(This notification superseded vide IITMandi/Acad/Senate/2022/4053-57 & IITMandi/Acad/Senate/2021/17150-53)                               

                                                                                        NOTIFICATION

                                      (Course credits as Pass/Fail grade towards the degree requirement of students)

The Senate in its 24th meeting held on 13th February, 2020 vide item no. 24.6 has considered and approved the proposal for some course credits as Pass/Fail grade towards the degree requirements of the students. Such courses can be independent study courses, research based academic or industrial projects and courses offered by on-line platforms supported through Government of India initiatives like SWAYAM/NPTEL etc. It was decided to award a commensurate credit with a Pass/Fail (P/F) grade in such case.

Further details are as below :

1. Maximum permissible Pass/Fail credits under this category

Earned credits can be distributed as

            B.Tech without honors           :           DE=3, FE=6

            B.Tech with honors                 :           DE= 6, FE=3

            Dual Degree                            :           DE=6, FE=6

            M.A/M.Sc/M.Tech                  :           3 credits can go to DE/ODE/FE

(Here, DE denotes Discipline elective and FE denotes Free elective, ODE: Outside discipline elective)

2.  Courses that can be considered under P/F credits

• Courses offered through various platforms supported through Government of India initiatives such as NPTEL, SWAYAM etc.  It will be considered as per the guidelines already approved by the Senate.
• Self study/ Independent study course.
• Research based project work done with an instructor at IIT Mandi or at Industry.
• Any course offered at IIT Mandi. Here the student has to declare at the beginning of the semester whether the given course(s) will be credited as P/F category or not. Here, if marks obtained by the student is more than the cut-off of ‘E’ grade, then ‘P’ grade will be awarded.

3.  In a given semester, a student should not take more than 6 credits in P/F category.

4. The credits registered under this category will be counted in the total number of credits registered by the student in a given semester.