MBA Examination
MBA Examination Overview
The performance of a student in each semester shall be evaluated subject- wise (irrespective of credits assigned) for a maximum of 100 marks. In case of MBA, the project work in II year II Semester will be for 200 marks (100 CIE and 100 SEE).
The marks shall be awarded considering the average of two midterm examination marks in each subject.
Each subject / Lab will have total of 100 marks (25 Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) and 75 Semester End Examination (SEE). There shall be two midterm examinations in every theory subject. 18 marks are for each midterm examination. The marks shall be awarded considering the average of two midterm examination marks in each subject. If any candidate is absent or if he wishes to improve the sessional marks he can appear for third mid-term examination by the college. The syllabus for the third Mid examination shall be the entire syllabus of the subject concerned. The result of third mid test will be treated equal to that of a mid test and average of the better two out of the three mid tests will be considered.
Each mid test will have compulsory questions without choice and long answer questions as detailed in the following paragraphs.
- Separate registration for the third mid examination has to be done by the student for each of the subjects the student wishes to appear for. He has to pay an examination fee as prescribed by the college per subject from time to time.
- The midterm examination question paper shall be of three parts, i.e. Part ‘A’, Part ‘B’ and Part ‘C’.
Internal Evaluation Procedure
Examination Procedure
Proposed Marks
Part – A of Mid Test
10 questions – Short type questions - 5 marks
Part – B of Mid Test will have 3 questions (1 from each unit ) and student has to answer 2 questions
2 Questions out of 3 questions - 10 marks
Part – C of Mid Test
Questions Paper will have 3 questions, one question from each unit will be chosen out of 3 questions given for assignment. Student has to answer any one question out of 3 questions - 3 marks
Assignment
For assignment -1, three questions from each unit- total of 9 questions to be submitted before first mid test. Similarly assignment – II will be given to be submitted before II Mid test and average of two assignments will be considered - 2 marks
Classroom participation and attendance
3 marks
Class notes
2 marks
Total Marks
25 marks
Internal Exams Duration
01
Mid Exam – I (First Three Units)
Duration – 2 hours
Duration – 2 hours
02
Mid Exam – II (Last Three Units)
Duration – 2 hours
Duration – 2 hours
03
Mid Exam – III (All six units)
Duration – 2 ½ hours
Duration – 2 ½ hours
Assignment Procedure
01
Assignment - I for 2 Marks is to be submitted at least one week before the first mid examinations.
02
Second assignment also will carry 2 marks for the remaining 3 units which are to be submitted at least one week before the second mid examination.
03
The average of the two assignments will be taken with a total weightage of 2 marks.
04
Besides this, 2 marks are alloted for class notes, which is to be signed by concerned teacher for every fortnight.
Attendance Grading
Attendance Range
Marks Awarded
65 % and above but less than 75%
01
75% and above but less than 85%
02
More than 85 %
03
External Examination Pattern
The external examination question paper shall be of two parts, Part ‘A’ and Part ‘B’.
For Theory Subjects
There shall be external examination in every theory subject and it consists of two parts (part-A & part-B). The total time duration will be 3 hours.
- Part-A will be of 25 marks, which will have 10 short questions, which is compulsory.
- Part-B will be of 50 marks which will have subjective type questions and shall have 7 questions out of which 5 are to be answered. At least one question must appear from each Unit such that not more than 2 questions from any unit. All the questions carry equal marks.
Practical Subjects Internal Evaluation
It is decided to offer one lab subject in I semester and one lab for MBA courses. For practical subjects there shall be a continuous evaluation during the semester for 25 sessional marks and 75 marks for end examination
Assessment of internal marks (25 marks) will be as follows:
| 1. Day-to-Day Work | 05marks |
| 2. Final Record and viva | 05marks |
| 3. Average of two tests including viva | 05marks |
| 4. Lab based project report and viva | 05marks |
| 5. Lab Project demo Total | 05marks |
| Total | 25marks |
Marks Distribution
The end examination in each lab subject will be for 75 marks. The conduct of the end examination shall be as follows by the team consisting of an external examiner and an internal examiner appointed by the Chief Superintendent of Examinations of the college.
The marks are distributed as follows
| 1. Procedure of experiment and calculation | 15marks |
| 2. Conduct of experiment, observation, calculation | 20 marks |
| 3. Results including graphs, discussions and conclusion | 20 marks |
| 4. Viva voce and record Total | 20 marks |
| Total | 75 marks |
Practical Subjects Re Evaluation
01
Each faculty member incharge of the lab subject concerned must draw the normal distribution curve and submit to the HoD who in turn shall present the sessional marks analysis to the college academic committee. After discussion on the matter a decision will be taken by CAC whether to forward the entire material available with the teacher concerned for verification of the sessional marks awarded. A decision will be taken by the committee whether to moderate the marks awarded or not. The marks awarded by the committee shall be final and binding.
02
A candidate shall be deemed to have secured the minimum academic requirement in a theory subject/practical subject / other subjects if any which have both internal assessment and external assessment components, if he secures a minimum of 40% of marks in the End Examination and a minimum aggregate of 50% of the total marks allotted for that subject (internal marks and end semester exam marks put together). In case there is only internal assessment for a subject the marks secured in the sessional marks shall have to be at least 50%.
03
In case the candidate does not secure the minimum academic requirement in any subject in theory or practicals or others if any (as specified in 7.3) he/she has to reappear for the supplementary examination in that subject.
Seminar for MBA courses
The distribution of marks for seminar for MBA course for various semesters are as stated below
Semester
I year I semester
Subject
Leadership Seminar
Credits
02
Internal Marks
100
External Marks
100
Semester
I year II semester
Subject
Business Ethics seminar
Credits
02
Internal Marks
100
External Marks
100
Semester
II year I semester
Subject
Internship Report and Evaluation Seminar
Credits
06
Internal Marks
100
External Marks
100
Semester
II year II semester
Subject
Entrepreneurship Seminar
Credits
06
Internal Marks
100
External Marks
100
Semester
II year II semester
Subject
Comprehensive Viva Voce
Credits
06
Internal Marks
100
External Marks
100
Semester
II year II semester
Subject
Project work and dissertation
Credits
04
Internal Marks
100
External Marks
100
There shall be Leadership seminar during I year I semester, Business Ethics Seminar in I year II semester, Internship Report and Evaluation Seminar in II year I semester and Entrepreneurship Seminar, Comprehensive Viva voce and Project work and Dissertation is in II year II Semester.
For seminars, a student under the supervision of a faculty member, shall collect the literature on a topic and critically review the literature and submit it to the Department in a report form and shall make an oral presentation before the Departmental Committee, which shall consist of the Head of the Department, a senior Faculty Member and the Supervisor and will jointly evaluate the report and presentation. For each Seminar there will be only internal evaluation of 100 marks. A candidate has to secure a minimum of 50% to be declared successful. The comprehensive Viva voce in the subjects of I year II year put together will be conducted by the External examiner and it will be for 100 marks. A candidate has to secure a minimum of 50% to be declared successful.
Seminar Evaluation (100 Marks )
Topic
Literature Survey Review
Marks
10
Topic
Final Report And Viva
Marks
10
Topic
Level Of Content
Marks
15
Topic
Presentation
Marks
20
Topic
Discussion & Involvement
Marks
15
Topic
Class Notes
Marks
15
Topic
Attendance
Marks
15
Comprehensive Viva-Voce (100 Marks )
Semester
First Mid Sessional Viva at the end of 6 weeks (Internal)
Marks
12.5
Semester
Second Mid Sessional Viva at the end of 12 weeks (Internal)
Marks
12.5
Semester
Final Viva during practical examinations (External)
Marks
75
The comprehensive Viva voce in the subjects of I and II year put together will be conducted by the External examiner and it will be for 100 marks. A candidate has to secure a minimum of 50% to be declared successful.
Comprehensive Viva Voce Procedure
01
A student has to carry out the project work in II year II semester. He has to periodically present his progress in the form of Seminars to the Project Review Committee ( PRC) from time to time.
02
The student shall submit a project status report at the end of II year II semester along with a review paper on the subject of the report and same shall be evaluated at the end of the semester by the Project Review Committee (PRC).
03
The Internal evaluation for the project shall be done in 2 stages (not less than 4 weeks between two consecutive stages).
04
It shall be conducted for 100 marks internal and 100 marks external. A candidate has to secure 40% of marks in the external examination. A candidate shall secure a minimum 50% of marks in sum total of internal and external to be declared successful.
Project Thesis or Dissertation
Every candidate shall be required to submit a thesis or dissertation on a topic approved by the Project Review Committee.
01
A Project Review Committee (PRC) shall be constituted with Head of the Department as Chairperson, Project Supervisor and one senior faculty member of the Department offering the MBA programs.
02
Registration of Project Work: A candidate is permitted to register for the project work after satisfying the attendance requirement of all the subjects, both theory and practical.
03
After satisfying 8.2, a candidate has to submit, in consultation with his Project Supervisor, the title, objective and plan of action of his project work to the PRC for approval. Only after obtaining the approval of the PRC the student can initiate the Project work.
04
If a candidate wishes to change his supervisor or topic of the project, he can do so with the approval of the PRC. However, the PRC shall examine whether or not the change of topic/supervisor leads to a major change of his initial plans of project proposal. If yes, his date of registration for the project work starts from the date of change of Supervisor or topic as the case may be.
05
A candidate shall submit his project status report in four stages at least with a gap of 4 weeks between two consecutive stages for MBA programs and shall submit his / her project status report in two stages at least with a gap of 4 weeks between two consecutive stages for MBA programs.
06
The work on the project shall be initiated at the beginning of the II year and the duration of the project is two semesters for MBA program. In case of MBA program, the project shall be initiated at the beginning of the II year II semester and the duration of the project is one semester. A candidate is permitted to submit Project Thesis only after successful completion of all theory and practical courses (no backlogs) with the approval of PRC not earlier than 40 weeks in case of MBA programs and 20 weeks in case of MBA programs from the date of registration of the project work. For the approval of PRC the candidate shall submit the draft copy of Project report to the Head of the Department and make an oral presentation before the PRC.
07
After approval from the PRC, the soft copy of the thesis should be submitted to the College for ANTI-PLAGIARISM for the quality check and the plagiarism report should be included in the final thesis. If the copied information is less than 24%, then only thesis will be accepted for submission.
08
Three copies of the Project report certified by the supervisor shall be submitted to the College.
09
The thesis shall be evaluated by one examiner selected by the college. For this, the Head of the department shall submit a panel of 5 examiners i.e., eminent persons with Ph.D or should have guided at least 5 MBA / MBA projects or should have been working in an R&D organization at the level of not less than Scientist-C, with the help of the guide concerned. The Principal will select one of the examiners and thesis will be sent for evaluation. If the report is favorable, the Head of the department must organize for viva-voce examination.
10
If the report of the examiner is not favorable, the candidate shall revise and resubmit the Thesis, in the time frame as decided by the PRC. If the report of the examiner is unfavorable again, the thesis shall be summarily rejected. Then the candidate has to work on the thesis once again and shall be submit to the PRC for its evaluation and further action on the matter.
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MBA program the Project Evaluation (Viva Voce) in II Year II Semester there are external marks of 100 and with 100 marks internal for 4 credits.
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Project Viva-Voce examination shall be conducted by a board consisting of the Supervisor, Head of the Department and the external examiner who adjudicated the Thesis. Candidate has to secure minimum of 50% marks in Project Evaluation (Viva-Voce) examination.
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If the candidate fails to secure at least 40% in the external examination and 50% in the sum total of internal and external examinations candidate is declared to be failed and the candidate has to reappear for the Viva-Voce examination only after 3 months. In the reappeared examination also, the candidate fails to fulfill the minimum qualifying requirements, he / she will not be eligible for the award of the degree.
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The Head of the Department shall coordinate and make arrangements for the conduct of Project Viva- Voce examination