RULES & REGULATION GOVERNING THE COUNDUCT OF THE STUDENT

ORDINANCE XV-B (Maintenance of Discipline among Students of the University)

1. All powers relating to discipline and disciplinary action are vested in the Vice-Chancellor.

2. The Vice-Chancellor may delegate all or such powers as he/she deems proper to the Proctor and to such other persons as he/she specifies in this behalf.

3. Without prejudice to the generality of power to enforce discipline under the Ordinance, the following shall amount to acts of gross indiscipline.

a) Physical assault or threat to use physical force, against any member of the teaching and non-teaching staff of any institution/Department and against any student within the University of Delhi

b) Carrying of, use of, or threat to use, any weapon

c) Any violation of the provisions of the Civil Rights Protection Act, 2076

d) Violation of the status, dignity and honour of students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes

e) Any practice-whether verbal of otherwise-derogatory to women;

f) Any attempt at bribing or corruption of any manner

g) Wilful destruction of institutional property

h) Creating ill-will or intolerance on religious or communal grounds

i) Causing disruption in any manner of the academic functioning of the University system; ragging as per Ordinance XV-C

4. Without prejudice to the generality of his/her power relating to the maintenance of discipline and taking such action in the interest of maintaining discipline as may seem to him/her appropriate, the Vice-Chancellor, may in the exercise of his/her powers aforesaid order or direct that:

a) Any student or students be expelled; or

b) Any student or students be, for a stated period rusticated; or

c) Any student or students be not, for a stated period, admitted to a course or courses of study in a college, department or institution of the University; or

d) Be fined with a sum of rupees that may be specified; or

e) Be debarred from taking a University or College or Departmental Examination or Examinations for one or more years; or

f) That the result of student or students concerned in the Examination or Examinations in which he/she or they have appeared be cancelled.

5. The Principals of the College, Heads of the Halls, Deans of Faculties, Heads of Teaching Departments in the University, the Principal, School of Correspondence Courses and Continuing Education and Librarian shall have the authority to exercise all such disciplinary powers over students in their respective Colleges, Institutions, Faculties and Teaching Departments in the University as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the Institutions, Halls and teaching in the concerned Department. They may exercise their authority through, or delegate authority to, such of the teachers in their Colleges, Institutions or Departments as they may specify for these purpose.

6. Without prejudice to the powers of the Vice-Chancellor and the Proctor as aforesaid, detailed rules of discipline and proper conduct shall be framed. These rules may be supplemented, where necessary, by the Principals of Colleges, Heads of Halls, Deans of Faculties and Heads of Teaching Departments in this University. Each student shall be expected to provide himself/herself with a copy of these rules.

7. At the time of admission, every student shall be required to sign a declaration that on admission he/she submits himself/herself to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the Vice-Chancellor and the several authorities of the University who may be vested with the authority to exercise discipline under the Acts, the Statutes, the Ordinances and the Rules that have been framed there under by the University.

ORDINANCE XV-C (Prohibition of and Punishment for Ragging)

1. Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited within the premises of any College/Department or institution and any part of Delhi University system as well as on public transport.

2. Any individual or collective act or practice of ragging constitutes gross indiscipline and shall be dealt with under this Ordinance.

3. Ragging, for the purposes of this ordinance, ordinarily means any act, conduct or practice by which the dominant power or status of senior students is brought to bear on students freshly enrolled or on students who are in any way considered junior or inferior by other students and includes individual or collective acts or practices which:

a) involve physical assault or threat or use of physical force,

b) violate the status, dignity and honour of students,

c) violate the status, dignity and honour of students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes,

d) expose students to ridicule and contempt and affect their self-esteem, and

e) Entail verbal abuse and aggression, indecent gestures and obscene behaviour.

4. The Principal of a College, the Head of the Department or an Institution, the authorities of a College, of a university Hostel or Hall or Residence shall take immediate action on any information of the occurrence of ragging.

5. Notwithstanding anything in Clause (4) above, the Proctor may also suo moto inquire into any incident of ragging and make a report to the Vice-Chancellor about the nature of the incident of ragging and also identify those engaged in the incident.

6. The Proctor may also submit an initial report establishing the identity of the perpetrators of ragging and the nature of the ragging incident.

7. If the Principal of a College of Head of the Department or Institution or the Proctor is satisfied that for some reason, to be recorded in writing, it is not reasonably practical to hold such an inquiry, he/she may advise the Vice-Chancellor accordingly.

8. When the Vice-Chancellor is satisfied that it is not expedient to hold such an inquiry, his/her decision shall be final.

9. On the receipt of a report under Clause (5) or (6) or a determination by the relevant authority under Clause (7) disclosing the occurrence of ragging incidents described in Clause 3 (a), (b) and (c); the Vice-Chancellor shall direct or order rustication of a student or students for a specific number of years.

10. The Vice-Chancellor may in other cases of ragging order or direct that any student or students be expelled or be not, for a stated period, admitted to a course of study in a College, departmental examination for one or more years or that the result of the student or students concerned in the examination or examinations in which they have appeared, be cancelled.

11. In case of students who have obtained Degrees of Delhi University are found under this ordinance committing an offence under Statute 15 appropriate action for withdrawal of Degrees conferred by the University may be taken.

12. For the purpose of this Ordinance, abetment to ragging will also amount to ragging.

13. All institutions within the Delhi University system shall be obligated to carry out instructions/directions issued under this Ordinance, and to give aid and assistance to the Vice-Chancellor to achieve the effective implementation of the Ordinance.

POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT
ORDINANCE XV-D: Prohibition of and Punishment for Sexual Harassment

Objectives of the Policy

• To fulfil the directive of the Supreme Court enjoining all employers to develop and implement a policy against sexual harassment at the work place.

• To evolve a permanent mechanism for the prevention and to redress of sexual harassment cases and other acts of gender based violence at the University of Delhi.

• To ensure the implementation of the policy in letter and spirit through proper reporting of the complaints and their follow-up procedures.

• To uphold the commitment of the University of Delhi to provide an environment free of gender-based discrimination.

• To create a secure physical and social environment which will deter acts of sexual harassment.

• To promote a social and psychological environment which will raise awareness about sexual harassment in its various forms.

• To generate public opinion against sexual harassment and all forms of gender-based violence.

Definition of Sexual Harassment

The following constitute sexual harassment:

1. When submission to unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature are made, either implicitly or explicitly, a ground for any decision relating to employment, academic performance, extracurricular activities, or entitlement to services or opportunities at the Delhi University.

2. When unwelcome sexual advances, and verbal, non-verbal and/or physical conduct such as loaded comments, remarks or jokes, letters, phone calls or e-mail, gestures, exhibition of pornography, lurid stares, physical contact, stalking, sounds or display of a derogatory nature have the purpose and/or effect of interfering with an individual’s performance or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.

3. When a person uses, with a sexual purpose, the body or any part of it or any object as an extension of the body in relation to another person without the latter’s consent or against the person’s will, such conduct will amount to sexual assault.

4. When deprecatory comments, conduct or any such behaviour is based on the gender identity/sexual orientation of the person and/or when the classroom or other public forum of the University is used to denigrate/discriminate against a person or create a hostile environment on the basis of a person’s gender identity/sexual orientation.

College Complaints Committee (CCC)

The CCC has been constituted under provisions of Ordinance XV (D) of the University of Delhi and pertains to Prohibition of and Punishment for Sexual Harassment in the work place, in response to the directive of the Supreme Court.

The CCC works along with the Women’s Development Cell (WDC), Gender Forum and the elected Gender Sensitising Committee (GSC) to generate awareness about sexual harassment and evolve methods to prevent it. It also ensures the implementation of the policy in letter and spirit by receiving complaints, reporting them and following them up according to duly laid procedure. The members of the CCC are:

1. Dr (Ms.) Vinita Chandra (Chairperson)

2. Dr Ritu Sharma (Teacher member)

3. Ms. Shikha Bhatia (Member Secretary, Non-teaching)

4. Mr. Munne Khan (Member, Non-teaching)

5. Ms. Anam Khan (Student Representative)

6. Ms. Falak Fatima (Student Representative)

7. Ms. Vijayta Mahendru (Student Representative)

8. Ms. Sabina Gadhioke (Co-opted member; Activist and Teacher, MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia)

9. Mr. Mukul Talwar (Co-opted member; Lawyer)

MID-TERM AND ATTENDANCE POLICY ALERT (UNIVERSITY OF DELHI)

Mandatory University Notification Regarding Mid-Term and Attendance:

1. It is compulsory for students admitted to the college to appear in the mid-term examination to be held in December.

As per Ordinance VII Clause 2-A of the University of Delhi, “no person shall be deemed to have satisfied the required conditions in respect of his/her instructions, unless in addition to the requirements regarding attendance and other conditions, he/she has appeared and satisfied, by the performance, the Principal of this College in such tests, written and/or oral, as may be held by his in his discretion. The Principal of the College shall have, and shall be deemed always to have had, the power to detain a student in the same class in which he/she has been studying or not to send his/ her up for the University Examination, in case he/she did not appear at the test afore said or his/her performance was not satisfactory”.

2. Attendance is compulsory for students pursuing any course at the undergraduate leave as per University of Delhi rules. The University Ordinance VII, Clause 2-A, part (ii) states that the Principal of the College shall have the power to strike off the name of a student who is grossly irregular in attendance in spite of warning or when the absence of the student is for such a long period that he/she cannot put in requisite percentage of attendance.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Effective Academic Session 2003-2004, major changes have been made in the rules and regulations laid by the University of Delhi regarding Internal Assessment and related matters.

ORDINANCE VIII-E - (Internal Assessment)

1. (i) The scheme for Internal Assessment shall be followed in the regular stream only, with exclusions as per the Appendix, and shall be applicable to the students admitted from the academic session 2003-04 onwards (i.e. to begin with for the first year students) in both undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses. This scheme of Internal Assessment shall not be applicable to the School of Correspondence Course and Continuing Education, Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board and Non-Formal Education Cell (formerly External Candidates Cell). The specific Ordinances pertaining to schemes of examinations of various courses shall stand amended, mutatis mutandis, to the extent of internal assessment as laid down in this Ordinance, subject to exclusions referred to above.

(ii) Internal Assessment marks shall be shown separately in the Marks Sheet issued by the University and these marks shall be added to the annual/semester examination marks for determining the division of the student.

2. 25% of the maximum marks in each paper in undergraduate courses shall be assigned for Internal Assessment and the remaining 75% marks for the annual/semester University Examination; the time duration and other modalities of the annual/semester Examination with respect to this 75% component shall remain as per existing scheme of examination for various undergraduate courses.

(i) (a) There shall be 10% weightage assigned to House Examinations to be conducted by each college, for all subjects in Pass course and B.Sc. (General) and all papers of the main Subject in Honours courses.

(b) The duration of each paper in the House Examination shall be the same as the duration in the University Examination. The maximum marks for each paper of the House Examination shall be 100 or the same as the maximum marks in the corresponding University Examination.

(c) The University reserves the right to scrutinize some or all the scripts of any paper in any course in a College during the period of retention of papers, Which duration shall be till declaration of results by the University, a copy of the question paper shall be sent to the Examination Branch of the University and the College shall maintain a proper record of the question papers of the House Examination.

(ii) (a) Each student shall be assessed on the basis of written assignments/tutorials as well as on the 61 basis of project reports/term papers/seminars. There shall be 10% weightage for such written assignment; and project reports/presentations/term papers/seminars. Each student shall be given at least one written assignment per paper in each term, subject to a maximum of 12 written assignments per year for all the papers taken together.

(b) Where the maximum marks in a paper are less than 100, for example 50 marks, the nature of written assignments/tutorial work shall stand adjusted pari passu.

(iii) There shall be 5% weightage for regularity in attending lectures and tutorials, and the credit for regularity in each paper, based on attendance, shall be as follows:

More than 67% but less than 70% - 1 mark
70% or more but less than 75% - 2 marks
75% or more but less than 80% - 3 marks
80% or more but less than 85% - 4 marks
85% and above - 5 marks

[Medical certificates shall be excluded while calculating credit towards marks to be awarded for regularity, though such certificates shall continue to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating eligibility to appear for examinations as per the existing provisions of Ordinance VII.2.9.(a)(ii).]

(iv) There shall be a Moderation Committee for Internal Assessment in each College, discipline-wise, which shall comprise of the senior most teacher in the department, the teacher-in-charge of the department and the previous teacher-in-charge of the department: provided that if, for any reason, the membership of the Committee falls below 3, the Principal of the college shall nominate suitable members from among the teachers of that department/college to fill the vacancies.

3. With the introduction of Internal Assessment, the maximum marks for the University Examination in each paper shall stand reduced accordingly.

4. The promotion criteria shall be as per existing Ordinances for University Examinations, as applicable to respective courses. In addition, the same criteria shall apply to the total of the University Examination and the Internal Assessment, taken together.

(5) (i) There shall be a Monitoring Committee for Internal Assessment at the University level consisting of the Dean of Colleges as the Chairperson along with three other Deans one of whom shall be a member of the Executive Council, and the Controller of Examinations as Member-Secretary. The Committee shall monitor the receipt of Internal Assessment marks from various colleges and ensure timely compliance. If a College fails to submit the Internal Assessment marks in time, the University shall not declare the result for such a course in that College. The responsibility for non-declaration of the result of any course in the college in such circumstances will be solely that of the college.

(ii) There shall be a Monitoring Committee for Internal Assessment in every College, which shall be chaired by the Principal of the College and will be made up of the Vice-Principal (and in case there is no Vice-Principal, the Bursar), Secretary Staff Council, and two senior faculty members to be nominated by the Principal. This Committee shall be responsible for the entire process of Internal Assessment in the College, including redressal of grievances, if any.

(6) (i) In the case of students who repeat one or more paper(s), or all papers of Part I or Part II or Part III, the Internal Assessment marks shall be carried forward.

(ii) In the following special cases, in lieu of Internal Assessment, students shall be awarded marks (for the previous years’ papers) in the same proportion as the marks obtained in that paper in the University Examination:

(a) Students who migrate from other Universities to the University of Delhi in the IInd Year.

(b) Students who fail in the Part I Examination of Honours Courses and join Pass/General Courses in the IInd year; and

(c) Students who transfer from 1st year Pass/General Courses to Honours Courses in the 2nd year.

(iii) Students who migrate from non-formal streams in the University of Delhi (i.e. School of Correspondence Courses and Continuing Education, Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board and Non-formal Education Cell, formerly External Candidates Cell) to the Regular stream and vice-versa, shall carry as such the marks obtained in the preceding year(s).

(7) Tutorials shall be held regularly for the post-graduate courses of the University by the concerned Department in cooperation with Colleges; and at least 25% marks shall be assigned for Internal Assessment in each paper of the post-graduate courses. The Internal Assessment in the post-graduate courses may be based on regularity and attendance; class tests and house examination; and written assignments, projects/term papers/seminars/field-work. Post-graduate courses where the weightage of Internal Assessment is 25 percent or more, Departments may continue with the existing schemes. 62

(8) In the case of a student who is selected as a member of the N.C.C. to participate in the annual N.C.C. Camps or is deputed to undertake Civil Defence work and allied duties, or in the case of a student who is enrolled in the National Service Scheme and is deputed to various public assignments by or with the approval of the Head of the institution concerned, or a student who is selected to participate in sports or other activities organized by the Inter-University Board or in national or international fixtures in games and sports approved by the Vice-Chancellor, or a student who is required to represent the University at the Inter-University Youth Festival, or a student who is required to participate in periodical training in the Territorial Army, or a student who is deputed by the College to take part in Inter-College sports, fixtures, debates, seminars, symposia or social work projects, or a student who is required to represent the College concerned in debates and other extra-curricular activities held in other Universities or such other activities approved by the Vice-Chancellor, the following provisions will apply:

(i) A student in the categories listed above, will have to fulfil the requirement of written assignments and projects/term papers/seminars/field-work with the flexibility, however, that he/she may, if necessary, be allowed additional time for submission of written assignments.

(ii) A student in the categories listed above, who is unable to write the House Examination on account of his/her participation in such aforesaid activities, may be assessed by the College through an alternative mode in lieu of the House Examination. This may be done only in exceptional circumstances.

(iii) A student in the categories listed above, will get the benefit of attendance for Internal Assessment for the classes missed as per the existing provisions of Ordinance VII.2.(9)(a)(i).

(9) (i) The University reserves the right to review, and if necessary moderate the marks in Internal Assessment in any paper/papers in any College/Department.

(ii) The respective University Moderation Committees in each subject shall moderate, if necessary, the Internal Assessment marks across Colleges.

Appendix to Ordinance VIII-E

List of Exclusions

1. Faculties (All Courses)

a. Medical Sciences
b. Technology
c. Management Studies
d. Education (except B.A. Pass in Education)
e. Law
f. Ayurvedic & Unani Medicine

2. Departments (All Courses)

a. Department of Nursing - Faculty of Sciences

b. Department of Fine Arts - Faculty of Music

c. Department of Pharmacy - Faculty of Science

d. Department of Home Science - Faculty of Science

3. Degree Courses

a. B.Sc. (H) Bio-Medical Sciences

b. B.Sc. (H) Physiotherapy

c. B.A. (H) Journalism d. B.A. (H) Mass Media & Communication 27.2 ORDINANCE

3. ORDINANCE VII

(9) (a) Subject to the provisions of sub-clauses (b) and (c).

(i) In the case of a student who is selected as a member of the N.C.C. to participate in the annual N.C.C. Camps or is deputed to undertake Civil Defence work and allied duties, or in the case of a student who is enrolled in the National Service Scheme and is deputed to various public assignments by or with the approval of the Head of the institution concerned, or a student who is selected to participate in sports or other activities organized by the Inter-University Board or in national or international fixtures in games and sports approved by the Vice-Chancellor, or a student who is required to represent the University at the Inter-University Youth Festival, or a student who is required to participate in periodical training in the Territorial Army or a student who is deputed by the College to take part in Inter-College sports, fixtures, debates, seminars, symposia or social work projects or a student who is required to represent the College concerned in debates and other extra-curricular activities held in other Universities or such other activities approved by the Vice-Chancellor for this purpose, in calculating the total number of lectures etc. delivered in the College, or in the University, as the case may be, for his course of study in each academic year, the number of lectures etc., in each subject delivered, during the period of absence for that purpose shall not be taken into account.

(ii) The Principal of a College may consider, on the basis of the Medical Certificates produced, exceptionally hard cases of students who had fallen seriously ill or had met with an accident during the year disabling them from attending classes for a certain period, with a view to determining whether the lectures etc. delivered during the said period, or a part thereof, could be excluded for purposes of calculation of attendance of the year and decide each case on its own merits.

(b) A college shall notify on the notice board the final attendance position of each of its students within three days of the dispersal of the classes in the last session of the academic year. Not later than five days, thereafter, a student may, by an application to the Principal of the college, claim benefit of exclusion of lectures under sub-clause (a) above on grounds to be specified and accompanied by the relevant documents. All such applications submitted within time shall be considered and disposed of by the Principal of the College at least 3 days prior to the commencement of the examination, in which the student is intending to appear.

(c) The benefit of exclusion of lectures contemplated in categories (i) or (ii) of sub-clause (a) above, either separately or jointly, shall in no case exceed 1/3 of the total number of lectures delivered.

d) In the case of a married woman student who is granted maternity leave, in calculating the total number of lectures delivered in the College or in the University, as the case may be, for her course of study in each academic year, the number of lectures in each subject delivered during the period of her maternity leave shall not be taken into account:

Provided that Post-graduate Degree students under the Faculty of Medical Sciences who apply for maternity leave either in I year or in II year, may be allowed the maternity leave for a period not exceeding 3 months in an academic year but such students will be required to complete the duration of the course as regular students as required in the Ordinance and the students will be permitted to submit the thesis or to take the written examination, as the case may be, in January instead of August that year.

Executive Council Resolution

The Executive Council of the University, through Resolution No 5 of May 2003 has resolved as follows:

“That 25% of the maximum marks in each paper in undergraduate courses be assigned for Internal Assessment and the remaining 75% marks for the Annual/Semester University Examination; that the time duration and other modalities of the Annual/Semester Examination with respect to this 75% component shall remain as per the existing scheme of examination for various undergraduate courses.”

Mid Term Examinations

That 10% weightage be assigned to House Examinations to be conducted by each college preferably in the beginning of the third term or else, towards the end of the second term for all courses where annual examinations are held. That the House Examination be conducted for all subjects in Pass course and BSc Programme and all papers of the Main Subject in Honours courses.

2. Assignments, Tutorials, Projects, etc.

That each student shall be assessed on the basis of written assignments/tutorials as well as on the basis of project reports/term papers/seminars. That 10% weightage shall be for such written assignments, and project reports/ presentations/term papers/seminars.

Each student shall be given at least one written assignment per paper in each term subject to a minimum of 12 written assignments per year for all the papers taken together.

3. Attendance Credits

That 5% weightage be given for regularity in attending lectures and tutorials. That the credit for regularity in each paper, based on attendance, shall be as follows:

*More than 67% but less than 70% - 1 mark
*70% or more but less than 75% - 2 marks
*75% or more but less than 80% - 3 marks
*80% or more but less than 85% - 4 marks
*85% and above - 5 marks

Medical Certificates and Attendance

a) a) Medical certificates for calculation of attendance should be handed in within a week of rejoining after illness, and should be accompanied by a fitness certificate. In no case will a medical certificate be taken into consideration for calculation of attendance after the attendance for that term has been finalised.

b) The original copy of the medical certificate should be given by the student to the Administrative office, and a copy of the medical certificate MUST be given by the students to the Teacher-in-Charge of the concerned department.

PLEASE NOTE:
Medical certificates are valid only for calculation of attendance for the 66% eligibility criteria that enables students to sit for the annual examinations. They are not factored in for calculating the 5 marks awarded (as explained above) for attendance in the Internal Assessment Scheme.