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GUIDELINES FOR
NON-TEACHING CREDIT
COURSES/ SUPERVISED
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
(NTCCs / SIL)
(Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring,
Assessment & Grading)

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G-32: GUIDELINES FOR NON- TEACHING CREDIT COURSES (NTCCs)/
SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT LEARNING (SIL)
(Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading)

1. INTRODUCTION

The academic philosophy of Amity University revolves around student centric learning, which takes
into consideration their varied learning needs and significantly accelerates their retention of both
knowledge and skills. It inspires and gives the chance to the student to operate, manage and monitor
his/her own learning process under the supervision and the guidance of a faculty supervisor, so that
he/she could train himself to be independent and develop oneself to be a good professional.

Non-Teaching Credit Courses (NTCCs) / Supervised Independent Learning (SIL) have proved
to be great tools to achieve the objectives of student centric learning. Following are attributes of Non-
Teaching Credit Courses (NTCCs) / Supervised Independent Learning (SIL):

• NTCCs / SIL are part of Programme Structure and are compulsory.

• have credit units assigned to them.
• not conducted as regular class lecture, lab practical or tutorial
• are self-exploratory / application oriented /field work oriented in nature.
• are done under the supervision/guidance of faculty guide and/or external guide depending
upon the place of course being undertaken.
• conducted during the summer break or during the semester.
• allows students to pursue their area of interest to greater depth.
• help students to relate theory to actual practice in the industry.
• help students to be innovative, creative and through independent study.

The courses are conducted either at institution, industry, other research labs or universitiesin
India and abroad.

2. OBJECTIVES OF NON-TEACHING CREDIT COURSES / SUPERVISED

INDEPENDENT LEARNING (SIL)

There are certain phases of every student’s professional development that cannot be effectively taught
in the academic environment. These facets can only be learned through direct, on-the-job experience
working with successful professionals and experts in the field.

The internship program can best be described as an attempt to institutionalize efforts to bridge
the gap between the professional world and the academic institutions. Entire effort in NTCC /
SIL is in terms of extending the program of education and evaluation beyond the classroom/laboratory
of a university or institution.

1Approved by the Academic Council at its 16th meeting held on 14 October 2013 & Executive Council at
its 12th meeting ( Item No 12.27- W ) held on 1st November 2013& again amended vide 13th Executive
Council at its 13th meeting ( Item No 13.21) held on 25th August 2014

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The objectives of the NTCCs / SIL are

• To provide an opportunity to students to demonstrate the ability to devise, select and

use a range of methodologies and tools to the chosen/given project, applying the theoretical
knowledge to a real-life situation.

• Experiential Learning outside classroom through self-exploration, practical experience,

Industry, field experience, live experience, research, design projects etc.

• The learning process in the NTCC /SIL seeks out and focuses attention on many latent
attributes, which do not surface in the normal classroom situations.

• Research and its importance in experiential learning through NTCC / SIL. These
experiential learning attributes through NTCC include:

– Intellectual ability,
– Professional judgment and decision-making ability,
– Inter-disciplinary approach,
– Skills for data handling,
– Ability in written and oral presentation,
– Sense of responsibility
– Developing professional Skills
– Application of theory, concepts in given industry /practical / field scenario

3. NON-TEACHING CREDIT COURSES/ SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT

LEARNING DURING SUMMER BREAK

• Summer Internship/Industry Internship: Summer internship / Industry Internship

program is an integral part of the academic curriculum of most of the programmes. It
aims at widening the student's perspective by providing an exposure to real life
organizational and environmental situations. This enables the students to explore an
industry/organization, build a relationship with a prospective employer, or simply
enhance their skills in a familiar field. The internship also provides invaluable
knowledge and networking experience to the students.

Ideally the duration of the Industry internship is six to eight weeks. However, in some cases
this period could be extended, but not more than 18 weeks (or as specified by the regulatory
body of the program)

–
Design/Planning Thesis: Shall be governed as per the directives of the Regulatory body
(e.g. CoA, AICTE etc.)
– SIL – Supervised Independent Learning: May be conducted as per the requirements of
the Regulatory body.
4. CREDIT UNITS

a) The credit units of NTCCs / SIL is 3 credits depending upon nature, level and duration of
NTCCs /SIL as given below
b)

[Link]. Course Credit Units

Title
1 Industry/Summer Training/Internship/ Assignment 01 - 26
2 Minor Project 01 – 02
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b)NTCC during the Semester

i. Laboratory based / Research based/ Projects / Internship
Number of hours assigned for one credit of the NTCC during the semester for laboratory based/
research-based projects/internships will be as per the table below: student have to work for full 15 weeks
during the semester or beyond till publication of paper from the NTCC/SIL work:
Category Course Category Credits Hours/Week Minimum Hours of
for 1 Credit Engagement in a
Semester
NTCC Laboratory based/ 3 hours/week for 45 Hours
During the Research based/ minimum 15 weeks
Semester Projects / Internship

For NTCC of 1 credit in category of Lab based/Library based/Projects/Internship, there will be one week of
topic selection and synopsis preparation, 1 WPR for the work and 1 week for report preparation.
ii. Field based / Survey based
Number of hours assigned for one credit of the NTCC during the semester for field work/survey based will be as
per the table below: student have to work for full 15 weeks or beyond till publication of paper from the
NTCC/SIL work.

Category Course Category Credits Minimum Hours of

Hours/Week for 1 Engagement in a Semester
Credit
NTCC During the Field 5 hours/week for 75 Hours
Semester Based/Survey minimum 15 weeks
based

For NTCC of 1 credit in category of Field based/Survey based, there will be two (2) weeks of topic
selection and synopsis preparation, 2 WPRs for the work and one (1) week for report preparation.

c)NTCC During Summer Break.

Summer Break Internship/NTCC will be of duration 4-6 weeks for UG and 6-8 Weeks for PG.
Category Course Category Duration of NTCC Remarks
UG 4 to 6 Weeks • Duration of NTCC
NTCC During irrespective of credits
Summer Break PG 6 to 8 weeks • Hours of relevant Regulatory
body to be adhered

Includes one (1) week of topic selection and synopsis preparation, and one week of report preparation (in
case of up to 3 credit units), and two weeks of report preparation (in case of more than 3 credit units)

d) Faculty guides must ensure the minimum efforts put in by students commensurate with the
prescribed credit units of a course.

e) Practical Training (For Architecture, Planning, and Design)

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- Practical Training/Internship of 24 Credit Units as per the Statutory body guidelines.
- 24 credits x 30 hrs. per credit = 720 hours = 90 days [18weeks x 5days x 8 hours]

f) For other domains for 3 credit units = 3x30 hours = 90 hours minimum

5. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

5.1 The student learning outcomes are very critical for every course and are to be aligned with Program
Learning Outcomes (PLOs) to attain specific graduate attributes. Therefore, NTCC/SIL Course
Learning Outcomes (CLOs) must be clearly defined keeping in mind the programme objectives and
course objectives.

5.2 Work carried out under NTCC/SIL should be converted into published paper / book chapter/ patent / copyright.
Work done is to be published in Indexed journal / conference proceedings / edited book. For Engineering, Science
& Technology, Biotechnology, Natural Resources, Health & Allied Sciences domains, students’ paper to be
published in Scopus / SCI journal / proceedings and for other domains, in Scopus/SCI/UGC care peer reviewed
indexed journal or conference proceedings.
6. ISSUES IN CONDUCTING OF NTCC/SIL

a) NTCC/SIL registration not done within time limit given in the NTCC /SIL Calendar
b) Non-Submission of synopsis, WPRs, Final Reports per timelines given in NTCC /SIL Calendar
c) Lack of Clarity of objectives
d) Lack of Clarity about Expectations
e) Lack of proper guidelines about conduct of course
f) Lack of clarity about NTCC/SIL due to not reading the NTCC/SIL guidelines
g) Relationship between objectives, methodology, output, quality and credit units
h) Commencement & Duration
i) Progress Monitoring & Report
j) Role of Faculty & Guidance
k) Not meeting the faculty guide as per schedule planned and directed by the guide
l) Discipline & deadlines
m) Originality of Work / Plagiarism
n) Output and Quality
o) Evaluation Scheme
p) Non-Submission of marks on time
q) Conduct of back paper of a NTCC/SIL

7. GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF NON-TEACHING CREDIT COURSES

Irrespective of the nature of the NTCCs / SIL, these guidelines are described as Guidelines for all
the NTCCs / SIL. The guidelines give a methodical approach to NTCC that will ensure effective
supervision and manage student expectations to improve student learning experience. It aims:

• To provide a systematic approach to NTCCs / SIL across the university.

• To provide students taking NTCC / SIL with a valuable learning experience.
• To enable students to develop as independent learners
• To promote the dissemination of effective practice.
• To support faculty guides in the supervision, progress monitoring and assessment of NTCC/ SIL.
• To enable students to follow prescribed guidelines for the course.

a) These Guidelines apply to all NTCC’s / SIL and provides information to both faculty-guides and
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students, on roles and responsibilities, the conduct & monitoring process, supervision, assessment
, submission ,Plagiarism policy and Outcome of NTCC/SIL.

b) The prime responsibility for managing the NTCC / SIL lies with the student and the faculty guide.
A faculty guide will be identified for each student.

c) There will be clarity regarding the role and responsibilities of the student, faculty guide, and
external guide and NTCC / SIL Review committee.

d) These guidelines do not offer guidance on detailed methodology, lab experiments, field work
or analysis of data. These aspects of each NTCC / SIL must be defined separately by the
Institution/Faculty of studies as per the Regulations/Guidelines of the University.

7.1 Briefing the Students about NTCC / SIL Regulations & Guidelines

A briefing session for all the students and concerned faculty guides must be organized by the
institutions well in advance so that the students and faculty guides are able to prepare well &
proceed for the course as per guidelines. For example, the briefing for Project / Dissertation in
final semester for UG / PG students must be done in mid of odd semester of the academic session
so that the students are able to finalize:

(i) the broad area of work of NTCC/SIL, and

(ii) the industry/research lab/ external university on their own or with the help of
Institution for NTCC/SIL.

The Guidelines for concerned NTCC / SIL must also be uploaded on AMIZONE for students
and faculty guides.

7.2 Roles and Responsibilities of students

a) Students must register for NTCC/SIL within 14 days from the commencement of semester and
start NTCC/SIL work on time and to avoid late fine due to delays.
b) Student shall attend NTCC/SIL orientation conducted by institutional NTCC/SIL
Coordinator/HoI.
c) Student shall report to the assigned faculty guide immediately, after completing NTCC/SIL
registration.
d) Student shall read the NTCC/SIL guidelines thoroughly.
e) Student shall discuss the research area and title with respective faculty guide to prepare and
submit synopsis within one week of NTCC/SIL commencement.
f) Student shall maintain diary entries for all meetings with the supervisor and guidance received
on the selected topic. These diary entries are to be submitted to respective faculty guide along
with final report.
g) act responsibly and professionally during fieldwork /industry internship/work in external labs
etc.
h) make use of AUUP guidelines / regulations to plan and monitor progress of the NTCC, to
maximize the benefit of tutorial support, and to implement the feedback and approved action plan
for development of the project.
i) recognize ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to plagiarism
j) Student shall start making the final draft after Mid-semester Progress Review under guidance of
supervisor.
k) Before submission of final draft to the supervisor, student shall check plagiarism at least two
times using any good plagiarism software and finalize the plagiarism free final draft.
l)Student shall translate the outcome of NTCC/SIL courses in the form of paper to be published
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in indexed journal/conference proceedings or any other form of IPR (patent, book chapter, copyright
etc.)
m)Student shall submit NTCC Completion Certificate to their faculty guides at the time of submission
of NTCC Final report.

7.3 Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Guide/Supervisor

To advise the students:

a) faculty guide shall ensure completion of NTCC/SIL registration before the last date. Late
registration fee starts from the next day of commencement date, if not registered.
b) clarity in line of action to be given to the students in the first meeting itself.
c) to read NTCC/SIL guidelines thoroughly.
d) about NTCC/SIL topics, NTCC/SIL Calendar, diary entries to keep records of the meetings
with the supervisor, day of the week to submit WPRs, Title and Synopsis upload deadlines to
be met.
e) discussion with the students for broad area of research, topic selection, taking in account
student’s aspirations.
f) Literature review/problem analysis/resources/methodologies / to be guided in first two weeks
to attain desired NTCC/SIL course learning outcome.
g) guidance to make synopsis and uploading of synopsis for guide approval.
h) to assist the student in identifying problems/issues and suggest/agree on specific action,
to address risk assessments, where appropriate.
i) referencing / plagiarism as per policy
j) ethical practice, as appropriate
k) information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning, monitoring progressof the
NTCC work and presentation of NTCC / SIL.
l) to discuss and give feedback on weekly progress report of NTCC/ SIL on weekly basis
m) to offer feedback on partial versions of NTCC / SIL
n) to maintain regular supervisory contact
o) to contact any student who fails to attend supervisory sessions.
p) faculty guide shall interact with industry guides on a regular basis.
q) to ensure the external guide submits the assessment report on time.
r) faculty guide must discuss and guide students about the outcome of NTCC – in form of
Research paper, copyright, book chapter, patent.
s) faculty guide shall upload NTCC Completion Certificate (submitted by students) on Amizone
after verification. The online verification of NTCC Completion Certificate is linked with
online uploading of NTCC marks.

7.4 Finalization of Place to undertake NTCC / SIL Course (institution or outside inindustry,
research labs, other universities etc.)

a) The NTCC / SIL can be done at the Institution or outside facilities as per the nature of
the course/choice of student. Certain courses can be done at both internally or externally.
Further, certain courses can only be done in industry, such as Industry internship, Social work,
Clinical Psychology & legal practice etc.
b) The Institution NTCC / SIL Committee will decide the place of work.
c) The student is given the choice to either arrange the external organization for NTCC /
SIL on his own or avail the institutional facilities.
d) If the training/project etc. is organized by the institution in an industry etc., then the
student has to undertake his NTCC / SIL in the assigned organization.
e) The student can arrange outside organization for NTCC / SIL on his /her own also. In
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such cases the student has to take permission from HoI / Faculty Coordinator at leastthree
months prior to the commencement of the NTCC / SIL course so that ‘Bonafide Student
Letter’ (maximum seven organizations chosen by the student) can be givento students by the
institution as per guidelines of the university.

7.5 Registration for the Course

a) The students are required to register on-line on AMIZONE for the NTCC / SIL courses
as per the guidelines. For example, a student is required to register for a summer
Internship in industry during summer break or during the semester as the case may be, before
joining the company.

Online NTCC registration forms will be visible to students on their amizone 14 days
prior to start / commencement date of their NTCC / SIL. Students can do their online
registration for Non- Teaching Credit Courses / SIL without any late registration charges
up to start / commencement date of their NTCC / SIL.
The students can do their online registration with applicable NTCC / SIL late registration
charges, if they have not registered as per Calendar as under:

(i) Rs. 500/- will be applicable for the concerned students up to 10 Days after the
Date of Online NTCC/SIL Registration
(ii) Rs. 1000/- will be applicable for the concerned students from 11th day to 15th day
of the date of Online NTCC/SIL Registration
(iii) Rs. 2000/- will be applicable for the concerned students from 16th day to 20th day
of the date of Online NTCC/SIL Registration
(iv) Rs. 5000/- will be applicable for the concerned students from 21st day to 30 days
of Online NTCC/SIL Registration

b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on following grounds:

i) Ill health - provided the student has informed the institution on time and had taken
sick leave from HoI.

ii) Institution arranged the internship, but awaits confirmation provided the student did
not opt for self-arrangement, initially.

iii) Student is on approved Official Duty, representing university/ institution in

competitions, seminars, placements activities etc.

c) The student will be allowed to register late for NTCC at AUUP or approved external organisation
up to a certain period with certain late registration charges as per following conditions:

i) Up to 10 days after the date of registration for course with late registration Charges of
500/-
ii) From 11th day to 15th day of the date of Registration with late registration charges of
1000/-.
iii) 16th day to 20th day of Registration with late registration charges of 2000/- provided
student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses
iv) After 21st day to 30 days of Registration with late charges of 5000/- provided student
meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses

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d) The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by the Finance
Committee.

e) The above defined late registration charges will not be applicable to the students of late
admission in 1st semester or lateral entry admission in 3rd semester onwards. HoD/HoI must
ensure that such students register for their respective NTCC / SIL within 14 days from the
date of their registration into the semester.

f) The students who have not registered for the NTCC / SIL course as per regulations will
not be permitted to submit any report and will be treated as having failed in the course.

g) Further, a student will not be promoted to next year specially if he/she has failed in
fieldwork / or industry internship etc.

7.6 Allocation of Faculty Guide

a) Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide for the NTCC / SIL well in advance in a formal
manner depending on the number of students per faculty member, the available specialization
among the faculty guides by Institution Project Committee.

b) In case a student is undertaking NTCC / SIL outside in an industry or research lab or

otheruniversity, the students will have two guides – a faculty guide from the institution
and an external guide from the concerned organization. In Such cases of joint guidance,
the main guide will be faculty guide.

c) The allotment / allocation of supervisor shall not be left to the individual students or teacher.

d) The external guide must be provided with brief guidelines for performance monitoring
and assessment of the student of NTCC / SIL.

e) The faculty guide from Amity must closely interact with the external guide and monitor
the progress of the student in NTCC / SIL at the host institution/ industry/ research lab
etc. Faculty guide must also strengthen the relationship with the host organization of the
student for future collaborative research and placement of the student in that organization.

7.7 Briefing Sessions/ Tutorials/Gap Lectures for students

Briefing Sessions / Tutorial / Gap Lectures are very important for undertaking theNTCC
/ SIL. Therefore, it is mandatory for the students to attend the same whenever
institution/faculty guide have scheduled the same: During such sessions studentsshould
expect to:
i) discuss ideas and concerns.
ii) be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area,
iii) be provided with direction to help them to manage the process,
iv) to be provided with advice on academic style, format and the scope of NTCC /
SIL.
v) be provided with general feedback,
vi) be provided with feedback on their NTCC / SIL and apply the comments they receive
through processes of reflection and action-planning to other parts of their
development work.
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7.8 Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Work Schedule

a) Student will finalize the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his / her NTCC
/ SIL in consultation with the faculty guide. If the student is undertaking the NTCC / SIL
outside Amity, he/she will provide broad area of NTCC / SIL course at the time of
Registration. However, within ten days after the registration / joining the organization,
whichever is earlier, the student will work on the topic, synopsis and work Schedule of
his/her project /training/ dissertation under the guidance of external supervisor and faculty
guide.

b) The student will send the synopsis along with work schedule duly approved and signed
by external guide to his faculty guide as per attached format. He will also update the details
on AMIZONE for approval of faculty guide. If faculty guide feels certain lacuna in the
synopsis and work schedule, he / she will discuss with the external guide and finalize
same in order to meet the Course Objectives (COs) and Learning Outcomes (LOs) in
accordance with Programme Learning Objectives (PLOs).

c) The work / project Schedule (Project Plan) to be prepared using GANTT or PERT chart
as per attached appendix.

d) The area/topic, work schedule of NTCC / SIL will be approved by the Institution NTCC
/ SIL Committee (INC). The student will make a presentation before the INC on specified
date, time and venue. The final list cleared by the INC and approved by HOI will be sent
to Academic Office in AUUP HQ and CoE, before the date of first Weekly Progress Report.

7.9 Conduct and Progress Monitoring of NTCC / SIL

a) The students will undertake NTCC / SIL as per the course requirement and work schedule.

b) The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as per
the prescribed format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR).

c) The student is required to send regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) even if he/she
is working outside Amity under the supervision of external Guide. A Sample format of WPR
is attached.

d) Faculty guide will mark the status of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received and
quality of work done on AMIZONE. Faculty guide will also give feedback to students.

e) The student will also maintain a daily diary of the work done which need to be submitted
to the faculty guide.

f) The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide asper
the attached Appendix.

g) Periodic progress Review by a faculty board will be done. For this institution will announce
at the time of registration for the course. The institution must chalk out the plan (Skype
presentation etc.) for periodic progress review of the students who are working out of country.

8. ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

a) The institute will define the assessment plan and tools keeping in mind the Program Learning

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Outcomes (PLOs), Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Course objectives.

b) The assessment will have clearly defined Continuous Internal Assessment and Final
Assessment weightage, which have various components to assess various learning
outcomes.
c) The weightage of CIA and Final Assessment will be as under:

Continuous Internal Final Credit Units

Assessment Assessment
1 30 70 Up to 3 credit Units

d) The breaks up (components and their weightage) of continuous internal assessment are
given as under:

S. Marks (CIA =
Title
No. 30%)

1 Timely Registration 01
2 Topics & Synopsis Approval 02
WPRs
(No. of WPR Submitted) 04
3
(Satisfactory WPR) 04
Periodic Progress Review by
4 02
a board of faculty through presentation
5 1st Draft on time 01
6 2nd Draft on time 01
Final Report (Plagiarism Report with
7 01
<15% Plagiarism)
8 Final Report timely submission 01
9 Final Report Assessment 11
10 Research paper / Pre-presentation 02

e) The institution may define the weightage of each component depending upon type, learning
student outcomes, level and duration of NTCC / SIL.

f) In case the NTCC / SIL is under joint supervision of faculty guide and external guide, the
weightage of Continuous Internal Assessment will be equally divided between both the
supervisors (faculty guide and external guide) as per following:

i) The faculty guide will give the CIA marks as per the university guidelines.

ii) The marks provided by external guide will be converted into 30/40/50 as the case may
be on CA/IA norms, for specific course.

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iii) The average of marks given by faculty guide and converted marks of external guide shall
be treated as final CA/IA marks for NTCC / SIL.
iv) It is the responsibility of the student and faculty guide to ensure the external guide sends
the assessment on time. In case the marks of external guide are not received the Institution
NTCC / SIL Committee will review the case and put up its recommendations to HoI and
CoE.

8.1 Project Report Assessment:

The faculty guide will assess the project report as part of IA/CA as under:

[Link]. Parameter Weightag Weightag Weightag

e (10) e (10) e (12)

1. Introduction and Statement of the 1.5 1.5 1.5

Problem
2. Review of Literature: 1.5 1.5 1.5
3 Methodology/methods/Approach 1 1 1.5
4 Data Collection, Analysis, 3 3 4
Results findings / Outcomes
and conclusions
5 Future scope and Limitations outlined 1 1 1
6 Quality of work and written 1 1 1 .5
expression
7 Student Learning Outcomes 1 1 1

The institution / faculty of studies may define the component of report assessment asper the
course objectives and student learning outcomes.

8.2 Submission of Continuous Internal Assessment Marks

a) The institution will send the CIA marks along with all the reports from AMIZONEand
supporting documents of all students to CoE.

b) CoE will declare the list of students eligible for the final assessment after examining all the
cases.

9. PLAGIARISM

a) The NTTC report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite the words
of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments, and ideas) have to be appropriately
acknowledged.

b) It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin or similar
software before submission. The content which is based on existing publishedwork must come
from properly quoted material and from the references cited section. After checking the
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accuracy of the citations and references of such content the plagiarism report should not return
similarity index of more than 15% in any circumstance. However, if the
matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15% could still be considered plagiarism. Any
report with higher than this percentage matching must be explained by the student. The details of
copy rights, professional ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

10. SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

The most important aspect of the courses is the final report. Therefore, the following must be
ensured for producing the quality report.

a) The student will start writing the project report / dissertation while doing his/her NTCC / SIL
course asper the prescribed guidelines.

b) The students will submit 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by the
submission of 2nd draft of the report after making necessary changes as suggested by the guide.1st
Draft and 2nd Draft will be duly checked for Plagiarism with the help of open-source Anti-
Plagiarism Software by the student before submitting the final draft report to the Faculty Guide.

c) The final report will be submitted to Faculty Guide for checking the Plagiarism through Anti-
Plagiarism software subscribed by the University. If similarity index is found more than 15%,
report will not be uploaded on Amizone

d) Following will be submitted along with final report:

o WPR
o NTCC / SIL Dairy
o Plagiarism Report

e) A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she meets
the following conditions:
a. Online Registration for the NTCC / SIL course
b. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide
c. 90 % of WPR were submitted
d. 80% of the WPR were satisfactory
e. Similarity index not more than 15% as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

f) Final semester students of master’s / bachelor’s degree from all domains doing their Major
Project, Dissertation and Industry Training (NTCC / SIL) are required to publish one research
paper as an outcome of the work done and will submit evidence of publication of the paper in
Scopus/SCI indexed conference/journals in Engineering & Technology, Biotechnology and
Science domains and in Scopus/UGC Care indexed journals/ conference in non-technical
domains. Paper should be accepted in journal or accepted, and registered/ presented in
conferences as an eligibility requirement. Student(s) from all above domains who are not able to meet
this criterion can get a maximum B+ grade in that course.

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The students who are not eligible to submit the report will re-submit the theses as per the
following guidelines:

Parameter Action

Online Registration for the NTCC / Re-do the NTCC / SIL

SIL course not done
Has not taken the approval of the Topic,
Synopsis and Project Re-do the NTCC / SIL
Plan by the faculty guide
Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment
marks as under:
80 - 89% = 10 marks deducted
< 90 % of WPRs were submitted 75 - < 80% = 12 marks deducted
70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice
Chancellor on recommendations of NTCC / SIL
Review Committee with cap of B+ in grading
or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous
Internal Assessment.
< 70% = Re-do the NTCC / SIL
<80-75% = 10 marks to be deducted
< 80% of the WPRs weresatisfactory <75-70% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor
on recommendations of a committee with cap of
B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks
from Continuous Internal Assessment.
Similarity index more than 15% as per If in plagiarism report the similarity index is
Plagiarism Prevention Policy. >15%, the student is required to re-write the
report/thesis provided meets all the other criteria
and submit within a week of plagiarism detection,
prior to due date, else the student will re-do NTCC
during supplementary examination / relevant
semester (s).
Important:
• The students not meeting the eligibility criteria, shall be required to provide detailed justification
for special consideration by the NTCC / SIL Review Committee.
• The students re-submitting the thesis due to plagiarism shall be eligible for the grade earned by
him provided he/she has submitted same at least 10 days prior tothe final assessment of the
batch. If the student fails to submit the revised thesis inthe prescribed time, he / she shall not be
awarded more than B+ grade.
• The students who shall re-do the NTCC / SIL shall be awarded grade not more than B+.

12. PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF CASES FOR SPECIAL

CONSIDERATION

a) To examine the cases for consideration by Vice Chancellor, the NTCC / SIL Review Committee
for the Academic Session will be constituted at the University level as per norms prescribed in
the regulations of NTCC / SIL.

b) The recommendation of HoIs of all such cases after detailed explanation given by students must
be submitted to the CoE office at least 10days prior the Final Assessment Date for examination
to be decided by NTCC / SIL Review Committee after consideration by the Vice Chancellor.

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13. FINAL ASSESSMENT

a) The final assessment of NTCC / SIL needs to be done only of those students who have qualified
on the basis of Conduct and progress monitoring guidelines & Submission of report/thesis
guidelines as stated above.
b) The Final assessment will be treated as the end semester examination. It is mandatory for the
students to appear for final assessment as per scheduled date and time. If a student fails to appear
in the final assessment as per schedule, he/she will be treated as absent. For such cases the
same rules will be applicable as those for theory examination. The assessment of I category
students will be done within one month of final assessment ofthe batch.
c) While evaluating the NTCC / SIL, institution, faculty guide and board of evaluators will consider
the following aspects:

I. Institution:

i. Institutional Project Committee must check the eligibility of all the students before sending
the list to CoE.
ii. Guidelines for the students and board of evaluators must be prepared and approved by
competent authority /academic Council.
iii. Only eligible students will be assessed as per the approved list provided by CoE board-
wise & according to approved guidelines.
iv. Date of evaluation will be announced by CoE on the recommendations of HoI.
v. A board comprising 03 members will be constituted. Two faculty members fromany of
the Institutions of AUUP and one service external expert from Industry / academia at the
faculty guide will not be the member of the evaluation board for his/her own students.
vi. The institution will send the budget along with the list of external experts for assessment board
to CoE for necessary approval as per the Universityregulations and Guidelines.
vii. The assessment guidelines must be provided to evaluators.
viii. The Format for evaluation will be provided along with the list of students, for each evaluator.
ix. The duly signed evaluation sheets along with attendance sheets and printout of
consolidated marks from Amizone will be submitted on the same day.
x. Faculty guide/ any other member of the institution will not try to influence the board evaluators
for favoring /punishing any student appearing for final assessment.

II. Board of Evaluators:

i) The board of evaluators will assess the eligible students only as per the prescribed
guidelines and assessment sheets.
ii) The evaluation will be done separately by each evaluator and a duly signed copy of same
will be submitted before leaving the evaluation room.
iii) The evaluators will be paid the honorarium as per the university policy.

III. Observer

CoE will appoint an observer and submit the report as per the regulations of the
University.

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14. COMPONENT OF FINAL ASSESSMENT:

14.1 For all the students except Final semester students of Master’s / Bachelor’s
degree from all domains.

Marks Marks Marks

S. No. Parameter Weightag (Weightag (Weigh
e e 60%) tage
(70%) 50%)
Introduction and Statement of the Problem
Does the introduction provide a general
overviewof the issues surrounding the study?
1. Is the problem under investigation clearly stated?
Is evidence used to demonstrate the
significanceof the problem?
Are important terms defined? 7 6 5
Are assumptions clearly
stated?
Are major assertions that lay groundwork for the
study articulated?
Review of Literature:
Is the study grounded in a larger body
ofresearch?
Is the review current and representative of the
2. work in the area?
Are related studies critically examined and 8 7 6
gapsidentified?
Does the review provide a clear rationale of
thestudy?
Is the review well organized, using sub-
sectionswhere appropriate?
Methodology/methods/Approach
Is the research design described clearly
andappropriate for the study?
Are the sample and participants fully described?
Is the sampling plan appropriate for the study?
Are the data gathering procedures fully
explicatedand appropriate for the study?
Have the analytical procedures been fully
3 explained and are appropriate for the
study? 5 4 3
Is the technical merit of instruments described
clearly?
Are issues related to limitations and/or
trustworthiness satisfactorily identified and
addressed?
Do the sampling, data collection, and
analyticalprocedures appropriately match the
problem statement and research questions?

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Are the instruments or interview guides
acceptable and appropriate for the
study?
Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes
and conclusions
• All pertinent results well reported and are in clear
and concise in manner
4. • The arguments, discussion 16 15 14
• A Clear presentation of fully justified findings and
logical conclusions, based upon the research
evidence, which demonstrate the ability to critically
evaluate the research results.
Future scope and Limitations outlined
Have all potential weaknesses of the study
5 beendescribed? 7 5 3
Are the limitations appropriate to
themethodology?
Quality of work and written expression
Does the proposal demonstrate a high quality of
written expression?
Is the potential cohesive and coherent?Is
it accurate?
Is there consistency in conceptual framework and/or
paradigm to unite the problem statement, research
6 questions, and methods section?
Is the tone of the proposal impartial, unbiased,
and scientific? 11 10 8
Are applicable support documents
(appendices) included and
satisfactory?
Is appropriate style used correctly and
consistently?
Does the proposed study adhere to conventional
wisdom related to ethics?
Does the abstract summarize the contents of the
proposal clearly

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Presentation and Communications

• Is Presentation in line with the report?

7 • Did relied on notes or presented as fluently in
own words?
• Was the quality of presentation material up to 10 8 7
mark?
• Were the communication and presentation skills
upto mark?
• Were the queries handled properly?

8 Student Learning Outcomes

Have the students learning outcomes met? 6 5 4

14.2) For all students of Final semester of Master’s / Bachelor’s degree from all domains

Weightage Weightage
S. Parameter (Marks) (Marks)
No. (60%) (50%)
Introduction and Statement of the Problem
Does the introduction provide a general overviewof
the issues surrounding the study?
Is the problem under investigation clearly stated?
1 Is evidence used to demonstrate the significanceof 5 4
. the problem?
Are important terms defined? Are
assumptions clearly stated?
Are major assertions that lay groundwork for the
study articulated?

Review of Literature:
Is the study grounded in a larger body of
research?
Is the review current and representative of thework in
2 the area? 5 5
. Are related studies critically examined and gaps
identified?
Does the review provide a clear rationale of the
study?
Is the review well organized, using sub-sections
where appropriate?

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Methodology/methods/Approach
Is the research design described clearly and
appropriate for the study?
Are the sample and participants fully described? Is the
sampling plan appropriate for the study? Are the data
gathering procedures fully explicatedand appropriate for
the study?
Have the analytical procedures been fully
3 explained and are appropriate for the study? 5 3
Is the technical merit of instruments describedclearly?
Are issues related to limitations and/or trustworthiness
satisfactorily identified andaddressed?
Do the sampling, data collection, and analytical
procedures appropriately match the problem
statement and research questions?
Are the instruments or interview guides
acceptable and appropriate for the study?

4 Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes

. and conclusions
• All pertinent results well reported and are in clearand
concise in manner
• The arguments, discussion 12 12
• A Clear presentation of fully justified findings andlogical
conclusions, based upon the research evidence, which
demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate the research
results.
Future scope and Limitations outlined
Have all potential weaknesses of the study been
5 described? 5 3
Are the limitations appropriate to the
methodology?
Quality of work and written expression
Does the proposal demonstrate a high quality ofwritten
expression?
Is the potential cohesive and coherent? Is it
accurate?
Is there consistency in conceptual framework and/or
paradigm to unite the problem statement, research
6 questions, and methods section? 8 7
Is the tone of the proposal impartial, unbiased, and
scientific?
Are applicable support documents
(appendices) included and satisfactory?
Is appropriate style used correctly andconsistently?
Does the proposed study adhere to conventionalwisdom
related to ethics?
Does the abstract summarize the contents of theproposal
clearly?

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Presentation and Communications

Is Presentation in line with the report?

7 Did relied on notes or presented as fluently inown 7 5
words?
Was the quality of presentation material up tomark?
Were the communication and presentation skills upto
mark?
Were the queries handled properly?

8 Student Learning Outcomes 5 3

Have the student’s learning outcomes met?
9 Paper Publication
• Is the paper published in Scopus/SCI Indexed / UGC
Indexed conference / journals? 8 8
• Is paper accepted in journal?
• Is paper accepted, registered and presented in conference?

The institutions will develop detailed assessment parameters as per course objectives, student
learning outcomes and guidelines as above for necessary approval of Academic Council.

15. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

The final report is an important component of all NTCC / SIL. Therefore, must adhere to following
parameters (word length, No. of Copies, binding type etc.) depending upon the credit units associated
and course objectives.

Word length, or word equivalent, (if for instance, a practical based, practice-based and professional
NTCC / SIL) should be specified in the module guide.

S. CREDIT Word length No. of Copies Binding Type Report Retention

No. UNITS (excluding) details
up to 1 month of
1 3 to 4 Up to 3,000 02 copies Plastic Folder declaration of final result
Credits words of semester by
institution

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Word length will be exclusive of Preface Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page,
Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, Certificates etc.

16. GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE REPORT

Language English (unless otherwise specified in the course curriculum)

Paper size A4

Margins The text of the document must be justified.

The left and right margin of 1.25 inches. The top and bottom margin of 1.00 inch.
Typing On One side of page only. The text will follow line spacing of 1.5 lines.
Table and figures, tabular material as necessary and appendix material as
appropriate may be single space.
Centered material is to be centered between the left and right margins.
The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5inches.
Pagination Each page must be numbered, except the Title Page.

The pre pages—including the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page,
Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures and
Abstract (if any) —will be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals (ii, iii,
iv, etc.) centered from the bottom edge of the page. The first page thatwill show
a page number is page ii.

All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The pagenumber
will be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the page, rightaligned.
Arrangement of Every NTCC / SIL Project Report should have three parts: the pre pages, the
Contents maintext, and the reference material.

Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the order as
discussed below.

1. Preliminary Pages
a. Title page
b. Declaration
c. Faculty Guide Approval page
d. Acknowledgement(s)
e. Table of Contents
f. List of Tables
g. List of Figures
h. Abstract
2. Text (usually divided into chapters and sections)
3. Reference Material
a. References
b. Appendix

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Tables and Each table of figures should be placed immediately after the paragraph in which
figures it is mentioned. If it has a separate page, this page should be the onefollowing the
page on which the table/figure was first mentioned.

Tables and figures that must be positioned horizontally (landscaped) will face the
outer edge of the page, with the widest margin at the binding edge.

Tables and figures are numbered in separate series. Each table and figure,
including any in the appendices, has a number in its own series. Each seriesis
numbered consecutively within chapters (e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2, and
Figure 10.3).

Each table and figure will be separately numbered.

All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the Listof
Tables and List of Figures.
References In the text, give the surname and date in parentheses, e.g. (Edwards, 2010).At
the end of the study, provide a section headed ‘References’ in which the
references are listed alphabetically by family name. Include references for
electronic sources of information e.g., web pages. For further detail, see
Appendix 6.

Any books, articles, websites or other published sources (retrievable data)that

have been used (cited in the text) either in direct quotation or by reference, must
be listed in the References. Personal interviews/raw data (not retrievable) do not
appear in the reference list.

The first line of the citation starts at the left margin and the second andsubsequent
lines of that citation are indented 0.5 inches.

The referencing style to be used as per the forma. The format for the references
shall be given separately by each faculty of Study/institution.
Appendices Appendices contain supplementary or illustrative material or explanatorydata too
lengthy to be included in the text or not immediately essential to the readers’
understanding of the text.

Appendices should be lettered in the order in which they are referred to inthe
text.

Each appendix will be listed with its title in the Table of Contents (e.g.,
APPENDIX A. TITLE OF THE APPENDIX).

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Standard Formats

Various formats to be used as per the General Guidelines for NTCC / SIL of the University are as
under:

Format for Title Page

Format for Declaration
Format for Faculty Guide Certificate
Format for Table of Contents

17. IMPROVEMENT OF SCORES & GRADE

I The students shall be allowed to improve his / her Score / Grade as under:

The student who has passed in the NTCC / SIL but failed in semester where semester has only NTCC /
SIL, the student may be allowed to re-do the NTCC / SIL again. The student shall not be given grade
more than B+.
a) The student shall apply to repeat the NTCC / SIL to his HOI within fifteen days of result
declaration.
b) HoI shall send the recommendation to CoE for NTCC / SIL Review Committee for approval
of Vice Chancellor.

(i) Pay fee of Rs. 1,000/- (Examination fee).

(ii) Submit all reports as applicable for NTCC / SIL progra mme i.e., Weekly Progress
Report,NTCC / SIL course diary etc., as per NTCC / SIL guidelines.

(iii) This will be applicable only for 1st re-appear after main examination.

(iv) An independent viva-voce will be conducted for students under this Category.

(v) A fee of Rs.5,000/- may be charged for appearing 2nd time

c) The student shall repeat NTCC / SIL in corresponding semester or immediately after the final
semester result declaration or during extended period. The students shall register for the NTCC
/ SIL course as per the university guidelines.

d) The students shall complete the mandatory time required for the course. The date of
registration, submission of Continuous Internal Assessment, final report and final assessment
of NTCC / SIL shall be announced by CoE along with block examination calendar and with
supplementary examinations.

e) The student shall do the NTCC / SIL on a new topic and shall be assigned the faculty guide as
per the guidelines.

f) The progress monitoring, continuous assessment, submission of report and final assessment
shall be done as per the guidelines. The previous marks of Continuous Internal Assessment
shall be treated as NULL and VOID once the new ContinuousInternal Assessment is submitted by
the Institution for new NTCC / SIL.

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II Not submitted Report/Failed in NTCC / SIL

All students who are unable to submit the final NTCC / SIL report within the prescribed time or are
unsuccessful in continuous internal assessment or fail in final assessment can be considered in
Supplementary Examination of the Academic Session, with B+ cap (if applicable). The students will
be required to:

(i) Submit the Application Form to his / her NTCC / SIL, Supervisor, who in turn will submit to the
Institutional NTCC / SIL Review Committee. HoI will forward recommendation of the Committee
tothe AUUP HQ for approval.
(ii) Pay fee of Rs. 1,000/- (Examination fee).
(iii) Submit all reports as applicable for NTCC / SIL programme i.e., Weekly Progress Report, NTCC
/ SIL course diary etc., as per NTCC / SIL guidelines.
(iv) This will be applicable only for 1st re-appear after main examination.

• An independent viva-voce will be conducted for students under this Category. A fee of Rs.5,000/-
may be charged for appearing 2nd time.

III Re-doing the NTCC / SIL to improve CGPA/SGPA after the N+1 / N+2 (having re-admission
period)

Students who are unable to qualify for award of Degree due to low SGPA/CGPA and want to re-do the
NTCC / SIL in extended period with a view to improve SGPA/CGPA will be required to:-

(i) Register themselves on Amizone for re-doing the NTCC / SIL.

(ii) Pay the Course Repeat fee of Rs. 5,000/- + Examination fee, if within N+2 or N+1 period
(as applicable).
(iii) Select new title for re-doing the NTCC / SIL.
(iv) Submit all reports as applicable for NTCC / SIL programme i.e., Weekly Progress Report, NTCC
/ SIL course diary etc.
(v) These students if exceed N+2 or N+1 as applicable (permissible duration to complete the
programme) will be required to take re-admission by paying Rs. 15,000/- + 25% of the semester
fee + examination fee, as applicable.

18. COURSE-WISE DETAILED GUIDELINES – DOMAIN-WISE/INSTITUTION-WISE

Faculty of Studies / Institutions must develop detailed guidelines for each NTCC / SIL being
conducted for the students as per regulations and general guidelines of the University forNTCC
/ SIL. Suggested Contents List for a NTCC / SIL Guidelines to be prepared by Faculty of
Studies/Institutions may include:

a) Introduction
b) Definition
c) Course Objectives
d) Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)
e) Briefing Session
f) Finalization and approval of area/topic of NTCC / SIL and schedule of activities
g) Allocation of Faculty Guides
h) Role and expectations of Faculty Guides and External Guides
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i. Frequency of meetings and contact time (face to face and virtual)
ii. Nature of tutorials/briefing sessions/gap lectures
iii. Checklist for NTCC / SIL
i) Role and expectations of students
i. responsibility for attending meetings
ii. details about supervision log/record
iii. checklist for NTCC / SIL
j) Structure of NTCC / SIL, Registration, Conduct of course, progress monitoring and
activitycalendar
i. Registration and Conduct of the course,
ii. progress monitoring (weekly by faculty guide and Periodically by
Institutional Project Committee /Project Review Committee)
iii. Assessment components & tools for Learning Outcomes
k) Assessment components and tools for learning outcomes
i. assessment criteria
ii. weighting of various components
iii. assessment plan and schedule

l) Disciplines, Ethical issues and Plagiarism

m) Quality of work
n) Guidelines for writing the Reports /Term paper/Project /Dissertation etc.
o) Standard formats to be used
p) Make-up policy
q) NTCC / SIL Activities Calendar

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