NOTIFICATION

                                                                      (Guidelines of B.Tech.(Honours) in UG)

The Senate in its 39th meeting held on 25th April, 2023, vide item no. 39.7 discussed the proposal for guidelines of B.Tech (Honours) in UG Programme. After detailed discussion, the Senate resolved to approve the following:

Eligibility for Award of the B.Tech. (Honours), B.S (Honours) Degree

• Students admitted to B.Tech./B.S. program can opt for Honours degree during the fourth or fifth semester if they did not earn any ‘F’ grade till fourth or fifth semester.
• B.Tech./B.S./B.Tech.-M.Tech. Students must complete 8-credits of DP401P & DP402P: Major Technical Project in their own (parent) discipline. Since the students of integrated dual degree leading to B.Tech-M.Tech., B.S.-M.S. are required to do PGP, the requirement of 8 credits of MTP is waived off.
• Student should not have received an ‘F’ grade throughout the program.
• On fulfilling the above relevant requirements, student can obtain the Honours degree by satisfying either of the modes below:
  • Mode A                 : Have a CGPA of 8.5 or more out of the total credits completed
  • Mode B                 : Have a CGPA of 8.0 or more out of the total credits completed along with either an original research article published/accepted in a prestigious Q1 SCI journal or Patent granted in relevant discipline (i.e 160 credits of B.Tech/BS + one Q1 SCI Journal (Q1 at the time of submission/acceptance) Article/Patent Granted as per guidelines below:

“Incase of student is not eligible for Honours degree and he/she has accepted/published research article (SCI Journal) on the recommendation of MTP evaluation Committee.  The Committee may recommend for additional work during MTP-1 evaluation and can be graded by school/centre committee.”

• Honours degree would be awarded as follows -

1. For B.Tech./B.S. students: B.Tech. (Honours) / B.S. (Honours) in
2. For IDD students: B.Tech. (Honours) and M.Tech. / B.S. (Honours) and M.S.
3. For B.Tech. Double Major students : B.Tech. (Honours) in with Second Major in 

Guidelines for considering Journal articles/Patent granted:

• Article should be submitted and accepted during student registration in IIT Mandi and should be declared by student to Academic office (duly recommended by supervisor/FA/Chairperson) before the last date of Grade submission of 8th Semester.
• Research article/patent should be published with IIT Mandi affiliation.
• Student should be the first author of the journal article. In case of patent granted the student should be one of the main inventors as declared by other co-inventors.
• Same research article/patent will not be considered for academic requirements by more than one student.