Grading Document

 IITM’s BS in Data Science and Applications program

Jan 2026 TERM GRADING DOCUMENT

The following is the schedule of the 2 quizzes and final exam which students have to attend in person at centres across the country and outside India.

*(If required and, we will do a morning session for the quiz)

The following is the schedule of programming exams which will be conducted in remote proctored online mode.

*The actual timings of the various sessions will be informed and allocated to you closer to the date of the exam.

All courses that have oppe: Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 1

Student has to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) exam

SoP for the SCT Exam is as follows: Click Here for OPPE SCT SoP Document

OPPE1 will not be scheduled for students who fail to complete the OPPE SCT exam.

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 2:

Most courses have eligibility criteria to attend the final exam.

In case you do not become eligible to write the final exam, OPPE2 will also not be scheduled for you as you will be awarded WA/WQ grade and anyway have to repeat the entire course the next time including all assessment components.

In addition, Python, PDSA and Java have criteria based on GrPA scores of weeks 1-8 to be eligible to appear for the OPPEs. Please check the grading formula for these courses for more details.

Repeat_OPPE Criteria
(w.e.f from Jan 2026 term) [updated on Jan 05, 2026]

Students who were OPPE eligible and received an I_OP in the September 2025 term, and have registered as Repeat OPPE for the January 2026 term, will continue to be considered eligible for OPPE in January 2026. However, students who were marked OPPE Ineligible with I_OP or I_Both and have registered for the respective course as Repeat OPPE or Repeat OPPE & End Term must regain OPPE eligibility in the January 2026 term by submitting the required assignments and OPPE SCT. If OPPE eligibility is not attained, the OPPE will not be scheduled and a U grade will be awarded for the January 2026 term.

*TDS has a Remote Online Exam (ROE), which is a non-proctored, open internet exam. No SCT is required for TDS.

We might have additional dates for OPPEs depending on the number of students who register for courses with OPPEs. These dates could be any date and timing of  OPPE week.

Once we know the actual registration numbers for every course, we will finalise the dates and timings.

*SUBJECT TO CHANGE

ASSIGNMENT DEADLINES:

**Week 3 Foundation deadline falls on March 4th (Holi), students are requested to submit their assignments within the given timeline. The deadline will not be extended..

NONE OF THE ASSIGNMENT DEADLINES WILL BE CHANGED THIS TIME FROM THE SCHEDULE GIVEN BELOW. THE DATES HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY ADJUSTED FOR ACCOMMODATING THE QUIZZES AND OPPES.

Week 7 - eligibility for final exams for most courses depends on the average assignment scores of best 5 out of the first 7 weeks. The dates are highlighted in green here.

Week 10 - GAA score for final grade will be taken and calculated for applicable courses

MAJOR CHANGE THIS TIME:

Weightage for GAA in Foundation Level courses is being made 0. Questions for a total of 10 marks in the 2 quizzes and End term exam will come from the assignments.

Weightage for GAA in Diploma Level courses will be 5 marks. Questions for a total of 5 marks in the 2 quizzes and End term exam will come from the assignments.

Weightage for GAA in Degree Level courses remains unchanged.

CHECK EVERY COURSE GRADING PATTERN TO SEE ACTUAL WEIGHTAGES.

Bonus Marks

Bonus Marks are for encouraging and incentivising the students to participate more in the activities of the course.

These marks will be added ONLY for the students who pass the course and will only impact the course grade, and not the pass criteria. Criteria for bonus marks:

Marks will be applicable based on availability of mock activities in the course. It can vary from course to course and can range from 0-2.

• If the average of the marks obtained in all the mock tests conducted before Quiz 1 & Quiz 2 >= 40/100, students will get 2 marks. The mock tests have to be done within the time specified.
• The course team may set up additional activities in the course which will be eligible for upto 3 bonus marks. If no additional activities are set up, this bonus won't be applicable.

Participation in the discourse forum: Badges

We will be looking at active engagement with Discourse in a term and provide badges for participation.

Badges will be given based on the number of hours a student spends on Discourse. A student is expected to spend a minimum of 1 hour per week per course in Discourse reading posts.

Student will get the following badges:

Read time of upto 4 hours per course in a term: Badge 1

Read time of upto 8 hours per course in a term: Badge 2

Read time of upto 12 hours per course or more: Badge 3

(Applicable only after you get the BS student roll number)

Information about course grades:

S,A,B,C,D,E - Pass grade; U/WA/WQ - Fail grade   I - Incomplete

In I grade - there are 3 types:

1. If you are absent for ET alone but all other assessment components are completed (quizzes, OPPEs, project, weekly assignments) - grade will be pushed as I.

Options: You can register to take up the ET exam alone in the subsequent term. OPPE and quizzes will not be scheduled for you. All other marks for Final course score will be taken from the previous run. The fee will be charged only for the end term exam.

OR

You can choose to repeat the entire course paying the full course fees.

2. If you have failed in the OPPE but wrote the ET exam and crossed the cutoff for T as given in the course grading policy, grade = I_OP.

You can register to do the OPPE alone whereby if the course has one OPPE, that will be scheduled. If the course has 2 OPPEs, both will be scheduled for you. You can attempt the OPPE alone. All other mark components of FInal course score will be taken from the previous run. ET and quizzes will not be scheduled for you.

3. If you have failed in the OPPE and absent for ET, then grade = I_BOTH

You can register for ET and OPPEs alone. If the course has one OPPE, that will be scheduled. If the course has 2 OPPEs, both will be scheduled for you. You will attempt the ET and OPPEs. Quiz and GAA and other components will be taken from the previous run and not scheduled.

In all the above cases, you can also choose to Repeat the entire course and not just do the ET/OPPE alone if you want to reattempt all assessment components.

ASSIGNMENT DEADLINES:

Bonus Marks

Information about course grades:

Suggested pathway to register and study Foundation level courses:

Foundation level courses

1. Mathematics for data science 1

2. English 1

3. Computational Thinking

4. Statistics for data science 1

5. Mathematics for data science 2

6. English 2

7. Intro to python programming

8.  Statistics for data science 2

Diploma Level courses

Suggested pathway to register and study Diploma level courses:

Diploma level courses

1. Machine Learning foundations (DS Diploma)

2. Machine Learning Techniques (Diploma in DS)

3. Machine Learning Practice (Diploma in DS)

4. Business Data management (DS Diploma)

5. Business Analytics (Diploma in DS)

Business Analytics (BA) Assignment Deadlines

6. Tools in Data Science (Diploma in DS)

7. Programming Data structures and algorithms using Python (PDSA) - Diploma in Programming

8. Database management system (DBMS) - Diploma in Programming

9. Application development - 1 (Diploma in programming)

10. Programming concepts using Java (Diploma in programming)

11. System commands (Diploma in programming)

12. Application Development - 2 (Diploma in programming)

13.Introduction to Deep Learning and Generative AI

Project Courses:

Guideline documents:

Deep learning and Generative AI Project

Timelines (Appdev1, Appdev2 & MLP, BDM projects):

Degree Level courses

1. Software Testing

2. Software Engineering

3. Deep Learning

4. AI: Search Methods for Problem Solving

5. Strategies for Professional Growth

6. Introduction to Big Data

7. Programming in C

8. Deep Learning for CV

9. Large Language Models

10. Deep Learning Practice

11.Industry 4.0

12.Operating Systems

13.Special topics in ML (Reinforcement Learning)

14.Corporate Finance

15.Computer Networks

16.Data Science and AI Lab

17.Application Development Lab

18.Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics

19.Big Data and Biological Networks

20.Market Research

21.Statistical Computing

22.Advanced Algorithms

23.Managerial Economics

24.Speech Technology

25. MLOPS (Machine Learning Operations)

26. Mathematical Foundations of Generative AI

27.Theory of Computation

      Annexure I

Suggested pathway to register and study Foundation level courses:

For those entering Foundation Level in MAY 2024 or after, kindly go through the new rules: 4/6/8 courses to be completed in 4/6/9 terms. Else you will be removed from the program.

Academic policies:

1. In each programming assignment, be it any course or any OPPE,  taking help from LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) partially or completely is considered plagiarism.

2. Unless explicitly permitted, do not use LLMs. Using LLMs is considered a violation of honour code.

3. Students can discuss and learn from each other but the assignments are expected to be done individually based on their understanding.

Foundation level courses

1. Mathematics for data science 1

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

        F = score in final exam

T = max (0.6F + 0.3max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.45F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

(W11/W12 contents will be included for the final exam. Hence, please practice and submit W11/W12 assignment).

2. English 1

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

        F = score in final exam

        T = max (0.6F + 0.3max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.45F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

( W11/W12 contents will be included for the final exam. Hence, please practice and submit W11/W12 assignment).

3. Computational Thinking

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

        F = score in final exam

        T = max (0.6F + 0.3max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.45F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2) 

(W11/W12 contents will be included for the final exam. Hence, please practice and submit W11/W12 assignment).

4. Statistics for data science 1

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

        F = score in final exam

Extra activity - will be defined in the course on the portal

        T = max (0.6F + 0.3max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.45F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2) + Bonus marks for Extra activity - capped to 5 

(W11/W12 contents will be included for the final exam. Hence, please practice and submit W11/W12 assignment).

Bonus marks for course specific activity: 5 marks in total - 3.75 marks for weekly extra activity + 1.25 marks based on the quality of activity (Instructors' and Faculty's discretion)

Note : “Extra Activity marks will be added to the T score only when you pass the course.”

Extra Activity for Statistics- I Assignment Deadline

Note: If a student does not complete the required number (at least 5) of peer reviews, he/she will be awarded 0 marks for that activity even if he/she submitted the activity.

5. Mathematics for data science 2

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

        F = score in final exam

        B = Bonus marks for course specific activity (out of 6)

       T = max(0.6F + 0.3max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.45F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2) + B — capped to 100.

Bonus marks for course specific activity: 6 marks in total: 3 assignments of 2 marks each. The assignments will be available on the portal on the following dates.

Extra Activity for Mathematics-II Assignment Deadline:

(W11/W12 contents will be included for the final exam. Hence, please practice and submit W11/W12 assignment).

6. English 2

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

        F = score in final exam

        T = max (0.6F + 0.3max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.45F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

(W11/W12 contents will be included for the final exam. Hence, please practice and submit W11/W12 assignment).

7. Intro to python programming

Academic policies

1. In each programming assignment, be it any course or any OPPE,  taking help from LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) partially or completely is considered plagiarism.

2. Unless explicitly permitted, do not use LLMs. Using LLMs is considered a violation of honour code.

3. Students can discuss and learn from each other but the assignments are expected to be done individually based on their understanding.

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: No Quiz                End term:  May 10 2026

OPPE1: 4th April (Standalone students) & 5th April (standalone+others)                                        
OPPE2: 3rd May        

Possible additional dates:- (Timing 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm)  2nd May (Saturday)                                                

Depending on your eligibility for OPPE1 & OPPE2, you will be allocated one of the slots mentioned above by the team. Please keep yourself free on the dates given.

Eligibility for Bonus:

Only if you do the SCT, will the bonus be applicable to you and be added to your final course score. Even if you attend the mock tests, only if you do the sct, you will get the bonus.

Eligibility to appear for OPPE1 AND OPPE2:

IT IS MANDATORY to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) exam

SoP for the SCT Exam is as follows: Click Here for OPPE SCT SoP Document

OPPE1/OPPE2 will not be scheduled for students who fail to complete the OPPE SCT exam.

Repeat_OPPE Criteria
(w.e.f from Jan 2026 term) [updated on Jan 05, 2026]

Students who were OPPE eligible and received an I_OP in the September 2025 term, and have registered as Repeat OPPE for the January 2026 term, will continue to be considered eligible for OPPE in January 2026. However, students who were marked OPPE Ineligible with I_OP or I_Both and have registered for the respective course as Repeat OPPE or Repeat OPPE & End Term must regain OPPE eligibility in the January 2026 term by submitting the required assignments and OPPE SCT. If OPPE eligibility is not attained, the OPPE will not be scheduled and a U grade will be awarded for the January 2026 term.

Syllabus for OPPE 1 - Week1 to Week 5

Syllabus for OPPE 2 - Week1 to Week 8

A1: Average of GrPA scores in week 1

A2: Average of GrPA scores in week 2

A3: Average of GrPA scores in week 3

A4: Average of GrPA scores in week 4

A5: Average of GrPA scores in week 5

A6: Average of GrPA scores in week 6

A7: Average of GrPA scores in week 7

A8: Average of GrPA scores in week 8

Eligibility for writing oppe1:

Completing SCT

AND

A1>=40/100 AND A2>=40/100 AND A3>=40/100 AND A4>=40/100

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 2: 

Completing SCT

AND

A5>=40/100 AND A6>=40/100 AND A7>=40/100 AND A8>=40/100

AND

Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100 (becoming eligible to give the end term exam)

If you do not satisfy this, we will not schedule OPPE2 for you.

Eligibility to appear for the end term exam is as follows:

Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100

AND

Being eligible to appear for atleast one of the 2 oppes. If you are ineligible for both, you have to repeat the entire course.

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Both the conditions below should be satisfied.

1. Attending the end term exam AND
2. Minimum score to be obtained in one of the programming exams (OPPE1, OPPE2) should be >= 40/100

The calculation of Final course Score for eligible students is as follows:

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted) - in centre

PE1 = score in OPPE1 (0, if not attempted) - programming exam 1

PE2 = score in OPPE2 (0, if not attempted) - programming exam 2

F = score in final exam

T = 0.15Qz1+ 0.4F+ 0.25 max(PE1, PE2) + 0.2 min(PE1, PE2)

8.  Statistics for data science 2

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score for eligible students is as follows:

                   Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

        F = score in final exam

        T = max (0.6F + 0.3max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.45F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2) + Bonus marks for Extra activity - capped to 5

(W11/W12 contents will be included for the final exam. Hence, please practice and submit W11/W12 assignment).

Bonus marks for course specific activity: 5 marks in total - 3.75 marks for weekly extra activity + 1.25 marks based on the quality of activity (Instructors' and Faculty's discretion)

Note : “Extra Activity marks will be added to T-score only when you pass the course.”

Extra Activity for Statistics- II Assignment Deadline

Note: If a student does not complete the required number (at least 5) of peer review, he will be awarded 0 marks for that activity even if he/she submitted the activity.

Diploma Level courses

Suggested pathway to register and study Diploma level courses:

1. Most aggressive pathway - completing in 4 terms - ONLY IF YOU ARE DOING THIS AS FULL TIME AND NOTHING ELSE AND CAN SPEND 70 HRs PER WEEK MINIMUM
2. Comfortable pathway - 6 terms - 2 years : Suggested for students and working professionals doing this along with another degree or their job (40hrs/week)
3. Those from non technical backgrounds, new to programming or have busy schedules, recommended to take 6 or 7 terms for the 2 diplomas.
4. Same sequence of courses are suggested if you are taking only the Diploma in programming or Diploma in DS separately too.

Maximum number of terms to complete both Diplomas: 12

Even with a relaxed pathway, you should complete in a maximum of 7 or 8 terms.

The new rules for those entering Diploma Level from May 2024 onwards:

• Complete minimum of 3 courses and 1 project in every 3 terms, which means the

• The slowest you can go is 3 courses and 1 project in 3 terms (1 year), 6 courses and 2 projects in 6 terms (2 years), 9 courses and 3 projects in 9 terms (3 years) and 12 courses and 4 projects in 12 terms (4 years).

• At the end of 3 terms, if you do not complete 3 courses and 1 project you will be given warning.
• At the end of 6/9/12 terms if you do not complete 6/9/12 courses and 2/3/4 projects, you will be removed from the program.

 If you wish to do the Diploma in programming and Diploma in data science one after the other and not mix up the courses, here are the suggested pathways.

     IMPORTANT

1. OPPEs for all Diploma courses will be scheduled in the following way:

1. If you have 2 courses with OPPEs, both will be scheduled on 26th April                                .
2. If you have 3 courses with OPPEs, OPPEs for 2 courses will be scheduled on 26th April  and OPPE for 1 course will be scheduled on 3rd May                                                                        .
3. If you have 4 courses with OPPEs, OPPEs for 2 courses will be scheduled on  26th April and OPPE for the other 2 courses will be scheduled on 3rd May

In the cases of b and c above, if you fail or are absent in subjects of 26th April and are rescheduled for 3rd May, there will be no option to split the subjects any further or reschedule them. All will have to be written on the same day.

Only if you have a conflicting engagement on 26th April , which cannot be changed or moved and you submit a request to us with proof, we will check the proofs and if found valid, we will make changes to the above allocation. Since both 26th April and 3rd May are Sundays, please ensure you keep it free, especially as per the time slots given here for giving the exams.

March last week (Tentative): We will release the slots for OPPE 1 & Dates for OPPE 2 allocated for each student for their registered subjects . If eligibility is specified as part of the grading document to attend the exam and if you are eligible, exam will be scheduled as per the slots allocated.

Please choose courses for the Jan 2026 term keeping all these points in mind.

Diploma level courses

1. Machine Learning foundations (DS Diploma)

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Eligibility to attend final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the center

Eligibility to get the final course grade: Attending the end sem exam

The calculation of Final course score is proposed as follows:

        GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

        F = score in final exam

        Overall score for eligible students:

        T = 0.05 GAA + max (0.6F + 0.25max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.4F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

(Though the W11/W12 assignment score is not included in GAA, W11/W12 contents will be included for the final exam. Hence, please practice and submit W11/W12 assignment).

2. Machine Learning Techniques (Diploma in DS)

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to attend the end term exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments (objective) scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get the course grade: Attending the end sem exam

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F = score in final exam

T = 0.05 GAA + max (0.6F + 0.25max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.4F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

(Though the W11/W12 assignment score is not included in GAA, W11/W12 contents will be included for the final exam. Hence, please practice and submit W11/W12 assignment).

Bonus of 3 marks awarded for the Programming Assignment Submission IF average of ALL assignments >= 40.

3. Machine Learning Practice (Diploma in DS)

Quiz 1: No Quiz 1                 Quiz 2: No Quiz 2                         End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to attend the end term exam: Average of the best 5 out of the 7 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100

Eligibility to get the course grade: Attending the end sem exam AND one programming exam with score in programming exam >= 40/100

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 1:

Student has to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) exam

SoP for the SCT Exam is as follows: Click Here for OPPE SCT SoP Document

OPPE1 will not be scheduled for students who fail to complete the OPPE SCT exam.

Repeat_OPPE Criteria
(w.e.f from Jan 2026 term) [updated on Jan 05, 2026]

Students who were OPPE eligible and received an I_OP in the September 2025 term, and have registered as Repeat OPPE for the January 2026 term, will continue to be considered eligible for OPPE in January 2026. However, students who were marked OPPE Ineligible with I_OP or I_Both and have registered for the respective course as Repeat OPPE or Repeat OPPE & End Term must regain OPPE eligibility in the January 2026 term by submitting the required assignments and OPPE SCT. If OPPE eligibility is not attained, the OPPE will not be scheduled and a U grade will be awarded for the January 2026 term.

Online programming exam 1: – (OPPE1)   Saturday, April 4, 2026         

Online programming exam 2: – (OPPE2)   Sunday, April 26, 2026

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

OPPE1 - Score in online remote proctored programming exam

OPPE2 - Score in online remote proctored programming exam

KA -         Average score in 3 Kaggle Assignments        

F = score in final exam

Total course score T = 0.1 GAA + 0.30 F + 0.20 OPPE1 + 0.20 OPPE2 + 0.20 KA

4. Business Data management (DS Diploma)

Academic policies

1. In each programming assignment, be it any course or any OPPE,  taking help from LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) partially or completely is considered plagiarism.

2. Unless explicitly permitted, do not use LLMs. Using LLMs is considered a violation of honour code.

3. Students can discuss and learn from each other but the assignments are expected to be done individually based on their understanding.

Quiz 1: March 15 2026                       Quiz 2: April 12 2026  End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to take the final exam:

There will be 4 Graded Assignments designed for this of 10 Marks each.

• Submission of at least one of the first three graded assignments – GA1 or GA2 or GA3 - evaluated out of 100
• AND  Average of the best two of the first 3 Graded assignment scores >= 40/100

Eligibility to get the final course grade: Attending the End term exam, AND Average of the Score of the best 3 out of 4 graded assignments should be >= 40/100

10 marks – Graded Assignments (GA)

Totally 4 assignments will be released - 10 Marks each

GA = Average of the best 3 out of the 4 assignments (10marks total)

20 Marks – Quiz 1 (Qz1)

      Quiz 1 will be based on contents of Week 1-4 (in person in centers)

20 Marks – Quiz 2 (Qz2)

      Quiz 2 will be based on contents of Week 1-8 (in person in centers)

50 marks(F): End Term exam (in person in centers)

T = GA + Qz1 + Qz2 + F

No Bonus Marks for BDM

5. Business Analytics (Diploma in DS)

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

There will be no regular weekly graded assignments being designed for this course. Instead there are 3 course assignments.

Eligibility to take the final exam:

You should have submitted at least 1 of the 3 assignments AND Attended one of the two quizzes.

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the end term exam AND End term exam score F >=10/40

So you have to score >=10/40 in the Final exam score AND get Total score >= 40/100. Either one condition is not satisfied and you wont get a pass grade but you will get U grade.

40 marks: In center quiz - 20 marks (Qz)

Quiz 1 for 20 marks and syllabus will be from Week 1-4 (Qz1)

Quiz 2 for 20 marks and syllabus will be from Week 3-8 (Qz2)

Qz = 2*(0.7*Max(Qz1, Qz2) + 0.3*Min(Qz1, Qz2))

20 Marks: 3 Assignments for a total of 20 marks :

Assignment 1: 10 marks

Assignment 2: 10 marks

Assignment 3: 10 marks

A = Sum of the Best 2 out of (Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Assignment 3)

40 Marks (F): End Term Exam

• Will be set to 45 marks and students can attempt all.
• Marks obtained will be capped at 40.
• The syllabus for the End term exam will be the contents covered in Weeks 1 to 12

Final course score T = Qz + A + F

Business Analytics (BA) Assignment Deadlines

6. Tools in Data Science (Diploma in DS) [Co-requisite for this course is MLP]

No in-centre quizzes for this course.

End term exam: May 10 2026 - to be attended in person at designated centres.

ROE: Sun, 5th Apr, 2026

Academic policies

1. The Tools in Data Science portal (https://tds.s-anand.net/) has all the course content: Graded Assignments, Projects and ROE links. The Seek Portal is not used for submissions.

2. You may use Large Language Models (LLMs). You may collaborate on assignments. Practice giving credit to LLMs and collaborators. Practice learning, not blind copying.

3. Assessments will include LLMs-as-judges. LLM evaluations are final. No appeal. 

4. We may post bonus activities on Discourse, email, the SEEK Portal, and TDS portal for updates. Bonus marks are awarded at the course team's discretion.

Before registering for TDS, please attempt the Entrance Exam at https://exam.sanand.workers.dev/tds-2026-01-ee. It checks course pre-requisites. Please drop this course (do it in a later term) if you score low. It'll be too tough for you now.

End term eligibility: Average Score in the best 4 of the first 5 GAs to attend the end-term should be >=40%

Eligibility to get the course grade: Attending end-term exam

GAA = Average of the score in best 5 of 8 weekly assignments on the portal (open internet, MCQs)

F = Final end term exam (no internet, in-person, mandatory).

Final course score T = 0.2 GAA + 0.2 ROE + 0.2 P1 + 0.2 P2 + 0.2 F

7. Programming Data structures and algorithms using Python (PDSA) - Diploma in Programming

Weekly assignments: Mix of autograded assignment and Programming assignments

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

1 programming exam of 120 minutes duration - Online remote proctored - (26th April  or May 3rd will be allocated prior) (If you are absent for the OPPE, then Repeat OPPE will NOT be provided in the next term as this does not impact passing the course, only total course  score)

A2: Average of GrPA scores in week 2

A3: Average of GrPA scores in week 3

A4: Average of GrPA scores in week 4

A5: Average of GrPA scores in week 5

A6: Average of GrPA scores in week 6

A7: Average of GrPA scores in week 7

A8: Average of GrPA scores in week 8

Eligible to write OPPE:

Student has to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) mandatorily

SoP for the SCT Exam is as follows: Click Here for OPPE SCT SoP Document AND

A2>=40/100 AND A3>=40/100 AND A4>=40/100 AND A5>=40/100 AND A6>=40/100 AND A7>=40/100 AND  A8>=40/100

Repeat_OPPE Criteria
(w.e.f from Jan 2026 term) [updated on Jan 05, 2026]

Students who were OPPE eligible and received an I_OP in the September 2025 term, and have registered as Repeat OPPE for the January 2026 term, will continue to be considered eligible for OPPE in January 2026. However, students who were marked OPPE Ineligible with I_OP or I_Both and have registered for the respective course as Repeat OPPE or Repeat OPPE & End Term must regain OPPE eligibility in the January 2026 term by submitting the required assignments and OPPE SCT. If OPPE eligibility is not attained, the OPPE will not be scheduled and a U grade will be awarded for the January 2026 term.

Eligibility for attending end sem exams: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100 AND attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get the final course grade: Attendance in the End sem exam

The calculation of Final course Score is proposed as follows:

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

            OP = Score in Online proctored remote exam

        F = score in final exam

T = 0.05GAA + 0.2OP + 0.45F + max (0.2max(Qz1, Qz2), (0.10Qz1+0.20Qz2 )) 

8. Database management system (DBMS) - Diploma in Programming

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments scores >= 40/100 AND attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get final course grade:

Attending the End sem exam AND scoring a minimum of 35% in the OPE (overall) AND Getting the question based on Python-DB connectivity correct is mandatory to get the course grade.

(The OPPE will be based on SQL query(Week 2-3) and Python-Database connectivity(Week 7).)

If you don't get the 35% in OPPE OR don't pass the Python-DB connectivity question, you will be given a fail in the OPPE.)

Repeat_OPPE Criteria
(w.e.f from Jan 2026 term) [updated on Jan 05, 2026]

Students who were OPPE eligible and received an I_OP in the September 2025 term, and have registered as Repeat OPPE for the January 2026 term, will continue to be considered eligible for OPPE in January 2026. However, students who were marked OPPE Ineligible with I_OP or I_Both and have registered for the respective course as Repeat OPPE or Repeat OPPE & End Term must regain OPPE eligibility in the January 2026 term by submitting the required assignments and OPPE SCT. If OPPE eligibility is not attained, the OPPE will not be scheduled and a U grade will be awarded for the January 2026 term.

OPPE:

Student has to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) exam

SoP for the SCT Exam is as follows: Click Here for OPPE SCT SoP Document 

There is only one OPPE conducted for the course. But there are 2 chances to attempt it.

•  Students have to mandatorily attend the OPPE on the first date. If you fail in this, you get a chance to reappear the next weekend. So you get 2 chances to attempt the exam.
• If you are absent on the first date, you do not get the reattempt chance.
• If the first date is inconvenient due to a clash with some other engagement, then you can apply for a postponement to the second date providing sufficient proof. If this is accepted, your exam will be moved to the second date but if you fail in this or are absent, you will not get another chance to reattempt. You will have to do it in the subsequent term.

The calculation of Final course Score is proposed as follows:

        GAA2= Average score of week 2 and 3 SQL based assignments

        GAA3= Average score of week 7 programming assignment

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

            OPPE - Score in online remote proctored programming exam

        F = score in final exam

T = 0.03GAA2 + 0.02GAA3 + 0.2OP + 0.45F + max (0.2max(Qz1, Qz2), (0.10Qz1+0.20Qz2 )) 

9. Application development - 1 (Diploma in programming)

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments (objective) scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End sem exam

Final course score T = 0.05 GLA + max (0.6F + 0.25max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.4F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

10. Programming concepts using Java (Diploma in programming)

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

A2: Average of GrPA scores in week 2

A3: Average of GrPA scores in week 3

A4: Average of GrPA scores in week 4

A5: Average of GrPA scores in week 5

A6: Average of GrPA scores in week 6

A7: Average of GrPA scores in week 7

A8: Average of GrPA scores in week 8

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 1:

Student has to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) exam

SoP for the SCT Exam is as follows: Click Here for OPPE SCT SoP Document 

AND

A2>=40/100 AND A3>=40/100 AND A4>=40/100

OPPE1 will not be scheduled for students who fail to complete the OPPE SCT exam and not fulfill the criteria.

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 2: 

Student has to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) exam

SoP for the SCT Exam is as follows: Click Here for OPPE SCT SoP Document 

AND

A5>=40/100 AND A6>=40/100 AND A7>=40/100 AND A8>=40/100

AND 

Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100 (becoming eligible to give the end term exam)

Repeat_OPPE Criteria
(w.e.f from Jan 2026 term) [updated on Jan 05, 2026]

Students who were OPPE eligible and received an I_OP in the September 2025 term, and have registered as Repeat OPPE for the January 2026 term, will continue to be considered eligible for OPPE in January 2026. However, students who were marked OPPE Ineligible with I_OP or I_Both and have registered for the respective course as Repeat OPPE or Repeat OPPE & End Term must regain OPPE eligibility in the January 2026 term by submitting the required assignments and OPPE SCT. If OPPE eligibility is not attained, the OPPE will not be scheduled and a U grade will be awarded for the January 2026 term.

Eligibility to attend the end term exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the center

Eligibility to get the course grade: Attending the end term exam AND one programming exam with a minimum score of 30%.

GAA = average of score in Best 6 out of 7 weeks programming graded assignments given

T = 0.05GAA + 0.2 of Max(PE1,PE2) + 0.45F + max (0.2max(Qz1, Qz2), (0.10Qz1+0.20Qz2 )) + (Bonus) 0.10 of Min(PE1,PE2)

11. System commands (Diploma in programming)

Quiz 1: March 15 2026                   Quiz 2: No Quiz        End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

OPPE: April 25th 2026                              ReOPPE: 2nd May 2026

Biweekly Programming Test (BPT) Release Dates week 3, week 5, week 7, week 10

BPT Release dates:

BPT 1 - Feb 20

BPT 2 - March 6

BPT 3 - March 20

BPT 4 - April 10

Will be conducted in the course VM - Each BPT has 4 Questions

Repeat_OPPE Criteria
(w.e.f from Jan 2026 term) [updated on Jan 05, 2026]

Students who were OPPE eligible and received an I_OP in the September 2025 term, and have registered as Repeat OPPE for the January 2026 term, will continue to be considered eligible for OPPE in January 2026. However, students who were marked OPPE Ineligible with I_OP or I_Both and have registered for the respective course as Repeat OPPE or Repeat OPPE & End Term must regain OPPE eligibility in the January 2026 term by submitting the required assignments and OPPE SCT. If OPPE eligibility is not attained, the OPPE will not be scheduled and a U grade will be awarded for the January 2026 term.

Eligibility for OPPE: The average of the first three BPT >=40/100

SCT for OPPE and exam day rules:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS4Hhh4MsKD2WL8_D26Vw2WJKw0CBtPihZyKrnEM_kefRXm_O75GqTcJA6lR0X_xCiVL5gUi5y6_bjw/pub

Eligibility to attend the end term exam: 

Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100

Eligibility to get the course grade:

Attending the end semester exam AND programming exam (OPPE) score >= 40/100

There will be ONE OPPE based on weeks 1-9.

Students have to mandatorily attend the OPPE on the first date.

•  If you fail in this, you get a chance to reappear the next weekend. So you get 2 chances to attempt the exam.
• If the first date is inconvenient due to a clash with some other engagement, then you can apply for a postponement to the second date providing sufficient proof. If this is accepted, your exam will be moved to the second date but if you fail/absent in this, you will not get another chance to reattempt. You will have to do it in the subsequent term.
• If you are absent on 25th April, you DON'T get another chance on 2nd May..

NPPE [Syllabus Weeks 1-9]: (This will give you practice to handle the OPPE, but not part of final course grade)

GAA = Average of score in Best 9 out of the 10 weekly graded assignments

BPTA: Average of the 4 BPT scores

QZ1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

OPPE = Score in online remote proctored programming exam

F = score in End Term exam

Final course score T = 0.05 GAA + 0.25 Qz1 + 0.3 OPPE + 0.3F + 0.1 BPTA

12. Application Development - 2 (Diploma in programming)

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assessments scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End sem exam

GAA - Average of weeks 1 and 2 programming assignments

Final course score T = 0.05 GAA + max (0.6F + 0.25max(Qz1, Qz2), 0.4F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

13.Introduction to Deep Learning and Generative AI

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres

Eligibility to write End term exam:  Average of the first 5 weekly assessments scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get the final course grade: Attending the end sem exam

The calculation of Final course score is proposed as follows:

GAA = Average score in First 9 weekly graded assignments

        Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

        Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

        F = score in final exam

NPPE=Non-proctored programming assignment

        Overall score for eligible students:

Final course score T = 0.1 GAA + 0.2 Qz1 + 0.2 Qz2 + 0.25 F + 0.1 NPPE1 + 0.15 NPPE2

Project Courses:

Project courses are now for 2 credits each - BDM, MLP, App Dev 1, App Dev 2, Dl-GenAi project.

The Project courses are not part of CCC. The CCC is only for theory courses.

App Dev1 Theory is a co-requisite for App Dev 1 project.

App Dev1 project is a corequisite for App Dev2 Theory.

App Dev2 Theory is a corequisite for App Dev2 Project.

MLP course is a co-requisite for MLP project.

BDM course is a co-requisite for BDM project.

DL-GenAI Theory is a co-requisite for DL-GenAI Project

FOR MLP: There will be fortnightly assessments configured in the MLP project course alone that you have to submit. We will be using this information to cross check your engagement in the course.

FOR, MAD1, MAD2 PROJECTS:

BDM project will be evaluated only out of 100 marks for all students, irrespective of the term submitted in.

Each project has its own modalities and processes to be followed.

Please check your course announcements for the project timelines and make the submissions accordingly.

Guideline documents:

MLP Project

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSjp57VSo57LcJSh8XcJyYZN0NtyY2BkTM1ptC025MIfhmvIP2Oh2xYSIq-wqKDnzXEwccGVQ6A_orP/pub

MAD I Project

Project Document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTE24mLeA0-xG9hIi74MziA4miXqkBbJvpWLDTdc26hDHDU5VXEwqOMBM4iGxU4-3FB5R4HQJvabb9v/pub

Project statement - Placement Portal Application:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQd_uj2D-ONcKs0Wi9_lTkR5xLOHS1zlmfhaRy8jHtlVVgyNbq3AVspa9BZmerTK0WAZ8qffqU76Fe7/pub

Viva timeline : Click here

MAD II Project

Project document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS_z4eUvsNEAYcYDCdvyuUbgZhzn1rUjHap6tvx61kpr5RDj1rkkYzjb9gc2b6l755PAwwmQv-QKXyU/pub

Project statement I - Placement Portal Application - V2

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTcayCKq8OPAVeTZHXNwCXxvJfiQRcMxiiqXcNmrDkbiSwu9it0SCOkXwTytPy2Hx-p6IAkr6XSF4fB/pub

Project statement II - Hospital Management System - V2

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQtRY8Yq_ST253dCUhYwxTS52N4vNCMoBpwB2yNnXEQDcNIIkbr5yl5ne2j0ym5tcNT65on3RfLx-rB/pub

Viva timeline : Click here

BDM Project:  BDM PROJECT SUBMISSION TIMELINE 

Deep learning and Generative AI Project

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSYbjQP5I2kvARBSZMGYaxsaGrfAEkxvNgGyP4VStsn1Ogb10XcqA-OjIcMYuWJ70thsgP-zh7iniGP/pub

Rules regarding project fees:

The fee paid for each of the 4 projects is valid for 2 terms. Please read this carefully so that you register properly.

Timelines (Appdev1, Appdev2 & MLP, BDM projects):

Here are the timelines for students doing projects in the Jan 2026  terms who will be entering Degree level in the May 2026 term. Without completing the 12 courses and 4 projects, you cannot start degree level courses from May 2026 onwards.

For entering the Degree level in May 2026, you have  to complete ALL projects and vivas by April 2026. `

BDM project final submission has to be done and approved by Feb/March/April/May 2026 so that viva can be over in  Feb/March/April/May 2026. Project grade for all the courses will be pushed on/before May  15th.

Students are requested to complete the projects at least two terms before their diploma completion term i.e DO NOT REGISTER OR HAVE PROJECTS ALONE LEFT IN YOUR LAST TERM OF DIPLOMA.

Very important:
1.Appdev Viva policy,MLP and Gen AI Viva policy
 

2. Sep 2025 project course wise status

Students who completed App dev1, App dev2, MLP and BDM in Sep 2021/Jan 2022 terms:

If you complete the 6 courses and 2 projects of any of the two Diplomas, you will get the Diploma certificates. But your credits will not be 27 for this Diploma but 23 or 25 depending on how many of these courses were completed in these 2 terms. The projects done as part of the courses of Sep 2021/Jan 2022 will not get the 2 credits. So there is no issue with the Diploma level.

When you come to the BSc level, 114 credits are required to obtain the BSc certificate. Hence this deficit of 2/4/6/8 credits will have to be made up by taking more elective courses offered by the IITM BS program.

Degree Level courses

Level of the course: 

The first digit of the 4 digits given in the course code represents the level of the course.         

Eg: CT is CS1001 is a 1 level course.

Deep Learning CS3004 is a 3 level course.

Industry 4.0 MS4001 is a 4 level course.

BSc level:

It is now mandatory that students have to complete both the core pairs and SPG in the BSc level. Credits = 20

All remaining 8 credits can be earned from IITM BS courses or NPTEL (maximum upto 4 credits from Table 2) or if there is an option to credit campus courses (IITM or other institutes), that too can be done.

BS level:

It is implemented wef Sep 2023 for the batch that enters the degree level in Sep 2023.

2 courses in the level 4 or higher should be mandatorily completed in each of the BP and BD categories. Please refer course category in table1 

Out of the remaining 12 credits, it is MANDATORY to earn 4 credits in the HS/MG category. HS/MG can come from inhouse electives or from NPTEL-Table 3.

Remaining credits are from any of the other in-house/campus electives or Apprenticeship electives.

Apprenticeship:

Apprenticeship is completely optional. Students can also complete the BS level by just doing only course work.

SWAYAM NPTEL Approved Dep/Free Elective course list:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSJXV0JECyoQvgWvBlVxO13G0KRm5a1qNCRBa7rAw8GDY4e0cfm1KiVCwIgs_ed80ObtzQ1rfx_JWIR/pubhtml?gid=399341609&single=true

SWAYAM NPTEL Approved HS/MG course list:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSJXV0JECyoQvgWvBlVxO13G0KRm5a1qNCRBa7rAw8GDY4e0cfm1KiVCwIgs_ed80ObtzQ1rfx_JWIR/pubhtml?gid=1418834182&single=true

We are also collaborating with the Microsoft and AWS certification program team to offer their courses for our students at discounted rates. Would be good to complete some cloud certifications from this too when we offer it. There are no credits for this.

It is important you learn more on programming and data science outside of what the curriculum offers and strengthen your resume.

Academic policies

1. In each programming assignment, be it any course or any OPPE,  taking help from LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) partially or completely is considered plagiarism.

2. Unless explicitly permitted, do not use LLMs. Using LLMs is considered a violation of honour code.

3. Students can discuss and learn from each other but the assignments are expected to be done individually based on their understanding.

4. Please do not share your assignments with others before the deadlines. If similarities are found between submissions, all will be penalised irrespective of who did it first and who shared it with whom.

1. Software Testing

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of best 5 out of first 7 weekly assessments scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End sem exam 

Overall score for eligible students:

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F - score in End Term exam

T = 0.1GAA + 0.4F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.25Qz2

2. Software Engineering

Quiz 1: No Quiz                Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write end term exam:

Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND submission of Group project Milestone [1-3]

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End term exam AND Submission of group project (All milestones)  is mandatory for course grade AND score in group project > 0

Overall score for eligible students:

GAA = Average score in total 10 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = NOT THERE IN THIS COURSE

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

Group Project- Milestone 1-2 (After week 6) - GP1

Group project - Milestone 3-5 (After week 12) - GP2

Project Presentation - PP

Course participation activity - CP

F - score in End Term exam

T = 0.05GAA + 0.2Qz2 + 0.4F+ 0.1GP1 + 0.1GP2 + 0.1PP + 0.05CP

(More details about the Group project will be given in the course).

3. Deep Learning 

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Bonus Marks:

The average score of all (3) programming activity assignments will be used as Bonus marks.

Maximum bonus marks will be 5. - weeks 4, 9,11

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of best 5 out of first 7 weekly assessments scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End sem exam 

Overall score for eligible students:

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F - score in End Term exam

T = 0.05GAA + 0.25Qz1 + 0.25Qz2 + 0.45F

4. AI: Search Methods for Problem Solving

Academic policies

1. In each programming assignment, be it any course or any OPPE,  taking help from LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) partially or completely is considered plagiarism.

2. Unless explicitly permitted, do not use LLMs. Using LLMs is considered a violation of honour code.

3. Students can discuss and learn from each other but the assignments are expected to be done individually based on their understanding.

4. Please do not share your assignments with others before the deadlines. If similarities are found between submissions, all will be penalised irrespective of who did it first and who shared it with whom.

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of best 5 out of first 7 weekly assessments scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End sem exam 

Overall score for eligible students:

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F - score in End Term exam

T = 0.1GAA + 0.4F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.25Qz2 + bonus (as given below, if you pass the course)

Bonus marks for those who pass the course: 5 (based on programming assignment) 

Programming Assignment 1 will be released between Quiz 1 and Quiz 2. The dates will be announced in the forum. This assignment will be evaluated offline.

5. Strategies for Professional Growth 

Academic policies

1. In each programming assignment, be it any course or any OPPE,  taking help from LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) partially or completely is considered plagiarism.

2. Unless explicitly permitted, do not use LLMs. Using LLMs is considered a violation of honour code.

3. Students can discuss and learn from each other but the assignments are expected to be done individually based on their understanding.

4. Please do not share your assignments with others before the deadlines. If similarities are found between submissions, all will be penalised irrespective of who did it first and who shared it with whom.

Quiz 1: NO Quiz              Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of best 5 of the first 7 weeks' graded assignments >= 40/100

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end-term exam

The calculation of the final course score for eligible students is as follows:

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

GP = Score in Group Project (0, if not participated)

Qz2 = Score in Quiz II (Subjective & Objective). Score is 0 if not attempted.

F = Score in final exam, based on weeks 1-12 (Subjective & Objective)

T = Total score (out of 100)

T =  0.15*GAA + 0.25*GP + 0.25*Qz2 + 0.35*F

Project:

More details about the Group Project will be given in the course.

Bonus marks for additional activities may be awarded at the discretion of faculty or instructor, provided the student passes the course.

6. Introduction to Big Data 

Academic policies

1. In each programming assignment, be it any course or any OPPE,  taking help from LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) partially or completely is considered plagiarism.

2. Unless explicitly permitted, do not use LLMs. Using LLMs is considered a violation of honour code.

3. Students can discuss and learn from each other but the assignments are expected to be done individually based on their understanding.

4. Please do not share your assignments with others before the deadlines. If similarities are found between submissions, all will be penalised irrespective of who did it first and who shared it with whom.

Note: This course requires students to have access to link a credit card and avail $300 one time free credit available for GOOGLE CLOUD platform. If you do not have either a credit card or have availed the free Google Cloud credits, then you might have to pay to consume resources required on Google Cloud.

Quiz 1 and Quiz 2: No Quiz                   End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

OPPE 1: 4th April, Saturday

OPPE 2: 26th April, Sunday                                                                        

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100

Eligibility to get the course grade: Attending the end sem exam AND one programming exam with score in programming exam >= 40/100

Repeat_OPPE Criteria
(w.e.f from Jan 2026 term) [updated on Jan 05, 2026]

Students who were OPPE eligible and received an I_OP in the September 2025 term, and have registered as Repeat OPPE for the January 2026 term, will continue to be considered eligible for OPPE in January 2026. However, students who were marked OPPE Ineligible with I_OP or I_Both and have registered for the respective course as Repeat OPPE or Repeat OPPE & End Term must regain OPPE eligibility in the January 2026 term by submitting the required assignments and OPPE SCT. If OPPE eligibility is not attained, the OPPE will not be scheduled and a U grade will be awarded for the January 2026 term.

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

GAA = Average score in Best 6 out of 9 weekly graded assignments

Quiz 1 and quiz 2 : Not applicable for this course

F = score in final exam

Bonus: 5 marks for live session attendance

T = 0.1 GAA + 0.3 F + 0.2 OPPE1 + 0.4 OPPE2 + Bonus

7. Programming in C 

Quiz 1: March 15 2026                           Quiz 2: No Quiz 2                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres

For OPPE1, OPPE2 exam dates

OPPE 1 - Saturday, April 4 , 2026
OPPE 2 - Sunday, April 26, 2026

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Both the conditions below should be satisfied.

• Attending the end term exam AND
• Score in one of the two programming exams (OPPE1, OPPE2) should be >= 40/100 - Minimum score to be obtained in one of the programming quizzes

Repeat_OPPE Criteria
(w.e.f from Jan 2026 term) [updated on Jan 05, 2026]

Students who were OPPE eligible and received an I_OP in the September 2025 term, and have registered as Repeat OPPE for the January 2026 term, will continue to be considered eligible for OPPE in January 2026. However, students who were marked OPPE Ineligible with I_OP or I_Both and have registered for the respective course as Repeat OPPE or Repeat OPPE & End Term must regain OPPE eligibility in the January 2026 term by submitting the required assignments and OPPE SCT. If OPPE eligibility is not attained, the OPPE will not be scheduled and a U grade will be awarded for the January 2026 term.

Final course score calculation:

• GAA =  Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments(GA+GrPAs)
• Qz1 = score in Quiz 1 (0, if not attempted) - in centre
• OPPE1 = score in OPPE 1 (0, if not attempted) - programming exam 1
• OPPE2 = score in OPPE 2 (0, if not attempted) - programming exam 2
• F = score in final End Term exam

T = 0.10GAA (GA+GrPAs) + 0.20Qz1 + 0.20 OPPE1 + 0.20 OPPE2 + 0.30F 

8. Deep Learning for CV 

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End sem exam

Overall score for eligible students:

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + 0.4F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.25Qz2

Project components will be released in the portal which will not be part of the scores. That will be considered for the special certification.

9. Large Language Models

Academic policies

1. In each programming assignment, be it any course or any OPPE,  taking help from LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) partially or completely is considered plagiarism.

2. Unless explicitly permitted, do not use LLMs. Using LLMs is considered a violation of honour code.

3. Students can discuss and learn from each other but the assignments are expected to be done individually based on their understanding.

4. Please do not share your assignments with others before the deadlines. If similarities are found between submissions, all will be penalised irrespective of who did it first and who shared it with whom.

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of best 5 out of first 7 weekly assessments scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End sem exam 

Overall score for eligible students:

GAA = Average score of all 7 assignments till week 9

Bonus - Total 5 marks - Average score of  programming assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F - score in End Term exam

T = 0.05GAA + 0.35F + 0.3Qz1 + 0.3Qz2 + Bonus (5 marks ,if passed)

10. Deep Learning Practice

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Quiz1 - based on content taught by Prof Mitesh (Based on weeks 1-4)

Non-proctored programming assignment 1 - NPPE1 (Configured in the portal in week 4)

Quiz2 - based on content taught by Prof Umesh (Based on weeks 5-8)

Non-proctored programming assignment 2 - NPPE2 (Configured in the portal in week 8)

Quiz3 - based on content taught by Prof Kaushik (Based on weeks 9-12)

Non-proctored programming assignment 3 - NPPE3 (Configured in the portal in week 12)

Following are the tentative dates:

GAA - Average score in best 10 weekly graded assignments out of 11 assignments.

T = 0.05 GA + 0.15 Quiz 1 + 0.15 Quiz 2 + 0.15 Quiz 3 + 0.25 *((NPPE1+NPPE2+NPPE3)/3) + 0.25 Viva

11.Industry 4.0

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres

Eligibility to take the final exam:

Submission of at least 1 out of the first three assignments - Asgn 1, Asgn 2 and Asgn 3 AND

attending at least one of the two quizzes AND (participating the game OR Project Submission)

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the end term exam

15 marks: In center quiz – 7.5 marks for Quiz1 and 7.5 marks for Quiz 2

Quiz 1 on Sunday, March 15, 2026 and Quiz 2 on Sunday, April 12, 2026 (In person at centers)

Quiz 1 will be from Week 1-4

Quiz 2 will be from Week 5-8

5 Marks: Online game: Yield Management Game (estimated duration 1.5 – 2 hours )

4 marks for participating the game for the entire game horizon

1 bonus mark for top 10 participants in terms of the game performance measure

40 Marks: 3 Assignments for a total of 40 marks :

Assignment 1: 20 marks

Assignment 2: 20 marks

Assignment 3: 20 marks

A = Sum of the Best 2 out of (Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Assignment 3)

30 Marks (F): End Term Exam

Will be set to 45 marks and students can attempt all.

Marks obtained will be capped at 40.

The syllabus for the End term exam will be the contents covered in Weeks 1 to 12

10 Marks Project (P)

1. Project submission (3 marks: Evaluated based on individual contributions within the group.)

• Identify a problem: Objective, Constraint, decision variables etc.,)
• Identify the relevant data
• Approach to solve the problem
• 2 paged summary containing the above three points

2. Presentation and viva (7 marks) -- Assessed by a panel

Guidelines

1. Teams of 5 members
2. Teams need to be formed and informed to us by the end of Week 2
3. 2 paged project summary needs to submitted by the end of Week 8
4. The concepts to be applied must strictly align with the topics covered in the BA and Industry 4.0 courses.

Final Score T = 15 marks from 2 quizzes + 5 marks from Online game + 40 marks from best 2 assignments + 30 marks from ET exam + 10 marks from project

12.Operating Systems

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End sem exam 

Overall score for eligible students:

GAA = Average score in 10 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)        

F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + 0.4F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.25Qz2

13.Special topics in ML (Reinforcement Learning)

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres

Eligibility to write end term exam: Average of best 5 out of first 7 weekly assessments scores >= 40/100 and attending at least one of the 2 quizzes in the centre

Eligibility to get final course grade: Attending the End sem exam 

Overall score for eligible students:

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

GPA = Graded Programming Assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F - score in End Term exam

BONUS - based on exceptionally good performance overall in programming assignments (5 marks out of T-score); awarded at the discretion of the instructor

T = 0.05 GAA(autograded) + 0.25 GPA + 0.2Qz1 + 0.2Qz2 + 0.3F + BONUS

14.Corporate Finance

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

GAA = Average score in First 10 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA +  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.3Qz2

15.Computer Networks

Quiz 1: March 15 2026          Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term:  May 10 2026

Above to be attended in person at designated centres.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

GAA =Average score in 10 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + 0.30F + 0.25Qz1 + 0.25Qz2 + 0.1 Programming assignment

16.Data Science and AI Lab

Quiz 1: No Quiz                Quiz 2: April 12 2026                End term: No EndTerm

1. Graded Assignments:

• Each week will contain a graded assignment based on the topics covered in that week

2. Quiz: The quiz will be conducted at the time of quiz 2, covering the first 8 weeks’ content.

3. Group Project:

• Students will work on projects in groups. Each group is required to submit its project problem statement by Week 2. The problem statement has to involve either Deep Learning or Generative AI and has to be approved by the course team.
• The project will be broken down into milestones that will be evaluated through weekly meetings.
• A final project presentation will be held during weeks 10 & 11 for a comprehensive evaluation of the project.

4. Viva:

• A Viva will be conducted individually after week 10 for each student by an industry professional.
• The viva will test understanding of the material covered in weeks 1-12 of the course.

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the Project Presentation AND Viva marks >= 55%

GAA = Average score in first 10 weekly graded assignments

P = Combination of score in project presentation and milestones

V = Score obtained in viva