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Academic Regulations-M.Tech. 2009-10






JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR
Academic Regulations For The Award Of Full Time M.Tech. P.G. Degree
(WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-10)

The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur shall confer M.Tech. Post
Graduate degree to candidates who are admitted to the Master of Technology Programs and fulfill
all the requirements for the award of the degree.
1.0 ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSIONS:
Admission to the above programme shall be made subject to the eligibility, qualifications
and specialization prescribed by the University for each programme, from time to time.
Admissions shall be made either on the basis of merit rank obtained by the qualified
candidates at an Entrance Test conducted by the University or on the basis of GATE / PGECET
score, subject to reservations prescribed by the University or Government policies from time to
time.
2.0 COURSE WORK:

2.1 A Candidate after securing admission must pursue the M.Tech. course of study for Four
semesters duration.
2.2 Each semester shall be of 20 weeks duration including all examinations.
2.3 A candidate admitted to a programme should complete it within a period equal to twice
the prescribed duration of the programme from the date of admission.
3.0 ATTENDANCE:

3.1 A candidate shall be deemed to have eligibility to write end semester examinations if he
has put in at least 75% of attendance on cumulative basis of all subjects/courses in the
semester.
3.2 Condonation of shortage of attendance up to 10% i.e., from 65% and above and less
than 75% may be given by the college on the recommendation of the Principal.
3.3 Condonation of shortage of attendance shall be granted only on genuine and valid
reasons on representation by the candidate with supporting evidence.
3.4 If the candidate does not satisfy the attendance requirement he is detained for want of
attendance and shall reregister for that semester. He / she shall not be promoted to the
next semester.




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4.0. EVALUATION:

The performance of the candidate in each semester shall be evaluated subject wise, with a
maximum of 100 marks for Theory and 100 marks for practicals, on the basis of Internal
Evaluation and End Semester Examination.
4.1 For the theory subjects 60% of the marks will be for the External End Examination.
While 40% of the marks will be for Internal Evaluation, based on the better of the
marks secured in the two Mid Term-Examinations held, one in the middle of the
Semester (I-IV units) and another immediately after the completion of instruction
(V-VIII) units with Three questions to be answered out of four in 2hours, evaluated* for
40 marks.
*Note: All the Questions shall be of equal weightage of 10 marks and the marks
obtained for 3questions shall be extrapolated to 40 marks, any fraction rounded off to
the next higher mark
4.2 For practical subjects, 60 marks shall be for the End Semester Examinations and 40
marks will be for internal evaluation based on the day to day performance.
4.3 For Seminar there will be an internal evaluation of 50 marks. A candidate has to secure
a minimum of 50% to be declared successful. The assessment will be made by a board
consisting of HOD and two internal experts at the end of IV semester instruction.
4.4 A candidate shall be deemed to have secured the minimum academic requirement in a
subject if he secures a minimum of 40% of marks in the End Examination and a
minimum aggregate of 50% of the total marks in the End Semester Examination and
Internal Evaluation taken together.
4.5 In case the candidate does not secure the minimum academic requirement in any of the
subjects (as specified in 4.4.) he has to reappear for the Semester Examination either
supplementary or regular in that subject, or repeat the course when next offered or do
any other specified subject as may be required.

5.0 RE-REGISTRATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF INTERNAL EVALUATION
MARKS:
Following are the conditions to avail the benefit of improvement of internal evaluation
marks.
5.1 The candidate should have completed the course work and obtained examinations
results for I & II semesters.
5.2 He should have passed all the subjects for which the Internal evaluation marks secured
are more than 50%.
5.3 Out of the subjects the candidate has failed in the examination due to Internal evaluation
marks secured being less than 50%, the candidate shall be given one chance for each
Theory subject and for a maximum of three Theory subjects for Improvement of
Internal evaluation marks.
5.4 The candidate has to re-register for the chosen subjects and fulfill the academic
requirements.
5.5 For each subject, the candidate has to pay a fee equivalent to one third of the semester
tuition fee and the amount is to be remitted in the form of D.D. in favour of the
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Registrar, JNTUA payable at Anantapur along with the requisition through the Principal
of the respective college.
5.6 In the event of availing the Improvement of Internal evaluation marks, the internal
evaluation marks as well as the End Examinations marks secured in the previous
attempt(s) for the reregistered subjects stand cancelled.

6.0 EVALUATION OF PROJECT WORK:

Every candidate shall be required to submit thesis or dissertation after taking up a topic
approved by the college/ institute.
6.1 Registration of Project work: A candidate is permitted to register for the project work
after satisfying the attendance requirement of all the courses (theory and practical
courses of I & II Sem)
6.2 An Internal Departmental Committee (I.D.C) consisting of HOD, Supervisor and one
internal senior expert shall monitor the progress of the project work.
6.3 The work on the project shall be initiated in the penultimate semester and continued in
the final semester. The duration of the project is for two semesters. The candidate can
submit Project thesis with the approval of I.D.C. after 36 weeks from the date of
registration at the earliest and one calendar year from the date of registration for the
project work. Extension of time within the total permissible limit for completing the
programme is to be obtained from the Head of the Institution.
6.4 The student must submit status report at least in three different phases during the project
work period. These reports must be approved by the I.D.C before submission of the
Project Report.
6.5 A candidate shall be allowed to submit the thesis / dissertation only after passing in all
the prescribed subjects (both theory and practical) and then take viva voce examination
of the project. The viva-voce examination may be conducted once in two months for all
the candidates submitted during that period.
6.6 Three copies of the Thesis / Dissertation certified in the prescribed from by the
supervisor & HOD shall be presented to the H.OD. One copy is to be forwarded to the
University and one copy to be sent to the examiner.
6.7 The college shall submit a panel of three experts for a maximum of 5 students at a time.
However, the thesis / dissertation will be adjudicated by one examiner nominated by the
University.
6.8 If the report of the examiner is favorable viva-voce examination shall be conducted by a
board consisting of the Supervisor, Head of the Department and the examiner who
adjudicated the thesis / dissertation. The board shall jointly report candidates work as:
1. Very Good Grade A
2. Good Grade B
3. Satisfactory Grade C
4. Not satisfactory Grade D
If the report of the viva-voce is not satisfactory (Grade D) the candidate will retake the
viva-voce examination after three months. If he fails to get a satisfactory report at the