Easwari Engineering College (Autonomous), Academic Regulations 2023 V1.0 – B.E. / B.

Tech Programmes

EASWARI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

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Academic Regulations 2023 - Highlights

Common to All B.E. / B.Tech. Full- Time Programmes

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS)

These regulations are applicable to students admitted into
B.E. / B. Tech. Programmes from the academic year 2023 –
2024 onwards.
Teaching - Learning
Objectives: R23 has been framed to provide the
needful scope for the learners through the CBCS
which offers flexibility to learners by including
interdisciplinary electives and industry based
courses.
Credits: Course work is measured in units called
credit hours or simply credits. The number of
hours of a course per week is the number of
credits for that course. One credit per lecture hour
per week is assigned for each theory course.
Laboratory, tutorial courses, etc., are assigned 0.5
credits per hour per week.

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Curriculum Structure: The suggested Course

Work (=165 Credits), from 19 to 24 credits /
Semester with built-in flexibility of +/- 20 %. Types
of courses are Humanities and Social Sciences
(HS), Basic Sciences (BS), Engineering Sciences
(ES), Professional Core (PC), Professional
Electives (PE), Open Electives (OE),
Employability Enhancement Courses (EEC),
Mandatory Courses (MC).
Electives: Professional electives are courses
offered by a department to the students of their
own branch and Open electives are courses
offered by other departments to widen the
student’s knowledge in interdisciplinary courses.
Mandatory Courses: Assessment will be done
for UG mandatory courses but it will not play a
role in CGPA calculation.
Online Course: Students are encouraged to do
Standing Committee approved 3 credit online
courses conducted by Swayam Platform where
regular assessments and examinations are
conducted. The students can opt for dropping
Profession Elective / Open Elective courses in
higher semesters in lieu of credits earned through
online courses. The credits earned through online
courses in Swayam platform can be transferred in
lieu of Professional Elective / Open Elective courses
with the approval of Standing Committee.

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Duration of the Programme: Each academic

year will consist of 2 semesters. The normal and
maximum permissible number of semesters for
Regular students is 8 & 14 semesters and for
Lateral Entry students is 6 and 12 semesters
respectively.
Class Coordinator (Advisor) is assigned to a
particular batch of students throughout their
period of study in order to motivate and closely
monitor the performance of the students. They
guide students to get enrolled and register for
courses of a semester.
Student Counsellor is assigned with certain
number of students and will guide / monitor the
courses chosen by the students, check
attendance and progress of the students and
counsel them periodically throughout their period
of study.
Class Committee meeting: (3 / semester) During
these meetings the student representatives shall
meaningfully interact and express opinions and
suggestions of the students of the class to
improve the effectiveness of the teaching-learning
process.
Course Committee (3 / Semester): Each
common course offered to more than one class
shall have a Course Committee, comprising the
entire faculty teaching the common course with
one of them nominated as Course Coordinator, to

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ensure common question paper is prepared for

the tests and uniform evaluation is carried out.
Project Work - Phase I of the project work will be
in the 7th semester and will purely be assessed
internally (minimum 2 assessment).Though there
is no End Semester Examination (ESE) for
Phase-I project, a project report is to be submitted
at the end of the semester. The grade point thus
obtained will be entered in the grade sheet of the
7th semester.
Project Work - Phase II: There shall be three
assessments for Phase II project. The evaluation
of the Project work at the end of the semester will
be based on the project report and a Viva-Voce
Examination by a team consisting of one internal
examiner and one external examiner.
Start up: In lieu of end programme project work,
the student can opt individually or in group for
initiating start up.
Co-curricular Activities for Co-curricular
activities such as National Cadet Corps (NCC)/
National Service Scheme (NSS) / NSO / YRC, a
Completed / Not Completed grading will appear
in the mark sheet. Every student who has opted
for the above courses shall put in a minimum of
75% attendance in the training and attend the
camp compulsorily. A Completed grade in the
above co-curricular activities is compulsory
for the award of degree

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Industry Supported Course: Students can opt

for 1 / 2 / 3 credit industry supported courses for a
minimum of 15 / 30 / 45 hours duration, which will
be offered by experts from industry on specialized
topics. One assessment examination will be
conducted by industry expert instead of ESE.
Earning of 3 credits through industry supported
courses will be taken in lieu of one professional
elective course.
Comprehensive Examination (for UG Students)
on a compulsory basis has to be taken up before
the start of 7th semester as a self study additional
course for three credits. A student can register for
this course only once, during the 7th semester. If
a student fails to pass the course, a second
attempt to write the examination of this course will
not be provided. Also the attempt made by the
student will not be reflected in the grade sheet. A
student who passes in the comprehensive
examination can drop one professional elective in
the 7th semester.
Guided Self-study: If a student, after his/her
second year study, has no history of arrears and
his/her CGPA is greater than 8.0, then s/he is
eligible to register for one professional elective
course (only once) as a guided self-study course
with the approval of Department Consultative
Committee (DCC).
Human Excellence courses like Yoga (with one
credit for each of the two courses in two different
semesters, 15 hours duration per semester) will
be offered. Evaluation is done through CAM.

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Passing minimum is 50% of CAM. Credits earned

will be considered for computing CGPA.
Internationalization Students are motivated to
take-up projects / internships / certifications /
courses in reputed universities abroad after 1 st
year of the programme.
Value Additions
Industry Visit: Every student is required to go for
at least one Industrial Visit every semester
starting from the first year of the Programme.
Value Added Courses: The Students may
optionally undergo “Value Added Courses” and
the credits earned (maximum of 2 one credit
courses or 1 two credit courses) through this,
shall be over and above the total credit
requirement prescribed in the curriculum for the
award of the degree.
Employability Enhancement Courses can be
evaluated through seminar/ case study which are
purely internal. At the end of Industrial / Practical
training / internship / Summer Project, the
candidate shall submit a certificate from the
organization where he / she has undergone
training and a brief report. The evaluation will be
made based on this report and a Viva-Voce
Examination will be conducted internally.

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Examinations
Course Registration: Each student has to
register for all courses to be undergone in the
curriculum of a particular semester (with the
facility to drop courses to a maximum of 6
credits). The student can also register for courses
for which the student has failed in the earlier
semesters. This registration is for undergoing the
course as well as for writing the ESEs. It is
mandatory to satisfy the pre-requisites (if any),
prescribed in the curriculum and syllabus to
register for courses. The courses having minor
projects should have working models.
Add / Drop Courses: From 4th to 8th semesters,
the student has the option of dropping existing
courses (not more than 6 credits) in a semester
within the first 5 instructional days, from the
commencement of a regular semester. The
student shall register for that the dropped courses
in the next given opportunity. Project work
(Phase-II) registration is only in final semester.
Requirements for Completion of a Semester:
Students shall secure not less than 75%
attendance course – wise with 10% exemption
(greater than or equal to 65% and less than 75%)
for the reasons i) Medical reasons ii) participation
in sports events or design competitions or NCC
and / or NSS activities. If a student has lack of
attendance in 4 or more courses (in one credit
courses are exempted) offered in a particular

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semester, the student will be detained in that

semester in both Theory and Practical courses.
Readmission is as per the norms of Anna
University / DOTE.
Retain / Re-earn CAM: To retain, Students have
to write the supplementary exams / End Semester
Exams when they are scheduled. To re-earn, re-
register by paying the prescribed fee for the
course when it is offered next. The existing CAM
will get nullified.
Requirements for Appearing for End Semester
Examinations: The student should satisfy the
attendance requirements and register for
examination in those courses of that semester by
paying the prescribed fee.
If a student fails to clear a course in four attempts
in a particular course, the CAM of that course will
cease to be counted from the fifth attempt. The
student has to appear for end semester
examinations and based on his/her performance
alone, the result will be declared.
Internal Marks will be awarded by conducting two
assessment Tests and assignments for all theory
courses. Performance of the student in each
laboratory exercise/experiment and model
practical exam will decide the internal marks for
practical course. There will be no minimum CAM
requirement in a course to register for the end
semester examinations.

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Retests shall be permitted only for genuine

reasons with the approval of HOD and Principal.
Retest is not permitted for improvement.
Withdrawal from Examination: A student may,
for valid reasons (medically unfit / unexpected
family situations), be granted permission to
withdraw (after registering for the examinations)
from appearing for any course or courses in the
end semester examinations, only once during the
entire duration of the degree programme.
System of Evaluation: The total marks for each
course (Theory and Practical) will be 100,
comprising two components i) CAM ii) ESE.
Special Supplementary Exam will be conducted
immediately after the results of 8 th semester
examination. Students who have completed 8 th
semester are eligible to register for all semester
arrear papers (maximum of six courses).
Passing minimum for all courses are i) 45% in the
ESEs ii) Minimum 50% of the grand total of CAM
and ESE marks put together.
Course Performance: The performance of a
candidate in a course is reported through letter
grade using relative grading principle as per the
guidelines specified by Anna University. Each
letter grade is assigned with certain grade points.
The letter grades and their grade points are “O”
(10), “A+” (9), “A” (8), “B+” (7), “B” (6), “C” (5).

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Attendance Performance: The percentage of

attendance calculated subject wise will be
indicated in grade sheet by a code letter H + (95%
and above), H (85 to 94%), M (75 to 84%) and L
(below 75%).
Classification of Degree: The degree awarded
to eligible students will be classified as i) First
class with distinction (CGPA >=8.5), ii) First class
(CGPA >=6.5) and iii) Second class (all other
students).

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