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Student Handbook
Class of 2011
Disclosure
Semester I
Semester II
SIP
Semester III
Semester IV
3.0 Financial Regulations .................... 04 5.3 Internship and Research Projects .......... 14
Introduction
IBS, a constituent of Icfaian Foundation, and section 5 and 6 deal upon rules,
extends academic support and placement regulations and polices of the University
assistance to students and prepares them for (reproduced with permission).
the MBA Degree of ICFAI University,
Section-2: Academic Regulations – This
Dehradun (hereinafter referred to as the
section gives information on registration
University). The students of IBS campuses
modalities and campus transfer.
register as private students of the University.
The MBA program provides a broad Section-3: Financial Regulations – This section
perspective in all areas of management. The gives information about fees, bridge loan
courses offered in the program are practice- facility and various scholarships
oriented, with emphasis on the application of
Section-4: General Regulations – This section
principles, tools and concepts to meet business
gives information about address change, name
challenges. They are carefully designed to
change, use of library and other facilities, code
develop a managerial perspective in the
of conduct to be followed, Hospitalization
students, help them in formulating and
Scheme, IBSAF membership, awards and
implementing corporate strategy and taking
medals.
critical business decisions.
Section-5: Program Structure - This section
The IBS campuses are independent with
gives information on the University program
operational freedom to innovate and
structure, internship and research project,
experiment within the overall policy
electives and course syllabus.
framework. These campuses deliver quality
instruction, conduct evaluations, provide the Section-6: Teaching, Evaluation & Grading
requisite infrastructure, maintain discipline, Policy – This section deals upon University
develop industry interface and facilitate the teaching methodology, evaluation scheme,
final placement of students. The IBS Head course handout, faculty consultation,
office, under the guidance of Executive evaluation feedback, examinations, procedure
council, plays the role of a facilitator, enabling on unfair practices and grading & certification
each campus to function smoothly through a followed by the University.
well designed system. It gathers, monitors and
Communication to Students: The primary
analyses information on critical process
mode of communication with the student is
parameters and gives relevant feedback for
through e-mail. Students are expected to check
maintaining and continuously improving
their e-mail account regularly. Students can
quality standards.
access the complete information like
This handbook provides information on registration, fee details, assessments and
operational, academic and other regulations. scholarships through student zone at
Section 2, 3 and 4 provide the rules and www.ibsindia.org.
regulations to be followed by students at IBS
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Section - 2
Academic Regulations
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2.4 Assessment attendance in each course. In case of
The students at IBS are continuously assessed emergency, prior approval must be sought
from the Academic Coordinator. However the
during the program through various assessment
schemes; and suitable feedback is given to loss of academic sessions, attendance and
assessments will not be compensated. Students
students by the faculty for improvement.
are required to maintain a minimum attendance
2.5 Attendance of 75% even after these emergencies or
absence due to other engagements.
To foster a culture of serious academic
learning, students are expected to have 100%
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Section - 3
Financial Regulations
Fee Schedule
(All figures are in Rs.)
IBS Campuses
Ahmedabad,
Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru,
Due Date Installments Chandigarh,
Indore, Gurgaon,
Nagpur Chennai,
Kochi, Kolkata,
Noida
Jaipur Mumbai
Pune
a. Students are required to pay the Fee installment as per the due date. All payments are to be
made in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of “IUCF A/c IBS,” payable at city of IBS
campus.
3.2 Bridge Loan Facility 1st June 2009, 1st July 2009, 1st August 2009
and 1st September 2009 of equal amount. For
Bridge Loan facility is provided to the
cheque “dishonor” first time, Rs.2500 is to be
students, who are awaiting the sanction of
paid as penalty. In case of cheque “dishonor”
educational loan from the banks. This facility
second time student’s admission will be
is provided for the 1st installment of fee due on
cancelled.
June 01, 2009 and not for any subsequent
installments. This facility is provided until the 3.3 Scholarships
sanction and disbursement of educational loan
IBS offers several scholarships to students.
from the bank. The parents/guardian have to
The details are given in the subsequent
submit four post dated MICR cheques dated
paragraphs.
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IBSAT Merit Scholarship: IBSAT merit scholarship of up to Rs. 2 lakhs is offered to top 200 students
based on their performance in IBSAT / GMAT. The details of merit scholarship disbursal during the
program is given below.
Category
I II III IV V
IBSAT® Rank
Eligibility Effective in Effective
1-40 41-80 81-120 121-160 161-200
Criteria Fee Inst. Date
GMAT® Scores
IBSAT® Rank I June 01, 2009 100000 87500 75000 62500 50000
GMAT Score
IBSAT® Rank II October 05, 2009 100000 87500 75000 62500 50000
GMAT Score
If a student withdraws in-between, the IBSAT scholarship amount availed towards part of the fee
payment has to be re-paid by the student.
Merit-cum-Means Scholarship: Merit-cum-Means scholarship of Rs. 2 lakhs is offered to
meritorious students who are in need of financial assistance. The students are short listed based on
their past academic record and family income. The disbursement plan is given below.
Campus Merit Scholarship: Campus Merit Scholarship of up to 50% of the fee not exceeding
Rs.3 lakhs is offered to students at each campus on the basis of student’s University academic
performance in semesters. Under this scheme, the top 25% performers at each campus will be eligible
to receive merit scholarships up to Rs. 3 lakhs based on University Scholarship Grade Point Average
(SGPA) in each semester (SGPA is the performance of a student for a particular semester and is
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calculated excluding the performance in audit courses, and SIP/MRP). Campus Merit Scholarship
is in addition to IBSAT Merit Scholarship/Merit cum Means Scholarship. The details of Campus
Merit Scholarship and its disbursal during the program are given below.
Category
Campus Merit
Disbursement Schedule
Scholarship
A B C D E
SGPA
Eligibility
Inst
Campus Date Criteria
9.50 - 9.00 - 8.50 - 8.00 - 7.50 - No.
(Performance)
10.00 9.49 8.99 8.49 7.99
67500 63750 60000 56250 52500 III Feb, 2010 First Sem
Bengaluru
Gurgaon 67500 63750 60000 56250 52500 IV June, 2010 Second Sem
Kolkata 67500 63750 60000 56250 52500 During sem IV Third Sem
Mumbai
67500 63750 60000 56250 52500 After Prog. Completion Fourth Sem
60000 56250 52500 48750 45000 III Feb, 2010 First Sem
Ahmedabad
Chandigarh 60000 56250 52500 48750 45000 IV June, 2010 Second Sem
Chennai 60000 56250 52500 48750 45000 During sem IV Third Sem
Noida & Pune
60000 56250 52500 48750 45000 After Prog. Completion Fourth Sem
50000 46250 42500 38750 35000 III Feb, 2010 First Sem
Bhubaneswar
Indore 50000 46250 42500 38750 35000 IV June, 2010 Second Sem
Jaipur 50000 46250 42500 38750 35000 During sem IV Third Sem
Kochi
50000 46250 42500 38750 35000 After Prog. Completion Fourth Sem
45000 41250 37500 33750 30000 After Prog. Completion Fourth Sem
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The general terms and conditions applicable for 4th and 5th installments. To avail the loan
to IBSAT Merit Scholarship, Merit-cum- scholarship student has to maintain a minimum
Means Scholarship and Campus Merit CGPA (declared by the University) of 5.5 (out
Scholarship are as follows: of 10) during the course of study.
The scholarship is payable only in the form of The highlights of the loan scholarship scheme
concession in fee installment. are:
a. Re-registered students are not eligible for • Rate of interest is 12% p.a.
scholarships.
• Repayment starts six months after
b. In order to avail merit-scholarship, completion of studies or after securing a
students must register within the job (whichever is earlier).
stipulated dates.
• 24/36 Equated monthly installments
c. Students can avail only one scholarship (EMIs).
either IBSAT merit scholarship or Merit-
• Post-dated cheques should be deposited
cum-means scholarship.
for all EMIs.
d. Campus Merit Scholarship can be availed
• Only MICR cheques will be accepted.
in addition to IBSAT Scholarship or
Merit cum Means Scholarship. • Documentation needs to be duly signed
by the applicant and parent/guardian with
e. Students seeking campus transfer are not
joint and several liability.
eligible for Merit cum Means Scholarship
prospectively. 3.5 Student Assistanceship
f. On the basis of student’s performance in IBS offers limited financial aid in the form of
University examinations, SGPA student assistanceship to students having
(Scholarship Grade Point Average) is financial constraints. Students are allocated
calculated and considered for awarding pre-determined and well defined tasks like
Campus Merit Scholarship. assisting computer lab, library management,
faculty in research and academic work etc.
g. The student who withdraws in-between Payment is made depending on the quantum of
the program has to re-pay the amounts work done by the student. The students will be
availed as scholarships. offered stipend up to Rs.6000 per month.
3.4 Loan Scholarships 3.6 Fee Waiver
Loan scholarships of up to Rs.2 lakhs are IBS offers fee waiver to the students in the
offered to the students in the second academic event of their parent’s demise (earning parent)
year. The loan scholarships are meant to bridge during the course of study, to the extent of fee
any funding gaps that may arise during the payable from the date of demise of the parent.
student’s course of study. The loan scholarship
is provided only to those students who after 3.7 Fee Refund in the Event of Death of
utilizing other sources of funds like bank Student
loans, merit scholarships, etc. still fall short of IBS refunds the fee paid in the unfortunate
funds to continue their studies. The loan event of death of a student during the course of
scholarship is offered as an adjustment of fee study.
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Section -4
General Regulations
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4.10 Laptop e. Racial or communal disharmony/
discrimination.
Laptop will be issued to the students in the
month of June, after the payment of the first f. Willfully impede or obstruct the activities
installment of the fee. of the IBS.
a. Academic misconduct, which means i) l. Any student, who in any way aids,
assists, counsels, procures or encourages
fabrication of data ii) plagiarism iii)
any other student to breach the regulation.
cheating or other dishonest practices in
relation to assessment. m. Other inappropriate conduct
b. Misuse of information, which includes i. Being in any part of the IBS precincts,
knowing that he or she is not entitled to
i. Perusing personal information files, to
be there at that time.
which the person has no authorized
access. ii. Knowingly fail to comply with any
directive given by the person in charge.
ii. Intentionally introducing erroneous or
misleading material into, falsifying, or iii. Willfully or recklessly damaging or
deleting without authorization, defacing of any property of the IBS.
information on record. iv. Being under the influence of illegal drugs
iii. Misuse of IBS’s computer systems which and alcohol.
includes accessing, storing, viewing, v. Committing any criminal offence.
publishing, transmitting or distributing
vi. Threatening or repeatedly insulting any
pornographic material, sending
other person.
threatening e-mails or allowing some one
to send e-mails. vii. Bribing or attempting to bribe staff by
offering gifts or services in return for
c. Conduct in breach of any institutional
personal favours.
policy.
viii. Use of filthy language.
d. Sexual Harassment.
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4.12 Prohibition of smoking in campus i. Sexual jokes, lewd suggestions, whistling,
premises foul language, leering obscene gestures.
Smoking in campus premises is strictly ii. Belittling comments on a person’s
prohibited. All campuses of IBS are declared anatomy.
as ‘No smoking premises’ iii. Persistent demand and repeated request
for dates.
4.13 Prohibition of Ragging
iv. Intrusion into person’s private or sex life.
Students are prohibited in indulging in any
disorderly conduct whether by words spoken v. Display of pornographic pictures, screen
or written or by an act with the effect of savers, jokes and objects.
teasing, treating or handing with rudeness, any vi. Indecent exposure.
other student. Indulging in unruly or
vii. Sexually offensive written, telephonic or
indiscipline activities which causes are likely
electronic communication.
to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological
harm or to rise fear of apprehension thereof in Sexual harassment does not refer to behavior
any student will not do in the ordinary course that is mutually acceptable to the parties
and which has the effect of causing or involved. Friendships are a private concern.
generating a sense of shame or embarrassment All individuals have a responsibility to
so as to adversely affect the physique or contribute towards an environment of trust and
psyche of any student, junior or senior is respect which forms the basics of appropriate
prohibited. professional relationships.
Any student violating the above and thus For redressal of harassment, complaint must be
indulging in the act of ragging, will be referred lodged with Campus Sexual Abuse and
to the Campus Disciplinary Committee which Harassment Cell. In such cases campus
may carryout investigation and initiate conducts an investigation and initiates
disciplinary action. disciplinary action.
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b. The first year contracted diseases injury sustained are considered as part of
covering Cataract, Benign Prostatic, the claim, except chronic diseases.
Hypertrophy and hysterectomy for
The student will have to make the payment to
Monorrhagia or Fiberomyoma, Hernia,
the hospitals initially and later submit the
Hydrocele, Congenital internal diseases,
claim with original bills for reimbursement.
Fistula in anus, piles, sinusitis and related
disorders. a. False or exaggerated claims found, if any,
will make the student ineligible for the
Following diseases/case are not covered under
Hospitalization Expenses Scheme.
the scheme:
b. Reimbursement of emergency of
Cases like:
ambulance charge restricted to Rs. 1000
a. Chronic diseases per student.
b. Dental procedures c. The policy has sub-limits
c. Suicides i. Room rent: Rs.2,000 for “A” class cities,
Rs.1,500 for “B” class cities, Rs.750 for “C”
d. Abortion, Pregnancy
cities.
e. Poisonings
ii. Consultation Charges: Maximum 10% of
Terms & Conditions: the total bill.
a. The scheme covers the Hospital Expenses iii. Investigation Charges: Maximum 10% of
for a maximum amount of Rs 1,00,000 the total bill.
in each academic year starting from
01 June 2009 until the end of the program 4.16 IBSAF Membership
12 March 2011. Students completing the program are eligible
b. There should be a minimum admission of to seek membership in the IBS Alumni
24 hrs and a documentary proof stating Federation (IBSAF), a society formed for the
the period of admission, the diagnosis benefit of IBS Alumni. Students are advised to
undergone and the treatment provided log on to www.ibsaf.org for registration.
should be specified clearly. However in
4.17 Awards and Medals
case of road accidents, the above
requirement of admission to hospital is The students with excellent performance in the
not mandatory. program are awarded following medals,
certificates and cash awards.
c. Coverage of pre-hospitalization expenses
wherein the relevant medical expenses for Best All Rounder Student at each campus
investigation/tests/consultation incurred
All Rounder Shield will be awarded to best all
during a period of 7 days prior to the
rounder student of each campus. The award
hospitalization for the disease/illness/
will carry a cash prize of Rs. 25,000.
injury sustained are considered under the
policy. Gold and Silver Medals from IBS Campus
d. Coverage of post hospitalization expenses i. The Gold Medal will be awarded to the
wherein relevant medical expenses first rank holder of each campus. This
incurred during the period up to 15 days award will carry a cash prize of
after hospitalization on diseases/illness/ Rs. 10,000.
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ii. The Silver Medal will be awarded to the ii. Awarded to Best graduating student of
second rank holder of each campus. IBS, Gurgaon. The award will carry a
This award will carry a cash prize of cash prize of Rs 5,000 with Bidri work
Rs.5,000. plaque and a certificate.
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Section -5
Program Structure*
The MBA program of ICFAI University, organizations. The program gives students a
Dehradun, prepares students with the skills, wide exposure in core subjects, elective
knowledge and strategic perspectives essential courses and integrated general management
to leadership of businessmen any where in the courses.
world. The MBA program is designed to
provide both portfolio of strong functional 5.1 Program Structure
skills and the ability to apply, adapt and
The Program comprises of Compulsory
integrate those skills into different
Courses, Elective Courses, Summer Internship
management settings, while the curriculum
Program, Management Research Project and
provides a rigorous grounding in traditional
2 Soft Skills Labs. These courses are spread
disciplines, the educational process, with its
over four semesters. The details of courses and
emphasis on new strategy and managerial
minimum number of credits a students is
skills, develops the skills for problem solving,
required to under go is given in the Table-1.
decision making and leadership of complex
Table-1
Program Structure
Year-1
Code Course Title Credits
Semester I
SL MM 501 Marketing Management I 3
SL RM 501 Quantitative Methods 3
SL FI 501 Financial Management I 3
SL HR 501 Organizational Behavior 3
SL EC 501 Managerial Economics 3
SL IT 501 Information Systems for Managers 3
SL AC 501 Accounting for Managers 3
SL GM 501 Business Communication 2
Semester II
SL MM 502 Marketing Management II 2
SL FI 502 Financial Management II 3
SL OP 502 Operations Management 3
SL HR 502 Human Resource Management 3
SL EC 502 Macroeconomics & Business Environment 3
SL RM 502 Business Research Methods 2
SL IT 502 Enterprise-wide Information Systems 3
SL GM 502 Legal Environment of Business 3
AL HR 502 Soft Skills Lab I A
FL IP 500 Summer Internship Program 18
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Year-2
Code Course Title Credits
Semester III
SL GM 601 Management Control Systems 3
SL GM 611 Business Strategy – I 3
Elective I 3
Elective II 3
Elective III 3
Elective IV 3
AL HR 601 Soft Skills Lab II A
FL TS 600 Management Research Project (To be continued in Semester II)
Semester IV
SL GM 602 Business Ethics and Corporate Governance 3
SL GM 612 Business Strategy – II 3
Elective V 3
Elective VI 3
Elective VII 3
Elective VIII 3
FL TS 600 Management Research Project 6
Total Credits 105
A – Audit Course
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the students towards autonomous learning and Services, Human Resources & General
exposes them to crucial managerial Management, and Operations, IT & Systems.
behavioural practices such as regularity, ability A number of electives are available under each
to meet deadlines, sense of responsibility, category. To specialize in any stream, the
initiative and leadership, diligence and student has to pursue at least four electives
adaptability. It helps to cultivate the regular from that stream. The balance 4 electives can
habit of documentation, effective presentation be chosen from the same or other streams, to
and articulation. align with their aptitudes, career choices and
external environment. They can:
The project involves the application of
concepts, tools and techniques to real world • specialize in a single stream of elective
problems or research on the latest like marketing; or
developments in the chosen field of
• opt for dual specialization in two streams
management. The MRP generally covers any
like marketing and finance; or
one or more of the following areas:
• opt for multiple specialization in more
• Comprehensive research in the latest
than two elective streams; and
developments / trends.
• additionally, choose two optional free
• Research on the current issues / problems
electives from any stream.
being faced in the industry.
• Extension of the project / research Optional Free Electives
undertaken during SIP.
The Program offers further flexibility to the
• Study and analysis of specific students in pursuing additional courses, apart
organizational issues / problems. from the minimum number of courses and
credits required to meet the academic and
• Application of managerial tools and
graduation requirements. Students also have
techniques to real-life problems.
flexibility in terms of optional free electives.
• Lab-based projects. They can opt for one optional free elective
each in third and fourth semesters. While the
Students are required to work on a research
optional free electives do not form the essential
project during third and fourth semester. It
part of the graduation requirements, the grades
carries a weightage of 6 credits, equivalent to
obtained in them, are taken into account for
2 regular courses.
calculating the CGPA. Students are advised to
5.4 Elective Courses use this option to either deepen their
knowledge in the same area(s) of specialization
Specialized Discipline Courses
or broaden their horizon by diversifying into
In the third and fourth semesters, students other areas.
study integrated management and strategy
courses as electives, in addition to the more Unstructured Courses (USC)
advanced courses. Students are required to
The unstructured courses are flexible format
pursue eight elective courses during the
courses that can be either faculty sponsored or
program. The MBA Program of the University
student initiated. The faculty sponsored
offers students a wide range of electives,
unstructured courses are basically meant to
broadly categorized into four streams, i.e.,
encourage innovation in terms of syllabus
Marketing, Finance - Accounts & Financial
design, teaching methodology, pedagogy and
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evolution. The courses are generally multi when the proposal is approved by the
disciplinary and focus on the latest committee and the Registrar.
developments and current trends in the field.
The unstructured courses should not be linked
Faculty sponsored unstructured courses can be
with the Management Research Project (MRP)
taken as a part of 8 electives, up to one each in
in third and fourth semesters. MRP forms an
third and fourth semesters.
essential part of the academic and graduation
A student initiated unstructured course can be requirements and is mandatory for all students.
a research based, project based or lab based. It
Students opting for unstructured course(s) are
encourages autonomous learning and helps the
required to clearly understand the guidelines
student in acquiring new skills and knowledge
and requisite formalities. The phase wise
in emerging areas. Student initiated
progress plan, deliverables and proposed
unstructured courses can be taken as optional
learning must be specified. The detailed
free elective. How ever the student has to
guidelines are issued separately through
submit a detailed proposal to a committee of
student’s circular.
experienced faculty members, nominated by
the University. The course can be pursued only
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Electives
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Code Course Title Code Course Title
SLIV604 Asset Valuation SLOM609 Lean Manufacturing
SLIV605 Financial Markets Management
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Section -6
The objective of classroom education is to The different evaluation components used aim
arouse the curiosity of students, generate habits towards testing the students for attributes like
of rational thinking and equip them with the spontaneous recall, ability to apply concepts,
skills and knowledge necessary for effective capacity to work independently and in teams,
decision making. While classroom instruction competence in conceptualized arguments and
helps students organize, correlate and ability to face unknown situations
comprehend facts and ideas, the faculty has the
The Course Handout
added responsibility of encouraging them to
think beyond the text books. Students are The course handout is given at the beginning
expected to optimize the learning process by of the course and covers the course instruction
availing of the library, computer and other plan. It also contains necessary information on
facilities provided at the campus. Teaching and learning objectives, practical outcomes and
Evaluation form a unity of function and implications of the courses and the policies
operate in a climate of mutual understanding governing their operation. (pace, coverage,
and trust. To ensure shared responsibility, the level of treatment, reading assignments, home
regulations indicate some formal guidance. tasks, components of evaluation, their
frequency, duration, tentative schedule,
Methodology: The teaching methodology is an
relative weightage of various components etc.).
optimal blend of classroom instruction, case
The handout also contains information on the
discussions and analysis, project work, thesis,
outline of the course delivery and
seminar, self-study and home assignments. The
methodology. The schedule for evaluation and
faculty introduces the key concepts of the
the marks allotted for the components, is
syllabus to the students. The students are
announced in the respective course handouts
expected to prepare for the introductory topics
under the guidance of the faculty. They are Faculty Consultation: The faculty for each
provided with most of the relevant courseware course will be available for consultation in
and case material, but are also expected to his/her chamber, once a week at a prescribed
refer to the reference books, articles, papers hour. The day and time of chamber
and websites as specified by the faculty. consultation is announced in the course
handout. During this time, students can
6.1 Evaluation Scheme
approach them for clarification of doubts and
The University follows the scheme of difficulties.
continues evaluation through assignments,
Comprehensive Examinations
projects, mid-semester and comprehensive
examinations. The schedule for evaluation and Comprehensive examinations are the written
the weightages allotted for the components of components of evaluation(s) for all the
evaluation are given in the respective course structured courses. These examinations are
handouts. The faculty for each course gives comprehensive and cover the entire syllabus.
feedback to the students on their performance. They are conducted by the University, at the
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end of the respective semesters, according to a exhaustive) will be considered as unfair
pre-announced schedule. The purpose of the practice(s) during continual evaluation,
examinations is to test the student’s knowledge assignment and examinations.
of current events, his/her understanding of
a. Possessing unauthorized material like
concepts, tools and techniques and their
notes or small slips in pockets, or on body
practical applications.
or in any other form like cell phones,
Evaluation Feedback vanity bags and purses, whether used or
not.
As in the case of evaluation, feedback is also
continuous and regular. The evaluated answer b. Copying from other students.
scripts will be shown to the students and
c. Allowing/enabling other students to copy
clarification, if any provided. Wherever
from one’s paper.
possible, the performance of the students in the
evaluation components will be discussed in the d. Taking or giving any kind of assistance to
class, detailing the highest, lowest and average other students.
performances.
e. Communicating with a student in or
6.2 Student Feedback outside the examination hall during
examination timings.
Students are required to provide their
comprehensive feedback on the faculty and f. Referring to any notes, slips or other
their teaching methodology after each sources in the washroom.
semester. The purpose of the feedback is to g. Visiting any place other than washroom
gather information on the learning experience during examination.
of the student and improve the effectiveness of
h. Indiscipline and disruptive conduct.
the course delivery process. The feedback
provided by the student is kept confidential. i. Resorting to any other unfair means to
provide or obtain advantage.
Comprehensive Student Feedback is taken for
the semester between 24 – 30 sessions. The Use of unfair means would result in academic
concerned teaching faculty may take student action against students leading to cancellation
feedback after completion of 16 sessions. of student’s registration for the course(s).
For the comprehensive feedback, the students Plagiarism: Presenting other’s work/material
have to fill the printed format provided as one’s own is plagiarism. Plagiarism includes
separately for this purpose. It is the reproducing others’ ideas, opinions, theories,
responsibility of the respective Class graphics, language, quotes (written or oral),
Representatives to collect the filled-in facts, statistics and illustrative material, etc.
feedback forms and submit them in a sealed without acknowledgement.
cover to the Academic Coordinator, to be sent
Plagiarism would result in academic action
to the Planning & Coordination Division of the
against students leading to:
University.
a. In the first instance a written warning,
6.3 Unfair Practices and resubmission of the work/material
Students are prohibited from resorting to unfair within a week.
practices during any examinations component. b. In second instance, no marks will be
Any of the following events (inclusive but not awarded for the evaluation component.
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c. In case of subsequent repetition, E grades not exceeding 5 at the end of
cancellation of the registration of the second semester.
course.
ii. He/She has not met the minimum
6.4 Repeating Courses academic requirement to graduate.
To be eligible for Summer Term, a student Apart from the letter and non-letter grades,
must meet the following conditions: certain events/facts are reported in the
academic record of student by suitable
i. He/She has secured cumulative number of notation. These notations are not to be
up to 9 D&E grades, out of which,
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construed as grades and do not contribute G2, G3.... are the grade points of the letter
towards the calculation of CGPA. The various grades awarded in the respective courses. The
events/facts recorded and reported are listed reports “NC”, “GA”, “RC”, “W” and “DP”
below. will not affect the calculation of GPA.
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each semester should not exceed the A student is deemed to have fulfilled the
number given in the table below: graduation completion requirements when the
following conditions are satisfied.
Cumulative Cumulative
a. The student has completed 28 credit
Semester No. of D & E No. of E
courses, SIP and MRP.
Grades Grades
b. The student has completed minimum 105
First 3 1 program credit units.
Second 6 2 c. The student has obtained satisfactory
grade in one of the Soft Skills Labs, i.e.,
Third 9 3 either in Soft Skills Lab-I or Soft Skills
Lab-II.
Fourth 12 4
d. The student has obtained a minimum
CGPA of 5.5.
iii. The student should secure a minimum
e. The cumulative number of D and E
CGPA of 5.5 at the end of each semester.
grades of the student should not exceed
iv. The student should secure a satisfactory 12 courses, out of which, the number of E
grade in one of the Soft Skills Labs i.e. grades should not exceed 4.
either in Soft Skills Lab-I or Soft Skills
f. The student has completed the program
Lab-II. within seven years from the commence-
At the end of Second Semester: Failure to ment of the program.
meet the minimum academic requirement at
6.11 Certification
the end of second semester will have
following implications: The following certificates are issued by the
University for the MBA program.
Student will not be permitted to register for
third semester. a. Grade Sheet
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c. Provisional Certificate apply to the University with the
Students who fulfill the graduation prescribed fee and an indemnity bond on
criteria will be given a provisional Rs.100 (non-judicial) stamp paper.
certificate.
Period Completed after Fee
d. The MBA Degree Certificate
Graduation
Students who successfully complete the
program will be awarded the MBA Less than 5 years Rs.2,000
Degree certificate by the ICFAI
University, Dehradun subject to the More than 5 – Less than Rs.3,000
University regulations. 15 years
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