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M.Tech

Academic Regulations
for M. Tech / MBA Courses

Sreenidhi University Under

Academic Regulations for M. Tech (Full-Time) Program -2022 - 23

M.Tech Courses Offered

CSE M. Tech Courses

Award of Sessional Marks

Pattern

Two Mid sessional examinations will be conducted and the average of the two shall be the sessional marks for the subject concerned.  In the case of the students who are absent on Medical grounds 3rd test will be conducted on payment of Rs.500/- for each of the subject. Other students also will be permitted to attend the 3rd test on payment of Rs.500/- for improving their sessional marks.  However, the average of the best two tests will be considered for award of sessional marks in the subject concerned.

Allotment of Credits for Various Subjects

AICTE

Academic Regulations for M.Tech ( Full-Time) Programs -2022-23 (R22)

(Effective for the students admitted into first year from the academic year 2022- 23 and onwards)

  1. Sreenidhi University offers Two Years (Four Semesters) full-time Master of Technology (M.Tech.) Degree programmes, under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), in the specialisations mentioned above.

Eligibility for Admissions

  1. Admission to the PGPs shall be made subject to eligibility, qualification and specializations prescribed by the University from time to time, for each specialization under each M.Tech programme.

  2. Admission to the post graduate programme shall be made on the basis of either the merit rank or Percentile obtained by the qualified student in the relevant qualifying GATE Examination/ the merit rank obtained by the qualified student in an entrance test conducted by Sreenidhi University for M.Tech. programmes / percentage of marks in the qualifying examinations. Subject to reservations as laid down by the Government of Telangana for Private Universities from time to time.

  3. The medium of instructions for all PG Programmes will be ENGLISH only.

M.Tech. Programme (PGP in E&T) Structure

  1. The M.Tech Programmes in E & T of JNTUH are of Semester pattern, with Four Semesters consisting of Two academic years, each academic year having Two Semesters (First/Odd and Second/Even Semesters). Each Semester shall be of 22 weeks duration (inclusive of Examinations), with a minimum of 90 instructional days per Semester.

  2. The student shall not take more than four academic years to fulfill all the academic requirements for the award of M.Tech. degree from the date of commencement of first year first semester, failing which the student shall forfeit the seat in M.Tech. programme.

Semester Scheme

  1. Each Semester shall have ‘Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE)’ and ‘Semester End Examination (SEE)’.Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Credit Based Semester System (CBSS) are taken for the present set of Regulations.

  2. The terms ‘SUBJECT’ and ‘COURSE’ imply the same meaning here and refer to ‘Theory Subject’, or ‘Lab Course’, or ‘Design/Drawing Subject’, or ‘Seminar’, or ‘Comprehensive Viva’, or ‘ Group Project’, or “Industry oriented mini project ” or “Project” or ‘Technical Paper Writing’ as the case may be.

Credit Courses

All subjects/courses are to be registered by the student in a semester to earn credits which shall be assigned to each subject/course in an L: T: P: C (Lecture Periods: Tutorial Periods: Practical Periods: Credits) structure based on the following general pattern:

  • One credit for one hour/week/semester for theory/lecture/ tutorials (T)(L) courses.

  • One credit for two hours/ week/semester for laboratory/ practical (P) courses Other student activities like study tour, guest lecture, conference/workshop participations, technical paper presentations, and identified mandatory courses, if any, will not carry credits but they will be evaluated internally if they get grades accordingly as per the table below. If a candidate does not pass the mandatory courses, he will not be awarded with degree.
UGC Guidelines

The student shall register for all 68 credits and secure all the 68 credits. In case a student who passed in all subjects, but the SGPA in any semester is less than 6.0 he/she can be permitted to write the end semester examinations in the subjects of his/her choice in the corresponding semester in the following academic year for improving the grade in the subjects concerned so that the SGPA of 6.0 can be attained. Thus, a student will not be permitted to write the end semester examinations once again for the purpose of improving the grade in the subject and hence the SGPA, in the event the student has already secured SGPA of 6.0 and above.

Subject Course Classification

All subjects/courses offered for the Post-Graduate Programme in E & T (M.Tech Degree Programme) are broadly classified as follows. The University has followed in general the guidelines issued by AICTE/UGC.

Core Course
OE Subject

Courses of Study

Departments offering M.Tech. Programmes with specializations are noted below:

M. Tech Courses

Attendance Requirements

The programs are offered on a unit basis with each subject being considered a unit.

  • Attendance in all classes (Lectures/Tutorials /Laboratories/Seminar/ Mandatory courses) is compulsory. The minimum required attendance in each theory including the attendance of mid-term examination / Laboratory etc. is 75%.
    Two periods of attendance for each theory subject shall be considered, if the student appears for the mid-term examination of that subject. A student shall not be permitted to appear for the Semester End Examinations (SEE), if his attendance is less than 75%.
  • A student’s seminar report and seminar presentation will be eligible for evaluation, only if he ensures a minimum of 75% of his attendance in seminar presentation classes during that semester.
  • Condoning of shortage of attendance (between 65% and 75%) up to a maximum of 10% (considering the days of attendance in sports, games, NCC, NSS activities and Medical grounds) in each subject of a semester shall be granted by the College Academic Committee.
  • Shortage of Attendance below 65% in the semester, shall IN NO CASE be condoned and he/she cannot register for end examinations.
  • A candidate who is detained due to shortage of attendance may seek re-registration in to the same semester as and when that is offered. If any candidate fulfills the attendance requirement in the present semester, he shall not be eligible for re-registration for the same semester. However, he will be permitted to appear for consecutive examinations.
  • A prescribed fee per subject shall be payable for condoning shortage of attendance.
  • A student shall put in a minimum required attendance in I Year I semester for promotion to I Year II Semester.

Academic Requirements

The following academic requirements have to be satisfied, in addition to the attendance requirements mentioned above. The performance of the candidate in each semester shall be evaluated subject-wise, with a maximum of 100 marks per subject / course (theory / practical), on the basis of Internal Evaluation and Semester End Examination.

  • (6.1) A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/course, if he/she secures not less than 40% of marks (16 out of 40 marks) in the End Semester Examination, and a minimum of 50% of marks in the sum total of CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together; in terms of Letter Grades and this implies securing ‘B’ Grade or above in a subject.
  • (6.2) A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to a subject/ course, if he/she secures not less than 50% of the total marks. The student is deemed to have failed, if he/she (i) does not attend the comprehensive viva- voce as per the schedule given, or (ii) does not present the seminar as required, or (iii) does not present the Technical Paper Writing as required. In such a case, he may reappear for comprehensive viva-voce in supplementary examinations and for seminar/ technical paper writing, in the subsequent semesters, as and when scheduled by paying required fee as per the norms of the Institution.
  • (6.3) A student shall register for all subjects for total of 68 credits as specified and listed in the course structure for the chosen specialization, put in required the attendance and fulfill the academic requirements for securing 68 credits obtaining a minimum of ‘B’ Grade or above in each subject, and all 68 credits securing Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) 6.0 (in each semester) and final Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) (i.e., CGPA at the end of PGP)  6.0, to complete the PGP successfully.

Note :

  • The SGPA will be computed and printed on the marks memo only if the candidate passes in all the subjects offered and gets minimum B grade in all the subjects.
  • CGPA is calculated only when the candidate passes in all the subjects offered in all the semesters.
  • Marks and Letter Grades obtained in all those subjects covering the above specified 68 credits alone shall be considered for the calculation of final CGPA, which will be indicated in the Grade Card /Marks Memo of second year second semester.
  • If a student registers for extra subject(s) (in the parent department or other departments/ branches of Engineering) other than those listed subjects totaling to 68 credits as specified in the course structure, the performance in extra subject(s) (although evaluated and graded using the same procedure as that of the required 68 credits) will not be taken into account while calculating the SGPA and CGPA. For such extra subject(s) registered, percentage of marks and Letter Grade alone will be indicated in the Grade Card/Marks Memo, as a performance measure, subject to completion of the attendance and academic requirements as stated in items 5 and 6.1 – 6.3.
  • A student eligible to appear for the Semester End Examination in any subject, but absent from it or failed (failing to secure ‘B’ Grade or above), may reappear for that subject at the supplementary examination as and when conducted. In such cases, his Internal Marks assessed earlier for that subject will be carried over, and added to the marks secured in the supplementary examination, for the purpose of evaluating his performance in that subject.
  • A student can opt for one extra subject from II year I semester in M. Tech. I year I semester and also in I year II semester so that the student can complete all the courses of II year I semester and student can concentrate on Project work in the entire II semester either in the institution or in the industry to complete quality work.
  • A Student who fails to earn 68 credits as per the specified course structure, and as indicated above, within four academic years from the date of commencement of his first year first semester, shall forfeit his seat in M. Tech. programme and his admission shall stand cancelled.

Evaluation

The performance of a student in each semester shall be evaluated subject- wise (irrespective of credits assigned) for a maximum of 100 marks. The M.Tech. project work (major project) will also be evaluated for 100 marks.

(7.1) There shall be two midterm examinations in every theory course. 30 marks are earmarked for each midterm examination. The marks shall be awarded considering the average of two midterm examination marks in each course. If any candidate is absent from any subject for mid-term examination and/or he/she wishes to improve the performance, a Third Mid test will be conducted for the Student by the College in the entire syllabus on the same day of the main examinations. The result will be treated equal to a mid test and average of better two mid tests will be considered. Each mid test will have compulsory questions without choice and long answer questions as detailed in the following paragraphs.

  • Separate registration for third mid for each subject can be done by the student by paying an amount of Rs.500/- or as decided by the Finance Committee time to time, for each subject.
  • The midterm examination question paper shall be of three parts, i.e. Part ‘A’,Part ‘B’ and Part ‘C’.

The procedure for computation of sessional marks will be followed as stated above under the item “AWARD OF SESSIONAL MARKS
(Page 1).
The duration of examination Mid test I and Mid test II will be for two hours and for Mid test – III for a duration of 2 ½ hours.

  • Each Midterm examination in theory subjects will be restricted to three units, out of the total of 6 units of syllabus, i.e. Mid test– I will be on Units 1 to 3, Mid test – II will be on Units 4 to 6. Mid test III will be from entire syllabus and conducted on the same day of main examination for a period of 2 ½ hours.
  • Two assignments shall be given for a total weightage of 5 marks. Assignment-I is to be submitted before the first mid examinations and assignment-II which is to be submitted before the second mid test and average of 2 assignments will be taken for 5 marks. Students will be given back the assignment before midterm examinations. Five marks are allotted for class notes which are to be signed by concerned teacher every fortnight.

Three marks for each theory course shall be given for those students who put in attendance in a graded manner as given below:

Attendance
  • Marks for attendance shall be added to each subject based on average of attendance of all subjects put together.
  • Award of final sessional marks: Attendance, average marks of two assignments, marks for class notes and mid-examination marks shall be added and the total marks are awarded as final sessional marks.

(7.1.1)  The external examination question paper shall be of two parts, Part ‘A’ and Part ‘B’.

Pattern for External Examinations for theory subjects (40 marks)


There shall be external examination in every theory course and it consists of two parts (part-A & part-B). The total time duration for the end examination will be 3 hours.

Part-A shall have 10 marks, which is compulsory, it will have 10 short questions 1 mark each.

Out of which 5 questions are to be set for 3 marks each and other five questions are to be set for 2 marks each.

Part-B of the question paper shall have subjective type questions for 30 marks and shall have 7 questions out of which 5 are to be answered. At least one question must appear from each Unit. And not more then 2 questions from each unit All the questions carry equal marks.

  • Marks for attendance shall be added to each subject based on average of attendance of all subjects put together.
  • Award of final sessional marks: Attendance, average marks of two assignments, marks for class notes and mid-examination marks shall be added and the total marks are awarded as final sessional marks.

(7.1.1)  The external examination question paper shall be of two parts, Part ‘A’ and Part ‘B’.