INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE EXAMINATION RULES

1. StudentsmustreporttotheexaminationhallattheReportingTimespecifiedinthetimetable. 2. All students must occupy their respective seats as per the prescribed seating arrangement. Any student found shuffling the seating arrangement, or not occupying her/his seat at the scheduled commencement time of the examination, will be disallowedfromtheexamination. 3. Door(s) of the Examination Hall will be closed within 15 Minutes from the reporting time, and no student will be permitted toentertheHallafter15minutesfromthereportingtime.Invigilatorswillrefuseentrytoallthelatecomers. 4. The examination will commence 15 minutes after the reporting time (In the event of delay, if any, due to unforeseen operationalaspects,equivalentadditionaltimewillbeprovidedattheendoftheexamination). 5. Students must put their signatures and the serial number(s) on the answer sheets/ supplementary sheets and also on the attendancesheet. 6. Students are not permitted to use pencils for writing answers in examinations. However, pencil may be used for drawing figures,sketches,graphs,etc. 7. Students are not permitted to carry laptop, PDA mobile phones, bags, folders, books, textbooks, notes, and other items/materials/electronic gadgets, except those explicitly permitted/specified by the Instructor in the Question Paper, into the examination hall. If any unauthorized material is found in the custody of the student, or on the chair flap/lower rack of the students chair, or anywhere in or around the seat, the same will be considered as an attempt to use unfair means. No answer book(s) or question paper(s) will be issued to a student as long as she/he is in possession of anyunauthorizeditems/materials. 8. A student finishing the examination early and leaving the examination hall must leave the PGP/ Classroom Block immediately. Silence must be maintained in the examination hall.

9. Exchange of calculators, mathematical & other tables, charts, etc., is not permitted during the exam; and exchange/transferofbooks,notes,readingmaterials,etc.,isnotallowedinopenbookexams. 10.Tea/Coffee/beverages/eatableitems,etc.arestrictlyprohibitedinsidetheExaminationHall. 11. Any kind of peer-to-peer exchange/ communication/ discussion physical or virtual is banned in/during the examination. Any involvement of this kind will be treated as adopting unfair means. 12. Useofanyunfairmeansinexaminationswillbetreatedasaseriousdisciplinaryoffence,andthestudentwillbedebarred fromwritingtheexamination.Itcanalsoleadtootherdisciplinaryaction(s)includingexpulsionfromtheprogramme. 13. The answer book(s) should not be taken out of the examination hall under any circumstance. Handing over of answer book(s)attheendoftheexaminationoruponcompletionofwriting,willbethesoleresponsibilityofthestudent.Answer book(s) taken out of the examination hall by the student, and then returned / submitted, will not be accepted or evaluatedunderanycircumstance. 14.StudentsshouldrespectfullyinteractwithInvigilatorsandshouldstrictlyabidebytheinstructionsgivenbyInvigilators intheexaminationhall. 15. Academic dishonesty in any form will lead to severe penalties. All instances of academic dishonesty/ malpractice of a lesser or a stronger magnitude will result in an overall course grade of F as the minimum punishment. The punishment mayalsoinclude,inaddition,suspensionorexpulsionfromtheProgramme. 16. Student who is found violating or not complying with any of these instructions mentioned above; or resorting to any unfairmeans;orobstructingthesmoothconductoftheexamination(s)inanymannerwillbedisqualified.