Examination Rules and Guidelines


Students are expected to be familiar with and to comply with the following rules and guidelines. If students breach any of the examination guidelines, they are liable to be dealt with by the Disciplinary committee. The examination guidelines are subject to revision by the management.

  1. Students will be eligible for examination if they have attended not less than 75% of instruction time at lectures, tutorials, laboratories and workshops, settled all  dues to the institute and have not committed any serious disciplinary offence.
  2. Students are required to be at the examination hall at least 15 minutes before the commencement of each paper, but shall not enter the hall until they are requested to do so by the supervisor.
  3. No students shall be admitted to the examination hall for any reason whatsoever after the expiry of 15 minutes from the commencement of the examination. Nor shall a candidate be allowed to leave the hall until a period of 2 hours has lapsed from the commencement of the examination.
  4. On admission to the hall, students shall occupy the allotted seats and shall not change it except on the specific instructions of the supervisors.
  5. Students shall have their Identity Cards and the Admit Cards with them in the Examination Hall. They will be expelled from the examination hall if they do not produce Identity Cards and Admit Cards, when requested to do so.
  6. Admit Cards shall be handed over to the supervisor/ Invigilator on each occasion when student sit for paper.
  7. Students shall bring their own pens, ink, mathematical instruments, erasers, pencils or any other approved instrument and they are not allowed to borrow any thing from other students.
  8. Examination stationary (i.e. writing paper, graph paper, drawing paper, ledger paper, précis paper etc.)will be supplied as and when necessary. No sheet of paper or answer book supplied to students may be torn, crumpled, folded or otherwise mutilated.
  9. No papers other than those supplied to them by the supervisor / Invigilator shall be used by students. All material supplied, whether used or unused shall be left behind on the desk and not removed from the examination hall.
  10. Students shall not have on their person or in their clothes, or on the Admit cards, Time table, Identity Card or any other object they are permitted to bring into the examination Hall, any notes, signs, formulae, or any other unauthorized material. Books, notes, sachets, handbags etc. which students have brought with them should be kept at a place indicated by the Supervisor / Invigilator
  11. Students may be required by the supervisor to declare any item in their possession.
  12. Students shall enter their Registration Number at the appropriate place on the answer book and on every additional copy. They shall also enter all necessary particulars as indicated on the cover of the answer book. Students who insert on their answer book a registration Number other than their own are liable to be considered as having attempted to cheat. The Supervisor/Invigilator has the authority to check the answer book of the candidates. An answer book that bears no Registration Number or which is not legible is liable to be cancelled.
  13. Students are under the authority of the Supervisor and shall assist him by carrying out his instructions and those of his invigilators, during the examination.
  14. Students shall conduct themselves in the Examination Hall so as not to cause disturbance or inconvenience to the Supervisor or his staff or to other students  . In entering and leaving the Hall . they shall conduct themselves as quietly as possible. Otherwise they are liable to be removed from the Examination Hall for disorderly conduct.
  15. Absolute silence shall be maintained in the Examination Hall . Students are not permitted for any reason whatsoever to communicate or to have any dealings with any person other than the Supervisor/Invigilator. Students shall draw the attention of the Supervisor/Invigilator by raising their hand from where they are seated.
  16. Students shall stop work promptly when ordered by the Supervisor/Invigilator. If this instructions is not followed, the Supervisor / Invigilator has the authority to make an endorsement to this effect on the answer book.
  17. All calculations and rough  work shall be done only on answer books supplied for the examination and not done on admit cards, time tables, question papers, record books or on any other paper. Students disregarding these instructions are liable to be considered as having written notes or outlines of answers with the intention of copying.
  18. Students shall handover the answer books personally to the supervisor / invigilator or remain on their seats until it is collected. On no account shall students hand over their answer books to an attendant, a minor employee or another student.
  19. No person shall impersonate a student at the examination nor shall students allow themselves to be so impersonated by other person.
  20. The Supervisor / Invigilators are empowered to require any student to make a statement in writing on any matter, which may have arisen during the of examination, and the students shall sign such statement. No student shall refuse to make such statement or to sign it.
  21. Students are to use  only calculators permitted by Supervisor / Invigilators.
  22. If any student is down with a contagious illness e.g. chicken pox, he / she is to inform the Institute in advance. If student's condition allows and if he / she wishes to take examination, arrangement will be made for him / her to sit in a separate place.
  23. Use of mobile phone is strictly prohibited during the examination. Students are directed to keep their mobile phones switched off in the examination hall.
  24. students must mark their attendance on the attendance sheet by indicating their name, registration number, answer sheet number and by signing it.
  25. Students who have handed over their answer book shall under no circumstances be entitled to take them back.
  26. Students shall not take / remove their or any other student's answer books from the examination hall.
  27. Students shall not copy or attempt to copy from any book or paper or notes or similar material or from the answer books of other students. Nor shall students either help other students or obtain help from other students or any other person. Nor shall students conduct themselves so negligently that an opportunity is given to any other student to read any thing written by them or to watch any practical examination performed by them.
  28. Students shall not submit a practical or field book or dissertation or project study or answer book, which has been done wholly or partly by anyone other than the students themselves.
  29. Cheating, ill discipline or misconduct will result in the cancellation of paper.

Mechanism for Assessment

Mode of evaluation.
Internal evaluation carries 50 points and consists of the following:

  1. Mid-Term / Mid-Quarter Test
  2. Assignments
  3. Quizzes
  4. Group Discussion/Class Participation/Attendance

External Evaluation

External Evaluation consists of 50 points and is carried out by PIMSAT as final Examination.

Minimum Pass Percentage is 50% as per HEC Minimum attendance required Arrangement for academic supervision of students Minimum 75% attendance required for terminal examinations