Following are the General guidelines:

1)      Semester 7th, teaching scheme is 0-0-4, with 4 credits worth of 150 marks

(Out of 150 marks, 50 marks are to be given for Problem Definition. The college, through internal evaluation, will assess the Industry Defined problems, submitted by students during the first week of the seventh semester. The remaining 100 marks are for the practical exam, to be conducted by the University.)

2)      Semester 8th, teaching scheme for the project is 0-0-8 or 0-0-12 with 8 or 12 credits, depending upon the branch. During the 8th semester, the project will carry 400 marks.

Note:

*    The format for problem definition may be specified by dept. /college. The common form for the problem definition can be downloaded from GTU website. (Click here)

*         In the 8th Semester out of 400 marks 300 marks are for the practical exam by the University and 100 marks are for Internal Practical exam.

 

3)      Each final year Project will be a Major Project. It will be divided into two Semesters of work.

 

Procedure:

a)      Each defined project needs to be from Industry/Research organization/Govt.organization/socio-technical issues.

b)      Project identification should be based on “Shodh-Yatra” carried out by the students after completion of B.E Semester 6th Examination but before starting of the 7th Semester.

c)       Problem definition for the project needs to be submitted by every student in the first week of the 7th Semester to his/her college.

d)      Each definition will be evaluated in the beginning of the 7th semester itself by the College.

e)      Every College should send all the Problem Definitions in the specified format to GTU before 15th August, 2011.

Facilitation:

You may contact your Udisha Club Co-ordinator/Faculty /Department/Principal or Chairman of your Sankul for arranging “Shodh-Yatra” to the industries.

Guidelines for the students:

1.         The students are required to identify their problem during the summer of 2011 and they are required to follow all the rules and instructions issued by department, for safety and other requirements.

  1. Each student or student group would work under the guidance of the Faculty from the College. In case any problem/other issue arises for the smooth progress of IDP discovery/Practical Training, it should be immediately brought to the notice of the Udisha Club Co-ordinator /Faculty /Department/Principal or Chairman of your Sankul.

3.         The students are required to submit the Problem Definition (in the specified format) to their Head of the Department in their College during the first week of the 7th semester.