Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s

VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE – 37

(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University)

Academic Information Booklet

For Under-Graduate Programmes

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018 - 2019

Rules & Regulations as per the approval of Academic Board in :

1. Resolutions passed in 19th Academic Board Meeting, held on 22nd March 2018
2. Resolutions passed in 20th Academic Board Meeting, held on 30th July 2018

Prepared by : Prof. Rahul Waikar, Member Secretary – Academic Board

 Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s
VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE – 37
(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University)

FOREWORD

Ever since VIT became Autonomous in July 2008, we are working very hard to
implement student centric schemes. The objectives we have kept in mind are:-

1) Overall personality development of the student

2) Inculcate self study culture amongst students
3) Multi-disciplinary approach
4) International exposure
5) Increase the effectiveness of teaching – learning process
6) Internationally compatible academic calendar
7) Develop “Vidyarthi”, not ”Pariksharthi” (Develop Student, not Examinee)
8) Well planned diverse assessment schemes based on both Hands on and Theory
components
9) Exam on demand
10) Declaration of result within 15 days
11) Involvement of industry in curriculum design and teaching – learning process
12) Focus on experiential learning

To achieve the above objectives, we have implemented several out-of-the-box

innovative practices like :-
1) GP / PD/ HSS Courses
2) Individualized and challenging Home Assignment for all subjects
3) Engineering Design and Development course
4) Communication and Soft Skill courses
5) Major project
6) Introduction of Honors / Minor Schemes
7) Remedial teaching in every semester
8) Assessment as per Bloom’s Taxonomy
9) Implementation of ERP system
10) Innovations via ICT enabled teaching learning
11) New Pedagogical initiatives- MOOC Video development

This booklet contains all the important and useful information necessary for a student
to understand the teaching – learning and assessment system. I hope that the students will go
through it and take maximum benefit.

Prof. (Dr.) R.M. Jalnekar

Director
 Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s
VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE – 37
(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University)

INDEX

Section Details Page No.

I Preface 1
a) Information of VIT 1
II Introduction 2
a) Composition of courses 2
b) Phases of Study 3
c) Academic Administration 3
d) Academic Calendar 3
III Curriculum / Program details 4
a) Structure and Syllabus for program of study 4
b) Patterns 5
c) Coding Scheme 5
d) Objectives of various courses and their implementation details 6
i) Core Courses 6
ii) Engineering Design and Development (EDD) 6
iii) Core Electives 8
iv) Special Electives 8
v) Skill Development 8
vi) General Proficiency 8
vii) Professional Development 8
viii) Seminar 8
ix) Summer Training 9
x) Major Project 9
xi) Internship 9
xii) Open Elective Courses 9
e) Opportunities for additional learning – Honors / Minor stream 9
f) Honors streams 10
g) Summer term facility for students 10
h) International Relations Cell activities for students 10
i) Issue of Transcripts 11
IV Assessment and Examination 11
1) Home Assignment 12
2) Mid Semester Examination 12
3) Lab 13
4) Viva 14
5) ESE 14
6) EDD 14
7) Seminar 16
8) Professional Development 16
9) General Proficiency 16
10) Internship 17
11) Grading Scheme 18
12) Calculation of Semester Performance Index 18

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 13) Calculation of Cumulative Performance Index 18
14) Measures to control Academic Mal Practices 19
15) Answer Script display to students 20
16) Answer Script retention 20
17) Class Improvement 20
18) Examination and assessment policy for failure students 21
V Annexure 22
Course Project Evaluation 22
EDD Mark sheet 23
Internship Assessment 24
PD Assessment 25
VI Appendices
A – Glossary of Terms 29
B - List of Abbreviations 30

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 Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s
VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE – 37
(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University)

ACADEMIC RULES AND REGULATIONS

I) Preface • To make students Socially Responsible

Citizen.
a) Information of VIT: - As on the commencement of
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology is an Academic Year 2018-19, the Institute runs
Autonomous Engineering Institute 9 Under-Graduate programs, 8 Post-
affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune Graduate programs and 6 Ph.D. programs.
University. The Institute is run by Bansilal They are as follows :-
Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust. It is Under-Graduate Programs :-
one of the premier Engineering Institute of
high repute in the country. The Institute Under Graduate Courses –Regular
was established in 1983 and during the Shift
journey of last three decades has grown up
from an Under-Graduate Institute to an Sr. Name of Course Sanction
Institute offering a variety of Under- No. Intake
Graduate, Post-Graduate and Research
programs. Vishwakarma Institute of 1) Industrial Engineering 60
Technology is the first private, unaided
engineering Institute in the state of 2) Electronics 120
Maharashtra to be granted Academic Engineering
Autonomy. 3) Mechanical 180
Engineering
The Institute is well known for its 4) Computer Engineering 180
visionary management, matured and stable
leadership, dedicated faculty, high 5) Instrumentation & 180
academic standards, diverse co-curricular
Control Engineering
and extra-curricular activities and
meritorious students. 6) Chemical Engineering 60

The vision statement of the 7) Production Engineering 60

Institute is ‘To be Globally Acclaimed
Institute in Technical Education and 8) Electronics & Tele- 60
Research for Holistic Socio-Economic communication
Development’ Engineering
The Mission statements of the 9) Information 60
Institute are Technology
• To ensure that 100% students are
employable and employed in Industry,
Under Graduate Courses –Second Shift
Higher Studies, Become Entrepreneurs,
Civil / Defense Services / Govt. Jobs and
other areas like Sports and Theatre.
• To strengthen Academic Practices in Sr. Name of Course Sanction
terms of Curriculum, Pedagogy, No. Intake
Assessment and Faculty Competence. 1) Computer Engineering 60
• Promote Research Culture amongst
Students and Faculty through Projects
and Consultancy.

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2) Electronics & Tele- 60 The Institute obtained Academic
communication Autonomy since July 2008 and has
Engineering implemented with good effect. The
3) Mechanical 60 Institute has designed ‘A Joyful Learning
Engineering Model’ which emphasizes on the overall
development of the student as a
responsible Engineer and human being,
Post Graduate Courses- Regular Shift rather than producing a mere technocrat.

Unique Academic Features

implemented after Autonomy
Sr. Name of Course Sanctioned
No. Intake The Institute has emphasized on
1) Heat Power 18 experiential learning and consciously
Engineering designed its curriculum to allow students
2) Design Engineering 25 to carry out extra academic activities and
3) Computer Science and 25 stay academically occupied on the campus
throughout the day. To that effect, Institute
Engineering
has designed novel courses such as
Professional Development (PD), General
4) Industrial Engineering 18 Proficiency (GP), Engineering Design and
5) Process 18 Development (EDD) Project every
Instrumentation semester, Skill Development (SD),
Communication and Soft Skill Courses,
Technical and General Seminars, Summer
6) Chemical Engineering 18
training, International languages, Open
7) Electronics & Tele- 18 Electives (OE) based on legal, commercial
communication aspects as well as some courses
Engineering emphasizing on engineering ethics,
8) Master in Computer 60 philosophy, etc. The Institute also offers
Applications (M.C.A.) optional super specialization courses under
the Honors Stream. Honor streams receive
a warm response from the students as they
benefit by opting for cutting edge courses
under these streams. The details of the
Ph.D. COURSES
courses along with the objectives are
covered later this document.
Sr. Name of Course
No. II) Introduction
1) Mechanical Engineering
a) Composition of courses: - The
2) Chemical Engineering Institute has maintained a critical balance
and sufficient representation of Humanities
3) Industrial Engineering
and Social Sciences (HSS) courses, basic
4) Instrumentation & Control Sciences and Mathematics (S&M),
Engineering Engineering and Technology (E&T)
5) Electronics & Telecommunication courses.
Engineering
The Institute follows a Credit
6) Computer Engineering Based System (CBS) and Grade Point
Averages (GPA) are calculated in every
semester. The student can earn additional

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credits through optional Honor courses. awarding departments – BOS Mechanical
The distribution of HSS, Science and Engineering, BOS Electronics, BOS
Mathematics (S&M), Engineering and E&TC Engineering, BOS Instrumentation
Technology (E&T) courses, typically is as & Control Engineering, BOS Computer
under:- Engineering, BOS Industrial & Production
Engineering, BOS IT&MCA, and BOS
Chemical Engineering, along with one non
% distribution program offering Department viz.
Department of Engineering, Sciences and
Humanities (DESH). The Head of
Department is the Chairman of the
Maths respective Board of Studies. The
Engg. Academic Board policies are implemented
27%
& at the program level through respective
Techn Board of Studies.
ology HSS
59% 14% Academic Board

Board of Studies

Subject Teacher
b) Phases of Study

The curriculum is carefully Student

designed to impart the necessary
knowledge of engineering, technology as
well as social sciences to prepare a For redressal of academic
competent global citizen. The three phases grievance of student, the Institute has an
are as under:- established various mechanisms. For every
division, a class teacher is appointed. The
Phase I – Intense study of basic science, class teacher works as a counselor to
humanities and mathematics address the issues reported to by the
students. Along with that every student is
Phase II – Study of Engineering Sciences assigned a Guardian who advises the
and Technology student on various issues like career higher
studies and keeps track of his academics
Phase III – Exposure to Applied areas in also. Based on the gravity of the
chosen program of study grievance, the issue is handled and
resolved by the college authorities.
c) Academic Administration

The Academic Board of the

Institute is the apex academic body that Director
takes decisions about the implementation
of academic practices in the Institute. The
Director is the Chairman of the Academic Dean Academics
Board. For policy making and
implementation of program specific
academic initiatives, Board of Studies Head of Department
(BOS) are formed in the Eight Degree
 Departmental student fest are all included
Class Teacher & Guardian
in the academic calendar.

III) Curriculum / Program details

Student
a) Structure and Syllabus for
program of study:-

d) Academic Calendar The typical structure for a semester

in any programme of study consists of the
The Teaching – Learning for following minimum courses:-
Semester is carried out for minimum 90
working days for a Semester as per 1. First Year structure consists of 4 core
University Grants Commission (UGC), All subjects, 1 Skill development subject
India Council for Technical Education like Social science , international
(AICTE) and University of Pune norms. language, 1 core PD like workshop,
The Institute plans its academic calendar Engineering Graphics, 1 EDD, 1 GP
for the forthcoming academic year well in and 1 PD course.
advance and adheres to the same. The 2. Second Year structure consists of 4 core
academic calendar typically covers the subjects, 1 skill development subject
following activity details:- (Math based), 1 EDD, 1 GP and 1 PD
course.
College re-opening after vacation 3. Third Year structure consists of 4
Students’ registration and subjects including 2 core elective and 2
Director’s address special elective subjects, 1 Core PD like
Teaching Learning activities – Seminar, Summer Internship, 1 EDD, 1
inclusive of Remedial teaching GP and 1 PD course.
Submission deadlines 4. Final year structure consists of
Examination and Assessment Semester long Internship Module or
Schedule Regular Module having 3 open
Student Activity Details electives, 1 semester long major Project
Schedule of various meetings / and 1 PD course. Student has a choice
Audits etc. for opting internship module or regular
Vacations and holidays module at first. If a student prefers
internship Module during Semester1,
The academic calendar is designed so as then he has to perform regular Module
to provide around 10 week Summer break, in Second semester and vice versa.
2 week Winter break and 2 week Diwali
break for students. To strengthen experiential learning, all
the core subjects have Laboratory
The students utilize the sessions associated with it
internationally compatible 10 week
Summer break for internships in India and The year-wise break up of credits
abroad or development of project or for a for all applicable patterns for all branches
substantial co-curricular or extra-curricular is as under:-
activity development.

The student activities such as

Mélange – The national level flagship
activity of the Institute, Annual Social
Gathering, Vishwakarandak – the Inter-

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Stude FINAL T.Y. S.Y. F.Y. examination, assessment, transcripts and
nts YEAR B.TE B.TE B.TE other relevant purposes, every incoming
admit B.TEC CH. CH. CH. batch is assigned a pattern every academic
ted in H. year which is a unique identifier for the
A.Y. structure and syllabus to be implemented
2015- B14 for the said batch in that academic year of
16 E11 F11 A14 (48)
the engineering course. The patterns
2016- A14(5 B14 A16
17 F11(42) 0) (50) (50) effective for academic year 2018-19 are as
2017- A14 B14- A16- under :-
18 Revised Revise Revise A17
(42) d (46) d (46) (44) Year of Study Pattern
2018- D18 C18 B18 A18 F.Y. B.TECH. A-18
19 (32) (42) (44) (46) S.Y. B.TECH. B-18
T.Y. B.TECH. C-18
For every program, Program FINAL YEAR D-18
Educational Objectives (PEO) are defined B.TECH.
by the respective Boards of Studies.
Program Educational Objectives are the c) Coding Scheme:-
broad statements that describe the career
and professional accomplishments that the The Institute offers diverse types of
program is preparing the graduates to courses. In order to distinguish the courses,
achieve. while maintaining their uniqueness, an
For every theory and Lab course, alphanumeric coding scheme is designed.
the course outcomes are defined. It is It is as under:-
ensured that the course objectives are in
synchronization with the Programme Consider a 6 character alphanumeric entry
Objectives & Programme Educational XX1234 where first two characters (XX)
Objectives. represent BOS name; third character
The typical syllabus for a theory indicates year of course i.e. 2 for SY
course consists of 2 sections. Each section Betch, 3 for TY Btech. etc.; the 4th place
focuses on conceptual and applied will represent the Structure Revision
learning. Students are expected to submit Pattern no. The A18 structure revision will
Home Assignments, which focuses on be denoted as 0, and subsequent revision 1,
assessment of teaching – learning process, 2 and so on; The 5th and 6th place will
as scheduled. To take cognizance of the represent the course no. It can vary from
learning beyond syllabus, Course Projects 00 to 99.
during Lab, and Project centric learning
have been introduced in curriculum. The abbreviations for the various BOS are
as under:-
The structure and syllabi for the
program offered by the Institute are Abbr BOS
available on the Institute website, eviati
http://www.vit.edu/index.php/departments ons
CS BOS, Computer Engineering
b) Patterns:- EL BOS, Electronics Engineering
ES BOS, Department of Engineering,
The structure review takes place at Sciences and Humanities
least every 3 years or as per necessity. The CH BOS, Chemical Engineering
initial autonomous structure was IC BOS, Instrumentation & Control
implemented in July 2008. A subsequent Engineering
revision took place in July 2008, July 2014 ME BOS, Mechanical Engineering
, July 2017 and July 2018 . For ease of

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 IE BOS, Industrial & Production multidisciplinary approach. It may also
PR Engineering need use to latest technology and tools to:
ET BOS, Department of Electronics 1) Make it cost effective
& Telecommunication 2) Quality improvement
IT BOS, Department of IT&MCA 3) Performance improvement
4) Innovation
Year of course is :- 5) Additional features
Number Year 6) New product development
1 First Year of B.Tech. 7) New Concept
2 Second Year of B.Tech. Also the professionals working in industry
3 Third Year of B.Tech. need to learn various tools, technologies,
4 Fourth Year of B.Tech. review the available products, domains in
5 First Year of M.Tech./MCA which the product is applied, literature
6 Second Year of M.Tech. /MCA
review and everything else that is required
7 Third Year of M.C.A. program
to complete the project. This is the idea of
8 Course work for Ph.D. program
(As applicable) Project Centric Learning.

d) Objectives of various courses and The engineering and technology world is

their implementation details- changing in a disruptive manner. The new
areas where the technology is moving are:
1. Core courses:
The core subjects form the Artificial Internet of Mobile/social
fundamentals of the program and enable Intelligence Things Internet
one to grasp the program basics and to Block Chain Big Data Automation
choose proper elective streams in core Robots Immersive Mobile
electives and special electives. The core Media Technologies
subjects are selected based on various Cloud 3 D CX
Computing Printing
inputs i.e. GATE subjects, apex
Energy Cyber Voice
professional bodies of programs and Technology Security Assistants
curriculum of international and national
universities.
Nanotechnol Collaborat Health
2. Engineering Design and ogy ive Tech Technology
Development Human Geo- Advanced
Computer Spatial Material
Interaction Tech
EDD is the Engineering Design and New Touch Wireless Clean
Development which is a Project centric Interfaces Power Technology
learning. Quantum Smart Edge/Comput
Project Centric Learning: Computing Cities ing
In the real world in Industry various Faster, Better Proximity New Screens
projects are undertaken as per the customer Internet Technolog
need and products are developed which y
cater to the market requirement. Such
Using these technologies, problems in
projects do not belong to particular various socially relevant domains can be
engineering domain, but need solved. To name a few,

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 • Agriculture • Team formation
• Defense • Project identification relevant to
• Healthcare
societal needs
• Smart Cities
• Smart Energy • Identification of Technology and
• Security Systems tools
• Automobiles • Identify a supervisor
• Space
• In consultation with the supervisor
• Green Earth
• Assistive Aid refine domain tool and technology
• Water Management areas
• Swachh Bharat
• Identify Industry working in same
The vision of our Institute is to train domain
students to envision areas in the above
• Map the technologies with the
domains. The industry needs future ready
engineers which would be technically project needs
strong and flexible to use the latest • Apply the technological knowledge
engineering tools such as:
to design various feasible solutions
• Programming ( C, C++, Java,
Phyton) • Select best possible solution to
• Design and Modeling (MATLAB, solve a the problem
SCILAB, Lab VIEW, Simulink) • Develop/Fabricate a working
• VLSI (Xilinx, Modelsim ,)Cadence
model of proposed solution
• System Automation (PLC ,
SCADA ) • Test and validate product
• PADS, ORCAD ,Eagle,Kicad performance
• Embedded System (AVR Studio,
Arduino ,Kiel uvision ) Students will get hands on experience
• Computer Vision through experiential learning. A student
(OPENCV,MATLAB) may not know the details of the domain,
• Circuit Simulation (Pspice, technology, tools therefore it is expected
Simulink,Workbench) that they learn it, under the supervision of
• Wired / Wireless and Ad-hoc the supervisor, in consultation with the
Networking ( NS-2 , Packet industry, refer to available MOOC’s
Tracer) designed by VIT faculty, refer material
• Signal Processing (Code Composer such as books, soft material and then
Studio ) follow the following steps.
Role of Faculty becomes a facilitator. The
A group of around five student should tasks carried out during those two hours by
come together and address issues in the the faculty are, give relevant theory inputs,
socioeconomic field using engineering make aware of available resources,
tools and technologies, following the steps connect to domain expertise and progress
below: monitoring.

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Additionally students are allotted 4 Lab and commitment towards active
Hours for EDD project implementation. citizenship and social responsibility,
Through EDD, student learning will be leadership qualities, communication skills,
Prioritize commitments and employ time
improved in the form of team work,
management skills to maintain balance
connecting people, communication skills, between academic work, co-curricular and
design, and programming skills. extracurricular activities, develop positive
attitude towards under-privileged sections
3. Core Electives (CE): of the society will be outcome of these
Core elective courses are offered to Third courses.
Year students. Core electives are job
7. Professional Development (PD)
oriented courses increasing student’s
(Audit Course):
employability. The students are free to
choose subjects to specialize in a particular Professional Development courses are
stream of their choice or take elective offered in all four years of engineering.
subjects of different domains Professional development includes
informal learning opportunities situated in
4. Special Electives (SE): practice. It is intensive and collaborative. It
Special elective courses are offered to is aimed to provide individualized advising
Third Year students. The special electives support to students. It addresses issues like
allow students to take interdisciplinary self organization and adaptability to the
courses and also highly specialized courses environment. This course includes
focused on employability skills for dream awareness sessions for enhancing technical
jobs. This will help students from many awareness & soft skills. It covers aspects
programs to take courses in computer for self development like importance of
engineering in order to get necessary dress code, ethics, SWOC analysis, resume
employability skills. writing, preparations for group discussion
and personal interviews etc. Technical
5. Skill Development: Skill enhancement, awareness of higher
education, motivation for startup are the
Skill Development courses are offered in areas of focus of these courses. Holistic
First and Second Year engineering. At FY development of student will be outcome of
level, focus is on social science,
these courses.
International Languages etc. At SY level,
focus is to improve Mathematical skills.
8. Seminar
6. General proficiency (GP) (Audit
A technical seminar is to be delivered by
Course):
every student in T.Y. B.TECH. Semester I.
Institute offers General proficiency courses
in First, Second and Third year It’s a one credit course. Evaluation marks
engineering. will be converted to Grades.

General Proficiency Audit course gives The objectives behind the technical
learning opportunities related to social and seminar are:-
extracurricular activities. It helps overall
development of students through various To inculcate the reference search and
social, cultural, technical, sports and effective technical précis writing skills
leadership activities. Enhance awareness among students

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To enhance time management and 12. Open Elective courses (OE):
presentation skills
To strengthen the literature survey and Open elective courses are offered to Final
other research attributes essential for Year students.
Major project activity • They are application and research
oriented, industry demanding subjects,
9. Summer Training: recent technology courses.
• To supplement the technical
Summer training course is offered in TY knowledge in the field of engineering, and
B.Tech. It’s a one credit course. to prepare a responsible citizen, courses
Students can perform 1 month summer such as Sociology, Psychology,
internship or can attend value added and Philosophy and Environmental Studies are
certified training program/ taught.
course/workshop (of 40 hours) or • The commercial knowledge essential
complete a 40 hr MOOC course to earn for the Engineer is also provided through
credit for this course. courses like Economics, Management
Techniques, Cost & Accounting, Law,
Renewable energy, Cyber security etc.
10. Major project

Final year students have to carry out one e) Opportunities for additional learning
semester long major project. The students Honors stream – Details – names of
typically undergo group formation, area subject, lab. course distribution, etc.
finalization; design and development;
testing, generation and verification of The Institute has a unique
results, research publication procedure. academic feature i.e. Honors stream which
In the major project, the student group is serve as an unique opportunity for
expected to apply the engineering additional learning. The Honors stream
principles learnt during the studies and provides an opportunity for the eligible
produce a result oriented output. student to explore specialization in the
Evaluation marks will be converted to domain area.
Grades.
The Honors stream enhances
11. Internship: employability in core areas. It produces a
focused output, enhancing suitability for a
Master’s Degree in Engineering /
The institute offers Semester long Technology. It also adds uniqueness to the
internship course for final year students. It resumé.
is useful for students to get industry
exposure by working on live projects The Honors stream provides an
which results into pre placement offers. opportunity to student to earn additional
credits.
Internship reviews and evaluation schemes
The very fact that Honors stream being
are set. Faculty has to visit industry mentor offered is a unique academic practice of
for the student’s evaluation. In total, the Institute and that the stream contains
Industry institute interaction gets theoretical as well as experiential learning
strengthened. opportunity makes it even more special.
The concept is well received by the
Evaluation marks will be converted to students since January 2012 and a large
number of second year students opted for
Grades.
the additional credit earning facility
through Honors stream. For the Honors

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stream to be launched from July 2018, wherein, the selected students spend T.Y.
various Honors streams offered (with B.TECH. Semester II in the chosen
applicable eligibility requirements – Institute. The Institute is also a member of
academic as well as branch specific) are as the Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa (OMG)
follows :- student activity. As a part of this activity,
the selected students spend T.Y. B.TECH.
f) Honors streams Semester I in one of the 17 universities in
Sr. Name the Ontario region in Canada.
No.
1) Mechanical–Automobile Engineering A thorough procedure is carried out
2) Mechanical – Aerospace Engineering for selection of students on the basis of
3) Electronics & Telecommunication– academic performance, personality,
Artificial Intelligence and Data international exposure, aptitude,
Analytics willingness and adaptability, etc. An
4) Electronics & Telecommunication– academic equivalence is set up by
Computer Vision respective Board of Studies and the
5) Electronics- Industrial IOT
students register for recommended audit
6) Electronics- Embedded System Design
courses before the departure or upon
7) Instrumentation – Electronic Product
Reliability and Testing arrival. The student performance during
the Semester abroad is also scrutinized and
The academic performance of the student on that basis, the requisite credits
in the chosen Honor stream is shown in the applicable for the semester are transferred
comprehensive statement of grades issued to the student.
at the time of graduation.
So far, 84 students are benefitted from the
The academic performance in student exchange program since 2012 till
Honors does not influence the CPI July 2018. Many such students have
calculation of the 8 semesters. secured admissions to international
institutions of repute wherein, their
A separate CPI is calculated for the international exposure as a part of the
entire stream after the student earns the scheme has proven to be a decisive
requisite additional credits. parameter.

Reciprocally, the students from Polytech

g) Summer term facility for
students Nantes have come to VIT for internship
For F.Y.B.Tech and Final Year B.Tech. activities.
Courses, an additional make-up semester
facility, known as Summer Term, is The Institute has an established
tentatively conducted from last week of International Relations Cell through which
May till last week of July. conscious efforts are taken to seek
academic partnership with internationally
reputed universities.
h) International Relations Cell
activities for students
Institute has established joint International
The Institute provides an unique Engineering Research Centre (ERC) in
opportunity to deserving students to attend association with State University of New
one semester in leading engineering York at Binghamton, USA.
institutes in Germany and Canada under
Student Exchange Program. The Institute The Institute has taken conscious efforts to
has tie-up with Hof a conglomerate of train its promising faculty and aspiring
leading engineering institutes in Germany, students under the tutelage of faculty of
international repute during the summer and

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winter breaks. As a part of this initiative, Sheets of the candidate. The transcripts, at
Prof. (Dr.) Onkar Sharma - Marist College times, are used to procure scholarships as
has conducted a four week extensive an authentic document.
training program on “Operating Systems”.
The Institute has a policy of issuing
To spread the benefits across to the transcripts to all graduating students upon
Systems branches as well, international request as per the office procedure.
faculty interaction in areas of Heat
Transfer, Statistical Methods & Research These student exchange program
Methodology, Design of Machine students are assessed on the basis of Pass/
Elements, VLSI Design and Nano Fail Grade and credit transfer as per
Technology, eminent faculty, concerned MOU with the university. If
Prof. Bruce Murray, Prof. Mohammed some courses are learnt in student
Khasawneh, Prof. Roy McGran, Prof. exchange program, then those subjects are
Zhanpeng Jin from State University of offered as electives for them to fill up the
New York at Binghamton and Prof. Louis Gap.
Hornyack from Asian Institute of
Technology, Bangkok, visited Institute IV) Assessment and Examination:
since Academic Year 2013-14.
Following is the assessment pattern for
The institute has also established various courses in A.Y. 2018-19:
international internship programs for first, 1. Assessment Pattern for all
second and third year students at KIST engineering courses with lab:
Korea, NTU Singapore, HoF Germany.
Keeping in mind the changing scenario of In Semester Assessment End Semester
education system the institute has taken Assessment
active efforts in giving international Assignment Lab Mid End Viva
exposure for its students. FirstYear BTech (%) Assessment Semester Semester (%)
students are not an exception to this. In (%) Exam Exam
(%) (%)
First Year itself the students are given an 10 30 10 30 20
opportunity to participate in global
internship program at NTU Singapore. So 2. For Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics
far 280 students have done internship since 1, Mathematics 2 and Applied Science.
2012-18 wherein students got an
opportunity to explore international work
End Semester
culture and gain hands on experience. In Semester Assessment Assessment
Where they also learnt to adapt themselves
End Viva
to social, geographical, and environmental Semester (%)
aspects. Mid Semester Assignment Exam
Exam (%) (%) (%)
10 10 60 20
i) Issue of Transcripts

Transcripts are usually issued when 3.Mathematics 3 and Mathematics 4 will

the graduating students seek admission for have direct grade Entry. The Grades will
higher studies in India and abroad. be calculated based on marks out of 100
based on following assessment.
It is a reflection of the University,
Institute information, the salient features of In Semester Assessment End Semester Assessment
the program of study; teaching and
Mid
examination scheme applicable for the Mid Semester Assignment Semester Assignment
student under the Autonomous format, etc. Exam (%) (%) Exam (%) (%)
It is supplemented by certified Grade 30* 20 30* 20

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 5. Assignment checking of section2
* The Mid Semester and End Semester for should be done during 15th Week of
this course will be conducted in class for 1 Academic Calendar
hour with maximum marks 30. 6. Showing of corrected Assignment
answer sheets to students, marks
1. Home Assignment : entry in ISO Form and Assignment
sheets submission to Exam Section
Guidelines: should be done during the 16th
A Student will get one HA consisting of 10 Week of Academic calendar.
Questions with 5 questions from Section 1
and 5 questions from Section 2. 2. Mid Semester Examination :
Assignment will be given individually to
students ensuring that no two students will Guidelines:
have the same assignment. The questions MSE Question paper is of 30 Maximum
in the assignment should be assigned Marks and for 1 Hr. duration based on
randomly selected from section 1 and section 1. Question paper should be as per
section2 of HA Question Bank. the ISO Format and Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Assignments will be monitored regularly. Two question papers of similar difficulty
level should be set per subject so that
students sitting next to each other will get
Mode of Conduction:
Assignments will be monitored regularly. unique question papers. If students are less
Faculty has to distribute HA Answer for some courses like electives, single set
sheets to students. The answer sheets of 12 of question paper is sufficient.
pages and extra supplements if required
will be issued to the student on demand, by Mode of Conduction:
Faculty. Student will receive the MSE Exam will be conducted at
assignment answer sheets in the 12th Week Department Level in regular Theory
as per Academic Calendar. In case of loss Classes. The MSE Mode of Conduction
of answer sheet, it will be reissued with a should be reflected in FF182 Course plan.
fine. Mode of conduction can be Multiple
Deadlines: (please refer detailed choice questions or regular Questions,
Academic Event Calendar for exact dates) Numericals etc.
1. Individualized students
assignments should be available for Deadlines: (please refer detailed
download on VOLP by 2nd Week Academic Event Calendar for exact dates)
of Academic Calendar 1. The Mid Semester Examination
2. Assignment Answer sheets will be Time Table should be displayed at
issued to students during 12th Week Department on Monday of 8th
of Academic Calendar Week of Academic Calendar for
3. Assignment checking of section1 A.Y. 2018-19.
should be done at MSE 2. Mid Semester Examination will be
4. Submission of HA answer sheets carried out in the 9th Week of
by student to faculty during 15th Academic Calendar.
week of Academic Calendar 3. The answer sheets can be shown
during 10th Week.

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 3. Lab : Deadlines:

Guidelines: The Project Group formation and Project

Lab In Semester Assessment consists of area finalization to be computed latest by
60% weight age for Lab assignments and Friday of 4th Week of Academic Calendar.
40% for Course Project. Lab consists of 6
Display of Lab exam marks to students
Lab assignments and one course project. and marks entry in ISO Form latest by
Both lab experiments and course project Thursday of 17th Week of Academic
will only have in semester assessment. calendar.
Subject teacher will have to list out 10 Lab
assignments and 6 course project areas in
the syllabus. Out of the mentioned 10 lab Lab In Semester Assessment -
assignments, 6 will be performed in Lab,
Each of the Lab Assignments will be out
three from section 1 and three from
of 10 marks. So in total 60 Marks for 6
section2. Along with it list of 6 project
Lab experiments.
areas, three from Section 1 and three from
Section 2 will be given in the Syllabus.
The marking scheme/ Rubrics for every
Students will choose one project area and
lab assignment will be as follows –
work on the project in a group of 4-5
students belonging to the same Batch. The
Lab Teacher will be the Project Guide. Lab Assignment
A Lab assignment can include the
Mark Distribution for a Lab (10 marks)
following
(a) Regular Labs Attendance Performance Overall
(b) Field Surveys and timely of practical understanding
(c) Design Problems completion
(d) Literature Surveys
(e) Case studies (2M) (4M) (4M)
(f) Any other with approval of
Chairman BOS and Dean
Academics office Course Project In Semester Assessment
Mode of conduction:
The Course Project consists of In Semester
The assessment of Lab is based on In assessment of 40 Marks. The marking
Semester Assessment (ISA) only. scheme/ Rubrics for course project In
Semester assessment are as attached in
a. Lab Assignments–60 marks Annexure.
b. Course Project Assessment– 40 marks
Lab, Viva and Home assignment marks
The total 100 marks will be reduced to 30 will be added together and then entered in
to be entered in the ERP along with Viva ERP Software as per the date of Academic
and Assignment. Calendar.
The Project status Review should be
carried out regularly in lab sessions.

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 4. Viva: 5. End Semester Evaluation(ESE)

Guidelines: Guidelines:
Course Viva will be conducted at end ESE Question paper is of 100 maximum
sem to test the theoretical understanding of Marks and for 3 Hrs. duration based on
students and will be 20 % of entire section1 and section 2. Question paper
assessment. Viva will be conducted for should be as per the ISO Format and
100 Marks and then reduced to 20%. In the Bloom’s Taxonomy. Section 1 weightage
Viva, only conceptual understanding is for 34 Marks consists of 2 questions and
should be focused since the hands on section2 weightage is for 66 Marks
component has been already tested in the consists of 4 questions.
Lab assessment. The marks for the Lab,
Assignment and Viva should be filled in Mode of Conduction:
relevant ISO Form of the Institute. ESE exam will be conducted centrally by
Exam Section. Institute level Timetable
will be given by Exam section to all
Mode of conduction:
students and Faculty.
The Viva will be conducted at
department level Batchwise and students Deadlines: (please refer detailed
should be thoroughly examined to assess Academic Event Calendar for exact dates)
their conceptual understanding. For this, it 1. End Semester Examination will be
is recommended that the Viva should be carried out in the 17th and 18th
conducted in Group of not more than 2 Week of Academic Calendar.
students and for duration of 20 minutes per 2. ESE paper assessment will be done
group. during 17th and 18th Week of
Academic Calendar.
Deadlines: (please refer detailed 3. Result of ESE will be declared by
Academic Event Calendar for exact dates) Exam section. The answer sheets
will be shown to students during
1. The Time Table of the Viva should be 19th week of Academic calendar.
displayed at Department and submitted
to Dean Academic’s Office by 16th 6. Engineering Design and
Week Development (EDD)
2. Viva will be conducted in the 19th Mode of Conduct:
Week as per Academic Calendar Guide allocation will be done at
3. Marks entry (Viva + Lab + Assignment Departmental level. Each Group of 5
marks total out of 60) should be done Students will perform the Project. EDD In
by Friday of 19th week as per Semester Assessment will be conducted at
Academic Calendar. Also display of department level. EDD End Semester
marks to students and entry in ERP assessment should be carried out by
software will be done on Friday of 19th external examiners in all departments.
week as per Academic Calendar. EDD Grade entry will be done in ERP
software. The EDD Project Group
formation, Project area finalization and
allotment to faculty needs to be done at

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 department level as per guidelines given available faculty must get between 4 to
below. 8 project groups

5) After project allotment the project

EDD Implementation
lists should be compiled department
EDD Implementation is to be done based wise and uploaded on Google
on fulfilling the following requirements classroom of Dean Academics.
1) EDD should allow Multi 6) Project groups will approach
Disciplinary approach. ( Currently faculty as per given slot and Project
this is possible for same year centric inputs given to students
students only )
7) For multi disciplinary projects
2) Student must have ability to faculty from every related
choose faculty available in their Departments will be guides
time table slot as guide
8) The Division Time Table should
3) Project inputs should be given as reflect 6 Hrs for EDD
per project requirement only.
EDD Assessment
Procedure for student allotment - EDD Assessment will have both in
1) Project groups (5 students per semester and End Semester
group) should be formed. Eg For a Components
class of 60 students they will be (A) EDD In semester Assessment –
around 12 groups

2) Student of S.Y. B.Tech. & T.Y. The EDD continuous assessment is of 50

B.Tech. will be given list of faculty Marks.
available in their respective time The marking scheme/ Rubrics for EDD
table slots. The Time Table Co- project In Semester assessment is as
ordinators will find list of available mentioned in Annexure.
faculty in EDD slots.
(B) EDD End Semester Assessment
3) If faculty is busy in both (S.Y.
B.Tech., T.Y. B.Tech.) slots – no The EDD End Semester Assessment is of
EDD project will be allotted to 50 marks.
them The marking scheme/ Rubrics for EDD
project End Semester assessment as
4) Allotment of project groups to faculty mentioned in Annexure.
should be based on :
Deadlines:
a) Student choice – The Student 1. EDD project group and area
groups will choose from the available finalization should be done by 4th
faculty and based on their project area. week
b) Faculty availability & Faculty 2. EDD End Semester Assessment
Project vacancy. Faculty also have should be conducted on Saturday
choice on whether to accept a group or 19th Week of Academic Calendar.
not. But Head must ensure that

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 3. Display of EDD marks to students sessions and 20 hours of social activities.
and entry in ERP software should These activities will be carried out at
be completed by Monday 20th week various locations jointly with Non-
of academic calendar. Government Organizations, Semi-Govt.
authorities, Govt. authorities, Social
7. Seminar: Forums, Foundations, etc.
The Seminar progress is reviewed during Student is expected to prepare and submit
the Mid-Semester Examination as per the a report under the supervision of Guardian
academic calendar. The seminar is faculty on Vishwakarma Online Learning
presented at the end of the semester. The Platform.
seminar evaluation scheme is as under:-
List of Project areas includes:
Parameter Marks 1. Cleanliness drives at pre-defined
i) Attendance during Semester 10 places
ii) Attendance during Seminar 10 2. Street Plays for social, economic
presentation – Self and Peer awareness of citizens (drugs,
iii) Relevance of Seminar topic 10 corruption, election awareness,
iv) Timely abstract submission 10 cleanliness, etc.)
v) Literature review 10 3. Tree Plantation
vi) Technical contents 10 4. Digital Literacy: Impart training
vii) Presentation 25 regarding use of digital media for
viii) Question and Answer 15 bill payments
Session 5. Teach for India: Training of school
TOTAL 100 students in rural areas, government
schools
8. Professional Development (PD): 6. Rain harvesting related activities
7. Awareness of Various Govt.
PD Assessment and evaluation schemes
schemes for benefit of citizens
are mentioned in Annexure attached. 8. Women empowerment
9. Contribution towards plastic free
9. General Proficiency (GP): environment
GP1: 10. Skill India: Training for skills
The GP1 course is offered to students at development to unemployed youth
first year and develops multifold talents in
the students. Students can take elective of Conditions for Passing GP2 course:
their choice from list of various subjects in To pass this course a student needs to do 8
music, dance, sports, social activities, hour (1 day) activity as given above and
instruments, languages, Photography Yoga
submit its detail report along with
etc.
photographs.
GP2: If a student does the social activity but
Second Year Students are expected to fails to submit the report within the given
plan, execute and actively participate in deadlines, student will not pass the GP2
any one or more pre-determined social course.
activities (under the supervision of faculty
and members of team Student GP3:
Council/VIT-Socials) for duration of 30 Third Year Students are expected to
hours of which 10 hours are orientation actively participate in any one or more of

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the following approved activities for a months, the first review will be done after
minimum duration of 40 hours: 1.5 months, 2nd review after 3 months and
Identified Areas: the final exam will be done in the
beginning of 5th month.
1. Technical & Allied Activities:
(Department level Student
It is expected that both the reviews are
Chapters, Technical Forums,
conducted in the industry where
Related Club Activities, Events –
the internship is being carried out, but in
In & outside Institute, etc.)
case an industry is not willing to entertain
2. Social Activities: (Aatmabodh,
our teachers twice a semester in their
Blood Donation, Organ Donation
premises then teachers may do the 2nd
Drive, Drishti, NSS Camp, Social
review in the industry. In such a scenario
Awareness through Street Plays,
the 1st internship will be conducted in VIT
etc.)
(student can be asked to come to college
3. Sport Activities: (Organize,
for Review 1 at a suitable time/day)
Conduct, Participate in sports
competitions (at institute-, district-,
In case an internship is being done out of
state-, national- , and international
Pune (anywhere in India) only 1 review
level), workshops, programs, etc.)
may be conducted in the industry. This
4. Extra-Curricular Activities:
should be done by Heads of Department/
(Organize, Conduct, Participate in
Deans after discussion with director as per
related club activities, extra-
the need.
curricular related competitions (at
institute-, district-, state-, national-
For internships done abroad or
, international level), workshops,
any internship where industry does not
etc.)
permit our faculty to visit their premises or
5. Managerial & Leadership Skills
when it is not possible to visit the industry
Related Activities: Activities
to do reviews the reviews and
related with planning, organizing,
final assessment will be done over skype.
staffing, executing & controlling
events, programs, etc.
Both the reviews will be done by the
internal guide along with the industry
Refer the Annexure for student
guide. The final assessment will be done
preparation for GP course
by internal guide along with an academic
expert (outside VIT) and by an industry
Conditions for Passing GP3 course: expert (from another industry).
To pass this course a student needs to do Department Industry coordinators will
cumulative 40 hours activity(from First coordinate this activity with support from
year to Third Year) as given above and the entire department.
submit its detail report along with
photographs. The external evaluators (industry guide/
Academic expert outside VIT/ External
If a student does the social activity but
industry expert) will not give marks to the
fails to submit the report within the given students but mention the performance of
deadlines, student will not pass the GP3 the student in five categories : Excellent /
course. Very Good/ Good/ Average/ Poor.

10. Internship: External examiners may also give written

There will be 2 reviews and one comments on the quality of the project in
final assessment of every internship. the relevant ISO form.
Since internship is supposed to last for 4.5

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The internal examiners will assign grades 12. Calculation of Semester
based on their own assessment and also Performance Index (SPI)
taking into account the performance of Based on the grade obtained and its
student mentioned by external examiners mapping with the Grade Point Average
as mentioned in the point above. (GPA) as mentioned above, a Semester
Performance Index (SPI) is calculated. A
11. Grading Scheme student having earned all the credits gets
The marks obtained by the student the SPI applicable for the performances in
in various courses as per the assessment that semester. It is shown in the statement
scheme mentioned above are graded of grades provided to the student at the end
relatively. The Institute offers the of Semester.
following 7 passing grades and 2 failure
grades along with some specific grades for Case Study
detention, absenteeism, etc. The grading Consider the performance of a
system is as follows student as under :-
Subjec Typ Credit Letter Grad
t e s Grad e
Grade Grades for Gr Performan e Point
s for SY/TY/Fou ade ce remark S1 TH 3 AA 10
FY rth year poi S2 TH 3 AB 9
studen students nt S3 TH 3 BB 8
ts 2018-19 S4 TH 3 AB 9
2018- S5 OE 2 BC 7
19 P1 Lab. 1 AB 9
A+ AA 10 Excellent P2 Lab. 1 BB 8
A AB 9 Very Good T1 TU 1 AA 10
B+ BB 8 Good T2 TU 1 AB 9
B BC 7 Fair GP3 GP 1 BC 7
C+ CC 6 Above CVV1 CVV 2 CC 6
Average MP3 Proj. 2 BB 8
C CD 5 Average SPI is calculated as :-
D DD 4 Below
Average SPI =
F FF 0 Fail(Re- (GP1 × C1 ) + (GP2 × C 2 ) + ..... + (GPn × C n )
register the C1 + C 2 + .... + C n
course)
P PP --- Passed(Onl Therefore, for the case mentioned above,
y for Non- SPI would be
Credit
courses) SPI =
NP NP --- Not 30 + 27 + 24 + 27 + 14 + 9 + 8 + 10 + 9 + 7 + 12 + 16
23
Passed(Onl
y for Non-
Credit = 193 = 8.39
23
courses)
13. Calculation of Cumulative
II remark is for absent student and XX is
Performance Index (CPI)
for detained student. Both are treated as
FF for further re-registration process.
Based on the SPI obtained in each
semester, a Cumulative Performance Index

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is calculated as the running average of SPI stream, sit-through courses, audit courses,
obtained till that Semester. The CPI additionally registered courses, etc.
obtained at the end of the 8th Semester is
considered as the final CPI. This unique document helps the
student showcase the overall
For the student admitted in First performances, the subject studied
Year of Engineering, it is the running alongwith other details.
average of 8 SPIs from F.Y. B.TECH.
Semester I to FINAL YEAR B.TECH. 14. Measures to control Academic
Semester II. Malpractices

For the student admitted under Every student during term of the
Second Year Direct Admission (SEDA), it examination is under the disciplinary
is the running average of 6 SPIs from S.Y. jurisdiction of the competent authority that
B.TECH. Semester I to FINAL YEAR takes appropriate action in case of
B.TECH. Semester II. indiscipline or misconduct on part of
student.

Case Study The competent authority during the

Consider the performances of a actual conduct of examination appoints a
graduating student as under :- junior supervisor, senior supervisor &
flying squad and ensures that examinations
Semester SPI CPI are conducted as per the laid down norms.
F.Y. B.TECH. – 8.46 8.46 It also checks the students trying to resort
Semester I to malpractices at the time of examination.
F.Y. B.TECH. – 8.74 8.60 The squad also ensures that only the duly
Semester II authorized candidates have appeared for
S.Y. B.TECH. – 9.02 8.74 the concerned examinations.
Semester I
S.Y. B.TECH. – 8.84 8.77 A lapses committee handles the cases of
Semester II malpractice reported by the supervisors or
T.Y. B.TECH. – 9.12 8.84 flying squad. The Committee handles
Semester I various types of malpractices resorted to
T.Y. B.TECH. – 8.62 8.80 by the students such as possession of
Semester II copying material, actual copying from the
FINAL YEAR B.TECH. 9.06 8.84 copying material, possession of another
– Semester I student’s answer book, mutual copying,
FINAL YEAR B.TECH. 9.24 8.89 etc. A reasonable opportunity including
– Semester II oral hearing is given to the student in his /
FINAL CPI 8.89 her defense before the Committee. The
Committee then submits its
A consolidated Statement of recommendation to the competent
Grades is provided to the student upon authority which, in turn, issues final orders
completion of minimum credit requirement with regards to suitable penal action such
at the time of graduation. The consolidated as
statement of grades shows the performance a.Any electronic equipment()like mobile
of the student in all courses registered for phones/iwatch etc.)that is confiscated from
during the 8 semesters. It also states the students during examination shall not be
performance of the candidate in other returned.
optional courses such as Honors / Minor b.students who are found indulging in any
malpractices shall be

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i. In their first instance fail in the course in (f) has submitted undertaking to
which malpractice was detected College Office about CPI
ii. In their second instance fail in all the Improvement Rules.
courses of that particular semester.
iii. In their third instanced debarred from (2) CPI improvement will be permitted
the institute. within 5 years after completion of
graduation.
15. Answer sheets display to students:
Answer scripts for summative examination (3) Maximum 3 attempts will be
are shown to students with Model Answer allowed for CPI improvement.
paper and marking scheme.
After seeing the answer sheet, if student
has grievance, it will be resolved by (4) It is unanimously resolved that, 3
examiner. papers should be allowed to appear for
After this entire process, if still student has grade improvement. And only 3rd year and
grievance, he can report to exam section
4th year subjects are allowed for this
with revaluation application.
scheme.
16. Answer sheets retention: Reference will be: - circular of SPPU (out
Answer scripts for summative examination of 5, 6, 7, and 8th semester, any one
are stored for a period of 6 months after semester should be selected by the student
the examination by the Examination and any three subjects of that semester).
Section. It is also decided that 3 chances within 5
years of graduation is allowed for Class
17. Class Improvement
Improvement scheme.
It is unanimously resolved that CPI It is decided that letter of appreciation
improvement will be allowed to : should be given for best question paper.

(1) (5) One attempt is equal to registration

(a) Student who has earned all for minimum number of credits as
prerequisite credits as applicable and are mentioned above
otherwise eligible to be awarded the
Bachelor’s Degree and declared pass. (6) For every attempt the student must
register for the minimum number of
(b) Student: with CPI < 6.75 credits.

(c) has submitted previous Grade (7) Student CPI improvement will be
Sheet and Degree Certificate to College considered for :
Office. Case- 1 : Student having previous
CPI < 6.25 and after improvement
(d) has minimum 75% attendance for CPI is equal to or more than 6.25
all Theory Courses considered for
CPI improvement. or otherwise the performance for
this attempt will be made Null &
(e) has satisfactorily completed Void.
teaching – learning process for
every registered course and has Case- 2 : Student having previous CPI <
undergone all In Semester and End 6.75 and after improvement CPI is
Semester Assessments. equal to or more than 6.75

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 or otherwise the performance for Second Year (S.Y. B.TECH.) as per
this attempt will be made Null & applicable pattern.
Void. iii) The student failing to meet
condition (i) or (ii) above, is expected to
re-register upto 25 credits in a semester for
18. Examination and assessment the backlog courses during the next
policy for failure students academic year as per calender. Once the
said credits are earned, the student may
Scheme for Not Year Down students: register for courses of the next year (T.Y.
For eg. SY student having backlog of FY, B.TECH. or FINAL YEAR B.TECH. as
TY student having backlog of SY, Final applicable) only in the subsequent
year student having backlog of TY. academic year.
1. If student has backlog, then he can He can register upto 25 credits in Summer
register such courses in summer term term also.
with maximum 25 credits Scheme for Off campus students:
2. Student can reregister in Sem1 or sem2
with maximum credit limit 10. 1. Off Campus failure Student can
reregister in Sem1 or sem2 with maximum
Scheme for Year Down students: limit of 25 credits.
i) For securing admission to Third 2. He can register upto 25 credits in
Year (T.Y. B.TECH.), the student must Summer term also.
have earned all the credits of First Year
(F.Y. B.TECH.) as per applicable pattern.
ii) For securing admission to Final
Year (FINAL YEAR B.TECH.), the
student must have earned all the credits of

Prepared by : Prof. Rahul Waikar, Member Secretary – Academic Board

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 Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s
VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE – 37
(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University)

Annexure

Course project Assessment:

Course project In Semester Assessment

Attendance and Design and Demonstration Viva and

reporting(10M) implementation (10M) (10M) Report
(10M)

2 Marks - 3 marks - Design Marks 5

Group (Block diagram/Circuit must be Marks
Formation Diagram/Algorithm/de prorated - Viva
and Topic sign calculation/CAD based on 5
finalization model ) level of Marks
3 marks - 4 marks – working of -
Attendance Manufacturing project Repor
5 marks - (component assembly/ t in
Regular writing code/circuit paper
reporting for boards/Simulation format
project 3 Marks - Testing and .
discussion results
and
implementati
on

EDD Insemester and End Semester Assessment

EDD project In semester Assessment

Mark Distribution
for EDD Project (50marks)

Group Formation Attendance, Regular Project Design, implementation and

and problem reporting, Timely testing(30M)
statement Completion and Progress
finalization (10M) of Project (10M)

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 10marks- Design (Block
diagram/Circuit
Diagram/Algorithm/design
calculation/CAD model )

10 marks- Manufacturing
(component assembly/ writing
code/circuit boards/Simulation

10 Marks- Testing and results

EDD project End Semester Assessment

Project quality and Demo (20M) Project Viva, Report writing and
overall understanding
(30M)

Marks must be prorated based on level of 20Marks- Overall

working of project Understanding

10Marks- Report in paper

format.

EDD marksheet:

EDD / D&D PROJECT EVALUATION SHEET

Department : Subject Code : Academic Year:

Class: Div: Batch :

Semester:

Ro G Nam In Semester End Semester assessment(50M) Total Gra

ll R e of assessment(50M) (100 de
No N Stude Date of ESA: M)
. o. nt Date of ISA:

Group Attenda Project Proj Proj Repo Overall

Formati nce, Design, ect ect rt Understan
on and Regular implement quali Viva
proble reportin ation and ty (10M writi ding
m g, testing and ) ng (10M)
stateme Timely (30M) Dem (10M
nt Complet o )
finalizat ion and (20M
ion Progress )
(10M) of

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 Project
(10M)

Grades: AA (90%-100%) AB (80%-89%) BB (70%-79%) BC (60%-69%) CC (50%-59%) CD (45%-49%) DD

(40%-44%) FF (<40%) XX (Detained)

Internship Assessment
Subject: Internship Assessment Scheme

The Final Year B.Tech.internship grade will be finalized after assessing the internship
byContinuous Assessment and End semester assessment. The distribution of internship
assessment as finalized in the Deans and Heads meeting is as follows:

Assessment Weightage Assessment based on: % Weightage

Review 1 : Based on the 20
following (As applicable)
• Literature Review
• Problem scope
• Problem definition
Continuous • Requirement Analysis
50%
Assessment Review 2 : Based on the 30
following (As applicable)
• Methodology to solve
problem
• Implementation
• Preliminary results
Final Review : Based on the 50
following
• Implementation
End Semester • Observations
50%
Assessment • Results
• Conclusion
Internship Report is must and
can be in Soft Copy.
The external examiner will not give marks to the students but mention the performance of
students in five categories Excellent/Very good/ Good/ Average/ poor.

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 PD Assessments:
PD1 :
PD1 focuses on
Section 1: Campus Awareness
• Institute information- Overall orientation, tour to college campus, Guidance to
students about future.
• Branch wise Opportunities -Exposure to the department level activities, scope of the
department
• Rules, dress code & Ethics-Rules to be followed on college campus, Dress code to be
followed by students
• SWOC Analysis- Doing SWOC of organization, a well known personality or friend.
• Importance of mandatory documents. Indian students must possess Aadhar, Passport,
Driving License, Voter Id, Credit/ debit card, International students must have valid
passport & visa approval, driving license, address proof.
• Life Skills- Appreciating skills like negotiation, time management, positive thinking,
recognizing diversity, networking etc. Contribution towards society, social initiatives.
• Effective utilization of winter & summer vacation.

Section2: Self Awareness

• SWOC Analysis-Self Analysis, Doing SWOC for self (Strengths, Weakness’, Opportunities,
Challenges)
• Career opportunities- Finding the future career opportunities, Guidance by expert, Finding
own long term short term and medium term goals.
• Importance of English and foreign languages. Formal mechanisms of Language proficiency
certifications like TOFEL, IELTS, PET, JLPT, TestDaF, DSH, TCF etc.
• Career planning, making choices of career - Filling up career choices form.
• Project, Innovation & Research - comparison. Writing SOPs. Importance of peer review &
publications, protecting intellectual property - trademark, copyright & patents.

Submissions : Submissions to be accepted as scanned soft copy. Checklist to be prepared as follows

Stud GR Na Aadhar Pas Dri Cr V Engli Aptit SOP Care SW Grade P
ent N me card spo vin edi ot sh or ude of er OC /NP
Roll /(India rt g t/ er forei asses one plann Self
No & Lic de ID gn smen rese ing -
abroad ens bit langu t arch form Ana
Addres e car age proof state subm lysi
s proof d profi (Mus men issio s
for cienc t) t n (Mu
interna y (Mu (Mus st)
tional proof st) t)
student
s)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 *
1 1801 Ab
03 c - Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y
def
Note: *More than 7 Y ‘ s mandatory for Pass grade

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 PD2 :
PD2 focuses on
Section 1: Self development
• Resume writing-What is resume? Dos and don’ts of resume writing, Importance or
resume writing, Description of skills and competencies, Description of projects,
Describing tool technology and domain.
• Higher education-Importance of higher education, Opportunities after higher education (
India and abroad), information about various entrance exams
• Private job domain- Branch specific opportunities, Design, manufacturing, service,
administrative.
• Civil & Defense services, PSU’s -Introduction to competitive exams,

Section2: Topics/Contents
• Entrepreneurship ventures- Innovation, idea generation, prototype and commercials involved,
steps involved in new company set up.
• Life Skills- Appreciating skills like problem solving, conflict management, creative thinking,
prioritizing, networking etc. Contribution towards society, social initiatives.
• Project, Innovation & Research - comparison. Writing SOPs. Importance of peer review &
publications, protecting intellectual property - trademark, copyright & patents.
• Effective utilization of vacation period.

Submissions : Submissions to be accepted as scanned soft copy. Checklist to be prepared as follows

Student GRN Name Resume SOP of Career Aptitude SWOC Grade P
Roll (Must) one planning Test Self - /NP
No research form (Must) Analysis
statement submission (Must)
(Must) (Must)
1 2 3 4 5 *
1 180103 Abc -
Y Y Y Y Y
def
Note: *all Y ‘ s mandatory for Pass grade

PD3 :
PD3 focuses on
Section 1: Soft Skills
• Story Telling – Improvement in communication skills, enhancement in creativity,
• Group Discussion- Importance of teamwork, definition of role, body language during GD’s,
do’s and don’ts
• Personal Interviews- Types of interviews, interview etiquettes, table manners.
• Internship - Selection of organization, attitude and behavior as intern.
• Life Skills- Complex problem solving, Crisis management, risk analysis.
•
Section2: Technical / Employability skills
• Career goals- defining long term, medium term and short term goals, to define a career path.
• Technical Sessions- expert sessions on Machine Learning, IoT, Supply Chain Management,
Industrial Automation, Block Chain, Artificial Intelligence, etc
• Employability skills- Updating resume, CRTP test
• Research-Research publications, patent filing, IPR
• Effective utilization of vacation period.

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Submissions : Submissions to be accepted as scanned soft copy. Checklist to be prepared as follows
Studen GRN Nam Resum SOP of Career Aptitud SWOC CRTP Grad
t Roll e e one planning e Test Self - Test e P
No (Must) research form (Must) Analysi (Must /NP
statemen submissio s )
t (Must) n (Must) (Must)
1 2 3 4 5 6 *
1 18010 Abc
Y Y Y Y Y Y
3 -def
Note: *all Y ‘ s mandatory for Pass grade

PD4 :
PD4 focuses on

Section 1: Competitive/ Entrance exams

Importance, types, Motivating students, exam schedules, follow up, steps of application,
opportunities

Section2: Internship and placements

• Types of internship: Core and IT, Duration, Identification of industry, importance

• Placements :SWOC analysis, Identification of area of interest , placement opportunities,
Preparation of interview for placements,

Submissions : Submissions to be accepted as scanned soft copy. Checklist to be prepared as follows

Stude GRN Na Resu SOP Career Aptitude SWO Competi Entra Gra
nt me me of one plannin Test C Self tive nce de P
Roll researc g form /Internati - exam exam /NP
No h submiss onal Analy result result
statem ion Language sis proof proof
test
ent
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 *
1 1501 Abc
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
03 -def
Note: *Six Y ‘ s mandatory for Pass grade

GP Course:
Student is expected to prepare and submit a report under the supervision of Guardian faculty on
Vishwakarma Online Learning Platform.
Classification of Club Activities
Technical Social Self-Development Cultural Sports
• Antariksh • DIVA (Women • V-Click (The • MIRAGE (Film • Let’s Trek
(Astronomy Empowerment) Photography Appreciation
Club) • VIT Socials Club) Club)
• The Robotics (Aatmabodh, • Speakers Club • Zephyr (The
Forum Blood • Personality Dance Club)
• Programmer’s Donation, Development • VIKULP
Hub Drushti, NSS Club • Pi-Editorial
• GCC (Coder’s Camp, Police • Civil Services Board
Club) Mitra) Study Circle • VIT Poets
• SAE Collegiate • Model United • EDC Society

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 Club Nations • Abhivriddhi
• (Baja, Supra, (Students
Effi-cycle, Go- Training &
karting, Development)
Endurance, • Investment
Veloce) Forum
• Ekasutram
(Maths Club)
• Aero Modeling
• Student
Chapters (IEEE,
ISA, ASHRAE,
IETE, CHESA,
PIESA)
• TEDx
• Trident Labs
• Technocrats

Vishwakarandak Vishwakarandak Vishwakarandak Vishwakarandak Vishwakarandak

Melange Melange Melange Melange Melange
Vishwotsav

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 APPENDIX – A

Glossary of Terms

Academic Choice offered in the curriculum offering

Flexibility
Admission Process of admitting students by a transparent well established and
Process administered mechanism complying with all Government norms
Academic The schedule of the Institute for the Academic Year giving details of all
Calendar academic and other events
Curriculum Process of designing and developing appropriate curricula through a
Design and need assessment process and consultation with expert groups based on
Development the feedback from the stake holders, resulting in the development of
relevant courses to meet the professional and personnel needs of the
students
Choice Based Envisages facilities created for a learner to augment the credits by
Credit System maximizing performance within a given time frame or outside. Only a
wide range of course choice makes it feasible. Such a system is called
Choice Based Credit System or a Cafeteria model.
Elective Options A choice available to students to select from among a large number of
courses
Formative Frequent or ongoing evaluation during courses, programs and learning
Assessment experiences that gives an early indication of what students are learning
as well as their strengths and weaknesses. It is used as a diagnostic tool
for students and faculty to make real time improvements in instructional
methods, materials, activities, techniques and approaches
Horizontal The option for movement of students within and across the disciplines
Mobility
Learning Acquisition of new knowledge or skills through evaluation, study,
experience and innovation
Mission It refers to the overall function of the organization. Mission answers the
question “What is the Institute attempting to accomplish?” Mission
defines students, stake holders, distinctive or core competencies
Summative Formal and comprehensive analysis of the learning and performance of
Assessment students covering global subject matter, typically conducted at the
conclusion of course or program and used for determining final grades
Teaching – Learner centered education through appropriate methodologies to
Learning facilitate effective teaching and learning
Vision It refers to the desired future state of the Institution. It describes what the
Institute intends to be and how it wishes to be perceived in the future.

Reference :- 1) NAAC Manual for Self Study – Autonomous Colleges

2) Indian Merchants Chamber Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award
Education Sector Information Brochure – 2010 - 2011

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 Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s
VISHWAKARMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE – 37
(An Autonomous Institute Affiliated to Savitraibai Phule Pune University)

APPENDIX – B

List of Abbreviations
Sr.No. Abbreviation Full Form
1. A.B. Academic Board
2. B.Tech. Bachelor of Technology
3. B.O.M. Board of Management
4. B.O.S. Board of Studies
5. C.B.S. Credit Based System
6. C.P.I. Cumulative Performance Index
7. C.V.V. Comprehensive Viva Voce
8. D.E.S.H. Department of Engineering, Sciences and
Humanities
9. E&T Engineering and Technology
10. E&TC Electronics & Telecommunication
11. EL Elective
12. E.R.C. Engineering Research Centre
13. F.Y.B.Tech. First Year Bachelor of Technology
14. G.E.M. Groupe Des Ecoles Des Mines
15. G.P. General Proficiency
16. G.P.A. Grade Point Average
17. H.S.S. Humanities and Social Sciences
18. M.C.A. Master of Computer Applications
19. M.D. Multi-Disciplinary
20. M.Tech. Master of Technology
21. MoU Memorandum of Understanding
22. M.P. Mini Project
23. NP Not Passed
24. O.E. Open Elective
25. O.M.G. Ontario-Maharashtra-Goa
26. P Passed
27. P.D. Professional Development
28. P.E.O. Programme Educational Objectives
29. P.G. Post Graduate
30. Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy
31. S&M Sciences and Mathematics
32. S.D. Skill Development
33. S.Y.B.Tech. Second Year Bachelor of Technology
34. SEDA Second Year Direct Admission
35. S.P.I. Semester Performance Index
36. T.Y.B.Tech. Third Year Bachelor of Technology
37. U.G. Under Graduate

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