NEW RULES AND REGULATION OF ENGINEERING

ANNA UNIVERSITY  CHENNAI – 600 025

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS REGULATIONS 2017

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM

Common to all B.E. / B.Tech. Full-Time Programmes

(For the students admitted to B.E. / B.Tech. Programme at various Affiliated Institutions)

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING / BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

This Regulations is applicable to the students admitted to B.E/B.Tech. Programmes at all Engineering Colleges affiliated to Anna University, Chennai (other than Autonomous Colleges) and to all the University Colleges of Engineering of Anna University, Chennai from the academic year 2017-2018 onwards.

1. PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS AND NOMENCLATURE

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. I) “Programme” means Degree Programme, that is B.E./B.T  Degree Programme.

1. II) “Discipline” means specialization or branch of B.E./B.Tech. Degree Programme, like Civil

Engineering, Textile Technology, etc.

III) “Course” means a theory or practical subject that is normally studied in a semester, like Mathematics, Physics, etc.

1. IV) “Director, Academic   Courses”   means   the   authority   of   the   University   who   is responsible  for  all  academic  activities  of  the  Academic  Programmes  for implementation of relevant rules of this Regulations pertaining to the Academic Programm

1. V) “Chairman” means the Head of the Faculty.

1. VI) “Head of the Institution” means the Principal of the College.

VII) “Head of the Department” means head of the Department concerned.

VIII)   “Controller   of   Examinations”   means   the   authority   of   the   University   who   is responsible for all activities of the University Examinations.

1. IX) “University” means ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI.

2. ADMISSION

2.1      Candidates seeking admission to the first semester of the eight semester B.E. / B.Tech.

Degree Programme:

Should have passed the Higher Secondary Examinations of (10+2) Curriculum (Academic Stream) prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as three of the four subjects of study under Part-III or any examination of any other University or authority accepted by the Syndicate of Anna University as equivalent thereto.

(OR)

Should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of Vocational stream (Vocational groups in Engineering / Technology) as prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

2.2       Lateral entry admission

(i)  The candidates who possess the Diploma in Engineering / Technology awarded by the State Board of Technical Education, Tamilnadu or its equivalent are eligible to apply for Lateral entry admission to the third semester of B.E. / B.Tech. in the branch corresponding to the branch of study.

(OR)

(ii)The candidates who possess the Degree in Science (B.Sc.,) (10+2+3 stream) with Mathematics as a subject at the B.Sc. Level are eligible to apply for Lateral entry admission to the third semester of B.E. / B.Tech.

Such  candidates shall undergo two additional Engineering  subject(s)  in  the  third  and fourth semesters as prescribed by the University.

3. PROGRAMMES OFFERED

B.E. / B.Tech. Programmes under the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering and Faculty of Technology.

4. STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMMES

4.1       Categorization of Courses

Every B.E. / B. Tech. Programme will have a curriculum with syllabi  consisting of theory and practical courses that shall be categorized as follows:

1. i. Humanities   and   Social   Sciences   (HS)   courses   include   Technical   English, Engineering Ethics and Human Values, Communication skills, Environmental Science and Engineeri
2. ii. Basic Sciences (BS) courses include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc. iii.    Engineering  Sciences  (ES)  courses  include  Engineering  practices,  Engineering

Graphics, Basics of Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical / Computer Engineering, Instrumentation etc.

1. iv. Professional Core (PC) courses include the core courses relevant to the chosen specialization/br

1. v. Professional  Elective (PE)  courses include the elective  courses relevant  to the chosen specialization/ br

1. vi. Open  Elective  (OE)  courses  include  the  courses  from  other  branches  which  a student can choose from the list specified in the curriculum of the students B.E. / B. Tech. / B. Ar Programmes.

vii.    Employability   Enhancement   Courses   (EEC)   include   Project   Work   and/or Internship, Seminar, Professional Practices, Case Study and Industrial/Practical Training.

4.2     Personality and Character Development

All students shall enroll, on admission, in any one of the personality and character development programmes (NCC/NSS/NSO/YRC) and undergo training for about 80 hours and attend a camp  of  about  seven  days.  The  training  shall  include  classes  on  hygiene  and  health awareness and also training in first-aid.

National Cadet Corps (NCC) will have about 20 parades.

National Service Scheme (NSS) will have social service activities in and around the College / Institution.

National Sports Organization (NSO) will have sports, Games, Drills and Physical exercises.

Youth  Red  Cross  (YRC)  will  have  activities  related  to  social  services  in  and  around

College/Institutions.

While the training activities will normally be during weekends, the camp will normally be during vacation period.

4.3     Number of courses per semester

Each semester curriculum shall normally have a blend of lecture courses not exceeding 7 and Laboratory courses and Employability Enhancement Course(s) not exceeding 4.   Each Employability Enhancement Course may have credits assigned as per clause 4.4. However, the total number of courses per semester shall not exceed 10.

4.4     Credit Assignment

Each course is assigned certain number of credits based on the following:

The Contact Periods per week for Tutorials and Practical can only be in multiples of 2.

4.5.     Industrial Training / Internship

The students may undergo Industrial training for a period as specified in the Curriculum during summer / winter vacation. In this case the training has to be undergone continuously for the entire period.

The students may undergo Internship at Research organization / University (after due approval from the Department Consultative Committee) for the period prescribed in the curriculum during summer / winter vacation, in lieu of Industrial training.

4.6      Industrial Visit

Every student is required to go for at least one Industrial Visit every year starting from the second year of the Programme. The Heads of Departments shall ensure that necessary arrangements are made in this regard.

4.7      Value Added Courses

The Students may optionally undergo Value Added Courses and the credits earned through the Value Added Courses shall be over and above the total credit requirement prescribed in the curriculum for the award of the degree. One / Two credit courses shall be offered by a Department of an institution with the prior approval from the Head of the Institution. The details of the syllabus, time table and faculty may be sent to the Centre for Academic Courses and the Controller of Examinations after approval from the Head of the Institution concerned atleast one month before the course is offered. Students can take a maximum of two one credit courses / one two credit course during the entire duration of the Programme.

4.8     Online Courses

4.8.1  Students  may  be  permitted  to  credit  only  one  online  course  of  3  credits  with  the approval of Head of the Institution and Centre for Academic Courses.

4.8.2  Students  may  be  permitted  to  credit  one  online  course  (which  are  provided  with certificate)   subject   to   a   maximum   of   three   credits.   The   approved   list   of   online courses  will  be  provided  by  the  Centre  for  Academic  courses  from  time  to  time.  The student  needs  to  obtain  certification  or  credit  to  become  eligible  for  writing  the  End Semester    Examination    to    be    conducted    by    Controller    of    Examinations,    Anna University.         The  details  regarding  online  courses  taken  up  by  students  should  be sent  to  the  Controller  of  Examinations,  Anna  University  and  Centre  for  Academic Courses one month before the commencement of  End Semester  Examination.

4.9      The students satisfying the following conditions shall be permitted to carry out their final semester Project work for six months in industry/research organizations.

The   student   should   not   have   current   arrears   and   shall   have   CGPA   of   7.50   and above.

The student shall undergo the eighth semester courses in the sixth and seventh semesters. The Head of Department, in consultation with the faculty handling the said courses shall forward the proposal recommended by the Head of Institution to the Controller of Examinations through the Director, Centre for Academic courses for approval at least 4 weeks before the commencement of the sixth semester of the programme for approval.

4.10    Medium of Instruction

The medium of instruction is English for all courses, examinations, seminar presentations and project / thesis / dissertation reports except for the programmes offered in Tamil Medium.

5. DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME

5.1      A   student   is   ordinarily   expected   to   complete   the   B.E.   /   B.Tech.   Programme   in

8 semesters (four academic years) but in any case not more than 14 Semesters for HSC (or equivalent) candidates and not more than 12 semesters for Lateral Entry Candidates.

5.1.1   A student is ordinarily expected to complete the B.E. Mechanical Engineering (Sandwich) Programme  in  10  semesters  (five  academic  years)  but  in  any  case  not  more  than  18

Semesters for HSC (or equivalent) candidates.

5.2      Each semester shall normally consist of 75 working days or 540 periods of 50 minutes each.

The Head of the Institution shall ensure that every teacher imparts instruction as per the number of   periods   specified   in   the   syllabus   and   that   the   teacher   teaches   the full content of the specified syllabus for the course being taught.

5.3      The Head of the Institution may conduct additional classes for improvement, special coaching, conduct of model test etc., over and above the specified periods. But for the purpose of calculation of  attendance requirement for writing the  end  semester  examinations  (as  per clause 6) by the students, following method shall be used.

Percentage of          Total no. of periods attended in all the courses per semester

Attendance  =                                                                                                      X 100 (No.of periods / week as prescribed in the curriculum) x 15

taken together for all courses of the semester

The University Examination will ordinarily follow immediately after the last working day of the semester commencing from I semester as per the academic schedule prescribed from time to time.

5.4      The total period for completion of the programme reckoned from the commencement of the first semester to which the candidate was admitted shall not exceed the maximum period specified in clause 5.1 irrespective of the period of break of study (vide clause 18) in order that he/she may be eligible for the award of the degree (vide clause 16).

6. COURSE REGISTRATION

6.1     The Institution is responsible for registering the courses that each student is proposing to undergo in the ensuing semester. Each student has to register for all courses to be undergone in the curriculum of a particular semester (with the facility to drop courses to a maximum of 6 credits (vide clause 6.5). The student can also register for courses for which the student has failed in the earlier semesters. In such cases the student shall do reappearance registration for those courses for which the attendance requirement  is  not  compulsory.  However,  the student have the option to take up some other professional elective or open elective that he has failed to pass. But, the total number of credits that a student is allowed to register per semester cannot exceed 36.  The registration details of the candidates may be approved by the Head of the Institution and forwarded to the Controller of Examinations. This registration is for undergoing the course as well as for writing the End Semester Examinations. No course shall be offered by any department of any institution unless a minimum 10 students register for the course.

The courses that a student registers in a particular semester may include i.    Courses of the current semester.

1. ii. The core (Theory/Lab /EEC) courses that the student has not cleared in the previous semesters.

iii.    Elective courses which the student failed (either the same elective or a different elective instead)

6.2     Flexibility to Drop courses

6.2.1  A student has to earn the total number of credits specified in the curriculum of the respective

Programme of study in order to be eligible to obtain the degree.

6.2.2  From the III to final semesters, the student has the option of dropping existing courses in a semester during registration. Total number of credits of such courses cannot exceed 6.

6.2.3  The student shall register for the project work in the final semester only.

7. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE SEMESTER

7.1     A Candidate who has fulfilled the following conditions shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements for completion of a semester.

Ideally every student is expected to attend all classes of all the courses and secure 100% attendance.  However,  in  order  to  give  provision for  certain  unavoidable  reasons  such  as Medical / participation in sports, the student is expected to attend atleast 75% of the classes.

Therefore, he/she shall secure not less than 75% (after rounding off to the nearest integer) of overall attendance as calculated as per clause 5.3.

7.2     However, a candidate who secures overall attendance between 65% and 74% in the current semester due to medical reasons (prolonged hospitalization / accident / specific illness) / Participation  in  Sports  events  may  be  permitted  to  appear  for  the  current  semester examinations subject to the condition that the candidate shall submit the medical certificate / sports participation certificate attested by the Head of the Institution. The same shall be forwarded to the Controller of Examinations for record purposes.

7.3     Candidates who secure less than 65% overall attendance and candidates who do not satisfy the clause 7.1 and 7.2 shall not be permitted to write the University examination at the end of the semester and not permitted to move to the next semester. They are required to repeat the incomplete semester in the next academic year, as per the norms prescribed.

8. 8. CLASS ADVISOR

There shall be a class advisor for each class. The class advisor will be one among the (course-instructors) of the class. He / She will be appointed by the HoD of the department concerned. The class advisor is the ex-officio member and the Convener of the class committee. The responsibilities for the class advisor shall be:

• To  act  as  the  channel of  communication  between  the  HoD  and  the  students  of  the respective class.
• To collect and maintain various statistical details of students.
• To help the chairperson of the class committee in planning and conduct of the class committee meetings.
• To monitor the academic performance of the students including attendance and to inform the class committee.
• To  attend  to  the  students’  welfare  activities  like  awards,  medals,  scholarships  and industrial visits.

9. CLASS COMMITTEE

9.1.     Every class shall have a class committee consisting of teachers of the class concerned, student representatives and a chairperson who is not teaching the class. It is like the ‘Quality Circle’ (more commonly used in industries) with the overall goal of improving the teaching- learning process. The functions of the class committee include

• Solving problems experienced by students in the class room and in the laboratories.

• Clarifying the regulations of the degree programme and the details of rules therein particularly (clause 5 and 7) which should be displayed on college Notice-Board.

• Informing the  student  representatives,  the  academic  schedule  including  the  dates  of assessments and the syllabus coverage for each assessment.

• Informing the student representatives the details of Regulations regarding weightage used for each assessment. In the case of practical courses (laboratory / drawing / project work / seminar etc.) the breakup of marks for each experiment / exercise / module of work, should be clearly discussed in the class committee meeting and informed to the students.

• Analyzing the performance of the students of the class after each test and finding the ways and means of solving problems, if any.

• Identifying the weak students, if any, and requesting the teachers concerned to provide some additional help or guidance or coaching to such weak students.

9.2      The class committee for a class under a particular branch is normally constituted by the Head of the Department. However, if the students of different branches are mixed in a class (like the first semester which is generally common to all branches), the class committee is to be constituted by the Head of the Institution.

9.3      The class committee shall be constituted within the first week of each semester.

9.4      At least 4 student representatives (usually 2 boys and 2 girls) shall be included in the class committee.

9.5      The Chairperson of the class committee may invite the Class adviser(s) and the Head of the

Department to the class committee meeting.

9.6      The Head of the Institution may participate in any class committee of the institution.

9.7      The chairperson is required to prepare the minutes of every meeting, submit the same to Head of the Institution within two days of the meeting and arrange to circulate it among the students and teachers concerned. If there are some points in the minutes requiring action by the management, the same shall be brought to the notice of the Management by the Head of the Institution.

9.8      The first meeting of the class committee shall be held within one week from the date of commencement of the semester, in order to inform the students about the nature and weightage of assessments within the framework of the Regulations. Two or three subsequent meetings may be held in a semester at suitable intervals.  The Class Committee Chairman shall put on the Notice Board the cumulative attendance particulars of each student at the end of every such meeting to enable the students to know their attendance details to satisfy the clause 6 of this Regulation. During these meetings the student members representing the entire class, shall meaningfully interact and express the opinions and suggestions of the other students of the class in order to improve the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process.

10. COURSE COMMITTEE FOR COMMON COURSES

Each common theory course offered to more than one discipline or group, shall have a “Course Committee” comprising all the teachers teaching the common course with one of them nominated as Course Coordinator. The nomination of the Course Coordinator shall be made by the Head of the Department / Head of the Institution depending upon whether all the teachers  teaching  the  common  course  belong  to  a  single  department  or  to  several departments. The ‘Course committee’ shall meet in order to arrive at a common scheme of evaluation for the test and shall ensure a uniform evaluation of the tests. Wherever feasible, the course committee may also prepare a common question paper for the internal assessment test(s).

11. SYSTEM OF EXAMINATION

11.1    Performance in each course of study shall be evaluated based on (i) continuous internal assessment  throughout  the  semester  and  (ii)  University  examination  at  the  end  of  the semester.

11.2    Each course, both theory and practical (including project work & viva voce Examinations) shall be evaluated for a maximum of 100 marks.

For all theory and practical courses including project work, the continuous internal assessment will carry 20 marks while the End – Semester University examination will carry 80 marks.

11.3    Industrial training and seminar shall carry 100 marks and shall be evaluated through internal assessment only.

11.4   The University examination (theory and practical) of 3 hours duration shall ordinarily be conducted between October and December during the odd semesters and between April and June during the even semesters.

11.5    The University examination for project work shall consist of evaluation of the final report submitted by the student or students of the project group (of not exceeding 4 students) by an external examiner and an internal examiner, followed by a viva-voce examination conducted separately for each student by a committee consisting of the external examiner, the supervisor of the project group and an internal examiner.

11.6    For the University examination in both theory and practical courses including project work the internal and external examiners shall be appointed by the Controller of Examinations.

12. PROCEDURE FOR AWARDING MARKS FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

For  all  theory  and  practical  courses  (including  project  work)  the  continuous  assessment shall  be  for  a  maximum  of  20  marks.  The  above  continuous  assessment  shall  be awarded as per the procedure given below:

12.1     THEORY COURSES

Three tests each carrying 100 marks shall be conducted during the semester by the Department / College concerned. The total marks obtained in all tests put together out of 300, shall be proportionately reduced for 20 marks and rounded to the nearest integer (This also implies equal weightage to all the three tests).

12.2     LABORATORY COURSES

The maximum marks for Internal Assessment shall be 20 in case of practical courses. Every practical exercise / experiment shall be evaluated based on conduct of experiment / exercise and records maintained.   There shall be at least one test. The criteria for arriving at the Internal Assessment marks of 20 is as follows: 75 marks shall be awarded for successful completion of all the prescribed experiments done in the Laboratory and 25 marks for the test. The total mark shall be reduced to 20 and rounded to the nearest integer.

12.3       THEORY COURSES WITH LABORATORY COMPONENT

If there is a theory course with Laboratory component, there shall be three tests: the first two tests (each 100 marks) will be from theory portions and the third test (maximum mark 100) will be for laboratory component.  The sum of marks of first two tests shall be reduced to 60 marks and the third test mark shall be reduced to 40 marks. The sum of these 100 marks may then be arrived at for 20 and rounded to the nearest integer.

12.4       PROJECT WORK

Project work may be allotted to a single student or to a group of students not exceeding 4 per group.

The Head of the Institutions shall constitute a review committee for project work for each branch of study. There shall be three reviews during the semester by the review committee. The  student  shall  make  presentation  on  the  progress  made  by  him  /  her  before  the committee. The total marks obtained in the three reviews shall be reduced for 20 marks and rounded to the nearest integer (as per the scheme given in 12.4.1).

12.4.1  The project report shall carry a maximum 30 marks. The project report shall be submitted as per the approved guidelines as given by Director, Academic Courses. Same mark shall be awarded to every student  within the project group for the  project report. The  viva-voce examination shall carry 50 marks. Marks are awarded to each student of the project group based on the individual performance in the viva-voce examination.

12.4.2  If a candidate fails to submit the project report on or before the specified deadline, he/she is deemed to have failed in the Project Work and shall re-register for the same in a subsequent semester.

12.5      OTHER EMPLOYABILITY ENHANCEMENT COURSES

(a)  The seminar / Case study is to be considered as purely INTERNAL (with 100% internal marks only). Every student is expected to present a minimum of 2 seminars per semester before the evaluation committee and for each seminar, marks can be equally apportioned. The three member committee appointed by Head of the Institution will evaluate the seminar and at the end  of  the semester  the marks can be consolidated  and  taken  as  the  final mark. The evaluation shall be based on the seminar paper (40%), presentation (40%) and response to the questions asked during presentation (20%).

(b)  The Industrial / Practical Training, Summer Project, Internship, shall carry 100 marks and shall be evaluated through internal assessment only. At the end of Industrial / Practical training /  internship /  Summer  Project, the candidate  shall submit a  certificate from  the organization where he / she has undergone training and a brief report. The evaluation will be made based on this report and a Viva-Voce Examination, conducted internally by a three member Departmental Committee constituted by the Head of the Institution. The certificates (issued by the organization) submitted by the students shall be attached to the mark list sent by the Head of the Institution to the Controller of Examinations.

12.6    ASSESSMENT FOR VALUE ADDED COURSE

The one / two credit course shall carry 100 marks and shall be evaluated through continuous assessments only. Two Assessments shall be conducted during the semester by the Department concerned. The total marks obtained in the tests shall be reduced to 100 marks and rounded to the nearest integer.  A committee consisting of the Head of the Department, staff handling the course  and a senior Faculty member nominated by the Head of the Institution shall monitor the evaluation process. The list of students along with the marks and the grades earned may be forwarded to the Controller of Examinations for appropriate action at least  one month before the commencement of End Semester Examinations.

12.7     ASSESSMENT FOR ONLINE COURSES

Students may be permitted to credit one online course (which are provided with certificate) subject to a maximum of three credits. The approved list of online courses will be provided by the Centre for Academic courses from time to time. This online course of 3 credits can be considered instead of one elective course. The student needs to obtain certification or credit to become eligible for writing the End Semester Examination to be conducted by Anna University. The course shall be evaluated through the End Semester Examination only conducted by Controller of Examinations, Anna University.

12.8.  Internal  marks  approved  by  the  Head  of  the  Institution  shall  be  displayed  by  the respective HODs within 5 days from the last working day.

12.9    Attendance Record

Every teacher is required to maintain an ‘ATTENDANCE AND ASSESSMENT  RECORD’ which consists of attendance marked in each lecture or practical or project work class, the test marks and the record of class work (topic covered), separately for each course. This should be submitted to the Head of the department periodically (at least three times in a semester) for checking the syllabus coverage and the records of test marks and attendance. The Head of the  department  will  put  his  signature  and  date  after  due  verification.  At  the  end  of  the semester, the record should be verified by the Head of the Institution who will keep this document in safe custody (for five years). The University or any inspection team appointed by the University may verify the records of attendance and assessment of both current and previous semesters.

13. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPEARING FOR UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

A candidate shall normally be permitted to appear for the University Examinations for all the courses registered in the current semester (vide clause 6) if he/she has satisfied the semester completion requirements (subject to Clause 7).

A candidate who has already appeared for any subject in a semester and passed the examination is not entitled to reappear in the same subject for improvement of grades.

14. PASSING REQUIREMENTS

14.1    A candidate who secures not less than 50% of total marks prescribed for the course [Internal Assessment + End semester University Examinations]  with a minimum of 45% of the marks prescribed for the  end-semester University Examination, shall be declared to have passed the course and acquired the relevant number of credits. This is applicable for both theory and practical courses (including project work).

14.2    If a student fails to secure a pass in a theory course (except electives), the student shall do reappearance registration for that course in the subsequent semester, when offered next, earn continuous assessment marks and attend the end semester examination.

14.3    If  the  course,  in  which  the  student  has  failed,  is  a  professional  elective  or  an  open elective, the student may be permitted to register for the same or any other professional elective  or  open  elective  course  in  the  subsequent  semesters,  attend  the  classes  and fulfill the attendance requirements as per Clause 7.

14.4   If a student fails to secure a pass in a laboratory course, the student shall register for the course again, when offered next.

14.5   If a student fails to secure a pass in project work, the student shall register for the course again, when offered next.

14.6   The passing requirement for the courses which are assessed only through purely internal assessments (EEC courses except project work), is 50% of   the internal assessment (continuous assessment) marks only.

14.7    If  a  student  has  failed  in  the  final  semester  examination  he/she  may  be  allowed  to register for the course in the next semester itself.

14.8    A student can apply for revaluation of the student’s semester examination answer paper in a theory course, within 2 weeks from the declaration of results, on payment of a prescribed fee along with prescribed application to the COE through the Head of the Institution. The COE  will  arrange for  the revaluation and  the  results  will  be  intimated  to  the  s t u d e n t concerned through the Head of the Institution. Revaluation is not permitted for laboratory course and project work.

15. AWARD OF LETTER GRADES

15.1    All assessments of a course will be evaluated on absolute marks basis. However, for the purpose of reporting the performance of a candidate, letter grades, each carrying certain number of points, will be awarded as per the range of total marks (out of 100) obtained by the candidate in each subject as detailed below:

A student is deemed to have passed and acquired the corresponding credits in a particular course if he/she obtains any one of the following grades: “O”, “A+”, “A”, “B+”,“B”.

‘SA’ denotes shortage of attendance (as per clause 7.3) and hence prevention from writing the end semester examinations.  ‘SA’ will appear only in the result sheet.

“RA” denotes that the student has failed to pass in that course. “W” denotes withdrawal from the exam for the particular course.  The grades RA and W will figure both in Marks Sheet as well as in Result Sheet). In both cases the student has to earn Continuous Assessment marks and appear for the End Semester Examinations.

If the grade W is given to course, the attendance requirement need not be satisfied.

If the grade RA is given to a core theory course, the attendance requirement need not be satisfied, but if the grade RA is given to a Laboratory Course/ Project work / Seminar and any other EEC course, the attendance requirements (vide clause 7) should be satisfied.

15.2   For the Co-curricular activities such as National Cadet Corps (NCC)/ National Service Scheme (NSS) / NSO / YRC, a satisfactory / not satisfactory grading will appear in the mark sheet. Every student shall put in a minimum of 75% attendance in the training and attend the camp compulsorily. The training and camp shall be completed during the first year of the programme. However, for valid reasons, the Head of the Institution may permit a student to complete this requirement in the second year. A satisfactory grade in the above co-curricular activities is compulsory for the award of degree.

15.3   The grades O, A+, A, B+, B obtained for the one credit course shall figure in the Mark sheet under the title ‘Value Added Courses’. The Courses for which the grades are RA, SA will not figure in the mark sheet.

Grade sheet

After results are declared, Grade Sheets will be issued to each student which will contain the following details:

• The college in which the candidate has studied
• The list of courses enrolled during the semester and the grade scored.
• The Grade Point Average (GPA) for the semester and
• The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of all courses enrolled from first semester onwards.

GPA for a semester is the ratio of the sum of the products of the number of credits for courses

acquired   and the corresponding points   to the sum of the number of credits for the courses acquired in the semester.

CGPA will be calculated in a similar manner, considering all the courses registered from first

semester. RA grades will be excluded for calculating GPA and CGPA.

n

∑     Ci GPi

i=1

GPA / CGPA =     ——————– n

∑   Ci

i=1

where  Ci  is the number of Credits assigned to the course

GPi  is the point corresponding to the grade obtained for each  course

n  is number of all courses successfully cleared during the particular semester in the case of GPA and during all the semesters in the case of CGPA

16       ELIGIBILITY FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE

16.1     A  student  shall  be  declared  to  be  eligible  for  the  award  of  the  B.E. / B.Tech. Degree provided the student has

1. i. Successfully gained the required number of total credits as specified in the curriculum corresponding to the student’s programme within the stipulated tim

1. ii. Successfully completed the course requirements, appeared for the End-Semester examinations and passed all the subjects prescribed in all the 8 semesters / (10 Semesters for B. Mechanical Engineering (Sandwich)) within a maximum period of 7 years (9 years in case of B.E. Mechanical Engineering (Sandwich) and 6 years in the case of Lateral Entry) reckoned from the commencement of the first (third in the case of Lateral Entry) semester to which the candidate was admitted.

iii.   Successfully  passed  any  additional  courses  prescribed  by  the  Director,  Academic

Courses whenever readmitted under regulations R-2017 (vide clause 18.3)

1. iv. Successfully completed the NCC / NSS / NSO / YRC requirements. v.  No disciplinary action pending against the student.
2. vi. The award of Degree must have been approved by the Syndicate of the University.

16.2       CLASSIFICATION OF THE DEGREE AWARDED

16.2.1   FIRST CLASS WITH DISTINCTION

A  student  who  satisfies  the  following  conditions  shall  be  declared  to  have  passed  the examination in First class with Distinction:

• Should have  passed  the  examination  in  all  the  courses of all the eight semesters (10 Semesters in case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and 6 semesters in the case of Lateral Entry) in the student’s First Appearance within five years (Six years in the case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and Four years in the case of Lateral Entry). Withdrawal from examination (vide Clause 17) will not be considered as an appearance.
• Should have secured a CGPA of not less than 8.50
• One year authorized break of study (if availed of) is included in the five years (Six years in the case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and four years in the case of lateral entry) for award of First class with Distinction.
• Should NOT have been prevented from writing end semester examination due to lack of attendance in any semester.

16.2.2    FIRST CLASS:

A  student  who  satisfies  the  following  conditions  shall  be  declared  to have   passed the examination in First class:

• Should have  passed  the  examination  in  all  the  courses  of  all  eight  semesters (10 Semesters in case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and 6 semesters in the case of Lateral Entry) within Six years. (Seven years in case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and Five years in the case of Lateral Entry)
• One year authorized break of study (if availed of) or prevention from writing the End Semester examination due to lack of attendance (if  applicable) is included in the duration of six years (Seven years in case of Mechanical (Sandwich) and five years in the case of lateral entry) for award of First class

• Should have secured a CGPA of not less than 7.00

16.2.3      SECOND CLASS:

All other students (not covered in clauses 16.2.1 and 16.2.2) who qualify for the award of the  degree (vide Clause 16.1)  shall be declared to  have  passed  the examination  in Second Class.

16.3    A candidate who is absent in end semester examination in a course / project work after having   registered for the same shall be considered to have appeared in that examination for the purpose of classification. (subject to clause 17 and 18)

16.4    Photocopy / Revaluation

A candidate can apply for photocopy of his/her semester examination answer paper in a theory course, within 2 weeks from the declaration of results, on payment of a prescribed fee through proper application to the Controller of Examinations through the Head of Institutions. The answer script is to be valued and justified by a faculty member, who handled the subject and  recommend for revaluation  with breakup of  marks for each question.  Based  on the recommendation, the candidate can register for the revaluation through proper application to the Controller of Examinations.  The Controller of Examinations will arrange for the revaluation and the results will be intimated to the candidate concerned through the Head of the Institutions. Revaluation is not permitted for practical courses and for project work.

A candidate can apply for revaluation of answer scripts for not exceeding 5 subjects at a time.

16.5    Review

Candidates not satisfied with Revaluation can apply for Review of his/ her examination answer paper in a theory course, within the prescribed date on       payment    of    a   prescribed   fee through proper application to Controller of    Examination   through the Head of the Institution.

Candidates applying for Revaluation only are eligible to apply for   Review.

17. PROVISION FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM END-SEMESTER EXAMINATION

17.1      A  student   may,   for   valid  reasons,   (medically  unfit   /   unexpected  family situations / sports approved by Chairman, sports board and HOD) be granted permission to withdraw from appearing for the end semester examination in any course or courses in ANY ONE of the semester examinations during the entire duration of the degree programme. The application shall be sent to Director, Student Affairs through the Head of the Institutions with required documents.

17.2    Withdrawal application is valid if the student is otherwise eligible to write  the  examination (Clause 7) and if it is made within TEN days prior to the commencement of the examination in that course or courses and recommended by the    Head    of the Institution and approved by the Controller of Examinations.

17.2.1  Notwithstanding the requirement of mandatory 10 days notice, applications for withdrawal for special cases under extraordinary conditions will be considered on the merit of the case.

17.3    In case of withdrawal from a course / courses (Clause 13) the course will figure both in Marks Sheet as well as in Result Sheet. Withdrawal essentially requires the student to register for the course/courses The student has to register for the course, fulfill the attendance requirements  (vide  clause  7),  earn  continuous  assessment  marks  and  attend  the  end semester examination. However, withdrawal shall not be construed as an appearance for the eligibility of a candidate for First Class with Distinction.

17.4    Withdrawal is permitted for the end semester examinations in the final semester only if the period of study the student concerned does not exceed 5 years as per clause 16.2.1.

18. PROVISION FOR AUTHORISED BREAK OF STUDY

18.1    A student is permitted to go on break of study for a maximum period of one year as a single spell.

18.2   Break of Study shall be granted only once for valid reasons for a maximum of one year during the entire period of study of the degree programme. However, in extraordinary situation the candidate may apply for additional break of study not exceeding another one year by paying prescribed fee for break of study. If a candidate intends to temporarily discontinue the programme in the middle of the semester for valid reasons, and to rejoin the programme in a subsequent year, permission may be granted based on the merits of the case provided he / she applies to the Director, Student Affairs in advance, but not later than the last date for registering for the end semester examination of the semester in question, through the Head of the Institution stating the reasons therefore and the probable date of rejoining the programme.

18.3    The candidates permitted to rejoin the programme after break of study / prevention due to lack of attendance, shall be governed by the Curriculum and Regulations in force at the time of rejoining. The students rejoining in new Regulations shall apply to the Director, Academic Courses in the prescribed format through Head of the Institution at the beginning of the readmitted semester itself for prescribing additional courses, if any, from any semester of the regulations in-force, so as to bridge the curriculum in-force and the old curriculum.

18.4    The authorized break of study would not be counted towards the duration specified for passing all the courses for the purpose of classification (vide Clause 16.1).

18.5    The total period for completion of the Programme reckoned from, the commencement of the first semester to which the candidate was admitted shall not exceed the maximum period specified in clause 5.1 irrespective of the period of break of study  in order that he/she may be eligible for the award of the degree.

18.6    If any student is prevented for want of required attendance, the period of prevention  shall not be considered as authorized ‘Break of Study’ (Clause 18.1)

19. DISCIPLINE

19.1    Every  student  is  required  to  observe  disciplined  and  decorous  behavior  both  inside  and outside the college and not to indulge in any activity which will tend to bring down the prestige of the University / College. The Head of Institution shall constitute a disciplinary committee consisting of Head of Institution, Two Heads of Department of which one should be from the faculty of the student, to enquire into acts of indiscipline and notify the University about the disciplinary action recommended for approval. In case of any serious disciplinary action which leads to suspension or dismissal, then a committee shall be constituted including one representative from Anna University, Chennai. In this regard, the member will be nominated by the University on getting information from the Head of the Institution.

19.2    If a student indulges in malpractice in any of the University / internal examination he / she shall be liable for punitive action as prescribed by the University from time to time.

20. REVISION OF REGULATIONS, CURRICULUM AND SYLLABI

The University may from time to time revise, amend or change the Regulations, Curriculum, Syllabus and scheme of examinations through the Academic Council with the approval of Syndicate.

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