JNTUH New guidelines & Schedule to conduct online evaluation of B.Tech/B.Pharmacy 4-2 project viva-voce exam
The
Principals are informed to note the following guidelines with regard to conduct
of online project evaluation cum viva exams of IV Year B.Tech/B.Pharm II Sem
students due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown :
1)
The online project evaluation cum viva examinations of IV BTech / BPharm II
Sem. are to be scheduled between 21-05-2020 to 31-05-2020, using online video
conferencing mode only
2)
The video conferencing platform should be identified by the college from Cisco
WebEx/ Google Meet / Microsoft Teams / BigBlueButton or any other alternative
video conferencing platform. The students should be trained to get acquinted
with the usage of the same.
3)
University shall appoint one external examiner for every batch (section) of around
60 students. The comfort of the external examiner with the (identified) video
conferencing platform should also be taken into consideration.
4)
The time scheduling of batch-wise project evaluations of the entire section
need to be done by the respective heads of the department. The same should be
communicated to the students as well as to the external examiners.
5)
The students should submit softcopy of their respective project-works (one
report for each batch) to the college. The soft-copies of these project reports
should be grouped section-wise. All project reports of one section should be
mailed to the external examiners of respective sections/branch at least one day
before the scheduled date of project viva exam.
evaluation
date. This online internal project evaluation should carry sufficient weightage
in the assessment of internal marks of the project work.
7)
The team of project evaluation should comprise of external examiner, guide and
other members as specified in academic regulations. All the students of one
project batch (who are present) should be evaluated at one time slot.
8)
The video mode must be set on at the student terminals while evaluation is
being done and all the students must be visible to the evaluation committee at
the time of evaluation. The resposibility of identification of the students of
project batches lies with the guides of the respective batches during the
project work evaluation.
9)
The video of all the project-viva proceedigns should be recorded and preserved
in the department for future verifications purpose. Necessary applications have
to be installed for recording the proceedings of the evaluation.
10)
The colleges should instruct students to submit their hard-copy project reports
to the colleges on or before the date of issue of hall-tickets (for writing
their IV-II sem exams). The bonafide certificates in the project reports should
be signed by superviser(s), HOD and the Principal and issue the student copy to
the students by retaining the dept. copies.
11)
Due to internet bandwidth problems, if any student is unable to attend for online project evaluation, a separate session
with the same external examiner shall be scheduled at a later date. The details
of all such students should be intimated to this office by the Principals in
writing on or before 05-06-2020.
12) This time a new service is added in view of
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown for external marks upload. The external project
Viva-voce evaluation marks shall be uploaded to the exams registration portal
from Principals’s login and take printout of provisional report on the day of
Project Viva-voce exam. The external examiner will login to the portal with the
JNTUH communicated credentials and will verify the uploaded marks. He can also
alter the marks if required.
13)
If any student is absent due to internet problems at his/her place of
residence, a separate schedule will be issued later for such students. After
completion of Viva-voce exam of such students, their marks will also be posted
in the provisional award list by the external examiner and freeze the marks.
Once the marks are frozen the colleges can download the final marks reports.
14)
The titles of the project reports (of the students) must be meaningful and
self-explanatory. The project review committees at the department-level should
pay sufficient attention to give inputs to the students to inorporate necessary
corrections in the titles of the project works. Appropriate titles of the
project works shall be made as one parameter for awading the marks in the
external project evaluation
Your
cooperation is highly solicited.
Thanking you
Yours
Sincerely,
DIRECTOR OF EVALUATION
Official Notification
