EIILM University, Jorethang, Sikkim has been established under ACT No.4 of 2006 and the Act having received assent of the Governor on 24.03.2006 and has been published under Government of Sikkim, Gazette Notification No.28/LD/2006 dated 3rd April, 2006.

Established in 1995, Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM) has created a unique position for itself in the corporate world. Known for its strong legacy of management programs, EIILM University has established its creditability in other areas of knowledge as well.

• Distance Education simply means imparting education from a distance. The teacher and the student are physically separated in this system of education
• EIILM University offers many Distance Education programs as part of its effort to provide education to the students who for various reasons cannot join the formal education stream.
• Various courses offered include postgraduate, graduate level degree courses and postgraduate level diploma level courses in different disciplines such as IT, Management , Biotechnology, Engineering, Fashion, Hospitality & Tourism, Media & Journalism, Insurance
• All the students who have enrolled in the program are provided with Coursepacks and Self Instruction Material (SIM) for respective courses.
• The student is required to undertake self-study using the programme guide and SIM provided.
• The University is using a nationwide network of ENC centers for various programs. This enables the students to choose a ENC center that is easily accessible to them.
• The Course Packs supplied to the student contains the assignments to be submitted by the student. Assignments are also available on the website. Depending upon the subject, required amount of practical training is imparted to students in the ENC center.

When a student takes up a correspondence course he/she is expected to study on his own from Self Instructional Material provided by the University. There may be some contact classes. A student does not have the benefit of a teacher for most part of the learning process who can provide him/her with academic counseling.

Distance Education is more structured and teacher-student contact is better. Here, the student is assigned to a ENC Center. The Center bridges the gap between the faculty at the University and the student. Center conducts counseling and tutoring in a classroom environment to provide fundamental knowledge on a topic. This counseling and tutoring helps a student to further carry on with self-study. Students have many other facilities also like practical training, laboratory facilities, etc. The students are also supposed to submit assignments at the ENC Center. These assignments are evaluated and the Faculty's / Lecturers at the ENC Centers can provide the students with counseling and tutoring based on any deficiencies noticed. Further these assignments are evaluated to provide continuous assessment of the performance of the student.

Please go through Support Services under Education Methodology in the prospectus to know more about it. Each course provides counseling and hands-on training at ENC Centers. Students, in their own interest, are advised to attend these classes. However, attendance is not mandatory.

Course fee and examination fees are detailed in the University Prospectus. No other payment is required to be paid to the University

There is no entrance examination for admission to any of the courses of the university at present. The admission to the courses is purely based on eligibility conditions related to academic qualifications of a student.

EIILM University will hold its convocation once in a year. The dates for the convocation are decided by EIILM University, Sikkim. However, please note that due to space constraints only selected distance education students, based on their merit position in the examinations are invited for the convocation.

Admissions for Indian (Domestic) Students: Admissions are accepted once in a year in yearly mode for the session July to June. Admission will be granted to individual candidates against applications submitted through the respective approved Centres of the University on the prescribed original application form filled up and completed in all respects by the candidate himself/herself. Special care should be taken to fill up the form legibly and without overwriting in black / blue ink and in capital letters only. No columns should be left blank. Photocopied forms will not be accepted by the University.

Students are advised to refer to University website from time to time for admission related announcements. Prospectus and Application can be obtained from the university recognized ENC Centers. The University website provides the list of authorized ENC Centers across the country.

(b) Admission for Centers Overseas: The procedure of admission for foreign Students will be same as that for the Indian students

NOTE: Admission will be granted only to those candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria.

Students in their final year or who have appeared in their final exams and are awaiting results are eligible to apply, provided their examinations including practical examinations/viva/assignments are over before 30 th November

The admission of the applicant will, however, remain provisional until he/she produces mark sheets and degree certificate confirming the eligibility on or before the dates stipulated by EIILM University. Provisional admission will automatically stand cancelled and the student will cease to be on rolls in case these documents are not submitted by due date. Such students will not be permitted to appear for the University Examinations. No communication will be provided in this regard. Fee paid is not refundable.

• Filled in application form has to be complete. Applicant is advised to read the instructions carefully before filling up the application form. All the supporting documents (as specified in the Prospectus/Application Form) should be enclosed along with the application form and should be attested by a Gazetted Officer or Notary Public .
• Documents to be Enclosed:
  - Course Fee Demand Draft drawn in favour of EIILM University only will be considered.
  
  Note: for course fee details are provided in the University Prospectus.
  
  
• X Standard Certificate for age proof or birth certificate.
• Educational Proof Certificates starting from X Standard have to be enclosed for verification of Eligibility Criteria.
• When a Degree or Diploma ' Provisional Pass Certificate' is enclosed, it is advisable to enclose the Mark Sheets of all the three/four years, as the case may be.
• Those who have not obtained the Provisional/Degree Certificate are advised to enclose all three/four years pass Mark Sheets along with Course Completion Certificate obtained from Principal/Director of institution where last studied. Duly certified Provisional Certificate/Degree Certificate has to be forwarded within the stipulated period as laid down by the University.
• Candidates having working experience have to enclose the 'Experience Certificate' obtained from the employer
  
  

NOTE: Applications shall be rejected without assigning any reasons for the following reasons.

1. Incomplete Application Form.
2. Non-enclosure of proof of eligibility qualifications.
3. Non-enclosure of Demand Draft or in case it is an outstation Demand Draft or Cheque/Cash
4. Documents enclosed are not attested by Gazetted Officer or Notary

Fee once paid is not refundable under any circumstances.

There is no provision for doing more than one course of EIILM University at the same time. A candidate is permitted to pursue only one course of EIILM University at a time.

Lateral entry is an opportunity given to a candidate having basic qualification and some other additional qualification/experience in the relevant field to enroll for a higher semester. However, such students will be required to appear and qualify in the previous semester/relevant papers. The candidate is required to pay a lateral entry fee as prescribed in the university prospectus in addition to the course semester fee in which he/she is seeking admission.

A student doing course with DDE has to register himself/herself for each semester to become eligible to appear for the University Examinations. The terms 'Fresh Registration' and 'Re-registration' are explained below: -

• (i) Fresh Admission or Registration - New candidates seeking admission are required to fill up New Admission Form.
• (ii) Re-registration - existing students who get promoted to higher semesters have to re-register at the beginning of a Session and it is termed as Re-registration.

Re-registration to the higher semester is mandatory to become eligible to appear for the university examination for existing students.

Re-registration to two Semesters simultaneously is not permitted.

If a student fails to clear any of the paper(s) or all subjects of a semester, he/she has to re-appear for the relevant paper(s) or semester by applying and filling up the re-sitting form along with relevant examination fee. The form will be made available at least 3 months before the university examinations along with necessary instructions.

• When a student is not in a position to complete the course within the maximum period stipulated, although re-registration was done earlier for all semesters
• Where the student had discontinued without registering for one or more semesters with or without arrears in earlier semesters: The student is required to apply for re-admission semester-wise during each session starting from the earliest non-re-registered semester.. The Re-admission form can be downloaded from the university website. The form should be complete in all respects and submitted along with necessary support documents and requisite fee. Incomplete application forms will not be considered for processing.

The Re-admission form can be downloaded from the university website. The form should be complete in all respects and submitted along with necessary support documents and requisite fee. Incomplete application forms will not be considered for processing.

1. After successful completion of the first four semesters of MCA, if a student wishes to discontinue the course, such student shall be awarded the Master of Science in Computer Science, MSc(CS).
2. MSc(CS) is an exit qualification of MCA. Hence, the student has to be enrolled in MCA. He becomes eligible for MSc(CS) on successful completion of the first four semesters.
3. Following conditions apply for becoming eligible for the award of MSc(CS):
   • A student is required to appear and successfully complete I, II, III and IV semesters of MCA to become eligible for the award of MSc(CS).
   • In case of Lateral entry scheme to Second Semester, a student who takes lateral entry in II semester will also be eligible for the award of MSc(CS) on successful completion of I, II, III and IV semester examinations.

Students who take lateral entry in third semester MCA are NOT eligible for the award of MSc(CS) except those who are given lateral in entry III semester in MCA by virtue of having a Graduation plus PGDCA / PGDIT from a recognized University or successful completion of DOECC after Graduation. (In case of Lateral Entry in III semester, students have to appear and pass the second semester examination while appearing for the III semester examination. They are exempted from I semester examination and hence the result sheet will indicate I semester as EXEMPTED).

Change of course is normally not permitted.

Forward duly filled in ENCC Transfer Form with enclosures at the beginning of the semester. However, students are requested to note the following:

1. No mid Semester Center Transfer is permitted.
2. Transfer from one ENCC to another for foreign nationals is not permitted.

No student is permitted to appear in the examination without the Admit Card and Identity Card. Please note that, any case of last minute loss of documents i.e. ID Card or Admit Card should be reported to the University immediately. The student is required to file an FIR and forward an affidavit for the loss to the Controller of Examinations (COE). Further, he/she has to take a written permission from COE for appearing in the examination. His/her result will not be published, if he/she appears without the permission of COE and also, until the matter is regularized. Immediately after the examination, he/she shall obtain a new ID card by sending the format available in the website along with a copy of the above documents to the Registrar.

A student should be careful while he/she fills the application form. Admit Card is issued according to the application form filled by the student. In case, a student has committed any mistake, he/she should immediately bring it to the notice of the Registrar / COE through his/her ENCC. The university reserves the right to accept or reject such requests.

The request has to reach the University at least 2 months before the university examinations.
Following procedures has to be followed

• Send an application stating that examination center change is required.
• Obtain the NOC of the ENC Centre where registered.
• Provide the reasons for requesting examination center transfer.
• Provide the proof of the reason, if available.
• Enclose Demand Draft favoring EIILM University as prescribed in the form.

NOTE: The university reserves the right to accept or reject such requests.

A student has to strictly adhere to the rules mentioned in the Question Paper. However, the student shall forward a written request for the mistake committed and the changes required. The results will not be published in all such cases. University is empowered to accept the request or otherwise.

Student cannot appear in the examination without the Admit Card. If the student has appeared in the examination without the Admit Card, then his/her result will not be published and suitable action will be initiated against the student.

The problem basically arises for students who have accumulated too many backlog papers. The examination time table is drawn to enable regular students to appear for the even or odd semesters. However, there may be students who have accumulated backlogs of their previous even and odd semesters. Thus, there could be a case where the paper for even semester from the backlog may clash with another paper of another even semester. Similar could be the case for odd semester papers. There is no provision for appearing in two separate papers in the same session on a particular day.

Unlike other vertical programmes re-registration to the higher semesters in EIILM University is not linked to clearance of the previous semesters. The structure also provides ample chance to the student to clear the backlog papers. A student gets two consecutive chances to clear a paper except in case of lateral entry.

The grouping of the subjects permits a student to appear in the backlog papers in every alternative semester. For instance a backlog paper of I semester can be taken with II Semester IV Semester and VI semester hence he/she gets 4 chances to appear for a subject. In case of lateral entry cases 3 chances. In every backlog paper a student gets a minimum of two consecutive chances.

The Schedule of the examination is such that the all ODD semester examinations are held together. Similarly, EVEN semester examinations are grouped together. This system enables a student to appear in the papers in respect of two semesters provided the combination of the semester is ODD and EVEN. While filling the re-sitting applications for the back papers, the students should meticulously plan as to which papers they would like to appear when ever there is a clash of papers due to above reason. Please note that the university will issue the admit card for all the backlog papers as requested in the re-sitting application submitted by the student irrespective of the fact as to whether the paper clashes or not. However, the student will be permitted to appear in any one of the paper of his choice. To conclude, it is emphasized that the system provides adequate opportunity to the student to clear the backlog papers.

There are no separate Supplementary Examinations. The Supplementary Examinations will be held along with the regular examinations. The exact dates will be published in the website prior to the commencement of the examination.

Evaluation system is as follows:-

• Internal Assessment (continuous evaluation)   -   40 percent
• Practical Examination   -   as prescribed
• Term End Examination   -   60 percent

Each paper shall consist of 100 marks.

Continuous evaluation is done through assignments, practical and viva at the respective Centre where the candidates have enrolled. Final examination will be conducted by the EIILM University at the end of the semester. A candidate's performance will be evaluated based on internal assessment and final examination independent of each other.

Candidates are required to pass Internal / External examination separately by securing atleast 40% minimum marks in each segment and 40% in aggregate for passing of the Semester.

The students are given assignments and are also expected to attend practical classes which need to be completed and submitted to the ENC centre as part of Internal Assessment. The faculty at centre will evaluate these assignments, practical logs and assign marks based on the performance to each individual student.

The faculty at ENC centre does the evaluation for Internal Assessment.

EIILM University evaluates the examination papers.

Results will be declared within 6 to 8 weeks after the examination.

The student is required to clear all the papers of the course with in the prescribed time as mentioned in the prospectus/admission documents at the time of taking admission. The time available to a student to clear the course is double of normal duration.

Example:

1. A student who joins MCA I semester. The minimum duration required to complete the course is 3 years. The maximum time available to complete the course is 6 years.
2. A student who takes lateral entry admission to MCA III semester. The minimum duration required to complete the course is 2 years. The maximum time available to complete the course is 4 years.

The structure of EIILM programmes is versatile and provides ample opportunity to the students to complete the course without loss of semesters due to backlog papers. Unlike other vertical programmes re-registration to the higher semester is not linked to clearance of the previous semesters. The structure also provides ample chance to the student to clear the backlog papers. A student gets two consecutive chances to clear a paper except in case of lateral entry. As far as the lateral entry is concerned please note that the provision itself is applicable assuming that the student has the domain knowledge of the subject by virtue of his qualification. Hence, the system expects the student to clear the lateral entry paper in first sitting itself.

The grouping of the subject permits a student to appear in the backlog papers in every alternative semester. For instance, a backlog paper of I semester can be taken with II Semester, IV Semester and VI semester hence he gets 4 chances to clear the subject. In case of lateral entry cases 3 chances are available. In every backlog paper a student gets a minimum of two consecutive chances.

To conclude, it is emphasized that the system provides adequate opportunity to the student to clear the backlog papers. The scheme of the University doesn't provide supplementary examination in view of above reasons.

Reasons for the non provision of the old Question Papers to Students and Center: providing question papers has a great disadvantage in that it curbs the multi dimensional approach of the learner to the subjects. It is very important to let the learners have a wholesome approach to the subject wherein the learner grasps the subject given in the learning material by understanding the subject rather than by cramming the same by rote. Students are expected to adopt a learning-centric approach to the studies and are advised not to follow 'guide' pattern of answering. The strength of our evaluation process and the course is in generating the habit of self-analysis and comprehension by the students. Based on the learning materials and associated subject materials, you are advised to formulate number of questions in the pattern as per the sample questions and build up your notes..

Once the results are announced a centre-wise result sheet is sent to the ENC centers. Within one month, the individual marks card will also be dispatched to the centre for distribution to the students.

Student's name is entered as per the X Standard Certificate provided by the student during admission. However, if the student wants to change his/her name then he/she has to forward the following documents to the University.

• An application written/typed on a plain paper.

Demand Draft as prescribed in the application form in favour of EIILM University

An Affidavit in support of name change or any other support legal document authenticated by a First Class Magistrate.

Forward the following documents to the Directorate of Distance Education.

Duly filled in application form. The student can download the application form the university website. A Demand Draft as prescribed in the application form in favour EIILM

The postal address for sending the application is as given below:

Forward the following documents to the Directorate of Distance Education.

1. Duly filled in application form. The student can download the application form from the university website
2. A Demand Draft as prescribed in the application form drawn in favour of ' EIILM University.

The postal address for sending the application is as given below:

Forward the following documents to the Directorate of Distance Education

• Duly filled in application form. The Form can be downloaded from website www.dde.smuhmts.edu.
• Eligibility Certificate (10+2 Pass/Degree Pass Certificate) duly attested by Notary Public or Gazetted Officer.
• ll Semesters pass Marks Card.
• A Demand Draft as prescribed in the application form drawn in favour of ' EIILM University.

The postal address for sending the application is as given below:

It will take minimum 3 months to issue the Degree Certificate after the receipt of the application from the Student. The application form has to be complete in all respects. Incomplete applications are liable to be rejected without assigning reasons.