The progress of a student will be evaluated as follows:

• Continuous Assessment, carrying a weightage of atleast 30%, during the course of the semester. This consists of a mid-semester examination, and other forms of testing such as class tests, seminars, quiz or take-home assignments, at the discretion of the instructor.
• End-Semester Examination, carrying a weightage of at least 30%.
• The exact percentage assigned to each form of assessment, subject to the limits prescribed above, shall be left to the discretion of the instructor.

Each student is assigned a letter grade from the set {A, AB, B, BC, C, CD, D, E} based on the marks obtained in the continuous assessment and the end-semester examination. Grade E indicates that a student has failed the course. Each grade has a grade point attached to it: A(10), AB(9), B(8), BC(7), C(6), CD(5), D(4).

Each semester, the Grade Point Average (GPA) will be calculated as the average of the grade points obtained by the student that semester. In addition, the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), which is the average of all the grade points obtained by the student from the first semester up to the current semester, will also be computed. The CGPA will figure in the transcripts of the grade sheets printed for each student every semester.

While the grade certainly depends on the marks obtained by the student, there is no rigid formula connecting the marks and the grades. It is left to the discretion of the instructor to assign the grades, keeping in mind the general performance of the class as a whole and the performance of the student, in a manner which is fair.

In case a student fails a course, (s)he has to appear for a re-examination. The re-examination schedules have been fixed as follows:

• For all students who fail in courses in the odd semesters (August-- December), re-examinations will be held by mid-January and the grades finalized by the end of January.
• For all students who fail in courses in even semesters (January--April) re-examinations will be held in the first week of August and grades finalized by mid-August. However, for students of the final year, re-examinations will be held by mid-June and the grades finalized immediately thereafter so that, if a student clears all the papers (s)he can get the degree at the Convocation in August.

In order that the students may be given sufficient notice for a re-examination, it is essential that all instructors give in their grades not later than mid-December for the odd semesters and mid- May for the even semesters.

After re-examination, the fresh grade for the course will be determined in the following manner. The continuous assessment marks obtained by the student during the course will be retained. The end-semester examination marks will be substituted by the re-examination marks. Together, these two marks will be used to determine the grade in the usual manner.

Note: Conducting the re-examination of a student is not automatic. The instructor may recommend that a student failing in a course be asked to repeat the course (in a later semester, when it is offered) even without re-examination. This would be the case, for example, if the continuous assessment record is incomplete or grossly unsatisfactory, or if the student's attendance record for that course is very poor.

The grade sheet will be issued only after the re-evaluations have been completed and will only bear the final grades obtained.

• At present a full scholarship consists of a monthly stipend (Rs.5000) and a waiver of the tuition fee (Rs.750 per semester).
• All students will be given a scholarship and tuition fee waiver in their first semester. In the subsequent semesters, the grant of a scholarship will depend upon the students performance.

The GPA limit at the end of a semester is defined to be the maximum of the CGPA and the GPA of that semester. A student with a GPA limit of 7 or more will be granted a scholarship and a tuition waiver for the next semester. A student with a GPA limit less than 7, but more than 6, will be granted a tuition waiver for the next semester.

Note: If a student fails a compulsory course (even after re-examination), the GPA/CGPA will not be computed till the course has been cleared by the student. Scholarship and tuition waiver will be suspended till the course is cleared and the GPA/CGPA are in the acceptable ranges mentioned above. However, in case such a situation arises regarding an optional course, the student can either opt to do a different optional course or repeat the same course when it is next offered.

• From every batch of students the top one, or two, or three will be selected for a trip to France. Students pursuing Mathematics and Computer Science will be sent to ENS and students pursuing Physics will be sent to Ecole Polytechnic. To be eligible for this award a student should have a good CGPA and should have demonstrated good scholarship, enthusiasm and potential for research project, in the opinion of the faculty.
• The topper of a batch of students pursuing BSc honours programme in Physics or the BSc honours programme in Mathematics and Computer Sciences, will be eligible for the award of a gold medal. To be eligible for the award of a gold medal, the student should never have failed a course. In addition the student should have a good CGPA, in the opinion of the faculty.

• Students can take up to four years to complete the programme. A student who completes the requirements midway through the fourth year may be given a provisional degree immediately, and receive the formal degree at the next convcation.
• At the end of the first year, any student who has failed in three or more courses (even after re-examination) shall be asked to leave the programme.
• In order to continue in the programme at the end of the second year, a student should have cleared all the courses of the first year and should not have five or more incomplete courses.
• In case a student has not completed the programme at the end of the third year and wishes to continue for another year to complete the course, all courses of the first two years must have been cleared and should not have seven or more incomplete courses.
• In case the CGPA of a student at the end of the programme is below 6, the Board of Studies can recommend that the student be just awarded a B.Sc. degree (without the mention of `Honours').

Same as stated for the undergraduates.

Grading policy is similar to the undergraduate programme. The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) reflects the average grade per credit earned by the student, rounded off to two decimal places.

Same as stated for the undergraduates.

Scholarships, tuition waiver and awards

Failure and consequences

MSc. students are expected to write a dissertation (16 credits) under the supervision of a faculty member of the CMI or IMSc. The choice of topic and the guide must be communicated to the CMI office in the prescribed format by the end of August (in the III semester) and all other formalities including evaluation of the thesis is expected to be complete by the end of April.

The progress of a student will be evaluated as follows:

• Continuous Assessment, carrying a weightage of atleast 30%, during the course of the semester. This consists of a mid-semester examination, and other forms of testing such as class tests, seminars, quiz or take-home assignments, at the discretion of the instructor.
• End-Semester Examination, carrying a weightage of at least 30%.
• The exact percentage assigned to each form of assessment, subject to the limits prescribed above, shall be left to the discretion of the instructor.

Each student is assigned a letter grade from the set {A, AB, B, BC, C, CD, D, E} based on the marks obtained in the continuous assessment and the end-semester examination. Grade E indicates that a student has failed the course. Each grade has a grade point attached to it: A(10), AB(9), B(8), BC(7), C(6), CD(5), D(4).

Each semester, the Grade Point Average (GPA) will be calculated as the average of the grade points obtained by the student that semester. In addition, the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), which is the average of all the grade points obtained by the student from the first semester up to the current semester, will also be computed. The CGPA will figure in the transcripts of the grade sheets printed for each student every semester.

While the grade certainly depends on the marks obtained by the student, there is no rigid formula connecting the marks and the grades. It is left to the discretion of the instructor to assign the grades, keeping in mind the general performance of the class as a whole and the performance of the student, in a manner which is fair.

• The administering or non-administering of a re-exam for students who fail in a course will be left to the instructor of the course.
• The highest grade that a student can get on taking a re-exam in a course is D.

• At present a full scholarship consists of a monthly stipend (Rs.5000) and a waiver of the tuition fee (Rs.750 per semester).
• All students will be given a scholarship and tuition fee waiver in their first semester. In the subsequent semesters, the grant of a scholarship will depend upon the students performance.

The GPA limit at the end of a semester is defined to be the maximum of the CGPA and the GPA of that semester. A student with a GPA limit of 8 or more will be granted a scholarship and a tuition waiver for the next semester. A student with a GPA limit less than 8, but more than 7, will be granted a tuition waiver for the next semester.

Note: If a student fails a compulsory course, the GPA/CGPA will not be computed till the course has been cleared by the student. On failing an optional course, the student can either substitute the requirement with a different optional course or repeat the same course when it is next offered. In either case, the scholarship and tuition waiver will be suspended till the course is cleared and the GPA limit is in the acceptable range mentioned above.

• From every batch of students the top ranking students (upto a limit of three) will be selected for a trip to France. Students pursuing Mathematics and Computer Science will be sent to ENS and students pursuing Physics will be sent to Ecole Polytechnic. To be eligible for this award a student should have a good CGPA and should have demonstrated good scholarship, enthusiasm and potential for research project, in the opinion of the faculty.
• The top students in each batch of of BSc honours programme in Physics and the BSc honours programme in Mathematics and Computer Sciences, will be eligible for the award of a gold medal. To be eligible for the award of a gold medal, the student should never have failed a course. In addition the student should have a good CGPA, in the opinion of the faculty.

• Students can take up to four years to complete the programme. A student who completes the requirements midway through the fourth year may be given a provisional degree immediately, and receive the formal degree at the next convcation.
• To continue after the first year, a student should not have failed in more than two courses. (That is, a student who has failed three ot more courses must leave the programme.)
• To continue after the second year, a student should have completed all the first year courses, and should not have more that four second year courses pending.
• To continue after the third year, a student should not have more than six courses pending.
• The word Honours in the BSc degree may be withheld for students graduating with a CGPA less than or equal to 6 and for students who have failed three or more courses. That is, to automatically qualify for an Honours degree a student must have a CGPA more than 6, and, the student should have failed at most two courses.
• For students who carry a backlog of three or more courses, registration will be regulated by a committee nominated by the faculty. This is to ensure that such students pursue a reasonable load. <\li>

The assessment pattern, grading policy and re-examiantion rules are the same as stated for the undergraduate programme.

Scholarships, tuition waiver and awards

Failure and consequences