RAJIV GANDHI PROUDYOGIKI VISHWAVIDYALAYA, BHOPAL

Established under Act No. 13 of 1998

Ordinance No.4 (D)
(Section 40 (1))
Ordinance for Bachelor of Technology 4 year Degree course
(For the Candidates admitted in 1 st year on and after July, 2022)
(Under NEP 2020 )

1.0 The first degree in Technology of four-year (eight semester) course,

hereinafter called 4-YDC, shall be designated as BACHELOR OF
TECHNOLOGY, in respective Branch.
1.1 The studies and examinations of Bachelor of Technology courses
(Approved by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi)
shall be on the basis of Marks-Cum-Credit system but semester wise
and final evaluation shall be by credit based grading system.
1.2 This Ordinance shall also be applicable to 4-Year Part–time B.Tech.
Course, which are approved by the State Government of Madhya
Pradesh and AICTE.
2.0 ADMISSIONS
2.1 Minimum qualification for admission into Bachelor of Technology
course shall be as per the prevalent norms of the State Government of
Madhya Pradesh/AICTE/UGC for the course of Bachelor of
Technology course.
2.2 Minimum qualification for direct admission to second year Bachelor of
Technology Course termed as Lateral Entry shall be as per the
prevalent norms of the Government of Madhya Pradesh/AICTE.
2.3 The admission to B.Tech. course shall be governed by the rules of the
technical education and training department government of Madhya
Pradesh Bhopal and/or any other competent authority appointed by the
state of the Government of Madhya, for this purpose.
3.0 STRUCTURE of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY(B.Tech.)
PROGRAMME
3.1 The total credits for the award of B.Tech. degree in any branch shall lie
between 160-200.
3.2 The medium of instruction and examination shall normally be English
throughout the course of study. However, a student can opt for writing
the examination in Hindi provided that the student applies for the same
at the start of the program. A student shall not be allowed to change the
medium of examination during the duration of the course.
3.3 Minimum credits required to earn B,Tech. Degree in particular branch
shall be decided by the concerned Board of studies (BOS).

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3.4 The subjects to be studied in different semester of Bachelor of
Technology course shall be as per the Schemes and Syllabus, approved
by Board of Studies.
3.5 A candidate shall be permitted to earn additional credits in self learning
mode through Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs). If a candidate
earns 20 more credits than the minimum credits prescribed by the
respective board of studies (of that programme/course) for the award of
Degree, then he/she shall be eligible of Degree with Honours or
additional Minor Engineering, in the same programme.
3.6 A list containing permitted courses for MOOCs along with their credits
shall be prescribed by the respective BOS and shall be notified by the
University from time to time.
3.7 There shall be one University Examination at the end of each semester.
These examinations will be designated as follows:
(a) During First Year
 First Semester B.Tech., Exam and Second Semester B.Tech., Exam
(b) During Second Year
 Third semester B.Tech. Exam and Fourth semester B.Tech. Exam
(c) During Third Year
 Fifth semester B.Tech. Exam and Sixth semester B.Tech. Exam
(d) During fourth Year
 Seventh semester B.Tech. Exam and Eighth semester B.Tech. Exam
3.8 The semester examination will generally be held in November-
December and April-May in each year.
3.9 Candidates appearing as regular students for any semester examination
are required to attend minimum of 75 percent of the lectures delivered
and the practical classes held separately in each subject of the course of
study, provided that a short fall in attendance upto 10% and a further
5% can be condoned by the principal of the college and Vice-
Chancellor of the University, respectively for satisfactory reasons.
3.10 There will be a full examination at the end of each semester consisting
of end semester examination of theory and practical subjects. The
duration of examination period should not normally exceed 20 working
days.
4.0 PROMOTION TO HIGHER SEMESTER AND YEAR
A candidate who has been admitted in the Technology course will be
promoted to the higher year/semester in accordance with the following
rules:
4.1 (a) A candidate who has taken admission in A-B Group and has
appeared in the examination of odd semester of a particular year, shall
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 automatically be promoted to even semester of that year irrespective of
failing in any number of subjects of previous semester.
(b) A candidate who has taken admission in the even semester under B-
A Group and has appeared in the examination of even semester, shall
automatically be promoted to next applicable odd semester of that year,
irrespective of failing in any number of subjects of previous semester.
Note: The candidate who seeks admission in a new year of the course,
in an odd semester of that year is said to be in A-B group,
while, a candidate who seeks admission, in a new year of the
course in even semester of that year is said to be in B-A group.
i.e. a Candidate of A-B Group will take admission generally in
July; whereas, candidate of B-A Group will take admission
generally in January in the relevant academic year.
4.2 For the award of degree minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average
(CGPA) required is 5.0.
4.3 To pass a particular subject of the course the minimum required grade
is D. However, the candidate should also separately score minimum of
grade D in end semester examinations of theory and practical parts of
the subject. For practical end semester examinations one external
examiner from out side the institute shall always be there.
4.4 A candidate who fails to score minimum of grade D in more than five
subjects (Theory and Practical of the same subject shall be treated as
two different subjects) in a particular year, shall not be admitted to the
next higher year. However, non-credit subjects shall not be included
in this count.
4.5 Further, a candidate shall not be admitted in the fifth or higher
semester classes unless he/she has fully passed the first year
examination with minimum of CGPA of 5.0. Likewise a candidate
shall not be admitted in seventh or higher semester classes unless
he/she has fully passed first and second year examinations with
minimum CGPA of 5.0. However, non-credit subjects shall not be
included for the promotion to higher semester/s.
4.6 If a candidate has passed all the subjects of an applicable year but has
failed to score a minimum CGPA of 5.0 as per the requirement of rule
4.2 and 4.5 above, such a candidate shall be permitted to improve
requisite grade point by reappearing in maximum of three theory
/practical subjects, in the ensuing examination (theory and practical of
a subject shall be treated as separate subjects.). In the selected subjects
the Candidate may reappear either in end semester examination/mid
semester examination or in both.
4.7 Other than the provision of rule 4.6 above, a candidate shall not be
permitted to reappear in that examination, for improvement of
division/marks.
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5.0 AWARD OF CREDITS AND GRADES
5.1 Each subject, along with its weightage in terms of units and equivalent
credits, shall be recommended by the concerned Board of Studies and
shall be approved by the standing committee of Academic Council
and the Executive Council. Only approved courses can be offered
during any semester.
5.2 A student shall be continuously evaluated for his / her academic
performance in a subject through tutorial work, practicals/labwork,
assignments. mid-semester test, field work/ seminars(if required)
quizzes, regularity and end-semester examination, as proposed by
respective Board of Studies and approved by standing committee of
Academic Council and Executive Council of the University.
5.3 The distribution of weightage /marks for each component shall be
decided by the respective of Board of Studies and approved by
standing committee of Academic Council and Executive Council of
the University subject to such stipulation as given under:

(a) Theory Block

i. Quizzes, assignments tutorials, 10%
and regularity
ii. Mid – semester test 20%
iii. End – semester examination- 70%

Total 100%

(b) Practical Block

i. Lab work field work/seminar, quizzes,
assignments and regularity - 40%
ii. End – semester examination- 60%

Total 100%

5.4 Industrial training and project work shall be treated as practical

subjects.

5.5 In Practical block, Board of Studies may keep certain subjects,

without end semester examination, in such subjects, evaluation shall
be based on field work/seminar, quizzes, assignments/report and
regularity.
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5.6 For each theory subject, the institute shall be required to conduct at
least two mid semester tests. The final mid semester marks shall be
the average of the two higher mid semester marks.

5.7 Each student, registered for a course, shall be awarded grade on the
basis of his/her performance. The grades to be used and their
numerical equivalents are as under:
Choice Based Grading System

Grade %Marks range (based on Grade Point Description of

absolute marks system) performance
A+ 91-100 10 Outstanding
A 81-90 9 Excellent
B+ 71-80 8 Very Good
B 61-70 7 Good
C+ 51-60 6 Average
C 41-50 5 Satisfactory
D 31-40 4 Marginal
F 30 & below 0 Fail.
I 0 Incomplete.
W 0 Withdrawal

5.8 The Semester Grade Points Average (SGPA) and Cumulative Grade
Point Average (CGPA) shall be calculated as under:-
n

c p
i 1
i i
SGPA  n

c i 1
i

Where c i is the number of Credits assigned for the i th subject of a

Semester, p I is the grade point earned in the i th subject, where i =
1,2,….. n , is the number of subjects in that semester for which SGPA
is to be calculated.
m

 SG
j 1
j NC j
CGPA  m

 NC
j 1
j

here NCj is the number of total Credits assigned for the jth semester,
SGj is the SGPA earned in the jth semester, where j = 1,2,….. m, is the

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 number of semesters till which CGPA is being calculated.
Additional credits earned through MOOCS shall not be included in
SGPA/CGPA calculations.

5.9 The grade sheet at end of each semester shall include SGPA of that
semester and CGPA of all the semesters for which candidates has
appeared in the examinations and the results of which have been
declared. The final examination grade sheet at the end of final
semester examination of the course shall also indicate CGPA,
equivalent percentage marks and the division awarded, according to
the rule as given in clause 7.0 of this ordinance.

5.10 The grade sheet of the eighth semester shall only be issued after he
candidate has passed all the semester of the course.
6.0 CONDONATION OF DEFICIENCY
6.1 Deficiency up to five marks can be condoned to the best of the
advantage of the student for passing the examinations. The deficiency
can be condoned in maximum of two subjects (theory and practical of
the same subject shall be considered as two separate subjects, for the
purpose of condoning the deficiency).
6.2 A deficiency of 0.001 in CGPA can be condoned for a candidate who
have secured minimum passing grades in all the theory and practical
subjects but have failed to score minimum requirement of 5.0 CGPA
as per clause 4.2/4.5 of this ordinance.
6.3 On behalf of Vice-Chancellor a grace of 0.01 in CGPA will be
granted to a candidate, who at the end of the course, is missing
distinction/first division by 0.01 CGPA. However, this benefit shall
not be granted to a candidate who have already availed the
advantage/s under clause 6.1 and/or 6.2

7.0 AWARD OF DIVISION

7.1 Division shall be awarded only after completion of the course, on the
basis of integrated performance of the candidate in all the four years
as per following details
CGPA Score Divisions
CGPA ≥ 7.5 First Division with Distinction
7.5 > CGPA ≥ 6.5 First Division
6.5 > CGPA ≥ 5.0 Second Division

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7.2 The conversion from grade to an equivalent percentage shall be
according to the following formula applicable.
Percentage marks scored  CGPA obtained X 10

7.3 A candidate who has successfully completed the course as per the
provisions of this ordinance and has earned through MOOCs, 20
credits more than the minimum credits prescribed by the respective
board of studies (of that programme/course) for the award of Degree,
as per the provision of clause 3.5 of this ordinance, shall be
awarded B.Tech Degree with Honours or additional Minor
Engineering, in the same programme.

8.0 MULTIPOINT ENTRY AND EXIT CLAUSE

8.1 The Bachelor of Technology degree shall be of four-year duration
(Eight Semesters), with multiple entry and exit options within this
period.
8.2 The candidate can exit after the successful completion of one
academic year (Two semesters), followed by an exit 10-credit bridge
course(s) lasting two months, including at least 6-credit job-specific
internship/apprenticeship, as approved by the respective Board of
Studies. Such candidate will be awarded with the Certificate in a
discipline or a field as decided by the respective Board of Studies,
which will be equivalent to level 5 of National Higher Education
Qualification Framework (NHEQF) / National Skills Qualification
Framework (NSQF) and unified credit level of 4.5
8.3 The candidate can exit after the successful completion of first two
academic years (Four Semesters) followed by an exit 10-credit bridge
course(s) lasting two months, including at least 6-credit job-specific
internship/apprenticeship, as approved by the respective Board of
Studies. Such candidate will be awarded with Under Graduate
Diploma (in the particular discipline) or field as decided by the
respective Board of Studies, which will be equivalent to level 6 of
NHEQF/NSQF and unified credit level of 5.

8.4 The candidate can exit after the successful completion of first three
academic years (Six Semesters) followed by an exit 10-credit bridge
course(s) lasting two months, including at least 6-credit job-specific
internship/apprenticeship, as approved by the respective Board of
Studies. Such candidate will be awarded with Bachelor of Vocational
Education (B.Voc.) (in the particular discipline) or field as decided by

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 the respective Board of Studies, which will be equivalent to level 7 of
NHEQF/NSQF and unified credit level of 5.5

8.5 A candidate shall be awarded with Bachelor of Technology Degree (in

the particular discipline) after the successful completion of all the four
academic years (Eight Semesters).
8.6 A candidate shall also be eligible for award of Bachelor of
Technology with Honours or Bachelor of Technology with additional
minor engineering as per the clause 3.5 of the ordinance.
8.7 A candidate may avail an exit option at the end of any particular
academic year and can re-enter the program, as regular candidate in
the next year, at the beginning of any new academic session (i.e. only
during odd semesters), provided that he/she has successfully
completed all the previous year/s.
8.8 The re-entry of such candidates are subject to the condition that the
total number of candidate studying in a particular year, including such
re-entering candidates, shall not exceed 10% of the sanctioned intake
of the program excluding the supernumerary seats and that the gap
between each exit and entry level is not more than five years.
8.9 Due to above clause, if the number of candidates seeking re-entry is
more than the seats available than admission for the re-entering
candidates shall be on the basis of their CGPA of the qualifying year.
8.10 If a candidate is not able to seek re-entry due to above clause than
he/she can apply for re-entry during the subsequent academic
sessions.
8.11 If a candidate is seeking re-entry in a particular year, after a gap of
five years from its previous exit and is not able to get entry due to
clause 8.8 of this ordinance, the condition of maximum gap of five
years, as stipulated in clause 8.8 above shall not be applicable to such
candidates.
9.0 DURATION OF COURSE
9.1 There shall be at least fourteen weeks of teaching in every semester.
9.2 One credit shall be equal to one hour of theory/Tutorial or two hours
of practical classes per week.
9.3 A candidate may provisionally continue to attend next higher year,
even if, the result of qualifying year / semester has not been declared.
However, subsequently if he/she is not able to clear qualifying
semester examination, the candidate cannot claim any right on the
basis of his/her provisional admission.

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10.0 PROVISION OF INTERNSHIP DURING FOURTH YEAR.

10.1 A candidate who has been placed in a company, which is offering an

in job internship to the candidate during any or all the semesters of the
fourth year, can be permitted to attend the internship, provided that
the candidate shall earn credits equal to the credit of that semester
(excluding the major project) through equivalent MOOCs courses on
the SWAYAM portal or any other platform as approved by the
competent body of the University; however, such candidates shall be
required to complete the Major project and submit the thesis in the
Institution.
10.2 The Major Project shall be pertaining to his/her internship; for such
project work, candidate shall be required to take one Guide from the
department and another from the organisation where he/she is
undergoing the internship.
10.3 The decision about the equivalent courses shall be taken by the
respective Board of Studies.
10.4 The additional credits earned under the provision of clause 3.5 shall
not be counted for this purpose.
10.5 Clause 10.0 of this ordinance shall also be applicable for the students
admitted in final year from academic session 2022-2023.

11.0 MERIT LIST

11.1 Only after the declaration of the result of eighth (final) semester
examination, Branch wise merit list of first ten candidates in order of
merit, in all the four years shall be declared by the University. The
merit list shall include the first ten candidates who have secured at
least first division. Have passed each semester sequentially in first
attempt. However, while counting first ten candidates in order of their
merit, if more than one candidate have scored same CGPA then all
such candidates shall be included in the merit list.

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RAJIV GANDHI PROUDYOGIKI VISHWAVIDYALAYA
BHOPAL