Date: 07.06.

2021
Dear Professors and Research Scholars,

Greetings!

This is to share with you that the registration link for Final Assessment Test (FAT) for the
following course work papers of Research Programs (Winter 2020-21) is enabled on VTOP
today, June 07, 2021 (Monday):

 Research Methodology
 Research and Publication Ethics
 Self-study courses (Guide Papers)
 School-level Taught Courses
 Online courses

For the attention of Research Scholars:

Please find below some important points relating to the registration:

 The Final Assessment Test (FAT) will be held in the last week of July 2021
(tentatively).
 Only those scholars who are currently attending classes conducted by the respective
school will be eligible to register for Research Methodology, Research and
Publication Ethics and School level Taught courses.
 Scholars who wish to give FAT for Doctoral Committee approved guide papers (self-
study courses) can also register on the advice of the guide concerned.
 Scholars who register for FAT without attending classes will not be allowed to appear
for FAT.
 Scholars who have completed or about to complete the online course by June 2021
are also required to register for their online course using the same link.
 This link is not applicable for registration for Regular PG course(s).
 The last date for the FAT registration as well as fee payment is on June 21, 2021
(Monday)

Procedure to Register for FAT on VTOP:

1. Login to VTOP and navigate to Research  Coursework Registration

2. All the courses allocated by the guide will be available on this page. If the Doctoral
Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting is not completed, courses namely ‘Research
methodology’ and ‘Research and Publication Ethics’ alone will be shown on this
page (In case, courses intended for FAT registration are not available on this page, the
scholar is advised to contact his/her guide for allocating the said courses).
3. Click ‘Register’ against the course(s) for which the scholar wishes to appear for Final
Assessment Test in this semester.
4. Once registered, the invoice will be generated and the scholar has to make an online
payment for the registered courses before the deadline.
For the attention of Faculty Members:

Course Catalogue creation and Allocation of courses to the scholar:

1. Please allocate Research Methodology and Research and Publication Ethics courses
to the research scholar. This can be done even before the conduct of first DAC
meeting.
2. Once the first DAC meeting is over, create a course catalogue for self-study courses
(guide papers) and online courses by uploading the syllabi approved by the DAC.
However, for Regular PG courses and School Level Taught courses, course
catalogue need not be created on VTOP.
3. Please allocate the remaining DAC approved courses to the scholar on VTOP
(Regular PG course, School Level Taught Course, Self-Study courses (Guide
Papers) and Online course).
4. Kindly upload the minutes of DAC for the approval of Dean (Academic Research)
through the School Dean.
5. Thereafter, the research scholar can register for FAT for the courses approved by
DAC.

Please note that after registering for FAT, the scholar has to make an online payment for the
registered courses before the deadline, i.e. June 21, 2021 (Monday).

In case, you face any difficulty in the registration for FAT or fee payment, kindly
contact: helpdesk.sdc@vit.ac.in.

Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,

P. Ramesh Babu
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Dr. P. Ramesh Babu
Professor (HAG) &
Dean, Academic Research
Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore 632014, TN, India.
Phone: +91 416 220 2288
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