IMT Centre for Distance Learning

Admission Policy

Policy relating to Late Fee

Fee for late admissions: Rs. 2000/-
New admissions/readmission schedule for the late fee would be as follows:

For Jan admissions: 16th February to 28th February
For July admissions: 17th August to 31st August

Note: Separate Demand Draft favouring 'Institute of Management Technology - Centre for Distance Learning' for Late Fee is required.

Policy relating to Refund of Fee

The refund of fee is permissible in the following cases:

If the admission has been refused by the institute because of non-eligibility, fee will be refunded after deducting an amount of Rs. 2500/- towards administrative charges before 15th May (for January Admission) or 15th November (for July Admission) provided no examination has been attempted.
If a student has paid excess amount of fee, full excess amount of fee will be refunded.
If a student is admitted provisionally to any of the courses and is found ineligible at a later stage, the admission of such a student shall be cancelled and fee will be refunded after deducting an amount of Rs. 2500/- towards administrative charges.
If a student wants to leave the course on his/her own:
1. Within 15 days from the date of closure of admission session, full fee after deducting an amount of Rs. 2500/- towards the cost of books and administrative charges will be refunded.
2. When more than 15 days but till one month from the date of closure of admission session, 50% of fee will be refunded.
3. After one month from the date of closure of admission session, no refund of fee will be made i.e. 15th April, 15th October.
4. Refund will be made within 3 months of the receipt of the application by IMT - CDL Head Quarter.
5. Late fee deposited with IMT - CDL will not be refunded.

Closure of Admission Session

For Jan admissions: 28th February (with late fee, from 16th to 28th February)
For July admissions : 31st August(with late fee, from 17th August to 31st August)

Policy relating to Change of Information & Facilitation Centre

Fee for Change of Information & Facilitation Centre: Rs. 2000/-
Change of Centre would normally be allowed within 15 days of the closure of admissions as follows:
For Jan admissions: Up to 31st March
For July admissions: Up to 30th September

However, under special circumstances, the change of information & facilitation centre may be allowed after one month of the close of admissions subject to the proof of special circumstances, for example, change of address, change of office, Marriage, etc.

Policy relating to Change of Course / Mode

Fee for Change of Course or Mode: Rs. 2000/-
Change of Course would be allowed within 15 days of the closure of admissions as follows:
1. For Jan admissions: Up to 31st March
2. For July admissions: Up to 30th September
Transfer from full-time and part-time courses from IMT to Distance Learning courses of IMT-Centre for Distance Learning shall be treated as fresh admission.

Study Material Policy

The Self Instruction Manuals Kit shall be sent by the Head Quarters of IMT-CDL to the information & facilitation centres to be personally collected by the students who have been admitted to different programmes.
The study material already supplied to any student should be returned to the respective information & facilitation centre of IMT-CDL in case of change of course. Fresh study material in case of change of course shall be supplied only after the old study material has been returned by the student.
The study material applicable to a particular session given to a student will not be changed.

Assignment Policy

The students shall submit the completed assignment of current session at the respective information & facilitation centre. The completed assignment must be submitted latest by 30th June for June ETE and by 30th December for December ETE.

A student can resubmit his assignment online/offline as per academic calendar.
Fee for Re-submission/late submission of Assignment: Rs. 500/- per subject.
Assignment shall be accepted latest by 30th July and 30th January, respectively, for June and December ETE at IMT-CDL H.O. only. Such assignments should be sent with late fee only to IMT - CDL, Ghaziabad.

Examination Policy

Students should fulfill the following conditions for appearing in the examination:

They should be enrolled for the course
They should be eligible for the examination
They should complete submission of assignments and case-studies of the respective paper before the commencement of the respective examination.
1. Reappear/Back Paper cases in End-Term Examination (ETE) of June/December
  In case a student does not appear in or does not clear the examination in any paper in the regular schedule meant for that paper, he can appear in June/Dec ETE after depositing reappear fee.
  ETE Reappear Fee: Rs 500/- per paper.
2. Reappear/Back Paper in Supplementary Examination (March / September)
  In case a student does not appear in or does not clear the examination in any paper in the regular schedule, he can appear in the April/September Supplementary Examination after depositing reappear fee.
  Supplementary Examination Reappear Fee: Rs. 500/- per paper.
3. Special Examination (within India)
  A student can appear in a special examination within India for any reason with the prior approval from the Institute.
  Fee for Special Examination within India: Rs. 2000/- per paper.
4. Special Examination (outside India)
  A student can appear in a special examination outside India for any reason with the prior approval from the Institute.
  Fee for Special Examination outside India: Rs 2500/- per paper.
5. Re-evaluation Fee (Offline)
  A student can apply for the revaluation of his answer sheet within one months of the declaration of the result.
  Re-evaluation Fee: Rs. 1000/- per paper.
6. Re-totalling Fee (Offline)
  A student can apply for the re-totalling of his answer sheet within one months of the declaration of the result.
  Re-totalling Fee: Rs. 500/- per paper.

Policy relating to Recorded Lectures

In pursuance of the policy of erstwhile DEC and UGC in respect of territorial jurisdiction, Personal Contact Classes have been discontinued and have been replaced by Recorded Lectures which have been replaced by Recorded Lectures which have been put on the website of the IMT-CDL on 31st Oct, 2013. Any queries on the subjects would be responded by IMT-CDL faculty through Learning Management System (LMS). However, brief Counselling Sessions for the removal of doubts on the subjects may also be arranged at the Information and Facilitation Centres as additional, optional and free of cost facility. Attendance in these Counselling Sessions would not be mandatory.

Policy relating to Dual Specialisation in Semester V

The students are allowed to seek dual specialisation by selecting any one out of five remaining specialisation areas. For completing the Dual specialisation an additional period of six months shall be given. The student has to pay an additional fee of Rs. 10,000/- (non-refundable) for it. The course is to be completed within maximum period of four years. The programme offers specialisations in the areas of Finance, Marketing, Systems, Operations, Human Resource Management and International Business.

Policy relating to Grace Marks

A total of three marks are allowed as grace marks over two modules spanning a complete academic year. The student may avail the grace marks over a maximum of three subjects or a minimum of one subject. In Dual Specialisation also students may avail three grace marks in fifth semester of Two Year PGDM Programme.

Issue of Duplicate Identity Card/Marksheet/Diploma

A student can apply for the issue of Duplicate Identity Card/Duplicate Mark Sheet / Duplicate Diploma by depositing fee, as indicated below, along with photograph in case of duplicate identity card.
A copy of FIR and the news item in respect of the loss of Diploma in local news agency are required to be submitted
while applying for the duplicate copy of Diploma.

Fee for Duplicate Identity Card : Rs. 200/-
Fee for Duplicate Marksheet : Rs. 500/-
Fee for Duplicate Diploma: Rs. 1000/-

Note: Upgradation from One Year to Two year PGDM Programme shall be allowed.

Policy for Improvement

The chance to improve the performance in the end-term examination or assignment shall be allowed within one months of the declaration of the result thereof, only after permission has been granted by IMT-CDL head office to improve the performance. The improvement fee shall be Rs. 500/- per subject of ETE/Supplementary Exam.

Policy for Project Work

The project work undertaken should be authentic and should contribute towards the development and growth of the subject. If the Expert Committee feels that the project work undertaken does not appear to be authentic or does not contribute towards the growth of the subject or it has been merely copied from some source, the institute has the right to reject the project work summarily. In that case, the student may be asked to resubmit the project.

Project Work is to be undertaken by the student in the fourth module of Two Year PGDM programme, where the students will have to go through the following steps:

Selection of the Project work topic and getting the synopsis approved by the expert committee of IMT-CDL H.O. only.
After the approval of Project Synopsis, student can work upon his Project Report which shall be submitted.
Viva-voce will be conducted at the IMT-CDL H.O. and Regional Centres (Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai). Student can submit the Project Report with the photocopy of approved Synopsis and appear for viva-voce at the selected Regional Centre.
Viva-Voce will be conducted by the panel of expert committee.
Project Guide selected by the student should be an expert in the relevant discipline with a minimum of five years of work experience.
Project Viva Result will be declared with the ETE result.

Note:

Last date for submission of the PROJECT SYNOPSIS (online only) / PROJECT WORK as per the academic calendar.

Policy for Viva-voce

The viva-voce for the Project work shall be conducted after the end of the ETE of June/December.

Reappear Case for Viva-voce of the Project:

If a student fails to appear for the viva-voce on the specified date or he is asked to resubmit his project, he will have to deposit a reappear fee of Rs. 500/-.

Special Viva-voce for the Project:

If a student is interested in getting a special viva-voce conducted (either in or out of India) he has to pay a special viva fee of Rs. 2,500/-.

Note: Viva Outside India shall be conducted through video-conferencing.

Evaluation Criteria for Project Work

A. Written Report (60 %)

Choice of Subject / Title	05
Clarity about objectives, scope and coverage of the study	10
Design of the study and methodology, review of earlier work/literature available for the subject, data collection, primary, secondary, questionnaire used where applicable, field work	10
Analysis and interpretation of data: Data processing technique (Manual/Computer), or other tools made use of	10
Innovative technique/approach to problem solving	10
Findings of research study, recommendations, suggestions, policy issue	05
Report writing and presentation, language, composition & chapter scheme	05

B. Viva-Voce (40 %)

Identification of the problem-clarity about objectives, scope and coverage of the study	10
Ability to discuss the report design, methodology, instruments used, literature connected with the report, data analysis and interpretation, findings and depth of the subject and conceptualisation of the key areas after completing the project work	10
Linking the report recommendations with project objectives and how far these have been achieved	10
Drawback in the report, if any and general comments	10

Note: In case of project reports relating to development of concepts and systems or case studies, ability to critically review the literature and development of thought process will be judged.