PPT ON INDUCTION REPORT

ACADEMICS IN VIT CHENNAI

The academics at Vellore Institute of Technology , Chennai was discussed by Prof.
A. Nayeemulla Khan, Dean Academics, VIT Chennai. Sir, Nayeemulla Khan
beganed by the explanation of the Academic calendar for the Fall 2021-22, I st
semester. He had informed students about the CAT- I examination which is the
first exam for freshers yet to commence from the 18th of October 2021. 

He then shed light on the different kinds of semester's at VIT Chennai, which are
the Fall semester which starts on Jul. and ends in Nov. (this year due to a delay in
admissions, the class commencement dates were postponed), Winter semester
which starts on Dec. and goes upto April and Summer semester which is only for
students who got an N or F grade and happens during May or June. 

 After some time, he will explained a sample programme credit structure of B.tech computer science
course was discussed. Next, the different course types were discussed with courses being either
theory only, lab only, theory+lab embedded or theory +tutorial. Later, the credit system was
explained by our dean of academics. Students need a minimum of 16 credits each semester and can
go all the way upto 27 credits. However if a student has a Gpa of less than 4.0 he wil be advised to
take 20 credits per semester.  There were 151 credits to earn by a student to complete a B.tech
degree.
The second session was conducted by the Examination and
Evaluation processes at VIT by Dr. V Sugumaran addresses us.
He firstly welcomed all the freshers student to here in VIT. Then
he started giving the institution credit system are:-

FULLY FLEXIBLE CREDIT SYSTEM (FFCS)

This is to be done in 2nd sem.
•Students will be able to
-Prepare his/her own Timetable and Academic Plan.
-Preferred courses will be guided as per requirement. 
-Choose the timings/time slots for every courses.
-Select any number of courses within the credit limit.

COURSE RE-GISTRATION 
•Course preference- Wishlist
•Mock registration 
•Phase 1- Core Registration 
•Phase 2- Elective Registration 
•Choice of Theory and Lab slots must be
optimized.

COURSE REGISTRATION
      •Types
 Regular
 Re-Registration 
 Grade Improvement 
 Course Substitution 
 Component wise Re-Registration 
•Online courses
 Considered as UE
 MOOC , NPTEL etc.
 Shared by the HOD concern
 Holds 2 to 4 credits wrt the course

CREDIT INFORMATION
 Foundation =62 credits 
 Discipline linked engineering sciences=12 credits
 Discipline core=44 credits 
 Discipline elective=12 credits 
 Project and internship =9 credits 
 Open elective = 12 credits 
 Non graded core requirement =11 credits 
TOTAL=151 credits 

COURSE COMPONENT
           
 Course may be Theory(TH) only,Lab (LO) only,Embedded
Theory(ETH),and Lab (ELA).
 Lecture/Tutorial: 1 credit = 15 contact hours/sem.
 Practical:1 credit=30 contact hours/sem
 Credits: Sum of all the components.

CREDIT LIMIT
 Minimum=16 credits 
 Maximum=27 credits 
 Recommend =21 credits 

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
 Minors=18-20 credits
 Specialization = 18-20 credits
 
GRADES:
  S-> 10pts
 A-> 9pts
 B-> 8pts
 C-> 7pts
 D-> 6pts
 E-> 5pts
 N or F -> fail
REGISTRATION FOR BACKLOG COURSES
 Re-Registration
 Fall/Winter/Summer/Weekend semester 
 2 to 4 courses
 Fresh courses not permitted 
“N" grade will be awarded under the following circumstances;
 N1- Fail in core courses.
 N2-Low attendance.
 N3-Absent during FAT
 N4-Indiscipline/Exam malpractice 
First Semester Course Registration 
• For first year registration is auto generated. 
      •The courses we get will be based on EPT.
  •The time table will be uploaded after 24hrs post EPT.

ADD/DROP OF COURSES
•Facilitated to Add or Drop a course
•First three instructional days of the semester 
•Subject to the availability of resources 
•Not applicable to summer/intercession/weekend semesters.
•Constrained by Minimum/maximum number of credits in a
semester 
ACADEMIC GUIDANCE
-> Faculty Advisor- Any clarification/issues
 -> Year Coordinator- Academic Guidance 
-> Head of the Department