Office of Continuing Education Programme (CEP), IIT
Bombay
PG LEVEL COURSES FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROGRAMME:
a) The courses scheduled for the regular M.Tech. programme of any
Department/Centre and that are envisaged to be attractive for working
professionals would be conducted mostly during evening hours, so that the
working professionals from industries can take benefit of such courses
along with the regular M.Tech. Students.
b) The evaluation, examination and grading, will be common to the regular
M.Tech. students as well as for participants from the industries.
c) On successful completion of each such course, the participants will
receive a "Course Completion Certificate", along with the grade obtained
by them for the course.
d) The Senate of IIT Bombay has approved the award of Post Graduate
Diploma of IIT (PGDIIT) as well as M.Tech. Degree to those who complete
prescribed credit and courses within specified period of time. The norms
for this are given on the backside.
e) The admission to the Post Graduate Diploma of IIT (PGDIIT) as well as
M.Tech. programme by the candidate should be taken, who may be interested
in the degree / diploma within one year of registration of the first
course under this scheme.
f) Those candidates who may not be interested in the degree / diploma /
certificate can still take the benefit of the evening programmes, in the
course(s) of their interest, for the purpose of enriching their
professional background.
g) Courses may not be opened out under the PGDIIT programme if adequate
number of participants are not registered.
QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND:
Any person desirous of taking the benefit of this facility, can register
for the course(s) of his interest, after ascertaining from the concerned
Course Instructor/Head of the Department, the adequacy and the suitability
of his background to go through the course(s). However, if the candidate
is further interested in accumulating the academic credits obtained from
the course(s) to be counted towards award of PGDIIT/M.Tech., then it is
necessary that he/she should satisfy all norms including the admission
requirement, prescribed by the Senate. An excerpt of these is given at the
reverse.
ADMISSION PROCEDUCE & GENERAL INFORMATION:
1. A consolidated list of PG Level courses to be offered to working
professionals during the semester July – November, 2004, by different
departments/ interdisciplinary programmes is attached to this sheet.
2. Candidates can collect application form, details regarding course
contents etc., from CEP office, IInd floor, Main Building, IIT from
15.07.2004.
3. After deciding on the course(s) of interest, the candidate can meet the
concerned course instructor(s) to get more details of the course contents,
methods of instruction / evaluation / grading etc., as well as regarding
the background required to get the benefit of these courses.
4. Before registration, candidates have to obtain the consent of the
concerned course instructor(s) in the column provided for it, in the
application form.
5. The registration for the course(s) can be done at the CEP office
between 10.30 am to 12.30 pm and 2.30pm to 5.00 pm on any working day
before 24.07.2004. At the time of registration, the candidate
should also pay the course fees of Rs. 6,000/- (Rs. Six thousand
only) per course, payable by way of Demand Draft in favour of "Registrar,
IIT Bombay, (CEP Account)". (Please note that
fees cannot be refunded once the registration is done).
The courses are of one-semester duration starting from 27th July, 2004 and
extending till last week of November 2004. Each course is generally of 3
hours per week of contact hours. Classes will be conducted at Powai Campus
as per the time-table to be finalized during evening hours between 5.00 pm
- 8.00 pm. No accommodation will be provided in the campus for
candidates registered for such Part-time courses. These courses
are non-residential in nature and the candidates have to make their own
arrangements for their stay and travel to attend the classes. However,
library and concerned laboratory facilities will be open for the use of
the candidates during all working hours.
Any other details regarding this programme can be obtained from CEP
office:
Professor-In-Charge (CEP)
Office of Continuing Education Programme
IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076.
Website: http://www.iitb.ac.in/~cep |
Phone : 576 7060, 572 6199 (D)
Fax : 091-22-572 3480/ 572 6199
Email : cep@admin.iitb.ac.in |
Norms for admission to the PGDIIT & M.Tech. Programme
PGDIIT:
1. The candidate must be eligible for admission to the PGDIIT programme in
the concerned discipline as per the prevailing Institute norms under any
of the categories.
2. The admission procedure for PGDIIT will be defined by the departments
in which admission is sought.
3. Minimum credit requirement for the award of PGDIIT is 58 credits. These
must be acquired within a contiguous period of 3 years.
4. The programme must include a seminar (4 credits) or a miniproject (10
credits) as part of the credit requirements.
5. The minimum passing grade in each course is `DD’. The minimum
cumulative grade point average should be 5.5 for the award of postgraduate
diploma.
6. In case of situations not covered above, the normal institute rules
will apply.
M.Tech:
1. The candidate should apply for admission to the M.Tech. programme in
the concerned discipline as per the prevailing Institute norms at the time
of admission of regular candidates. The candidate should satisfy the
admission requirements applicable to M.Tech. programme under sponsored
category.
2. Only candidates who have been selected for admission will be eligible
to take up the M.Tech. programme through the CEP mode.
3. The credit requirements for the M.Tech. programme are as per the
prevailing Institute Norms.
4. The DPGC/ IDPC/ PGC will recommend the place of work and duration for
the project, which may be between 1 to 2 years.
5. The project should be presented in stages on par with part-time M.Tech.
students.
6. Candidates should apply to the concerned DPGC/ IDPC/ PGC through CEP
for admission to M.Tech. programme within one year of registration of the
first course under this scheme. The minimum CPI should be 6.5 at the time
of application.
7. DPGC/ IDPC/ PGC will recommend the courses required to be completed by
the candidate for the M.Tech. programme.
8. DPGC/ IDPC will also recommend a time limit for completion of programme.
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