Policies - Programme

Regular internship policy

• Internship is the period where the interns (students) who pursuing the internship programme (very short term, short term and long term internship) involve in regular activities of the research and development unit of BioLim centre for Science and technology (BCST).
• In this period the interns were expected to involve themselves in the regular practices of conducting or performing research under the supervision of the principal or associate investigators of the BCST.
• The research works (full or in part) is being given to the interns in order to practise themselves in conducting or performing the research under good laboratory practices. 
• All the registered intern must be following the Roles and Responsibilities of BCST, if found overruling, person will be taken to the management supervision and be taken necessary action.
• A research work that is (a conceptual, or theoretical or practical work) is being conducted or performed at BCST under the internship programme is the intellectual property of the BioLim Centre for Science & Technology.
• Interns who involve themselves as a part in the research works of the centre do not have any intellectual benefits with the research process and the final research output of the works performed by them at BCST.
• Interns who are interested to publish the part of the research work can enrol themselves in the contribution list.
• The eligibility of the research work (full or in part) for publishing with the name of interns is determined by the Management of BCST. 
• In turn if found to be the intern is processing the publication / patent of the research work conducted in BCST will be strictly fall under the negative category and the necessary action will be taken.

Online course policy

• The mode of learning online courses of BioLim Centre for Science & Technology will be purely online.
• Learners should use desktop/laptop computer to attend the course. Learners can also access the BioLim course portal using any others mode of electronic devices including mobile, tablet etc. But however, we suggest the learners to use desktop/laptop for getting the finest learning experience.
• Learners should actively participate in the learning forums abiding the forum policies.
• BioLim course portal can be accessed conveniently through the Internet accessibility.
• The mode of learning is completely online hence a learner must be accessible to a proper internet connection with (reasonable speed) minimum of 1 Mbps speed consistently.
• The learner should not involve in getting excuses to post pond his/her course activities because of the lack of internet accessibility or any other reasons.
• The learning materials in BioLim will be provided only through online access. The learning materials will not be given in the downloadable or other printable forms (e.g. pdf or printable materials). The learner can able to access the learning materials without any restriction inside the BioLim online course portal during the course period. After the completion of the course period the materials will be archived and the learners can access the same anytime online.
• Learners should attend the learning forum regularly; (the percentage of attendance will be taken in to consideration.) Learner frequency of login and his/her participation in the regular learning forums of BioLim online course portal will be measured as the attendance. And the percentage of attendance will be taken in to consideration during the final course completion assessment.
• Tutor support will be provided for learners in order to get clarifications.
• Learners who found to breach the policy or who make prolonged dormancy in visiting the online learning system shall be subjected to disciplinary action. A warning email will be sent to the learner. Learners who fail to response to the disciplinary mail will be temporarily suspended from accessing to the BioLim online course portal, unless valid reason is given. Learner who is not responding even after the temporary suspension will be permanently detained from BioLim online course portal. Further Learner will not be eligible to attend the examination in order to complete the course. Learner who detained permanently from BioLim online course portal will be reconsidered in the next batch only after valid reason. In such instance, fees for the course extension will be applicable to pursue further.
• Candidates must abide the dignity code in BioLim. Disciplinary actions will be taken against any learners involving in any mischievous activity including posting of any content that affect other learners and the online campus environment.
• If any difficulties arise during login or accessing the learning forums, the learners should intimate the management through email or phone call in a proper manner; technical team will assist the learner to sort out the issue within 24 to 48 working hours. The duration mentioned here may vary based on the criticality of the issue.
• Any improper use or misuse of the learning materials by the learner without intimating the management; the learner will be liable for detaining from the access of BioLim online course portal.
• After the successful completion of the course, privileges will be given to the alumni to access the archived course materials. However, tutor support will not be available after the course period.
• Learners should not be handling the learner privileges or alumni privileges to any third persons. Unauthorised usage of the BioLim's online course portal would be considered as misuse and necessary actions will be taken on the same by the management council.
• The examination for the online courses will be conducted through online only.
• The examination desk will be accessible to the learner only on the mentioned date of examination.
• The learner should directly involve in the examination and should not employee any third parties to attend the same.
• On the day of examination, the regular learner desk will not be accessible for learners
• No separate examination will be conducted for absentees; however, the candidate will be allowed in next batch examination and examination fee(s) is applicable for the same.
• The pattern of choice based question model will be followed in the examination
• The results will not be announced for the learners who involve in any undignified behaviour during the online examination.
• The online examination will be conducted for the mentioned duration only. The learner cannot extend the examination and the online examination desk will be closed successfully after the fixed time.
• The learner must be equipping themselves with necessary facilities (like power supply, un-interrupting internet services etc.) in order to attend the examination. No excuses or postpone or re-examination will be conducted for the interruption occurred from the learner end.
• Learner efficiency will be evaluated based on his/her performances in the learning period and in the online examination.
• Minimum of 40% of marks is required for a learner to successfully complete an online course in BioLim (with effective from 07.08.2020.
• Any learner who fail to score 40% through his/her overall performance in the course period will be considered as fail and will be requested to reappear for the examination. And in such instances necessary examination fee must be paid by the learner in order to reappear in the examination.
• Evaluation will be performed only after the written examination.
• The results of the evaluation will be announced only on the specified date mentioned by the BioLim tutor council.
• No results will be announced to any learner early under any circumstances.
• The certification will be given by BioLim for the course pursued after the completion of evaluation.
• The certificate will be issued only for the learner who successfully complete the course with scores more than or equal to 40%.
• The certificates will be issued through postal system with in India, for those who opted for hard copy certificate.
• The certificates will be issued through email, for those who opted for e-certificate.
• The certificates will be sent to the postal address mentioned in the application form of the learner which was duly filled by them during the admission.
• It is the duty of learner to provide proper communication address and to update the same to the admission cell whenever it gets modified.
• Neither BioLim nor its representatives are responsible for the loss or damage of the certificates during the transport.
• Learners can apply for a duplicate certificate following the loss or damage of a certificate. Learners need to pay the necessary fees for the duplicate certificates. Duplicate certificates will also send through the postal system as mentioned earlier.
• The certification can also be tracked through the online verification process. It is the duty of the learner to cross checks the contents of the original and the online certification. Any error in the online certification should be notified immediately.
• BioLim will not be providing any certification claiming COURSE COMPLETION separately.
• Any certificate issued by BioLim can be tracked in online portal. It is the responsibility of the student to verify the online certificate after receiving the hard copy certificate. Any issues in the hard copy or online certification must be sorted out within 45 days from the dispatch of the certificate from the BioLim. The hard copy certificate will be valid only with the presence of the same information in the online certification.
• After course completion and issuance of certification, if any fault has been identified from the learner, the validity of the certificate will be cancelled and the certificate could no more be used.
• The learners must be submitting the proof of their identity and the proof of address at the time of request. Any false proof may attract the BioLim management to cancel the ability of the learner in pursuing the programme.
• The course fee once paid is not refundable. However, the course fee shall be refunded partly after the deduction of application handling and other banking/transaction charges if the applicant want to cancel the application before the commencement of the course due to his/her personal reasons.
• After commencement of the online course, if the candidate wants to cancel the course due to his/her personal reasons, the fee shall not be refunded.
• The conversion of one course to the other new course is not possible for the learner, after the initiation of the course period officially.

Online internship policy

• The mode of learning online internship of BioLim Centre for Science & Technology will be purely online.
• Interns should use desktop/laptop computer to attend the course. Interns can also access the BioLim online internship portal using any others mode of electronic devices including mobile, tablet etc. But however, we suggest the interns to use desktop/laptop for getting the finest learning experience.
• Interns should actively participate in the learning forums abiding the forum policies.
• BioLim online internship portal can be accessed conveniently through the Internet accessibility.
• The mode of learning is completely online hence an intern must be accessible to a proper internet connection with (reasonable speed) minimum of 1 MB speed consistently.
• The intern should not involve in getting excuses to post pond his/her course activities because of the lack of internet accessibility or any other reasons.
• The learning materials in BioLim will be provided only through online access. The learning materials will not be given in the downloadable or other printable forms (e.g. pdf or printable materials). The learner can able to access the learning materials without any restriction inside the BioLim online internship portal during the programme period.
• Intern should attend the learning forums regularly; (the percentage of attendance will be taken in to consideration.) Intern frequency of login and his/her participation in the regular learning forums of BioLim online internship portal will be measured as the attendance. And the percentage of attendance will be taken in to consideration during the final course completion assessment.
• Mentor support will be provided for interns in order to get clarifications.
• Interns who found to breach the policy or who make prolonged dormancy in visiting the online learning system shall be subjected to disciplinary action. A warning email will be sent to the interns. Interns who fail to response to the disciplinary mail will be temporarily suspended from accessing to the BioLim online internship system unless valid reason is given. Intern who is not responding even after the temporary suspension will be permanently detained from BioLim online internship system. Further intern will not be eligible to attend the viva in order to complete the internship. Intern who detained permanently from BioLim online learning system will be reconsidered in the next batch only after valid reason. In such instance, fees for the programme extension will be applicable to pursue further.
• Interns must abide the dignity code in BioLim. Disciplinary actions will be taken against any learners involving in any mischievous activity including posting of any content that affect other interns and the online campus environment.
• If any difficulties arise during login or accessing the learning forums, the interns should intimate the management through email or phone call in a proper manner; technical team will assist the learner to sort out the issue within 24 to 48 working hours. The duration mentioned here may vary based on the criticality of the issue.
• Any improper use or misuse of the learning materials by the intern without intimating the management; the intern will be liable for detaining from the access of BioLim online internship portal.
• In internship, the learners can access the materials till the completion of the programme period.
• Interns should not be handling the intern privileges to any third persons. Unauthorised usage of the virtual campus would be considered as misuse and necessary actions will be taken on the same by the management council.
• The viva for the online internship will be conducted through online only.
• The intern should directly involve in the examination and should not employee any third parties to attend the same.
• No separate viva will be conducted for absentees; however, the intern will be allowed in next batch viva and examination fee(s) is applicable for the same.
• The results will not be announced for the interns who involve in any undignified behaviour during the online viva.
• The results of the evaluation will be announced only on the specified date mentioned by the mentor council.
• No results will be announced to any learner early under any circumstances.
• The certification will be given by BioLim for the course pursued after the completion of evaluation.
• The certificates will be issued through postal system with in India (India post).
• The certificates will be sent to the postal address mentioned in the application form of the learner which was duly filled by them during the admission.
• It is the duty of learner to provide proper communication address and to update the same to the admission cell whenever it gets modified.
• Neither BioLim nor its representatives are responsible for the loss or damage of the certificates during the transport.
• Interns can apply for a duplicate certificate following the loss or damage of a certificate. Interns need to pay the necessary fees for the duplicate certificates. Duplicate certificates will also send through the postal system as mentioned earlier.
• The certification can also be tracked through the online verification process. It is the duty of the intern to cross checks the contents of the original and the online certification. Any error in the online certification should be notified immediately.
• BioLim will not be providing any certification claiming COURSE COMPLETION separately.
• Any certificate issued by BioLim can be tracked in online portal. It is the responsibility of the student to verify the online certificate after receiving the hard copy certificate. Any issues in the hard copy or online certification must be sorted out within 45 days from the dispatch of the certificate from the BioLim. The hard copy certificate will be valid only with the presence of the same information in the online certification.
• After course completion and issuance of certification, if any fault has been identified from the intern, the validity of the certificate will be cancelled and the certificate could no more be used.
• The learners must be submitting the proof of their identity and the proof of address at the time of request. Any false proof may attract the BioLim management to cancel the ability of the learner in pursuing the programme.
• The programme fee once paid is not refundable. However, the programme fee shall be refunded partly after the deduction of application handling and other banking/transaction charges if the applicant want to cancel the application before the commencement of the programme due to his/her personal reasons.
• After commencing the internship programme, if the candidate wants to cancel the programme due to his/her personal reasons, the fee shall not be refunded.
• The conversion of one course to the other new course is not possible for the learner, after the initiation of the course period officially.
• Minimum of 40% of marks is required for an intern to successfully complete an internship.
• Free grace period will be given to interns to complete the internship after the completion of their original programme duration. The length of the free grace period shall be based on the fee variant the intern have chosen at the time of admission. Post free grace period, the intern has to pay for the extension if he/she could not complete the internship even at the end of the grace period.
• The online tasks are being given to the interns in order to improve the skills relevant to the job role of the chosen internship. The tasks should be carried out by the interns as per the suggestions given and should be properly submitted through the portal in the prescribed format. Our mentor panel follows the plagiarism guidelines strictly. All the tasks submitted must be plagiarism free. The interns should not submit the co-interns submission in any way. The interns should recheck the document twice before submission. Resubmission will not be allowed under any usual circumstances. The interns will be warned through email if found any plagiarised content submission or any improper submission for the first instance only. If the same intern involve in the same sought of activity recurrently, the online internship access will be deactivated immediately without any prior intimation. The intern will be requested to provide a proper explanation for the improper conduct carried out in terms of task submission. Upon receiving any acceptable reasons, the mentor panel will be considering the reactivation of the access. If the intern cannot able to provide any proper reason or explanation, the intern will be detained from the programme permanently. No part of the enrollment fee will be refunded and no certification will be provided for such detained intern.