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MINUTES: 47th ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING, 08 January, 2016. Page 1

MINUTES 47th Academic Senate Meeting

Sikkim Manipal University

2016


MINUTES

47th Academic Senate Meeting


Time: 10:00 AM Date: January 08, 2016 Venue: Conference Hall,

Level- III, SMIMS College Building

Meeting began with the welcome address by the Registrar, SMU.

Members Present

Brig (Dr) S N Mishra, Vice Chancellor, SMU; Dr Arun Baran Samaddar, Director, NIT, Sikkim;

Col (Dr) Sadasivan Thekkey Veetil (Retd.) Director, SMIT; Brig (Retd.) Kanwarjit Singh, MS,

CRH; Prof (Dr) Ashis Sharma, Registrar, SMU; Prof C J Thomas, Head, Dept of Civil

Engineering SMIT; Prof (Dr) Karma Sonam Sherpa, HoD, E&E Engg , SMIT; Prof (Dr) G. C.

Mishra, DCE (Tech) SMIT; Prof (Dr) Sanjiba Dutta, Head, Dept. of Psychiatry, SMIMS; Prof

(Dr) Bidita Khandelwal, Head, Dept of Medicine, SMIMS; Prof (Dr) Gayathri Devi S, Dean

(Research & Training), SMUDDE; Dr. Manoj Nagasampige, Professor & Head, Healthcare

Science, SMUDDE; Dr Manjushree Mishra, Coordinator, H&SS/MHA; Dr Sanjay Kumar,

ADCE (M), SMIMS; Mr. Debasis Sinha, Head HR, SMU; Mr Dip Narayan Singh, Asst. Registrar,

SMUDDE; Mr Suraj Sharma, Manager, Finance SMU

Members granted leave of absence

Air Marshal (Retd.) Dr G S Joneja, VM, Dean, SMIMS; Prof (Dr) MK Ghose, Dean Academics,

SMIT; Prof (Dr) N S Ramesh Murthy, Director, SMUDDE; Prof (Dr) Jyoti P Kulkarni, DCE

(Medical), SMIMS; Prof Mridula Das, Principal, SMCON; Dr Nikita Joshi (PT) Incharge,

SMCOP, SMIMS; Mr KC Panda, Sr. Finance Officer, SMU.


Welcome members to 47th Academic Senate Meeting of the University.

Item No. I. Confirmation of Minutes of the 46th Academic Senate Meeting of the University

held on August 03, 2015 at Conference Hall, Level III, SMIMS College building , 5th Mile

Tadong, Gangtok.

(Annexure –I, page No. 25 - 64)

Decision: Confirmed.

Item No. II. Review of Minutes; 46th Academic Senate Meeting

A) List of members for BOS of Dept of IT for BSc & MSc in Information Technology.

Decision: Internal Members & External member from Academics, Approved. For

external member from Industry, Senate suggested the department to take fresh

approval from Mr Kushal Kumar Banerjee, Head Academic Relations, East India, Tata

Consultancy Services (TCS).

Progress: Mr Kushal Banerjee has given his consent to be the BOS member from

industry.

Decision: Approved.

B) Proposal for Absolute Grading:

Decision: Senate members suggested that the Registrar, SMU to get the details from

MIT and check. SMU will follow the same group policy as followed by MIT, MU.

Progress: Email received from Registrar, MU informing that MU follows Relative

Grading.

Decision : Noted.

C) Examination fee for all the courses are to be revised.

Decision: Senate directed Dean SMIMS to form a committee with DCE (M), Principal

College of Nursing, Principal (i/c) Physiotherapy and Finance Executive SMIMS as

members to recommend the revised fees.


Progress: Has been implemented and ratified by executive committee.

Decision : Noted.

D) Proposal for establishment of MSc in Nursing.

Decision: - Approved in principle subject to:

i. Syllabus duly approved by BOS to be placed before the next Academic Senate for

ratification.

ii. Course curriculum to be placed before the next Academic Senate for ratification.

iii. Fee structure will be decided based on revised fee fixation under process

currently.

Progress: -

The Syllabus and the curriculum of Indian Nursing Council (INC) were endorsed by

the members of BOS for MSc Nursing programme. Based on the INC syllabus the

details of regulations for MSc Nursing course plan, academic calendar, master

rotation plan, internal assessment plan, summative evaluation plan, guidelines for

dissertation and unit plan for all subjects developed and presented during the

meeting which were approved by the BoS.

Decision : Noted.


FRESH AGENDA



Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT)

Item No. III. Change of Syllabus of CSE for Academic Session July-August 2016.

Change of syllabus for students of Academic Session July-August 2016. Two theory subjects

of third and fourth semesters needs to be replaced by new subjects. Two electives to be

added. (Annexure –II, Page No. 65)

Decision : Referred to Board of Studies for approval.

Item No. IV. Proposal from iNurture for starting New Age Degree programs for

Graduate & Postgraduate segments at SMIT (Annexure –III, Page No. 66- 70)

Decision :

i. Dual Specialization in B Tech will not be accepted by AICTE hence not

approved.

ii. Feedback to be sought from those Universities which have already introduced

the other courses given in the proposal.

iii. Initially BBA, MBA, may be started provided regulatory norms are not

violated.

iv. Logistic aspect especially hiring of faculty to be as per SMU norms.

v. Admissions into these courses to follow SMU rules.

vi. Executive Committee to be kept aligned before starting the course.

Item No. V. Award Of Diploma for One Year Executive Training Programme on E-

Governance, by SMU.

A proposal was taken up by the department of Information Technology (IT) SMIT

regarding offering 47 weeks training programme on E-Governance for the public

servant of different states of North Eastern region. This was initiated during the


Workshop on Preparing North East for Digital India on 17th June 2015 at Guwahati,

Assam which was organized by NISG (National Institute for Smart Government). This

programme will be completely funded by NISG.

It was a part of agreement that at the end of the one year training programme,

successful candidates are expected to be awarded DIPLOMA by Sikkim Manipal

University.

The format for the training programme is as mentioned below:


A minor project will be carried out by students in their respective organization for 5

weeks after completing at SMIT so that total duration of the programme becomes 52

weeks.

Senate is requested to approve the award of DIPLOMA by Sikkim Manipal University,

against the above mentioned training Programme.

(Annexure –IV, Page No. 71-91)

Decision : Approved.


Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS)

Item No. VI. Upgraded Syllabus of Department of Anesthesia, SMIMS.

(Annexure – V, Page No. 92-93)


Item No. VII. Proposal to reschedule IV Semester ENT posting to VII Semester

The IV semester MBBS students are not aware about ear, nose and throat. Only the basic

anatomy and related physiology classes were taken in pre-clinical posting. As the students

are not aware regarding pathology and microbiology and also the diseases in relation to ear

nose and throat, therefore they face problem during clinical posting. It is therefore

proposed to re schedule IV semester ENT posting to VII semester.

Decision : Not Approved. It will violate the existing MCI norms.

Item No. VIII. Inclusion of Postgraduate Teacher & PG Internal Examiners.

Senate Approval is sought for the list of eligible teachers of SMIMS as per annexure to be

included as post graduate teachers and post graduates internal examiners.

(Annexure – VI, Page No. 94)


Item No. IX. Proposal to start a Diploma course in Audiometry

It is proposed to introduce a diploma in Audiometry (two seats). The basic requirement to

run the same is available as far as instruments and staff are concerned.

Decision : Approved in principle. Regulatory approval to be sought. A

detailed proposal may then be put up in the next ASM.

Item No. X. Agenda Point from DCE (M), SMIMS

A) Revision of Subject Code and Subject Title:

New Subject Code along with Subject Name of various courses being run in the Sikkim

Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS), Sikkim Manipal College of Nursing


(SMCON), Sikkim Manipal College of Physiotherapy (SMCOPT) & Department of

Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) are proposed to be revised.

The new subject codes is proposed for the students of 2015 Batch onwards while

previous batch students will continue with the existing subject codes and subject titles.

(Annexure – VII, Page No. 95-114)

Decision : Approved with minor changes.

B) MCI regulations for MBBS students :

A student shall not be allowed to graduate later than 9 years of joining first MBBS

course.

(Annexure – VIII, Page No. 115-116)

Decision : Approved with following instructions:

i. It will be applicable from 2016-17 batch

ii. Manipal University rule for the same to be confirmed.

iii. DCE(M) to ascertain the number of existing students who have crossed 9

years in MBBS course.

Duration of various Examination at Medical Campus, SMU

EXAMINATION MARKS (TOTAL) DURATION OF EXAMINATION

i) 40 marks OR

ii) Less than 40 marks (<40) 2 hours

iii) 50 marks OR

iv) Less than or equal to 75 marks

(<=75)

2 hours 30 mins

v) 100 marks 3 hours

Decision : Approved with following guidelines from Academic Senate Members:

i. MCI rules pertaining to the same will not be violated.

ii. Changes as given below to be incorporated post verifying MCI rule:


Upto 50 marks for 2 hrs, 50 ≤75 marks for 2 ½ hrs, ≥ 75 marks for 3 hrs

iii. Question paper should be set in a manner that the student can complete

answering the same within the allotted time.

Item No. XI. Agenda Point from Department of Medical Biotechnology, SMIMS:

A) Revised syllabus of Medical Biochemistry for Integrated M.Sc. Medical

Biotechnology, for 3rd and 4th Semester (Annexure – IX, Page No. 117-

118)


B) Reconstitution of BOS members for M.Sc. Medical Biotechnology, SMIMS

Internal Members

i. Dr. G S Joneja, Dean, SMIMS

ii. Prof (Dr) TSK Singh, Head Dept of Microbiology, SMIMS

iii. Prof (Dr) T A Singh, Head Dept. of Biochemistry,, SMIMS

iv. Prof (Dr) D K Jha, Head Dept of Physiology, SMIMS

v. Prof (Dr) Amlan Gupta, Head Dept of Pathology, SMIMS

vi. Prof (Dr) Binod Kumar Tamang, Dept of Anatomy, SMIMS

vii. Dr RKS Devi, Asst Prof., Dept of Com. Medicine, SMIMS

viii. Prof (Dr) P K Mitra, Head Dept of Med Biotechnology, SMIMS

External Members

i. Dr. S N Jangle, Director, Centre of Biotechnology, Pravana Institute of Medical

Science, Loni Maharastra.

ii. Dr. Y. D. Sharma, Head, Biotechnology, AIIMS, New Delhi

iii. Dr. Ranadhir Chakraborty, Head, Biotechnology, NBU, Siliguri

Decision : Internal Members approved. For external members, there should

be one member from Industry and one from Academics. It was recommended that

the proposed name of Dr S.N Jangle to be replaced with somebody from the industry.


Item No. XII. Agenda Point from Department of Pathology, SMIMS:

A) Proposal for adjunct Faculty for Dr. Rohan Sinha

Dr Rohan Sinha is one of the investigator in ongoing research project with department of

Pathology on stem cell therapy under the financial support by ICMR. It includes travel grant

which take care of his travel expenses. It is proposed that Dr Rohan Sinha may be included

as adjunct faculty of SMIMS.


B) Proposal to start MD program in Laboratory Medicine and MD program in

Transfusion Medicine.

Senate Approval may be granted to SMIMS to work on modalities for starting MD program

in Laboratory Medicine as well as MD in Transfusion Medicine.

Decision : Regulatory approval to be sought and the detailed proposal to be

put up in the next senate meeting.

Item No. XIII. Closure of BSc MLT admission from 2016

The BSc MLT course a 3 years Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Laboratory

Technology was started in 2009 under skill development initiative of the University. This

course was a 3 year course designed to allow in-service technological staff, general

candidates and nominees from the Sikkim Government to register. The module was mostly

table site learning to promote more in-service candidates to register for the course to meet

up to the minimum qualification for the given posts as well as to increase the number of

trained technicians in the region.

The in-service students were given a discount with offer of fee refund after providing

continuous service to the institute for a fixed period after award of degree. The general

candidates were paying full fee whereas the nominees from the Government of Sikkim


came at the rate fixed by the state and the university. The following is the number of seats

and quotas for different categories and the number of admission since inception.

The in-service candidate has an option of completing their BSc MLT Degree from the

Distance Education course which costs less and is less stress-full in terms of time

management for the individuals. It has been seen that more candidates are opting to do the

Distance Education course therefore defeating the very reason the course was begun.

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

In service (06) 06 02 00 00 02 00 00

Sikkim Government Nominee (04) 02 02 00 03 03 02 03

General (10) 03 02 00 00 03 05 03

TOTAL 11 06 00 03 08 07 06

Fee Structure:

Fee per year

Sikkim Manipal University (regular) Rs. 72500

Sikkim Manipal University (DE) Rs. 14950 x 2 = 29900

Chattrapati Sahuji Maharaj University Rs. 53500-56000

Paramedical College, Durgapur, WB Rs. 30000

Mahatma Gandhi University, Meghalaya Rs. 7000 x 2 = 14000

The enrollment of the in-service candidates from CRH / SMIMS is negligible and the general

candidates have not significantly increased. The BSc MLT programe needs to be reviewed

in terms of viability profitability and continuance.

Decision :

Academic Senate members suggested to upgrade the course from 3 years to 4

years with 1 additional year as internship in order to attract students.

SMUDDE faculty to share the teaching load.

In case the admissions continue to be low and uneconomical the decision will

be reviewed.


Item No. XIV. Agenda Point from Department of MHA & Department of Humanities

and Social Sciences, SMU

A) Modification in the syllabus of ‘Hospital Information System & Medical Record

Management’ (MHA-206), ‘Research Methodology’ (MHA-303) and ‘Total Quality

Management in Hospitals (MHA-304) (Annexure – X, Page No. 119-128)


B) Change in the scheme of instruction and scheme of examination for the Viva Voce

of the Fourth Semester students of MHA

EXISTING:

Code Subject Credits 401 Induction course (100 Marks) 5

Defending the dissertation in the Viva-Voce examination (100 marks) 5

Company/hospital grading (internal 200 marks) 10

Project/dissertation (100 marks) 5

25

PROPOSED:

Code Subject Credits Scheme of Examination Grand Total

401 Dissertation 25 Project Report-50 Marks Viva Voce -50 Marks 100


C) The proposed changes in the syllabus of M.Com, B.Com & B.A.

SI NO.

COURSE Existing (Old) Proposed (New)

1. M.Com 1st Semester Management Concepts & Organizational Behaviour (Code- 1102)

“Changes in existing chapter”

2. M.Com 1st Semester Advanced Corporate Accounting (Code- 1101)

“Changes in existing chapter”

3. M.Com 2nd Semester Advanced Cost Accounting (Code- 1106) 1*

“Marketing Management”

4. B.Com 4th Semester Foundation of Science & Technology (Code- 2005) 2*

“Principles of Marketing”


5. B.A 2nd Semester Foundation in Business & Commerce (Code- 105) 3*

“Communicative English”

6. B.A 4th Semester Foundation Course in Science & Technology (Code- 205) 4*

“Foundation in Business & Commerce”

Justification:

1* Advanced Cost Accounting (1106) is being proposed to be replaced by ‘Marketing

Management’, since ‘Advanced Cost Accounting’ has already been studied in the

Under Graduate level thus the introduction of ‘Marketing Management’ will help the

students in the different examination like CBSE, NET & Management entrance etc.

2* Foundation of Science & Technology (Code- 2005) is being proposed to be replaced

by ‘Principles of Marketing’, since Marketing is the core paper of Commerce and

having a fundamental knowledge in it will help the B.Com students in their higher

academic courses.

3* Foundation in Business & Commerce (Code- 105) is being proposed to be replaced

by

‘Communicative English’ due to its practical relevance in day to day life of the

students and we can also have a common class of B.A. 2nd Semester along with

B.Com 2nd Semester students, thus overcoming the shortage of faculty. No. of seats

in B.A. (Hons) to increase from 20 to 30.

4* Foundation Course in Science & Technology (Code- 205) is proposed to be replaced

by ‘Foundation in Business & Commerce’ as this will help the BA students in

acquiring a fundamental knowledge of business and commerce apart from their core

subjects.

(Annexure – XI, Page No. 129-142)


Item No. XV. Faculty Development Programme


Manipal University would like to offer faculty development programmes to the faculty of

Sikkim Manipal University. Expenses (travel & accommodation) pertaining to these

programmes will be borne by Manipal University.

The tentative date for the programme is May 2 to 7, 2016.

They can take up to a maximum of 50 faculty in one workshop. If there are more faculty to

be trained, then they will do two identical workshop back to back, first workshop 2 to 4

May 2016 and second one for second batch 5 to 7 May, 2016. The decision for one or two

workshops will depend on the number of participants.

Decision : Noted.

Item No. XVI. PhD Programme

A) The following research scholars of the University had successfully defended their

theses & awarded with PhD degree during the 15th Convocation of SMU.

a. Ms Rinchenla Bhutia, External / Part Time, Reg. No. 2007100015, Dept. of

Microbiology, SMIMS.

Guide : Prof (Dr) J Mahanta, Director & Scientist G, RMRC (ICMR)

Dibrugarh, Assam.

Co-Guide : Prof (Dr) TSK Singh, Head, Dept. of Microbiology, SMIMS.

Topic : “Direct Detention of rpoB Mutation in Sputum Smear as a

Marker of Rifampicin Resistance under DOTS in Sikkim, India”.

b. Mr. Mohan Pratap Pradhan, Internal/Part Time, Reg.No. 201010006, Dept. of

Computer Science & Engineering, SMIT.

Guide : Prof (Dr) M. K. Ghose, Dean Academics, SMIT.

Topic : "Development of Automatic Digitization Techniques for GIS

Applications".

c. Mrs. Indoo Singh, External/Part Time Registration No. 201010016, Department of

Management Studies, SMIT.


Guide : Dr Ajeya Jha, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Management Studies, SMIT.

Topic : “Study on Emotional Intelligence in Teaching Performance for

Medical and Technical Education”.

d. Dr Ranabir Pal, External/Part Time Registration No. 200710009, Department of

Chemistry, SMIT.

Guide : Prof (Dr) Sanjay Dahal, Dept. of Chemistry, SMIT.

Topic : “Diagnosis of Pulmonary Diseases by the Analysis of Exhaled

Breath with a Colorimetric Sensor Array”.

e. Mrs Sonam Choden Bhutia, Internal/Part Time Registration No. 200810002,

Department of Biochemistry, SMIMS.

Guide : Prof (Dr) T A Singh, Head, Dept of Biochemistry, SMIMS

Co-Guide : Prof (Dr) Mingma Lhamu Sherpa, Dept of Biochemistry, SMIMS

Topic : “Production of Polyclonal Antibody against Osteogenic Protein

-

1(OP—1) in Arthritic Synovial Fluid and Study for

Immunodiagnostic Utility and Correlationship with Oxidative

Stress Markers in Arthritis”.

f. Raja Roy Choudhary, Internal/Part Time, Reg.no. 201110003, Dept. of CSE, SMIT

Guide : Prof (Dr) MK Ghose,Dean (A),SMIT

Topic : “An efficient semi analytical model using robust Nonlinear

unconstrained optimization of an optical fiber having Kerr

Nonlinearity and graded index fiber”.

g. Ruben Phipon, Internal/Part Time, Reg. No. 200910008, Dept.of ME, SMIT

Guide : Prof (Dr) BB Pradhan, Head, Dept. of ME, SMIT

Topic : “Solution of Machining Optimization problems using genetic

Algorithm”.

h. Priyanka Paul Biswas, External/Part Time/ Reg No. 201010011 Dept of

Microbiology, SMIMS


Guide : Prof (Dr) Sangeeta Dey, Dept. of Microbiology, Katihar Medical

College, Karim Bagh, Katihar, Bihar.

Coguide : Prof (Dr) Luna Adhikari, Dept. of Microbiology, SMIMS.

Coguide : Prof. (Dr.) Aninda Sen, Dept. of Microbiology, Katihar Medical

College, Karim Bagh, Katihar, Bihar.

Topic : “Phenotypic and Genotypic heterogeneity of Enterococcus

species with reference to detection of virulence markers”.

Decision : Noted.

B) The following research scholars of the University had successfully defended their theses

& awarded with provisional PhD degree. The PhD degree will be awarded to them

during 16th Convocation of SMU.

a. Mousami Gupta, Internal/Part Time/ Reg No 200910017, Dept of CSE, SMIT

Guide : Prof. S. N. Biswas, ISI Kolkata.

Co-Guide : Prof. R. N. Bera, ECE Department SMIT.

Topic : “Some intervention on target detection for possible use for

surveillance”.

b. Debranjan Datta, Internal/Part Time, Reg No. 200810003, Department of

Pharmacology, SMIMS.

Guide : Prof (Dr) Amit Chakrabarti, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Kolkata.

Coguide : Prof (Dr) Sanjiba Datta, Head, Dept. of Psychiatry, SMIMS.

Coguide : Dr Yogesh Verma, Professor, Dept.of Pathology, SMIMS.

Topic : “Epidemiology of prescription opioid abuse in Sikkim”.

c. Amrita Biswas, Internal/Part Time/ Reg No 200910014, Dept of EC, SMIT

Guide : Prof (Dr) MK Ghose,Dean (A),SMIT

Topic : “Development of Algorithms for Human Face Recognition”.


d. Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh, Internal/Part Time, Reg.No. 201101005, Dept. of Medicine,

SMIMS.

Guide : Dr. Bidita Khandelwal, Prof and Head, Dept of Medicine,

SMIMS

Guide : Dr Namgyal T Sherpa, Principal Chief Consultant & Head

Medicine, STNM Hospital, Gangtok

Topic : “Effect of Yoga and Music Therapy intervention in Type II

Diabetes Mellitus - A Randomized Controlled Trial”

Decision : Ratified.

C) Review report has been received from the examiners. The scholar has to submit

the modified thesis as suggested by examiners.

a. Sunil Kr Pandey, Internal/Part Time, Reg. No. 200810001, Dept. of Pharmacology,

SMIMS.

Guide : Prof (Dr) Amit Chakrabarti, ICMR, Kolkata.

Coguide : Prof (Dr) Sanjiba Datta, Head, Dept. of Psychiatry, SMIMS

Coguide : Dr Yogesh Verma, Professor, Dept.of Pathology, SMIMS.

Topic : “Availiability, Accessibility and Acceptability of Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Sikkim”.

b. Rajeev Kumar Singh, Internal, Part Time/ Reg No 201010017, Dept of

Mathematics, SMIT

Guide : Dr B N Mandal, ISI Kolkata.

Coguide : Dr B S Dandapat, HoD Mathematics, SMIT.

Coguide : Dr Ashish Pathak, Dr Harisingh Gour Central University, Sagar,

Madhya Pradesh.

Topic : “Use of Wavelets in Numerical Solution of Integral Equations”.

c. Karma Lakhi Bhutia, Internal, Part Time/ Reg No 2012010012, Dept of Anatomy,

SMIMS

Guide : Dr. Ratnabali Sengupta

Coguide : Dr. B K Kanungo, Professor & Head, Dept. of OBG, SMIMS


Topic : “Histomorphological Studies in Hyrtl’s Anastomosis of Umbilical Arteries and Placenta in Pregnancy Induced Hypertension”.

d. Selvam Ramachandran, Internal/Part Time/Reg No 201010009, SMCPT

Guide : Dr Sudip Dutta, Pediatrics Department, SMIMS

Topic : “Effect of early therapy intervention on singleton preterm very low birth weight infant at high risk of developing motor developmental delay- a randomized controlled clinical trial”.

Decision : Noted.

D) Theses of the following research scholars have been sent to the examiners for review. a. Arunima Sengupta, External/Part Time/Mgt. Studies, Reg No 200810011, SMIT

Guide : Dr Ajeya Jha, HoD Management Studies, SMIT

Topic : “Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

Effectiveness: A Study of Indian Health Care Professionals”.

b. Jaya Rani, Internal/Part Time/Reg No 200910011, Dept of Management Studies,

SMIT

Guide : Dr Ajeya Jha, HoD Management Studies, SMIT

Topic : “Direct-to-Consumer Promotion of Pharmaceutical Products in

India: Impact Assessment”.

c. Pijush Barthakur, Internal/Part Time/ Reg No 201010007, Dept of CA, SMIT

Guide : Dr Manoj Dahal, Novell IDC, Bagmane Tech Park, C V

Ramannagar, Bangalore

Coguide : Dr. M. K. Ghose, Dean (A), SMIT

Topic : “Development of a Real-Time Machine-Learning based Botnet

Detection Mechanism”.

Decision : Noted.

E) The consents to review the thesis of the following research scholar has been

received from the examiners, however the scholar is yet to submit the thesis.


a. Dipanjan Bhattacharjee, Internal/Part Time/Reg No 200910006, Dept of ECE,

SMIT

Guide : Dr R N Bera, HoD ECE, SMIT

Topic : “Development of Smart Sensor in Instrumentation for

Environmental Monitoring”.

Decision : Noted.

F) PhD Registration

a. Mr. Ranjit Panigrahi, Internal/Part Time, Reg.no 201510011 (Provisional),

Department of Computer Applications, SMIT

Guide : Dr Samarjeet Borah, Associate Professor, Dept. of CA, SMIT

Topic : “Design and Development of a Host Based Intrusion Detection

System with Classification of Alerts”.

b. Ms. Asha Subba, External/Part Time, Reg.no 201510012, Department of

Chemistry, SMIT

Guide : Dr Manoranjan Pandey, Associate Professor, Dept. of

Chemistry, SMIT

Coguide : Prof (Dr) Sangeeta Jha, Head Dept of Chemistry, SMIT

Coguide : Dr Karma Gurmey Dolma, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Microbiology,

SMIMS

Topic : “Study of Chemical and Bacterial Contamination in Spring

Water of Sikkim”.

c. Mr. Dhruva Kumar, Internal/Part Time, Reg.no 201510013 (Provisional),

Department of CMSNT, SMIT.

Guide : Dr B P Swain, Asso. Professor, Dept. of CMSNT, SMIT.

Topic : “Study of Mechanical Properties and Role of Hydrogen on

Silicon Carbo-Nitride (SiCN) Thin Film”.


d. Ms Anita Gupta, Internal/Part Time, Reg.no 201510014 (Provisional), Dept. of

Management Studies, SMIT

Guide : Dr Deepika Tewari, Asso. Prof., Dept. of Management Studies,

SMIT

Topic : “Skill India Mission: An assessment of initiatives, scope &

changes in Sikkim.”

e. Ms Archana Chettri, Internal/Part Time, Reg.no 201510015 (Provisional),

Department of Psychiatry, SMIMS

Guide : Dr Sanjiba Dutta, Professor & Head, Dept of Psychiatry, SMIMS

Coguide : Dr. Geeta Soohinda, Dept of Psychiatry, SMIMS

Topic : “A study of effectiveness of psychological intervention for

anxiety problems in school children in Sikkim”.

f. Mr Ankit Singh, Internal/Part Time, Reg.no 201510016 (Provisional), Department

of Management Studies, SMIT

Guide : Dr Manjushree Mishra, Associate Professor , Dept of

Management Studies, SMIT

Coguide : Dr. Shankar Purbey, AP, IIM Shillong

Topic : “Development of a Framework for Managing the Home

Healthcare, in India”.


G) Inclusion of a coguide – Dr Bidita Khandelwal, Prof & Head Department of Medicine,

SMIMS to be approved as coguide in addition to Dr K S Sherpa, Prof & Head, Department

of EEE, SMIT of research scholar of Mr Akash Kumar Bhoi, registration no. 201510001,

Dept. of EEE, SMIT.


H) Change of Guide in respect of Mr Dilip Kumar Darjee: The RPC committee observed

that the progress of Mr Dilip Kumar Darjee, is not satisfactory. He was unable to get


proper guidance to progress further as his guide Prof (Dr) N Upadhaya superannuated

from SMIT in the year 2014. RPC recommended Dr. Neeta D Sharma, Asst Prof,

Department of Management Studies as a PhD Guide, and Dr N Upadhaya as coguide.


I) Appointment of Guide of SMIMS PhD Scholars: The eligibility criteria for

appointment of PhD guide in SMIMS is required to be as per the MCI regulations. The

current regulations of SMU on the eligibility criteria for PhD guide is not in conformity

with MCI. According to MCI regulations, “a guide for the PhD degree shall have not

less than fifteen years’ teaching experience after obtaining post graduate

qualification and shall also have not less than ten years postgraduate teaching

experience as a faculty member”.

URC Decision: Approved for pure medical research. However MCI regulations

pertaining to faculty with PhD becoming guides to be checked.


J) External Supervisors can only be Co Guides:

URC Decision: It was unanimously agreed that in future external supervisors can

only be registered as Co Guides.


K) Inclusion of Coguide: Post facto approval accorded by Honorable VC, SMU in respect of

PhD Scholar Mr. Rajeev Kumar Singh for inclusion of Prof B.S. Dandapat as co guide in

addition to Prof N Mandal (Guide) and Dr Ashis Pathak (Coguide) is placed for

ratification.


L) PhD Guides


The University Research Committee of SMU had approved the following as PhD

Guides/Coguides:

1. Prof (Dr) Sanjiba Dutta, Head, Dept of Psychiatry, SMIMS - Guide

2. Dr Samarjeet Borah, Associate Professor, Dept. of CA, SMIT - Guide

3. Dr Manoranjan Pandey, Asso Prof, Dept. of Chemistry, SMIT - Guide

4. Prof (Dr) Sangeeta Jha, Head Dept of Chemistry, SMIT - Coguide

5. Dr Karma G. Dolma, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Microbiology, SMIMS - Coguide

6. Dr B P Swain, Asso. Professor, Dept. of CMSNT, SMIT - Guide

7. Dr. Deepika Tewari, Asso Prof, Dept of Mgt. Studies, SMIT - Guide

8. Dr. Geeta Soohinda, Dept of Psychiatry, SMIMS - Coguide

9. Dr. Manjushree Mishra, Asso Prof, Dept of Mgt. Studies, SMIT - Guide


M) PhD Entrance Exam

The entrance exam for PhD programme of the University was held on 22nd November

2015. Out of 29 candidates who appeared in the entrance test, 19 candidates qualified

in the said examination.

Decision : Noted.


Sikkim Manipal University Directorate of Distance Education

Item No. XVII. Introduction of Credit-based Grading for all students to be admitted

post UGC approval.

The Directorate of Distance Education, Sikkim Manipal University plans to introduce

Credit-based grading system for students who seek admission to Programs in Distance

education from the ensuing cycle to be commenced after recognition of Programs by the

UGC. The details pertaining to the same are given below:

The total marks for each subject will be 100 irrespective of the Credits.

A) Theory Subjects: Assessment in Each subject will comprise of Marks awarded on

Internal Assessment (IA) and Term End University Examination (TEE).

a. Internal Assessments: The Internal Assessment will be assessed for 30 marks.

The assignments will be submitted by students as per existing system. The

pattern will be uniform across all subjects.

b. Term-End Examinations: The Term End Examination Question paper for these

students will be set for 70 marks. The Question paper pattern is given below

Question Type MCQ Descriptive

(Short Notes)

Descriptive ( Long

Answers) Total

Marks 10 @ 2= 20 4 @ 5 = 20 3 @ 10 = 30 70

Number 10

6, of which

student must

answer any 4

4, of which student

must answer any 3 20

B) Practical Subjects: Assessment will be based on Marks for Guided exercises (IA) and

Unguided exercises (TEE). The ratio of IA: TEE is 70: 30

C) Project Subjects: The project evaluation will be carried out by University empaneled

examiners.


Result for each subject will be compiled based on the corresponding IA and TEE

marks. Based on the total marks obtained in each subject, Grade point will be assigned and

the corresponding Grade will be calculated as shown in the following table.

Marks Range Grade Point Grade

≥90 to ≤100 10 O (Outstanding)

≥80 to <90 9 A+(Excellent)

≥70 to <80 8 A(Very Good)

≥60 to <70 7 B+(Good)

≥50 to <60 6 B(Above Average)

≥45 to <50 5 C(Average)

≥40 to <45 4 P(Pass)

<40 0 F(Fail)

Not Applicable 0 Ab(Absent)

A student obtaining Grade F shall be considered failed and will be required to

reappear in the examination

Eg.

Course IA Marks TEE Marks Total

Marks

Credit Grade

Point

Grade

Letter Max Min Obtained Max Min Obtained

Course 1 30 12 25 70 28 68 93 2 10 O

Course 2 30 12 20 70 28 55 75 4 8 A

Course 3 30 12 15 70 28 46 61 3 7 B+

Course 4 30 12 11 70 28 30 41 5 4 P

Course 5 30 12 28 70 28 56 84 1 9 A+

Course 6 30 12 24 70 28 35 59 4 6 B

Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) is the ratio of the sum of the product of the

number of credits with the grade points scored by a student in all the courses taken by such

student and the sum of the number of Credits of all the courses undergone by a student


where is the number of credits of the course and is the grade point scored by the

student in the Course

Course Total

Marks

Credit Grade

Point

Grade

Letter

Credit Point (Credit x Grade)

Course 1 93 2 10 O 2 x 10 = 20 Course 2 75 4 8 A 4 x 8 = 32 Course 3 61 3 7 B+ 3 x 7 = 21 Course 4 41 5 4 P 5 x 4 = 20 Course 5 84 1 9 A+ 1 x 9 = 9 Course 6 59 4 6 B 4 x 6 = 24 19 126 Thus, SGPA = 126/19 = 6.63

The CGPA is also calculated in the same manner taking into account all the courses

undergone by a student over all the semesters of a Program

Where is the SGPA of the semester and is the total number of credits in that

semester

Illustration for CGPA

Semester

1

Semester

2

Semester

3

Semester

4

Semester

5

Semester

6

Credit : 20

SGPA : 6.9

Credit : 22

SGPA : 7.8

Credit : 25

SGPA : 5.6

Credit : 26

SGPA : 6.0

Credit : 26

SGPA : 6.3

Credit : 25

SGPA : 8.0

Thus, CGPA = = 6.73

NOTE: The SGPA and CGPA shall be rounded off to 2 decimal points.

Decision: Approved. However for awarding grades, SMIT system to be followed.


Item No. XVIII. Introduction of issue of e-marks card

The Directorate has commenced issue of E-marks cards to students, in pursuance of an

Executive approval thereof by the Vice-Chancellor. SMUDDE will publish periodically, the

Statement of Marks on the Directorate’s website. No other Statement of Marks will be

issued by the Directorate in this behalf. Students will be issued the Consolidated Marks

Cards, Provisional Pass Certificate and Degree Certificate only upon successful completion

of respective programs.

A notification to this effect was made on 08th Dec 2015. (Annexure – XII, Page No.

143)


Item No. XIX. List of Approved Subject Matter Experts

Senate approval is sought for the list of Subject Matter Experts identified and approved by

HODs for various assignments of Directorate of Distance Education, Sikkim Manipal

University.


Item No. XX. List of graduating students

Approval by the Senate may be granted to the students who graduated from SMUDDE post

Convocation 2012 as per the list forwarded by SMUDDE.


Item No. XXI. Modified Consolidated Marks card (CMC)

A slight modification has been made in CMC owing to issue of e-marks cards in future. An

additional column depicting month and year of passing, has been included. The existing

pattern of CMC, and the proposed pattern. (Annexure – XIII, Page No. 144-145)



Additional Agenda

Item No. XXII. Approval for Academic calendar of SMIT, Even Semester Jan – July,

2016. (Annexure – XIV, Page No.

146)


Item No. XXIII. Approval for Revision of Examination fees and dropping the

nomenclature “Make up Examination”

The exam fee for Makeup Examination may be revised from existing Rs 500/- (for UG) and

Rs 600/- (for PG) per paper to Rs 1000/- per paper (both UG/PG) in consistent with the

existing exam fee per paper in Supplementary Examination. Further, the nomenclature

“Make up Examination” will be dropped and be replaced by “Supplementary Examination”.

Decision : Approved

Item No. XXIV Workshop on Plagiarism check in Ph.D thesis.

Dr AB Samaddar, Director,NIT, Sikkim offered to conduct a workshop for the research

scholars and the guides of SMU on checking plagiarism in Ph.D thesis.

The Meeting ended with vote of thanks by the Registrar, SMU.

MINUTES; 48th ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING, 23rd July, 2016. Page 1



2016


MINUTES



Time: 10:00 AM Date: July 23, 2016 Venue: Conference Hall,



Members Present

Brig (Dr) S N Mishra, Vice Chancellor, SMU; Dr Arun Baran Samaddar, Director, NIT, Sikkim;

Air Marshal (Retd.) Dr G S Joneja, VM, Dean, SMIMS; Col (Dr) Amik Garg (Retd.) Director,

SMIT; Prof (Dr) Ashis Sharma, Registrar, SMU; Prof (Dr) Bhuvanesh Gupta, Director

Research, SMU; Col (Dr) Sadasivan Thekkey Veetil (Retd.) Addl. Director, SMIT; Prof C J

Thomas, Head, Dept of Civil Engineering SMIT; Prof (Dr) Karma Sonam Sherpa, HoD, E&E

Engg , SMIT; SMIMS; Prof (Dr) Bidita Khandelwal, Head, Dept of Medicine, SMIMS; Prof (Dr)

Jyoti P Kulkarni, DCE (Medical), SMIMS; Prof Mridula Das, Principal, SMCON; Prof(Dr)

Nikita Joshi (PT) Incharge, SMCOP, SMIMS; Dr Gayathri Devi S, Dean (Research & Training),

SMUDDE; Dr Sanjay Kumar, ADCE (M), SMIMS; Mrs Leena Sunwar, Jr. Finance Executive,

Finance SMU


Prof (Dr) MK Ghose, Dean Academics, SMIT; Prof (Dr) N S Ramesh Murthy, Director,

SMUDDE; Prof (Dr) Sanjiba Dutta, Head, Dept. of Psychiatry, SMIMS; Prof (Dr) G. C. Mishra,

DCE (Tech) SMIT; Dr Manjushree Mishra, Coordinator, H&SS/MHA, SMU; Mr KC Panda, Sr.

Finance Officer, SMU.


Welcome members to 48th Academic Senate Meeting of the University.

Item No. I. Confirmation of Minutes of the 47th Academic Senate Meeting of the University

held on January 08, 2016 at Conference Hall, Level III, SMIMS College building , 5th Mile

Tadong, Gangtok. (Annexure – I, Pg No. 21-47)

Decision: Confirmed.

Item No. II. Review of Minutes; 47th Academic Senate Meeting

A. Change of Syllabus of CSE for Academic Session July-August 2016.

Change of syllabus for students of Academic Session July-August 2016. Two theory subjects

of third and fourth semesters needs to be replaced by new subjects. Two electives to be

added.

Decision : Referred to Board of Studies for approval.

Update:

Part of fresh agenda item no XI and item no XVI.

Decision: Noted.

B. Proposal from iNurture for starting New Age Degree programs for Graduate &

Postgraduate segments at SMIT (Annexure –III, Page No. 66- 70)

Decision :

a) Dual Specialization in B Tech will not be accepted by AICTE hence not approved.

b) Feedback to be sought from those Universities which have already introduced the

other courses given in the proposal.

c) Initially BBA, MBA, may be started provided regulatory norms are not violated.

d) Logistic aspect especially hiring of faculty to be as per SMU norms.

e) Admissions into these courses to follow SMU rules.

f) Executive Committee to be kept aligned before starting the course.


Update:

Approval given by 39th EC held on 31st March to start with:

BBA – Financial Services 30 seats

BCA – Cloud Technologies and Information Security 30 seats

Decision: Noted.

C. Proposal to start a Diploma course in Audiometry

It is proposed to introduce a diploma in Audiometry (two seats). The basic requirement

to run the same is available as far as instruments and staff are concerned.

Decision : Approved in principle. Regulatory approval to be sought. A

detailed proposal may then be put up in the next ASM.

Update:

No Regulatory approval sought.

Decision: To be put up as fresh agenda post regulatory approval.

D. Reconstitution of BOS members for M.Sc. Medical Biotechnology, SMIMS

Decision : Internal Members approved. For external members, there should

be one member from Industry and one from Academics. It was recommended that the

proposed name of Dr S. N Jangle to be replaced with somebody from the industry.

Update:

Dr Raja Mugasimangalam, Founder & CEO Genotypic Technology (P) Ltd, accepted

the invitation to be a member of Board of Studies.


E. Proposal to start MD program in Laboratory Medicine and MD program in

Transfusion Medicine.

Senate Approval may be granted to SMIMS to work on modalities for starting MD program

in Laboratory Medicine as well as MD in Transfusion Medicine.


Decision : Regulatory approval to be sought and the detailed proposal to be

put up in the next senate meeting.

Update:

No Regulatory approval sought.

Decision: To be put up as fresh agenda post regulatory approval.

F) Closure of BSc MLT admission from 2016.

Decision :

a) Academic Senate members suggested to upgrade the course from 3 years to 4 years

with 1 additional year as internship in order to attract students.

b) SMUDDE faculty to share the teaching load.

c) In case the admissions continue to be low and uneconomical the decision will be

reviewed.

Update:

a) It is proposed to close this program from 2017 onwards in view of dwindling

admissions.

b) This program is also no more being offered through SMU DE.

Placed before the Senate for approval.



FRESH AGENDA



Item No III. New Logo for Sikkim Manipal University.

Approval is sought for adoption of new logo for Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) and its

constituent colleges.

The new logo will replace the old logo of Sikkim Manipal University, and its constituent

units. Henceforth, the constituent units shall not use their independent logo. They shall use

only the New Logo approved by the Senate.

The usage of logo for letterhead, signage, brochure, envelopes, marketing posters,

presentation, signboard, billboard, visiting card etc., will be communicated shortly when

the brand manual is ready.

The crest will be common for three universities of Manipal Education System viz., Manipal

University, Manipal; Sikkim Manipal University, and Manipal University, Jaipur, Jaipur.

However, the logo of each of the universities, incorporating the crest and name of the

University will be unique for each University. (Annexure II, Pg No. 48-51)



Item No IV. Nomination for Academic Senate Members

The tenure of following Academic Senate Members will complete on 13 September 2016:-

a) Prof CJ Thomas, Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering (SMIT)

b) Prof (Dr) Karma Sonam Sherpa, HoD I/C AE &I Engg.

c) Prof (Dr) Bidita Khandelwal, Head, Dept of Medicine, SMIMS

d) Prof (Dr) Sanjiba Dutta, Head, Dept. of Psychiatry, SMIMS


The following names have been proposed from SMIT & SMIMS as replacement to the above

members for inclusion in the Academic Senate:-

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, SMIT

a) Prof (Dr) B B Pradhan, Head, Dept of ME, SMIT

b) Prof (Dr) Kalpana Sharma, Head, Dept. of CSE, SMIT

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, SMIMS

a) Prof (Dr) Suvamoy Chakraborty, Head, Dept of ENT, SMIMS

b) Prof (Dr) Sudip Dutta, Head, Dept. of Paediatrics, SMIMS



Item No V. Ratification of new subjects with subject codes introduced and removed

in BA English (Hons.) in Department of Humanities and Social Science.

Introduced

Sl No. Semester Subject Title Subject Code 1 1st Semester Prose – Short Stories from the West BA 1105 2 2nd Semester Poetry – Evolution, Elements, Genres BA 1205 3 3rd Semester Prose – The Novel (The Guide : R. K. Narayan) BA 1305

4. 4th Semester Drama and Theatre – Evolution, Elements, Genres

BA 1406

5. 6th Semester Biographies: Sachin Tendulkar – A Definitive Biography (Vaibhav Purandare)

BE 1604

Removed

Sl No. Semester Subject Title Subject Code 1 6th Semester Modern English Poetry E.306

(Annexure III, Pg No. 52-62)

The above subjects and subject codes was implemented from 2015 batches onwards.

Placed before the Senate for ratification.



Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT)

Item No VI. Reconstitution of BOS members for Dept. of Mathematics, SMIT

Internal Members

i. Prof (Dr) Anjan Raychaudhuri, Dept of Mathematics, SMIT

ii. Dr Achit Yajnik, Dept of Mathematics, SMIT

iii. Dr Santanu Savapondit, Dept. of Mathematics, SMIT

iv. Dr Pankaj Chettri, Dept.of Mathematics, SMIT

v. Dr Biswajit Deb, Dept of Mathematics, SMIT

External Members

i. Dr K Manjunath Prasad, Manipal University

ii. Dr Debabrata Purohit, Sikkim University

iii. Dr Kamal Kanti Nandi, Former Head & Professor NBU


Decision :

Internal Members approved.

It was recommended that Prof Manjunath Prasad be replaced with a Professor

from the ISI, Kolkata or IIT Guwahati.

Item No VII. Approval for Academic calendar of SMIT, Odd Semester 2016

(Annexure IV, Page No. 63)


Decision : Approved. However, the commencement of even semester could

be preponed to first week of Jan.

Item No VIII. Approval of Credit transfer for transfer students

Many students take transfer from one College and joins another College under Manipal

Group and also from other colleges with whom SMIT/SMU may or may not have a MOU.


This may take place in different semesters. While admitting a student in any semester on

transfer from other colleges/universities, a uniform policy has to be laid down for the

same. Accordingly, a credit transfer policy for SMIT is proposed. (Annexure V, Page No.

64-69)


Decision : Approved. The Annexure V to be modified as under:

The transferred student should spend at least 50% of course duration at SMIT.

Also while calculating the CGPA the credit earned on account of 80%

curriculum matching to be taken into consideration in addition to all the

credits earned in SMIT.

Item No IX. Approval for Introduction of Universal Human Values and

Professional Ethics in 1st Year B. Tech.

Proposed course shall be of 4 credits and to be taught in 1st year in two semesters of 2

credits each. As the total credits of first year is now fixed as 50 (25+25), it is proposed that

the credits for 1st year will be 54 (27 + 27) and accordingly total credits for B. Tech. course

of all branches will be 54 + 160 = 214. There will be no change in minimum credits

requirement for promotion from I to II year and neither for higher semesters.

The revised schema for B. Tech. 1st Year and the proposed syllabi of UHVPE-I & II is

attached.

(Annexure VI, Page No. 70-72)


Decision : Approved with following instructions:

Credits to be brought down from 4 to 2.

The subject to focus more on practicals and discussion rather than classroom

teaching.


It will be reviewed after one semester. The feedback to be placed in next

Senate Meeting.

Item No X. Approval for Uniform Grading System throughout the Departments.

SMIT is currently following the Relative Grading System for all branches under CGPA

Regulation. Under this scheme, if the appearing strength of students in any subjects fall

short of 20, the Absolute Grading System is followed instead of Relative Grading in that

subject.

In this process, B. Tech. Information Technology students are presently the most sufferer

due to the current intakes for last few years (less than 20), due to the following reasons:

While for the Relative Grading, the cut off for ‘E’ Grade may vary from 35-45, the same is

fixed at minimum of 40 for Absolute Grading and accordingly the other grades are fixed. It

becomes difficult for IT students to get even ‘E’ Grade while the students of other branches

get it with mere 35 marks in most cases. Similarly, it becomes difficult for IT students to get

higher grades in comparison to relatively graded students of other B. Tech. branches.

In addition, the absolute grading of B. Tech (IT) students affects their placement prospects

which is resulting into low intakes for last few years.

The same is the case with other branches, wherein the examinees in any papers such as

Electives, re-joined subjects becomes less than 20. Even though the actual batch strength is

more than 20, the no. of students finally appeared may be less than 20 due to absentees,

detainees and mal-practice cases. In such cases, the students lose the benefit of relative

grading and accordingly the failure rate rises unnecessarily.

To normalise the process, it is recommended that uniform criteria of Relative Grading may

kindly be approved at least for all B. Tech. courses, including IT Department irrespective of

number of students appearing in the subjects.




Item No XI. Approval for Revised Schema and Changes in Syllabus of all courses.

Following the last major revision of syllabus of all branches in 2013, it is proposed to revise

the syllabi this year (2016, after completion of 3 years) as per our Regulations. Accordingly,

the Revised Scheme and Changes in Syllabus of all courses of the following departments is

attached.

S/No.

Department Annexure 7

Scheme Change in Syllabus

Detailed Syllabus

a) Department of Computer Science & Engineering

V (1a) V (2a) V (3a)

b) Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

V (1b) V (2b) V(3b)

c) Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

V (1c) V (2c) V(3c)

d) Department of Information Technology V (1d) V (2d) V(3d)

e) Department of Mechanical Engineering V (1e) V (2e) V(3e)

f) Department of Civil Engineering V (1f) V (2f) V(3f)

g)

Department of Computer Application (BCA)

V (1g) V (2g) V(3g)

Department of Computer Application (MCA)

V (4g) V (5g) V(6g)

h) Department of CMSNT No Change

i) Department of Chemistry V (1h) V (2h) V (3h)

j) Department of Physics No Change

k) Department of Mathematics V (1i) V (2i) V(3i)

l)

Department of Management Studies (BBA)

V (1j) V (2j) V(3j)

Department of Management Studies V (4j) V (5j) V(6j)


(MBA)

(Annexure VII)



It was also suggested by the Senate members that physical presence of the

external expert is desirable for any modification/changes in the syllabus.

However incase the external members cannot physically come then the

meeting may be conducted through skype or video conferencing and the

comments and consent be taken via mail.

Item No XII. Approval of BoS recommended Syllabus of BCA in Cloud Technology &

Information Security to be offered in collaboration with Knowledge partner i-

Nurture.

(Annexure VIII)



Item No XIII. Approval of BoS recommended Syllabus of BBA in Finance to be

offered in collaboration with Knowledge partner i-Nurture. (Annexure IX)



Item No XIV. Approval of the process of Re-admission of the Unsuccessful

students of 1st year as a fresh candidates.

The students who are unable to clear the 1st year with minimum credit for promotion to

2nd year within 2 years of admission may be allowed to withdraw from the course.

However, such candidates if interested can be allowed to take re-admission in 1st year with

the following conditions:


a) The students have to take admission afresh with full fees and in the running syllabus of

that year.

b) The students are allowed to carry over the credits of the passed out subjects of previous

semesters if they match with syllabus of the existing curriculum and are exempted from

reappearing for those papers.


Decision : Not Approved. It will defeat the very purpose of weeding out

students who have been declared Not Fit for Technical Education (NFTE).

Item No XV. Approval of BoS recommended Syllabus of e-governance to be

offered in collaboration with NISD, MHRD. (Annexure X, Page No. 73)



Item No XVI. Approval for updated List of Elective (for 2013 batch onwards) of

Department of Computer Science & Engineering. (Annexure XI, Page No. 74-75)




Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS)

Item No XVII. It is proposed to allow a faculty to attend two (02)

CME/conference for a financial year while keeping the same financial limit as per

current policy.


Decision : Not Approved.

Item No XVIII. Extension of Tenure for Institute Ethics Committee (IEC)

approval.

The minimum duration of Ph.D. is 3 years but IEC approval is given for only one year. It is

requested that the IEC approval is also given for 3 years in case of Ph.D. scholar and the

candidate may be directed to submit annual report to IEC office. In case of interventional

studies or clinical trials, any adverse event should be reported within 48 hours, in addition

to the annual progress report.



Item No XIX. Ratification of eligibility of PG teachers and PG internal

examiners. (Annexure XII, Page No.

76)



Decision : Ratified. All earlier notifications will be superseded by this

approval.

Item No XX. Preparation of list of recognized/non-recognized boards for

admission process.

The intake of students is from within Sikkim as well as from other parts of the country. As a

part of admission process applicants submit their school pass certificates/marksheets

issued by various bodies. The online search of website of Ministry of Human Resource

Dept., Government of India does not give information of recognized list of Senior Secondary

Boards except National Open Schools. Many of the states have their own list of recognized

boards but the complete reliable information is not available. There are many private

portals who are also presenting list of recognized boards, probably for promotion of self-

interest.

In this circumstance there is a need for list of recognized boards and the list of non-

recognized boards as well, approved by SMU in order to ensure that admission process

progresses smoothly.


Decision : Not Approved. Board verification to be done by contacting the

HRDD of the concerned state.

Item No XXI. Fee for dissertation of final year students of Medical

Biotechnology, SMIMS

For practical dissertation of final year students of Medical Biotechnology, SMIMS reagents

worth about Rs 20,000/- (Twenty thousand only) as required.

Therefore, in view of the high cost most of the students do theoretical study as a part of

their dissertation. There is a proposal to make practical dissertation mandatory.

Placed before the Senate for suitable direction.


Decision : Approved for introducing dissertation fees of Rs 20,000/-(rupees

twenty thousand only) per student.

Item No XXII. Agenda Point from DCE (M), SMIMS

a) Number of examiners for Supplementary exam:

For 100 students - 4 Examiner (2 external + 2 internal)

For 50 or less than 50 students - 2 Examiner (1 internal + 1 External)


Decision : Not Approved. Number of examiners has to be as per MCI

guidelines.

b) Contingency Money for University examination

The contingency money for working Lunch to the examiner was raised from existing

₹130/- to ₹200/- per person. (Annexure XIII, Page No. 77)



c) B.Sc Nursing Regulation:

Revised regulation for B.Sc Nursing programme. (Annexure XIV, Page No. 78-82)



d) Dissertation / Thesis Format

The format of submission the Dissertation/Thesis of Post Graduate and Under Graduate

courses being run at SMIMS, SMCPT, MHA and Biotechnology are proposed to be

modified. (Annexure XV, Page No. 83-

95)



Decision : Approved with minor modifications.

e) Counting the Attempt of Examination for MBBS Course.

The counting of number of attempt for appearing the examination is placed for suitable

directions as follows:

SL CONDITION ATTEMPTED COUNTED

a) If the student partially attend any examination.

Yes, Attempt counted

b)

If the student not appeared for any

papers/subjects, due to the shortage of

attendance or Internal Assessment (IA) or on

Medical grounds.

(Detained in All subjects)

To be decided by Senate

c)

If the student did not appeared the exam for any

reason i.e., absent in all papers/subjects.

(Not detained in any subject)


d)

The student did not appeared the next

examination scheduled in one/two months after

passed the previous exam.

(Example : If the

a) Student passed Final MBBS Part - I exam in

supplementary exam, April 2015.

b) Final MBBS Part – II exam scheduled in May

2015.

c) But the Student did not appeared the Final MBBS

Part II examination. (Not detained)


(Annexure XVI, Page No. 96)

Placed before the Senate for directions.

Decision : Senate members directed the DCE (M) to check the same from

KMC Manipal, MU, and other Manipal universities and the recommendation to be put

up in the next senate meeting.

Item No. XXIII. PhD Programme


A) The following research scholars of the University had successfully defended their

theses & awarded with PhD degree during the forthcoming 16th Convocation of

SMU.

a) Mousami Gupta, Internal/Part Time, Reg No 200910017, Dept of CSE, SMIT

Supervisors : Prof. R. N. Bera, ECE Department SMIT.

: Prof. S. N. Biswas, ISI Kolkata.

Topic : “Some Intervention on Target Detection for possible use in

Surveillance”.

b) Debranjan Datta, Internal/Part Time, Reg No. 200810003, Department of

Pharmacology, SMIMS.

Supervisors : Prof (Dr) Sanjiba Datta, Head, Dept. of Psychiatry, SMIMS.

: Dr Yogesh Verma, Professor, Dept.of Pathology, SMIMS.

: Prof (Dr) Amit Chakrabarti, Indian Council of Medical Research

(ICMR), Kolkata.

Topic : “Epidemiology of prescription opioid abuse in Sikkim”.

c) Amrita Biswas, Internal/Part Time, Reg No 200910014, Dept of EC, SMIT

Supervisor : Prof (Dr) MK Ghose, Dean (A), SMIT

Topic : “Development of Algorithms for Human Face Recognition”.

d) Mr. Vijay P Singh, Internal/Part Time, Reg.No. 201101005, Dept. of Medicine, SMIMS.

Supervisors : Dr. Bidita Khandelwal, Prof and Head, Dept of Medicine,

SMIMS

: Dr Namgyal T Sherpa, Principal Chief Consultant & Head

Medicine, STNM Hospital, Gangtok

Topic : “Effect of Yoga and Music Therapy intervention in Type II

Diabetes Mellitus - A Randomized Controlled Trial”

e) Rajeev Kr Singh, Internal /Part Time, Reg No 201010017, Dept of Mathematics, SMIT

Supervisors : Dr B S Dandapat, HoD Mathematics, SMIT.

: Dr B N Mandal, NASI Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee Fellow


(2009-2014) Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, ISI

Kolkata.

: Dr Ashish Pathak, Asst. Prof. Dept. of Mathematics, BHU

Varanasi, UP

Topic : “Use of Wavelets in Numerical Solutions of Integral Equations”.

f) Arunima Sengupta, External/Part Time, Reg No 20081004, Dept. of Mgt. Studies SMIT

Supervisor : Dr Ajeya Jha, HoD Management Studies, SMIT

Topic : “Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

Effectiveness”: A Study of Indian Health Care Professionals.

Placed before the Senate for Information.

Decision : Noted.

B) Review report has been received from the examiners. The scholar has to submit

the modified thesis as suggested by examiners.

a) Pijush Barthakur, Internal/Part Time/ Reg No 201010007, Dept of CA, SMIT

Supervisors : Prof (Dr) M. K. Ghose, Dean (A), SMIT

: Dr Manoj Dahal, Novell IDC, Bagmane Tech Park, C V

Ramannagar, Bangalore

Topic : “Development of a Real-Time Machine-Learning based Botnet

Detection Mechanism”.

b) Karma L Bhutia, Internal, Part Time/ Reg No 2012010012, Dept of Anatomy, SMIMS

Supervisors : Dr. B K Kanungo, Professor & Head, Dept. of OBG, SMIMS

: Dr. Ratnabali Sengupta

Topic : “Histomorphological Studies in Hyrtl’s Anastomosis of

Umbilical Arteries and Placenta in Pregnancy Induced

Hypertension”.

c) Dipanjan Bhattacharjee, Internal/Part Time/Reg No 200910006, Dept of ECE,

SMIT


Supervisor : Dr R N Bera, Professor & Head, Department of ECE, SMIT

Topic : “Development of Smart Sensor in Instrumentation for

Environmental Monitoring”.

d) Jitendra Kumar, Internal/Part Time/Reg No 201210006, Dept of ECE, SMIT

Supervisors : Dr Anindita Adhikary, Asso Prof, Dept of Mgt. Studies SMIT

: Prof. (Dr.) Ajeya Jha, HoD Dept Management Studies, SMIT

Topic : “Investors’ Preference and Performance of Tax-Saving Mutual

Fund Schemes: A Study of Selected Asset Management

Companies”.

Placed before the Senate for Information.

Decision : Noted.

C) The consents to review the thesis of the following research scholar has been

received from the examiners, however the scholar is yet to submit the thesis.

a) Amit Kumar Roy, Internal/Part Time/ Reg No 20091009, Dept of ME, SMIT

Supervisor : Dr. B. B. Pradhan, Prof & Head, Dept of ME, SMIT

Topic : “Integrated Rural Energy Planning for Sustainable

Development of Sikkim”

b) Bibeth Sharma, Internal/Part Time/ Reg No 200910016, Dept of Mgt. Studies, SMIT

Supervisor : Dr. Ajeya Jha, Prof & Head, Dept of Management Studies, SMIT

Topic : “Marketing Strategies for Cymbidium Orchid and Their Value

Added Products in Sikkim Himalayas: Status, Vision and

Challenges”

Placed before the Senate for information.

Decision : Noted.

D) The synopsis of the following research scholar has been sent to the examiners for

review.


a) Moumi Pandit, Internal/Part Time/ Reg No 201310001, Dept of ECE, SMIT

Supervisors : Dr. Tanushree Bose Roy, Associate Professor, Dept of ECE,

SMIT

: Prof (Dr) M K Ghose, Dean (A) & Prof, Dept of CSE, SMIT

Topic : “Optimization of Printed Antenna Models using Hybridized Soft

Computing Techniques”.

b) Ashoka H N, External/Part Time, Reg No 200910015, Dept of ECE, SMIT

Supervisors : Dr R N Bera, Professor and Head Dept of ECE, SMIT

Dr Manjaiah D H, Prof & Chairman BoS P.G. BoS in Computer

Science, Department of CS, Mangalore University, Karnataka

Topic : “Novel Pattern Recognition System Based on Intelligent

Feature Extraction and Classification Techniques”

c) Rebika Rai, External/Part Time, Reg No 201110013, Dept of CSE, SMIT.

Supervisors : Dr. Ratika Pradhan, Prof & Head, Dept of CA, SMIT

: Prof (Dr) M K Ghose, Dean (A), SMIT

Topic : “Improved methodology for classifying different imagery using

Swarm computing techniques”

d) Anup Gurung, External/Part Time, Reg No 200710011, Dept of Chemistry, SMIT.

Supervisor : Dr. Sanjay Dahal, Professor, Dept of Chemistry, SMIT

Topic : “Tetraterpyridylphenyl porphyrin synthesis – sensor,

photophysical and biological activity- studies”


Decision : Noted.

E) PhD Registration

a) Ms Yazum Bhutia, Internal/Part Time, Reg No 201610001 Dept. of Biochemistry,

SMIMS


Supervisors : Dr Mingma L Sherpa, Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, SMIMS

: Dr Sanjiba Dutta, Professor & Head, Dept. of Psychiatry, SMIMS

Topic : “Genotypic Status of ADH1B and ALDH2 and its Association

with Alcohol use Phenotype – A Cross Sectional Study of People

Visiting Referral Hospitals in East Sikkim”.

b) Mrs. Uttejna Tewari, External/Full Time, , Reg No 201610002, Department of

Microbiology, SMIMS

Supervisors : Dr Luna Adhikari, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, SMIMS

: Dr Bidita Khandelwal, Prof & Head Dept of Medicine, SMIMS

Topic : “Analysis of Molecular Diversity of Mycobacterium

Tuberculosis Strains and its Impact on Drug Susceptibility and

Prognosis of Patients”.

c) Ms. Shreema Manna, Internal/Part Time, , Reg No 201610003, Dept of ECE, SMIT

Supervisors : Dr Tanushree Bose (Roy), Asso. Prof., Dept. of ECE, SMIT

: Dr R N Bera, Professor and Head Dept of ECE, SMIT

Topic : "Design of Light Weight Wearable Antennas for Wireless

Communication"

d) Mr. Amit Agarwal, Internal/Part Time, , Reg No 201610004, Dept of ECE, SMIT

Supervisors : Dr P C Pradhan, Professor, Dept. of ECE, SMIT

: Dr B P Swain, Asso. Professor, Dept. of CMSNT, SMIT

Topic : “Modeling of Gate-All-Around MOSFET for Reduction of Short

Channel Effect”.

e) Mr. Soham Das, Internal/Part time, , Reg No 201610005, Dept. of CMSNT, SMIT

Supervisor : Dr. Bibhu Prasad Swain, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of CMSNT, SMIT

Topic : “Synthesis and Characterization of Titanium Aluminium

Nitride (TiAIN) Thin films deposited by CVD”.


f) Mr. Jayanta Kr Baruah, Internal/ Part time, , Reg No 201610006, Dept. of ECE,

SMIT

Supervisors : Dr. R.N. Bera, Professor and Head Dept. of ECE, SMIT

: Dr. Sourav Dhar, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of ECE, SMIT

Topic : "Combinatorial Use of Radar, Ultrasonic and Imaging Sensors

for Enhanced Driver Information System".

g) Mr. Siddhartha Adhyapok, External/Part time, Reg No 201610007 Dept. of IT,

SMIT

Supervisor : Dr. H.K.D. Sarma, Professor and Head Dept. of IT, SMIT

Topic : “Some Studies on Quality of Service Aware Communication

Protocols for Multi- channel Wireless Sensor Networks”.



F) Extension of PhD Tenure of Mr Anup Gurung, Reg No. 200710011 – Mr Anup

Gurung is a part time scholar in the department of Chemistry, SMIT under supervision

of Dr. Sanjay Dahal, Professor, Department of Chemistry, SMIT.

Earlier he was given an extension of a year upto 2nd February 2016. He could not

initiate pre synopsis submission because his second paper communicated was under

review. Candidate has therefore requested for further extension of six months, that is

upto 02 August 2016.

The matter has the recommendation for extension from DPRC and IRPEC.

URC Decision: Approved. However this will be the final extension.


Decision : Ratified. The thesis must be submitted within 3 (three) months

of submission of synopsis.


G) Change of Guide: Dr Deepika Tewari Guide of Mrs Anita Gupta Regn 201510014, has

left the institution (SMIT). Chairman RPC recommended and Dean R & D forwarded, the

name of Dr. Neeta D Sharma, Asst Prof, Department of Management Studies, SMIT and

Dr Jaykumar, Principal Secretary Labour Department, Government of Sikkim, as a PhD

Supervisors.



H) Inclusion of URC Member: Nomination has been received from SMIT for inclusion of

Col. (Dr.) Sadasivan Thekkey Veetil (Retd.), Additional Director, SMIT as one of the

member of University Research Committee (URC) in place of Prof (Dr) A K Ray, former

Dean (R & D), SMIT.



I) PhD Guides

a) Prof (Dr) Mingma L Sherpa, Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, SMIMS - Guide

b) Dr Luna Adhikari, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, SMIMS - Guide

c) Dr Tanushree Bose (Roy), Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, SMIT - Guide

d) Dr R N Bera, Professor and Head Dept of ECE, SMIT - Coguide

e) Dr B P Swain, Asso. Professor, Dept. of CMSNT, SMIT - Coguide

f) Dr. Sourav Dhar, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of ECE, SMIT - Coguide

g) Dr. H.K.D. Sarma, Professor and Head Dept. of IT, SMIT - Guide

h) Dr P C Pradhan, Professor, Dept. of ECE, SMIT - Guide

i) Prof (Dr) Bidita Khandelwal, Head, Dept of Medicine, SMIMS - Coguide

j) Prof (Dr) Sanjiba Dutta, Head, Dept of Psychiatry, SMIMS - Coguide




J) PhD Entrance Exam

The entrance exam for PhD programme of the University was held on 24th April 2016. Out

of 21 candidates who appeared in the entrance test, 18 candidates qualified in the said

examination.


Decision : Noted.

K) Remuneration for internal examiner for PhD defence viva voce exam.

Remuneration of travel fare and accommodation for internal examiner of PhD defence Viva

Voce examination in case he/she is a co supervisor but not a faculty from SMU.



Item No. XXIV. Any other agenda with the permission of the Chair.

a) Travelling Dearness Allowance for BoS Members.

The BoS members are given only honorarium of Rs 1000/- (rupees one thousand only)

on the day of the meeting. It was proposed that apart from the honorarium travelling

DA should also be given to the members.

Decision: Travelling DA approved.

The Meeting ended with vote of thanks by the Registrar, SMU.

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MINUTES



Time: 12:15 PM Date: September 03, 2016 Venue: Conference Hall,



Members Present

Brig (Dr) S N Mishra, Vice Chancellor, SMU; Air Marshal (Retd.) Dr G S Joneja, VM, Dean,

SMIMS; Col (Dr) Amik Garg (Retd.) Director, SMIT; Prof (Dr) Ashis Sharma, Registrar, SMU;

Col (Dr) Sadasivan Thekkey Veetil (Retd.) Addl. Director, SMIT; Prof (Dr) MK Ghose, Dean

Academics, SMIT; Dr Anuradha Parasar, Deputy Director, & Professor Dept of Arts &

Humanities, SMUDDE; Prof (Dr) Kalpana Sharma, Head, Dept. of CSE, SMIT; Prof (Dr)

Suvamoy Chakraborty, Head, Dept of ENT, SMIMS; Prof (Dr) Sudip Dutta, Head, Dept. of

Paediatrics, SMIMS; Prof (Dr) Jyoti P Kulkarni, DCE (Medical), SMIMS; Prof(Dr) Nikita Joshi

(PT) Incharge, SMCOP, SMIMS; Dr Gayathri Devi S, Dean (Research & Training), SMUDDE;


Dr Arun Baran Samaddar, Director, NIT, Sikkim; Prof (Dr) B B Pradhan, Head, Dept of ME,

SMIT; Prof Mridula Das, Principal, SMCON; Prof (Dr) G. C. Mishra, DCE (Tech) SMIT; Mr KC

Panda, Sr. Finance Officer, SMU.


Item No. I. Seat Reduction for various courses at SMIT

Seat Matrix

Sl No. Department Existing Proposed 1. Computer Science & Engineering 180 240 2. Electronics &Communications Engineering 180 90 3. Civil Engineering 120 60 4. Electrical & Electronics Engineering 90 60 5. Information Technology 90 60 6. Mechanical Engineering 120 90

Total 780 600



Item No. II. Reconstitution of BoS for Dept of Computer Application, SMIT

Internal Members

i. Prof (Dr) MK Ghose,Dean Academics, SMIT

ii. Prof (Dr) Kalpana Sharma, Head, Dept of CSE, SMIT

iii. Prof (Dr) Ratika Pradhan, Head, Dept of CA, SMIT

iv. Dr Samarjeet Borah, Asso prof, Dept of CA, SMIT

v. Mr Pijush Barthakur, Asso Prof, Dept.of CA, SMIT

External Members

i. Prof (Dr) Ranjit Kumar Samanta, Prof. Dept of CS & Applications NBU, Siliguri, WB

ii. Dr. Subhajit Ghosh, Senior Architect, WA-Big Data Analytics AA 119, Salt Lake City,

Sector I Kolkatta-700064.




Item No. III. Constitution of BoS for Dept of PhD Course on Research Methodology,

SMIT

i. Col (Dr) Amik Garg (Retd.), Director, SMIT

ii. Col (Dr) Sadasivan Thekkey Veetil (Retd.) Addl. Director, SMIT

iii. Prof (Dr) MK Ghose, Dean Academics,SMIT

iv. Prof (Dr) Ajeya Jha, HoD Dept. of Management Studies, SMIT

v. Prof (Dr) Karma Sonam Sherpa, HoD Dept of E&E Engg., SMIT

vi. Prof (Dr) Kalpana Sharma, HoD, Dept. of CSE, SMIT

vii. Prof (Dr) V K Sayal, HoD, Dept of Physics, SMIT

viii. Prof (Dr) Shefalika Samaddar, NIT, Sikkim (External Expert) (Tentative)

ix. Nomination of members from SMIMS is also requested.


Decision : Approved. Dean SMIMS to nominate two members.

Item No. IV. Approval for New Open Elective

Approval for Syllabus of Open Elective on (CS 1626) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) vide

UGC notification No. D.O. No. 1-1/2016 (Secy) dated 15 July 2016 to be offered by CSE

Department for other branches except CSE, where in it is already taught as a core subject as

(CS-1307): ) Intellectual Property Rights and Software ethics.

(Annexure – I, Pg No. 3-6)



Item No. V. Any other agenda with the permission of the Chair.

a. Agenda Point from DCE (M), SMIMS

Proposal to implement maximum duration for completion of various courses at SMIMS

Campus:

Sl No Course(Medical Campus) Minimum Duration

Maximum Duration

1 M.Sc (Medical) 3 yrs 6 yrs 2 MPT 2 yrs 4 yrs 3 Int.M.Sc (Medical) Biotechnology 5 yrs 10 yrs 4 B.Sc Nursing 4 yrs 8 yrs 5 BPT 4 yrs 8 yrs 6 B.Sc in Medical Lab Technology 3 yrs 6 yrs


7 B.A 3 yrs 6 yrs 8 B.COM 3 yrs 6 yrs 9 M.A 2 yrs 4 yrs 10 M.COM 2 yrs 4 yrs 11 MHA 2 yrs 4 yrs

Decision : Approved with following modifications:-

SL NO COURSE

(Medical Campus)

MINIMUM

DURATION

MAXIMUM

DURATION

1 M.Sc (Medical) 3 yrs 5 yrs 2 MPT 2 yrs 4 yrs 3 Int.M.Sc (Medical) Biotechnology 5 yrs 7 yrs 4 B.Sc Nursing 4 yrs 8 yrs 5 BPT 4 yrs 8 yrs 6 B.Sc in Medical Lab Technology 3 yrs 5 yrs 7 B.A 3 yrs 5 yrs 8 B.COM 3 yrs 5 yrs 9 M.A 2 yrs 4 yrs 10 M.COM 2 yrs 4 yrs 11 MHA 2 yrs 4 yrs

b. Approval for Adjunct faculty members of SMUDDE.

Decision : Approved as per enclosed list.

c. New Logos for SMU and its constituent units.

It was informed that the new logo for SMU and its constituent units was approved by

48th Academic Senate Meeting held on July 23, 2016. Subsequently brand manual was

also shared with all the institutions.

All the HoIs were requested to share the timeline for introduction of the new logo for

their respective institution. Further, notification on Introduction of New Logos to be

put up in the website to avoid any confusion.

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