3.2
Each Trimester shall normally consist of 60 working
days or 360 hours. 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. End of the Trimester
Examination will ordinarily follow immediately after
the last working day of the Trimester.
• Structure of the
program
• Maximum marks
• Project dissertation
• Faculty mentor
• Procedures for
awarding marks for internal assessment
• Evaluation and
grading
• Requirements for
completion of a trimester
• Requirements for
appearing for trimester examination
3. STRUCTURE
OF THE PROGRAM
3.1.0 The PGDM Program will have a curriculum and syllabi
consisting of core courses, elective courses and project
work.
The Program may also include seminars /Field training/
practical training as specified in the curriculum.
3.1.1 The electives to be offered in particular batch
are to be decided of the Board of Studies.
3.1.2 Summer Internship/Corporate Exposure Training
(CET) specified in the Curriculum, shall be of not less
than 8 weeks duration during the Summer Vacation between
the first and second year. The CET is equivalent to
one course and carries 50 Marks for CET Report and 50
Marks for Viva-Voce.
3.1.3 The medium of instruction, examination,
assignments and project report shall be in English.
4. Maximum
Marks
4.1.0 The maximum marks assigned to different courses
shall be as given below:
Each of the theory and practical courses (excluding
project work) shall carry maximum of 100 marks of which
50 marks will be through internal assessment.
4.1.1 The Practical Training course related projects
field assignments shall be evaluated through internal
assessment.
5. Project
Dissertation
5.1.0 Project Dissertation is an in-depth
industry based study to be conducted by the student
during the V Trimester in which there is no course work.
The student will be spending 60 days and carryout an
intensive study a part of which will be survey based
under the supervision of a qualified faculty member.
The study is normally designed in accordance with the
needs of the company in which the student is placed.
5.1.1. The project dissertation of
PGDM program shall carry 300 marks of which 100 marks
will be through internal assessment. External Assessment
will be carried for 200 marks- 100 marks for dissertation
report and 100 marks for viva-voce examination held
at the end of the Sixth Trimester.
5.1.2 There shall be two assessments
(each 50 marks), by a review committee. The student
shall make presentation on the progress made before
the committee. The Head of the Institution shall constitute
the review committee.
5.1.3 The dissertation
shall be prepared according to approved guidelines and
duly signed by the supervisor(s) shall be submitted
within stipulated time.
5.1.4 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 Trimester.
5.1.5 Every candidate
doing PGDM shall, based on his/her project work, send
a paper for publication (after obtaining necessary permissions)
in a journal or a conference in which full papers are
published after usual review.
An acknowledgement for having communicated to the journal
or conference shall be attached to the report of the
project work.
5.1.6 A hard copy
and soft copy of the approved project report shall be
kept in the library of the institute.
Improvement
A student who has passed all the courses
prescribed in the curriculum for the award of the PG
Diploma shall not be permitted to re-enroll to improve
his/her marks in a course or the aggregate marks.
6.
Faculty Mentor
To help the students in planning their
courses of study and for general advice on the academic
program, the Head of the Institute allots and will attach
a certain number of students to a every faculty member
of the Institute who shall support the student as a
Mentor for those students throughout their period of
study. The faculty member shall advise the students
and monitor the courses taken by the students, check
the attendance and progress of the students attached
to him/her and counsel them periodically. If necessary,
the faculty member may also discuss with or inform the
parents about the progress of the students.
7. PROCEDURES
FOR AWARDING MARKS FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
7.0 Every faculty member is required to maintain an
'ATTENDANCE AND ASSESSMENT RECORD' which consists of
attendance marked in each lecture or practical or project
work session, the test marks and the record of class
work (topic covered), separately for each course. This
should be submitted to the Director periodically (at
least three times in a Trimester) for checking the syllabus
coverage and the records of test marks and attendance.
The Program Coordinator will put his signature and date
after due verification. At the end the Trimester, the
record should be verified by the Director. The records
of internal assessment shall be maintained till the
batch completes the program and diplomas are awarded(for
a maximum period of two years).
7.1 Theory Courses:
Every Trimester two tests in each subject carrying 100
marks shall be conducted by the Institute. The total
marks obtained in both the tests put together out of
200, shall be reduced to 20 marks and rounded to the
nearest integer (This implies equal weightage to both
the tests).
7.2 Practical Sessions :
Every practical exercise / experiment shall be evaluated
based on conduct of experiment / exercise and records
maintained. There shall be at least one mid-Trimester
test. The criteria for arriving at the internal assessment
marks shall be decided by the Head of the Institution
and shall be announced at the beginning of every Trimester.
7.3 Components of Internal
Assessment and computation: In total there are seven
components of internal assessment.
There will be two class tests in each subject with a
weightage of 10 marks each and every student will be
required to submit three assignments in each subject
which will carry 10 marks weightage each. In this written
component of internal assessment 80% will be taken.
That is written component is for 40 marks. The remaining
10 marks will be allocated 5 marks each for attendance
and class performance, thus making the total of internal
assessment to 50 marks in each subject.
8. Evaluation
and Grading
The Institute follows the concept of
credit to define the weightage of a course in the curriculum.
Courses are classified as one two three credit courses
depending upon the expected workload for each course.
8.1 Evaluation :
The evaluation procedures consist of
course-wise evaluation, overall assessment of each Trimester,
Assessment of Corporate Exposure Training, Project Dissertation,
Overall assessment at the I and II years.
8.2. An Eight Point Grading
system is adopted for evaluating the student in each
subject.
The grades are awarded as below:
| PERCENTAGE |
GRADE |
| 86 and above |
A+ |
| 70-85 |
A |
| 65-69 |
B+ |
| 60-64 |
B |
| 55-59 |
C+ |
| 50-54 |
C |
| 40-49 |
D+ |
| Below 40 |
F |
9.REQUIREMENTS
FOR COMPLETION OF A TRIMESTER
A candidate who has fulfilled the following conditions
shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements for
completion of a Trimester.
9.1 Ideally every student is expected to attend all
classes and secure 100% attendance. However, in order
to allow for certain unavoidable reasons such as Medical
/ participation in sports / personal, the student is
expected to attend at least 85% of the classes.
Therefore, he/she shall secure not less than 85% of
overall attendance in that Trimester taking into account
the total number of periods in all courses put together
attended by the candidate as against the total number
of periods in all courses offered during that Trimester.
However, a candidate who could secure
attendance between 75% and 84% only in the current Trimester
due to medical reasons (hospitalization / accident /
specific illness) or due to participation in the College
/ University / State / National / International level
Sports events with prior permission from the Director
shall be given exemption from the prescribed attendance
requirement and he/she shall be permitted to appear
for the current semester examinations.
9.2 Candidates who fail to attend classes in any Trimester
(as per clause 9.1), will not be permitted to write
the Trimester examination at the end of the Trimester.
They are required to repeat the incomplete Trimester
in the next academic year.
10. REQUIREMENTS
FOR APPEARING FOR TRIMESTER EXAMINATION
A candidate shall normally be permitted to appear for
the Institute examination of the current trimester if
he/she has satisfied the trimester completion requirements
and has registered for examination in all courses of
that Trimester. Registration is mandatory for all the
courses in the current Trimester for the Trimester end
examinations failing which the candidate will not be
permitted to move to the higher Trimester.
10.1 Specializations/Elective
Courses :
PGDM program is a dual specialization program under
which each student will study a total of 10 courses
five in each elective. Electives will be offered in
second year of the program during IV and VI Trimesters.
In the IV Trimester the student will be studying two
courses in each elective opted and another three each
in the VI Trimester. The institute under its unique
Industry Integrated Academic Training Program offers
companies to specify two courses in the second elective
area and offer them with the support of the companies
in the VI Trimester. The specializations to be offered
and courses of instruction will be determined by the
Board of Studies for each batch. The electives will
be offered after examining the academic capability of
the student and the employability.
11. TERM END EXAMINATIONS
11.1 There shall be one Trimester examination
of 3 hours duration in each lecture based course.
The maximum marks for each theory and practical course
shall be 100 and after evaluation 50% marks are computed
and remaining comprising of 50% marks will be awarded
from internal assessment.
11.2 The evaluation of the Project work will be based
on the project report and a Viva-Voce Examination by
a team consisting of the supervisor, a common internal
examiner and a common External Examiner. The internal
examiner and the external examiner shall be appointed
by the Board of Examiners .
.
11.3 At the end of practical training or industrial
attachment, the candidate shall submit a certificate
from the organization where he/she has undergone training
and also a detailed report. The evaluation will be made
based on this report and a Viva-Voce Examination, conducted
internally by a Committee of Examiners p constituted
by the Director .
11.4 If a student indulges in malpractice in any of
the term end / internal examinations he / she shall
be liable for punitive as prescribed by the Institute
from time to time.
11.5 Internal Assessment: Internal
Assessment will be based on
(i) Assignments/Field Studies/ Presentations
(ii) Weekly Test Marks
(iii) Class Test I and II Marks
(iv) Attendance
(v) General Behavior and Class Participation
11.6 The internal assessment component
for attendance is as follows:
100 Percent attendance 5 marks in each paper
85-99 4 marks
75-84 2 marks
Less than 75 0 marks
12. PASSING
REQUIREMENTS
12.1 A candidate who secures not less than 40% of total
marks prescribed for the courses with a minimum of 40%
of the marks prescribed for the term- end Examination
in both theory, internal assessment and practical courses,
shall be declared to have passed in the Examination.
12.2 If a candidate fails to secure
a pass in a particular course it is mandatory that he/she
shall register and reappear for the examination in that
course at the end of the academic year along with Third
and Sixth Trimesters respectively. Re-examinations will
not be conducted at each Trimester level. He/she should
continue to register and reappear for the examination
till he / she secures a pass. However, the internal
assessment marks obtained by the candidate in the first
attempt shall be retained and considered valid for all
subsequent attempts.
13. ISSUE OF MARK SHEETS
Individual mark sheet for each Trimester will be issued
after the publication of the results.
14. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE AWARD OF THE DIPLOMA
14.1 A student shall be declared eligible for the award
of the Diploma, if he/she has
i. successfully passed all the courses
as specified by the curriculum corresponding to his/her
program with in the stipulated time.
ii. no disciplinary action is pending against him/her.
14.2 The award of the degree must have
been approved by the Academic Council.
15. CLASSIFICATION OF THE DIPLOMA
AWARDED
15.1 A candidate who qualifies for the award of the
DIPLOMA having passed the examination in all the courses
in his/her first appearance within the specified minimum
number of Trimesters securing an aggregate of not less
than 70% of total marks (Internal assessment plus Trimester
examination marks) shall be declared to have passed
the examination in First Class with Distinction.
15.2 A candidate who qualifies for
the award of the Diploma having passed the examination
in all the courses within the specified minimum number
of semesters , reckoned from his/her commencement of
study plus one year, securing an aggregate of not less
than 60% of total marks (internal assessment plus semester
examination marks) shall be declared to have passed
the examination in First Class.
15.3 All other candidates (not covered in clauses 15.1
and 15.2) who qualify for the award of the degree shall
be declared to have passed the examination in Second
Class.
15.4 A candidate who is absent in semester examination
in a course / project work after having enrolled for
the same shall be considered to have appeared in that
examination for the purpose of classification.
15.5 Copies of the answer scripts for the theory course(s)
can be obtained from the Controller of Examinations,
New Horizon Leadership Institute on payment of fee specified
for this purpose.
15.6 A candidate can apply for revaluation
of his/her 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 . The Controller of Examination
will arrange for the revaluation and the results will
be intimated to the candidate concerned through the
Program Coordinator.
17. INDUSTRIAL VISIT
17.1 Every student shall complete two Industrial
Visit Programs in an academic year.
18. DISCIPLINE
Every student is expected to observe discipline and
decorum both inside and outside the institute and not
to indulge in any activity which will tend to bring
down the prestige of the Institute. In the event of
an act of indiscipline being reported, the Director
shall constitute a disciplinary committee consisting
of three senior faculty members in the institute of
which one should be from the faculty of the student,
to inquire into acts of indiscipline and initiates disciplinary
action The disciplinary action is subject to review
by the institute in case the student represents to the
Institute. Any expulsion of the student from the college
shall be with prior concurrence of the Institute.
The Institute may from time to time
revise, amend or change the Regulations, scheme of examinations
and syllabi if found necessary.
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