ROURKELA: In a significant achievement, the Rourkela-based Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) is ensuring declaration of results within a week after completion of its examinations. Besides, provisional certificates are available on the BPUT website for download within three days of publication of results.
This has been possible after the state government-owned technical university put an end to the previous time-consuming evaluation process and switched to e-examination system using technology. BPUT is claimed to be the first and only affiliating university in Odisha to pioneer e-examinations.
BPUT vice-chancellor Prof Amiya Kumar Rath said, “The university has adopted e-examination system where question papers are e-transmitted and answer scripts scanned and uploaded for e-evaluation at 52 centres located at different places in Odisha. Results are brought out within seven days of completion of last examination for a batch. Moreover, students are able to download their provisional certificates and grade-sheets from e-login of the university within three days from the publication of results.”
Prof Rath said for a batch, examinations are held in phases and usually last 20-25 days. Earlier, after completion of examinations of all the subjects, answer scripts in bulk were carried to the BPUT for evaluation. In the process, at least 35 days were lost.
Under the e-examination system, answer scripts of a subject are immediately brought for coding, scanning and uploading in cloud storage taking necessary precautions. After electronic transmission to the respective centres, evaluation of answer sheets starts immediately without waiting for completion of examinations of other subjects. For electronic evaluation, separate software is used, he informed.
During the 11th convocation ceremony of BPUT on February 5, the university distributed certificates to all students who completed necessary formalities for award of degrees for the academic year 2023-24. The university also asked the affiliated and constituent colleges to conduct ‘graduation day’ and hand over certificates to students within a month after collecting the same from BPUT.
Prof Rath said it is mandatory for principals of affiliated and constituent colleges to take custody of certificates from the university for distribution in time. Principals of around 100 such colleges have collected certificates for 2023-24. A notice has been issued for remaining around 35 colleges to collect the certificates by February 15.
As of now, the BPUT is strictly following the academic calendar, holding examinations and declaring results in time as there is no backlog certificate issues left.
Around 1.20 lakh students are enrolled in 135 affiliated and constituent colleges of BPUT.