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• What is the curriculum?

• What is the syllabus?

• What is the minimum and maximum duration of a B.Tech programme? Am I allowed to take a break during the programme?

• What is the minimum percentage of attendance a student should maintain in any course?

• What is the minimum CGPA for the award of B.Tech degree?

• What will happen if a student earns less than required no.of credits by the end of 4 years for a B.Tech programme?

• What are the rules for course registration and enrollment?

• What is Choice based Credit System (CBCS)?

• What is the typical range of credits one has to earn per semester?

• How many credits should a student earn for the award of B.Tech degree?

• What do you mean by credit system/ credit structure? What does 3-1-0-4 refer to?

• What does 0-0-4-2 indicate?

• Can a student earn more than the number of credits mentioned in the curriculum? Is there any limit to the number of credits that a student can do in a semester?

• Does credit structure also indicate the number of hours a student has to spend outside the classroom/laboratory?

• Are credit transfers available?

• What are core courses (PCC and PMC)?

• What are Professional Elective Courses (PEC and PME)?

• What are online elective courses?

• What are in-house courses?

• What are free Elective courses?

• Can a student pursue PEC/PME under NPTEL?

• Is a student permitted to do online elective courses offered by NPTEL?

• For elective courses, the number of credits vs the number of courses, which one should be given importance?

• Can a student register for 1-credit or 2-credit courses under NPTEL?

• A student has to earn 6 credits under elective courses, can he/she do one 4-credit in-house elective course and two 1-credit courses under NPTEL?

• As per the curriculum, a student has to credit one 4-credit free elective course, however all the courses offered by the department are 3-credit courses. How will a student earn the additional 1 credit/ shortage in credits.

• A student has exhausted the NPTEL credits, can he/she still credit some more NPTEL courses?

• Is there any criteria in choosing in-house/NPTEL elective courses?

• For a B.Tech, DD and M.Tech programme, what is the minimum number of credits to be earned under elective courses ?

• Is there any limit to the number of electives or the number of credits in electives that a student can do? Can a student do more than that?

• Is a student allowed to do two 2-credit courses (for example – in online) or in any other combination instead of 4 credit courses?

• What happens if I do extra credits in PEC, will they be accounted under Free Elective Course credits (ELC)?

• What happens if I do extra credits in Free elective course (ELC), will they be accounted under PEC?

• Are science elective courses mandatory?

• Can a student do a science elective course under NPTEL?

• A student has a credit shortage (earned 11 credits instead of 12 credits) in science-elective-courses credits, can he/she compensate it with PEC/ELC by crediting additional courses under PEC/ELC?

• Can excess credits earned under SEC be accounted under ELC?

• Are NPTEL elective courses mandatory?

• What is COT?

• Are design elective courses open to B.Tech?

• Where can a student check the elective course details like syllabus, prerequisites etc.?

• If a student has any query related to elective courses (registration / adding of courses etc) who should he/she approach?

• I am a student of Semester 5 and I do not have any elective courses in the current Semester as per the Curriculum. The semester 6 has an elective course in the Curriculum which I wish to credit now. Can I advance my elective course?

• I am a student of Semester 6 and I do have an elective course in the current Semester as per the Curriculum. Can I credit that course in Semester 7? Can I postpone my elective course to later semesters?

• Will a student get grades from NPTEL?

• Can a student drop an elective course in his / her semester if he / she feels a burden during that semester? If yes, what is the procedure?

• If a student gets less grade for a particular elective and in any other extra elective he/she gets a better grade, can he/she drop that elective or swap it with another elective that has a better grade?

• I have secured grade E in the core/elective course, can I repeat that course when it is offered the next time to improve my CGPA?

• A student failed (secured grade U) in a core course and he/she could not clear even after multiple supplementary exams. Can that course be replaced with some other course?

• A student has secured grade W (due to short fall in attendance) in a core course? What should the student do?

• A student has secured grade W in an elective course? Can that student drop that course and register for some other course?

• What happens if a student gets U grade in an elective course offered by either NPTEL or in-house?

• I failed in an NPTEL course, will the institute conduct supplementary examinations?

• If I complete the number of elective courses as per curriculum, will that be sufficient even if the total number of credits is less than required?

• What if I complete extra elective credits than what is required, do I get a chance to pick the best of them or will all the electives be considered for the grade sheet?

• Is there any categorization of NPTEL courses so that a student can follow that prior to registering for the course?

• Can 2nd sem students take in-house electives or online electives?

• What if a repeat course is not offered in a particular semester?

• Suppose a student has earned 2 credits extra in PEC. Whether these credits can be compensated for the deficit in the ELC credits?

• Should a student mandatorily register for exact number of elective courses in a particular semester as mentioned in his/her curriculum?

• Is a student allowed to take any elective from any year offered in that particular semester? For example -Can a 3rd year ME student take a 2nd year MSM course as PEC? Or as ELC?

• I want to repeat a course? Will the repeat option be available on the student portal?

• Can a PEC course in NPTEL be registered as ELC and later changed to PEC?

• What if a student wishes to do the following conversion of courses - PEC to Honors/ Honors to PEC / PEC to ELC /or ELC to PEC/ online ELC to online PEC etc.?

• What if a 3-credit course is offered as PEC? How a deficit of 1 credit be accounted for in PEC, if it arises?

• My CGPA is less than 5.0, what should I do?

• What are the grade letters (S/A/B/C etc.,) and equivalent grade points?

• What is the passing grade for a course?

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• What is an alternate evaluation scheme?

• What are make-up and supplementary examinations?

• What is Honors? What are the benefits of pursuing Honors?

• How many additional courses should we do for hons?

• Is it possible to drop Hons in between semesters?

• Can we do multiple courses under honors in a single semester?

• What is the minimum grade (S/A/B) that should be maintained in a Honors elective course?

• What happens to my Hons if my CGPA goes below 9 in the subsequent semester?

• If a student completes a 2-credit course, two 3-credit courses, and a 4-credit course for Honors, is the criteria for Hons fulfilled?

• Can Honors be awarded for a student who has a CGPA of at least 9.0 after the 5th semester or further if he does not have 9 CGPA by the end of 4th semester?

• My CGPA at the end of semester 4 is 9.1 and I had a backlog course in semester 2, which I successfully completed in semester 3. Am I eligible to register for Hons?

• If a student loses his Honors in 6th semester and again secured 9 CGPA at the end of 6th semester, will he be awarded Honors again?

• Can a student take minor/specialization along with Hons?

• Will the name of the Honors be mentioned on the degree Certificate?

• In grade sheet, whether courses taken as Honors will be mentioned as Honors courses?

• What is a Minor programme?

• Who is eligible for a minor programme?

• What are the eligibility criteria for a Minor Programme?

• Is there a minor in Computer Science and Engineering?

• Can a student studying in ECE do four PEC in the CSE domain to obtain a Minor in Computer Science and Engineering?

• Can a student change minors between semesters?

• A student registered for a minor in ML, failed to meet a GPA of 8.0/ has a backlog/ faced disciplinary action.

• Can a computer science student get a minor in Machine Learning, if he earns 16 credits of ML?

• How are the credits earned for Minor accounted?

• Can a student register for more than one minor programme?

• My CGPA is 9.0 and above at the end of Semester 4 with no backlogs/ disciplinary actions, can I register for both Honors and Minors?

• Can a student change Minors between semesters?

• What is the difference between Minor and Specialization?

• What are the requirements of Minor (Design)?

• What are Specializations?

• What Specialization programmes are offered by the Institute?

• Who is eligible for a Specialization programme?

• What are the eligibility criteria for a Specialization Programme?

• Can a student change Specialization between semesters?

• A student registered for a Specialization in VLSI and Microelectronics, failed to meet a GPA of 8.0/ has a backlog/ faced disciplinary action.

• Can we drop out of Specialization?

• Can a student register for Specialization and Minor?

• Can a student register for Specialization and Honors?

• How are the credits earned for Specialization accounted?

• Can a student register for more than one Specialization programme?

• Will the name of the specialization/minor be mentioned in the degree certificate?

• Who is eligible to apply for branch transfer?

• When should I apply for branch transfer?

• Can I apply for branch transfer after Semester 2?

• I have accepted Branch transfer at the end of Semester 1 and wish to cancel before the start of Semester 2.

• I am a dual degree student in CSE. I wish to move to B.Tech(CSE) or B.Tech(CSE-AI) under Branch transfer. Is it permitted.