EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR FULL TERM INTERNSHIP

Wherever there is a full term internship there will be two evaluations a Mid Term Evaluation followed by the End Term Evaluation for all the students wherever they are posted. 1. Weightage of these evaluations in continuous assessment would be:

Mid Term evaluation End Term Evaluation

30% 70%

2. Criteria for Mid Term Evaluation:

S No 1. 2. 3.

Criteria Project Report Presentation and Viva-voce Evaluation by Mentor / Internal Supervisor Total

Weightage (% of Total Marks) 40 % 50 % 10% 100

3. Criteria for Final Evaluation:

Criteria No 1. 2. 3. 4. Project Report Presentation and Viva-voce Evaluation by External Project Supervisor Evaluation by Mentor / Internal Supervisor Total

Weightage (% of Total Marks) 30 % 40 % 20 % 10% 100

a) Criteria for evaluation of Project Report: S No Criteria 1. 2. 3. 4. Relevance of Project Quality of Content (Accuracy, language, flow of the work etc.) Amount of work done (as per the evaluation stage) Format of the report Total

Marks (% Marks) 10 20 10 10 50

of

Total

S No 1. 2. 3. 4.

b) Criteria for evaluation of Presentation and Viva Criteria Understanding about the Project Skill set acquired Communication skills Response to questions Total c) Criteria for evaluation by Internal Project Supervisors : Criteria Regular reporting Quantity of work done Quality of work done Total

Marks (% Marks) 10 20 10 10 50

of

Total

S No 1. 2. 3.

Marks (% Marks) 5 10 5 20

of

Total

4. Recommendations by the Panel: In all such courses the students shall be handed over a copy of recommendations (refer the format of Recommendation form) for improving the quality of work. Even if no improvement is required, positive remarks must be given in this form. The evaluation panels to hand over the recommendation form to the student (s) and retain its carbon copy which is to be deposited with the Office of HOS. 5. The students are required to attach the recommendation form in the report prepared for subsequent evaluation. 6. Report Submission 6.1 The students must submit the final project report in printed and electronic form as per the following guidelines: i) Two hard bound copies of the reports shall be submitted by the student in the administration office of the concerned school as per prescribed timelines. ii) All the reports duly approved (signed) by the Mentor shall be assigned a unique number which will be auto-generated through an electronic interface. The numbers shall be assigned to reports submitted by the due date (without fine) and by the last day for submission with fine. One copy of the numbered report will be returned to the student to be brought along at the time of viva. After the viva one copy of the report will be retained by the mentor. iii) Electronic Report: An e-copy of the report shall be submitted by the student on the UMS interface in a secured pdf format having a maximum size of 5 MB, as per prescribed timelines. Submission of electronic copy is required in addition to the printed copy. If a student submits e-copy on time but fails to submit the printed copy, one is liable to pay the fine and face any other consequence of non-submission of report.

6.2 In case of late submission, the students will deposit late fees in the Accounts Department and obtain a receipt of the same. The receipt will be generated through the electronic interface which will be date and time sensitive. Hence the last report will be accepted by 5: 00 p.m on the last day of report submission with fine. Thereafter the interface will STOP assigning report numbers and generating late fee receipts. All the remaining students who are registered in courses to which this policy applies will automatically be awarded R grade.

6.3

The report submission dates shall be:

Report Submission Upto the Last teaching day of the term 1 week after the last teaching day of the term Any Later Instance Fine No fine Rs 1000/-

Student shall be awarded R Grade

7. Award of R Grade
7.1 R grade: R stands for resubmission. In case a student is awarded this grade then one is required to resubmit the report and reappear for viva. 7.2 The resubmission of the report is to be made within one week of the commencement of the next term as per process applicable for normal submission of printed as well as electronic report. In case a student fails to make the resubmission by the due date R grade will be converted to F grade 7.3 A student will obtain R grade in the following cases:

i) In case the student fails to submit the report in all the permissible time limits. ii) In case a student is unable to secure enough marks to meet the passing condition. iii) In case a student is absent in ETE. Note 1 : In case R grade is awarded due to non-submission of report in all the permissible time limits, the student will get one chance to clear the R grade and it will be when the next Reappear exam is scheduled (e.g Non submission in Autumn 2011, will get a chance to reappear in Spring 2012). If the student does not submit the report as per prescribed timelines or does not appear in the exam or fails it, F grade will be awarded. Note 2: The reappear exam shall be scheduled only once. It shall not be scheduled in batches for different candidates

7.4 In case of being awarded R grade student will be required to pay a resubmission exam fee of One Thousand Rupees. 7.5 The reappear viva shall be taken as per schedule prescribed by Examination Division. In case external examiners are to be invited Exam Division will provide the proposed dates to the concerned department so that they can invite the examiners accordingly. 7.6 If a student is not able to pass the reappear viva at the first instance, then F grade shall be awarded. No additional chance to reappear shall be available and the student will be required to re-register for the course. 7.7 Students who require hostel facilities to pursue research work during the summer vacation or due to pendency of their ETE (reappear) or due to any reason will be required to pay the prescribed hostel charges.

8. Award of F grade 8.1 F stands for fail grade. In case of F Grade the student is required to re-register for the course in the next term. The student is required to repeat the Training by working on a new topic or opt for all the courses of the alternative term (equivalent to full term training). 8.2 F grade shall be awarded in the following cases:
i) ii) If the student could not pass the reappear exam In case of plagiarism. In this case a UMC case is to made and referred to Examination Division. If the plagiarism is finally proved then UMC Board may order the award of F grade in the course and any other suitable punishment as may be deemed fit. Reasons for the decisions so taken shall be recorded in writing.