1.ELIGIBILITY
Higher Secondary / +2 / Senior Secondary or any other equivalent examination passed from any Board / Council established by the Govt. of India or any State Govt. or any other equivalent examination recognized by Central Board of Secondary Education/ Council of Higher Secondary Education, Govt. of Odisha/ Dept of Higher Education / Dept. of Industry or any other Dept of Govt. of Odisha or Utkal University. Those joining B.Sc. Programme must have passed the above examination under the faculty of Science/ Technology / Engineering/ Pharmacy etc. There shall be no such restriction for joining BA/ B.Com stream.
Students ordinarily may be selected for admission through merit in the qualifying examination or Entrance Test, Group Discussion and Personal Interview and / or a combination of these with due weightages to career to be decided by the academic council of the College or Director, Higher Education. The Govt. of Odisha will decide the admission policy and may lay down admission process for colleges under its control.
2.DURATION:
Three years of six semesters. Odd semester is from July to December (i.e.1st, 3rd and 5th semester) and the examination shall be held normally in the month of December. Even semester is from January to June (i.e. 2nd, 4th & 6th semester) and the examination shall be held normally in the month of April/May. However, the Final Semester shall be conducted in April and result shall be published within 60 days from the date of completion of the examination. A student would be required to complete the course within six academic years from the date of admission and no special examination be conducted/permitted under any circumstances.
3. COMPULSORY REGISTRATION FOR 1ST SEMESTER:

• Form fill up for the 1st semester examination is compulsory. Under any circumstance such students shall not be allowed to sit for 2nd and or subsequent semester examinations. Such candidates have to seek fresh admission in subsequent academic session.
• A candidate admitted to +3 Courses but not enrolled for 1st semester examination, his/her admission will be automatically cancelled.
• Those who fail in any semester or are unable to appear at any semester or unable to fill up for 2/3/4/5/6 may appear at those semesters during subsequent exam within 6 Years, from date of admission to that course. A student may clear backlog papers (failed) within 6 years starting from the year of admission batch.
4. ATTENDANCE:

1. A candidate shall be required to attend at least 75% of the lectures in theory and practical classes taken separately. C
2. Condonation in exceptional cases may be granted by the Principal (In case of affiliated Colleges) to the extent of 15% in exceptional cases i.e. serious illness & hospitalization, accident, mishap in the family or deputation by the college for any specific work during the period of his/her absence for the purpose shall not be counted towards the calculation of attendance on the condition that students concerned submit a certificate to that effect from the appropriate authority.
3. Further the Principal may grant further condonation of shortage in attendance to the extent of 10% in respect of candidates who represent the University or State for Inter-University or inter-state competitions in Games and Sports or attending different recognized National camps.
4. Under no circumstance, the condonation shall be beyond 25%.
5. This clause shall not be applicable for Distance Education

 

5. DURATION OF THE EXAMINATIONS MID SEMESTER & END SEMESTER:

The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) examination shall be of Semester pattern. Each semester examination shall consist of a Mid-Semester (Internal) Examination and End Semester examination. Mid semester examination shall be conducted only for theory papers.
End Semester Examination in theory papers carrying full marks above 50(e.g., 60, 75, 80 etc) shall be of 3 hours duration and practical shall be of 3hours (for full marks carrying 30). On the other hand, theory papers carrying 50 marks or below shall be of 2 hours duration.

6. MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION:
6.1.Mid semester examination will be of 01 hour duration for 20 marks. There shall be no pass mark in Mid Semester examination.
6.2.The Mid-Semester Examination shall be conducted and valued by the Teacher(s) who teaching the corresponding paper or any external faculty in the college(s). A student who fails to appear in a Mid-Semester Examination will be allowed to take the same examination with the next batch of student only ONCE provided the candidate has to fill-up the forms for the same semester during form fill-up time as a back paper. There will be no provision to re-appear in the Mid-Semester Examination for improvement.
6.3.The College has to conduct the Mid-Term Examination between October 15th -31St for 1st 3rd, & 5th Semester and in between April 1-15 for 2nd, 4th, & 6th Semester respectively.
6.4.The College authority will preserve the Answer Script of the Mid-term examination for 06 months from the date of publication of result for future reference.

6.5 A student has to appear the Mid Term Examination. Absence in a Mid Term paper will be declared as failed in that Paper. A student who was absent in the Mid Term examination but has passed at the University End Term examination shall be treated as failed in that Semester. Such candidates would be required to appear Mid-Semester Examinations in subsequent semester.

7.MARK DISTRIBUTION:

A. Subjects Without Practical

Mid Term	Term End	Total
20	80	100

B. Subjects With Practical:

Mid Term	Term End	Total
Theory	Theory	Practical	100
20	50	30 (20+10 (Record))

C. (DSE – Paper-4) for Hons. students (6th Semester)
Project -60 + Viva-40 = 100
DSE Papers for Hons. Students may or may not have the Practical component as proposed by
the respective Board of Studies. If there is no practical tutorial classes are allotted. The
Project paper will not have Mid-Sem Examination and it will be evaluated both by External &
Internal Examiners. Submission of project will carry 60 marks and presentation will carry 40 marks and pass marks in the project will be 40 out of 100 marks.
Evaluation of project shall be completed before the commencement of the 6th Semester End Term Examination.
8. GRADE SYSTEM IN EACH PAPER (MID + END SEM EXAM) IN A SEMESTER

8.1 GRADING SYSTEM

Qualification	Grade	Mark Secured from 100	Grade Point
Outstanding	O	90-100	10
Excellent	'A+'	80-89	9
Very Good	'A'	70-79	8
Good	'B+'	60-69	7
Above Average	'B'	50-59	6
Fair	'C'	45-49	5
Pass	'D'	33-44	4
Failed	'F'	Below 33
Absent	'AB'	00	0
Malpractice	'M'	00	0

Qualification	Grade	Mark Secured from 100	Grade Point	Classification for Hons
Outstanding	‘O’	90-100	10	First Class Honours
Excellent	'A+'	80-89	9
Very Good	'A'	70-79	8
Good	'B+'	60-69	7
Above average	'B'	50-59	6	Second Class Honours
Fair	'C'	45-49	5
Pass	'D'	33-44	4	Pass without Honours
Failed	'F'	Below	33	Fail
Absent	'AB'	00	0	Fail
Malpractice	'M'	00	0	MP

N.B. A Candidate has to secure 33% or above to pass in each of the Papers.

• The candidate obtaining Grade-F is considered failed and will be required to clear the back paper(s) in the two subsequent examinations within the stipulated time.
• The candidate securing 'C' Grade and above in Core papers (Hons.) in aggregate will be awarded Honours.
• For candidate in Honours Course securing 'B' Grade and above in aggregate in first appearance in other than Core papers will be awarded Distinction.
• For candidates in Pass (General) course securing 'B' Grade and above in aggregate in first appearance in all papers will be awarded Distinction.
• FAIL/MP/HARD CASE and Back Paper Clearance candidates in any Semester Examination are not eligible for award of Distinction.

8.2 A student's level of competence shall be categorized by a GRADE POINT AVERAGE to be
specified as :
SGPA - Semester Grade Point Average
CGPA - Cumulative Grade Point Average
(a) POINT - Integer equivalent of each letter grade
(b) CREDIT- Integer signifying the relative emphasis of individual course item(s) in a semester as indicated by the Course structure and syllabus.
CREDIT POINT: (b) x (a) for each course item
CREDIT INDEX :- SUM OF CREDIT POINT of course items in each Semester
GRADE POINT AVERAGE = CREDIT INDEX
SUM OF CREDIT
SEMESTER GRADE POINT AVERAGE (SGPA) :-
CREDIT INDEX for each Semester
SUM OF CREDIT
CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (CGPA) :-
CREDIT INDEX of all previous Semesters up to the 6th Semester
SUM OF CREDIT

8.3 Paper Type, Subject, Credit, Grade, SGPA & CGPA in the last semester Result shall be reflected in the Grade Sheet.
8.4 The details of grading system shall be printed on the backside of Mark-sheet.

8.5 Formula for Equivalent Percentage of Marks:
This Autonomous College (Affiliated to Utkal University) follows seven point grading system Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) on base of 10 and the University does not award marks, nor class/division to a student at the semester or degree level as per Academic Regulation of the University.
The following formula may be used by the concerned organization/individual at their discretion to
obtain the equivalent percentage of marks for the CGPA awarded to the students of this University.
Equivalent Percentage of Mark = (CGPA - 0.50) x 10
9. REPEAT EXAMINATION:
9.1 A student has to clear back paper(s) (if failed) by appearing at subsequent respective semester examinations within six years from the year/session of admission.
9.2 A student may appear in improvement (having passed in that paper) in any number of
papers ONLY ONCE in the subsequent corresponding semester examination within four
years.
10. HARD CASE RULE:
10.1 . 2% of grace mark subject to maximum of 5 (five) marks in single paper shall be given to pass in a semester. This shall be applicable in each semester.
(* maximum 8 mark out of total 400 and 10 mark out of 500 per Semester)
10.2 Maximum 0.5 (point five percent) grace mark (2 marks) can be given for award of 'C' Grade in 6th semester in aggregate of Hons. Papers (Core). This will not affects the distinction of the candidates. Provided the candidate has not availed grace mark under Clause-10.1.
10.3 Maximum 0.5 (point five percent) grace mark (2 marks) can be given for award of 'B+' Grade in 6th semester in aggregate of Hons. Papers (Core). This will not affect the distinction of the candidates. Provided the candidate has not availed grace mark under Clause-10.1.
11. EXAMINATION QUESTION PATTERN

11.1 The duration of end semester examination as reflected in SI. No.5 above.
11.2 For subject without having practical full marks are 100 per paper out of which 20 marks are allotted for Mid-Semester Examination (Internal) and 80 marks for end semester examination.
• The question papers shall be divided into two parts such as Group- A & Group-B.
• Group- A will carry 10 short questions of two marks each The answer should be within two sentences maximum.
• There shall be 5 long type questions in Group -B with one alternative each have to be attempted and all questions shall be of equal value (5X 12 marks).
11.3 For subject with practical full marks are 100 per paper out of which 20 marks is allotted for Mid- Semester Examination, 50 marks is for End Semester Examination and 30 marks is for practical.
• The question papers shall be divided into two parts such as Group- A & Group-B.
• Group- A will carry 10 short questions of one mark each. The answer should be within two sentences.
• There shall be 5 long-type questions with one alternative each have to be attempted for subjects having practical. The questions shall be of equal value (5 x 8 Marks)
• Practical will carry 30 marks out of which 10 will be for records.
11.4 Each Dept shall have a designated Teacher in-charge of Examination to be decided by
the Principal in addition to the Controller of Examinations of the College (applicable to autonomous colleges).
11.5 Suitable modifications may be made by the Autonomous Colleges keeping in view the UGC Guideline for Autonomous Colleges, University Guidelines from time to time and State Govt. Guidelines from time to time.

12.MINIMUM PERCENTAGE AND MARKS TO BE OBTAINED FOR PASS:

1. Paper Without Practical:

Mid Term	Term End	Pass Mari TermEnd	Total	Paper Pass Mark
20	80	33% out of 80 (i.e 26 marks)	100	33% out of 100 By taking both the components i.e. Mid Term + Term End

• Term End (Examinations) Total Mark: 80, 33% out of Total Mark 80 (i.e. 26 mark)
• Total Mark: 100 (33% out of 100)
• No Pass mark for Mid Term Exam. A student has to appear the Mid Term Exam. Securing 'AB' in Mid Term exam student declare fail in that paper though he/she score passing mark in theory paper.
B. Paper With Practical :

Mid Term	Term End				Total	Paper Pass Mark
20	Theory	Pass Mark Theory	Practical	Pass Mark Practical
	50	33% out of 50 (i.e. 17 mark)	30	40% out of 30 (i.e 12 Mark)	100	33% out of 100 mark Bt taking Mid Term+End Term +Practical

• Term End (Examinations) Total Mark: 50, 33% out of Total Mark 50 (i.e. 17 mark)
• Minimum pass mark for practical paper is 40%.
• Total Mark: 100 (33% out of 100)
• No Pass mark for Mid Term Exam. A student has to appear the Mid Term Exam. Securing 'AB' in Mid Term exam student declare fail in that paper though he/she score passing mark in theory paper.
NB: In order to clear a Semester examination a candidate is required to pass in all theory & practical papers/project component of the said semester.

13. EVALUATION RESPONSIBILITY
(a) The Examiner is solely responsible for evaluation of Mid-Term, Practical and End-Term Examinations. He/She is also responsible for maintaining all records to justify his/her evaluation scheme and marks thereof.
(b) Neither the Principal nor the Management shall have right to change the Mid-Term marks assigned by a teacher. However, if the Principal is convinced that the Mid-Term marks assigned by a teacher are biased, he/she shall appoint a committee where the teacher concerned will be a member for review. The decision of the committee shall be final and binding. The decision with the revised marks shall be sent to the University for NecessaryAction.
14.DISCIPLINARY ACTION (UNFAIR MEANS IN EXAMINATIONS)
(1) A student found resorting to malpractice (unfair means adopted) in the examination hall during Examination as reported by the Invigilator/Supervisor/Squad Member will be awarded "M" grade having O (zero) Grade Point in that paper and he/she will be warned with a copy to the parents/guardians or a notice in the college notice board.
(2) A student adopting malpractice and showing an indiscipline behavior in the examination hall will be awarded "M" grade having O (zero) Grade Point in that paper and he/she will be warned by the college with a copy to the parents/guardians or a notice in the college notice board.
(3) A student found adopting malpractice in more than one papers in a Semester/Trimester/ Special Examination Will be awarded "M" Grade with 0 (zero) Grade Point in all the papers of that Semester/Trimester/Special Examination; he/she will be warned by the college with a copy to the parents/guardians or a notice in the college notice board.
(4) A student adopting malpractice (as defined in earlier clauses) once again in the subsequent
semester examinations inspite of the warning issued previously Will be awarded "M" grade having 0(zero) Grade Point in all the papers of that examination and will be expelled from the college for one year
(5) A student found violating the Examination Code of Conduct [ which includes:
Use of programmable calculators, mobile phones/smart watch (even in switch off mode), document or any electronic devices having memory chips.
Leaving the Examination Hall within the first hour from the commencement of the examination.
Talking to other examinees in the Examination Hall.
Trying to give any help to others or trying to seek any help from others inside or outside the Examination Hall ]

• Will be expelled from the Examination in that paper and will be awarded "M" grade having O(zero) Grade Point in that paper; he/she will be warned by the college with a copy to the parents/guardians or a notice in the college notice board.
• A student found repeating the "Violation of Code of Conduct" will be awarded "M" grade with O(zero) Grade Point in all the papers of that semester and will not be permitted to appear at the subsequent examinations of that semester.
(6) A student indulging in the misconduct in the examination hall
[Which includes:
-Using question papers and/or answer scripts for communicating with fellow examinee.
-Exchange of question papers and answer scripts (with other examinees/outsiders).
-Writing answers in question papers.
-Writing obscene or filthy languages in answer scripts.
-Writing derogatory remarks.
And taking away the answer scripts or any examination materials/papers to the outside of the examination hall without intimation/permission from the concerned authority of the examination.
Any remarks, requests or irrelevant issues in answer scripts]
• Will be awarded "M" grade having O(zero) Grade Point in all the papers of that examination and will be expelled from the college for one year.
(7) Any student found man-handling/threatening the officers/staff connected with the officers/ staff connected with the examinations (Invigilator, Centre Superintendent, Supervisors, Principal, Members of Flying squad, etc.)
• Will be awarded "M" grade having O(zero) Grade Point in all the papers of that Examination and will be expelled from the college for one year.
• Other disciplinary actions as deemed fit (including FIR to police) would be initiated by the
University/college.
(8) Any student found damaging the property of the staff/officers/institution connected with the
examinations
• Will be awarded "M" grade having O(zero) Grade point in all the paper of that Examination
and will be expelled from the college for one year.
• Will be obliged to provide compensation for the damage as assessed by the college/University or individual as the case may be.
15. RE-TOTALLING/RE-CHECKING AT UN-EVALUATED PORTION:

15.1 A Student may apply through his/her college for Re-totaling/Re-Checking of a paper within 30 calendar days from the date of publication of the results in each Semester. In case, there is any answer left unvalued the same will be placed before the Board of Conducting Examiners of the respective subjects for valuation.
15.2 There will be no re-evaluation processes of the answer scripts.
16. GRADE SHEET:
At the end of 6 (six) Semester, a Grade sheet shall be made available to each student as per
Clause 8.1. However, if a student requires additional copies, he/she should apply through the
college with prescribed fees. The final Grade sheets for each semester along with provisional
certificate will be provided by the college at the end of the course i.e. after 6th Semester Examination.
17. DUPLICATE UNIVERSITY REGISTRATION CARD:
A student is issued University Registration Card at the time of admission. University Registration number continues to be his/her Registration number for all examinations during his/her tenure of study. This card is also essential for admission of the student to a college and his/her eligibility to attend classes in a college. This is an IMPORTANT document and the student must possess it throughout his/her course at the University.
In the event of a student loosing his/her University Registration Card, he/she should immediately lodge a FIR in the nearest Police Station. He/ She should apply through the College for issue of duplicate Registration Card with a prescribed fee. The application form will be available in the University counter. The application form must accompany a copy of FIR and prescribed fee and the same should be sent to the Controller of Examination, Utkal University by Speed Post/Registered Post.
18. PRINCIPLES FOR AWARD OF MEDALS:
The Autonomous College shall award Rank after taking in to account the score of toppers at
each Hons. Paper of the college. Topers whoever secures the highest Mark in all papers shall be declared best Graduate under a stream (BA Hons./B.Sc. Hons./B.Com. Hons. etc.).
Student transferred after 1St semester examination cannot be given position or medal under autonomous colleges. Students who have been granted credit waiver under credit transfer system can't be awarded Gold medal or position.
19.1. Eligibility for Award of Degree
A candidate will be eligible for award of BA/B.Sc./B.Com degree if he/she satisfies all the following conditions:
• Has cleared (minimum pass grade) in all subjects and obtained requisite number of credit points in all Semester.
• Has secured a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average.

19.2. Criteria for Award of Gold Medals
• The best graduate / university gold medal winner will be selected based on the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average secured by the graduate passing out in the academic year.
• For award of gold medal more than one candidates may be declared Joint Winner if they have same CGPA.
• Student appearing for Back/Improvement/Reappear Examination shall not be considered for award of Gold Medal.
• Student get hard case in any semester examination shall not be considered for award of Gold Medal.
20. COMMITTEE FOR CREDIT TRANSFER:
There should be a small group to consider all cases of credit transfer . The group should consist of
the following:
1. Chairman, P.G. Council, Utkal University - Chairman
2. Director, College Development Council, Utkal University - Member
3. Director, DDCE, Utkal University - Member
4. HOD, P.G. Dept. of Commerce, Utkal University - Member
5. Controller of Examinations, Utkal University - Member
6. Deputy Controller of Examinations, Utkal University - Convenor

Waiver for courses covered under other colleges not withstanding differences in detailed course can be granted.

21. RE-ADDITION OF MARKS AND PHOTO COPY OF ANSWER SCRIPTS:

A candidate desire for re-addition of marks/photo copy of answer scripts may apply for the same in the prescribed application form available in the college concerned depositing Rs.200/-
(Rupees fifty) only for re-addition of marks per paper and Rs.300/- (Rupees three hundred) only for
photo copies of answer scripts per paper within 15 days from the date of publication of the result. Here publication means the date on which the result of the particular candidate has actually been published.
Any contingency arising out the regulations or not covered under above regulations shall be referred to the Controller of Examinations and decision shall be taken under approval of the principal.