Passing a Course and Award of Grades

Criteria for Passing a Course:

A candidate shall be declared to have passed in individual theory / laboratory / project / drawing / design course if s/he secures a minimum of 40% aggregate marks (continuous internal assessment and semester end examination marks put together), subject to securing a minimum of 35% marks in the semester end examination. On passing a course of a program, the student shall earn the credits as assigned to that course.

For value added courses / audit courses / mandatory courses, result shall be declared with “Satisfactory” or “Not Satisfactory” performance.

Grading:

A letter grade and grade points will be awarded to a student in each course based on his performance. A letter grade is basically a qualitative measure (an alphabet / letter) giving the performance of a student, such as, Outstanding / Superior (S), Excellent (A+), Very Good (A), Good (B+), Average (B), Pass (C) and Unsatisfactory / Fail (F), based on the raw score (marks, as in conventional practice) obtained by the student. This is usually arrived at after the student’s performance in a course, which includes both continuous internal assessment (CIA) and semester end examination (SEE). The Institute has decided to adopt the 10-point absolute grading system in the initial years of academic autonomy. The method of awarding Letter Grade and Grade Points for Four Year B.Tech course is given below:

Grade Points Scale (Absolute Grading)

A student is deemed to have passed and acquired to correspondent credits in particular course if s/he obtains any one of the following grades: “S”, “A+”, “A”, “B+”, “B”, “C”. A student obtaining Grade “F” shall be considered Failed and will be required to reappear in the examination. For non credit courses, ‘Satisfactory’ or “Not Satisfactory” is indicated instead of the letter grade and this will not be counted for the computation of SGPA/CGPA.

Calculation of Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA):

The credit index can be used further for calculating the Semester Grade Point Average and the Cumulative Grade Point Average, both of which being important performance indices of the student.

Calculation of Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA):

The performance of each student at the end of the each semester is indicated in terms of SGPA. The SGPA is calculated as given below:

SGPA = ∑ [(Course Credits) X (Grade Points)] (for all courses in that semester, including “F” grades) / ∑ [(Course Credits)] (for all courses in that semester, including “F” grades)

Calculation of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA):

CGPA gives the sum total of credit indices of all the previous semesters divided by the total number of credits registered in all these semesters. The CGPA is calculated as given below:

CGPA = ∑ [(Course Credits) X (Grade Points)] (for all courses until that semester excluding those with “F” grades) / ∑ [(Course Credits)] (for all courses until that semester excluding those with “F” grades)

An illustrative example given below indicates the use of the above two equations in calculating SGPA & CGPA:

Typical example - Calculation of SGPA/CGPA

*Total No. of credits excluding those with “F” grades; this is particularly important to keep track of the number of credits earned by a student up to any semester.

Eligibility for Award of B.Tech Degree:

R16 Regulations

A student will be declared eligible for the award of the B.Tech. Degree if he fulfills the following academic regulations.

i) Four year B.Tech course:

(a) Pursued a course of study for not less than four academic years and not more than eight academic years.
(b) Registered for 192 credits and secured 192 credits.
(c) Students, who fail to complete their four years course of study within eight years or fail to acquire the 192 Credits for the award of the degree within eight academic years from the year of their admission shall forfeit their seat in B.Tech course and their admission shall stand cancelled.

ii) Three year B.Tech course under lateral entry:

(a) Pursued a course of study for not less than three academic years and not more than six academic years.
(b) Registered for 144 credits and secured 144 credits.
(c) Students, who fail to complete their three years course of study within six years or fail to acquire the 144 credits for the award of the degree within six academic years from the year of their admission shall forfeit their seat in B.Tech course and their admission shall stand cancelled.

R18 Regulations

The following academic requirements shall be met for the award of the B.Tech degree.

• Student shall register and acquire minimum attendance in all courses and secure 160 credits for regular program and 123 credits for lateral entry program.
• A student of a regular program, who fails to earn 160 credits within eight consecutive academic years from the year of his/her admission with a minimum CGPA of 5.0, shall forfeit his/her degree and his/her admission stands cancelled.
• A student of a lateral entry program who fails to earn 123 credits within six consecutive academic years from the year of his/her admission with a minimum CGPA of 5.0, shall forfeit his/her degree and his/her admission stands cancelled.

UG20 Regulations

• Student shall register and acquire minimum attendance in all courses and secure 160 credits (with minimum CGPA of 5.0), for regular program and 126 credits (with minimum CGPA of 5.0), for lateral entry program.
• A student of a regular program, who fails to earn 160 credits within eight consecutive academic years from the year of his/her admission with a minimum CGPA of 5.0, shall forfeit his/her degree and his/her admission stands cancelled.
• A student of a lateral entry program who fails to earn 126 credits within six consecutive academic years from the year of his/her admission with a minimum CGPA of 5.0, shall forfeit his/her degree and his/her admission stands cancelled.

BT23 Regulations

• Student shall register and acquire minimum attendance in all courses and secure 160 credits (with minimum CGPA of 5.0), for regular program and 120 credits (with minimum CGPA of 5.0), for lateral entry program. There is NO exemption of credits in any case.
• A student of a regular program, who fails to earn 160 credits within eight consecutive academic years from the year of his/her admission with a minimum CGPA of 5.0, shall forfeit his/her degree and his/her admission stands cancelled.
• A student of a lateral entry program who fails to earn 120 credits within six consecutive academic years from the year of his/her admission with a minimum CGPA of 5.0, shall forfeit his/her degree and his/her admission stands cancelled.

Award of Division:

After satisfying the requirements prescribed for the completion of the program, the student shall be eligible for the award of B.Tech Degree and shall be placed in one of the following grades:

R16 Regulations

R18 Regulations

A student with final CGPA ≥ 8.00 and fulfilling the following conditions shall be placed in 'First Class with Distinction’:

• Should have passed all the courses in 'first appearance' within the first 4 academic years (or 8 sequential semesters) from the date of commencement of first year first semester.
• Should have secured a CGPA ≥ 8.00, at the end of each of the 8 sequential semesters, starting from I year I semester onwards.
• Should not have been detained or prevented from writing the semester end examinations in any semester due to shortage of attendance or any other reason.

A student not fulfilling any of the above conditions with final CGPA > 8 shall be placed in ‘First Class’.

UG20 Regulations

A student with final CGPA (at the end of the under graduate programme) ≥ 8.00, and fulfilling the following conditions - shall be placed in 'first class with distinction'. However,

• Should have passed all the courses in ‘first appearance’ within the first 4 academic years (or 8 sequential semesters) from the date of commencement of first year first semester.
• Should have secured a CGPA ≥8.00, at the end of each of the 8 sequential semesters, starting from I year I semester onwards.
• Should not have been detained or prevented from writing the semester end examinations in any semester due to shortage of attendance or any other reason.

A student not fulfilling any of the above conditions with final CGPA >8 shall be placed in ‘first class’. Students with final CGPA (at the end of the B.Tech program) ≥ 6.50 but < 5.00 will not be eligible for the award of the degree

BT23 Regulations

A student with final CGPA (at the end of the under graduate programme) >8.0, and fulfilling the following conditions - shall be placed in 'first class with distinction'. However,

• Should have passed all the courses in ‘first appearance’ within the first 4 academic years (or 8 sequential semesters) from the date of commencement of first semester.
• Should have secured a CGPA >8.0, at the end of each of the 8 sequential semesters, starting from first semester onwards.
• Should not have been detained or prevented from writing the semester end examinations in any semester due to shortage of attendance or any other reason.
• A student not fulfilling any of the above conditions with final CGPA >8.0 shall be placed in 'first class'.

Students with final CGPA (at the end of the B.Tech program) ≥7.0 but <8.0 shall be placed in ‘first class’.

Students with final CGPA (at the end of the B.Tech program) ≥6.0 but <7.0, shall be placed in ‘second class’.

All other students who qualify for the award of the degree (as per item 18), with final CGPA (at the end of the B.Tech program) ≥ 5.0 but > 6.0, shall be placed in ‘pass class’.

Consolidated Grade Sheet:

A consolidated grade sheet containing credits and grades obtained by the candidate will be issued after completion of the four year B.Tech program.