Semester Completion Plan for Spring Semester 2019-20 1. Grading System A. Courses (i) Letter grades with grade points would be awarded as per the weightages jen in Section 2. (ii) A student who obtains a pass letter grade (D and above) in a course will have the option to either get it converted into a Satisfactory (5) grade (with no grade point) which will be treated as final or appear in a re-examination later (if the course has a lecture component). There will be no restriction on the letter grade earned after re-examination. ‘A student who obtains a fail grade in a course will also be allowed to appear in a re-examination. There will be no restriction on the letter grade earned after re-examination. (iv) There will be no limit on the number of courses in which a student can avail re-examination (v)_Astudent who takes a re-examination will be allowed to withdraw the course up to one week after the results of the re-examinations are announced. (vi) | The schedule for re-examinations will be announced later. B. UG/MSc Projects () Departments may individually decide whether the assessment available till now will suffice to award letter grades without any further evaluation. If a department decides that no further evaluation is necessary, it can proceed with the award of letter grades and share it with the students. A student can request the department for the conversion of the letter grade obtained to a Satisfactory (S) grade, which will be treated as final, or request for one final online evaluation in the current semester itself. The grade obtained after this online evaluation will be treated as final. (i) Rest of the departments can proceed with online evaluation and share with the students the letter grades awarded. A student can request the department for the conversion of the letter grade to a Satisfactory (S) grade which will be treated as final. In the case of a fail grade, re-evaluation will be done later.2; CMa ister’ The ) (ii) (wv) (v) Online thesis evaluation of the students who are ready for evaluation be carried out and letter grades be awarded. The thesis evaluation committee will also decide whether the thesis needs the following to be mentioned at the beginning of the thesis: “All the objectives of this thesis could not be met because of disruption in academic activity caused by Covid-19 pandemic” A student can request the Head of Department to convert the letter grade obtained to a Satisfactory (S) grade. In the case of a fail grade, re-evaluation would be done later. A student who desires to carry out more work before his/her thesis will be ready for evaluation should request for deferred evaluation, which will be conducted within the first 6 weeks of the next semester. D. MTech (1 year) and PhD course work seminar (i) (i) Letter grades will be awarded on the basis of an online evaluation. In the case of a fail grade, re-evaluation will be done later. The students who are not prepared may request the supervisor for deferred evaluation, which will be conducted within the first 4 weeks of the next semester. Weightages of various components for grading 0} Only theory courses (ii) Component | CWS] MTE |” Evaluation during] CGPA until last online teaching semester Weightage (%) | 20-50 | 20-50 0-20 20 {This component can be used only ifall the students have internet access. Theory courses with laboratory component Component | CWS+ MTE Evaluation during# | CGPA until last PRS. online teaching semester Weightage (%) | 30-60 | 20-40 | 0-20 20 (iii) # This component can be used only ifall the students have internet access Only laboratory courses ‘Component | PRS+PRE (if available) CGPA until last semester Weightage (%) 80 20 5 zi A ont Np 8(iv) NPTEL courses Satisfactory (5) / Unsatisfactory (U) grades will be awarded on the basis of the marks obtained in assignments. However, a student who wishes to convert an S/U grade to a letter grade may email his/her choice to arevaluation@iitr.ac.in in the Academic affairs Office (AAO) by the date mentioned in the table below. Such students will appear in an online examination and be graded as per the usual process. A student can withdraw a course up to one week after the results are announced. 3. Process Flow (i) (iii) (iv) (vy) Faculty members will announce the final weightages of their course(s) to the students registered in their course(s). Online evaluation component can be included in a course only if all the students registered in the course have internet access. The AAO will provide the course instructors the CGPA of the students registered in their course(s). The course instructors will inform the grades obtained to the students registered in their course(s). Subsequently, the course instructors will convert the pass letter grade obtained by a student into a Satisfactory (5) grade, if the concerned student requests for the same. The final grades and the list of students who have requested for deferred evaluation will be submitted to the AAO. Results of a program will be declared as soon as all the required information will be available in the AAO. 4. Results Declaration Calendar S.No. Activity Date i. _ | Last date for students to 10.06.2020 (a) Withdraw from a registered course before the award of grades (b) Opt for a letter grade in a NPTEL course Last date for the course instructors to inform the grades | 19.06.2020 to the students (except Masters’ thesis) Last date for the course instructors to convert a letter | 22.06.2020 grade into a Satisfactory (S) grade for the students who | | request for the same Last date for sending grades (except Masters’ thesis) to | 24.06.2020 the AAO (oyLast date for the evaluation of Masters’ thesis and for informing the students the grades obtained in the thesis 03.07.2020 vie Last date for the conversion of a letter grade into a Satisfactory (S) grade for Masters’ thesis for the students who request for the same Hae 06.07.2020 vii. Last date for sending to the AAO the grades of Masters’ theses and the list of students who have requested for deferred evaluation 08.07.2020 | viii. Last date for the declaration of results of all the programs 15.07.2020 5. Performance of the students in Spring Semester 2019-20 will not be counted for academic performance-based termination of programs, slow pace programs and towards any other such clauses. 6. All the relevant course evaluation provisions listed above would also be applicable for preparatory courses. 7. All the provisions listed above are only one-time special provisions in view of COVID-19 pandemic and will override the existing relevant clauses. it on , bye a 0 lo UIgI/N. P. Padhy ‘Pea Nara stae/Dean, Academic Affairs ‘ured srehfratt RU, esa Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee BEAT -247667, TATE, HRA ROORKEE-247667, Uttarakhand, INDIA Tel (0): +91 1332285255 / 285955 / 285587 €4cr/ E-mail: daa@iitr.ac.in , nppadhy@ee.iitr.ac.in ‘dad /Webpage sffftis AaYS /Office Webpage