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admission and before the commencement of classes? If so, how are the
key issues identified and addressed?
After admission to the programmes, the students have an intermittent time
period of about one week prior to the commencement of the classes. English
Proficiency Test is conducted to evaluate the English language competencies
of the students (especially for the students admitted to the engineering stream).
The students with lower scores in the test are offered the course on ‘Effective
English’ for a semester. This paves the way for the students to upgrade their
English language skills. Also, the faculty members (handling courses for the
freshers) interact with the students and try to gauge the academic ability of the
students. In addition, the students are advised to meet their Proctors. During
the first week (of the first semester), fundamental aspects of the relevant
courses are covered by the faculty members to address the differential
requirements of the student population.
2.2.3
Does the university offer bridge / remedial / add-on courses? If yes,
how are they structured into the time table? Give details of the courses
offered, department-wise/faculty-wise?
Bridge courses:
After the student enrolls for the various B.Tech / M.Tech
programmes, they are required to take up the ‘English Proficiency Test’.
Studentswith inadequate proficiency are required to undergo a compulsory
course in a basic level in English through the ‘Effective English’ course.
Also, students enrolling for B.Tech in either Biotechnology / Bioinformatics,
depending on the subjects taken in their school education, have to undertake
the bridge course either in ‘Introduction to Life Sciences’ (for Mathematics,
Physics and Chemistry students) or ‘Basic Mathematics’ (for Biology, Physics
and Chemistry students). These courses are structured in the time table.
Remedial courses:
Courses under this category are offered based on need and
are therefore not structured in the time table. The performance of the students
is monitored during the first assessment test of each semester. For students
scoring less that 50% in a particular course, special classes are conducted in
two modes. [1] Directly under the supervision of the faculty concerned; [2]
Through students who have scored higher marks (> 90%) in that course (SAT
– Student Assisted Teaching). The student concerned, with the guidance of
the faculty, helps the slow learners.
Add-on courses:
Students who are fast learners, have the opportunity to take
up additional learning through one of the following modes: [1] University
Research Experience; [2] Minor credential and [3] Major credential. The
details of these are described elsewhere. These courses are structured in the
time table.