Admissions

Every student shall have a major adviser who shall be from the student's major field of study.The programme of study of the student will be chalked out by the major adviser and the advisory committee after taking into account the student's previous academic attainments as per rules.

1. Every student admitted to post-graduate program shall be required to complete the following requirements successfully

3. Credit Requirements (Minimum)

4. Ph.D (Course Work)

• 1. Each student will be required to take courses prescribed by his / her adviser / advisory committee spread normally over the first and second semesters in the major     and minor fields.
• 2. Seminars

  A student in Ph.D program shall deliver 2 seminars one each in 2nd and 3rd semesters, but before the preliminary examination and the combined grade shall be reported at the end of third semester. Ph.D students may also be required to take some classes and teach part of courses as part of their Ph.D program.

• 3. Preliminary examination

  Each candidate enrolled for Ph.D degree of the university shall be required to pass a preliminary exam after successful completion of all the prescribed courses including the seminars, whenever scheduled. The preliminary exam will be arranged only once in a semester. The pre exam shall consist of a written exam followed by an oral exam by an external examiner and advisory committee.

• 4. Adding or dropping of course

  A student may be allowed to add or drop a course during a semester up to the prescribed date for the same, which normally will be 2 weeks and 10 weeks from the date of commencement of semester for adding and dropping respectively.

5. Credit Requirements

5.1 Ph.D.

6. Maximum and minimum credit hour load in a semester

A full time regular student shall not be allowed to register for more than 15 credit hours and not less than 9 credit hours of courses in any semester. However, in the last semester of his course work he may be permitted to register upto 18 credit hours to complete the programme of study

7. Examination

• 1. There will be two mid-term one hour theory tests each of 20 marks in each course in every semester. A student shall be free to appear in one or both the tests but
•      the marks of one test (better performed of the two ) only will be counted for computing the final grade in that course.
• 1. First mid term test shall be held after completion of 15 classes or 1 / 3 of scheduled lectures / practicals or 33 percent of the syllabus prescribed in a semester.
       Second mid term test shall be held after completion of 30 classes or 2 / 3 of scheduled lectures / practicals or 66 percent of the syllabus prescribed in a semester.
• 2. There will be one final theory exam at the end of the semester of two hours duration conducted by the university.
• 3. There shall be practical exam at the end of the semester in the courses where ever prescribed and conducted by the teacher concerned.
• 4. The practical exam may be for 2 hrs. duration or more depending upon the course and the pattern of exam prescribed.
• 5. The distribution of marks in exam/tests in each course having both theory and practical parts shall be as follows :

  Mid term test	Course having theory and practical both	Course having only practical
  	20 marks	10 marks
  Final Theory	80 Marks	-
  Final Practical	50 Marks	40 marks

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  • 1. Distribution of marks in practicals shall be 65 per cent for practical work, 15 per cent for viva voce,10 per cent for practical record(day today assessment) and 10 per cent for attendance.
  • 2. The test / exam will not be postponed due to failure of electricity. Students are expected to make their own alternative arrangements for such emergency.
• 7. No special test / exam will be held for those students who miss the same on account of police custody or court attendance.
• 8. The coordination committee of the Vice Chancellor has decided that the decision to re-conduct exam in the paper in which students have staged walkout or boycotted shall vest in the Chancellor. The students therefore, need not approach the university authority in this matter.

8. Attendance Requirements.

• 1. A student shall be required to maintain a minimum of 75 per cent attendance from the date of registration in each course to appear in final semester exam. A further relaxation of 10 per cent on minimum attendance may be granted by VC on cogent grounds on recommendation by the Dean of the college.
• 2. En-masse absence from the classes shall not be ignored while counting the attendance for the semester.
• 3. Students who are deputed by the college / university authorities to represent the college/university in approved co-curricular activities e.g. Republic day parades,education,
  tours, games and sports etc. at college / district / state / national level, will be given the credit of attendance to the extent of the number of lectures delivered during the period devoted towards the journey and participation in connection with the aforesaid activities. The total periods of such absence from college shall not exceed 8 days in a semester.

9. Awards of grades and their significance.

OGPA =Σ(Grade point in a course x credit hrs of that course) / Σ (credit hrs of each course)

• 1. The final grade point in each course will be determined by combining the marks obtained in the test and the final exam as provided in each programme.
• 2. The final grading is done on 'Ten point Scale'.
• 3. Letter grades given have the following significance :

  Grades	Significance
  S	Satisfactory (for thesis only)
  US	Unsatisfactory (for thesis only)
  NC	Non-credit courses
  F	Fail
  W	Withdrawn
  R	Repeated
  I	Incomplete
  DE	Detained
  UM	Unfair Means




• 4. At the end of each semester an overall grade point average (OGPA) is calculated from the grade received in each course as follows :

• 5. A student who has achieved the minimum OGPA requirements (as mentioned under item 10.1) without having grade F / DE / UM in any course shall be deemed to be on good academic standing.
• 6. If a student fails to be on good academic standing at the end of a semester, he / she will be placed on a 'Scholastic probation' in the semester following it. he / she will be required to improve his / her OGPA by the end of the semester.

10. Minimum overall grade point average requirement for award of degree

• 1.
  • 1. M.Sc (Ag) 6.00/10.00
  • 2. Ph.D (course work) 6.00 / 10.00.
• 2. In order to pass a course, a student shall be required to secure minimum point 5.0 in M.Sc (Ag) and Ph.D. However, to pass in a semester and to earn the degree he/she must secure an OGPA of 6.00 / 10.00 points.
• 3. In non credit course, a student shall be required to maintain an OGPA of 6.00 / 10.00. However to pass a course a minimum of 5.00 points will be acceptable.

11. Minimum residential requirement and maximum permissible period

A student for Master's programme shall be required to complete a minimum period of 4 semesters for Master's or 5 semesters for Ph.D. In residence, respectively. This requirement for residence shall be 5 semesters (for master's) and 6 semesters (Ph.D), respectively for part time in-service students of SKRAU. A student whose program of study includes non-credit / deficiency courses may be required to be in residence for one semester extra. Further, a student shall have to complete all the requirements including submission of thesis within 8 and 12 semesters for Master's and Ph.D programs, respectively, which will also include period of scholastic probation's or temporary withdrawal from the semesters, failing which his/her admission shall stand cancelled.

Note : These are only the highlights of PG rules. For details, students are advised to consult the P.G regulations 2001 and amendments made their after.

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