INFORMATION REGARDING MANDATORY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT
Update on Mandatory Additional Requirement (MAR)
Mandatory Additional Requirement (MAR) is an integral part of the under-graduate (UG) course curriculum of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), WB. As the University is aimed at all round development of the students, MAR has been introduced to encourage them to be involved in: Social developmental activities, get enrolled in online and other courses and undertake entrepreneurial activities. Accordingly the students will choose activities of their choice/interest and earn Activity Points for MAR. A minimum of 20 or maximum 30 MAR activity points must be achieved in an academic year by every student.
The Revised Tables for MAR Activities with respect to different courses are:
For the Four Years B.Tech Courses
CAME TO KNOW | CURRENT SEMESTER | MINIMUM ACTIVITY POINTS (for the whole curriculum) | MINIMUM ACTIVITY POINTS (for the remaining curriculum) |
1st semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 1st semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 100 | 100 |
1st semester (July-Dec) 2018 | 3rd semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 100 | 75 |
3rd semester (July-Dec) 2018 | 5th Semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 75 | 50 |
5th semester (July-Dec) 2018 | 7th Semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 50 | 25 |
For the Five Years B.Arch Courses
| CAME TO KNOW | CURRENT SEMESTER | MINIMUM ACTIVITY POINTS (for the whole curriculum) | MINIMUM ACTIVITY POINTS (for the remaining curriculum) |
| 1st semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 1st semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 125 | 125 |
| 1st semester (July-Dec) 2018 | 3nd semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 125 | 100 |
| 3rd semester (July-Dec) 2018 | 5th Semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 100 | 75 |
| 5th semester (July-Dec) 2018 | 7th Semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 75 | 50 |
| 7th semester (July-Dec) 2018 | 9th Semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 50 | 25 |
For the Three Years Bachelor Courses
| CAME TO KNOW | CURRENT SEMESTER | MINIMUM ACTIVITY POINTS (for the whole curriculum) | MINIMUM ACTIVITY POINTS (for the remaining curriculum) |
| 1st semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 1st semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 75 | 75 |
| 1st semester (July-Dec) 2018 | 3nd semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 75 | 50 |
| 3rd semester (July-Dec) 2018 | 5th Semester (July-Dec) 2019 | 50 | 25 |
Certificates are to be produced for all activities
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with Answers:
Q.1. We need to know that whether a student needs to be awarded with a minimum of 20 or maximum of 30 MAR activity points in one academic year or not. If the maximum points to be awarded is bounded to 30 then what would be the status of the students who in the first year first semester have already got greater than 30?
Ans: As regards your query, the provision for a minimum of 20 and maximum of 30 activity points are there as the University wants continuity in activities over the semesters. But in the case of those who have exceeded the maximum, points will be added cumulatively. Again, MAR activity points are calculated annually. Those who have already exceeded 30, may or may not do any activity in the next sem. But extra activities will always be mentioned in the final certificate issued by the University.
Q. 3. I am a student of BCA fourth semester and I want to know if I join some additional courses after the semester exam in some outside Institute, will that add to my credit points? If yes, then under which criteria?
Ans: These courses will fetch similar activity points as MOOCs, provided they issue certificates.
Q. 4. What does the "student chapter" and "self entrepreneurship program" in the record form actually mean?
Ans: Some colleges are members of different professional institutes, which organize seminars and workshops and the students participate in those. That is known as “student chapter”. If your college is a member of any such institute, then you can participate.
“Self-Entrepreneurship programme” means if you are interested in any start-up initiative of your own, that is, you want to start a business of your own, then you can get points. Also you can create videos, organize and take part in workshops regarding starting a business etc. and achieve activity points.
Q. 5. If one student participates in an industrial visit in 1st semester, can he/she participate in the same industrial visit in the 2nd sem? Maximum 20 points and minimum 10 points is allocated for industrial visit. Can we get any point between 10 to 20 for only one industrial visit?
Ans: It must be noted that same industry visit in different semesters will not fetch points. Different industry visits will surely be eligible for getting points. The points will not be between 10 and 20, but 10 for one and 20 for two visits.
Q.6. Can a student enrolled in MOOCs for achieving B.Tech/BBA Honours Degree get points for MAR from the same courses?
Ans: No. The courses must be different. However, any course, technical/non-technical, offline certification courses etc are eligible for earning points for MAR. the course basket is not fixed like Honours.
Common Record sheet of Activities for Mandatory Additional Requirement applicable for all UG Programmes
College Code and Name: | Course: | ||||||||||||||
Student Name: | University Roll No: | Registration No: | |||||||||||||
Total number of Semesters: | Points Per activity pper | Max. Points Allowed | Points Earned in different Semesters | ||||||||||||
Sl No. | Activity | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |||
1 | MOOCS (SWAYAM/NPTEL/Spoken Tutorial/any technical, non-technical course) and any off-line certificate or diploma course of MAKAUT or other Institutions per course | ||||||||||||||
For 12 weeks duration/40 Hours | 20 | 40 | |||||||||||||
For 8 weeks duration/30 Hours | 16 | ||||||||||||||
For 4 weeks duration/20 Hours | 10 | ||||||||||||||
For 2 weeks duration/10 Hours | 5 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Tech Fest/Fest/Seminars/Teachers Day/Fresher’s Welcome | ||||||||||||||
Organizer | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Participant | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
3 | Rural Reporting | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||
4 | Tree Plantation and up keeping (per tree) | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
5 | Participation in Relief Camps | ||||||||||||||
a) | Collection of fund/ materials for the Relief Camp (the amount is not relevant) | 5 | 40 | ||||||||||||
b) | To be a part of the Relief Work Team | 20 | |||||||||||||
6 | Participation in Debate/Group Discussion/ Tech quiz /Quiz/Seminar/Music-Dance/any Performing Arts workshop | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Total number of Semesters: | Points | Max. Points Allowed | Points Earned in different Semesters | ||||||||||||
Sl No. | Activity | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |||
7 | Publication of Wall magazine in institutional level (magazine/article/internet) | ||||||||||||||
Editor | 10 | 20 | |||||||||||||
Writer | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||||
8 | Publication in News Paper, Magazine & Blogs | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
9 | Research Publication (per publication) | 15 | 30 | ||||||||||||
10 | Innovative Projects (other than course curriculum) | 30 | 60 | ||||||||||||
11 | Blood donation | 8 | 16 | ||||||||||||
Blood donation camp Organization | 10 | 20 | |||||||||||||
12 | Participation in Sports/Games | ||||||||||||||
a) | College level | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||
b) | University Level | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
c) | District Level | 12 | 24 | ||||||||||||
d) | State Level | 15 | 30 | ||||||||||||
e) | National/International Level | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||||
13 | Cultural Programme (Dance, Drama, Elocution, Music etc.) | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
14 | Member of Professional Society | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
15 | Student Chapter | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
16 | Relevant Industry Visit & Report/Hotel-Event Management Training & Report | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Total number of Semesters: | Points | Max. Points Allowed | Points Earned in different Semesters | ||||||||||||
Sl No. | Activity | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |||
17 | Photography activities in different Club(Photography club, Cine Club, Gitisansad) | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||
18 | Participation in Yoga Camp (Certificate to be submitted) | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||
19 | Community Service & Allied Activities | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
20 | Adventure Sports with Certification | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
21 | Training to under privileged / Differently Abled | 15 | 30 | ||||||||||||
22 | Self-Entrepreneurship Programme | ||||||||||||||
a) | To organise entrepreneurship programmes and workshops | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
b) | To take part in entrepreneurship workshop and get certificate | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||
c) | Video film making on entrepreneurship | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
d) | Submit business plan on any project | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||||
e) | To work for start-up/as entrepreneur | 20 | |||||||||||||
Total Points | |||||||||||||||
Signature of College/Institute SPOC for MAR | |||||||||||||||
*Please abide strictly to the Notes at the end of the Notice of MAKAUT,WB regarding Mandatory Additional Requirement for earning UG Degree | |||||||||||||||
*Activity Points are to be uploaded in the given format in the specific MAR portal of the University, which will be notified. | |||||||||||||||
*If any student performs activities outside the list enclosed, then he/she can do so with prior approval of the University. | |||||||||||||||
Single Point of Contact (SPOC) of MAKAUT for MAR
Rapti Ray
Mobile: 9433581801
E-mail: rapti.ray63@gmail.com
MAKAUT E-mail : makautwbhelp@gmail.com
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