In exercise of the powers conferred under section 30 read with section 31 of the National Institute of Design Act

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-AP-E-29072024-255869 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 569] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024/SRAVANA 4, 1946 4669 GI/2024 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, ANDHRA PRADESH NOTIFICATION Vijayawada, the 6th June, 2024 F.No. Senate – 20/07/2023.—-In exercise of the powers conferred under section 30 read with section 31 of the National Institute of Design Act 2014 (18 of 2018), the Senate of the Institute hereby makes the following Ordinances for the National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh, namely: 1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These Ordinances may be called as the National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh Ordinances, 2024. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions. – (1) In these Ordinances, unless the context otherwise requires (a) "Act" means the National Institutes of Design Act, 2014 (18 of 2014); (b) "academic" means the activities concerned with educations like teaching, learning, practising, research and publication; (c) "academic calendar" means the schedule of activities related to academics; (d) "academic manual" means the compilation of rules, regulations and guidelines pertaining to academic matters; (e) "academic programme" includes the sequence of academic activities leading to a degree, a diploma or a certificate; (f) "academic year" means two regular semesters along with a summer or winter break. (g) “assessment” means the continuous process of collecting, analysing, and interpreting evidence of students' learning and performance in relation to specific learning objectives and criteria, and it can be in the form of formative or summative assessment using various methods; (h) "candidate” means an individual who applies for admission to any undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, diploma or certificate programme of the Institute; (i) "certificate" means any academic programme offered by the Institute up to one-year duration approved by the Senate; (j) "convocation” means the convocation of the Institute; (k) "course" includes a sequence of topics that can be covered during a semester; (1) "coursework" means the courses of study to be undertaken by a Research Scholar registered for the Doctor of Philosophy programme; (m) "curriculum of a programme" means a set of courses and other academic activities; (n) "degree" means any undergraduate degree programme, postgraduate degree programme and Doctoral degree programme of the institute; (o) "discipline” means a branch of educational programmes or courses related to studies and research offered by the Institute under a particular faculty stream; (p) "elective" means the subject offered amongst options in a specialised field; (q) "evaluation” means analysing the effectiveness and quality of the overall performance of the student and measuring the extent to which students achieve the intended learning outcomes of any course or set of courses together and indicating them on a given scale; (r) “examination" means any procedure used to assess and evaluate the academic performance of a student; (s) "faculty stream" means an academic unit of the Institute engaged in such academic activities as design education, research and development and consultancy having multiple design disciplines; (t) "grade" means a letter grade indicating the performance of a student in a course or semester or year or programme; (u) "Institute" means the National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh and its campuses; (v) "jury" or "jury panel" means a panel of faculty or external experts for evaluation of the performance of students at the end of any coursework or semester; (w) "research scholar" means a person registered for the doctoral degree programme under these Ordinances; (x) "student" means a person registered for any doctoral degree or postgraduate degree or undergraduate degree or diploma or certificate, as the case may be, and includes a student registered for any programme in full-time or part-time mode of the Institute; (2) The words and expressions used and not defined in these ordinances but defined in the Act or the Statutes shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act or the Statutes. (3) If there is any conflict between the words and expressions used or defined in these Ordinances with the Statutes or Act, the corresponding provisions of the Statutes or Act shall prevail. 3. Educational Philosophy of the Institute. – (1) The curricula structure, syllabus and teaching or learning methodologies or pedagogical practices adopted by the Institute for all teaching programmes shall include a combination of rational, logical and sequential learning processes of innovative theory, research and skills with the emphasis on the hands-on and minds-on approach to perception, analysis, and visualisation of multiple solutions for design problems, live exposure to design projects and field experience, aimed at meeting, inter alia, the following academic objectives, namely: (a) practicing the best of the past, relevance of today and sustainable tomorrow; (b) inculcate the ability to think independently and holistically; (c) innovate and learn through creative exploration and experimentation; (d) develop sensitivity towards and understanding of cultural diversity; (e) develop felicity in creative problem-solving; (f) integrate opportunities for experiential and exponential learning; (g) reinforce and integrate design learning with environmental, technological and social policy issues for strategic design intervention in all fields of the economy; (h) capitalise on the unique strengths in biodiversity, culture and crafts; (i) generate opportunities for design-based research; (j) provide opportunities for leadership and management in the design domain; (k) spread the power of design for problem-solving, opportunity creation, and nation building with good and affordable design to benefit society; (1) maintain and sustain ethical standards with academic honesty, integrity, and diversity and to integrate these core values into pedagogical practices that shall determine actions of the present and the future. (2) All academic programmes offered by the Institute shall be oriented to incorporate the following, namely: - (a) a subject-specific with an interdisciplinary approach to design for transferring culture to viable products and services; (b) strong skill base through hands-on and minds-on experience; (c) exposure to real-life professional situations through structured internships and design projects to provide a competitive edge to products and services through the design process and application of various design disciplines; (d) awareness of social and ethical dimensions of design; (e) value-based and socially relevant design; (f) global perspectives in design education and practice. (3) The overall structure of the Institute's academic programmes shall be a combination of – (a) theory, skills, and design projects with field experience; (b) feedback from relevant industry stakeholders and analysis of market needs; (c) cutting-edge design studios, skill and innovation labs; (d) knowledge Management Centre, and other such related infrastructural facilities; (e) intellectual resources. 4. Programmes. The institute shall offer the undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral degree, diplomas and certificate programmes in various faculty streams or any discipline in a faculty stream leading to the award of the respective degrees, diplomas or certificates on the students upon successful completion of the courses of study. 5. Undergraduate Programmes. – (1) The institute shall offer courses under Bachelor of Design in Industrial Design, Bachelor of Design in Communication Design, and Bachelor of Design in Textile and Apparel Design. (2) The Bachelor of Design programme shall be of four academic years comprising two semesters in each. (3) The maximum duration to complete the Bachelor of Design programme shall be six academic years and include the academic year repeat and academic break as stipulated in the undergraduate programmes. (4) All the Bachelor of Design programmes in any faculty stream shall have an initial two semesters as a common foundation programme. (5) The discipline or faculty stream allocation after the foundation programme shall be based on the performance of the students in their foundation programme and the allocation of the discipline or faculty stream after the foundation programme shall be as per the undergraduate programmes. (6) The foundation programme is followed by six semesters of learning in a faculty stream or any specialisation under any of the faculty streams. (7) Out of the six semesters, the final semester shall include a graduation project relevant to the respective faculty stream or specialisation accordingly. (8) A candidates who has passed or appears for the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination or equivalent in any stream (Science, Arts, Commerce, Humanities, etc.) from any recognised Board shall be eligible to apply for admission to the Bachelor of Design programme. (9) A candidates who possess the qualification from any country other than India, recognized by the Central Government shall also be eligible for admission to the Bachelor of Design programme. (10) A candidate who appears or has appeared for the qualifying examination and whose results has not been declared at the time of application for admission shall be eligible to apply for admission to the Bachelor of Design programme: Provided that such candidates shall, if selected, be granted provisional admission and shall be required to submit the result of the qualifying examination on or before the date specified by the Institute, failing which the candidate's admission shall stand cancelled. (11) The institute shall offer the Bachelor of Design programmes in full-time (regular) and in offline mode and may offer some of the courses in online and hybrid mode, if required, with the prior approval of the Activity Chairperson (Education). (12) The Senate shall with the prior approval of the Governing Council prepare and publish an undergraduate programmes for all Bachelor of Designs programme in each discipline. 6. Diploma or certificate programme. – The institute may offer any Diploma or certificate programmes in any discipline or specialisation, in accordance with the programmes prepared and published by the Senate, with the prior approval of the Governing Council of the institute. 7. Admission notification. – (1) Admission to all the academic programmes shall be notified at the national level through print, electronic media and on the website of the Institute and such other media as may be directed by the Governing Council, which inter alia, shall mention the last date for submission of application form. (2) The admission notification shall include the details of academic programmes offered, their eligibility criteria for admission, number of seats available and allocation of the same under various categories, reservation policy, duration of the programme, fee structure, application fee, age limits, venues for the admission test centres, selection process and timeline, and such other information as may be decided by the Governing Council. (3) All the information related to the admission may also be supplied as an admission booklet or brochure or prospectus and made available to the prospective students. 8. Admission test. – (1) The Institute shall conduct a national-level admission test to select the candidates for admission into its various programmes on offer at undergraduate, postgraduate and Doctoral levels. (2) The Institute may with the prior approval of the Governing Council also join any consortium or common entrance examination for the selection of students for the admission through its entrance examination score. 9. Reservation of seats. – The Institute shall follow relevant rules and regulations with respect to reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, differently-abled candidates, and other special categories of persons as notified by the Central Government from time to time for Institutions of National Importance. 10. Admission to foreign students. – Fifteen percent seats on supernumerary basis shall be reserved for foreign students over and above the allocated number of seats for admission to each programme. 11. Admission Committee and Admission Cell. – (1) The admission committee and the admission cell shall be duly constituted by the Director. (2) The admission committee with prior approval of the Senate shall lay down the norms, procedures and criteria for selection through the admission tests. (3) The admission cell shall implement the norms, procedures and the criteria referred to in sub-paragraph (2). 12. Enrolment of students. – (1) Every student offered admission to a programme at the Institute shall submit to the academic office of the Institute within the stipulated period, such academic certificates and documents as may be required, failing which their candidature shall stand cancelled. (2) Every student offered admission shall pay the tuition and other fees and deposits as notified by the Institute, within the stipulated period, failing which their candidature shall stand cancelled. (3) Upon payment of fees and deposits and upon verification and submission of all mandatory documents, the Institute shall provide an Enrolment Number to the student. (4) The Enrolment Number shall be the permanent reference number in all records of the Institute pertaining to the student concerned irrespective of the students' academic incidents, such as academic year, repeat or academic break. (5) The date of initial registration for any programme shall normally be the date on which the student formally registers for the respective programme upon payment of fees which shall be construed as the date of joining the programme for all purposes. (6) The enrolment of a student may be terminated on disciplinary grounds, in accordance with the disciplinary rules of the Institute. 13. Tuition and other fees and deposits. – The prescribed tuition fees, other fees and deposits, except mess charges, as approved by the Governing Council, shall be payable by all students at the beginning of each academic year or semester as notified by the Institute. 14. Attendance, absence and leave for students. – A student shall be required to have minimum attendance at all lectures, tutorials, studio work, workshop practice sessions, field work, seminars and such other interfaces to become eligible for course evaluations, semester end jury, as may be determined by the Senate from time to time. 15. Student discipline and conduct. – (1) Every student shall observe discipline and maintain decorum both inside and outside the campus and shall not indulge in any activity which may bring disrepute to the Institute. (2) Every student shall observe the code of conduct stipulated by the Academic Advisory Committee from time to time. (3) Any act of indiscipline or misconduct or violations of the code of conduct or any kind of professional misconduct by any student, shall be dealt by the Academic Disciplinary Committee in accordance with the relevant rules, regulations, norms or procedure stipulated by the Academic Advisory Committee of the institute. 16. Academic Calendar. – The Activity Chairperson (Education) and Dean of the campus, in consultation with the Discipline leads, shall prepare and finalise the academic calendar of teaching and research programmes at the Institute and its campuses prior to the beginning of each academic year. 17. Maintenance of student records. (1) The Registrar shall maintain a personal record of every student admitted to the academic programmes at the respective campuses and such personal information shall be kept confidential. (2) The personal file shall contain: (a) personal data filled by the student at the time of admission; (b) information about parents and local guardian; (c) medical history and fitness certificate submitted at the time of admission; (d) all undertakings submitted by the student; (e) copy of any warning letters or memos issued to the student; (f) communication with the student or parent or guardian, if any; (g) copy of all evaluation grade sheets, academic progress reports and any certificates or letters issued to the students; (h) record of admission to the hostel including payment of fees; and (i) record of payment of fees of the institute and all such other information relevant to the study and campus life of the students. 18. Conduct of Examinations. – (1) The Institute shall have credit based assessment and evaluation system, for the students during and at the end of the semester conducted as under: (a) credits-based evaluation system including correlation between credit units, duration and the corresponding study load in terms of hours per week; (b) credits assigned to each course of study; (c) credits assigned for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities; (d) grading system including grading scales; (e) components of academic evaluation including coursework and jury; (f) parameters and stages of evaluation and assessment of any course; (g) prerequisites governing advancement of a student to the next semester or year; (h) such other criteria as may be notified by the Institute; (2) A student shall be required to fulfil credit and evaluation norms at every individual course level and semester level for successful completion of a programme of study. (3) The credits and evaluation norms for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes applicable on the date of commencement of these Ordinances shall remain valid and apply for the purpose of evaluation of all the programmes until the credit and evaluation norms are prepared and notified by the Senate on the recommendation of the Academic Advisory Committee under these Ordinances. 19. Grievances Redressal Committee. – (1) The Director shall appoint an Academic Grievances Redressal Committee to address grievances relating to academic matters. (2) The Committee shall comprise at least three members of the faculty to be nominated by the Director. (3) The faculty against whom a grievance is made, shall not be nominated as a member of such Committee. (4) Any grievance related to academic matters shall first be submitted to the Activity Chairperson (Education), who shall resolve the grievance in consultation with the Discipline Lead concerned or the authorities concerned, failing which the grievance shall be referred to the Grievances Redressal Committee. (5) The Grievances Redressal Committee shall submit its recommendations to the Activity Chairperson (Education). (6) The recommendation of the Grievances Redressal Process shall be communicated to the student concerned within a month of filing of the grievance. 20. International and domestic linkages. The Institute shall maintain linkages at the national and international level with public and private institutes and organisations with similar orientation and academic interest in the form of student or faculty exchange, training, research, twinning programmes and projects. 21. Emergent Cases. – The Director may, in emergent situations, take such decision and action on any academic matter as deemed appropriate and report it at the next meeting of the authority concerned and all such decisions shall be brought before the Senate in its next meeting for the approval of the Senate. Dr. N. TEJ LOHIT REDDY, IAS, Director Officiating [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./338/2024-25] Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.