ACADEMIC REGULATIONS

ACADEMIC REGULATIONS
COURSE STRUCTURE
AND
DETAILED SYLLABUS






ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING





For

B.TECH. FOUR YEAR DEGREE COURSE
(Applicable for the batches admitted from 2014-2015)
















VAAGDEVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(Autonomous)
Bollikunta, Warangal - 506 005
Telangana State, India
VAAGDEVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(AUTONOMOUS)
Bollikunta, Warangal - 506 005. T.S.
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Academic Regulations for B.Tech. (Regular)

(Effective for the students admitted into I-Year from the Academic year
2014-2015)

1. Award of B.Tech. Degree


A student will be declared eligible for the award of the B.Tech.
Degree if he fulfills the following academic regulations:

i. Pursued a course of study for not less than four academic years and
not more than eight academic years.
ii. Register for all credits and secure all credits with the exemption of
8 credits in elective subjects.


2. Students, who fail to fulfill 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 unless extension
is granted by Academic Council to complete the course for a further
period.


3. Courses of Study


The following courses of study are offered at present for
specialization for the B.Tech. Course:

|Branch Code |Branch |
|01 |Civil Engineering |
|02 |Electrical & Electronics Engineering |
|03 |Mechanical Engineering |
|04 |Electronics & Communication Engineering |
|05 |Computer Science & Engineering |



And any other course as approved by the authorities of the college from
time to time.

4. Credits
| |For I-Year-I/II Semester |II,III,IV Years per |
| | |Semester |
| |Periods/Week |Credits |Periods/Week |Credits |
|Theory |04 |04 |03 |04 |
| |02 |02 |04 |04 |
|Practical |03 |02 |03 |02 |
|Drawing |03T/03D |04 |03 |02 |
|Mini Project |- |- |- |02 |
|Comprehensive |- |- |- |02 |
|Viva Voce | | | | |
|Seminar |- |- |02 |02 |
|Project |- |- |15 |12 |


5. Distribution and Weightage of Marks /Credits:


i. The Performance of a student in each semester shall be evaluated
subject-wise with a maximum of 100 marks for theory and 75 marks for
practical subject. In addition, Industry oriented mini-project,
seminar, comprehensive viva-voce and project work shall be evaluated
for 50, 50, 100 and 200 marks respectively.


ii. For theory subjects the distribution shall be 25 marks for Internal
Evaluation and 75 marks for the End-Examination.


iii. For theory subjects, during the semester there shall be 2 mid term
examinations. Each mid term examination consists of Part-A (Objective
Type) for 5 marks and Part-B (subjective paper) for 15 marks with
duration of 90 minutes and two assignments carrying 5 marks.


Subjective paper shall contain 5 questions of which student
have to answer 3 questions of each 5 marks. First mid term
examination shall be conducted for 2.5 units of syllabus and
second mid term examination shall be conducted for 2.5 units.
First Assignment should be submitted before the conduct of the
first mid term examination, and the second Assignment should be
submitted before the conduct of the second mid term examination.


The total marks secured by the student in each mid term
examination for 25 marks are considered and the average of the
two mid term examinations shall be taken as the final marks
secured by each candidate. If he is absent for any
test/assignment, he is awarded zero marks for that
test/assignment. However a candidate may permitted on medical
grounds/extreme conditions provided he applied for makeup
examinations within a week. A subcommittee will be constituted
by the Academic Council to look in to such cases.

iv. For practical subjects there shall be a continuous evaluation during
the semester for 25 sessional marks and 50 end examination marks. Out
of the 25 sessional marks, day-today work in the laboratory shall be
evaluated for 15 marks and internal examination for practical shall be
evaluated for 10 marks conducted by the concerned laboratory teacher.
The end examination shall be conducted with one external examiner and
one internal examiner. The external examiner shall be appointed from
the panel of examiners as recommended by the Chairman, Board of
Studies in respective Branches.


v. For the subject having design and/or drawing, (such as Engineering
Graphics Engineering Drawing, Machine Drawing) and estimation, the
distribution shall be 25 marks for internal evaluation (15 marks for
day-to-day work and 10 marks for internal tests) and 75 marks for end
examination. There shall be two internal tests in a semester and the
average of the two shall be considered for the award of marks for
internal test.


vi. There shall be an industry-oriented mini project, in collaboration
with an industry of their specialization, to be taken up during the
vacation after III-year II-Semester examination. However, the mini
project and its report shall be evaluated in IV Year I-Semester. The
industry oriented mini project shall be submitted in a report form and
should be presented before the committee, which shall be evaluated for
50 marks. The committee consists of an external examiner, head of the
department, the supervisor of mini project and a senior faculty member
of the department. There shall be no internal marks for industry
oriented mini project.


vii. There shall be a seminar presentation in IV Year II-Semester. For the
seminar, the student shall collect the information on a specialized
topic and prepare a technical report, showing his understanding over
the topic, and submit to the department, which shall be evaluated by
the departmental committee consisting of Head of the Department,
seminar supervisor and a senior faculty member. The seminar report and
presentation shall be evaluated for 50 marks. There shall be no
external examination for seminar.


viii. There shall be comprehensive Viva-Voce in IV-Year II-Semester. The
Comprehensive Viva-Voce will be conducted by a Committee consisting of
(i) Head of the Department (ii) two Senior Faculty Members of the
Department. The Comprehensive Viva-Voce is aimed to assess the
student's understanding in various subjects he/she studied during the
B.Tech. course of study. The Comprehensive Viva-Voce is evaluated for
100 marks by the Committee. There are no internal marks for the
Comprehensive Viva-Voce.


ix. Out of a total of 200 marks for the project work, 50 marks shall be
for internal evaluation and 150 marks for the end semester
examination. The end semester examination (Viva-Voce) shall be
conducted by a committee. The committee consists of an external
examiner, head of the department, and the supervisor of the project
and a senior faculty member of the department. The topics for industry
oriented mini project, seminar and project work shall be different
from each other. The internal evaluation shall be on the basis of two
seminars given by each student on the topic of his project.


6. Attendance Requirements:


i. A student shall be eligible to appear for the end examinations if he
acquires a minimum of 75% of attendance in all the subjects (in each
subject).
ii. Condonation of shortage of attendance in each subject up to 10% (On
genuine medical grounds) in each semester may be granted by the
College Academic Council on the basis of recommendation by the
Principal.
iii. Shortage of attendance below 65% in each subject shall in no case be
condoned.
iv. Student falling short of attendance as specified above will be
detained.
v. A student will not be promoted to the next semester unless he
satisfies the attendance requirement of the present semester. They may
seek-re-admission for that semester when offered next.
vi. 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 cancel