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The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur(An Institution of Higher Learning i.e., deemed-to-be-a University under section 3 of UGC Act 1956 under de-novo

category)

Fifty-Sixth Meeting of theAcademic Council

Wednesday, March 27, 201902.00 p.m.

LNMIIT CampusRupa-Ki-Naogal

Post-Sumel, Via-Jamdoli,Jaipur - 302031

Minutes

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THE LNM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, JAIPUR

Minutes of 56th Meeting of Academic Council

Date: March 27, 2019Time: 02:00 PMVenue: VC Room

Sub: Minutes of 56th Academic Council Meeting held on March 27, 2019 at 02:00 PM in VCRoomA. Following members were present:

1. Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Director Chairman2. Prof. Sandeep Sancheti, VC,SRMUniversity, Member

Chennai.3. Dr Narendra Kumar, Dean Incharge, Academic Member

Affairs and Assoc. Dean Academic Affairs4. Prof. G0 Sharma, Dean, Sponsored Research & Member

Consultancy5. Prof. Somnath Biswas , Dean Academic Research Member6. Prof. Mohan Kadalbajoo, Dean, Faculty Affairs Member7. Prof. Anupam Singh, Dean, Student Affairs Member8. Prof. Manju Dhariwal, Dean, Alumni Affairs and Member

Resource Generation9. Prof. R.Gangopadhyay Member10. Prof. Ravi Prakash Gorthi(Prof. CSEl Member11. Prof. Raghuvir Tomar, Prof ECE Member12. Dr. Soumitra Debnath, Associate Dean, Admission Member

and Placement and HoD, ECE13. Dr. Preety Singh, HoD,CSE Member14. Dr. Vikram Sharma, HoD,MME Member15. Dr. Subhayan Biswas,HoD Physics Member16. Dr. Rajbala Singh, HoD,HSS Member17. Dr. Vikas Gupta, HoD,Mathematics Member18. Dr. Subrat KDash, Asso. Professor CSE Member19. Dr. Ajit Patel, Assoc. Professor Mathematics Member20. Dr.Anjishnu Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Physics Member21. Dr. Rajbir Kaur, Assistant Professor, CSE Member22. Vikas Baipai, Assistant Dean Member23. Shri Rahul Makkar (17PECOO1). Student Member24. Shri Prtyansh Agarwal (15UCE025), Student Member25. Ms. Anushka Prakash, (16UCS223) Student Member26. Dr. Renu Bapna, Re_g_istrar Member Secretary

B. Following were granted leave of absence:Member

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2. Prof. Amit Sheth, Executive Director, MemberOhio Centre of Excellence in Knowledge-enabledComputing, Wright State University

3. Shri Nandit Kaushik (17MECOO3) Student Member

Welcome to the new members and opening remarks by Chairperson Academic Council.

At the outset Chairperson, Academic Council welcomed the new members of the Academic Councilwho joined after the last Academic Council meeting including ProfM. K. Kadalbajoo, DoFA, Prof.Somnath Biswas, Dean Academic Research, Dr. Soumitra Debnath,Hod, ECE, Dr. SubhayanBiswas HoD, Physics and the student member Rahul Makkar (17PECOOI).

Following agenda items were taken up for discussions and decision recorded as under.

SECTION-I: CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING,

Agenda Item No AC-A- :56.01.01

To confirm the minutes of the 55th Academic Councilmeeting held on October 06, 2018.

The Academic Council confirmed the minutes of the 55th Academic Council meeting held onOctober 06, 2018.

SECTION-2: ACTION TAKEN REPORT ON DECISIONS OF PREVIOUSMEETINGS

Agenda Item No AC-A-56.02.01

To receive a note on action taken on the decisions takenand recommendations made in the 55th meeting ofAcademic Council held on October 06, 2018.

The Academic Council noted the report on the action taken on the decisions / recommendationsmade in the 55th meeting of Academic Council held on October 06, 2018.

SECTION-3: DISCUSSION ITEMS

Agenda Item56.03.01

No AC-A- : To consider the list of students placed at Annexure-AC-A-56.03.01 for the award of Degree.

Academic Council recommended the award of Degree to students for following programs after 9th

Semester as per the detailed list of students placed at Annexure-AC-A-56.03.01 for approval ofGoverning Council.

I B.Tech ECEI B.Tech.,CSE I ~


To discuss the proposal of Mechanical - MechatronicsEngineering department regarding starting M. Tech.program.

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AC suggested that the proposal of starting M. Tech. program in Mechanical Engineering shouldbe first discussed in the Board of studies.

It was also recommended that the nomenclature of the program and electives in the curriculum mustbe chosen with great care to attract the students and to fulfil the market needs and allow a certaindegree offlexibility. An Industry survey for introduction of demand-driven programmes and coursesmay also be carried out. Possibility of industry-sponsored programme may also be explored.


To discuss the matter of Course Registration of SLIstudents during their 8th semester.

Academic Council deliberated in the matter and had a view that in the proposed curriculum structure,option of selecting an extra OE should not be treated as overload. Instead, it should be considered asan extra course/credit within the limits of permitted course credits of 25 credit points. AcademicCouncil approved the recommendation of AC-AAC with the following provisions:• The students following the curriculum implemented in August 2017 will be allowed to opt for

01 (one) OE either during Summer Term after of their 6th semester or during their 7th semesterinstead of taking it in 8th semester so that they can go on SLI and also can complete minimumrequirements of credits for award of degree in 8 semesters.

• For Y 15 SLI students - Additional OE may be offered under online mode for learning butproctored examinations on campus by offering the OE using a MOOC platform like EDX orSwayam, courses, subject to Iist of such courses being in the AC approved courses.

• Other features of Summer Term will remain unchanged. Other course overload rules shall alsoremain unchanged.

• Additionally, the Academic Council approved that students having CGPA equal to 6.5 or aboveneed not go through the scrutiny of departmental level committee for SLl approval. They shallbe directly approved by DoAA based on the recommendations of TPO. The cases of CGPAbelow 6.5 will be approved by DoAA only on the basis of the recommendations of TPO anddepartment level committee of experts. All other provisions related to SLI approvals shallremain unchanged.

Members also suggested to explore option of introducing only BTP I Entrepreneurship Project seEP)/ Industry Internship/SLl in 8th Semester in the new/next curricular structure and completing all othercredit requirements by 7th Semester. Members also had a view that assessment of BTP I EP I IndustryInternship/SLI also needs to be undertaken and modalities of assessment may be worked out by ACAAC. In the interest of the students the same should be recorded in the Grade sheet/Transcript.


To discuss regarding Evaluation of BTPs, Mini Projects,Projects and Seminars (As per the routine defined in theAcademic Calendar).

Academic Council decided that presentation of BTP I Mini Project / M. Sc. Project and M. Tech.Thesis shall be scheduled from April 15 to May 15. The last date for submitting the grades of thepresentation.

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To consider legal opinion in the matter of nomenclature ofbranch ofB.Tech. Y-16 students admitted in MechanicalMechatronics Engineering.

The Academic Council noted the legal opinion in the matter and recommended for placing beforethe Governing Council the change in nomenclature from B.Tech. Mechanical-MechatronicsEngineering to B.Tech Mechanical Engineering for Y-16 students ensuring the two conditionssuggested in the legal opinion as under:

• The consent of all the students will be recorded to the effect that the change in nomenclature isdone as per their request and opted by them by their ownfree will.

• The difference in syllabus and credit of both the courses shall be covered appropriately by wayof additional classes and exams as required.

Agenda Item No AC-A- : To deliberate on Swachh Bharat Internship56.03.06

Academic Council approved to award 0 I Credit with "A" grade for Swachh Bharat SummerInternship carried out in Summer Term 2018 to the students as per list placed at Annexure-AC-A-56.03.06.


To discuss the proposal of Mathematics departmentregarding offering "Probability and Statistics" course asOther Elective course to Mechanical and MechatronicsThird-year students.

The Academic Council accepted the recommendations of AC-AAC and decided to offer "Probabilityand Statistics" course as Other Elective to all the B.Tech. Students after ensuring that the coursecontent of P&S does not have any major overlap with the courses offered to ME students.

It was also recommended that the courses not available to students as a part of their regularcurriculum may be offered to them as Other Electives after due consideration of pre-requisiteconditions, possible overlap with courses in the regular curriculum and operational feasibility etc.

SECTION-4: RATIFICATION ITEMS


To ratify the decision of award of degrees to the studenwho became eligible after last academic council meeting.

Academic Council ratified the decision of awarding the Degrees in 12th convocation to thefollowing 4 students who became eligible after last academic council meeting. This was earlierapproved by circulation, prior to the 4yd GC meeting.

1. Ii2.3.

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To ratify the Academic Calendar - 2019.

Academic Council ratified the Academic Calendar for 2019.


To ratify the decision of Branch change of Shivansh Jain(18UEC092) from B.Tech. ECE to B.Tech. CCE resultingdue to re-evaluation of answer scripts in Classical Physicspost-branch change announcement.

The Academic Council noted the background of branch change of Shivansh Jain (18UEC092)and ratified the decision of changing his branch from B.Tech. ECE to B.Tech. CCE resulting dueto re-evaluation of answer scripts in Classical Physics based on his eligibility for this transfer postlast date of branch change announcement. Further, Academic Council advised that Academicschedule needs to be fixed to avoid such incidents in future.

SECTION-5: INFORMATION ITEMS


To receive information about formats being used for awardof M.Sc. and Ph. D degree after due approval of Gc.

Academic Council had a view in future such items should be placed for ratification rather thaninformation. As such, decision of introducing new certificate formats for award of M. Sc. and Ph.Ddegree was ratified.


To receive information about discussions held andrecommendations made in the AC-SAC meetings held onSeptember 18, 2018, September 20,2018 and November 20,.2018 for information of the Academic Council.

The Academic Council received the information.


To receive information about discussions held andrecommendations made in the AC-LAC meeting held onNovember 17, 2018 for information of the AcademicCouncil.

The Academic Council noted the deliberations of AC-LAC.


To receive information about discussions held andrecommendations made in the 6th AC-AAC meeting heldon January 8, 2019 and 7th AC-AAC meeting held onMarch 16,2019.

The Academic Council noted the deliberations of AC-AAC.

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SECTION-6: ANY OTHER ITEMS

Agenda Item No AC-A- : To consider the matter of Uniform Attendance Policy56.06.01 across the Institute

Academic Council suggested that a Draft policy will be prepared by AC-AAC and circulated todepartments through HoDs for further deliberations of faculty in the department. The feedbacksought will be further discussed in the AC-AAC and recommendation and final Draft will be placedbefore the Academic Council for approval.


To consider a review of policy on Makeup examination ofMid-term/Quizzes/End Term:

Academic Council deliberated in the matter and decided to maintain status - quo


To consider the Course Information Forms (CIFs) ofNew Courses

CIFs of New Courses as recommended by AC-AAC placed at Annexure AC-A-56.06.03 wereapproved by Academic Council. Further, AC authorized Chairman Academic Council to approvethe remaining new courses, if any comes before the commencement of course registration processbased on recommendation of AC-AAC. In such cases of course offering, CIFs shall be presentedto the subsequent AC meeting for ratification.

Meeting ended with a vote ofthanks to the chair.

(Member Secretary)Academic Council

(Chairman)Academic council

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