All that you wanted to know about PGEMP Evaluation

The assessment is based on three components :

1. your score in the examination                                    50% weight
2. your score in the assignments                                     35% weight
3. your score in the dissertation ( Project )                   15% weight

 The learning objectives of each component

1. Examinations test your retention of classroom concepts and learnings from the readings
2. Assignments enable you to apply and demonstrate these learnings on your job
3. Project is like internal consulting & enables you to solve original issues in an original fashion via field work

Examinations

1. SCHEDULE : You will appear for examinations in contact numbers 1, 3, 5 and 7.  On the very first day when you come for the contact, the exams will begin. After the examinations the normal classroom sessions will be scheduled. The number of examinations in contact 1 will be 3 and thereafter contacts 3,5 and 7 will have examinations in 6 subjects.
2. METHOD : Unless specified, all examinations are in hard copy format and conducted in an invigilated environment during the declared time period. Depending on the Professor, the examination could be "closed book" type, "open book" type or "open internet" type.
3. PREPARING FOR THE EXAMINATION  : Please note that the question paper is set based on what is  taught in the classroom,  in the readings and in the text book given. You may also like to ask your batch coordinator for the previous question papers. 
4. EVALUATION OF THE ANSWER SHEETS : the concerned professor provides a guideline to a Research Associate for evaluating the answer sheets.      

Assignments  

1. SCHEDULE : In between any two contacts - a total period of  10 weeks - you will need to submit  approximately 20 assignments on various subjects during these 10 weeks. This means approximately 2 assignments per week and each assignment, including reading and data collection etc should take around 3.5 hours. This means you must budget for spending an hour every day to attempt and submit these assignments.
2. DEADLINE : Each assignment has a specific deadline (last date of submission) which is communicated to you by your batch coordinator. Normally there will be 2 such deadlines every week. Please note that an assignment cannot be submitted past this date as the concerned software automatically withdraws the link for submitting the assignment on the given date.
3. METHOD : You need to submit these assignments directly into a software specially created for assignment submission and for you to see the evaluation. Please do not submit any assignments through an e mail since because the software is designed so that the assignments can be submitted only by you and that too directly into the software.
4. PREPARING FOR THE ASSIGNMENTS : Generally you will find the assignments in the academic handbook provided to you. Sometimes  they are also indicated in the class or sent by e mail. It is important you study the assignments given to you when you are on the campus and ask the concerned professors for clarification before you leave the campus. The key in mastering assignment submissions is to work regularly. If you let a backlog build up it will weigh on your mind and discourage from submitting future assignments.
5. EVALUATION OF THE ASSIGNMENTS  : the assignments are downloaded electronically and directly by the concerned Research Associate (RA) after the deadline has expired. The RAs follow a "batch" process for evaluating the assignments - all assignments are evaluated in one go - because evaluating the assignments on a piecemeal basis is highly inefficient. This is the reason that the assignments submitted after the deadline will not get evaluated / in time.