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Academic Calendar - EVEN Semester Jan-May 2021

Days	January 2021		February 2021		March 2021		April 2021		May 2021		June 2021
Sat									1
Sun									2
Mon			1	BAR Meeting / Jan May 2021 Semester classes begin / ADD/Drop Courses Begins	1				3
Tue			2	D&WC Meeting	2				4		1
Wed			3	P&AC Meeting	3				5		2	SENATE meeting
Thu			4	MoU sub-committee	4		1		6		3
Fri	1		5		5		2	Good Friday	7	Jan May 2021 Semester classes end / BAC Meeting	4	Trimester 3 ends for B.Tech, Dual and M.A 2020 Batch
Sat	2		6	GATE 2021	6		3		8		5
Sun	3		7	GATE 2021	7		4		9		6
Mon	4		8	HoD Meeting	8	HoD Meeting	5	Trimester 3 begins for B.Tech, Dual and M.A 2020 Batch / Class Committee Week	10	HoD Meeting / BAR Meeting / Jan May 2021 Semester Exams begin End Sem - A	7
Tue	5		9		9		6		11	D&WC Meeting / Technology Day / End Sem - G	8
Wed	6		10		10		7		12	P&AC Meeting End Sem - B	9
Thu	7		11		11		8		13	MoU sub-committee End Sem - H/J	10
Fri	8		12		12	Trimester 2 ends for B.Tech, Dual and M.A 2020 Batch	9		14	Idu’l Fitr (Ramzan) - $	11
Sat	9		13	GATE 2021	13		10		15		12
Sun	10		14	GATE 2021 / JAM 2021	14		11		16		13	HSEE 2021
Mon	11	HoD Meeting /	15	1^st TTC Meeting / Class Committee Week	15		12	HoD Meeting / 3^rd TTC Meeting	17	End Sem - C	14	HoD Meeting
Tue	12		16		16		13	Vishu/Vaisakhi / Ugadi	18	End Sem - K/L	15
Wed	13		17		17		14		19	End Sem - D	16
Thu	14	Pongal *	18		18		15		20	End Sem - H/J	17
Fri	15		19		19		16		21	End Sem - M	18
Sat	16		20		20		17		22		19
Sun	17		21		21		18		23		20
Mon	18	Exams begin for 1st semester and jan may 2020 course End Sem - J Slot	22		22	2^nd TTC Meeting	19	Registration Week	24	End Sem - F Jan May 2021 Exams end	21
Tue	19	End Sem - A	23		23		20		25		22
Wed	20	End Sem - G	24	SENATE meeting	24		21		26	Buddha Purnima	23
Thu	21	End Sem - C	25		25		22		27		24
Fri	22	End Sem - H	26		26		23		28		25
Sat	23	End Sem - B	27		27		24		29		26
Sun	24		28		28		25	Mahavir Jayanthi	30		27
Mon	25	Trimester 2 begins for B.Tech, Dual and M.A 2020 Batch / End Sem - Slots X,Y)			29		26	4^th TTC Meeting	31	5^th TTC Meeting Batch / Class Committee Week	28
Tue	26	Republic Day *			30		27				29
Wed	27	End Sem - Slot D			31		28				30
Thu	28	End Sem - Z, M					29
Fri	29	BAC Meeting / End Sem - Slot E					30
Sat	30	Exam ends Slot F
Sun	31
Working Days				20		23		20		5
Cumulative Working Days				20		43		63		68

Highlighted days are holidays / Non-Instructional days subject to approval of Administration Office

*Closed Holiday for Library

$ - Subject to change depending upon the Appearance of moon

Technology Day: 11.05.2021

Commencement of classes (Jul-Nov 2021 semester): 02.08.2021
Abbreviation: BAC-Board of Academic Courses; BAR-Board of Academic Research; P&AC-Prices and Award Committee; D&WC-Disciplinary and Welfare Committee; MoU-Memorandum of Understanding; GATE-Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering; JAM-Joint Admission; JEE (Adv.)-Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced); HSEE-Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination; TTC-Time Table Committee; TCF-Teacher Course Feedback; TA-Teaching Assistant;

Commencement of classes (Jul-Nov 2021 semester): 02.08.2021

Abbreviation: BAC-Board of Academic Courses; BAR-Board of Academic Research; P&AC-Prices and Award Committee; D&WC-Disciplinary and Welfare Committee; MoU-Memorandum of Understanding; GATE-Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering; JAM-Joint Admission; JEE (Adv.)-Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced); HSEE-Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination; TTC-Time Table Committee; TCF-Teacher Course Feedback; TA-Teaching Assistant;

For B.Tech, Dual Degree, M.A 2020 Batch

Trimester 1: Exam + Vacation January 1 to 24, 2021

Trimester 2: Exam + Vacation March 13 to April 4, 2021

Trimester 3: Exam + Vacation June 5 to July 3, 2021

Date: 07.01.2021

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Academic Calendar - ODD Semester Jul-Nov 2021

Days	July 2021		August 2021		September 2021		October 2021		November 2021		December 2021
Sat
Sun			1
Mon			2	Enrolment at Dept. / Commencement of Classses / ADD/Drop Courses Begins					1
Tue			3						2
Wed			4		1	Quiz-I C/ J			3	SENATE meeting	1
Thu	1		5		2	Quiz-I E / L			4	Deepavali $*	2
Fri	2		6		3	Quiz-I F /K	1		5		3
Sat	3		7	IEC Meeting	4		2	Gandhi Jayanthi *	6		4	IEC Meeting
Sun	4		8		5	Teachers’day	3		7		5
Mon	5		9	HoD Meeting / 1^st TTC Meeting	6	Quiz-I A / H	4		8	HoD Meeting /	6	Class Committee Week
Tue	6		10		7	Quiz-I B / M	5		9		7
Wed	7		11		8	Quiz-I D (Interchange of C&D slots)	6	Quiz-II C/ J	10		8
Thu	8		12		9	Quiz-I G (Interchange of E&G slots)	7	Quiz-II E / L	11	Educational Day	9
Fri	9		13	BAC Meeting	10	Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh Chaturthi	8	BAC Meeting Quiz-II F /K	12	Last Instructional Day / Compilation of attendance	10
Sat	10		14		11		9		13		11
Sun	11		15	Independence Day*	12		10		14		12
Mon	12	HoD Meeting	16	BAR Meeting / Class Committee Week	13	HoD Meeting	11	Quiz-II A / H BAR Meeting / HoD Meeting	15	End Sem - A / 4^th TTC Meeting	13	HoD Meeting
Tue	13		17	D&WC Meeting	14		12	Quiz-II B / M D&WC Meeting	16	End Sem - G	14
Wed	14		18	P&AC Meeting	15	Engineers’ Day / Friday Timetable	13	Quiz-I D (Interchange of C&D slots) P&AC Meeting	17	End Sem - B	15
Thu	15		19	Muharram $	16		14	MoU sub-committee Quiz-II G (Interchange of F&G slots)	18	End Sem - H/J	16
Fri	16		20	MoU sub-committee /	17		15	Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)	19	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	17
Sat	17		21		18		16		20	End Sem - C	18
Sun	18		22		19		17		21		19
Mon	19		23	Thursday Timetable	20	2^nd TTC Meeting Class Committee Week	18	3^rd TTC Meeting	22	End Sem - K/L	20	5^th TTC Meeting
Tue	20		24		21		19	Milad-un-Nabi (or) Id-e-Milad (Prophet Mohammad’s B’Day) $	23	End Sem - D	21
Wed	21	Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid) - $	25	SENATE meeting	22		20		24	End Sem - E	22
Thu	22		26		23		21		25	End Sem - M	23
Fri	23	CONVOCATION	27		24		22		26	Exam Sem - F	24
Sat	24		28		25		23		27	Vacation Begins	25	Christmas *
Sun	25		29		26		24		28		26
Mon	26	M.Tech./ M.Sc./MBA Admission	30		27		25	Registration Week	29		27
Tue	27	B.Tech, DD & MA Admission & Orientation / M.Tech spot admission	31		28		26		30		28
Wed	28	B.Tech, DD & MA - Photo session & workflow enrollment/M.Tech spot admission			29		27				29
Thu	29	M.Tech. / M.Sc. / MBA - Photo session & workflow enrollment/ B.Tech., DD & MA – Dept. Visit			30		28				30
Fri	30	M.Tech/M.Sc/MBA Orientation & course registration at Dept./ B.Tech.& DD- English Diagnostic Test					29				31
Sat	31	M.Tech.& M.Sc. - English Diagnostic Test					30
Sun							31
Working Days				21		21		19		9
Cumulative Working Days				21		42		61		70

Highlighted days are holidays / Non-Instructional days subject to approval of Administration Office

*Closed Holiday for Library

$ - Subject to change depending upon the Appearance of moon

Teachers’ Day: 05-09-2021

Engineers’ Day: 15-09-2021

Educational Day: 11.11.2021


Abbreviation: BAC-Board of Academic Courses; BAR-Board of Academic Research; P&AC-Prices and Award Committee; D&WC-Disciplinary and Welfare Committee; MoU-Memorandum of Understanding; IEC – Institutional Ethics Committee; GATE-Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering; JAM-Joint Admission; JEE (Adv.)-Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced); HSEE-Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination; TTC-Time Table Committee; TCF-Teacher Course Feedback; TA-Teaching Assistant

Abbreviation: BAC-Board of Academic Courses; BAR-Board of Academic Research; P&AC-Prices and Award Committee; D&WC-Disciplinary and Welfare Committee; MoU-Memorandum of Understanding; IEC – Institutional Ethics Committee; GATE-Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering; JAM-Joint Admission; JEE (Adv.)-Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced); HSEE-Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination; TTC-Time Table Committee; TCF-Teacher Course Feedback; TA-Teaching Assistant

Date: 07.01.2021

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Historical Academic Calendars

For your reference, academic calendars for previous semesters are available below.