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0 ELECTIVE COURSES
1.1 Registration of Elective Courses
(a) Optional/elective courses are offered only in Term III, IV, V, and VI. The registration process
for elective courses shall be completed in the previous term through an online blind bidding
process where a student can see only his/her bidding information.
(b) The formula for awarding bidding points to each student will be: [X+0.1 of X (CGPA)]. The
programme committee will decide the value of X. The CGPA score indicates the average of
classroom grades available at the time of bidding. The grades of VFS and SIS won’t be
included in the CGPA for this purpose. A student will have to use his/her bidding points to bid
for all courses at once.
(c) The maximum intake of any elective course shall not exceed two sections, that is, 120 students.
An elective course must secure a minimum of 30 registrations for it to take off. Students must
not try to manipulate the registration process with other students or course instructors. Any
such attempt will be referred to the disciplinary committee.
(d) The course allotment will be done based on the bidding point. Top bidders will be registered in
the course. The minimum bidding point for choosing a course will be one. Zero will not be
allowed. A student has to use all available bidding points to submit the bid successfully. The
candidate cannot change the bidding point after submission. A student needs to use all his/her
bidding points across all the courses available. If anyone fails to adhere to this requirement,
he/she will have to pay the penalty of Rs. 5000/-. Every student has to participate in the bidding
process, failing which a penalty of Rs. 5000/- will be levied, and the students will be allotted
courses from amongst the remaining seats. In this case, the student will have no say in the
allocation of the courses. If a student still chooses not to accept the decision or complete the
registration process, she/he shall be deemed to have withdrawn the admission from the
programme. The PGDM-RM Chair will arbitrate cases where students cite the failure of IT
systems as the reason for incomplete registration in consultation with the IT Chair. The student
must produce conclusive evidence of the same (screenshots, etc.). The decision of the PGDM-
RM chair in such situations will be final and binding.
(e) If a course is dropped due to insufficient registrations, the students who have enrolled for this
course will be allotted another course as per his/her preference from the set of available elective
courses.
(f) If multiple students bid the same points for fewer seats, then the following criteria will be
adopted to complete the allocation:
(i) Student(s) with higher CGPA will be given preference
(ii) If CGPA are the same, then a five-digit random number will be generated, and students
with a higher number will be selected.
(g) Auto-submission will be executed provided the following conditions are fulfilled:
(i) Allocation of bidding points to all elective courses
(ii) Consumption of all available bidding points
(h) The allocation of courses will be done automatically through system in phases as under:
Term III

Allocation Group to Max No. of courses to be allocated in phase (in case of a

Priority Phase allocate group, always only one course shall be allocated per phase)
1 OBLG 1

2 OBLG 1

3 DMG 1

4 All Courses N.A.

OBLG – Obligatory, DMG – Development Group

 Term IV, V & VI

Allocation Group to Max No. of courses to be allocated in phase (in case of a group,
Priority Phase allocate always only one course shall be allocated per phase)
1 DMG 1

2 All Courses N.A.

(i) In case of Obligatory (OBLG) and Development Group (DG), only one course will be
allocated in each phase.
(ii) Within a particular group, the system will sort the bidding eligibility in decreasing order.
(iii) Bidding eligibility will determine the sorted sequence for allocation of a course to a
student. The sequence will follow the decreasing order.
(iv) Allocation of a course opted by the student will be determined by the seat availability in
that course. This will also ensure that a student doesn’t exceed the permissible total
credits.
(v) The process will be repeated till all the students are allocated their courses as per
preference.
(i) The whole process will be completed in a single day, except for any unforeseen circumstances.
The decision of the PGDM-RM Chair in this regard will be final.
(j) Students are not allowed to change his/her bidding point allocation after final submission. Once
a course is allotted, no withdrawal will be permitted.
(k) If a course is cancelled after the registration process is completed, then the students who had
enrolled for such a course will be allocated to the available courses only.