REGULATIONS

NON-TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

(Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading)









AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH
GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR

C O N T E N T S
S. No. Description Page No.
1 Definitions 1
2 Institution Project Committee (IPC) 2
3 NTCC Review Committee 3
4 Types of NTCC 3
5 Procedure for Conduct of NTCC 4
6 Finalization of place to undertake NTCC 4
7 Procedure for Registration 4
8 Allocation of Faculty Guide 5
9 Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Work Schedule 5
10 Procedure for Conduct and Progress Monitoring of NTCC 5
11 Assessment Plan and Continuous Assessment 5
12 Submission of Continuous Internal Assessment Marks 7
13 Plagiarism 7
14 Submission of Final Report 7
15 Student Not Meeting the Eligibility Criteria 8
16 Final Assessment 9
17
Grading
9
18
Improvement of Scores / Grades
11
19
Course-wise Detailed Guidelines Domain-wise/Institution-wise
11






REGULATIONS FOR NON-TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

(Under Section 7(c ), 7(p) and 28(g) of The Amity University Uttar Pradesh Act, 2005, Art. 6(3)(b)(viii) of
First Statutes, and Clause 10 of the First Ordinances)
1. DEFINITIONS:

(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

a) NTCC shall mean Non Teaching Credit Courses which cannot be effectively taught in
the Academic Environment such as Term Paper, Seminar, Field Work, Summer
Internship, In-house Practical Training, Major Project, Dissertation etc.

b) Academic Year is a period of nearly 12 months devoted to completion of
requirements specified in the Scheme of Teaching and the related examinations.

c) Board of Examiners shall mean a Board constituted with the approval of the Vice
Chancellor for the conduct of practical examinations, workshops, viva-voce examination
and evaluation of student performance at the Departments and Constituent Units of the
University.

d) Course Unit is a component of an Academic Programme for which a syllabus and
required number of contact hours per week are specified

e) Course Code shall mean a curricular component identified by a designated code
number normally consisting of a string of alphanumeric characters.

f) Course Credits shall mean an integer number indicating the weightage assigned to a
Course Unit, project, research work or any other academic component, on the basis of
contact hours per week on all learning activities.

g) SGPA shall mean the Semester Grade Point Average in a semester.

h) CGPA shall mean the Cumulative Grade Point Average at the end of semester /
programme.

i) End Term Examination means an examination conducted by the Amity University
Uttar Pradesh at the end of year/semester as prescribed in Scheme of Evaluation of a
programme.

j) Examination Discipline Committee shall mean the Committee constituted by the Vice
Chancellor at the University to consider and decide the cases relating to the acts of
misconduct, misbehaviour, indiscipline and/or use of unfair means by the students in
the examinations.

k) External Examiner shall mean a person who is not in the employment of the Amity
University Uttar Pradesh or its Constituent Units and is appointed as an Examiner.

l) Grade Points shall mean Grade Points of a course.

m) CIA (Continuous Internal Assessment) shall mean Continuous Internal Assessment of
a course during the semester.

n) Internal Examiner shall mean an Examiner for practical, viva-voce, workshop practice,
seminars etc. including a paper setter and evaluator who is a teacher of the University
and its Constituent Units.

o) Maximum Registration Period shall mean the maximum period specified in the
Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation for a degree, diploma and certificate programme for
which a candidate may be registered.

p) Minimum Registration Period shall mean the minimum period specified in the
Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation of a degree, diploma and certificate programme for
which a candidate may be registered.

q) Ordinances shall mean the Ordinances of Amity University Uttar Pradesh framed
Under Section 4(e) of the Act.

r) Scheme of Teaching and Examination shall mean the scheme of teaching and
examination for a programme as approved by the Academic Council.

s) Year means the academic year.

t) Institution NTCC Committee (INC) shall mean a committee at institutional level to
approve the area / topic, work schedule of NTCC.

u) NTCC Review Committee (NRC) shall mean a review committee at the University level
to examine and review the cases for considerations by the Vice Chancellor.

(2) Definitions specified in the Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances shall apply unless the
context requires otherwise.

(3) He & His imply he/ she and His/ Her respectively.


2. INSTITUTION NTCC COMMITTEE (INC) :

a) There shall be an Institution NTCC Committee at the Institutional level constituted by the
Vice Chancellor.

b) The composition of the Institution NTCC Committee shall be as under:

(i) Head of Institution / Nominee of HoI - Chairperson
(ii) Two Professors / Associate Professors - Member
(iii) Area Expert - Member

The tenure of the committee shall be of one academic session. Two third members shall
form the quorum of the meeting. There shall be at least two meetings of the Committee,
one prior to registration for NTCC and 2
nd
before conduct of viva-voce. The decisions of the
Committee shall be sent to Academic & Examination Department through HoI for records.

c) Functions of the Institution NTCC Committee shall be to approve the area / topic, work
schedule of NTCC after the presentation before the committee on specified date, time and
venue. Specified by the Head of the Institution.

3. NTCC REVIEW COMMITTEE:

a) There shall be a NTCC Review Committee at the University level constituted by the Vice
Chancellor to examine the cases for consideration by the Vice Chancellor shall be as under:

Pro VC/Dean/HOIs nominated by Vice Chancellor - Chairperson
One nominee of VC from Academic Office - Member of the University
One HoI - Member
Two Professors / Associate Professors from the University - Member
Controller of Examinations - Member Secretary

b) The tenure of the committee shall be of one academic session.

c) Function of the committee will be, to consider the cases of the students not meeting the
eligibility criteria for submission of report.

d) The recommendations of the HoIs for all such cases with detailed explanation given by students
shall be submitted to the office of Controller of Examinations for consideration of NTCC Review
Committee.

e) All such recommendations shall be submitted atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment date
for examination.

f) NTCC Review Committee shall decide the eligibility of the students after approval of the Vice
Chancellor.

4. TYPES OF NTCC

Various types of NTCCs are Term Paper, Seminar, Field Work, Summer Internship / Industry
Internship, In-house Practical Training, Major Project, Dissertation etc.

5. PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCT OF NON TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

a) The procedure shall apply to all NTCCs and shall provide information to both faculty-guides and
students, on roles and responsibilities; the conduct and monitoring process; supervision,
assessment and submission as per the Guidelines of NTCC.

b) Detailed Guidelines on methodology, lab experiments, field work or analysis of data for each
NTCC shall be defined separately by the Institution/Faculty of studies as per the Regulations of
the University.

6. FINALISATION OF PLACE TO UNDERTAKE NTCC (INSTITUTION OR OUTSIDE IN INDUSTRY,
RESEARCH LABS, OTHER UNIVERSITIES ETC.)

a) The NTCC shall be done at the Institution or outside facilities as per the nature of the
course/choice of student.

b) The Institution NTCC Committee shall decide the place of work.

7. PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION

a) The students shall register on-line on AMIZONE for all NTCCs.

b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on grounds such as
ill health, student is on approved official duty and in case where institution arranged the
internship, but awaits confirmation, provided the student did not opt for self arrangement,
initially.

c) The student shall be allowed to register late for NTCC at AUUP or approved external
organisation with late registration charges as given below :

i) Upto 10 days after the date of registration for course, with late registration fine of Rs.
500/- .

ii) From 11
th
day to 15
th
day of the date of registration, with late registration fine of Rs.
1000/-.

iii) 16
th
day to 20
th
day of registration, with late registration fine of Rs. 2000/- provided
student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the course.

iv) After 21
st
day to 30
th
days of registration, with late fine of Rs. 5000/- provided student
meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses.

d) The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by Finance
Committee.

e) The students who have not registered for the NTCC as per regulations shall be treated as
failed in the course.

f) Further, student shall not be promoted to next year especially if he/she has failed in
fieldwork / or industry internship etc.

8. ALLOCATION OF FACULTY GUIDE

a) Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide for the NTCC well in advance in a formal
manner, depending on the number of students per faculty member, the available
specialization among the faculty guides, by Institution NTCC Committee.

b) The allotment / allocation of faculty guide shall not be left to the individual student or
teacher.

c) In case a student is undertaking NTCC outside in an industry or research lab or other
university, the students shall have two guides a faculty guide from the institution and an
external guide from the concerned organisation. In such cases of joint guidance, the main
guide shall be the faculty guide.

d) The external guide shall be provided with brief guidelines for performance monitoring and
assessment of the student of NTCC.

9. APPROVAL OF TOPIC, SYNOPSIS AND WORK SCHEDULE

a) Student shall finalise the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his / her NTCC in
consultation with the faculty guide.

b) The area/topic, synopsis work schedule of NTCC shall be approved by the Institution NTCC
Committee (IPC). The final list, cleared by the IPC and approved by HoI shall be sent to
Academic Office in AUUP HQ and CoE, before the date for submission of first Weekly
Progress Report.

10. PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCT AND PROGRESS MONITORING OF NTCC

The detail procedure for conduct and progress monitoring of Non Teaching Credit Courses shall
be given in the Guidelines of NTCC.

11. ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

a) The weightage of Continuous Internal Assessment and Final Assessment shall be as under:

Sl. No. Continuous Internal Assessment Final Assessment Credit Units
1 50 50 > 8 Credit Units
2 40 60 5-8 Credit Units
3 30 70 Upto 4 credit Units

b) The break up (components and their weightage) of Continuous Internal Assessment shall be
as under:

Sl.
No.
Activity
Marks
(CIA = 40%)
Marks
(CIA = 50%)
1 Timely Registration 01 01
2 Topic and Synopsis Approval 02 02
3
WPRs
(No. of WPRs Submitted)
(Satisfactory WPR)

08
07

10
10
4
2 Periodic Progress Review by a
board of faculty through
presentation
08 08
5 1
st
Draft on time 01 01
6 2
nd
Draft on time 01 01
7
Final Report (Plagiarism Report with
<10% Plagiarism) *
01 01
8 Final Report timely submission 01 01
9 Final Report Assessment 10 15
* As per Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

c) The break up (components and their weightage) of Continuous Internal Assessment in case
of CIA = 30%, shall be as decided by the Institution.

d) The faculty guide shall assess the project report as part of Continuous Internal Assessment
as under:

S.No. Parameter Weightage (10) Weightage (15)
1. Introduction and Statement of the Problem 1.5 2
2. Review of Literature: 1.5 2
3 Methodology/methods/Approach 1 2
4
Data Collection, Analysis, Results
findings/Outcomes and conclusions
3 4
5 Future scope and Limitations outlined 1 1
6 Quality of work and written expression 1 2
7 Student Learning Outcomes 1 2

e) The institutions / faculty of studies may define the components of report assessment and
their weightage as per the course objectives, and student learning outcomes.
f) In case the NTCC is under joint supervision of faculty guide and external guide, the
weightage of Internal assessment shall be equally divided between both the supervisors
(faculty guide and external guide) as per following:

i) The faculty guide shall give the Continuous Internal Assessment marks as per the
university guidelines.

ii) The marks provided by external guide shall be converted into 30/40/50 as the case may
be on Continuous Internal Assessment norms, for specific course.

iii) The average of marks given by faculty guide and converted marks of external guide shall
be treated as final Continuous Internal Assessment marks for NTCC.

iv) It is the responsibility of the student and faculty guide to ensure the external guide
forwards the assessment on time to the institution. In case the marks of external guide
are not received the Institution NTCC Committee shall review the case and put up its
recommendations to HoI and CoE.

12. SUBMISSION OF CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT MARKS

a) The institution shall send the Continuous Internal Assessment marks along with all the reports
from AMIZONE and supporting documents of all the students to Controller of Examinations
(CoE).

b) CoE shall declare the list of eligible students for the final assessment, after examining all the
cases.

13. PLAGIARISM

The NTTC report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite the words of
others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be appropriately acknowledged.

It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin or similar
software before submission. The content which is based on existing published work must come from
properly quoted material and from the references cited section. After checking the accuracy of the
citations and references of such content the plagiarism report should not return similarity index of
more than 15% in any circumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the
index of 15% could still be considered plagiarism. Any report with higher than this percentage
matching must be explained by the student. The details of copy rights, professional ethics are given
in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

14. SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

a) The student shall write the project report / dissertation and submit the final report as per
instructions given in Guidelines.

b) Following shall be submitted along with final report,:
i) WPR
ii) NTCC Dairy
iii) Plagiarism Report
c) A student shall be eligible to submit his/her report and final assessment provided he/she meets
following conditions:
i) Did Online Registration on Amizone for the NTCC course.
ii) Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan are approved by the faculty guide.
iii) Atleast 90 % of WPRs were submitted
iv) Atleast 80% of the WPRs were satisfactory
v) Under special circumstances, Vice Chancellor may condone upto 5% of eligibility
criteria for submission of report.
vi) Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

15. STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

a) The students who are not eligible to submit the report shall re-submit the report as per the
following norms:

Parameter Action
Online Registration for the NTCC
course not done
Re-do the NTCC
Has not taken the approval of the
Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by
the faculty guide
Re-do the NTCC
< 90 % of WPRs were submitted

Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment marks as under:
80 - 89% = 10 marks deducted
75 - < 80% = 12 marks deducted
70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on
recommendations of NTCC Review Committee with cap of B+
in grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous
Internal Assessment.
< 70 % = Re-do the NTCC
< 80% of the WPRs were
satisfactory
<80-75% = 10 marks to be deducted
<75-70% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on
recommendations of a committee with cap of B+ in grading
or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous Internal
Assessment.
Similarity index more than 15 % as
per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.
If in plagiarism report the similarity index is >15%, the
student is required to re-write the report/thesis provided
meets all the other criteria.
Important:
The students not meeting the eligibility criteria, shall be required to provide detailed
justification for special consideration by the NTCC Review Committee.
The students re-submitting the thesis due to plagiarism shall be eligible for the grade earned by
him provided he/she has submitted same atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment of the
batch. If the student fails to submit the revised thesis in the prescribed time he / she shall not
be awarded more than B+ grade.
The students who shall re-do the NTCC shall be awarded grade not more than B+.

b) Duly constituted NTCC Review Committee shall examine the cases of students for special
consideration by Vice Chancellor

c) The recommendations of the HoIs for all such cases with detailed explanation given by students
shall be submitted to the office of Controller of Examinations for consideration of NTCC Review
Committee.

d) All such recommendations shall be submitted atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment date
for examination.

e) NTCC Review Committee shall decide the eligibility of the students after approval of the Vice
Chancellor

16. FINAL ASSESSMENT

a) The final assessment and submission of NTCC shall be done only for eligible students.

b) The final assessment of NTCC shall be treated as End Semester Examination.

c) It shall be mandatory for the students to appear for final assessment as per scheduled date and
time.

d) If a student fails to appear in the final assessment as per schedule, he/she shall be treated as
absent.

e) For such cases same rules shall be applicable as those for examinations of teaching courses. The
assessment of I category students shall be done within one month of final assessment of the
batch.

f) The board of evaluators shall assess the eligible students as per prescribed guidelines and
assessment sheets.

g) The evaluation shall be done separately by each evaluator and duly signed copy of same shall be
forwarded to CoE on the same day.

h) The evaluators shall be paid the honorarium as per the rules of the university.

i) The CoE shall appoint an observer and the observer shall submit the report as per the
regulations of the University.

17. GRADING

a) Absolute Grading for a Class of students upto 30 and Relative Grading for a Class of more than
30 students shall be followed.

b) For NTCC with 15 credits, letter grades shall be S for Satisfactory and U for Unsatisfactory.
Grades shall be decided based on regulations and guidelines on Conduct, Assessment &
Evaluation of Non Teaching Credit Courses.

c) Arithmetic Mean in case of Relative Grading shall be B+ Grade while calculating Grades for
NTCCs as under:

Table - A for NTCC
(For Both UG and PG Courses)
TABLE B of Regulation 01
Table - A for NTCC
(For Both UG and PG Courses)

Lower
Range
of
Marks
Grade Upper
Range
of
Marks
A+ > x +
1.5
x + 1.0
<
A x +
1.5
x + 0.5
<
A- x +
1.0
x < B+ x +
0.5
x - 0.5
<
B x
x - 1.0
<
B- x -
0.5
x - 1.5
<
C+ x -
1.0
x - 2.0
<
C x -
1.5
F x -
2.0
Lower Limit of Marks
starts at
Grade
Upper Limit of Marks ends
at
And 91

100







But not more than 49

0



d) For NTCC Courses, the minimum percentage of Marks for award of A+ grade shall not be less
than 91%.

e) For Absolute Grading, the table for calculation of grades shall be as under:

Table - B for NTCC
(For Both UG and PG Courses)
Grade Range of Marks
A
+

100-91
A 90-81
A
-

80-71
B
+

70-61
B 60-51
B
-

50-45
C
+

44-40 (for PG)
44-35 (for UG)
C
39-37 (for PG)
34-32 (for UG)
F
Less than 37 (for PG)
Less than 32 (for UG)

f) It shall be mandatory to qualify in Continuous Internal Assessment.

g) If Continuous Internal Assessment is below the required criteria as given in guidelines then
student shall not be allowed to appear for Viva-voce.

h) S Grade shall be awarded on more than 50% of the marks obtained in total for PG and 45%
marks for UG, provided the student meets the eligibility of submission of project report as per
the guidelines for NTCC.

18. IMPROVEMENT OF SCORES / GRADES

The students shall be allowed to improve his / her Scores / Grades as under:

a) The student who has passed in the NTCC but failed in semester where semester has only one
course i.e., NTCC, the student may be allowed to re-do the NTCC again. The student shall not be
awarded grade more than B+.

b) The student shall apply to repeat the NTCC to his HoI within fifteen days of result declaration.

c) HoI shall send the recommendation to the CoE for consideration of NTCC Review Committee
and for approval of Vice Chancellor.

d) The student shall repeat NTCC in corresponding semester or immediately after the final
semester result declaration or during extended period. The students shall register again for the
NTCC course as per the regulations and guidelines of the University.

e) The students shall complete the mandatory time required for the course. The date of
registration, submission of Continuous Internal Assessment, final report and final assessment of
NTCC shall be announced by CoE along with block examination calendar and with
supplementary examinations.

f) The student shall do the NTCC on a new topic and shall be assigned the faculty guide as per the
guidelines.

g) The progress monitoring, continuous assessment, submission of report and final assessment
shall be done as per the regulations and guidelines of the University. The previous marks of
Continuous Internal Assessment shall be treated as NULL and VOID once the student is
registered again. Institution shall submit new Continuous Internal Assessment marks.

19. COURSE-WISE DETAILED GUIDELINES DOMAIN-WISE/INSTITUTION-WISE

Faculty of Studies / Institutions shall follow the detailed guidelines for each NTCC being conducted
by respective institutions as per the Regulations and Guidelines of the University.

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GUIDELINES





NON-TEACHING CREDIT COURSES
(Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading)








AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH
GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR

C O N T E N T S
Sl. No. Description Page No.
1
Introduction
1
2
Objectives of Non Teaching Credit Course:
1
3
Types of Non Teaching Credit Courses
2
4
Credit Units
3
5
Student Learning Outcomes:
4
6
Issues in Conducting of NTCC
4
7
Guidelines for Conduct of Non Teaching Credit Courses
5
8
Assessment Plan and Continuous Assessment
9
9
Plagiarism
11
10
Submission of Final Report
11
11
Students Not Meeting the Eligibility Criteria
12
12
Procedure for Examination of Cases for Special Consideration
13
13
Final Assessment
13
14
Components of Final Assessment
14
15
Report Requirements
16
16
Guidelines for Writing the Report
17
17
Improvement of Scores & Grade
19
18
Course-Wise Detailed Guidelines Domain-wise/Institution-wise
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1. INTRODUCTION

The academic philosophy of Amity University revolves around student centric learning,
which takes into consideration their varied learning needs and significantly accelerates their
retention of both knowledge and skills. It inspires and gives the chance to the student to
operate, manage and monitor his/her own learning process under the supervision and the
guidance of a faculty supervisor, so that he/she could train himself to be independent and
develop oneself to be a good professional.

Non Teaching Credit Courses (NTCCs) have proved to be great tools to achieve the
objectives of student centric learning. Following are attributes of Non-Teaching Credit
Courses (NTCCs):

NTCCs are part of Programme Structure and are compulsory
have credit units assigned to them
not conducted as regular class lecture, lab practical or tutorial
are self exploratory / application oriented /field work oriented in nature
are done under the supervision/guidance of faculty guide and/or external guide
depending upon the place of course being undertaken
conducted during the summer break or during the semester
allows students to pursue their area of interest to greater depth
help students to relate theory to actual practice in the industry
help students to be innovative, creative and through independent study

The courses are conducted either at institution, industry, other research labs or universities
in India and abroad.

2. OBJECTIVES OF NON TEACHING CREDIT COURSE:

There are certain phases of every students professional development that cannot be
effectively taught in the academic environment. These facets can only be learned through
direct, on-the-job experience working with successful professionals and experts in the field.

The internship programme can best be described as an attempt to institutionalize efforts to
bridge the gap between the professional world and the academic institutions. Entire effort in
NTCCs is in terms of extending the program of education and evaluation beyond the
classroom/laboratory of a university or institution.

The objectives of the NTCCs are

To provide an opportunity to students to demonstrate the ability to devise, select and
use a range of methodologies and tools to the Chosen/Given project, applying the
theoretical knowledge to a real life situation.

Experiential Learning outside classroom through self exploration, practical experience,
Industry, field experience, live experience, research, design projects etc.

The learning process in the NTCC seeks out and focuses attention on many latent
attributes, which do not surface in the normal class room situations.

Research and its importance in experiential learning through NTCC. These experiential
learning attributes through NTCC include:

Intellectual ability,
Professional judgment and decision making ability,
Inter-disciplinary approach,
Skills for data handling,
Ability in written and oral presentation,
Sense of responsibility
Developing professional Skills
Application of theory, concepts in given industry /practical / field scenario

3. TYPES OF NON TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

Various types of NTCCs include

Term Paper: A 'term paper' is a research paper written by students during a specified
semester or summer break. They are generally intended to describe an event, a topic, a
concept, to put forth a point.

Seminar: A Seminar is an important component of learning in a programme where the
student learns to prepare a report and presentation on a particular topic.

Field Work: Fieldwork provides an opportunity to students to integrate theory
and practice from courses to an organizational context. This opportunity to
observe, participate, and perform independently in a supportive environment is
especially useful for students without previous experience in the field. It also
helps the students to decide the area of specialization or career path.

Summer Internship/Industry Internship: Summer internship / industry
Internship programme is an integral part of the academic curriculum of most of
the programmes. It aims at widening the student's perspective by providing an
exposure to real life organisational and environmental situations. This enables
the students to explore an industry/organistion, build a relationship with a
prospective employer, or simply enhance their skills in a familiar field. The
internship also provides invaluable knowledge and networking experience to the
students.

Ideally the duration of the Industry internship is six to eight weeks. However, in
some cases this period could be extended, but not more than 18 weeks.

In-house Practical Training: In-house Practical training is mainly for technical
programme. The objective of this training is to provide the students with sufficient skills
to meet the practical requirements of the course in-house (within
Department/Institution/Faculty) and to develop design and experimental skills.

Major Project: Major Paper/Project is a scholarly essay/research project/design project
that shows evidence of critical analysis and understanding of the topic. Project is also
design based where a group of students on various aspects of an integrated design.

Dissertation: A substantial, sustained and independent exercise in research or
scholarship produced by an individual student involving substantial data collection in
the field and/or the laboratory with the work presented as a written report, which
demonstrates scholarship at an appropriate level and in an area relevant to the chosen
degree of the student.

Dissertation provides an opportunity to the students to demonstrate the ability to
devise, to show the application of skills of data collection, critical analysis and concept
synthesis necessary for formation of defensible conclusions. It also provides a platform
to demonstrate ability to draw appropriate conclusions argued from the evidence
presented and also a forum to demonstrate the skills of structuring and present a
balanced informed, complete, clear and concise written argument.

Research: Research is an integral part of any NTCC. Research can generally be classified
by Purpose or by Method or by Source of Data.

Research by purpose:
Basic Research
Applied Research,

Research by Method:
deductive research and
inductive research.

Research by source of Data:
Primary research
Secondary research

4. CREDIT UNITS

a) The range of credit units of NTCCs is from 1-30 credits depending upon nature, level
and duration of NTCCs as given below:

S.No. Course Title Credit Units
1 Term paper 01 - 10
2 In-house Practical Training 03 - 04
3 Industry/Summer Training/Internship/ Assignment 03 - 30
4 Minor Project 02 - 06
5 Major Project 08 - 22
6 Field work 01 - 15
7 Seminar/Conference 01 - 12
9 Dissertation 04 - 30
10 School Experiences 16
11 Performing & Fine Arts in Education 02
12 Reflection Journal of Practices & Experiences 01
13 Clinical Training /Internship 04 - 16
14 Orientation to Clinicals 08
15 Physiotherapy Clinicals 08 12
16 Rural Camps 04
17 Block Placement 08 10
18 Empirical Research 06 09
19 Landscape Architecture Thesis 28
20 Public Relations & Events 08 12
21 Photography 08 12
22 Electronic Communication project 12
23 Media Marketing & Planning corporate experience 08
24 Client Servicing & Account Planning- Corporate experience 08
25 Creative Advertising 08
26 Digital Portfolio 10
27 Film Making 10
28 Computer Animation 10
29 Survey Camp 02

b) Following are the Credit Units associated with different modes of
Teaching/Learning:
Lecture : 100%
Tutorials : 100%
Laboratory : 50%
Field Work/Self Exploratory
Learning in Lab : 15-20%

c) Therefore eight weeks full-time NTCC will have credit units:

40 days 8hrs per day/6hrs = 5.3 credit units (i.e. 5 to 6 credit Units)

d) To earn 9 credit units for a NTCC, a student must put in self efforts:

9 credits 55 to 60 hrs / per credit = 495 to 540 hrs
No. of days required in Full-time mode : 495hrs/8hrs per day = 62days =
2months
No. of Days required in part-time mode : 495days/3hrs per day:=165 days = 5 to
6 months

e) Therefore, faculty guide must ensure the minimum efforts put in by students
commensurate with the prescribed credit units of a course.

5. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

The student learning outcomes are very critical for every course. Therefore, these must be
clearly defined keeping in mind the programme objectives and course objectives.

6. ISSUES IN CONDUCTING OF NTCC

Lack of Clarity of objectives
Lack of Clarity about Expectations
Lack of proper guidelines about conduct of course
Relationship between objectives, methodology, output, quality and credit units
Commencement & Duration
Progress Monitoring & Report
Role of Faculty & Guidance
Discipline & deadlines
Originality of Work / Plagiarism
Output and Quality
Evaluation Scheme
Non Submission of marks on time
Conduct of back paper of a NTCC

7. GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF NON TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

Irrespective of the nature of the NTCCs, these guidelines are described as Guidelines for all
the NTCCs. The guidelines give a methodical approach to NTCC that will ensure effective
supervision and manage student expectations to improve student learning experience. It
aims:

To provide a systematic approach to NTCCs across the university.
To provide students taking NTCC with a valuable learning experience.
To enable students to develop as independent learners
To promote the dissemination of effective practice.
To support faculty guides in the supervision, progress monitoring and assessment of
NTCC.
To enable students to follow prescribed guidelines for the course.
a) These Guidelines apply to all NTCCs and provides information to both faculty-guides
and students, on roles and responsibilities, the conduct & monitoring process,
supervision, assessment and submission.

b) The prime responsibility for managing the NTCC lies with the student and the faculty
guide. A faculty guide will be identified for each student.

c) There will be clarity regarding the role and responsibilities of the student, faculty guide,
and external guide and NTCC Review committee.

d) These guidelines do not offer guidance on detailed methodology, lab experiments, field
work or analysis of data. These aspects of each NTCC must be defined separately by the
Institution/Faculty of studies as per the Regulations/Guidelines of the University.

7.1 Briefing the Students about NTCC Regulations & Guidelines

A briefing session for all the students and concerned faculty guides must be organized
by the institutions well in advance so that the students and faculty guides are able to
prepare well & proceed for the course as per guidelines. For example the briefing for
Project / Dissertation in final semester for UG / PG students must be done in mid of
odd semester of the academic session so that the students are able to finalise:

(i) the broad area of work, and
(ii) the industry/research lab/ external university on their own or with the help
of Institution.

The Guidelines for concerned NTCC must also be uploaded on AMIZONE for students
and faculty guides.


7.2 Roles and Responsibilities of students

a) Commit to a schedule of meetings, in order to ensure that the agreed schedule is
adhered to and deadlines met.
b) use supervisory time allocated effectively,
c) manage tutorial / gap lectures/ briefing sessions effectively by preparing for same
in advance,
d) keep appointments which have been arranged,
e) to send regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) to Faculty guide
f) maintain a record of supervisory meetings,
g) act responsibly and professionally during fieldwork /industry internship/work in
external labs etc
h) make use of AUUP guidance and documentation to plan and monitor progress of
the NTCC, to maximise the benefit of tutorial support, and to implement the
feedback and approved action plan for development of the project.
i) recognise ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to
plagiarism,
7.3 Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Guide/Supervisor

To advise on:

the topic, synopsis and work schedule of NTCC and its resources
To assist the student in identifying problems/issues and suggest/agree on
specific action to address those
risk assessment, where appropriate
methodologies
referencing / plagiarism
ethical practice, as appropriate
information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning, monitoring
progress of the NTCC
structure and presentation of NTCC
To discuss progress of NTCC
To offer feedback on partial versions of NTCC
To maintain regular supervisory contact.
To contact any student who fails to attend supervisory sessions
To advise the student of NTCC who are considered exemplary

7.4 Finalisation of Place to undertake NTCC Course (institution or outside in
industry, research labs, other universities etc)

a) The NTCC can be done at the Institution or outside facilities as per the nature of the
course/choice of student. Certain courses can be done at both internally or
externally. Further, certain courses can only be done in industry, such as Industry
internship, Social work, Clinical Psychology & legal practice etc.
b) The Institution NTCC Committee will decide the place of work.
c) The student is given the choice to either arrange the external organisation for NTCC
on his own or avail the institutional facilities.
d) If the training/project etc is organized by the institution in an industry etc, then the
student has to undertake his NTCC in the assigned organisation.
e) The student can arrange outside organisation for NTCC on his /her own also. In
such cases the student has to take permission from HoI / Faculty Coordinator atleast
three months prior to the commencement of the NTCC course so that Bonafide
Student Letter (maximum seven organisations chosen by the student) can be given
to students by the institution as per guidelines of the university.

7.5 Registration for the Course

a) The students are required to register on-line on AMIZONE for the NTCC courses as
per the guidelines. For example a student is required to register for a summer
Internship in industry during summer break or during the semester as the case may
be, before joining the company.
b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on following
grounds:

i) Ill health - provided the student has informed the institution on time and had
taken sick leave from HoI.

ii) Institution arranged the internship, but awaits confirmation provided the
student did not opt for self arrangement, initially.

iii) Student is on approved Official Duty, representing university/ institution in
competitions, seminars, placements activities etc.

c) The student will be allowed to register late for NTCC at AUUP or approved external
organisation upto a certain period with certain late registration charges as per
following conditions:

i) Upto 10 days after the date of registration for course with late registration
Charges of 500/- .

ii) From 11
th
day to 15
th
day of the date of Registration with late registration charges
of 1000/-.

iii) 16
th
day to 20
th
day of Registration with late registration charges of 2000/-
provided student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses

iv) After 21
st
day to 30 days of Registration with late charges of 5000/- provided
student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses.

d) The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by
Finance Committee.

e) The students who have not registered for the NTCC course as per regulations will
not be permitted to submit any report and will be treated as having failed in the
course.

f) Further, student will not be promoted to next year specially if he/she has failed in
fieldwork / or industry internship etc.
7.6 Allocation of Faculty Guide

a) Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide for the NTCC well in advance in a
formal manner depending on the number of students per faculty member, the
available specialization among the faculty guides by Institution Project Commiittee.

b) Incase a student is undertaking NTCC outside in an industry or research lab or other
university, the students will have two guides a faculty guide from the institution
and an external guide from the concerned organisation. In Such cases of joint
guidance, the main guide will be faculty guide.

c) The allotment / allocation of supervisor shall not be left to the individual students or
teacher.
d) The external guide must be provided with brief guidelines for performance
monitoring and assessment of the student of NTCC.

e) The faculty guide from Amity must closely interact with the external guide and
monitor the progress of the student in NTCC at the host institution/ industry/
research lab etc. Faculty guide must also strengthen the relationship with the host
organisation of the student for future collaborative research and placement of the
student in that organisation.

7.7 Briefing Sessions/ Tutorials/Gap Lectures for students

Briefing Sessions/Tutorial/Gap Lectures are very important for undertaking the NTCC.
Therefore, it is mandatory for the students to attend the same whenever
institution/faculty guide have scheduled the same: During such sessions students
should expect to:
discuss ideas and concerns.
be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area,
be provided with direction to help them to manage the process,
to be provided with advice on academic style, format and the scope of NTCC.
be provided with general feedback,
be provided with feedback on their NTCC and apply the comments they receive
through processes of reflection and action-planning to other parts of their
development work.

7.8 Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Work Schedule

a) Student will finalise the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his / her
NTCC in consultation with the faculty guide. If the student is undertaking the NTCC
outside Amity, he/she will provide broad area of NTCC course at the time of
Registration. However, within ten days after the registration / joining the
organisation, whichever is earlier, the student will work on the topic, synopsis and
work Schedule of his/her project /training/ dissertation under the guidance of
external supervisor and faculty guide.

b) The student will sent the synopsis along with work schedule duly approved and
signed by external guide to his faculty guide as per attached format. He will also
update the details on AMIZONE for approval of faculty guide. If faculty guide feels
certain lacuna in the synopsis and work schedule, he / she will discuss with the
external guide and finalise same in order to meet the Course Objectives (COs) and
Learning Outcomes (LOs) in accordance with Programme Learning Objectives
(PLOs).

c) The work / project Schedule (Project Plan) to be prepared using GANTT or PERT
chart as per attached appendix.

d) The area/topic, work schedule of NTCC will be approved by the Institution NTCC
Committee (INC). The student will make a presentation before the INC on specified
date, time and venue. The final list cleared by the INC and approved by HOI will be
sent to Academic Office in AUUP HQ and CoE, before the date of first Weekly
Progress Report.
7.9 Conduct and Progress Monitoring of NTCC

a) The students will undertake NTCC as per the course requirement and work
schedule.

b) The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as
per the prescribe format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR).

c) The student is required to send regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) even if
he/she is working outside Amity under the supervision of external Guide. A Sample
format of WPR is attached.

d) Faculty guide will mark the status of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received and
quality of work done on AMIZONE. Faculty guide will also give feedback to
students.

e) The student will also maintain daily diary of the work done which need to be
submitted to the faculty guide.

f) The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide as
per the attached Appendix-.

g) Periodic progress Review by a faculty board will be done. For this institution will
announce at the time of registration for the course. The institution must chalk out the
plan (Skype presentation etc) for periodic progress review of the students who are
working out of country.

8. ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

a) The institute will define the assessment plan and tools keeping in mind the Program
Learning Outcomes (PLOs), Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Course objectives.

b) The assessment will have clearly defined Continuous Internal Assessment and Final
Assessment weightage, which have various components to assess various learning
outcomes.

c) The weightage of CIA and Final Assessment will be as under:


Continuous Internal
Assessment
Final
Assessment
Credit Units
1 50 50 > 8 Credit Units
2 40 60 5-8 Credit Units
3 30 70 Upto 4 credit Units


d) The breaks up (components and their weightage) of continuous internal assessment are
given as under:

S. No. Title
Marks
(CIA = 40%)
Marks
(CIA = 50%)
1 Timely Registration 01 01
2 Topics & Synopsis Approval 02 02
3
WPRs
(No. of WPR Submitted)
(Satisfactory WPR)

08
07

10
10
4
2 Periodic Progress Review by a board of
faculty through presentation
08 08
5 1
st
Draft on time 01 01
6 2
nd
Draft on time 01 01
7
Final Report (Plagiarism Report with <10%
Plagiarism)
01 01
8 Final Report timely submission 01 01
9 Final Report Assessment 10 15

e) The institution may define the weightage of each component depending upon type,
learning student outcomes, level and duration of NTCC.

f) In case the NTCC is under joint supervision of faculty guide and external guide, the
weightage of Continuous Internal Assessment will be equally divided between both the
supervisors (faculty guide and external guide) as per following:

i) The faculty guide will give the CIA marks as per the university guidelines.

ii) The marks provided by external guide will be converted into 30/40/50 as the case
may be on CA/IA norms, for specific course.

iii) The average of marks given by faculty guide and converted marks of external guide
shall be treated as final CA/IA marks for NTCC.

iv) It is the responsibility of the student and faculty guide to ensure the external guide
sends the assessment on time. In case the marks of external guide are not received
the Institution NTCC Committee will review the case and put up it
recommendations to HoI and CoE.

8.1 Project Report Assessment:

The faculty guide will assess the project report as part of IA/CA as under:

S.No. Parameter Weightage (10) Weightage (15)
1. Introduction and Statement of the Problem 1.5 2
2. Review of Literature: 1.5 2
3 Methodology/methods/Approach 1 2
4
Data Collection, Analysis, Results
findings/Outcomes and conclusions
3 4
5 Future scope and Limitations outlined 1 1
6 Quality of work and written expression 1 2
7 Student Learning Outcomes 1 2

The institution / faculty of studies may define the component of report assessment as
per the course objectives and student learning outcomes.

8.2 Submission of Continuous Internal Assessment Marks

a) The institution will send the CIA marks along with all the reports from AMIZONE
and supporting documents of all students to CoE.

b) CoE will declare the list of students eligible for the final assessment after examining
all the cases.

9. PLAGIARISM

a) The NTTC report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite
the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be
appropriately acknowledged.

b) It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin
or similar software before submission. The content which is based on existing published
work must come from properly quoted material and from the references cited section.
After checking the accuracy of the citations and references of such content the
plagiarism report should not return similarity index of more than 15% in any
circumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15%
could still be considered plagiarism. Any report with higher than this percentage
matching must be explained by the student. The details of copy rights, professional
ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

10. SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

The most important aspect of the courses is the final report. Therefore following must be
ensured for producing quality report.

a) The student will start the project report / dissertation while doing his/her NTCC course
as per the prescribed guidelines

b) The students will submit 1
st
draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by
the submission second of draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested by
the guide.

c) The final report shall be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or any
other format subscribed by University. Copying material should not be more than 10%
provided source is mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement and
referencing as per plagiarism policy of the university.

d) Following will be submitted along with final report,:
o WPR
o NTCC Dairy
o Plagiarism Report

e) A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she
meets following conditions:
a. Online Registration for the NTCC course
b. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide
c. 90 % of WPR were submitted
d. 80% of the WPR were satisfactory
e. Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

11 STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The students who are not eligible to submit the report will re-submit the theses as per the
following guidelines:

Parameter Action
Online Registration for the
NTCC course not done
Re-do the NTCC
Has not taken the approval of
the Topic, Synopsis and Project
Plan by the faculty guide
Re-do the NTCC
< 90 % of WPRs were submitted

Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment marks as
under:
80 - 89% = 10 marks deducted
75 - < 80% = 12 marks deducted
70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on
recommendations of NTCC Review Committee with cap
of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from
Continuous Internal Assessment.
< 70 % = Re-do the NTCC
< 80% of the WPRs were
satisfactory
<80-75% = 10 marks to be deducted
<75-70% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on
recommendations of a committee with cap of B+ in
grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous
Internal Assessment.
Similarity index more than 15 %
as per Plagiarism Prevention
Policy.
If in plagiarism report the similarity index is >15%, the
student is required to re-write the report/thesis provided
meets all the other criteria.
Important:
The students not meeting the eligibility criteria, shall be required to provide detailed
justification for special consideration by the NTCC Review Committee.
The students re-submitting the thesis due to plagiarism shall be eligible for the grade earned
by him provided he/she has submitted same atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment of
the batch. If the student fails to submit the revised thesis in the prescribed time he / she shall
not be awarded more than B+ grade.
The students who shall re-do the NTCC shall be awarded grade not more than B+.

12. PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF CASES FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

a) To examine the cases for consideration by Vice Chancellor, the NTCC Review
Committee for the Academic Session will be constituted at the University level as per
norms prescribed in the regulations of NTCC.

b) The recommendation of HoIs of all such cases after detailed explanation given by
students must be submitted to the CoE office atleast 10days prior the Final Assessment
Date for examination to be decided by NTCC Review Committee after consideration by
the Vice Chancellor.

13. FINAL ASSESSMENT

a) The final assessment of NTCC need to be done only of those students who have
qualified on the basis of Conduct and progress monitoring guidelines & Submission of
report/thesis guidelines as stated above.

b) The Final assessment will be treated as end semester examination. It is mandatory for
the students to appear for final assessment as per scheduled date and time. If fail to
appear in the students final assessment as per schedule, he/she will treated as absent.
For such cases same rules will be applicable as those for theory examination. The
assessment of I category students will be done within one month of final assessment of
the batch.

c) While evaluating the NTCC, institution, faculty guide and board of evaluators will
consider the following aspects:

I. Institution:

i) Institutional Project Committee must check the eligibility of all the students
before sending the list to CoE.
ii) Guidelines for the students and board of evaluators must be prepared and
approved by competent authority/academic Council.
iii) Only eligible students will be assessed as per the approved list provided by
CoE board-wise & according to approved guidelines.
iv) Date of evaluation will be announced by CoE on the recommendations of HoI.
v) A board comprising 03 members will be constituted. Two faculty members
from any of the Institutions of AUUP and one service external expert from
Industry/academia at the faculty guide will not be the member of the
evaluation board for his/her own students.
vi) The institution will send the budget along with the list of external expert for
assessment board to CoE for necessary approval as per the University
regulations and Guidelines.
vii) The assessment guidelines must be provided to evaluators.
viii) The Format for evaluation will be provided along with the list of students, for
each evaluator.
ix) The duly signed evaluation sheets along with attendance sheets and printout of
consolidated marks from Amizone will be submitted on same day.
x) Faculty guide/ any other member of the institution will not try to influence the
board evaluators for favouring /punishing any student appearing for final
assessment.

II. Board of Evaluators:

i) The board of evaluators will assess the eligible students only as per the
prescribed guidelines and assessment sheets.
ii) The evaluation will be done separately by each evaluator and duly signed copy
of same will be submitted before leaving the evaluation room.
iii) The evaluators will be paid the honorarium as per the university policy.

III. Observer

CoE will appoint an observer and submit the report as per the regulations of the
University.

14 COMPONENTS OF FINAL ASSESSMENT

Sl. No. Parameter
Weightage
(Marks)
(60%)
Weightage
(Marks)
(50%)
1.
Introduction and Statement of the Problem
Does the introduction provide a general overview of
the issues surrounding the study?
Is the problem under investigation clearly stated?
Is evidence used to demonstrate the significance of
the problem?
Are important terms defined?
Are assumptions clearly stated?
Are major assertions that lay ground work for the
study articulated?
6 5
2.
Review of Literature:
Is the study grounded in a larger body of research?
Is the review current and representative of the work
in the area?
Are related studies critically examined and gaps
identified?
Does the review provide a clear rationale of the
study?
Is the review well organized, using sub-sections
where appropriate?
7 6
3
Methodology/methods/Approach
Is the research design described clearly and
appropriate for the study?
Are the sample and participants fully described?
Is the sampling plan appropriate for the study?
Are the data gathering procedures fully explicated
and appropriate for the study?
Have the analytical procedures been fully explained
and are appropriate for the study?
Is the technical merit of instruments described
clearly?
Are issues related to limitations and/or
trustworthiness satisfactorily identified and
addressed?
Do the sampling, data collection, and analytical
procedures appropriately match the problem
statement and research questions?
Are the instruments or interview guides acceptable
and appropriate for the study?
4 3

5.
Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes and
conclusions
All pertinent results well reported and are in clear
and concise in manner
The arguments, discussion
A Clear presentation of fully justified findings and
logical conclusions, based upon the research
evidence, which demonstrate the ability to critically
evaluate the research results.
15 14
5
Future scope and Limitations outlined
Have all potential weaknesses of the study been
described?
Are the limitations appropriate to the methodology?

5 3
6
Quality of work and written expression
Does the proposal demonstrate a high quality of
written expression?
Is the potential cohesive and coherent?
Is it accurate?
Is there consistency in conceptual framework
and/or paradigm to unite the problem statement,
research questions, and methods section?
Is the tone of the proposal impartial, unbiased, and
scientific?
Are applicable support documents (appendices)
included and satisfactory?
Is appropriate style used correctly and consistently?
Does the proposed study adhere to conventional
wisdom related to ethics?
Does the abstract summarize the contents of the
proposal clearly
10 8
7
Presentation and Communications
Is Presentation in line with the report?
Did relied on notes or presented as fluently in own
words?
Was the quality of presentation material upto mark?
Were the communication and presentation skills
upto mark?
Were the queries handled properly?
8 7
8
Student Learning Outcomes
Have the students learning outcomes met?
5 4
The institutions will develop detailed assessment parameters as per course objectives, student
learning outcomes and guidelines as above for necessary approval of Academic Council.

15. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

The final report is important component of all NTCC. Therefore must adhere to following
parameters (word length, No. of Copies, binding type etc) depending upon the credit units
associated and course objectives.

Word length, or word equivalent, (if for instance, a practical based, practice-based and
professional NTCC) should be specified in the module guide.

S.No.
CREDIT
UNITS
Word length
(excluding)
No. of Copies Binding Type
Report Retention
details
1
Upto 2
Credits
Upto 2,000
words
02 copies Plastic Folder
upto 1 month of
declaration of final
result of semester by
institution
2 3 to 4 Credits
Upto 3,000
words
02 copies Plastic Folder
upto 1 month of
declaration of final
result of semester by
institution
3 5 to 8 credits
5,000 - 7,000
words
02 with a soft
copy in CD.
Spiral Bound
1 Academic session
at institution level
4 9 to 15 credit
10,000 - 12,000
words
02 with a soft
copy in CD.
Hard Bound
At institution level
upto 2 years. Best
project reports to be
kept for longer
period
5
More then 15
credits
12,000 - 15,000
words
02 with a soft
copy in CD.
Hard Bound
Institution/Central
Library upto 3 Years
Best project reports
to be kept for longer
period
Word length will be exclusive of Preface Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page,
Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, Certificates etc.

16. GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE REPORT

Language English (unless other wise specified in the course curriculum)
Paper size A4
Margins The text of the document must be justified.

The left and right margin of 1.25 inches. The top and bottom margin of 1.00
inch.

Typing On One side of page only. The text will follow line spacing of 1.5 lines.
Table and figures, tabular material as necessary and appendix material as
appropriate may be single space.
Centered material is to be centered between the left and right margins.
The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5inches.
Pagination Each page must be numbered, except the Title Page.

The pre pagesincluding the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval
Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures
and Abstract (if any) will be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals
(ii, iii, iv, etc.) centered from the bottom edge of the page. The first page that
will show a page number is page ii.

All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The page
number will be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the page, right
aligned.
Arrangement of
Contents
Every NTCC Project Report should have three parts: the pre pages, the main
text, and the reference material.

Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the order as
discussed below.

1. Preliminary Pages
a. Title page
b. Declaration
c. Faculty Guide Approval page
d. Acknowledgement(s)
e. Table of Contents
f. List of Tables
g. List of Figures
h. Abstract
2. Text (usually divided into chapters and sections)
3. Reference Material
a. References
b. Appendix
Tables and
figures
Each table of figure should be placed immediately after the paragraph in
which it is mentioned. If it has a separate page, this page should be the one
following the page on which the table/figure was first mentioned.

Tables and figures that must be positioned horizontally (landscaped) will
face the outer edge of the page, with the widest margin at the binding edge.

Tables and figures are numbered in separate series. Each table and figure,
including any in the appendices, has a number in its own series. Each series
is numbered consecutively within chapters (e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2,
and Figure 10.3).

Each table and figure will be separately numbered.

All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the List
of Tables and List of Figures.
References In the text, give the surname and date in parentheses, e.g. (Edwards, 2010).
At the end of the study, provide a section headed References in which the
references are listed alphabetically by family name. Include references for
electronic sources of information e.g. web pages. For further detail, see
Appendix 6.

Any books, articles, websites or other published sources (retrievable data)
that have been used (cited in the text) either in direct quotation or by
reference, must be listed in the References. Personal interviews/raw data
(not retrievable) do not appear in the reference list.

The first line of the citation starts at the left margin and the second and
subsequent lines of that citation are indented 0.5 inches.

The referencing style to be used as per the forma. The format for the
references shall be given separately by each faculty of Study/institution.
Appendices Appendices contain supplementary or illustrative material or explanatory
data too lengthy to be included in the text or not immediately essential to
the readers understanding of the text.

Appendices should be lettered in the order in which they are referred to in
the text.

Each appendix will be listed with its title in the Table of Contents (e.g.,
APPENDIX A. TITLE OF THE APPENDIX).


Standard Formats

Various formats to be used as per the General Guidelines for NTCC of the University are as
under:

Format for Title Page
Format for Declaration
Format for Faculty Guide Certificate
Format for Table of Contents

17. MPROVEMENT OF SCORES & GRADE

The students shall be allowed to improve his / her Score / Grade as under :

a) The student who has passed in the NTCC but failed in semester where semester has
only NTCC, the student may be allowed to re-do the NTCC again. The student shall not
be given grade more than B+.

b) The student shall apply to repeat the NTCC to his HOI within fifteen days of result
declaration.

c) HoI shall send the recommendation to CoE for NTCC Review Committee for approval
of Vice Chancellor.

d) The student shall repeat NTCC in corresponding semester or immediately after the final
semester result declaration or during extended period. The students shall register for
the NTCC course as per the university guidelines.

e) The students shall complete the mandatory time required for the course.The date of
registration, submission of Continouns Internal Assessment, final report and final
assessment of NTCC shall be announced by CoE along with block examination calendar
and with supplementary examinations.

f) The student shall do the NTCC on a new topic and shall be assigned the faculty guide as
per the guidelines.

g) The progress monitoring, continuous assessment, submission of report and final
assessment shall be done as per the guidelines. The previous marks of Continouns
Internal Assessment shall be treated as NULL and VOID once the new Continouns
Internal Assessment is submitted by the Institution for new NTCC.

18. COURSE-WISE DETAILED GUIDELINES DOMAIN-WISE/INSTITUTION-WISE

Faculty of Studies / Institutions must develop detailed guidelines for each NTCC being
conducted for the students as per regulations and general guidelines of the University for
NTCC. Suggested Contents List for a NTCC Guidelines to be prepared by Faculty of
Studies/Institutions may include:

a) Introduction
b) Definition
c) Course Objectives
d) Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)
e) Briefing Session
f) Finalisation and approval of area/topic of NTCC and schedule of activities
g) Allocation of Faculty Guides
h) Role and expectations of Faculty Guides and External Guides
i. Frequency of meetings and contact time (face to face and virtual)
ii. Nature of tutorials/briefing sessions/gap lectures
iii. Checklist for NTCC

i) Role and expectations of students
i. responsibility for attending meetings
ii. details about supervision log/record
iii. checklist for NTCC

j) Structure of NTCC, Registration, Conduct of course, progress monitoring and activity
calendar
i. Registration and Conduct of the course,
ii. progress monitoring (weekly by faculty guide and Periodically by Institutional
Project Committee /Project Review Committee)
iii. Assessment components & tools for Learning Outcomes

k) Assessment components and tools for learning outcomes
i. assessment criteria
ii. weighting of various components
iii. assessment plan and schedule

l) Disciplines, Ethical issues and Plagiarism
m) Quality of work
n) Guidelines for writing the Reports /Term paper/Project /Dissertation etc
o) Standard formats to be used
p) Make-up policy
q) NTCC Activities Calendar

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