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Student Handbook
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Director’s Message
Global boundaries are vanishing, merging people of diverse cultures, nationalities and age groups.
Education is emerging as the most powerful platform in the ' boundary-less' world. Distance learning
opens new directions of opportunities for students to obtain higher education without the constraint of
location and time. Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL) offers a chance to enhance your career
and life through the medium of quality education.
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL) has pioneered in India interactive e-Learning content in the
curriculum as a supplementary learning methodology, in order to improve the understanding of concepts
through cases and examples. SCDL has for the first time in India, introduced computer based assessment
systems, to pursue our mission of ‘flexible learning opportunities anywhere, anytime’ and to provide
ultimate convenience, ease and flexibility to our students.
The Corporate Business Administration program has also gained tremendous popularity and SCDL is now
an education provider to leading companies in India, such as Airtel, Bajaj Finance Ltd., Bharti Pvt. Ltd.,
Cipla, Cognizant, Collabera, Eaton Technologies Pvt. Ltd., HCL, Hindalco Industries Ltd., IBM, Vodafone,
Walmart, Wipro, TATA AIA, EFL Pvt. Ltd., SBI General Insurance, Arvind Ltd., EPIC Research, TAFE Ltd. etc.
SCDL has been invited by foreign universities for collaboration; a mark of our excellent quality education.
I welcome each one of you to our 'Global Campus' where latest technology, innovative teaching
methodologies and quality education have blended to create unique learning experiences.
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Contents
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1. ADMISSION RELATED INFORMATION / INSTRUCTIONS
Students seeking admission to the desired programs, need to submit, as per the applicable Eligibility Criteria of the enrolling
program by hand or courier, duly filled application form along with attested copies of academic documents, work
experience documents (if any), name change document (if any), 2 pp size photographs, photo identity proof and a
Registration Fee, to SCDL Pune Campus.
Every student of SCDL who is registered or granted (Confirmed/Provisional) admission receives an ID card and or admission
letter, Service Request Form (SRF) and Program Fee Payment form.
Students admitted on provisional basis do not receive their ID card, until their admission is confirmed. Students must submit
required documents (notarized / attested) or comply with deficiencies immediately upon receipt of provisional admission
letter, so as to get confirmed admission.
Provisional admissions of students who fail to submit the required documents on or before timeline specified by SCDL,
are liable to be cancelled and SCDL will not refund any fees paid by the student in such an event. It is the sole
responsibility of students to submit all the required documents within the prescribed timeline.
1. 3. Important Instruction
It is mandatory for all students to activate & access their login-ID on the website www.scdl.net after receiving the
Student Centre Login details, mentioned in the admission letter.
Instructions given in the student handbook and any other instructions given through print or email or website
are the rules and policies of the Institute.
All admission related queries (i. e. Queries for confirmed / provisional admission, ID card) should be sent to SCDL
on admissionstatus@scdl.net.
Please ensure that the registration number printed on the admission letter & ID-Card is the same. If not, please
contact SCDL immediately.
Students cannot opt for two PG Diploma Programs at SCDL. That is, students who have enrolled earlier, should
complete the earlier program successfully (exam, assignment, practical & project as applicable for the program)
before applying for another PG diploma with SCDL.
Students should forward attested photo copies of documents clearly mentioning their registration number, name
& address on each document. Students should not submit any original certificates. SCDL will not be responsible for
return / loss of such original documents / certificates.
Cash: As per instructions of UGC, it is hereby informed to all students that, no cash payments shall be accepted
at the cash counter at SCDL Pune Head Office, against any Student services.
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Dual (Additional) Specialisation and other fees may be paid in cash (at SCDL, Pune Office only) or by Demand Draft
in favour of 'The Director, SCDL, Pune', payable at Pune.
All fee related queries should be sent to SCDL through 'Post My Query' option to 'Fee Queries', from the option list
provided in the dropdown menu, in the student login. Any excess payment made to SCDL without SCDL's
notification is non-refundable.
SCDL will not accept in any case, any program fees in cash, by post / courier at Main Pune Campus.
There is no facility to change the applied Dual Specialization. Dual specialization fee is nonrefundable and
non-transferable. Dual Specialization for PGDBA will commence after semester IV ends and for PGDIM will
commence after semester II ends. However, the registration validity for both the program remains the same
i.e. program registration validity of Primary Specialization remains applicable to students to complete Dual
Specialization. No further extension is provided for completion of Dual Specialization.
3. 3. GRIEVANCE CELL
Students who are not content with the services may send their queries to grievance@scdl.net. All such queries will be
personally handled and responded within 2 working days by the Student Care Department. Queries can also be sent by
hard copy to e-Communication Department, Main Campus, address mentioned on the next page.
6. ACADEMIC INSTRUCTIONS
6. 1. E-Learning Facility:
For a majority of its courses, e-learning facility is offered by SCDL. The Centre's e-learning component has been
introduced as a supplementary aid to all students. It is in a concise form and complex issues are highlighted to enhance
students' understanding of the key concepts.
The e-Learning content contains live examples related to various courses along with flow-charts, illustrations &
diagrams. The activity-based pictorial presentation of the content enhances learners' effective understanding of
subject matter. The focus is primarily on the application of the learning with the knowledge gained. The e-Learning
component is structured & helps the learner to progress step by step.
Continuous assessment of the learner occurs as one is evaluated by the “Assessment” segment, included at the end of
each concept. The feedback on a learner's performance is immediately available to one, and provides one with the
much-needed motivation and is a step towards assurance of the quality of the program, coupled with an opportunity
to test quality of learning that has taken place.
E-learning content is provided through the online portal of SCDL. At the time of admission, each student is provided
with a unique login ID and students may log in to their respective student login and access the e-learning content, on
SCDL website.
SCDL's e-Learning inputs are beneficial to students and are made available to them without any additional cost. It is
easily accessible according to one's time, place and inclination, thereby fulfilling the Centre's mission for providing
“learners with flexible learning opportunities anywhere, anytime.”
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The gap due to the physical distance between the learner and the educator is reduced in this process of teaching-
learning, and Education ceases to remain de-humanized. The learning benefits available in a real classroom are
present and the effectiveness of learning increases.
6. 2. 2. E-Mentoring -Online Faculty Interactive sessions (via Internet):
Online Faculty Interactive Sessions enable the learners to clarify their queries. Students may log in at a pre-
specified time, and seek clarification to their queries by typing out the question. The teacher, with the help of a
typed text, immediately responds, thereby making available instantaneous feedback to the student. Contrary to
the belief that education imparted through the Distance Education Mode is faceless, the process followed by
SCDL, to impart education through the distance education mode, helps to create a close bond between the taught
and the teacher - who gradually becomes a 'guide' and ceases to remain a mere purveyor of knowledge.
Pop Up Blocker: You will need to disable the pop-up blocker on your system. A pop-up blocker prevents new windows
from displaying in a user's Web browser. The way to know if it is installed and enabled in your system is as follows: -
To temporarily allow a site to display pop-ups, click the Information Bar when it notifies you that a pop-up has been
blocked. Then click temporarily Allow Pop-ups. To check whether the pop-up blocker is enabled in system (If OS is XP
with service pack 2). Open Internet Explorer Here you can turn on or off pop-up blocker. On the Tools menu, point
to Pop-Up Blocker, and then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.
Please do not use roaming wireless data cards for attempting the assignments or viewing e-learning, etc. Or if you
had installed Google toolbar, when the pop-up blocker intercepts an incoming window, your cursor changes. The
pop-up blocker button displays an icon along with a count of the number of pop-ups blocked since the last Toolbar
installation. Press on this button to enable pop-ups.
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8. Administrative Charges for Other Service Request/s
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LIST OF SCDL HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2017
CONTACT US: SCDL Pune Main Campus, Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning,
Symbiosis Bhavan, 1065 B, Gokhale Cross Road, Model Colony, Pune – 411016,
Tel: +91-20-66211000-20 (Hunting lines) Fax: +91-20-66211040/41
SCDL Working Hours: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, except Sunday
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