Jawaharlal Nehru Technological

University Anantapur
(Established by Govt. of A.P., Act. No. 30 of 2008)

Ananthapuramu–515 002 (A.P) India

Academic Regulations (R20) for

B. Tech (Regular-Full time)
(Effective for the students admitted into I year from the Academic
Year 2020-2021 onwards)

and

Academic Regulations (R20) for

B.Tech(Lateral Entry Scheme)
(Effective for the students getting admitted into II year through Lateral
Entry Scheme from the Academic Year 2021-2022 onwards)
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERISTY ANANTAPUR

AMENDMENT
in
B.TECH. R20 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS
(As per AICTE guidelines)

Applicable for the Regular Students admitted from

the academic year 2021-22 onwards
and
for the Lateral Entry Students admitted from 2022-
23 onwards

1. The course on Universal Human Values which was

offered as a non-credit mandatory course will now be
carrying 03 credits

This is compulsory subject for all UG Degree Course in

Engineering & Technology, with 03 exclusive credits.
Hence the overall credits of curriculum are 163 credits
instead of 160 credits for regular and 124 credits instead
of 121 for lateral entry students.

It is offered in 3rd semester for all the disciplines of

Engineering & Technology

2. Environmental Science which is a non-credit mandatory

course will now be offered in 5th semester for all
disciplines of Engineering & Technology
 1. Award of the Degree
a) Award of the B.Tech. Degree
A student will be declared eligible for the award of the B.Tech. degree if he/she fulfils
the following:
i) Pursues a course of study for not less than four academic years and not more than
eight academic years. However, for the students availing Gap year facility this
period shall be extended by two years at the most and these two years would in
addition to the maximum period permitted for graduation (Eight years).
ii) Registers for 160 credits and secures all 160 credits.

b) Award of B.Tech. degree with Honours/Minor

A student will be declared eligible for the award of the B.Tech. with Honours/Minor
ifhe/she fulfils the following:
i) Student secures additional 20 credits fulfilling all the requisites of a B.Tech.
program i.e., 160 credits
ii) A student is permitted to register either for Honours or a Minor but not for both.
Registering for Honours/Minor is optional.
iii) Honours/Minor is to be completed simultaneously with B.Tech. programme.

2. Students, who fail to fulfil all the academic requirements for the award of the degree
within eight academic years from the year of their admission, shall forfeit their seat in
B.Tech. course and their admission stands cancelled. This clause shall be read along with
clause 1 a) i).

3. Courses of study:
The following courses are offered at present as specializations for the B. Tech. program
for non-autonomous, constituent& affiliated colleges from 2020-21

S. No. Name of the Program Program Code

1. Civil Engineering 01
2. Electrical and Electronics Engineering 02
3. Mechanical Engineering 03
4. Electronics and Communication Engineering 04
5. Computer Science and Engineering 05
6. Information Technology 12
7. Food Technology 27
8. Artificial Intelligence & Data Science 30
9. Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence) 31
10. Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science) 32
Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence
11. & Machine Learning) 33
12. Computer Science and Engineering (IoT) 35

and any other course as approved by the authorities of the University from time to time.
4. Admissions:
Admission to the B. Tech Program shall be made subject to the eligibility,
qualifications and specialization prescribed by the A.P. State Government/University
from time to time. Admissions shall be made either based on the merit rank obtained
by the student in the common entrance examination conducted by the A.P.
Government/University or any other order of merit approved by the A.P.
Government/University, subject to reservations as prescribed by the
Government/University from time to time.

5. Program related terms:

a) Credit: A unit by which the course work is measured. It determines the
number of hours of instructions required per week. One credit is equivalent to
one hour of teaching (Lecture/Tutorial) or two hours of practical work/field
work per week.
Credit definition:
1 Hr. Lecture (L) per week 1 credit
1 Hr. Tutorial (T) per week 1 credit
1 Hr. Practical (P) per week 0.5 credit
2 Hrs. Practical (Lab) per week 1 credit
b) Academic Year: Two consecutive (one odd + one even) semesters constitute
one academic year.
c) Choice Based Credit System (CBCS):The CBCS provides choice for students
to select from the prescribed courses.

6. Structure of the Undergraduate Programme

All courses offered for the undergraduate program (B. Tech.) are broadly classified as
follows:
S.No. Category Code Breakup of Credits
(Total 160)
1. Humanities and Social Science HS 10.5
including Management courses
2. Basic Science courses BS 21
3. Engineering Science Courses ES 24
4. Professional Core Courses PC 51
5. Professional Elective Courses PE 15
6. Open Elective Courses OE 12
7. Skill Oriented Courses SC 10
8. Internship, Project work PR 16.5
9. Non-credit Mandatory Courses MC Non credit

7. Course Classification:
All subjects/ courses offered for the undergraduate programme in E&T (B.Tech.
degree programmes) are broadly classified as follows. The University has followed
the guidelines issued by AICTE/UGC.
S.No. Broad Course Course Category Description
Classification
Includes mathematics, physics and chemistry
1. Foundation Foundation courses Courses; fundamental engineering courses; humanities,
Core Courses socialsciences and management courses
2. Professional Core Includes subjects related to the parent
Core Courses Courses (PC) discipline/department/branch of Engineering

Professional Elective Includes elective subjects related to the parent

Courses (PE) discipline/department/ branch of Engineering
3. Elective Open Elective Elective subjects which include interdisciplinary
Courses Courses (OE) subjects or subjects in an area outside the parent
discipline/ department/ branch of Engineering
Project & Project B.Tech. Project or Major Project
4. Internships Internships Summer Internships – Community based and Industry
Internships
Industry oriented Full Semester Internship
Covering subjects of developing desired attitude among
5. Audit Courses Mandatory noncredit the learners
courses

8. Programme Pattern
i. Total duration of the of B. Tech (Regular) Programme is four academic years
ii. Each academic year of study is divided into two semesters.
iii. Minimum number of instruction days in each semester is 90.
iv. There shall be mandatory student induction program for freshers, with a three-
week duration before the commencement of first semester. Physical activity,
Creative Arts, Universal Human Values, Literary, Proficiency Modules,
Lectures by Eminent People, Visits to local Areas, Familiarization to
Dept./Branch & Innovations etc., are included as per the guidelines issued by
AICTE.
v. All undergraduate students shall register for NCC/NSS/ activities. A student
will be required to participate in an activity for two hours in a week either
inthird or fourth semester. Grade shall be awarded as Satisfactory or
Unsatisfactory in the mark sheet based on participation, attendance,
performance, and behaviour. If a student gets an unsatisfactory grade, he/she
shall repeat the above activity in the subsequent years, to complete the degree
requirements
vi. Courses like Environmental Sciences, Universal Human Values,Indian
Constitution, Design Thinking for Innovation and Employability Skills is
offered as non-credit mandatory courses for all branches.
vii. Increased flexibility for students through an increase in the elective component
of the curriculum, with 05 Professional Elective courses and 04 Open Elective
courses.
viii. Professional Elective Courses, include the elective courses relevant to
thechosen specialization/branch. Proper choice of professional elective courses
can lead to students specializing in an emerging area within the chosen field of
study.
 ix. Student can opt for any open elective other than open elective offered by
his/her own department. While choosing the electives, students shall ensure
that they do not opt for the courses with syllabus contents similar to that of
their departmental core/elective courses.
x. A pool of interdisciplinary/job-oriented/domain skill courses which are
relevant to the industry are integrated into the curriculum of all
disciplines.There shall be 05 skill-oriented courses offered during III to VII
semesters. Among the five skill courses, four courses shall focus on the basic
and advanced skills related to the domain/interdisciplinary courses and the
other shall be a soft skills course.
xi. Students shall undergo mandatory summer internships, for a minimum of six
weeks duration at the end of second and third year of the programme. There
shall also be mandatory full internship in the final semester of the programme
along with the project work.
xii. Undergraduate degree either with Honours or a Minor is introduced by the
University for the students having good academic record
xiii. Each college shall take measures to implement Virtual Labs
(https://www.vlab.co.in) which provide remote access to labs in various
disciplines of Engineering and will help student in learning basic and
advanced concept through remote experimentation. Student shall be made to
work on virtual lab experiments during the regular labs.
xiv. Each college shall assign a faculty advisor/mentor after admission to a group
of students from same department to provide guidance in courses
registration/careergrowth/placements/opportunities for higher
studies/GATE/other competitive exams etc.
xv. Preferably 25% course work for the theory courses in every semester shall
be conducted in the blended mode of learning.

9. Evaluation Process
The performance of a student in each semester shall be evaluated subject wise with a
maximum of 100 marks for theory and 100 marks for practical subject. Summer
Internships shall be evaluated for 50 marks,Full Internship &Project workin final
semester shall be evaluated for 200 marks, mandatory courses with no credits shall be
evaluated for 30 mid semester marks.
i) For theory subject, the distribution shall be 30 marks for Internal Evaluation and
70 marks for the End-Examination.
ii) For practical subject, the distribution shall be 30 marks for Internal Evaluation and
70 marks for the End- Examination.
iii) If any course contains two different branch subjects, the syllabus shall be written
in two parts with 3 units each (Part-A and Part-B)
iv) If any subject is having both theory and practical components, they will be
evaluated separately as theory subject and practical subject. However, they will be
given same subject code with an extension of ‘T’ for theory subject and ‘P’ for
practical subject.
a) Continuous Internal Evaluation
i) For theory subjects, during the semester, there shall be two midterm examinations.
Each midterm examination shall be evaluated for 30 marks of which 10 marks for
objective paper with 20 objective type questions (20 minutes duration), 15 marks
for subjective paper (90 minutes duration) and 5 marks for assignment.
ii) Objective paper shall be set for maximum of 20 bits for 10 marks. Subjective
paper shall contain 3 either or type questions (totally six questions from 1 to 6) of
which student has to answer one from each either-or type question. Each question
carries 5 marks.
Note:
 The objective paper with 20 objective type questions shall be prepared in line with
the quality of competitive examinations questions.
 The subjective paper shall contain 3 either or type questions of equal weightage of 5
marks. Any fraction shall be rounded off to the next higher mark.
 The objective paper shall be conducted either online or offline by the respective
institution on the day of subjective paper test.
 If conducted offline, the midterm examination shall be conducted first by distribution
of the Objective paper, simultaneously marking the attendance, after 20 minutes the
answered objective paper shall be collected back. The student is not allowed to leave
the examination hall.
Then the descriptive question paper and the answer booklet shall be distributed. After
90minutes the answered booklets are collected back.
 The assignment shall contain numerical problems/software development. If subject is
purely descriptive and does not have any numerical problems, then essay type
question/term paper shall be given. It should be continuous assessment throughout the
semester. There shall be five assignments one for each unit and the average marks
shall be considered.
iii) If the student is absent for the mid semester examination, no re-exam shall be
conducted and mid semester marks for that examination shall be considered as
zero.
iv) First midterm examination shall be conducted for I, II units of syllabus with one
either or type question from each unit and third either or type question from both
the units. The second midterm examination shall be conducted for III, IV and V
units with one either or type question from each unit.
v) Final mid semester marks shall be arrived at by considering the marks secured
by the student in both the mid examinations with 80% weightage given to the better
mid exam and 20% to the other.For Example:
Marks obtained in first mid: 25
Marks obtained in second mid: 20
Final mid semester Marks: (25x0.8) + (20x0.2) = 24
If the student is absent for any one midterm examination, the final mid semester
marks shall be arrived at by considering 80% weightage to the marks secured by
the student in the appeared examination and zero to the other. For Example:
Marks obtained in first mid: Absent
Marks obtained in second mid: 25
Final mid semester Marks: (25x0.8) + (0x0.2) =20
b) End Examination Evaluation:
End examination of theory subjects shall have the following pattern:
i) There shall be 6 questions and all questions are compulsory.
ii) Question I shall contain 10 compulsory short answer questions for a total of
20marks such that each question carries 2 marks.
iii) There shall be 2 short answer questions from each unit.
a) In each of the questions from 2 to 6, there shall be either/or type questions of 10
marks each. Student shall answer any one of them.
iv) The questions from 2 to 6 shall be set by covering one unit of the syllabus for each
question.
End examination of theory subjects consisting of two parts of different subjects, for
Example: Basic Electrical &Electronics Engineering shall have the following pattern:
i) Question paper shall be in two parts viz., Part A and Part B with equal weightage of
35 marks each.
ii) In each part, question 1 shall contain 5 compulsory short answer questions for a total
of 5 marks such that each question carries 1mark.
iii) In each part, questions from 2 to 4, there shall be either/or type questions of 10 marks
each. Student shall answer any one of them.
iv) The questions from 2 to 4 shall be set by covering one unit of the syllabus for each
question
b) For practical courses, there shall be a continuous evaluation during the semester
for 30 sessional marks and end examination shall be for 70 marks. Day-to-day
work in the laboratory shall be evaluated for 15 marks by the concerned
laboratory teacher based on the regularity/record/viva and 15 marks for the
internal test. The end examination shall be conducted by the concerned laboratory
teacher and a senior expert in the subject from the same department.
In a practical subject consisting of two parts (Eg: Basic Electrical &Electronics
Engineering Lab), the end examination shall be conducted for 35 marks in each
part. Mid semester examination shall be evaluated as above for 30 marks in each
part and final mid semester marks shall be arrived by considering the average of
marks obtained in two parts.
c) For the subject having design and/or drawing, such as Engineering Drawing, the
distribution of marks shall be 30 for mid semester evaluation and 70 for end
examination.
Day-to-day work shall be evaluated for 15 marks by the concerned subject
teacher based on the reports/submissions prepared in the class. And there shall be
two midterm examinations in a semester for duration of 2 hours each for 15
marks with weightage of 80% to better mid marks and 20% for the other. The
subjective paper shall contain 3 either or type questions of equal weightage of 5
marks. There shall be no objective paper in mid semester examination. The sum
of day-to-day evaluation and the mid semester marks will be the final sessional
marks for the subject.
 The end examination pattern for Engineering Graphics, shall consists of 5
questions, either/or type, of 14 marks each. There shall be no objective type
questions in the end examination. However, the end examination pattern for other
subjects related to design/drawing is mentioned along with the syllabus.
d) There shall be no external examination for mandatory courses with zero credits.
However, attendance shall be considered while calculating aggregate attendance
and student shall be declared to have passed the mandatory course only when
he/she secures 40% or more in the internal examinations. In case, the student
fails, a re-examination shall be conducted for failed candidates for 30 marks
satisfying the conditions mentioned in item 1 & 2 of the regulations.
e) The laboratory records and mid semester test papers shall be preserved for a
minimum of 3 years in the respective institutions as per the University norms and
shall be produced to the Committees of the University as and when the same are
asked for.
10. Skill oriented Courses
i) There shall be five skill-oriented courses offered during III to VII semesters.
ii) Out of the five skill courses two shall be skill-oriented courses from the same
domain. Of the remaining three skill courses, one shall be a soft skill course and
the remaining two shall be skill-advanced courses from the same
domain/Interdisciplinary/Job oriented.
f) The course shall carry 100 marks and shall be evaluated through continuous
assessments during the semester for 30 sessional marks and end examination
shall be for 70 marks. Day-to-day work in the class / laboratory shall be
evaluated for 30 marks by the concerned teacher based on the
regularity/assignments/viva/mid semester test. The end examination similar to
practical examination pattern shall be conducted by the concerned teacher and an
expert in the subject nominated by the principal.
iii) The Head of the Department shall identify a faculty member as coordinator for the
course. A committee consisting of the Head of the Department, coordinator and a
senior Faculty member nominated by the Head of the Department shall monitor
the evaluation process. The marks/grades shall be assigned to the students by the
above committee based on their performance.
iv) The student shall be given an option to choose either the skill courses being
offered by the college or to choose a certificate course being offered by
industries/Professional bodies or any other accredited bodies. If a student chooses
to take a Certificate Course offered by external agencies, the credits shall be
awarded to the student upon producing the Course Completion Certificate from
the agency. A committee shall be formed at the level of the college to evaluate the
grades/marks given for a course by external agencies and convert to the equivalent
marks/grades.
v) The recommended courses offered by external agencies, conversions and
appropriate grades/marks are to be approved by the University at the beginning of
the semester. The principal of the respective college shall forward such proposals
 to the University for approval.
vi) If a student prefers to take a certificate course offered by external agency, the
department shall mark attendance of the student for the remaining courses in that
semester excluding the skill course in all the calculations of mandatory attendance
requirements upon producing a valid certificate as approved by the University.
11. MOOCs through SWAYAM Platform:
There shall be five professional elective courses and four open elective courses, which
are Choice Based Credit Courses (CBCC), offered from V semester onwards. Among
them, one elective course shall be pursued through MOOCs. The student shall register
for the course (Minimum of 12 weeks) offered by SWAYAM with the approval of
Head of the Department. The Head of the Department shall appoint one mentor to
monitor the student’s assignment submissions given by SWAYAM. The student
needs to earn a certificate by passing the exam. The student shall be awarded the
credits assigned in the curriculum only by submission of the certificate. Examination
fee, if any, will be borne by the student.
A Student must complete the SWAYAM MOOC course in all respects on or before 5 /
6 / 7 semester. Students' MOOC course score in terms of marks/grade/credits will be
counted in their 5/6/7 semester marks sheet as the case may be. Students who have
qualified in the proctored examinations conducted by the SWAYAM and apply for
credit transfer as specified are exempted from appearing internal as well as external
examination (for the specified equivalent credit course only) conducted by the
university.
Necessary amendments in rules and regulations regarding adoption of SWAYAM
MOOCS courses would be proposed from time to time.
Credit Equivalence for SWAYAM MOOCs Courses:
Courses of 04 weeks duration: 01 Credit
Courses of 08 weeks duration: 02 Credits
Courses of 12 weeks duration: 03 Credits
Courses of 16 weeks duration: 04 Credits
12. Credit Transfer Policy
Adoption of MOOCs is mandatory for all students, to enable Blended model of
teaching-learning as also envisaged in the NEP 2020. As per University Grants
Commission (Credit Framework for Online Learning Courses through SWAYAM)
Regulation, 2016, the University shall allow up to a maximum of 40% of the total
courses being offered in a particular Programme in a semester through the Online
Learning courses through SWAYAM platform (www.swayam.gov.in).
i) The University shall offer credit mobility for MOOCs and give the equivalent
credit weightage to the students for the credits earned through online learning
courses through SWAYAM platform.
ii) The online learning courses available on the SWAYAM platform will be
considered for credit transfer. SWAYAM course credits are as specified in the
platform.
 iii) Student registration for the MOOCs shall be only through the institution, it is
mandatory for the student to share necessary information with the institution
iv) Credit transfer policy will be applicable to the Professional & Open Elective
courses offered by the university under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS).
v) The institution shall select the courses to be permitted for credit transfer
through SWAYAM. However, while selecting courses in the online platform
institution would essentially avoid the courses offered through the
curriculumas it may otherwise lead to duplication and repetition of the same
course
vi) The University/institution shall notify at the beginning of semester the list of
the online learning courses eligible for credit transfer in the forthcoming
Semester.
vii) The institution shall also ensure that the student has to complete the course
and produce the course completion certificate as per the academic schedule
given for the regular courses in that semester
viii) The institution shall designate a faculty member as a Mentor for each course
to guide the students from registration till completion of the credit course.
ix) The university shall ensure no overlap of SWAYAM MOOC exams with that
of the university examination schedule. In case of delay in SWAYAM results,
the university will re-issue the marks sheet for such students.
x) Student pursuing courses under MOOCs shall acquire the required credits only
after successful completion of the course and submitting a certificate issued by
the competent authority along with the percentage of marks and grades.
xi) The institution shall submit the following to the examination section of the
university:
a) List of students who have passed MOOC courses in the current
semester along with the certificates of completion.
b) Undertaking form filled by the students for credit transfer.
xii) The university shall resolve any issues that may arise in the implementation of
this policy from time to time and shall review its credit transfer policy in the
light of periodic changes brought by UGC, SWAYAM, NPTEL and state
government.
Note: Students shall also be permitted to register for MOOCs offered through online
platforms other than SWAYAM / NPTEL. In such cases, credit transfer shall be
permitted only after seeking approval of the University at least three months prior to
the commencement of the semester.

13. Mandatory Internships

Summer Internships:
Two summer internships either onsite or virtual each with a minimum of six weeks
duration, done at the end of second and third years, respectively are mandatory. It
shall be completed in collaboration with local industries, Govt. Organizations,
construction agencies, Hydel and thermal power projects, software MNCs or any
 industries in the areas of concerned specialization of the Undergraduate program. One
of the two summer internships shall be society oriented and shall be completed in
collaboration with government organizations/NGOs& others. The student shall
register for the internship as per course structure after commencement of academic
year.
Evaluation of the summer internships shall be through the departmental committee. A
student will be required to submit a summer internship report to the concerned
department and appear for an oral presentation before the departmental committee
comprising of Head of the Department, supervisor of the internship and a senior
faculty member of the department. A certificate from industry shall be included in the
report. The report and the oral presentation shall carry 40% and 60% weightages,
respectively. It shall be evaluated for 50 external marks. There shall be no internal
marks for Summer Internship. A student shall secure minimum 40% of marks for
successful completion. In case, if a student fails, he/she shall reappear as and when
semester supplementary examinations are conducted by the University.
Full Semester Internship and Project work:
In the final semester, the student should mandatorily register and undergo internship
(onsite/virtual) and in parallel he/she should work on a project with well-defined
objectives. At the end of the semester the candidate shall submit an internship
completion certificate and a project report. A student shall also be permitted to submit
project report on the work carried out during the internship.
The project report shall be evaluated with an external examiner. The total marks for
project work 200 marks and distribution shall be 60 marks for internal and 140 marks
for external evaluation. The supervisor assesses the student for 30 marks (Report: 15
marks, Seminar: 15 marks). At the end of the semester, all projects shall be
showcased at the department for the benefit of all students and staff and the same is to
be evaluated by the departmental Project Review Committee consisting of supervisor,
a senior faculty and HOD for 30 marks. The external evaluation of Project Work is a
Viva-Voce Examination conducted in the presence of internal examiner and external
examiner appointed by the University and is evaluated for 140 marks
The College shall facilitate and monitor the student internship programs. Completion
of internships is mandatory, if any student fails to complete internship, he/she will not
be eligible for the award of degree. In such cases, the student shall repeat and
complete the internship.
14. Guidelines for offering a Minor
The main objective of Minor in a discipline is to provide additional learning
opportunities for academically motivated students and it is an optional feature of the
B. Tech. programme. Students who are desirous of pursuing their special interest
areas other than the chosen discipline of Engineering may opt for additional courses
in minor specialization groups offered by a department other than their parent
department and as defined by the respective department offering Minor program.
i) Minoris introduced in the curriculum of all B. Tech. programs offering a major
degree and is applicable to all B. Tech (Regular and Lateral Entry) students
 admitted in Engineering & Technology.
ii) Minor programs shall be offered in emerging technologies by the respective
departments or in collaboration with the relevant industries/agencies.
iii) A student shall earn additional 20 credits in the specified area to be eligible for
the award of B.Tech. degree with Minor. This is in addition to the credits
essential for obtaining the Undergraduate Degree in Major Discipline (i.e., 160
credits).
iv) A student is permitted to register for a Minor offered by a department other
than the parent departmentand as defined by the respective department
offering Minor program.
v) A student is permitted to select a Minor program only if the institution is
already offering a Major degree program in that discipline
vi) A student is permitted to register for Minor in IV semester after the results of
III Semester are declared and students may be allowed to take maximum two
subjects per semester pertaining to their Minor from V Semester onwards.
vii) The courses offered under Minor can have theory as well as laboratory
component. If a course comes with a lab component, that component is to be
cleared separately
viii) The Concerned Principal of the college shall arrange separate class work and
timetable of the courses offered under various Minor programs.
ix) Courses that are used to fulfil the student’s primary major may not be double
counted towards the Minor. Courses with content substantially equivalent to
courses in the student's primary major may not be counted towards the Minor.
x) Students can complete the courses offered under Minor either in the college or
in online platforms like SWAYAMwith a minimum duration of 12 weeksfor a
3-credit course and 8 weeks duration for a 2-credit course satisfying the
criteria defined for credit mobility. If the courses under Minor are offered in
conventional mode, then the teaching and evaluation procedure shall be
similar toregular B. Tech courses
xi) The attendance for the registered courses under Minor and regular courses
offered for Major degree in a semester are to be considered separately.
xii) A student shall maintain an attendance of 75% in all registered courses of
Minor to be eligible for attending semester end examinations.
xiii) A student detained due to lack of attendance and having backlogsin regular B.
Tech program shall not be permitted to continue Minor
xiv) A student registered for Minor in a discipline shall pass in all subjects that
constitute the requirement for the Minor degree programme.No class/division
(i.e., second class, first class and distinction, etc.) shall be awarded for Minor
degree programme.
xv) If a student drops or is terminated from the Minor program, the additional
credits so far earned cannot be converted into open or core electives; they will
remain extra. However, such students will receive a separate grade sheet
mentioning the additional courses completed by them.
 xvi) The Minor in a discipline will be mentioned in the degree certificate as
Bachelor of Technology in XXX with Minor in YYY. For example, Bachelor
of Technology in Mechanical Engineering with Minor in Machine Learning.
Enrolment into a Minor:
i) The enrolment of student into a Minor is based on the percentage of marks
obtained in the major degree program.
ii) Percentage of marks shall be taken up to III semester in case of regular entry
students and only III semester in case of lateral entry students. Students having
60% of marks without any backlog subjects will be permitted to register for a
Minor.
iii) If a student is detained due to lack of attendance in either Major or Minor
program, registration shall be cancelled
iv) Minimum strength required for offering a Minor offline in a discipline is
considered as 20% of the sanctioned intake. If a minimum enrolments criterion
is not met, then the students may be permitted to register for the equivalent
MOOC courses as approved by the concerned Head of the department
satisfying the criteria for credit mobility.
v) Transfer of credits from a particular Minor to regular B. Tech. and vice-versa
shall not be permitted
vi) Minor is to be completed simultaneously with Major degree program.
Registration for Minor:
i) The institution will announce specialization, eligibility and courses offered by
the departments under Minor and seek registrations in IV Semester, after the
results of III Semester are announced.
ii) The eligible and interested students shall apply through the HOD of his/her
parent department. The whole process should be completed within one week
before the start of every semester. Selected students shall be permitted to
register the courses under Minor.
iii) The selected students shall submit their willingness to the principal through
his/herparent department which shall be forwarded to the concerned
departments offering Minor. Both parent department and department offering
minor shall maintain the record of student pursuing the Minor.
iv) The students enrolled in the minor courses will be monitored continuously. An
advisor/mentor from parent department shall be assigned to a group of
students to monitor the progress.
v) There is no fee for registration of subjects under Minor program offered in
offline at the respective institutions.
15. Guidelines for offering Honours
The objective of introducing B.Tech. (Hons.) is to facilitate the students to choose
additionally the specialized courses of their choice and build their competence in a
specialized area in the UG level. The programme is a best choice for academically
excellent students having good academic record and interest towards higher studies
and research.
 i) Honours is introduced in the curriculum of all B. Tech. programs offering a
major degree and is applicable to all B. Tech (Regular and Lateral Entry)
students admitted in Engineering & Technology.
ii) A student shall earn additional 20 credits for award of B.Tech.(Honors)
degree from same branch/department/discipline registered for major degree.
This is in addition to the credits essential for obtaining the Undergraduate
degree in Major Discipline (i.e., 160 credits).
iii) A student is permitted to register for Honours in IV semester after the results
of III Semester are declared and students may be allowed to take maximum
two subjects per semester pertaining to the Honours from V Semester
onwards.
iv) The Concerned Principal of the college shall arrange separate class work
and timetable of the courses offered under Honours program.
v) Courses that are used to fulfil the student’s primary major may not be double
counted towards the Honours. Courses with content substantially equivalent to
courses in the student's primary Major may not be counted towards the
Honours.
vi) Students can complete the courses offered under Honours either in the college
or in online platforms like SWAYAM with a minimum duration of 12 weeks
for a 3-credit course and 8 weeks duration for a 2-credit course satisfying the
criteria for credit mobility. If the courses under Honours are offered in
conventional mode, then the teaching and evaluation procedure shall be
similar to regular B. Tech courses
vii) The attendance for the registered courses under Honours and regular courses
offered for Major degree in a semester are to be considered separately.
viii) A student shall maintain an attendance of 75% in all registered courses under
Honours to be eligible for attending semester end examinations.
ix) A student registered for Honours shall pass in all subjects that constitute the
requirement for the Honours degree program. No class/division (i.e., second
class, first class and distinction, etc.) shall be awarded for Honours degree
programme.
x) If a student drops or is terminated from the Honours program, the additional
credits so far earned cannot be converted into open or core electives; they will
remain extra. However, such students will receive a separate grade sheet
mentioning the additional courses completed by them.
xi) The Honours will be mentioned in the degree certificate as Bachelor of
Technology (Honours) in XXX. For example, B.Tech. (Honours) in
Mechanical Engineering

Enrolment into Honours:

i) Students of a Department/Discipline are eligible to opt for Honours program
offered by the same Department/Discipline
ii) The enrolment of student into Honours is based on the percentage of marks
 obtained in the major degree program. Percentage of marks shall be taken up
to III semester in case of regular entry students and only III semester in case of
lateral entry students. Students having 70% without any backlog subjects will
be permitted to register for Honours.
iii) If a student is detained due to lack of attendance either in Major or in Honours,
registration shall be cancelled
iv) Minimum strength required for offering Honours offline is considered as 20%
of the sanctioned intake. If a minimum enrolments criterion is not met, then
the students may be permitted to register for the equivalent MOOC courses as
approved by the concerned Head of the department satisfying criteria for
credit mobility.
v) Transfer of credits from Honours to regular B. Tech degree and vice-versa
shall not be permitted
vi) Honours is to be completed simultaneously with a Major degree program.
Registration for Honours:
i) The institution will announce courses offered by the departments under
Honours before the start of the semester.
ii) The eligible and interested students shall apply through the HOD of his/her
parent department. The whole process should be completed within one week
before the start of every semester. Selected students shall be permitted to
register the courses under Honours.
iii) The selected students shall submit their willingness to the Principal through
his/her parent department offering Honours. The parent department shall
maintain the record of student pursuing the Honours.
iv) The students enrolled in the Honours courses will be monitored continuously.
An advisor/mentor from parent department shall be assigned to a group of
students to monitor the progress.
v) There is no fee for registration of subjects for Honours program offered in
offline at the respective institutions.
16. Attendance Requirements:
i) A student shall be eligible to appear for the University external examinations if he/she
acquires a minimum of 40% attendance in each subject and 75% of attendance in
aggregate of all the subjects. b) Condonation of shortage of attendance in aggregate
up to 10% (65% and above and below 75%) in each semester may be granted by the
College Academic Committee.
ii) Shortage of Attendance below 65% in aggregate shall in NO CASE be condoned.
iii) A stipulated fee shall be payable towards condonation of shortage of attendance to the
University.
iv) Students whose shortage of attendance is not condoned in any semester are not
eligible to take their end examination of that class and their registration shall stand
cancelled.
 v) A student will not be promoted to the next semester unless he satisfies the attendance
requirements of the present semester. They may seek readmission for that semester
from the date of commencement of class work.
vi) If any candidate fulfils the attendance requirement in the present semester, he shall
not be eligible for readmission into the same class.
vii) If the learning is carried out in blended mode (both offline & online), then the total
attendance of the student shall be calculated considering the offline and online
attendance of the student.
viii) For induction programme attendance shall be maintained as per AICTE norms.

17. Promotion Rules:

The following academic requirements must be satisfied in addition to the attendance
requirements mentioned in section 14.
i) A student shall be promoted from first year to second year if he/she fulfils the
minimum attendance requirement as per university norms.
ii) A student will be promoted from II to III year if he/she fulfils the academic
requirement of securing 40% of the credits (any decimal fraction should be rounded
off to lower digit)up to in the subjects that have been studied up to III semester from
the following examinations, irrespective of whether the candidate takes the end
examination or not as per the normal course of study.
One regular and two supplementary examinations of I Semester
One regular and one supplementary examination of II Semester
One regular examination of III semester
iii) A student shall be promoted from III year to IV year if he/shefulfils the academic
requirements of securing 40% of the credits(any decimal fraction should be rounded
off to lower digit)in the subjects that have been studied up to V semester from the
following examinations, irrespective of whether the candidate takes the end
examination or not as per the normal course of study.
One regular and four supplementary examinations of I Semester.
One regular and three supplementary examinations of II Semester.
One regular and two supplementary examinations of III Semester.
One regular and one supplementary examination of IV Semester.
One regular examination of V Semester.
And in case a student is detained for want of credits for a particular academic year
by ii) & iii) above, the student may make up the credits through supplementary
examinations and only after securing the required credits he/she shall be permitted
to join in the V semester or VII semester respectively as the case may be.

iv) When a student is detained due to lack of credits/shortage of attendance he/she may
be re-admitted when the semester is offered after fulfilment of academic regulations.
In such case, he/she shall be in the academic regulations into which he/she is
readmitted.
18. Grading:
As a measure of the student’s performance, a 10-point Absolute Grading System using
the following Letter Grades and corresponding percentage of marks shall be followed:

After each course is evaluated for 100 marks, the marks obtained in each course will be
converted to a corresponding letter grade as given below, depending on the range in
which the marks obtained by the student fall.

Structure of Grading of Academic Performance

Range in which the marks Grade Grade points
in the subject fall Assigned
≥ 90 S (Superior) 10
≥ 80 < 90 A (Excellent) 9
≥ 70 < 80 B (Very Good) 8
≥ 60 < 70 C (Good) 7
≥ 50 < 60 D (Average) 6
≥ 40 <50 E (Pass Average) 5
<40 F (Fail) 0
Absent Ab (Absent) 0
i) A student obtaining Grade ‘F’ or Grade ‘Ab’ in a subject shall be
considered failed and will be required to reappear for that subject when it is
offered the next supplementary examination.
ii) For noncredit audit courses, “Satisfactory” or “Unsatisfactory” shall be
indicated instead of the letter grade and this will not be counted for the
computation of SGPA/CGPA/Percentage.

Computation of Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) and Cumulative Grade

Point Average (CGPA):
The Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) is the ratio of sum of the product of the
number of credits with the grade points scored by a student in all the courses taken by
a student and the sum of the number of credits of all the courses undergone by a
student, i.e.,
SGPA = Σ (Ci × Gi)/Σ Ci
where, Ci is the number of credits of the ith subject and Gi is the grade point
scored by the student in the ith course.

i) The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) will be computed in

the same manner considering all the courses undergone by a student
over all the semesters of a program, i.e.,
CGPA = Σ (Ci × Si)/ Σ Ci
where “Si” is the SGPA of the ith semester and Ci is the total number
of credits up to that semester.
ii) Both SGPA and CGPA shall be rounded off to 2 decimal points and
reported in the transcripts.
 iii) While computing the SGPA the subjects in which the student is
awarded Zero grade points will also be included.

Grade Point: It is a numerical weight allotted to each letter grade on a 10-point scale.
Letter Grade: It is an index of the performance of students in a said course. Grades are
denoted by letters S, A, B, C, D and F.

19. Award of Class:

After a student has satisfied the requirements prescribed for the completion of the
program and is eligible for the award of B. Tech. Degree, he/she shall be placed in one of
the following four classes:

Class Awarded Percentage of Marks to be secured

First Class withDistinction ≥70%
First Class < 70% ≥ 60%
Second Class <60% ≥ 50%
Pass Class <50% ≥ 40%

20. With–holding of Results

If the candidate has any dues not paid to the university or if any case of indiscipline or
malpractice is pending against him/her, the result of the candidate shall be withheld, and
the candidate will not be allowed/promoted into the next higher semester. The issue of
awarding degree is liable to be withheld in such cases.
21. Exit Policy
A student shall be permitted to exit with an undergraduate Diploma (in the field
of learning discipline applicable only for regular students) based on his/her request to
the University through the respective institution subject to passing all the courses offered
in first & second year.

A student shall be permitted to exit with a B.S. degree (in the field of learning discipline)
based on his/her request to the university through the respective institution subject to
passing all the courses offered in first, second and third years.

The University shall resolve any issues that may arise in the implementation of this
policy from time to time and shall review the policy in the light of periodic changes
brought by UGC, AICTE and State government.

22. Transitory Regulations

Discontinued, detained, or failed candidates are eligible for readmission as and when
the semester is offered after fulfilment of academic regulations. Candidates who have
been detained for want of attendance or not fulfilled academic requirements or who
have failed after having undergone the course in earlier regulations or have
discontinued and wish to continue the course are eligible for admission into the
unfinished semester from the date of commencement of class work with the same or
 equivalent subjects as and when subjects are offered, subject to Section 2 and they
will follow the academic regulations into which they are readmitted.
Candidates who are permitted to avail Gap Year shall be eligible for re-joining into the
succeeding year of their B. Tech from the date of commencement of class work,
subject to Section 2 and they will follow the academic regulations into which they are
readmitted.
23. Minimum Instruction Days for a Semester:
The minimum instruction days including exams for each semester shall be 90 days.
24. Medium of Instruction:
The medium of instruction of the entire B. Tech undergraduate programme in
Engineering &Technology (including examinations and project reports) will be in
English only.
25. Student Transfers:
Student transfers shall be as per the guidelines issued by the Government of Andhra
Pradesh and the University from time to time.
26. General Instructions:
a. The academic regulations should be read as a whole for purpose of any interpretation.
b. Malpractices rules-nature and punishments are appended.
c. Where the words “he”, “him”, “his”, occur in the regulations, they also include
“she”, “her”, “hers”, respectively.
d. In the case of any doubt or ambiguity in the interpretation of the above rules, the
decision of the Vice-Chancellor is final.
e. The University may change or amend the academic regulations or syllabi at any time
and the changes or amendments shall be made applicable to all the students on rolls
witheffect from the dates notified by the University.
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 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS (R20)
FOR B.TECH. (LATERAL ENTRY SCHEME)
(Effective for the students getting admitted into II year through Lateral Entry Scheme
from the Academic Year 2021-2022 onwards)

1. Award of B.Tech. Degree

A student admitted in Lateral Entry Scheme (LES) will be declared eligible for the
award of the B.Tech degree if the student fulfils the following academic regulations:
a) Pursues a course of study for not less than three academic years and not more
than six academic years.
b) Registers for 121 credits and secures all 121 credits from II to IV year of Regular
B. Tech. program.

2. Students, who fail to fulfil the requirement for the award of the degree within six
consecutive academic years from the year of admission, shall forfeit their seat.

3. Minimum Academic Requirements:

The following academic requirements have to be satisfied in addition to the requirements
mentioned in item no.4
i. A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the minimum academic requirements
and earned the credits allotted to each theory, practical, design, drawing subject or
project if he secures not less than 35% of marks in the end examination and a
minimum of 40% of marks in the sum total of the mid semester evaluation and
end examination taken together.
ii. A student shall be promoted from third year to fourth year only if the student
fulfils the academic requirements of securing 40% of credits
(any decimal fraction should be rounded off to lower digit) from the following
examinations, irrespective of whether the candidate takes the end examination or
not as per the normal course of study.
a. One regular and two supplementary examinations of III semester.
b. One regular and one supplementary examination of IV semester.
c. One regular examination of V semester.
And in case if student is already detained for want of credits for particular academic
year, the student may make up the credits through supplementary exams of the
above exams before the commencement of IV year I semester class work of next
year.

4. Course Pattern
4.1. The entire course of study is three academic years on semester pattern.
4.2. A student eligible to appear for the end examination in a subject but absent at it
or has failed in the end examination may appear for that subject at the next
supplementary examination offered.
 4.3. When a student is detained due to lack of credits/shortage of attendance the
student may be re-admitted when the semester is offered after fulfilment of
academic regulations, the student shall be in the academic regulations into which
he/she is readmitted.

5. All other regulations asapplicable for B. Tech. Four-year degree course (Regular) will
hold good for B. Tech. (Lateral Entry Scheme).

6. There shall be a bridge course in Mathematics with zero credits in III semester for all
disciplines. The course work is conducted for 20 Hrs in the semester and there shall be
no examination conducted for the course.

5. Lateral Entry Students shall compulsorily pursue mandatory non-credit courses

Environmental Science and Universal Human Values either in III semester or IV
semester.
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 RULES FOR

DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR MALPRACTICES / IMPROPER CONDUCT IN EXAMINATIONS

Nature of Malpractices/Improper conduct Punishment

If the candidate:

1.(a) Possesses or keeps accessible in examination hall, any Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation
paper, note book, programmable calculators, Cell of the performance in that subject only.
phones, pager, palm computers or any other form of
material concerned with or related to the subject of the
examination (theory or practical) in which he is
appearing but has not made use of (material shall
include any marks on the body of the candidate which
can be used as an aid in the subject of the
examination)

(b) Gives assistance or guidance or receives it from any Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation
other candidate orally or by any other body language of the performance in that subject only of all the
methods or communicates through cell phones with candidates involved. In case of an outsider, he will be
any candidate or persons in or outside the exam hall in handed over to the police and a case is registered
respect of any matter. against him.

2. Has copied in the examination hall from any paper, Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation
book, programmable calculators, palm computers or of the performance in that subject and all other
any other form of material relevant to the subject of subjects the candidate has already appeared
the examination (theory or practical) in which the including practical examinations and project work and
candidate is appearing. shall not be permitted to appear for the remaining
examinations of the subjects of that semester/year. The
Hall Ticket of the candidate is to be cancelled and sent
to the University.

3. Impersonates any other candidate in connection with The candidate who has impersonated shall be expelled
the examination. from examination hall. The candidate is also debarred
for four consecutive semesters from class work and all
University examinations. The continuation of the
course by the candidate is subject to the academic
regulations in connection with forfeiture of seat. The
performance of the original candidate who has been
impersonated, shall be cancelled in all the subjects
of the examination (including practicals and project
work) already appeared and shall not be allowed to
appear for examinations of the remaining subjects of
that semester/year. The candidate is also debarred for
four consecutive semesters from class work and all
University examinations, if his involvement is
established. Otherwise, the candidate is debarred for
two consecutive semesters from class work and all
University examinations. The continuation of the
course by the candidate is subject to the academic
regulations in connection with forfeiture of seat. If
the imposter is an outsider, he will be handed over to
the police and a case is registered against him.
4. Smuggles in the Answer book or additional sheet or Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation
takes out or arranges to send out the question paper of performance in that subject and all the other
during the examination or answer book or additional subjects the candidate has already appeared
sheet, during or after the examination. including practical examinations and project work and
shall not be permitted for the remaining examinations
of the subjects of that semester/year. The candidate is
also debarred for two consecutive semesters from class
work and all University examinations. The
continuation of the course by the candidate is
subject to the academic regulations in connection
with forfeiture of seat.
5. Uses objectionable, abusive or offensive language in Cancellation of the performance in that subject only.
the answer paper or in letters to the examiners or
writes to the examiner requesting him to award pass
marks.

6. Refuses to obey the orders of the Chief In case of students of the college, they shall be expelled
Superintendent /Assistant - Superintendent /any from examination halls and cancellation of their
officer on duty or misbehaves or creates disturbance of performance in that subject and all other subjects the
any kind in and around the examination hall or candidate(s) has (have) already appeared and shall not
organizes a walk out or instigates others to walk out, or be permitted to appear for the remaining
threatens the officer-in charge or any person on duty in examinations of the subjects of that semester/year. If
or outside the examination hall of any injury to his the candidate physically assaults the invigilator/
person or to any of his relations whether by words, officer-in-charge of the Examinations, then the
either spoken or written or by signs or by visible candidate is also debarred and forfeits his/her seat. In
representation, assaults the officer-in-charge, or any case of outsiders, they will be handed over to the police
person on duty in or outside the examination hall or and a police case is registered against them.
any of his relations, or indulges in any other act of
misconduct or mischief which result in damage to or
destruction of property in the examination hall or any
part of the College campus or engages in any other act
which in the opinion of the officer on duty amounts to
use of unfair means or misconduct or has the tendency
to disrupt the orderly conduct of the examination.
7. Leaves the exam hall taking away answer script or Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation
intentionally tears of the script or any part thereof of performance in that subject and all the other subjects
inside or outside the examination hall. the candidate has already appeared including
practical examinations and project work and shall not
be permitted for the remaining examinations of the
subjects of that semester/year. The candidate is also
debarred for two consecutive semesters from class
work and all University examinations. The
continuation of the course by the candidate is
subject to the academic regulations in connection
with forfeiture of seat.
8. Possess any lethal weapon or firearm in the Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation
examination hall. of the performance in that subject and all other subjects
the candidate has already appeared including
practical examinations and project work and shall not
be permitted for the remaining examinations of the
subjects of that semester/year. The candidate is also
debarred and forfeits the seat.
9. If student of the college, who is not a candidate for the Student of the colleges expulsion from the examination
particular examination or any person not connected hall and cancellation of the performance in that subject
with the college indulges in any malpractice or and all other subjects the candidate has already
improper conduct mentioned in clause 6 to 8. appeared including practical examinations and project
work and shall not be permitted for the remaining
 examinations of the subjects of that semester/year. The
candidate is also debarred and forfeits the seat. Person
(s) who do not belong to the College will be handed
over to police and, a police case will be registered
against them.
10. Comes in a drunken condition to the examination hall. Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation
of the performance in that subject and all other subjects
the candidate has already appeared including practical
examinations and project work and shall not be
permitted for the remaining examinations of the
subjects of that semester/year.
11. Copying detected on the basis of internal evidence, Cancellation of the performance in that subject only or
such as, during valuation or during special scrutiny. in that subject and all other subjects the candidate has
appeared including practical examinations and project
work of that semester / year examinations, depending
on the recommendation of the committee.
12. If any malpractice is detected which is not covered in
the above clauses 1 to 11 shall be reported to the
University for further action to award suitable
punishment.

Malpractices identified by squad or special invigilators

1. Punishments to the candidates as per the above guidelines.
2. Punishment for institutions : (if the squad reports that the college is also involved in
encouraging malpractices)
3. A show cause notice shall be issued to the college.
4. Impose a suitable fine on the college.
5. Shifting the examination centre from the college to another college for a specific period
of not less than one year.

Note:-
Whenever the performance of a student is cancelled in any subject/subjects due to Malpractice,
he has to register for End Examinations in that subject/subjects consequently and has to fulfil all
the norms required for the award of Degree.

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