Nagpur University REVISED SYLLABUS FOR MBA EXAMINATION

Nagpur University REVISED SYLLABUS FOR MBA EXAMINATION

Scheme of Examination
1.
The duration of M.B.A. course shall be of Two years consisting Semester-I & II in first year and
Semester-III & IV in second year.
2.

Subject to compliance with the provisions of this direction and of other ordinances in force from time to time, an applicant for admission to this course shall have passed degree examination of Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University or any other recognized University equivalent thereto with 45% aggregate marks for open category and 40% marks aggregate for Backward Class candidates or as notified by the state Government from time to time. Provided that Students admitted through Central Entrance Test (CAP) conducted by Directorate or any other entrance examination conducted by competent authority approved by the directorate of technical education and fulfilling the eligibility conditions prescribed by the Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University shall only be admitted to this Course.
a. The Examinations for Semester II and IV shall be held twice a year at such places and on such
dates as may be fixed by the University.

b. The examinations for semester I and III shall be conducted by the respective Institute / Department and the dates of examination will be announced by the Director of the Institute / Department.
3.
The fees for examination shall be as prescribed by the Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur
University from time to time.
4.

Applicant for the examination prosecuting a regular course of study leading to the Master Degree in Business Administration shall not be permitted to join any other course in this University or any other University simultaneously.




(a) The examinee of Semester-I (M.B.A) examination shall be examined in the following
subjects by the respective Institutes / Department namely:
1.
Principles of Business Management
2.
Foundation course in Marketing Management
3.
Foundation course in Human Resource Management
4.
Foundation course in Information Technology Management

5.
Foundation course in Accounting
6.
Quantitative Decision Making
7.
Business Legislation
8.
Financial Management
b) The candidate of MBA Semester II shall be offered Four Compulsory papers and Two Specialisation
Subjects. Each Specialisation Subject shall have TWO papers of 100 marks each as given below.
Semester-II (M.B.A) examination shall be conducted by the University in the following subjects namely:
1.
Organisation Behavior & Development
2.
Managerial Economics
3.
Environment Management
4.
Business Research
5.
Specialisation – I: Paper- I
6.
Specialisation – I: Paper- II
7.
Specialisation – II: Paper -I
8.
Specialisation –II: Paper- II
c) The candidate of MBA Semester III shall be offered Six Compulsory papers and Two Specialisation
Subjects. Each Specialisation Subject shall have ONE paper of 100 marks each as given below. The
examination will be internal and would be conducted by the respective Institutes / Departments namely:
1.
Applied Operations Research
2.
Entrepreneurial Development
3.
Strategic Management
4.
Business Ethics & Corporate Governance
5.
Public System Management
6.
Project Management and Quality Management
7.
Specialisation – I: Paper- III
8.
Specialisation – II: Paper- III
d) The candidate of MBA Semester IV Examination shall offer Three Papers each from T wo
Specialisation Subjects, which he/she has opted. Each paper will be of 100 marks and the Project
Work of 200 marks. The examination and Project evaluation will be conducted by the University.
1.
Specialisation – I: Paper- IV
2.
Specialisation – I: Paper- V
3.
Specialisation – I: Paper- VI
4.
Specialisation –II: Paper- IV
5.
Specialisation – II: Paper- V
6.
Specialisation – II: Paper- VI
7.
Project Report ( from any one of the Specialisation subjects opted )
7.
Each paper of Semester I, II, III & IV (M.B.A) examination shall carry 100 marks and shall be
distributed as under:
Marks
1] Written examination
80
2] Internal assessment
20
Internal assessment marks shall be awarded by the Head of the Department in consultation with the
faculty members subject to moderation by H.O.D./Director and shall be based on:
1) Participation in seminars, case discussions & group work activities
-
5 marks 2) Class tests, quizzes, individual and group oral presentations
-
5 marks
3) Submission of written assignments, term papers and viva-voce
-
5 marks
4) Class-room participation and attendance
-
5 marks
Total Marks :
20 marks
The weightage given to each of these factors shall be decided and announced at the beginning of the
semester by individual faculty members responsible for the paper.
8.
Project Work will be compulsory for each student appearing at the semester- IV (M.B.A)
Examination.
(i)
Project shall carry 200 marks as follows-
Marks
Project work (Evaluation by External Examiner)
:

100
Seminar and open defense evaluation (by External
And Internal Examiner)
:
50
Viva-voce by External & Internal Examiner
:
50
200
(ii)

Two copies of Project work (Printed or Type Written) shall be submitted to the University through the supervisor of the candidate and the Principal/ Director / Head of the Institute/ Department, at least two month prior to the date of commencement of Semester-IV Examination and one copy will be retained by the college/Department for internal evaluation purpose.
(iii)
A Candidate shall submit with his/her project work, a certificate from the Supervisor to the effect-
(a) That the candidate has satisfactorily completed the Project work for not less than one session and
(b) That the Project work is the result of the candidates own work and is of sufficiently high standard
to warrant its presentation for examination.
(iv)

Candidate shall submit his declaration that the Project is the result of his own research work and the same has not been previously submitted to any examination of this University or any other University. The Project shall be liable to be rejected and /or cancelled if found otherwise.
(v)

The Project work shall be evaluated through seminar and open defense and Viva-voce at the College/ Department by internal and external examiners appointed by universitybefore Semester-IV Examination.
A student appearing for MBA Semester IV Examination will have to pay additional fees as prescribed
by the University from time to time
9.
The scope of the subject, percentage of passing in theory and project will be governed as per
following rules:
i)

In order to pass at the Semester I, II, III & IV examinations and examinee shall obtain not less than 50% marks or B grade in each head of passing of every paper, that is to say separately in the university examination , internal evaluation and in three heads of passing of project work.
ii)

An examinee who is unsuccessful at the examination shall be eligible for admission to the subsequent examinations on payment of a fresh fee prescribed for the examination together with the conditions of the ordinance in force from time to time.
iii)

An examinee who has failed at the sessional examination only; shall be required to register himself/herself afresh for doing the sessional work again in the Department / College in the subject/subjects/project work in which he/she has failed on payment of fresh sessional fees as prescribed by the University from time to time. Such students shall complete their Sessional work in the next semester. The Director shall on being satisfied about the completion of sessional work of such a candidate send the fresh sessional marks to the university and these fresh sessional
marks shall be taken into consideration for computing his/her results at the examination.
iv)
There shall be no classification of successful examinees at the Semester I, II & III examinations.
v)

Successful examinees obtaining 60% or more marks in the aggregate of Semester II and & IV examinations taken together i.e. out of 1600 marks shall be placed in the First Division and those obtaining less than 60% but not less than 50% in the Second Division.

The grades awarded by the respective Institute / Department for Semester I shall be mentioned in Semester II mark sheet & III Semester Examination grades shall be mentioned in the Mark-Sheet of IV (Final) Semester Examination issued by the University
vi)

Provision of Direction No.44 of 2001 governing the award of grace marks for passing an examination, securing higher division /class and for securing distinction in the subjects shall apply to the examination.
vii)

No person shall be admitted to this examination, if he has already passed the same examination or an examination of any other statutory University (which has been recognized as equivalent to that examination.)
viii)
Examinee successful at the Semester I, II, III and IV examinations shall, on payment of the
prescribed fee, receive a Degree in the prescribed form signed by the Vice-Chancellor.
10.
Norms of Theory Paper / Project Work:
o
For all Theory Papers there shall be at least T H R EE Periods Per week per Subject of One Hour
duration.
o

The affiliated Management Institutes / Colleges/ Department shall declare the Specialisation it is offering before the commencement of admission process of Semester -I in their Information Brochure and web-site and communicate the same to the University well in advance. The Institute will offer the Specialisation proposed only if minimumFIVE students opt for the same.
o

For Project work/Research work a batch of TE N students per guide /supervisor has to be allotted by the Institute.THREE periods per week of one hour duration shall be the work load allotted for project guidance for ten students.



Guideline for Award of Grades
The Grades will be assigned in each Internal Assessment Paper on the following basis:
Marks Obtained
Grades
ABOVE 75 % --- A+
61 % - 75 % -- A
56% - 60% -- B+
50 % – 55% -- B
BELOW 50 % --FAIL