BASED CREDIT
SYSTEM (CBCS)
These Regulations are applicable to all candidates admitted into the full – time
Master of Business Administration (Evening) programmes from the session 2018
onwards.

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1. Preamble:

(a) The regulation herein specified apply to full- time Master of Business
Administration (Evening) programme, offered by the Vinoba Bhave
University, hereinafter, referred to as the University.

(b) The University/College imparting Post – Graduate teaching, hereinafter,

shall be referred to as University/college.

(c) The University is offering Post – Graduate vocational course in the

University Department and colleges in the Faculty of Commerce leading to
the award of MBA (EVENING) degrees.

(d) A participant of the programme, is a student/ working people who registers

himself/herself with the University for a Course of study and attend the
same.

(e) Full – time evening programme are those programmes where the participants
devote their entire available time for the studies and research work as per
schedule.

(f) ‘Programme’ means Post – Graduate Degree programme, that is, MBA
(EVENING) programme.

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(g) ‘Course’ means a theory or practical subject that is normally studied in a
Semester.

(h) ‘University Department’ means teaching Department of the University

imparting Post – Graduate education/ Professional courses either post
graduate or the graduate.

2. The Academic Year: The academic year of the vocational courses shall
ordinarily be from July to June.

3. Semester: An academic Year is divided into two semesters. In each

semester courses are offered in 15 teaching weeks and the remaining 5
weeks are to be utilized for the conduct of examinations and evaluation
purposes. Each week has 20 working hours spread over 6 days or week.

4. Duration of the course: The Vocational Master’s courses in the Faculties of

Commerce leading to the award of MBA (EVENING) degrees shall consist
of two academic years. Each academic year shall comprise of two semesters
viz. Odd and Even semesters. Odd semesters shall be from July to December
and Even Semester shall be from January to June. There shall be not less
than 90 instructional days excluding examination days/ Sundays/ Holidays
etc. Each semester shall comprise a total of 450 instruction hours. All
academic activities such as date of registration, commencement of classes,
last date of classes, date of Seminar and end semester examination schedule
shall be announced by the concerned departments / colleges of the
University prior to the commencement of semester programme.

5. Eligibility criteria and procedure for admission at MBA (EVENING)

Programme:

1) Graduate with 50% Marks.

2) 2 years working Experience.
6. Suppression/concealment of admission: The candidate must ensure that he
/she is qualified to be admitted in the course as specified in Article -5. If it is
detected at any stage that he/she did not fulfil the minimum qualifications, or
there was something against the candidate which would have prevented him /

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 her from being admitted in the concerned subject/ course, or , the candidate
has provided false information or no information about his/ her previous
involvement in an act punishable under law or act of gross misconduct and
indiscipline, then his/her candidature shall not be considered and his
admission if already made shall be cancelled at any stage and he/she shall be
debarred from appearing in any of the future examination of the University.

7. Number of seats: 40(forty) Intake The number of seats in Master of Business

Administration (Evening) Programme shall be notified by the University
from time to time.

8. Reservation: Reservation rules for admission to professional courses of

Jharkhand State Government for different categories of students such as
SC/ST/PH/VH/OBC shall apply. Benefit of caste reservation will be
extended only to those who produce certificate issued by a competent
authority of Jharkhand State.

9. Course Fee Structure: The vocational course is entirely operated under self
financed scheme of the university. Candidates admitted to MBA
(EVENING) courses shall have to pay a fee in each semester, in addition to
the University examination fee, the quantum of which shall be decided by
the Vinoba Bhave University admission council subject to reservation from
time to time. The University shall issue guidelines for the purpose in the
beginning of each academic session.

Current Fee Structure of the course

Tuition Fee ` 25,000/-

Seminar Symposia Fee ` 1,500/-

General maintenance & Electricity Fee ` 2,000/-

Internal Examination Fee ` 1,500/-

Library Teaching & Student Facility Fee ` 3,500/-

Total ` 33,500/-

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 Note: University Examination fee will be charged as for the University
rule.

Additional Amount to be paid at the time of Admission

Development Fee ` 5,000/-

Contingency ` 5,000/-

Registration and Admission Fee ` 5,000/-

At the time of Admission (1st semester fee) ` 48,500/-

Fee in other semesters (2nd to 4th) ` 33,500/-

(in each semester).

Note: - The students are required to clear the Semester fee within one month
of the commencement of the Semester (late fine of 500/- per month)
10. Course structure: - A course is a unit of instruction under any discipline
carrying a specific number of credit hours describing its weightage. Those
courses, which a student must take as compulsory, are called Core Courses.
Those courses, which a student opts out of a list of specialized courses
offered by the university departments/ colleges, are called Elective Courses.

The course structure, details of instruction hours per week are given below. Each
semester shall have six papers, each of 100 marks, and each paper shall have the
weightage of four credits.
Note:-Courses will be cover under the provision of 50% of class room
&50% of courses are based on assignment.

VALUATION/CREDIT
NATURE CODE PAPER/COURSE L A P TOTAL
MBA MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS
CORE
(EVENING)411 COMMUNICATION 4 2 0 5
MBA
CORE
(EVENING)412 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS 4 2 0 5
MBA
CORE
(EVENING)413 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING-I 4 2 0 5
ELECTIVE MBA OPERATION RESEARCH 4 2 0 5
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 (EVENING)414
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)415 BUSINESS ENVIROMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA COMPUTER APPLICATION IN
FOUNDATION
(EVENING)416 MANAGEMNT 4 2 0 5
MBA
CORE
(EVENING)421 ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR 4 2 0 5
MBA
CORE
(EVENING)422 MARKETING MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA HUMAN RESOURCE
CORE
(EVENING)423 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA CORPORATE FINANCIAL
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)424 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING-II
(EVENING)425 4 2 0 5
MBA RESEARCH METHODOLOGY &
FOUNDATION
(EVENING)426 STATICAL METHODS 4 2 0 5
MBA PRODUCTION & MATERIAL
CORE
(EVENING)431 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA LEGAL ENVIROMENT OF
CORE
(EVENING)432 BUSINESS 4 2 0 5
MBA
CORE
(EVENING)433 MICS 4 2 0 5
MBA STRATEGIC & INNOVATION
CORE
(EVENING)441 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA ENTERPRENUERSHIP & SMALL
CORE
(EVENING)442 ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)F01 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA WORKING CAPITAL
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)F02 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA FINANCIAL MARKET &
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)F03 INSTITUTION 4 2 0 5
MBA FINANCIAL DECISION
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)F04 ANALYSIS 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)F05 CORPORATE TAX ANALYSIS 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)F06 SAPM 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)M01 ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
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 MBA SALES & DISTRIBUTION
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)M02 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)M03 RURAL MARKETING 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)M04 MARKEING OF SERVICES 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)M05 INDUSTRIAL MARKETING 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)M06 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR 4 2 0 5
MBA PRODUCTION/OPERATION
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)P01 POLICY CONTROL 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)P02 MATERIAL MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA TOTAL QUALITY
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)P03 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)P04 LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA GOAL PROGRAMMING IN
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)P05 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA SERVICE OPERATION
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)P06 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)H01 HRD-STRATGIES & SYSTEM 4 2 0 5
MBA INDUSTRIAL RELATION
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)H02 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA LABOUR LEGISLATION &
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)H03 WELFARE 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)H04 CORPORATION MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA GROUP DYNAMICS &
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)H05 DEVELOPMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)H06 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IT1 &OOL 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IT2 E-COMMERCE 4 2 0 5
MBA SOFTWARE PROJECT
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IT3 MANAGEMENT 4 2 0 5
ELECTIVE MBA STRUCTURED SYSTEM 4 2 0 5
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 (EVENING)IT4 ANALYSIS
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IT5 COMPUTER NETWORK 4 2 0 5
MBA
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IT6 DBMS 4 2 0 5
MBA MANAGEMENT OF
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IB1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 4 2 0 5
MBA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IB2 ENVIROMENT 4 2 0 5
MBA INTERNATIONAL TRADE &
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IB3 FINANCE 4 2 0 5
MBA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IB4 LAW 4 2 0 5
MBA MANAGEMENT OF
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IB5 MULTINATIONAL CORPORATES 4 2 0 5
MBA INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
ELECTIVE
(EVENING)IB6 MARKETS 4 2 0 5
Following are the paper to be taught in the course and their credit along with

 In each semester student have to go through 3 core paper which are

compulsory for them for the discipline to be studied and have to opt 2
elective papers from the given option and one foundation paper as per
his/her choice related to skill enhancement from practical field of life.
 In the above table for Management Faculty, nature of paper i.e. Core,
elective and foundation are given.
 Students have to select elective from the list given.
 If student selects the interdisciplinary paper, then he/she has to join classes
in the related department.

In fourth semester PROJECT & TRAINING WORK will come under core paper

Semester-wise paper distribution

SEMESTER – I

Code No. Subject

MBA (EVENING)411 Management & Business Communications

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MBA (EVENING)412 Managerial Economics

MBA (EVENING)413 Managerial Accounting-I

MBA (EVENING)414 Operations Research

MBA (EVENING)415 Business Environment

MBA (EVENING)416 Computer Applications in Management

SEMESTER – II

Code No. Subject

MBA (EVENING)421 Organization Behaviour

MBA (EVENING)422 Marketing Management

MBA (EVENING)423 Human Resource Management

MBA (EVENING)424 Corporate Financial Management

MBA (EVENING)425 Managerial Accounting-II

MBA (EVENING)426 Research methodology and statistical

method

SEMESTER – III

Code No. Subject

MBA (EVENING)431 Production & Material Management

MBA (EVENING)432 Legal Environment of Business

MBA (EVENING)433 Management Information and Control

System.

Optional/Elective 3 papers

Paper G-1 Elective papers to the selected from group I, II, III etc.

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Paper G-2 ”

Paper G-3 ”

SEMESTER – IV

Code No. Subject

MBA (EVENING)441 Strategic and Innovation Management

MBA (EVENING)442 Entrepreneurship & Small Enterprises

Management

Optional/Elective: 2 papers for single specialisation from the same group &
3 papers for dual specialisation from the other group

Paper - G-4 Elective papers to the selected from group I, II, III etc.

Paper- G-5 ”

Paper- Project work Project - 200 marks

Here G indicates papers of the same elective group, i.e. Finance, HR,
Marketing, Production, IT, etc.

List of papers with pass marks on sessional and semester examination

Pass marks
Name of Subject End Semester in aggregate
Semester Code Written Exam in a
semester
Full Pass Full Pass Full Pass
Marks Marks Marks Marks Marks Marks
Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
411

Paper-
First 70 32 30 13 100 45 300
Semester 412

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
413

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 Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
414

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
415

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
416

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
421

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
422

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
423
Second
Semester Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
424

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45 300
425

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
426

Third Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
Semester
431

Paper- 300
70 32 30 13 100 45
432

Paper- 70 32 30 13 100 45

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(Optional) 433

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
G-1

Paper-
G-3 70 32 30 13 100 45

2
Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
G-6

Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
441
Fourth
Paper-
Semester 70 32 30 13 100 45
442
300
Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
G4
Paper-
70 32 30 13 100 45
G5
(Optional)* Presen
Project Report
54 tation 36 200 90 100
Work 120 80
• A candidate who opts for dual specialization shall be required to choose paper G-3, G4,

&G-5 each carrying one hundred marks from a group other than that which was chosen in

IIIrd Semester.

11. Scheme of Examination of a Semester

The examination of each paper shall have two components - written examination at
the end of each semester carrying 70 per cent marks to be conducted by the
university and sessional work of 30 per cent to be evaluated by the
Departmental council. Sessional work shall comprise both the written component
and day-to-day assessment. The written component shall carry 20% marks of a
paper and the day-to-day assessment 10 per cent of a paper. The sessional work
shall be evaluated by the Departmental Council on the basis of candidate

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performance in various extra-curricular activities, general behaviour, performance
at seminar etc. Two of the theory papers shall be substituted by Project Study of
200 marks in 4th semester.

For passing in Project Study a candidate must secure at least 45% marks. The
Project Study shall comprise 60 per cent marks on the Project report and 40
per cent on the presentation. A candidate must secure 50 per cent in the
aggregate to pass a semester.

Note: Students are required to do their summer internship project in the

specializations; they have opted for in final year.

Instruction for pattern of question settings:-

1. Full Marks 100 (70 marks external exam + 30 internal marks)
2. Pass Marks 32 out of 70 marks for external exam+13 out of 30
marks for internal exam
3. No. of questions to be 09 (Including 1 compulsory)
set
4. No. of questions to be 05 (Including 1 Compulsory)
answered
5. Pattern of questions
Short type:- One compulsory question consisting 7 short type
carrying 2 marks each
Long type, etc. Eight long type questions carrying 14 marks each
6. Distribution of Marks Question 1 is Compulsory (7 X2=14)
Question 2 to 9 (14 marks each)

Note:-
1. The scheme of examination for each semester shall be the same.
2. The passing in written examination, sessional, Practical, Dissertation
separately is required.
3. (i) The departmental council of the university department/ institution
concerned shall be responsible for conduct of sessional examination.
Normally the test of a portion shall be conducted by the teacher who had
imparted the teaching of the relevant portion and shall evaluate the answer
paper and submit the result to the HOD within a week of the test conducted.
(ii) The best of two tests of a paper shall be awarded as marks of sessional of a
paper.

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 (iii) The marks of all the sessional examinations shall be kept by the
Controller of the Examination of the department concerned in his/her safe
custody.
(iv) The final average marks of sessional exam against the roll no. of
university examination of each student shall be sent to the examination
department soon after the receipt of the admit cards. The admit cards shall be
distributed only thereafter.
Provided that in case there are more than one institution imparting instruction in a
course, there shall be a coordinating committee consisting of two teachers from
each institutions presided over by the Head of the University Department
concerned. It shall be the function of this committee to ensure uniformity in
the award of internal assessment (sessional) marks among the institutions
concerned.
The Institution concerned shall maintain the record of material on the basis of
which the Internal Assessment marks are awarded which will have to be
made available to the coordinating committee for inspection by them, if
required.
12. Eligibility for taking Examination:
(i) The examination form of only such candidates who have
(a) obtained not less than requisite pass marks in sessional work,
(b) fulfilled prescribed attendance criteria i.e. 75%, and
(c) good moral character,
shall be forwarded to the examination department of the
university for issuance of admit card.
(ii) No candidate will be allowed to appear in any course beyond four years
of his/her first admission to I semester of MBA (EVENING) course.
(iii) A candidate who opt to reappear in certain course at an examination, but
is not able to appear in the same will not be deemed to have
availed himself/herself of the chance to reappear and may reappear in
the course concerned at a later examination, if otherwise eligible.
(iv) A candidate who at the end of Semester fails to secure the minimum
marks required for the award of the degree may reappear in all such
courses of the I, II, III and IV Semester at the special examination to be
held within a month after publication of result of 4th Semester but a
candidate must pass all the semester examination within four years of
his/her admission to the MBA (EVENING) Course.

(v) Attendance Rule:-

All students must attend every lecture and other activities of the
Department. However, the attendance requirement will be a minimum of
75% of the classes actually held.
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 Absence during the semester-
a. A student must inform to the Director concerned immediately of any
instance of continuous absent from the classes /programme.
b. A student who is absent due to illness should approach the teacher
concerned for makeup quizzer, assignment and laboratory work.
c. A student who has been absent from sessional test due to illness shall
approach the teacher concerned for makeup test immediately on
return to class. The request should be supported with valid medical
certificate issued by a registered medicals practitioner.
d. In case the period of absence on medical grounds is more than 20
working days during the Semester, a student may apply for
withdrawal from the Semester.
Such application must be made as early as possible. No applications
for semester withdrawal will be considered after External
examination have commenced. Partial withdrawal in a semester is not
allowed.
e. If a student is continuously absent from the Department for more
than two weeks without permission of the Director of the programme
concerned his/her name will be removed from institute rolls.
Deposited fee shall not be refund in this situation or any condition.

13. Minimum Pass Marks and Movement to the next Semester: -

1. If a candidate fails in the internal assessment (Sessional work)

he/she will not be allowed to appear in the University Examination.
Such candidate will be required to clear the internal exams before filling
the form of semester exam. It is mandatory to appear in both the internal
exams.

2. A candidate passing in each paper separately by securing not less than

45% in each paper and securing not less than 50% marks in the aggregate
shall be allowed to move to the next semester, provided that a candidate

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 who passed in all the papers separately but failed to secure the minimum
stipulated marks in the aggregate of a particular semester examination
may be allowed to move to next semester and may be allowed to take
examination of maximum of three papers in which he/she has
secured low marks subject to the provision of clause 12 provided
further that if a candidate passes in at least three papers separately
but fails in not more than three papers and/or also aggregate may be
allowed to move to the next semester and will be required to take
examination of those papers subject to the provisions of clause 12.

3. A candidate who does not fulfil the requirement of Clause 13.2 shall be
required to take re-admission in the same semester.

14. Concessions given to the Persons with Disability (PWD) in Examination

(Internal & External)

The following concessions are admissible to the Persons with Disability (PWD):

1. Permission to use an amanuensis;

2. The amanuensis should be a student of class lower and different discipline
than the one for which the candidate will be taking the examination;
3. The Centre Superintendent of the Examination Centre shall choose a suitable
amanuensis and forward his/her particulars to the DSW/Controller of
Examination for consideration and approval;
4. The candidate shall pay the fee as prescribed for use of the amanuensis.
However, the Dyslexic, Blind, Physically Handicapped or Spastic or
Candidate should be provided services of an amanuensis free of cost;
5. The amanuensis shall be paid remuneration as prescribed from time to time
by the University;
6. The candidate may be permitted to use the services an amanuensis in all or
any of the papers.
7. Additional time of 30/60 minutes in each paper in internal & external
examinations, respectively;

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 8. The Centre Superintendent shall make the sitting arrangements for the
Dyslexic, Blind, Physically Handicapped and Spastic candidates on the
ground floor, as far as possible;
9. Any other special arrangement, as necessary, shall be made by the Centre
Superintendent(s) under intimation to the DSW/Controller of Examination;

15. Reappearance at the Examination to clear carry over papers :

At the end of each semester the examination department shall conduct

examination of all the four semesters disjointly so as to enable the
candidate who could not clear all the papers in the preceding semester
or could not secure stipulated aggregate marks or failures of a semester,
provided that the candidate who could not pass at least in three papers
of a semester shall not be permitted to appear in the examination of
the next semester. The candidates who fail to secure stipulated marks in all
the papers separately and/or in the aggregate of the IV semester shall be
allowed to take examination held with the next batches

NOTE :- A candidate who fails at the examination but has secured at least
50% marks in the Project Report submitted (wherever applicable), will not be
required to reappear in the Project Report/Practical Examination he/she
will not be required submit a fresh project report when he/she appears
again at the examination and the marks obtained by him/her in respect of
project report/practical examination at the earlier examination will be taken
into account while determining his/her result.

15.1 Classification of Successful candidate:

At the end of the fourth semester the successful candidate shall be classified
as under:

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 First class: 6 CGPA or more in the aggregate of all the four semester
examinations.

Second class : 4.5 CGPA or more marks in the aggregate of all the four
semester examinations a candidate who secure at least 70% in the aggregate of
all the semester examination shall be declared to have secured Distinction in
First Class.

15.2 Grace Marks - A candidate shall be awarded up to 5 marks in aggregate if

he/she fails short of pass marks or 2nd class/ 1st class only once in entire
semesters and such marks will be added in the theory paper in which the
candidate scored lowest marks.

15.3 A candidate must qualify for the award of the degree within four years
of his first admission to the course.

16. Medium of Examination: The medium of instruction and examination shall

be English only.

17. Coverage of the syllabus: The syllabus in each subject and in each paper
shall be demarcated into well-defined units/areas of content along with a
topic wise break up. The Board of studies of subject concerned constituted
by the Vice-Chancellor shall be responsible for framing the syllabus subject
to the provisions of this regulation. The course teacher shall be responsible
for the coverage of the syllabi of the course including fulfilment of the
prescribed requirement. The Head/ Director of the University Department/
Principal of the College shall co-ordinate the teaching programme. In case a
teacher fails to cover the course within time due to unforeseen
circumstances, he shall take extra classes to cover the course. The Head/
Director of University Department / Principal of the College shall get a
course completion certificate from every course teacher(s) at the end of the
semester.

18. Letter Grades and Grade Points :

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i. Two methods- relative grading or absolute grading –have been in vogue for
awarding grades in a course. The relative grading is based on the distribution
(usually normal distribution) of marks obtained by all the students of the
course and the grades are awarded based on a cut-off marks or percentile.
Under the absolute grading, the marks are converted to grades based on pre-
determined class intervals. To implement the following grading system, the
colleges and universities can use any one of the above methods.
Explanation of grading system of Management Department
In point 18 (ii) as per P.G. regulation of University 45% is Pass marks for
individual paper. So the grades & grade points have been given into the
following table and further explanation have been mentioned in the table to
the show the range of percentage of marks to be cumulated into a particular
grade point.

Letter Grade Grade Point Percentage of Marks

O (Outstanding) 10 Marks>= 80 and Marks <=100
A+ (Excellent) 9 Marks>= 70 and Marks < 80
A (Very Good) 8 Marks>= 60 and Marks <70
B+(Good) 7 Marks>= 55 and Marks <60
B (Above Average) 6 Marks>= 50 and Marks <55
C (Average) 5 Marks>= 45 and Marks <50
P(Pass) 4 Marks>= 40 and Marks <45
F (Fail) 0 Marks <40
Ab (Absent) 0

ii. The UGC recommends a 10-point grading system with the following grades
as given below:

Table-1 : Grades and Grade Points

Letter Grade Grade Point

O (Outstanding) – 10
A+ (Excellent) – 9
A (Very Good) – 8
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 B + (Good) – 7
B (Above Average) – 6
C (Average) – 5
P (Pass) – 4
F (Fail) – 0
Ab (Absent) – 0

iii. A student obtaining Grade F shall be considered failed and will be required
to reappear in the examination.
iv. For non credit courses 'Satisfactory' or "Unsatisfactory" shall be indicated
instead of the letter grade and this will not be counted for the computation of
SGPA/CGPA.
Computation of SGPA and CGPA
The UGC recommends the following procedure to compute the Semester
Grade Point Average (SGPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Average
(CGPA):
The SGPA is the ratio of sum of the number of credits with the grade
points scored by a student in all the courses taken by a student and the
sum of the number of credits of all the courses undergone by a student
i.e.

SGPA (Si) = ∑(Ci x Gi )/ ∑Ci

Where Ci is the number of credits of ith course and Gi the grade point
scored by the student in the ithcourse.

The CGPA is also calculated in the same manner taking into account 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 ith semester and Ci the total number of credits in
that semester.

The SGPA and CGPA shall be rounded off to 2 decimal points and
reported in the transcripts.
Illustration of computation of SGPA and CGPA and Format for Transcripts
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 Computation of SGPA and CGPA

Illustration for SGPA

Course Credit Grade Grade Point Credit Point

letter
(Credit x Grade)
Course 1 3 A 8 3x8=24
Course 2 4 B+ 7 4x7=28
Course 3 3 B 6 3x6=18
Course 4 3 O 10 3x10=30
Course 5 3 C 5 3x5=15
Course 6 4 B 6 4x6=24
20 139

Thus, SGPA =139/20=6.95

Illustration for CGPA

Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4

Credit :20 Credit :22 Credit :25 Credit:26

SGPA:6.9 SGPA:7.8 SGPA:5.6 SGPA:6.0

Semester 5 Semester 6

Credit :26 Credit :25

SGPA:6.3 SGPA:8.0

Thus, CGPA = 20 x 6.9 +22 x 7.8 +25 x 5.6+26 x 6.0 +26 x 6.3+ 25 x 8.0=6.73

Transcript (Format): Based on the above recommendations on letter grades, grade

points and SGPA and CCPA, the HEIs may issue the transcript for each semester
and a consolidated transcript indicating the performance in all semesters.

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19. Every candidate, at the end of each semester and after the publication of
result, shall be given ‘ Grade Sheet’ and every successful candidate after
the completion of all the four semester course requirements shall be given
‘Final Grade Sheet’ and the ‘ Provisional Certificate’ in the format depicted
in Appendix – A, Appendix – B and Appendix- C respectively. Degree shall
be awarded to successful candidates in ensuing Convocation.

20. The ranking as per merit shall apply to regular examinees only, passing the
respective examinations in single attempt.

21. Faculty Adviser/ Mentor: To help the students in planning their courses of
study and for general advice on the academic programme, the Head of the
Department/ Principal of the College will attach a certain number of students
to a teacher of the Department / College who shall function as Faculty
Adviser for those students throughout their period of study. Such Faculty
Adviser shall advise the students and monitor the courses undergone by the
students, check the attendance and progress of the students attached to
him/her and counsel them periodically. If necessary, the faculty adviser may
also discuss with or inform the parents about the progress of the students.

22. The University can, at any time, substitute, alter, amend, add or delete
any of the provisions of this Regulation subject to such conditions as
may be prescribed thereafter by the UGC and the Academic Council of
this University.

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