STUDENT HANDBOOK

1. Attendance Requirement

• A student who does not satisfy the attendance requirements will not be eligible to
take examination of the programme.

• No request for the waiver of short attendance will be entertained.

• Written permission of the classroom coordinator/HUGHES/Institute is mandatory

before taking leave.

2. Assignments & Practice Sessions

Student is required to undertake assignments & practice sessions without adopting any
unfair means or methods & on time as per the time schedule
provided.

3. Refund of Fees

No refund of fees is permissible once a candidate has been admitted to the

programme.

The fees and other dues, once paid, under no circumstances will be refundable,
adjustable or transferable.

Students discontinuing in the middle of the course will not be refunded the fee, other
dues and security deposits (if any).

4. Academic Discipline & Behavior

HUGHES attaches great importance to integrity, honesty and discipline. A sense of

responsibility and a high degree of maturity are expected from all the students inside or
outside the classrooms.HUGHES/Institute/Class-room coordinators can initiate serious
disciplinary action against a student found guilty of the same.

All students admitted in the programme must observe the rules and regulations that
may be framed from time to time by HUGHES/Institute.

Students are required to maintain absolute self-discipline, in the classroom. Violation

of the rules will result in severe disciplinary action against the offenders with penalty
or debarment of the student or both.

Each student is responsible for the proper handling and safe custody of any apparatus
or equipment that he/she may be using. In case of
any damage or loss to the property by unfair means, the student has to pay the cost of
repair or replacement to the center authorities.

Student must show obedience to all the members of the staff in regard to their effort
in maintaining the academic discipline & process
compliances.

All communication from the students should be addressed to the email ids provided
to them.

In matters of administration, training and discipline, the decision of the Programme

Director/ Coordinator shall be final and binding on all
students.

Listed below are examples of conduct for which

which action may be taken if a violation occurs at
the sole discretion of the Institute or HUGHES:

1. Dishonesty, such as cheating, plagiarism, or knowingly furnishing false information

to the institute / HUGHES or deliberate suppression of
fact and /or relevant information.

2. Forgery, alteration, or use of Institute / HUGHES documents, records, or

instruments of identification with intent to defraud;

3. Intentional obstruction or disruption of teaching, administration, or other

institutes/HUGHES activities and other authorized activities
atHUGHES/Institutes,premises;

4. Absence without permission from the Class Room Coordinator and the faculty.
 5. Mass absence from the classes.

6. Drunkenness.

7. Damage to the property of the center, institute or HUGHES.

8. Riotous or violent or disorderly behaviors.

9. Reporting fictitious data for empirical study or assignments.

10. Theft, fraud or dishonesty;

11. Permitting, whether willfully or otherwise, a co-student to copy from one’s answer
book or document or material.

12. Smoking in the classrooms earmarked for lectures.

13. Communication of written analyses or answers, in any manner whatsoever, to other

student(s) in respect of home assignments or projects of individual nature;

14. Whispering or communicating with one another by means of signs, symbols or

gestures or in any other body language in the examination hall;

15. Impersonation or proxy submission of assignments, reports or other documents to

the faculty;

16. Defacing of walls and / or furniture with graffiti;

17. Leveling false and baseless allegations against any faculty member or officer or
employee of the institute or HUGHES.

18. Indulging in any act subversive of general discipline (the word ‘discipline’ being used
here in its generic sense and its widest amplitude),inside or outside the class, and/or
is detrimental to the reputation, image or standing of the institute/ HUGHES.

19. Doing, or causing to do, any act, which is likely to adversely affect the relations of the
institute / HUGHES with its customers;

20. Violation of published institutes / HUGHES regulations.

The Institute/ HUGHES will initiate serious disciplinary action against a student found
guilty of any of the above including debarring the
student from the program.

Classroom coordinators are also empowered to initiate any disciplinary action against a
student on any of the items above pertaining to the
administration of the program in respective centers in consultation with the programme
coordinator.

5. Withdrawal from the Program and Rejoining

A student wishing to withdraw is required to inform Programme Coordinator/ HUGHES/

Institute prior to taking the same. An approval for the same
from the programme coordinator / HUGHES/ Institute is essential.
Rejoining to the programme is not a guarantee but is subject to the availability of seat/
centre/ programme and subject to approval of the Institute /
HUGHES.
Break in the program is not permitted as a rule.
Batch change is not permitted as a rule. However, in special cases, students are requested to
correspond with respective institute for such
cases and permission sought in writing. Institutes are free to accede or refuse such requests at
their discretion.

Final decision to all the policies and rules lay with the Programme Coordinator/ Director of
the programme and will be binding
binding on the student.

6. Rules to be followed during Examinations

Students should report at the examination room at least 5 minutes before the
scheduled time. Students will not be permitted into the examination room after the
question paper is distributed.

Students are expected to equip themselves with pen, pencil, ruler, calculator etc.
Borrowing of books, study material, calculators etc., is strictly prohibited in the
examination room .

If it is a pen and paper examination, on entering the examination room, each student
should collect the answer booklet from the invigilator. Students are required to take
their seats as per the instructions. Answer booklets are not exchangeable.

Students must fill the particulars on the cover page of answer booklet before
proceeding to attempt any question. The same is the case with
every additional booklet used.

A student must not refer to any book, paper or other notes, unless it is an open book
examination. Except for open-book examinations, all books and study material must
be left outside the examination venue. The Examination Centre will not be held
responsible for the loss or theft of any material from within or outside the
examination venue. Students are, therefore, advised to refrain from carrying.
Important books, papers or other belongings to the examination venue to avoid the
risk of losing them.

Except for essential communication with the invigilator, a student is not permitted to
communicate in any form with anyone else during the examination. Passing or
receiving information in any f orm or peeping the answer books of others during the
examination constitutes misconduct and is strictly prohibited. A student, who assists
or abets giving or passing of information, in any form whatsoever, will be considered
as guilty and punishable as the one receiving it.

Students must stop writing or attempting the questions, as soon as the invigilator
signals the end of the time allotted for the examination.

Students are not allowed to leave the examination venue during the examination,
without the express permission of the invigilator.

Answer books should be handed over to the invigilator once the student finishes the
examination. It is the sole responsibility of the student to ensure that his/her answer
book is promptly handed over to the invigilator.

Any violation of the norms of examination will be considered a serious offence and an
act of misconduct. In such an event, the student will be liable for forfeiture of the
answer book and expulsion from the examination hall at once. If the gravity of the
offence is so grave as to adversely affect the reputation of the institute and/or the fair
conduct of the examination and/or the general discipline, the student will be liable
for expulsion from the programme.

7. Using of unfair means in the Examinations

Copying in any form in the assignments or in any examination will be considered as an act of
indiscipline. The institute will initiate serious disciplinary action against a student found
guilty of any of the above including debarring the student from the program.

8. Archived Sessions Access

HughesNet Global Education shall make all efforts to students to access archived copy of the
lectures/ sessions, which they have missed due to their absence from the class. It may be
noted that its not obligatory on part of HUGHES to provide the same as archives are also
governed by IPR norms & restrictions & often not allowed by Institutes. HUGHES shall
however make best effort towards this & student is advised to contact their respective
classroom coordinators for the same. It is expressly mentioned here that providing archives
and the terms of such provision is entirely at the discretion of HUGHES/Institute. Provision
of archives is NOT part of the offerings to the student & hence to right can be exercised in
this matter.