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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR

(Established by Govt. of A.P., Act. No. 30 of 2008)
ANANTAPURAMU – 515 002 (A.P) INDIA

Draft Academic Regulations (R15) for

B. Tech (Regular-Full time)
(Effective for the students admitted into I year from the Academic Year 2015-2016 onwards)

1. Award of B.Tech. Degree

A student will be declared eligible for the award of the B.Tech. degree if he/she fulfils the
following academic regulations:

i. Pursues a course of study for not less than four academic years and in not more than eight
academic years. However, for the students availing Gap year facility this period shall be
extended to two years at the most and these two years would not be counted for the time for the
maximum time for graduation.
ii. Registers for 176 credits and secure all 176 credits.

2. Students, who fail to fulfill all the academic requirements 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 stands cancelled.

3. Courses of study
The following courses of study are offered at present as specializations for the B. Tech. course for
non-autonomous, constituent & affiliated colleges from 2015-16

S.No. Name of the Branch Branch Code

1. Civil Engineering 01
2. Electrical and Electronics Engineering 02
3. Mechanical Engineering 03
4. Electronics and Communication Engineering 04
5. Computer Science and Engineering 05
6. Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering 10
7. Information Technology 12
and any other course as approved by the authorities of the University from time to time.

4. Distribution and Weightage of Marks

4.1 The performance of a student in each semester shall be evaluated subject –wise with a maximum of 100
marks for theory and 100 marks for practical subject. In addition, project work shall be evaluated for200
marks whereas audit courses shall be evaluated for a maximum of 30 internal marks.

i. For theory subjects the distribution shall be 30 marks for Internal Evaluation and 70 marks for
the End-Examination.
ii. For practical subjects the distribution shall be 30 marks for Internal Evaluation and 70 marks for
the End- Examination.

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4.2 Internal Examinations:

i. For theory subjects, during the semester, there shall be two midterm examinations. Each midterm
examination consists of objective paper for 10 marks and subjective paper for 20 marks with
duration of 1hour 50 minutes (20 minutes for objective and 90 minutes for subjective paper).

Objective paper shall be for 10 marks. Subjective paper shall contain 5 questions of which
student has to answer 3 questions evaluated* for 20 marks.
*Note 1: The subjective paper shall contain 5 questions of equal weightage of 10 marks and the
marks obtained for 3 questions shall be condensed to 20 marks, any fraction shall be rounded off
to the next higher mark.
*Note 2: The midterm examination shall be conducted first by distribution of the Objective
paper, simultaneously marking the attendance, after 20 minutes the answered objective paper
shall be collected back. The student is not allowed to leave the examination hall. Then the
descriptive question paper and the answer booklet shall be distributed. After 90minutes the
answered booklets are collected back.

If the student is absent for the internal examination, no re-exam shall be conducted and internal
marks for that examination shall be considered as zero.

First midterm examination shall be conducted for I,II units of syllabus and second midterm
examination shall be conducted for III,IV & V units.

Final Internal marks shall be arrived at by considering the marks secured by the student in both
the mid examinations with 80% weightage to the better mid exam and 20% to the other.

For Ex:
Marks obtained in first mid: 25
Marks obtained in Second mid: 20
Final Internal Marks: (25x0.8) + (20x0.2) = 24

If the student is absent for any one midterm examination, the final internal marks shall be
arrived at by considering 80% weightage to the marks secured by the student in the appeared
examination and zero to the other. For Ex:
Marks obtained in first mid: Absent
Marks obtained in Second mid: 25
Final Internal Marks: (25x0.8)+ (0x0.2) =20

4.3 End Examinations:

i. End examination of theory subjects shall have the following pattern:
a. There shall be 6 questions and all questions are compulsory.
b. Question I shall contain 10 compulsory short answer questions for a total of 20
marks such that each question carries 2 marks. There shall be 2 short answer
questions from each unit.
c. In each of the questions from 2 to 6, there shall be either-or type questions of 10
marks each. Student shall answer any one of them.
d. Each of these questions from 2 to 6 shall cover one unit of the syllabus.

ii. End examination of theory subjects consisting of two parts of different subjects, for
ex: Electrical & Mechanical Technology, shall have the following pattern:
a. Question paper shall be in two parts viz., Part A and Part B with equal

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weightage.
b. In each part, there shall be 3 either-or type questions for 12,12 and 11
marks.
Note: The answers for Part A & Part B shall be written in two separate answer
books.

4.4 For practical subjects there shall be a continuous evaluation during the semester for 30 sessional
marks and end examination shall be for 70 marks. Day-to-day work in the laboratory shall be
evaluated for 30 marks by the concerned laboratory teacher based on the regularity/record/ viva.
The end examination shall be conducted by the concerned laboratory teacher and senior expert
in the same subject of the department.

In a practical subject consisting of two parts (ex: Electrical & Mechanical Lab), the end
examination shall be conducted for 35 marks in each part. Internal examination shall be
evaluated as above for 30 marks in each part and final internal marks shall be arrived by
considering the average of marks obtained in two parts.

4.5 There shall be an audit pass course in Human values & Professional ethics and Advanced
Communication skills lab with no credits. There shall be no external examination. However,
attendance in the audit course shall be considered while calculating aggregate attendance and
student shall be declared pass in the audit course only when he/she secures 40% or more in the
internal examinations. In case if student fails, re-exam shall be conducted for failed candidates
every six months/semester at a mutual convenient date of college/student satisfying the
conditions mentioned in item 1 & 2 of the regulations.

4.6 For the subject having design and/or drawing, such as Engineering Drawing, the distribution
shall be 30 marks for internal evaluation and 70 marks for end examination.

Day-to-day work shall be evaluated for 15 marks by the concerned subject teacher based on the
reports/submissions prepared in the class. And there shall be two midterm examinations in a
semester for duration of 2hrs each for 15 marks with weightage of 80% to better mid marks and
20% for the other. The subjective paper shall contain 5 questions of equal weightage of 10 marks
and the marks obtained for 3 questions shall be condensed to 15 marks, any fraction (0.5 & above)
shall be rounded off to the next higher mark. There shall be no objective paper in internal
examination. The sum of day to day evaluation and the internal test marks will be the final
sessional marks for the subject.

In the end examination pattern for Engineering Drawing there shall be 5 questions, either-or type,
of 14 marks each. There shall be no objective type questions in the end examination.

4.7 There shall be a two comprehensive online examinations conducted by the respective colleges,
one at the end of II year and the other at the end of III year, with 100 objective questions for
100 marks on the subjects studied in the respective semesters. The Principals of the respective
colleges are given the responsibility of preparing question bank/ question paper and conducting
the online examination maintaining confidentiality. A student shall acquire 1 credit assigned to
the comprehensive online examination only when he/she secures 40% or more marks. In case,
if a student fails in comprehensive online examination, he shall reappear/ re-register by
following a similar procedure adopted for the lab examinations.

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4.8 Laboratory marks and the sessional marks awarded by the college are not final. They are
subject to scrutiny and scaling by the University wherever necessary. In such cases, the
sessional and laboratory marks awarded by the college will be referred to a committee. The
committee will arrive at a scaling factor and the marks will be scaled as per the scaling factor.
The recommendations of the Committee are final and binding.

4.9 The laboratory records and internal test papers shall be preserved for minimum of 2 years in the
respective institutions as per the University norms and shall be produced to the Committees of
the University as and when the same are asked for.

5 Attendance Requirements:

5.1 A student shall be eligible to appear for University examinations if he acquires a minimum of
75% of attendance in aggregate of all the subjects in a semester/ I year.
5.2 Shortage of Attendance below 65% in aggregate shall in NO case be condoned.
5.3 Condonation of shortage of attendance in aggregate up to 10% (65% and above and below 75%)
in each semester may be granted by the College Academic Committee.
5.4 Students whose shortage of attendance is not condoned in any semester are not eligible
to take their end examination of that class and their registration shall stand cancelled.
5.5 A student will not be promoted to the next semester unless he satisfies the attendance
requirements of the present semester. They may seek readmission for that
semester when offered next.
5.6 A stipulated fee shall be payable towards condonation of shortage of attendance to the
University.

6 Minimum Academic Requirements:

The following academic requirements have to be satisfied in addition to the attendance

requirements mentioned in item no.5

6.1 A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the minimum academic requirements and earned the
credits allotted to each theory, practical, design, drawing subject or project if he secures not less
than 35% of marks in the end examination and a minimum of 40% of marks in the sum total of
the internal evaluation and end examination taken together. In case of audit courses he/she should
secure 40% of the total marks.

6.2 A student shall be promoted from II to III year only if he/she fulfils the academic requirement of securing
40% of the credits in the subjects that have been studied up to II year I semester from the following
examinations, irrespective of whether the candidate takes the end examination or not as per the normal
course of study.

One regular and one supplementary examinations of I year (I & II Semester).

One regular examination of II year I semester

6.3 A student shall be promoted from III year to IV year only if he/she fulfils the academic requirements of
securing 40% of the credits in the subjects that have been studied upto III year I semester from the
following examinations, irrespective of whether the candidate takes the end examination or not as per the
normal course of study.

One regular and Three supplementary examinations of I year (I & II Semester).

One regular and two supplementary examinations of II year (I & II Semester).
One regular examination of III year I semester.

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And in case if student is already detained for want of credits for particular academic year by
sections 6.2 and 6.3 above, the student may make up the credits through supplementary exams of
the above exams before the commencement of third or fourth year I semester class work
respectively of next year.

6.4 A student shall register and put up minimum attendance in all 176 credits and earn all the 176
credits. Marks obtained in all 176 credits shall be considered for the calculation of aggregate
percentage of marks obtained.

6.5 Students who fail to earn 176 credits as indicated in the course structure within eight academic
years from the year of their admission shall forfeit their seat in B.Tech. course and their
admission shall stand cancelled.

7. Course pattern:
7.1 The entire course of study is for four academic years. All years shall be on semester pattern.
7.2 A student eligible to appear for the end examination in a subject, but absent or has failed in the
end examination may appear for that subject at the next supplementary examination when
offered.
7.3 When a student is detained due to lack of credits/shortage of attendance he may be re-admitted
when the semester is offered after fulfilment of academic regulations. In such case, he/she shall
be in the academic regulations into which he/she is readmitted.

8. With–holding of results:
If the candidate has any dues not paid to the university or if any case of indiscipline or
malpractice is pending against him, the result of the candidate shall be withheld and he will not
be allowed / promoted into the next higher semester. The issue of awarding degree is liable to
be withheld in such cases.

9. Grading
After each subject is evaluated for 100 marks, the marks obtained in each subject will be converted to a
corresponding letter grade as given below, depending on the range in which the marks obtained by the
student fall.
Table – Conversion into Grades and Grade Points assigned
Range in which the marks Grade Grade points
in the subject fall Assigned
≥ 90 S (Superior) 10
80-89 A (Excellent) 9
70-79 B (Very Good) 8
60-69 C (Good) 7
50-59 D (Average) 6
40-49 E (Below Average) 4
< 40 F (Fail) 0
Absent Ab (Absent) 0

i. A student obtaining Grade F shall be considered failed and will be required to reappear for that
subject when the next supplementary examination offered.
ii. For non credit courses „Satisfactory‟ or “Unsatisfactory‟ shall be indicated instead of the letter
grade and this will not be counted for the computation of SGPA/CGPA.

9.1. Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA):
i. The Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) is the ratio of sum of the product of the number of
credits with the grade points scored by a student in all the courses taken by a student and the sum
of the number of credits of all the courses undergone by a student, i.e.
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SGPA = Σ (Ci × Gi)/ Σ Ci

Where, Ci is the number of credits of the ith subject and Gi is the grade point scored by the student
in the ith course.

ii. The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) will be computed in the same manner taking
into account all the courses undergone by a student over all the semesters of a program, i.e.
CGPA = Σ (Ci × Si)/ Σ Ci
Where „Si‟ is the SGPA of the ith semester and Ci is the total number of credits in that semester.

iii. Both SGPA and CGPA shall be rounded off to 2 decimal points and reported in the
transcripts.

iv. While computing the GPA/CGPA the subjects in which the student is awarded Zero grade
points will also be included.

Grade Point: It is a numerical weight allotted to each letter grade on a 10-point scale.

Letter Grade: It is an index of the performance of students in a said course. Grades are denoted by
letters S, A, B, C, D, E and F.

10. Award of Class:

After a student has satisfied the requirements prescribed for the completion of the program and is
eligible for the award of B. Tech. Degree he shall be placed in one of the following four classes:
Class Awarded CGPA Secured
First Class with ≥ 7.5
Distinction
First Class ≥ 6.5 < 7.5
Second Class ≥ 5.5 < 6.5
Pass Class ≥ 4.0 < 5.5

11. Gap Year – concept of Student Entrepreneur in Residence shall be introduced and outstanding
students who wish to pursue entrepreneurship are allowed to take a break of one year at any time
after II year to pursue entrepreneurship full time. This period may be extended to two years at the
most and these two years would not be counted for the time for the maximum time for graduation.
The Principal of the respective college shall forward such proposals submitted by the students to the
university. An evaluation committee shall be constituted by the University to evaluate the proposal
submitted by the student and the committee shall decide whether or not to permit student(s) to avail
the Gap Year.

12. Transitory Regulations:

Discontinued, detained, or failed candidates are eligible for readmission as and when the
semester is offered after fulfilment of academic regulations. Candidates who have been detained
for want of attendance or not fulfilled academic requirements or who have failed after having
undergone the course in earlier regulations or have discontinued and wish to continue the course
are eligible for admission into the unfinished semester from the date of commencement of class
work with the same or equivalent subjects as and when subjects are offered, subject to Section 2
and they will be in the academic regulations into which they get readmitted.

Candidates who were permitted with Gap Year shall be eligible for rejoining into the succeeding
year of their B.Tech from the date of commencement of class work, subject to Section 2 and they
will be in the academic regulations into which the candidate is presently rejoining.
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13. Minimum Instruction Days:

The minimum instruction days including exams for each semester shall be 90 days.

14. Student transfers shall be as per the guidelines issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh from
time to time.

15. General:
15.1 The academic regulations should be read as a whole for purpose of any interpretation.
15.2 Malpractices rules- nature and punishments are appended.
15.3 Where the words “he”, “him”, “his”, occur in the regulations, they also include “she”,
“her”, “hers”, respectively.
15.4 In the case of any doubt or ambiguity in the interpretation of the above rules, the decision
of the Vice-Chancellor is final.
15.5 The University may change or amend the academic regulations or syllabi at any time and
the changes or amendments shall be made applicable to all the students on rolls with
effect from the dates notified by the University.
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RULES FOR
DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR MALPRACTICES / IMPROPER CONDUCT IN EXAMINATIONS
Nature of Malpractices/Improper conduct Punishment
If the candidate:
1. (a) Possesses or keeps accessible in examination hall, any Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of
paper, note book, programmable calculators, Cell the performance in that subject only.
phones, pager, palm computers or any other form of
material concerned with or related to the subject of the
examination (theory or practical) in which he is
appearing but has not made use of (material shall
include any marks on the body of the candidate which
can be used as an aid in the subject of the
examination)
(b) Gives assistance or guidance or receives it from any Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of
other candidate orally or by any other body language the performance in that subject only of all the candidates
methods or communicates through cell phones with involved. In case of an outsider, he will be handed over
any candidate or persons in or outside the exam hall in to the police and a case is registered against him.
respect of any matter.
2. Has copied in the examination hall from any paper, Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of
book, programmable calculators, palm computers or the performance in that subject and all other subjects the
any other form of material relevant to the subject of candidate has already appeared including practical
the examination (theory or practical) in which the examinations and project work and shall not be permitted
candidate is appearing. to appear for the remaining examinations of the subjects
of that Semester/year.
The Hall Ticket of the candidate is to be cancelled and
sent to the University.

3. Impersonates any other candidate in connection with The candidate who has impersonated shall be expelled
the examination. from examination hall. The candidate is also debarred
for four consecutive semesters from class work and all
University examinations. The continuation of the
course by the candidate is subject to the academic
regulations in connection with forfeiture of seat.
The performance of the original candidate who has
been impersonated, shall be cancelled in all the
subjects of the examination (including practicals and
project work) already appeared and shall not be
allowed to appear for examinations of the remaining
subjects of that semester/year. The candidate is also
debarred for four consecutive semesters from class
work and all University examinations, if his
involvement is established. Otherwise, The candidate
is debarred for two consecutive semesters from class
work and all University examinations. The
continuation of the course by the candidate is subject
to the academic regulations in connection with
forfeiture of seat.
If the imposter is an outsider, he will be handed over
to the police and a case is registered against him.
4. Smuggles in the Answer book or additional sheet or Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of
takes out or arranges to send out the question paper performance in that subject and all the other subjects the
during the examination or answer book or additional candidate has already appeared including practical
sheet, during or after the examination. examinations and project work and shall not be permitted
for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that
semester/year. The candidate is also debarred for two
consecutive semesters from class work and all University
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examinations. The continuation of the course by the
candidate is subject to the academic regulations in
connection with forfeiture of seat.
5. Uses objectionable, abusive or offensive language in Cancellation of the performance in that subject only.
the answer paper or in letters to the examiners or
writes to the examiner requesting him to award pass
marks.
6. Refuses to obey the orders of the Chief In case of students of the college, they shall be expelled
Superintendent/Assistant – Superintendent / any from examination halls and cancellation of their
officer on duty or misbehaves or creates disturbance of performance in that subject and all other subjects the
any kind in and around the examination hall or candidate(s) has (have) already appeared and shall not
organizes a walk out or instigates others to walk out, be permitted to appear for the remaining
or threatens the officer-in charge or any person on examinations of the subjects of that semester/year. If
duty in or outside the examination hall of any injury to the candidate physically assaults the invigilator/
his person or to any of his relations whether by words, officer-in-charge of the Examinations, then the
either spoken or written or by signs or by visible candidate is also debarred and forfeits his/her seat.
representation, assaults the officer-in-charge, or any In case of outsiders, they will be handed over to the
person on duty in or outside the examination hall or police and a police case is registered against them.
any of his relations, or indulges in any other act of
misconduct or mischief which result in damage to or
destruction of property in the examination hall or any
part of the College campus or engages in any other act
which in the opinion of the officer on duty amounts to
use of unfair means or misconduct or has the tendency
to disrupt the orderly conduct of the examination.
7. Leaves the exam hall taking away answer script or Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of
intentionally tears of the script or any part thereof performance in that subject and all the other subjects the
inside or outside the examination hall. candidate has already appeared including practical
examinations and project work and shall not be permitted
for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that
semester/year. The candidate is also debarred for two
consecutive semesters from class work and all University
examinations. The continuation of the course by the
candidate is subject to the academic regulations in
connection with forfeiture of seat.
8. Possess any lethal weapon or firearm in the Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of
examination hall. the performance in that subject and all other subjects the
candidate has already appeared including practical
examinations and project work and shall not be permitted
for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that
semester/year. The candidate is also debarred and forfeits
the seat.
9. If student of the college, who is not a candidate for the Student of the colleges expulsion from the examination
particular examination or any person not connected hall and cancellation of the performance in that subject
with the college indulges in any malpractice or and all other subjects the candidate has already appeared
improper conduct mentioned in clause 6 to 8. including practical examinations and project work and
shall not be permitted for the remaining examinations of
the subjects of that semester/year. The candidate is also
debarred and forfeits the seat.Person (s) who do not
belong to the College will be handed over to police and, a
police case will be registered against them.
10. Comes in a drunken condition to the examination hall. Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of
the performance in that subject and all other subjects the
candidate has already appeared including practical
examinations and project work and shall not be permitted
for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that
semester/year.

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11. Copying detected on the basis of internal evidence, Cancellation of the performance in that subject only
such as, during valuation or during special scrutiny. or in that subject and all other subjects the candidate
has appeared including practical examinations and
project work of that semester/year examinations,
depending on the recommendation of the committee.
12. If any malpractice is detected which is not covered in
the above clauses 1 to 11 shall be reported to the
University for further action to award suitable
punishment.

Malpractices identified by squad or special invigilators

1. Punishments to the candidates as per the above guidelines.
2. Punishment for institutions : (if the squad reports that the college is also involved in encouraging
malpractices)
(i) A show cause notice shall be issued to the college.
(ii) Impose a suitable fine on the college.
(iii) Shifting the examination centre from the college to another college for a specific period of not less
than one year.

Note: Whenever the performance of a student is cancelled in any subject/subjects due to

Malpractice, he has to register for End Examinations in that subject/subjects consequently and
has to fulfill all the norms required for the award of Degree.

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