DIPLOMA / POST DIPLOMA COURSES

1 GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADUDEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATIONDIPLOMA / post DIPLOMA COURSES (Rules & Regulations)Board of Studies & ExaminationsHand BookDirectorate of Technical EducationGuindy, Chennai 600 025 Phone 2235 1018 HAND BOOK ON DIPLOMA & post DIPLOMA of Directorate of Technical of the Board of Technical Education and of Studies and and post DIPLOMA of the course - Details of Polytechnic Colleges & SpecialInstitutions - List of Autonomous in DIPLOMA Entry in post DIPLOMA in Part-Time DIPLOMA of Limit to complete the DIPLOMA and post DIPLOMA for completing the DIPLOMA - to continue in the next higher semester / Working Days / of to Due Examination - Exam of Board Examinations - to appear for of for disqualifying a student from appearing Board of Examination of Hall Tickets / Duplicate Hall of Malpractice in Examinations and Punishments awarded1 Approved byBoard of Studies and ExaminationsDepartment of Technical EducationGuindy.

2 Chennai 600 of successful of Mark sheets / DIPLOMA Certificates - regarding With-held of Examination in Mark Sheets & DIPLOMA of Duplicate Mark Sheets & DIPLOMA Verification of of of of payment of . 0 ANNEXUREA-IAdministrative Chart of DOTEA-IIList of InstitutionsA-IIIF ormat for Readmission proposalA-IVInstitution Transfer ApplicationA-VApplication form for getting Xerox copy of Answer ScriptA-VIApplication form for revaluation of Answer ScriptA-VIIA pplication form for getting Migration Certificate /Duplicate Mark SheetA-VIIIA pplication form for getting Duplicate DIPLOMA CertificateDEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATIONTAMIL NADUDIPLOMA & post - DIPLOMA COURSESRULES & INTRODUCTION Formation of Directorate of Technical Education :Tamil Nadu get its pride from the fact that the first engineering institutionto come into being in the country was the Survey School established in 1794 atMadras by the East India Company.

3 Out of this grew the reputed College ofEngineering, Guindy, Chennai. The output of the engineering institutions wasnot commensurate with the demand in the then developing India and theindustrialization all over India necessitated the expansion of technical institutionsat all levels during the Five Year Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics were initially under the controlof the Directorate of Public Instruction and the Directorate of Industries andCommerce respectively. The Directorate of Technical Education was formedwith effect from 14th October 1957, consequent to the suggestions made by theState Standing Advisory Board of Technical of the Department :The Technical Education Department under the control of Higher EducationDepartment of Tamilnadu State is a vast one dealing with DIPLOMA , post DIPLOMA ,Degree, post Graduate COURSES and Research Programmes in various fields;nearly in more than 50 disciplines.

4 Apart from the above, it monitors theestablishment and functioning of Engineering Colleges, Polytechnic Colleges,Special Institutions, Technical Institutions including Commerce Institutions suchas Typewriting / Shorthand / Accountancy Institutes, Hotel Management &Catering Colleges etc. in the administrative chart, depicting the hierarchy of officers who administerthe Directorate of Technical Education are enumerated in Annexure - I. TheDirector of Technical Education is the head of this Department by whom theoverall administration is controlled. While the Examinations for the UnderGraduate & post Graduate Degree COURSES , conducted in the Engineering Colleges23governed by this Department, are being held by the Anna University, theExaminations for all the Certificate, DIPLOMA and post DIPLOMA COURSES conductedin the Polytechnics, Special Institutions, Commerce Institutes, Hotel Management& Catering Colleges etc.

5 Are being held by the Directorate of Technical Education, State Board of Technical Education and Training :State Board of Technical Education and Training is an apex body formedin 1957 with the Hon ble Minister for Education as its Chairman and EducationSecretary to Government as Member Secretary with the following members :(i) Director of Technical Education(ii)Representatives from industries and commerce department, publicworks department nominated by the Government of Tamil Nadu(iii) Representative from AICTE (Southern Region)(iv)Representative of Tamilnadu Electricity Board and(v) Principals of Engineering CollegesThe functions of the Board will be to advise the Government on the generalprogramme as well as specific individual schemes necessary for bringing aboutco-ordinated development of Technical Education and Training in the State, atall levels; and in particular, on the measures to be adopted in order to secure thefollowing purposes :(a)Affiliation and recognition of Institutions conducting COURSES otherthan University COURSES and the prescription of such COURSES ofstudy;(b)Arrangements for ensuring that the standards of the COURSES andthe instructional facilities provided are satisfactory, and for verifyingfulfillment of conditions attached to Grant-in-Aid including periodicalinspection of Institutions ;(c)The regulations to be framed and the agency to be maintained forconducting examinations and awarding Diplomas and certificatesconforming to the minimum standards prescribed by the All-IndiaCouncil.

6 And(d)Arrangements to be made for establishing and maintaining co-operative relationship between education agencies and the industrialand commercial establishments in Board thus constituted will meet at regular intervals and keep theprogress of execution of schemes for the expansion and improvement of TechnicalEducation at all levels, under systematic Board of Studies and Examinations :The Board of Studies and Examinations had been constituted , Education dated with the Additional Director ofTechnical Education (Examinations) as Chairman and Additional Director ofTechnical Education (Polytechnics) as Member-Secretary and 13 PolytechnicCollege Principals as members. The Board of Studies and Examinations is anAdministrative & Executive Body which frames the rules and regulations relatingto the Academic performance of all Polytechnic Colleges and other Institutionsaffiliated to the Directorate. The DIPLOMA and post - DIPLOMA Examinations,Government Technical Examinations etc.

7 Are being conducted by the Board ofStudies and Examinations. The Board, by forming various sub-committees,revise and update the syllabus of various COURSES , from time to time, wheneverfound necessary. After its formation, it had made complete revision of syllabusof all COURSES five times (till 2004). DIPLOMA AND post DIPLOMA COURSES :This hand book furnishes the details of DIPLOMA & post DIPLOMA Coursesoffered, Institutions offering the above COURSES , Mode of admissions / re-admission, Transfers, Conduct of Examinations, Rules and Regulations of theBoard Description of the course - Details of Polytechnic Colleges & SpecialInstitutions - List of Autonomous Institutions :Description of the course :The Full Time Regular DIPLOMA course in Engineering shall be for a periodof three academic years. The course will run on annual pattern for the first yearand on semester pattern for the second and third years comprising of foursemesters.

8 The first year course will be of 32 weeks duration and the semestercourses will be of 16 weeks duration each. The Full Time Sandwich DiplomaCourse shall be for a duration of three and a half years consisting of five semestersafter the completion of first year, out of which one or two semesters will be ofpractical training, in the concerned Part Time DIPLOMA course in Engineering shall be for a period of fouryears which include the first year course of one year duration on annual patternand the rest of second, third and fourth year COURSES of semester patterncomprising of six First Year DIPLOMA course of study is common for almost all branchesof Engineering / Technology including Sandwich DIPLOMA COURSES , except forDiploma course in Modern Office Practice and few other special of Polytechnic Colleges & Special Institutions :There are 200 Polytechnics (in the year 2004) in the State offering DiplomaCourses, post DIPLOMA COURSES and Certificate COURSES on various branches ofstudies in Engineering and Technology.

9 Eleven Institutes of Hotel Managementand Catering Technology offering 3 year DIPLOMA COURSES are also under thecontrol of this Department. Sixteen other Special Institutions have also beenaffiliated to the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Tamil Nadu,which also offer Certificates / Diplomas in Specialised Colleges :Sl. of - Tamilnadu - Education - 0 Institutions :Sl. of - Tamilnadu - Education - Tamilnadu - Other Management & Catering Technology Institutions :Sl. of - Tamilnadu - Other - TOTAL (200 + 16 + 11) =227**The List of Institutions are given in Annexure - IIMulti Point Entry and Credit System :To introduce flexibility into the system of Polytechnic Education for meetingthe diverse manpower needs within and across disciplines, the Multi Point Entryand Credit System has been introduced from the academic year 1994-95 in tenPolytechnics (both Government and Government Aided) and they have beengranted full autonomy for the effective implementation of Multi Point Entry andCredit target groups for this Multi Point Entry and Credit System have beenidentified as 10, (10 + ITI) and (10+2) branch allocation for Multi Point Entry and Credit System has beendone at the time of admission itself and semester system is being followed for allthe three years of study enable the student to choose different clusters of competencies as perhis / her needs, credit system has been incorporated in the course structure.

10 TheDiploma programme under Multi Point Entry and Credit System has beencategorized as foundation course , core course , applied course and diversified oradvanced course . For these COURSES credits of 20%, 30%, 40% and 10%respectively of the total credit requirement of the DIPLOMA programme have beenallotted. The student shall earn the prescribed minimum credits of 165 for awardof DIPLOMA under this Multi Point Entry and Credit of the Government and Government Aided Autonomous PolytechnicColleges are running the Multi Point Entry and Credit System from 1994 - allotment of seats are done in the following ratio 75% (A) 10% (V) 10%10 + 5%Duration of course :3 YearsThe Examinations for Multi Point Entry and Credit System are beingconducted by the Institutions under semester pattern right from the first yearDiploma this system, if a student get the specific number of credits prescribedeven before completing the course duration he / she will be awarded the of Autonomous Institutions.