ORDINANCE- Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) (Agribusiness) COURSE
(Semester System) wef Session 2021-22.

1.1 	The duration of the course of instruction for award of BBA (Agribusiness) Degree shall be three academic years, comprising of six semesters. Each academic year shall be divided into two semester i.e. July to December and January to May/June.

1.2 	Examinations for the First, Third and Fifth Semesters shall be held in November/December and for the Second, Fourth and Sixth Semesters in May/June.

1.3 	The dates of examination fixed under above clause shall be notified by the Controller of Examinations to all concerned.

2. 	The last date(s) by which Examination—forms and fees must reach the Examination Branch shall be as per schedule at Appendix-I in K.U. Cal. Vol.II.

3	A candidate who has passed 10+2 examination of the Board of School Education, Haryana; or an examination recognized as equivalent thereto, with English as one of the subjects obtaining at least 40% marks in the aggregate shall be eligible for the course. A candidate who has been placed under compartment or allowed to re-appear in one or more subjects in Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (10+2 Standard) of the Board of School Education, Haryana, or equivalent examination of another University/Board is not eligible for admission in the course. 

4. 	A candidate who has passed 50 percent courses of BBA (Agribusiness) Semester I and II or III and IV Examination of this University or an examination recognized as equivalent thereto, shall also be eligible to join III/V Semester of the BBA (Agribusiness) course, as the case may be.

5. 	Every candidate shall be examined according to the scheme of examination and syllabus as approved by the Academic Council from time to time. A candidate, who fails in an examination, or, having been eligible fails to appear in an examination, shall, unless approved otherwise by the Academic Council, take the examination as an ex-student according to the syllabus prescribed by the University for regular students appearing for that examination.

6.1	There shall be 20% marks of total marks earmarked for Internal Assessment in each theory paper of each Semester to be awarded by the class teachers, calculated/based upon College test and attendance, as under: -

(i) 	Two Handwritten Assignments		:	10%
	(1st Assignment after one month &
	  IInd Assignment after two months)
(ii)	One Class Test				:	05 %
	(Two hour)

(iii)	Attendance      				:	05%
	 
Marks of attendance will be given as under:
(i) 91% onwards – 5 Marks (ii) 81% to 90% - 4 Marks (iii) 75% to 80% - 3 Marks
(iv) 70% to 74 % - 2 Marks* (v) 65% to 69% - 1 Mark*.   

* For students engaged in co-curricular activities for the college only/ authenticated medical grounds duly approved by the concerned Principal  

6.2 	One test of two hours duration for each theory paper will be held by the College/Institute concerned on its own level one month before the commencement of semester examinations on the dates announced by the College. The Principal of the College concerned shall forward award of Internal Assessment to the Examinations Branch one week before the commencement of the Semester examination.

6.3 	The Principal of the College/Institute concerned shall preserve the record on the basis of which the Internal Assessment awards have been prepared, for inspection if needed by the University up to six months from the date of declaration of the Semester result.

7.1 	The First/Second/Third/Fourth/Fifth/Sixth Semester examinations shall be open to a regular student who:
(a) 	has passed, not less than one academic year previously, the requisite qualifying     examination as laid down in Clause 3, or is covered under clause 4 or 8.

In the case of a candidate, who passed the requisite examination, under the rules relating to Re-appear/Compartment, the period of one academic year shall be counted from the examination in which he/she is placed first under Re-appear/Compartment.
(b) 	has remained on the rolls of the College/Institute during one Semester preceding the examination; and
(c) 	has his/her Examination form submitted to the Examinations Branch through the Principal of  the College/Institute concerned and produces the following certificates:
(i)  of good moral character;
(ii) of having attended not less than 75% of the full course of lectures delivered in each paper in each Semester (the course to be counted up to the day before the commencement of the examination).
Provided that a candidate who has not attended the requisite percentage of lectures shall not be eligible to take the Semester Examination in the concerned paper unless he/she repeats the course in that paper(s) and obtains requisite attendance.

7.2      The Principal of the College, shall have authority to condone deficiency upto 15% of the total
              number of lectures and of tutorials, held in each paper.

These shall also include loss of attendance due to participation in the cultural and sports activities etc. Provided that a student who participates in the Inter-university Tournaments/Youth festivals may be allowed additional condonation on this ground upto 10% in each paper on a certificate from the Director, Physical Education and Sports or the Director, Youth and Cultural Affairs Department, as the case may be, subject to the condition that such a student shall not be allowed to appear in the examination if his/her attendance, after condonation on all counts, falls below 50%.

8.1 	A candidate who has completed the prescribed course of instruction in a recognized college for First/Second/Third/Fourth/Fifth/Sixth semester examination, but does not appear in it, or having appeared fails, may be allowed on the recommendation of the Principal of the College/Institute concerned to appear/reappear in that examination, as an ex-student, without attending fresh course of instruction only twice at the subsequent semester examinations. While re-appearing in the examination the candidate shall be exempted from appearing in Paper(s), Project Report, Viva-voce in which he has obtained 40% marks.

8.2 	A candidate who has failed in Semesters I and II or III and IV shall be promoted to the III and V Semester, as the case may be, only if he/she has got exemption in the paper(s) mentioned below:

From Part I (Semesters I & II) to Part II 		If he/she has appeared in Semester II and has cleared at (Semester III)				             at least 50% papers of Semesters I & II taken together.
Provided that, promotion to Semester III may be made provisionally till such time the result of Semester II is declared.
From Part II (Semesters III & IV) to 		If he/she has passed in all the papers of Semesters I & II, Part Ill (Semester V) 			            appeared in Semester IV and has cleared atleast 50% 
of papers of III and IV Semesters taken together. Provided that, promotion to Semester V may be made provisionally till such time the results of Semester IV and Semester II (re-appear, if any) are declared.

Provided that a candidate who has appeared in Semesters I and II examination but fails to earn exemption in at least 50% papers, or, having been eligible fails to appear in the examination for good reasons e.g. serious illness, serious calamity like death of father or mother etc. shall be admitted to III Semester provisionally subject to the condition that if he/she is unable to earn exemption in at least 50% papers of Part I (Semester I and II) by the next supplementary examination, his/her provisional admission to the III Semester shall stand cancelled. This proviso shall also apply to the promotion of a candidate from Part-II to Part-III.

8.3 	A candidate who fails to pass the whole examination (First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth semesters) within five years of his admission to the course, shall be required to repeat the course de novo.

9.1 	The Training in Agribusiness Management will be initiated after the end of examinations of second and fourth Semesters of the course. The subject of the Training Report shall be certified by the training supervisor provided by the concerned business/ commercial enterprise and countersigned by HOD/Principal of the college concerned. 

9.2 	The candidate shall be required to submit two copies of his/her Training Report. The last date for receipt of Training Report in the Secrecy Branch shall be 30th September of the concerned year. Extension in date will be admissible as provided in the rules.

9.3 	The Training Report will be evaluated by both Internal as well as External Examiner. The Training Report will be completed under the supervision of the expert/executive of the concerned business/ commercial enterprise  
(Note: Internal examiner shall be appointed by the Principal of the concerned college/Institute and the examiner will evaluate the Training Report on the basis of presentation by the students).

9.4 	The marks obtained by the candidate for the Training Report shall be taken into account in the 3rd  and 5th semester of the course.

10.	The amount of examination fee to be paid by a candidate for each Semester shall be the same as prescribed by the University from time to time.
A candidate, who re-appears in one or more paper(s)/Semester(s) for the purpose of passing/improvement of division/result, shall pay fee as for the whole examination.
A candidate who re-appears in any semester examination under above clause shall not be eligible for Scholarship/Prize/Medal.

11. 	The medium of instruction shall be English.
12. 	The minimum percentage of marks to pass the Semester examination shall be as under:
(i) 	40% in each subject/paper provided that in a subject in which there is practical examination this percentage shall be required jointly in written and the practical parts of the examination.
(ii) 	40% in Project Report.
(iii) 	40% in Viva-Voce.
(iv) 	40% in the aggregate of each Semester examination.
13. 	As soon as possible, after the termination of the examination, the Controller of Examinations shall publish the result of candidates. The Detailed-Marks-Cards will be issued by the Results Branch.

14. 	The list of successful candidates of Sixth Semester Examination shall be arranged on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Semester examinations taken together, and the division obtained by the candidate will be stated in the Degree, as under:-
(a) 	Candidates who pass all the six Semester examinations at the first attempt and within minimum duration of the course i.e. three years, obtaining 75% or more marks of the total aggregate, shall be declared to have passed with ‘Distinction’.
(b) 	60% or more marks 				………First Division
(c) 	50% or more but less than 60% marks		…. .. .  Second Division
(d) 	Below 50% marks Third Division
Provided that in the case of candidates who join Semester III/V class after passing Bachelor of Business Administration (Agribusiness)  Part-l(Semester 1 and II)/Part-II (Semester I to IV) examination from another University, the marks obtained in Part-I (Semester I and II/Part-Il (Semester I to IV), as the case may be, shall be counted towards his/her division by increasing or decreasing proportionately the marks obtained at other University in proportion to the maximum marks prescribed by this University for that Semester(s)/Part(s).

15. 	A candidate who has passed BBA (Agribusiness) Examination of this University and is desirous of improving his/her performance/result/division, will be allowed within the next four Semester examinations of passing the Sixth Semester examination to appear as an ex-student in one or more theory paper(s) of any one or two Parts, out of Part-I (Semester I & II), Part-II (Semester III & IV) and Part-III (Semester V & VI) separately in four consecutive Semester examinations and shall pay examination fee as for the whole Semester examination in which he/she opts to appear. The result of such a candidate shall be declared only if he/she improves his/her result in the aggregate of the whole six Semester examinations, by taking into account the marks obtained by him/her in the paper(s)/Semester(s) in which he/she re-appears and the marks obtained by him/her earlier in the remaining paper(s)/Semester(s) etc. In case, where there are more than one papers in any subject and the candidate appears in one or two papers of that subject, the benefit of increased marks in those papers will also be allowed for improvement of performance/result/division. The fact that the candidate has improved the result shall be mentioned in the Detailed-Marks-Card.
Such candidates shall take the examination according to the syllabus in force for the regular students for that Semester examination.

16. 	The above Ordinance may be amended from time to time as and when required by the University. Notwithstanding the integrated nature of the BBA (Agribusiness) Course which is spread over more than one academic year, the Ordinance in force at the time a student joins a course, shall hold good only for the examination(s) held during or at the end of the academic year and nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to debar the University from amending the Ordinance subsequently and the amended Ordinance, if any, shall apply to all students whether old or new.