IITM BSC Degree Programme - Student Handbook
IITM BSC Degree Programme - Student Handbook
IITM BSC Degree Programme - Student Handbook
IITM BS Degree Office, 3rd Floor, ICSR Building, IIT Madras, Chennai - 600036 [email protected]
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Dear student,
This Student Handbook is intended to provide IIT Madras BS Degree students with the
information and policies they should be aware of, which may help them make the most of
the opportunities offered in this programme. It also gives you formal notification and
explanation of the programme’s regulations, policies and procedures.
It is essential, and your responsibility, to read it and familiarize yourself with the content. It
should be kept handy and referred to during your time with us.
This handbook may be revised time and again. While this student handbook was prepared
on the basis of the best information available at the time of publication, all information,
including policies and procedures are subject to change without notice or obligation.
We hope that your time as a student in this programme is successful and enjoyable.
Thank you.
This document was last updated on Aug 1 2022.
Table of Contents
2. Flexibility 7
1. Houses 44
1.1 Adding students to houses 44
7. Reporting on activities 49
10. Note 51
D) Terms of Service 53
Introduction 53
Rules for Online Conduct 53
Strictly Prohibited Items 54
User Accounts 55
Entry Criteria 55
Your Right to use Content on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site 56
Use FOR Personalization and Pedagogical Improvements 56
User Postings 57
Certificates / Degrees and Other Products & Services 57
Trademarks 59
Use of IIT MADRAS, IIT Names, Trademarks, AND Service Marks 59
Copyright Infringement 59
Disclaimers of Warranty / Limitations of Liabilities 60
Third-party Services; Links to Other Websites 61
Non-Liability 61
Indemnification 62
Additional Terms 62
E) Privacy Policy 64
Information that IIT Madras collects from you 64
Cookies and Tracking Technologies on the IIT Madras Online Degree site 66
How your information is used 67
How your information is shared 69
How to manage your personal information 70
Storage & Security 72
Privacy Policy Updates 73
Contact Information 73
G) Honor Code 77
Honour Code Pledge 77
Violations 77
Changing the Honour Code 78
H) Code of Conduct 79
Be respectful of others 79
Treat People Fairly 79
Refrain from Retaliation 79
Comply with Applicable Laws 79
General 80
I) Academic Malpractices 81
For rude behavior 81
Malpractices and corresponding Punishments 81
J) Non-Academic Malpractices 84
Misconduct and corresponding Punishments 84
Cyberbullying 86
BS in Data Science & Applications -
from IIT Madras
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Unlike many competitive exams which work on the philosophy of elimination and selection and
admit a very limited number of learners into various programmes based on their performance
relative to that of others, in this programme there are specific qualifying criteria, and a
significantly large number of learners can enter.
Learners of any background, be it engineering, sciences, humanities, arts, medicine, law, etc
can attempt and join this programme. There is no limitation on the age of the learner or their
geographical location.
2. Flexibility
There are two entry and four exit points, with learners being able to exit with either course
certificates, or diploma or the degree. Learners can choose their pace of study every term.
Being an online programme, there is no geographical barrier to learning from this programme
- learners only need to travel to exam centres for exams each term.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE: This programme is NOT BASED on an admission process.
Qualified learners can attempt respective stages of the programme and those who clear each
stage will receive the certificate corresponding to that stage alone.
So, for example, the learner should be aware that he/she is not being admitted to a degree
programme after the Qualifier. It is only for the set of Foundation courses, which on
successful completion makes them eligible to enter Year 2 courses. The diplomas or degrees
are obtained by the candidate only when the requisite number of credits are accrued by
completing the courses prescribed. Admission to any level does not automatically entitle the
learner to exit the programme with the Diploma or the degree.
The number of credits required to graduate with the BSc is 114 while that for the BS is
142. The structure of the program is as follows:
● Year 1: The Foundation level
○ Comprises 8 courses as shown below
○ Number of credits: 32
● Year 2: Diploma level
○ Includes 2 Diplomas - Diploma in Programming and Diploma in Data Science
○ Each diploma comprises 6 courses (23 credits) and 2 project courses (4
credits)
○ Number of credits: 54
● Year 3: BSc Degree level courses
○ Total of 28 credits
○ 2 core courses and mandatory course on Strategies for professional growth
○ Maximum of 4 credits can be obtained from NPTEL
● Year 4: BS Degree level courses
○ Total of 28 credits
○ Option of Apprenticeship - for 4/12 credits
○ Maximum of 4 credits from HS/MG stream
○ 24 credits from elective courses offered in the program (If apprenticeship not
done
Foundation level:
English 1, English 2, Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2, Statistics 1, Statistics 2, Computational
Thinking, Introduction to Python
Diploma level:
Diploma in Programming
Database management systems (DBMS), Programming Data Structures and Algorithms using
Python (PDSA), Java programming, System Commands, Application development - 1,
Application Development - 2
Project course in Application Development - 1
Project course in Application Development - 2
Core Courses: Software Engineering, Software Testing, Artificial Intelligence and Deep
Learning
Elective Courses: Introduction to Cryptography and Cyber Security, Data Visualization
Design, Special topics in ML (Reinforcement Learning), Thematic ideas in Data Science,
Design Thinking, Market Research, Industry 4.0, Speech Technology, Strategies for
Professional Growth, Big data and biological networks and Algorithmic thinking in
bioinformatics
4. Fees for the entire programme
● Comparable to the fees of a regular BSc degree
● First year fees kept low to enable learners to try out the programme
● Entry fee into qualifying phase: Rs. 3000 (non-refundable)
Fee/credit in each level
Level Type of course Fee/credit (INR)
BS Theory 5000
BS Apprenticeship 2500
Foundation 32
Diompla in DS 23 4
Diploma in P 23 4
For candidates who are outside India and studying in the program:
Facilitation fee for exams is in addition to the above for candidates writing exams
overseas - as fixed up with the local exam partner there.
Fee waivers for learners belonging to certain categories and economic backgrounds.
Refer section 13.2 Timeline & Fees to pursue Diploma / BS Degree for more details.
The Foundation courses allow for interested applicants with a variety of educational
backgrounds to be trained in the basics (Math, Statistics, Computational Thinking, Python
programming and English) required to take up the Diploma level of Programming & Data
Science courses.
2. School students who have appeared for their Class 11 final exams can apply
irrespective of their group/stream/board. Those who qualify can join the program after
passing Class 12.
It is expected that the applicants have studied Mathematics and English in Class 10.
No additional eligibility other than the ones mentioned above is required to apply for the
qualifier process or join the foundational level courses after clearing the qualifying exam.
Qualifier Exam: At the end of the 4 weeks, a qualifier exam will be conducted for eligible
candidates based on the content covered in the 4 weeks of study.
In each course, the average of the best 2 out of the 3 weekly assignment scores will be
calculated. Only those who get the minimum required average assignment scores in all four
courses (as given below) will be allowed to appear for the Qualifier Exam.
Note: Relaxations in pass criteria indicated for various categories of learners is applicable
ONLY for the qualifier process. There will be no relaxations in terms of grades / pass criteria
once registered into the program.
JEE-based Entry:
Candidates who qualified to appear for JEE Advanced 2022 can directly join our program in
the Sep 2022/Jan 2023/May 2023 Term by following the steps below:
1. Watch video content and submit weekly assignments for first 4 weeks of the four
foundational level courses - English I, Mathematics for Data Science I, Statistics for
Data Science I and Computational Thinking. (This is identical to the “Qualifier
preparation” content in the regular entry process)
2. They are all made Eligible to appear for qualifier exam, irrespective of their scores in
the first 4 weeks.
3. It is mandatory to appear for the in-person quiz of 4 hours duration conducted at the
end of 4 weeks of coursework covering all 4 courses. But this score in this will not
impact their qualifying to start the program, it will impact only their CCC.
4. Register for courses at the Foundation Level based on the quiz scores. The average
score of the 4 courses (M) will determine the maximum number of courses a student
will be allowed to register for in the first term.
Average In-person Quiz Score (M) Number of courses allowed to register for
The qualifier exam marks will be displayed within the login on the portal along with an email
and sms alert sent to the candidates about this.
5.5 Validity of the qualifier score
The qualifier marks will be valid for the 3 terms that come subsequent to the qualifier exam
date for the learner to register to the Foundation level. This score will be invalid after this
period and the learner will have to go through the entire qualifier process (the 1 month of
weekly assignments) and retake the qualifier exam, if they wish to enroll in the programme.
The fees paid to attempt the Qualifier exam will not be refunded in either of the two situations
- for those who missed writing the qualifier exam and for those who did not pass it.
2. If an applicant was not eligible to receive the hall ticket in the first attempt:
2.1. will have to pay the full fees as per the fee norms applicable for the candidate
to apply to the qualifier in the next upcoming term (and additional exam
facilitation fee in case of candidates outside India)
2.2. Redo the 4 weeks of course work and weekly graded assignments and become
eligible to get the hall ticket for the qualifier exam
The qualifier exam scores will not be valid in any other subsequent term. Learners will have to
attempt Quiz 1 again for the subjects.
0 <= M< 50 2
50 <= M< 70 3
M >= 70 4
Minimum
required
Fees for the DAD Cut off marks required
qualifier exam
Qualifier Exam in DAD Qualifier exam
Score in each
subject
Department Electives:
3 Choose from Table 1: Max 16 credits (what is not taken as Core) 16
Transfer from NPTEL: Max 4 credits (Table 2)
Notes
1. The list of courses in Tables 1, 2 and 3 are subject to periodic revision.
2. Refer Credit Transfer for NPTEL Courses for process and credit transfer fee.
1. Software Testing#
Mandatory Core Pair 1
2. Software Engineering#
9. Design Thinking
The NPTEL courses given in this table can be credited towards department electives and free
electives. Any course can be credited only once in this programme. Also, the same NPTEL
course cannot be credited twice - within your college for another academic programme and this BSc
programme. It should be credited only in either of the above.
Duration No. of
# Course Name SME Name Institute NPTEL URL
in weeks credits
https://nptel.ac.in/cours
9. Object Oriented Analysis and Prof. Partha
IIT KGP 8 2 es/106/105/106105153
Design Pratim Das
/
https://nptel.ac.in/cours
10. Prof. Partha
Programming in C++ IIT KGP 12 3 es/106/105/106105151
Pratim Das
/
https://nptel.ac.in/cours
11. Prof. Raghunath
Theory of Computation IITK 8 2 es/106/104/106104148
Tewari
/
12. AI:Knowledge Representation Prof. Deepak https://nptel.ac.in/cours
IITM 12 3
and Reasoning Khemani es/106106140/
Prof. Soumya
https://nptel.ac.in/cours
13. Computer Networks and Internet Kanti Ghosh
IIT KGP 12 3 es/106/105/106105183
Protocol Prof. Sandip
/
Chakraborty
14. Deep Learning for Computer Prof. Vineeth N https://nptel.ac.in/cours
IITH 12 3
Vision Balasubramanian es/106/106/106106224
/
https://nptel.ac.in/cours
15. Introduction to internet of things Prof. Sudip Misra IIT KGP 12 3 es/106/105/106105166
/
https://nptel.ac.in/cours
16. Prof. Pawan
Natural Language Processing IITKGP 12 3 es/106/105/106105158
Goyal
/
Prof. Sudarshan https://nptel.ac.in/cours
17. Social Networks Iyengar, Prof. IIT Ropar 12 3 es/106/106/106106169
Yayati Gupta /
Note that the list of courses is subject to periodic revision.
The NPTEL courses given in this table (and courses in Table 2 that are not credited towards
the Department Electives) may be taken as free electives. A total of 4 credits need to be
mandatorily completed under the category of free electives. (Refer Credit Transfer for NPTEL
Courses)
Duration No. of
# Course Name SME Name Institute NPTEL URL
in weeks credits
https://nptel.ac.in
1. Brief Introduction To Psychology Prof. Braj Bhushan IITK 4 1 /courses/109104
093/
https://nptel.ac.in
2. Cognition, Transformation and
Prof. Alok Bajpai IITK 4 1 /courses/109/104
Lives
/109104121/
https://nptel.ac.in
3. Fundamentals of Patent Drafting Prof. Feroz Ali IITM 4 1 /courses/109106
128/
https://nptel.ac.in
4. How the Brain Creates Mind Prof. Alok Bajpai IITK 4 1 /courses/109104
108/
https://nptel.ac.in
5. Introduction to Basic Spoken Prof. Anuradha
IIT KGP 4 1 /courses/109/105
Sanskrit Choudry
/109105135/
Henceforth all interactions on the portal right from login to accessing the learner dashboard
and courses will be via this email id.
There will be 5 statuses for any learner in the programme : On the rolls/Active, On Academic
Probation, Struck off the rolls, Alumnus, Quit the programme
● On the rolls/Active - When a learner is registered in any term for one or more courses
after paying the course fees, the status will be “On the rolls” or Active.
● On academic probation/Not registering to any course in a term:
After joining the programme, a learner may skip up to 2 terms consecutively without
taking any courses. In the two terms where the learner does not register for any
course, the learner status will be marked as “On Academic Probation”. The learner
email ID will still be kept alive while the learner is on academic probation.
○ The learner can actively inform us about not registering to courses by paying the
“Registration keep alive fee (RKA)” of Rs 1000/- per term. In case of registering to
courses in the next term, the learners have to only pay the course fees.
○ The learner may not pay the RKA and have it as pending to be paid. Pending RKA
will include 10% extra over regular RKA when re-registering back.
■ To register to courses in the next term if not paid the RKA: The learner will
have to pay the pending dues = (which will be Rs 1100/- or Rs 2200/- (Rs
1000 RKA +10% as penalty for each term where no courses are
registered). The learner has to select the courses and pay the course fees.
Once they do this, the learner status is changed to "On the rolls".
● Struck off the rolls: If a learner with status “On Academic Probation” for 2 consecutive
terms does not register for courses in the next term too, the learner’s status is changed to
"Struck off the rolls". The official email id is suspended.
● Once struck off the rolls, to reactivate the registration, they will have to apply
through a separate process as defined:
● If the RKA for the previous 3 terms has already been paid, they have to request for
reactivating the email id on payment of Re-admission fee of Rs 2500/-. Once done,
they can register to the courses in the upcoming term.
● If the RKA for the previous 3 terms has not been paid, the learner has to apply to
activate his/her account by paying the pending dues which will be Rs 5800/- = Rs
2500 (Readmission fee) + Rs 3300/- (Rs 1000 RKA x 3terms+Rs 300 (10% as
penalty)). On receipt of the payment, the official email id is activated again and they
are permitted to register using this id. Once they do this, the status is changed to
"On the rolls".
● Any learner who is struck off the rolls 2 times, is removed from the programme.
● Quitting the programme: There will also be an option inside the candidate dashboard
which says "I quit the programme". Once the learner applies for this midway through a
level, we suspend the official email account and activate the personal email account to
access the dashboard. If they want to recontinue, they pay the Readmission fee of Rs
2500/-, get their email id reactivated and can register to next term using this. Status will
be changed to “Quit the programme”.
● Alumnus: Learners who complete the entire programme (BSc), at the end of it, we
again suspend the official email id and activate the personal email account to access
the dashboard. Their status will be changed to “Alumnus”.
○ Someone completing a level and quitting the programme will have status as
“Foundation level certified” and “DS Diploma certified”/”Prog Diploma
certified”/”Both diplomas certified”.
2. Grade Card
This will have the courses at each level listed only once. The best score obtained
among all attempts for each course is what will be shown here.
GPA will be calculated for the courses in a particular term of the programme.
GPA=Σ𝑖(GPi*Ci)/ΣCi
Where GP = grade point of a course and Ci is the number of credits assigned to that
course and ΣCi is the total number of credits of all courses in the term, including those with
U or W or I grades.
The CGPA will also be computed for all unique courses completed until this point in time
with the best grade being considered in case a course is attempted multiple times.
13. Academic aspects
* Payment per term depends on the courses one registers for in that term.
* Reduced Fees for certain categories as shown below.
* Check sections 13.7 Dropping a course for rules on dropping a course after registration and
repeating a course.
* While 36 months (3 years/9 terms) is time permitted for completion of any level, 72 months
(6 years/18 terms) is the time permitted for the entire programme.
Note: Exam facilitation Fee will apply in addition to application fee for learners opting
to write Qualifier Exam in an Exam Centre outside India.
Course fees:
Fee/credit in each level
Level Type of course Fee/credit (INR)
BS Theory 5000
BS Apprenticeship 2500
Foundation 32
Diompla in DS 23 4
Diploma in P 23 4
1. Online assignments:
- A 12 week course will have one or more weekly assignments to be submitted online
within the due date specified.
- The average score of the best 5 out of the first 9 weekly assignments given during the
course run should be >= 40/100 to be eligible to write the final exam and get the hall
ticket for the same. (Score in any unattempted assignment will be counted as 0).
- While the scores obtained in these will not be counted towards the Total Course Score
T, it will determine the eligibility to write the End term exam.
(T ≥ 90) Pass S 10
Note: Learners repeating a course for any reason must do so within the time and term limits:
● Each level must be completed within 36 months (3 years / 9 terms).
● The entire programme must be completed within 72 months (6 years / 18 terms).
● If passed all/some courses then CCC is calculated on the average of passed courses.
● If failed all courses, then CCC is set to 2.
● If absent for all courses then CCC of the previous term is carried forward.
● Make up exam will be permitted as an option only once in the subsequent term.
Repeating a Course - WA, WQ, U or I grade
Applicable for courses with WA, WQ, U or I grade.
You can choose to repeat courses in a single term or across multiple terms. You can also
register for new courses in the term. The total number of courses must be within the CCC
limit. Learners with an Incomplete (I) grade in a course can take a Make Up Exam instead of
repeating the course.
Note: It is recommended that learners try and progress with new courses instead of repeating
courses for improvement, unless a learner deems it absolutely necessary or needs to improve
their learning of a course. All course material of completed courses are available to the learner
throughout the course.
Make Up Exams
Applicable for courses with I grade.
You can choose to take a Makeup Exam for a course with Incomplete (I) grade. Learners will
only be required to reappear for the Final Exam for that course. The Makeup Exam does not
count towards CCC, but a student can appear for a maximum of FOUR final exams in a term.
If you have already registered for 4 courses, you do not have any more final exam slots
available.
Note: The grading pattern for make-up exams will be as follows: the pattern used will be as
per the formula used in the term the course work was done and not as per the term the
makeup exam was taken.
Repeating OPPE:
Condition for
OPE1/OPE2 ET T Grade Foundation Diploma
OPPE/course reg
Course
Absent Absent - U Repeat the entire course Course Fee
Fee
Complete OPE alone in
next term, GA, quiz and ET
>=35 I marks will be carried over 1000 2000
Absent Present OR
Repeat the entire course
Course
<35 U Repeat the entire course Course Fee
Fee
Complete OPE alone in
next term, GA, quiz and ET
>=40 I marks will be carried over 1000 2000
Present OR
Present Repeat the entire course
score< x/100
Course
<40 U Repeat the entire course Course Fee
Fee
Repeat OPPE and ET OR
Absent - I 2000 4000
Repeat Entire course
Actual PASS (depending on Course
>=40 Course Fee
grade course criteria) Fee
Present
Present Course
<40 U Repeat entire course Course Fee
score> x/100 Fee
Repeat ET alone OR
Absent - I 1000 2000
Repeat Entire course
● OPPE will not be applicable for the students who registered for ET.
● ET will not be applicable for the students who registered for repeating OPPE.
● Students who registered for repeating OPPE & ET will appear only OPPE2.
13.7 Dropping a course
Once the registration window closes in any term, adding courses will not be allowed.
Dropping a course will be allowed within 4 weeks of the term start date and not
beyond. Rs 2000 will be deducted if a Foundation level course is dropped and Rs
4000 will be deducted if a Diploma/Degree level course is dropped.
a. If the learner decides to drop out of the programme completely using the “I quit
the programme” option, the course fee paid minus the deduction will be
refunded to the learner and the learner will be removed from the programme,
cancelling his official email id access. The status will also be changed to “Quit
the programme”.
b. If the learner drops one/a few of the courses registered to in a term, the refund
will be made as given in the table below but the email id will be kept active so
that he/she can continue with other ongoing courses and the programme.
Status will be “Active”.
c. If the learner opts to drop all courses registered in a term, the refund will be
done as per the table given below and the email id will be kept active so that
the learner can come in and register in the next term. But this will be counted
as a term with 0 courses. Status will be changed to “Academic probation”.
d. The fee receipt will be generated post these 4 weeks after term start when drop
is permitted so that all the courses and fees are tallied and confirmed.
e. Learners writing exams outside India would have paid Exam facilitation Fee
while registering for the courses. For such learners:
i. If they drop from all courses in a term, 100% of the facilitation fee for
Quiz 1 will be retained while 50% of the facilitation fee for quizzes 2, 3,
and final exam will be refunded.
2000 2000 0
1000 2000 0
2500 4000 0
Shortest
Foundatio Plan for One Plan for Both BSc Degree BS Degree Path for BSc
Term n Diploma the Diplomas Degree
Term 1 3 1 1 2 2 4
Term 2 2 2 2 3 3 4
Year 1
Term 3 3 2 2 3 3 4
Term 1 2 2 3 3 4
Term 2 1 2 2 2 4
Year 2
Term 3 2 2 2 2 4
Term 1 1 1 3 3 4
Term 2 1 2 3 3 3
Year 3
Term 3 2 1 2 2
Term 1 2 3 3
Year 4 Term 2 2 2 2
Term 3 1 3 3
Total Courses 8 14 20 31 31
13.9 Prerequisite course requirements
Foundation courses
Level Course Pre-req Coreq
Foundation Maths 1 - -
Statistics 1 - -
English 1 - -
CT - -
Maths 2 Maths 1
Statistics 2 Statistics 1 Maths2
English 2 English 1
Intro to python CT
Level Course
BSc/BS Software Engineering
Software Testing
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Introduction to Cryptography and Cyber Security
Data Visualization Design
Special topics in ML (Reinforcement Learning)
Thematic ideas in Data Science
Design Thinking
Market Research
Industry 4.0
Speech Technology
Strategies for Professional Growth
Big data and biological networks
Algorithmic thinking in bioinformatics
Core courses One of the 2 pairs currently listed as Core pair has to 4x2 = 8 credits
be completed (Sw engg, Sw testing or Deep Learning,
AI)
(Those students who fall short of the 54 credits in the Diploma level (temporary, for a few
students) will have to do additional courses in the BSc level to make up for the deficit in
credits. A student will be eligible for the BSc degree only if they complete 114 credits as per
the norms given.)
BS level:
Number of credits to be earned in the BS level is 28.
The split of the credits to be earned is as follows:
a. 4 credits to be earned from the HS/MG category of courses from the list of approved
courses
b. 24 credits can be earned in the following ways:
i. Apprenticeship (Optional): Earning y (y=0/4/12) credits by completing the
apprenticeship program (Please go through the document on Apprenticeship
for more details)
ii. 24-y credits from elective courses offered in the program
Hardware
To enroll and study in the program, every student is required to have a laptop or desktop with
the minimum configuration being as follows:
1. RAM Size - 8 GB or higher (The ability to install more memory is desirable).
2. Processor - Intel 8th Generation or AMD 4th Generation or upwards or its equivalent
(The latest processor configuration is always recommended)
3. Storage - Minimum of 500 GB, Desirable of 1 TB. Having an SSD storage is desirable.
4. Screen size and resolution - Minimum of 13” for laptop and Minimum of 15” for desktop
with 1080p
5. Webcamera, a mic and speaker or an earphone/headphone with mic.
Software/Applications
1. Operating System - Minimum requirement of Windows 10 or Ubuntu LTS Version
20.04 (or any equivalent) or Mac OS Mojave. Having the capability of dual boot is
desirable. If there is no capability for dual boot, then the operating system must
support virtualization software like VirtualBox using which Ubuntu 20.04 can be
emulated. The System Commands course in Semester 4 will be taught primarily on
Ubuntu 20.04.
2. Browser - Latest version of Chrome with Google Account signed in
3. Basic familiarity with Google Suite of tools (Docs, Sheets and Slides), specifically
collaboration features.
4. Any other software that is specified within the course
Internet Bandwidth
Minimum of 2 MBPS connection is required to attend sessions without disruptions. However
we strongly recommend broadband connections with much higher bandwidth for the best
learning experience.
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2. Mobile with a front camera and good internet connection (VOLTE connections are
ideal)
3. Mic and speaker to be able to speak to and listen to the person at the other end
4. Any applications as required to be installed for the interactions/examinations
Other References
Some more helpful links that will help you in understanding possible system configurations:
1. https://towardsdatascience.com/20-necessary-requirements-of-a-perfect-laptop-for-dat
a-science-and-machine-learning-tasks-7d0c59c3cb63
2. https://www.practicaldatascience.org/html/buying_datascience_computer.html
3. https://www.umass.edu/it/support/hardware/recommended-minimum-computer-configu
rations-windows
4. https://www.du.edu/it/support/how-to/students/laptops
5. https://wmich.edu/cs/laptop-requirements
C) Houses and Clubs
1. Houses
It has been decided that all students in the programme will be divided into 12 houses named
after the forests in India.
1. Saranda House, Saranda forest, Jharkhand
2. Nallamala House, Nallamala Hills, Andhra Pradesh
3. Pichavaram House, Pichavaram Mangrove Forest, Tamil Nadu
4. Sundarbans House, Sundarbans, West Bengal
5. Wayanad House, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala
6. Namdapha House, Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh
7. Gir House, Gir National Park, Gujarat
8. Kanha House, Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh
9. Bandipur House, Bandipur National Park, Karnataka
10. Corbett House, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand
11. Nilgiri House, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
12. Kaziranga House, Kaziranga National Park, Assam
The groups within a city and then within a state will be assigned to houses in a round robin
fashion, thus ensuring that each house comprises groups from a maximum number of states
while maintaining a group size of 30 physically nearby candidates within each house.
IIT Madras will reserve the right to impose any additional rule or a policy as part of the
functioning of the house at any point in time.
Members from the BSc Degree team will be a part of all groups and communities.
4. Clubs & Societies
7. Reporting on activities
- Every club should submit a monthly report of all the activities
- The Term Activity Report should be approved by the executive body and the annual
report should be approved by the general body of the club
- Both these reports have to be uploaded on the club’s website; availability of the reports
are mandatory for ensuring active status of the club.
● Events involving up to 100 participants can use Gmeet - which students themselves
can schedule and use.
● All club events (for 300 members or less) will be supported with Zoom
● 1 club event (up to 1000 members) will be supported through Webex
● As more events are organised and clubs evolve, we will revisit the support items
9.3 Documentation
All reports, feedback, MOM will be submitted and accessible by the IITM BSc team. Actual
formats and modalities of submission will be finalised soon.
10. Note
- Students on disciplinary probation, academic probation or suspension by IITM may not
hold office or have any position of responsibility in any club or organisational activities
or events. A student may return to active status once the above actions have been
lifted.
- All Executive Committee Members (Group leaders, House council members and Upper
House members) will have to sign an undertaking that they will adhere to the policies
and procedures set forth by IITM.
- We will share only the student email ids as part of the information on who belongs to
which house and groups. No other information concerning the members will be shared
by us. Any other information required by the respective group leaders/house leaders
can be obtained directly from the members. Students can choose to share whatever
personal information they wish based on their own comfort levels and taking
responsibility for the same.
11. House Structure
D) Terms of Service
Introduction
Welcome to IIT Madras Online Degree Programme.
Please read these Terms of Service ("TOS") and Honor Code prior to registering for
an account on http://onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in/ or using any portion of the online degree
website or mobile applications (collectively, the "IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site,"
which consists of all content and pages located within the onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in web
domain and all IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE mobile applications), including
accessing any course material, chat rooms, or other electronic services.
These TOS and the Honor Code are agreements (the "Agreements") between you
and IIT Madras. By using the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site, you accept and
agree to be legally bound by the Agreements, whether or not you are a registered
user.
Please also read the Privacy Policy for the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site before
you use any portion of this Site. The Privacy Policy describes how your personal data
is collected and processed when you use this Site. If you do not understand or do not
wish to be bound by the terms of the Agreements or Privacy Policy, you should not
use the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site.
IIT Madras reserves the right to modify these TOS at any time without advance notice.
Any changes to these TOS will be effective immediately upon posting on this page,
with an updated effective date. By accessing the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site
after any changes have been made, you signify your agreement on a prospective
basis to the modified TOS and all of the changes. Be sure to return to this page
periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of these TOS.
Any version of these TOS in a language other than English is provided for
convenience and you understand and agree that the English language version will
control if there is any conflict.
You agree that you are responsible for your own use of the IIT Madras ONLINE
DEGREE Site and for your User Postings. “User Postings” means all content
submitted, posted, published, or distributed on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site
by you or other users of the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site, including but not
limited to all forum posts, wiki edits, notes, questions, comments, videos, and file
uploads. You agree that you will use the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site in
compliance with these Agreements, and all applicable local, state, national and
international laws, rules and regulations, including copyright laws, any laws regarding
the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence, and
applicable laws.
As a condition of your use of the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site, you will not use
the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site in any manner intended to damage, disable,
overburden, or impair any IIT Madras server or the network(s) connected to any IIT
Madras server or to interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the IIT
Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to
the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site, other accounts, computer systems, or
networks connected to any IIT Madras server through hacking, password mining, or
any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information
stored on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site, its servers, or associated computers
through any means not intentionally made available through the IIT Madras ONLINE
DEGREE Site. If you are a registered user, you will not share your password or let
anyone else access or compromise your account.
Furthermore, you agree not to scrape, or otherwise download in bulk, any IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE Site content, including but not limited to a list or directory of users
on the system, User Postings or user information, online textbooks, course materials,
or trademarks and logos. You agree not to misrepresent or attempt to misrepresent
your identity while using the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site (although you are
welcome and encouraged to use an anonymous username in the forums and to act in
a manner that keeps your identity concealed).
You may not submit, post, publish, share, or otherwise distribute any of the above
Strictly Prohibited Items on or via the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site.
User Accounts
In order to create a user account, you must provide your full name, and an email
address. You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information
for your user account with any third party for any reason. In accessing specific courses
inside the portal, you may be prompted to enter additional optional information (e.g.,
your age group, your current role, etc.). You represent that all information provided by
you is accurate and current. You agree to maintain and update your information to
keep it accurate and current.
You also understand and agree that your profile details will be shared with the IIT
Madras Online Degree Programme course instructors.
Apart from the information provided online you may be required to provide in
application forms or as required from time to time hard copies of certificates, identity
cards or any other details as deemed necessary. You may also be required to produce
the originals at any point for verification during the programme. You agree to provide
all such information in an accurate and true manner.
We care about the confidentiality and security of your personal information. Please
see our Privacy Policy for more information about the collection and use of data on the
IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site.
Entry Criteria
IIT Madras may have qualifier exams and other entry criteria at its sole discretion. IIT
Madras Online Degree Programme’s criteria for Eligibility to Apply will be as stated in
our website.
IIT Madras may require the candidates to produce relevant certificates as proof of
eligibility, at any point of time during the tenure of the candidate’s participation in the
programme. If it is found at any time that the information provided is false or
certificates as requested have not been provided, IITM at its sole discretion may
terminate the candidate from the programme or restrict the candidate from accessing
the material or providing the examination or may not issue the certificate for the
programme. Candidates are hereby understanding, agreeing and acknowledging this.
The rules and regulations relating to the programme will also be posted at the website
at onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in. If there is any forgery or misrepresentation, IIT Madras may
take independent action.
Unless indicated as being in the public domain, the content on the IIT Madras ONLINE
DEGREE Site is protected by Indian and foreign copyright laws. Unless otherwise
expressly stated on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site, the texts, exams, videos,
images, and other instructional materials provided with the courses and programs
offered on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site are for your personal use in
connection with those courses and programs only. Certain reference documents,
digital textbooks, articles, and other information on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE
Site are used with the permission of third parties, and use of that information is subject
to certain rules and conditions, which will be posted along with the information. By
using the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site, you agree to abide by all such rules and
conditions. You agree to retain all copyright and other notices on any content you
obtain from the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site. All rights in the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE Site and its content, if not expressly granted, are reserved.
User Postings
By submitting or distributing your User Postings, you affirm, represent, and warrant (1)
that you have the necessary rights, licenses, consents, and/or permissions to
reproduce and publish the User Postings and to authorize IIT Madras and its users to
reproduce, modify, publish, and otherwise use and distribute your User Postings in a
manner consistent with the licenses granted by you below, and (2) that neither your
submission of your User Postings nor the exercise of the licenses granted below will
infringe or violate the rights of any third party. You, and not IIT Madras, are solely
responsible for your User Postings and the consequences of posting or publishing
them.
LICENSE GRANT TO IIT MADRAS
By submitting or distributing your User Postings, you hereby grant to IIT Madras (as
described below) a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, sub licensable,
fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to host, transfer,
display, perform, reproduce, modify, distribute, redistribute, relicense, and otherwise
use, make available, and exploit your User Postings, in whole or in part, in any form
and in any media formats and through any media channels (now known or hereafter
developed)
GENERAL
From time to time, IIT Madras Online Degree Programme may offer services and
products for a fee (for example, course certificates, degree) based on the eligibility
criteria that IITM may determine from time to time. For anything that you choose to
purchase on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site, you agree to pay all applicable
fees when due. As described in the Privacy Policy, the processing of your payment
information is done by a third-party payment vendor, and you will be routed to a
secure payment flow controlled by that vendor to complete the payment transaction.
Once your payment transaction is completed, confirmation will be displayed on an IIT
Madras Online Degree page, and you will receive a confirmation email with your
name, order number, and the payment amount. Please retain this email for your
records as this information will be required if you seek a refund from IIT Madras.
CERTIFICATES
IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site may offer Verified Certificates of Achievement for
courses (a “Certificate”) or certificates for programs (for example, a Foundational
Level or Diploma Level certificate or a Degree Certificate) for learners who, in IIT
Madras’s judgment, have satisfactorily demonstrated mastery of the course or
programme material. Certificates will be issued by IIT Madras Online Degree
Programme and the decision whether a certificate will be awarded to a given learner
will be solely within the discretion of IIT Madras.
Subject to the foregoing, you will be required to pay a fee and complete the ID
verification process for Verified Certificates.
In order to authenticate your identity for a Verified Certificate, you may be prompted to
take a photo of yourself, as well as a photo of an acceptable form of photo ID, and
upload your digital signature. Although these items are collected by IIT Madras in
accordance with these TOS and the Privacy Policy, you should be aware that the
actual authentication of your identity is performed by an IIT Madras third-party service
provider and this information will be used only for the purpose of verifying your identity.
Acceptable forms of photo ID’s are:
● Government or State-issued driver’s license
● Passport
● National ID card
● State or Province ID card (including cards issued by motor vehicle agencies)
If you do not possess a photo ID meeting the criteria described above, IIT Madras will
be unable to provide you with a Verified Certificate.
NO OTHER ENROLLMENT
Trademarks
Copyright Infringement
Copyright owners who believe their material has been infringed on the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE Site should contact IIT Madras’s designated copyright agent at
[email protected] or at --Address of Copyright Agent-- Attention: IIT
Madras DMCA Agent/General Counsel.
THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE DEGREE SITE AND ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR
SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE
DEGREE SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, EXCEPT IN
SO FAR AS ANY SUCH IMPLIED WARRANTIES MAY NOT BE DISCLAIMED
UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. IIT MADRAS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE IIT
MADRAS ONLINE DEGREE SITE WILL OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED OR
ERROR-FREE MANNER, THAT THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE DEGREE SITE IS FREE
OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE COURSES
OR CONTENT PROVIDED WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. IIT
MADRAS ALSO MAKES NO WARRANTY ABOUT THE ACCURACY,
COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, OR QUALITY OF THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE
DEGREE SITE OR ANY COURSES OR CONTENT, OR THAT ANY PARTICULAR
COURSES OR CONTENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE. USE OF
THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE DEGREE SITE, AND THE CONTENT AND SERVICES
OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE DEGREE SITE, IS AT
YOUR OWN RISK. YOUR ACCESS TO OR DOWNLOAD OF INFORMATION,
MATERIALS, OR DATA THROUGH THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE DEGREE SITE OR
ANY REFERENCE SITES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU
WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY
(INCLUDING YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM) OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS
FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA, UNLESS
OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THE PRIVACY POLICY. IIT Madras
does it its best to ensure that all information on the Website is accurate. If you find any
inaccuracies on the website, please let IIT Madras know by sending an email to
[email protected] and we will take steps to look into the matter and
correct, where we agree, as soon as practicable.
Non-Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE
THAT NEITHER IIT MADRAS NOR ANY OF THE IIT MADRAS PARTICIPANTS WILL
BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES, EITHER ACTUAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF
SERVICE, OR YOUR (OR ANY THIRD PARTY’S) USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE
THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE DEGREE SITE, OR YOUR PLACEMENT OF CONTENT
ON THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE DEGREE SITE, OR YOUR RELIANCE UPON
INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE IIT MADRAS ONLINE
DEGREE SITE, WHETHER YOUR CLAIM IS BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT,
STATUTORY OR OTHER LAW. IN PARTICULAR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER IIT MADRAS NOR ANY OF THE IIT
MADRAS PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL,
INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES,
WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT IIT
MADRAS OR ANY OF THE IIT MADRAS PARTICIPANTS HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT
OR OTHERWISE AT FAULT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR
DEFAMATION, ERRORS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, OR
INTERRUPTION IN AVAILABILITY OF DATA).
CERTAIN LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS
APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS,
OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL
RIGHTS.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify IIT Madras and their respective
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, faculty, students, fellows, governing board members,
agents and employees from and against any third-party claims, actions, or demands
arising out of, resulting from or in any way related to your use of the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE Site, including any liability or expense arising from any and all
claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs,
and attorneys’ fees, of every kind and nature. In such a case, IIT Madras or the
applicable IIT Madras Participant will provide you with written notice of such claim,
suit, or action.
Additional Terms
You agree that IIT Madras, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of the IIT
Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site or your participation in it, for any reason or no reason,
upon notice to you. It is IIT Madras’s policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances
the accounts of users of the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site who are repeat
copyright infringers. IIT Madras and the IIT Madras Participants reserve the right at
any time in their sole discretion to cancel, delay, reschedule or alter the format of any
course offered through IIT Madras, or to cease providing any part or all of the IIT
Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site content or related services, and you agree that neither
IIT Madras nor any of the IIT Madras Participants will have any liability to you for such
an action. If you no longer desire to participate in the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE
Site, you may terminate your participation at any time. The rights granted to you
hereunder will terminate upon any termination of your right to use the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE Site, but the other provisions of the Agreements will survive any
such termination.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The Agreements constitute the entire agreement between you and IIT Madras with
respect to your use of the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site, superseding any prior
agreements between you and IIT Madras regarding your use of the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE Site.
WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY
The failure of IIT Madras to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the
Agreements shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of
the Agreements is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties
nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’
intentions as reflected in the provision and the other provisions of the Agreements
shall remain in full force and effect.
CHOICE OF LAW/FORUM SELECTION
You agree that the Agreements and any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to
the Agreements or any content or service obtained from or through the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE Site will be governed by the laws of the Union of India, excluding
its conflicts of law provisions. You agree that all such claims and disputes will be heard
and resolved exclusively in the state high court located in and serving Chennai, Tamil
Nadu, India. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts over you for this
purpose, and you waive and agree not to assert any objection to such proceedings in
those courts (including any defense or objection of lack of proper jurisdiction or venue
or inconvenience of forum).
E) Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to information that IIT Madras collects through the IIT
Madras ONLINE DEGREE site when you interact with IIT Madras, with other users,
and generally with the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site - onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in.
Your information is received and controlled by IIT Madras according to this Privacy
Policy when you sign up for a IIT Madras account or otherwise use the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE site.
IIT Madras is solely and independently responsible for its own privacy practices.
IIT Madras cares about the confidentiality and security of your information. So, if you
do not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, then please do not access, browse, or
register in the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site or register for any courses. If you
choose not to provide certain information required to provide you with various products
and services offered on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site, then you may not be
able to establish a user account or obtain those products or services.
To the extent that IIT Madras associates the information that IIT Madras collects
directly or indirectly with an individual (for example, you), the association is based on
Personal Information in your account profile.
You may voluntarily choose to share additional Personal Information on the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE site. For example:
IIT Madras encourages you to use discretion before voluntarily sharing additional
Personal Information on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site. (If you later choose to
delete your IIT Madras account, deletion of your Personal Information will be subject
to the process and limits outlined below.)
IIT Madras Online Degree Portal uses Cookies and other common Tracking
Technologies on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site and in email communications
to help IIT Madras better understand your use and needs of the IIT Madras ONLINE
DEGREE site, current and future IIT Madras-related products and services, and how
IIT Madras can improve.
For example:
● Based on your cookie settings, IIT Madras may track information indicating,
among other things, which pages of the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site
were visited, the order in which they were visited, when they were visited, and
which hyperlinks and other user interface controls were used
● IIT Madras may log the IP address, operating system, and browser software
(including mobile use and device type when you use IIT Madras native mobile
apps) you used when accessing the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site, and IIT
Madras may be able to determine from an IP address your Internet Service
Provider and the geographic location of your point of connectivity; and
● IIT Madras may track and collect information from emails that IIT Madras sends
to you, for example, whether you opened the email or clicked on any links from
the email.
● IIT Madras may also partner with third parties to help us track and understand
your activity on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site, how you interact with IIT
Madras’s social media, and how you find or may be referred to the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE site.
● IIT Madras may use Cookies and other Tracking Technologies for the following
purposes:
○ when necessary for system administration, security, and integrity to
ensure the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site works properly for you.
Without these technologies, the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site may
not function correctly
○ to enable analytics, performance and functionality, to help IIT Madras
gather information about how visitors use the IIT Madras ONLINE
DEGREE site and monitor IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site
performance, and to enhance your experience by recognizing and
remembering whether you have visited the IIT Madras ONLINE
DEGREE site before and may have any personal preferences; and
○ to support marketing by enabling IIT Madras to deliver content relevant
to your interests on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site and
third-party sites based on how you interact with IIT Madras
advertisements or content. IIT Madras may use “first-party” cookies,
which means cookies served by IIT Madras and also “third-party”
cookies, which means cookies served by third parties that help IIT
Madras track this information.
You have some options for managing Cookies and other Tracking Technologies.
These include:
● Modifying your browser settings: You should be able to control how and
whether your web browser accepts Cookies by adjusting its privacy and
security settings. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell
you how to stop accepting new Cookies, how to receive notification of new
Cookies, and how to disable existing Cookies. If you reject IIT Madras’s
Cookies, many functions and conveniences of the IIT Madras ONLINE
DEGREE site may not work properly.
● Opting-out of certain third-party tracking and advertising: Some of the third
parties used by IIT Madras for Cookies and Tracking Technologies offer the
ability to opt-out from their tracking by following processes described on their
websites. IIT Madras is not responsible for the effectiveness of any third-party
opt-out options.
IIT Madras may use information, including Personal Information, to carry out the
following purposes:
● Operate and improve the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site – This includes
creating and improving features that support the IIT Madras community and
enable IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site usage at scale. This also includes
personalizing the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site, so that your learning
experience is tailored to your interests and needs.
● Create, administer, provide, and teach courses – This includes creating and
improving the delivery of online courses and programs on IIT Madras. This also
includes personalizing courses, so your learning experience is tailored to your
interests and needs, and assessing your performance and awarding
certificates/degrees.
● Offer and improve products and services – This includes enabling you to
navigate the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site, to register and participate in
courses on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site, to learn effectively in such
courses, and to purchase or obtain products and services on the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE site such as registering for Proctored Exams.
● Develop and maintain the security and performance of the IIT Madras ONLINE
DEGREE site – This includes tracking IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site
outages and creating software solutions, detecting violations of the Honor Code
and Terms of Service, and monitoring uses, misuses, and potential misuses of
the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site.
● Communicate with you – This includes answering your course and platform
questions, notifying you of course and IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site
maintenance and updates, marketing to you about course offerings, programs,
news, and related products and services of IIT Madras or IIT Madras affiliates,
and as permitted under applicable law, sending you communications about
products or services of selected business partners that may be of interest to
you.
● Support scientific research – This includes collaborating to enable and conduct
research about how learners access and master course materials online, with
the goal of improving course outcomes.
● Track IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site usage against goals and mission –
This includes performing analytics to evaluate access to and performance in
courses and course-related products and services and to report aggregate
usage information (not Personal Information) to business partners and external
audiences.
● Exercise, enforce, and comply with legal rights and obligations – This includes
responding to court orders, or other legal process; and investigating,
preventing, or taking action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, security
or technical issues, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of IIT Madras, or
others, and as otherwise required by applicable law.
IIT Madras may also seek your consent for additional uses of information, including
Personal Information, and will use it only for the purpose described to you. All use of
Personal Information is subject to applicable law.
IIT Madras may share information, including Personal Information, with third parties for
the following purposes:
● With service providers, contractors, and other third parties that help carry out
the uses described above – IIT Madras requires third parties to: (1) abide by
this Privacy Policy and applicable law; (2) handle Personal Information in a
confidential manner and maintain adequate security; and (3) use Personal
Information only as needed to fulfill the relevant purpose(s). In some cases, the
IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site and individual courses are integrated with
third-party services or contain links to websites published by third parties,
including other content providers as well as service providers. These third
parties are responsible for their own privacy practices, so you should pay
attention anytime you are redirected to a third-party website and be sure to
review its privacy policy.
● With other learners in courses that you take and with other visitors to the IIT
Madras ONLINE DEGREE site, to create an interactive learning environment,
support class participation, and share course information – this includes sharing
comments, coursework, or other information or content that you submit to a
portion of the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site designed for viewing by other
class members or for public communication. This also includes providing
opportunities for you to communicate with other users who may have similar
interests or educational goals, for instance, recommending specific study
partners or connecting potential student mentees and mentors. In such cases,
IIT Madras may use all information collected about you to determine who might
be interested in communicating with you, but will only provide others your
username (for clarity, no disclosure of your real name or email address).
● With employers, government programs, institutions, or other enterprises that
sponsor your registration in a course for training or other educational purposes
– If an entity pays for or otherwise sponsors your Verified Certificate or course
participation, IIT Madras will share information with the entity as needed to
confirm your registration, participation, progress, and completion status in that
course.
● With affiliates of IIT Madras, or with successors in the event of a reorganization,
for their use consistent with this Privacy Policy.
● IIT Madras may also seek your consent for additional disclosures of
information, including Personal Information, and will share it only as described
to you. In addition, IIT Madras may share with the public and with third parties,
including but not limited to researchers and business partners, information and
Personal Information that is de-identified or aggregated in a manner that does
not personally identify you.
You can manage your Personal Information through learner features on the IIT
Madras ONLINE DEGREE site and requests to the IIT Madras learner support team.
IIT Madras will provide support to the extent required by applicable law and more
broadly when possible, as a courtesy in our sole discretion. IIT Madras will notify you
in the event that IIT Madras is unable to meet a request that is not legally required.
Much of your Personal Information is available in your IIT Madras Online Degree
profile. Your name and other identifiable profile information is editable through the
profile settings in your account except as noted below. Your account dashboard lists
all current and archived courses in which you have registered and may include links to
any Certificates/Degrees you may have earned. Please contact IIT Madras Online
Degree learner support to access and update this or other information.
EXCEPTIONS
Registered Email Addresses cannot ever be changed. This is an IIT Madras system
restriction. Because email address identify you in courses and elsewhere on the IIT
Madras ONLINE DEGREE site.
IIT Madras does not track or index every time or every place on the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE site when or where a learner may volunteer Personal Information,
so IIT Madras will not be able to help you locate or manage all such instances. IIT
Madras encourages you to use discretion before volunteering Personal Information on
the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site.
RESTRICT OR OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you want to manage emails and other communications to you, you may update your
preferences in the respective IIT Madras Online Degree course profile, follow the
steps that may be described in links at the bottom of email messages, or contact IIT
Madras Online Degree learner support. You may object to, or request that IIT Madras
stop, its use of your Personal Information for other purposes by contacting the IIT
Madras Online Degree learner support team. Please note that if you choose to restrict
IIT Madras’s ability to process Personal Information, and the processing is otherwise
required to provide you with various services and products offered on the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE site, you may not be able to establish an IIT Madras Online Degree
user account or register for a course, and IIT Madras may not be able to provide you
with those services or products.
To request deletion of your IIT Madras Online Degree account and Personal
Information, you should write to the learner support team. Because deletion on the IIT
Madras system is a permanent action and cannot be reversed, IIT Madras may ask
you to complete a process that aims to confirm your authority to manage the IIT
Madras Online Degree account affected by your request.
You can however unsubscribe from all the existing mailing lists by clicking on the
“Unsubscribe” option provided in the Progress section of each course.
EXCEPTIONS
● Unsubscription will not apply to historical activity logs or archives unless and
until these logs and data naturally “age-off” the IIT Madras Online Degree
system.
● IIT Madras does not track or index every time or every place on the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE site when or where a learner may volunteer Personal
Information, so IIT Madras will not be able to help you locate or manage all
such instances. IIT Madras encourages you to use discretion before voluntarily
sharing your Personal Information on the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site.
● IIT Madras will archive course data (in a manner and to the extent permitted
under applicable law) to serve its mission to enable scientific research on
cognitive science and education.
● IIT Madras cannot always delete records of past interactions and transactions.
For example, records relating to previous exam registrations on the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE site must be retained for financial reporting, audit, and
compliance reasons.
● IIT Madras will retain and use Personal Information as necessary to comply
with its legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce its agreements, and as
otherwise permitted by applicable law.
Data Retention
IIT Madras will retain your Personal Information for as long as your account is active
or as needed to provide you with services; to maintain a record of your transactions for
financial reporting, audit, and compliance purposes; and to comply with IIT Madras’s
legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce its agreements, and as otherwise permitted
by applicable law. Upon your request that IIT Madras deactivate your account and
delete your information, IIT Madras will follow the process described above, including
without limitation, archiving your course data (in a manner and to the extent permitted
under applicable law) to serve its mission to enable scientific research on cognitive
science and education.
IIT Madras stores information, including Personal Information, on its own servers and
also on servers of companies that IIT Madras hires to provide services. In each case,
information may be stored in India and in countries where IIT Madras’s service
providers operate and the privacy laws of India shall be applicable.
IIT Madras controls its own copy of information collected through the IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE site and may have an information security program designed to
protect information in its possession or control. This may be done through a variety of
privacy and security policies, processes, and procedures. IIT Madras may use
administrative, physical, and technical safeguards that reasonably and appropriately
protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information that it collects,
receives, stores, or transmits. Nonetheless, no method of transmission over the
Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure; and therefore, IIT Madras
cannot guarantee its absolute security. While IIT Madras will work hard to ensure the
integrity and security of its network and systems, IIT Madras cannot guarantee that its
security measures will prevent “hackers” or other unauthorized persons from illegally
accessing or obtaining information.
If IIT Madras learns of a security breach involving its copy of your Personal
Information, IIT Madras may attempt to notify you electronically so that you may take
appropriate protective steps. By using the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site or
providing Personal Information to IIT Madras, you agree that IIT Madras can
communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative
issues relating to your use of the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site. If a security
systems breach occurs, IIT Madras may post a notice on the IIT Madras ONLINE
DEGREE site and may send an email to you at the email address associated with
your IIT Madras Online Degree account.
This Privacy Policy will be reviewed and updated from time to time. When changes are
made, the Privacy Policy will be labeled as “Revised (date),” indicating that you should
review the new terms, which will be effective immediately upon posting on this page,
with an updated effective date. By accessing the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE site
after any changes have been made, you accept the modified Privacy Policy and any
changes contained therein. In case you miss the notification referenced above, be
sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current
version of this Privacy Policy.
Contact Information
If you have privacy concerns, have disclosed data you would prefer to keep private, or
would like to access the Personal Information that IIT Madras maintains about you,
please contact us at [email protected].
F) Discussion Forum Etiquette
Discussion Forum is a place for both learners and the course team to interact
and clarify the queries related to the course content. To maintain a clean and
supportive environment, it is important that every participant in the forum strictly
maintains an etiquette while posting or responding in the discussion forum. A set
of general discussion forum etiquettes are given below. Please read through
them to understand more about appropriate and acceptable use of IITM BSc
Discussion Forums.
Reporting a Post
If you see an inappropriate post, please alert the course team by right
clicking on the post and flagging this is (see screenshot below) or forward
the same to [email protected]
Fig: Reporting a post to course team
Contact: [email protected]
G) Honor Code
In order to participate in IIT Madras online degree programme, you must agree to the
Honor Code given below and any additional terms specific to a course or program.
This Honor Code, and any additional terms, will be posted on our website -
onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in.
Violations
If you are found in violation of the Terms of Service or Honor Code, you may be
subject to one or more of the following actions:
● Receiving a zero or no credit for an assignment;
● Having any certificate/degree earned in the course or programme withheld or
revoked;
● Being unenrolled from a course or programme; or
● Termination of your use of the IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE Site.
● Additional actions may be taken at the sole discretion of IIT Madras.
● No refunds will be issued in the case of any corrective action for such
violations.
Honor Code violations will be determined at the sole discretion of IIT Madras. You will
be notified if a determination has been made that you have violated this Honor Code
and you will be informed of the corresponding action that will be taken as a result of
the violation.
Be respectful of others
General
We will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations governing IIT Madras
ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMME’s business conduct and all relevant procedures
established by IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMME whenever and wherever
we are participating in IIT Madras ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMME activities,
including but not limited to the following:
It is brought to the notice of all the students the following graded punishments
approved by the Senate will be imposed on those who indulge in Academic
Malpractices – unfair means during all examinations and assignments:
(or) (or)
2. The concerned student(s) shall be
Exchange of answer scripts
awarded `U’ grade in all the
among students to compromise
courses in the concerned term.
the integrity of the exams.
(or)
Individual referral of
material/device, discussion with
other students or anyone to
compromise the integrity of the
exams.
&
2. Shall be debarred from registering
for courses and taking
examinations in the subsequent
term.
&
2. Shall be debarred from registering
for courses and taking
examinations in the next two
subsequent terms.
5. a) Plagiarism in graded 1. ‘0’ marks for copied assignment
assignments for the first time &
2. 10 % of marks deducted in the
other assignments of the course
b) Repeated Plagiarism
‘U’ Grade in the course
(*incriminating materials during online remote proctored exams including but not
limited to accessing of sites not permitted, changing tabs, continuously getting logged
out or getting disconnected and reconnecting, referring books, talking to someone,
keeping things other than white sheet, computer, pen and calculator on the desk,
keeping things under the desk, not having video on in the mobile phone, candidate not
matching the photo in the student Database, unnecessary typing going on in the
keyboard, not responding to the proctor, asking multiple breaks, people moving about
behind the candidate, etc.)
J) Non-Academic Malpractices
It is brought to the notice of all the learners that the following graded punishments
approved by the Senate will be imposed on those who conduct themselves in an
unacceptable manner while interacting with fellow learners, support staff or instructors.
The nature of infractions listed in this document is not exhaustive. The disciplinary
committee will consider other violations on a case-to-case basis.
1. Rude behaviour towards fellow Based on the nature and severity of the
learners, support staff or violation, the committee can recommend
instructors. one of the following punitive measures.
Cyberbullying
What is ‘Cyberbullying’?
- Any aggressive, intentional act or behavior that is carried out by an individual or
a group, using electronic forms of contact, repeatedly and overtime against
another person/group.
What do Cyberbullies do?
- Cyberbullies tend to resort to repeated aggressive behavior with intent to
humiliate, scare, anger, or shame the targeted person/group.