RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE DIPLOMA COURSES

1. Eligibility for admission – For the Post-Graduate Diploma Courses, the requirement for admission is a Bachler’s degree from a recognised University. A degree in law/commerce/business management is desirable for students interested in pursuing the course in International Trade and Business Law. The Academy reserves the right to relax this requirement if it is satisfied that the practical professional experience of the applicant is adequate to make up this eligibility requirement.
2. Course of study – The syllabus for the course of study will be prescribed from time to time. The current syllabus is given in this Prospectus.
3. Class Schedule – Classes for the Post Graduate Diploma Courses are conducted on weekdays from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. as per the following schedule:
   1. International Law & Diplomacy: (All Weekdays)
   2. International Business & Trade Law: (Three days in a week)
   3. Human Rights, International Humanitarian & Refugee Laws: (Three days in a week).
4. Medium of Instruction and Examination - The medium of instruction and examination shall be in English.
5. Attendance – Candidates are required to attend not less than 2/3rd of the lectures. The Secretary-General/Director of the Academy may, at his discretion, condone the deficiency in attendance only on compassionate grounds, provided that a representation supported by documentary evidence of the same is to be submitted.
6. Evaluation – The evaluation process of these courses consists of:
   1. Examination at the end of the academic session; and
   2. Assignments: Every student is required to submit an assignment in each of the prescribed papers. The candidate is free to select a topic of his own choice form the prescribed course content.
   3. Attendance & Class Participation.
      The marks allocated for the examination is 50% and 50% marks are allocated for assignments, attendance and class participation.
7. Discipline - The Secretary-General/Director for the Academy has the power to strike off the rolls, the name of any student who is grossly irregular in attendance, or wanting in discipline in spite of warning.

RULES RELATING TO THE POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA EXAMINATION

1. All students of the Post-Graduate Diploma are required to submit their assignments in the papers given in the papers given in the course content before the closure of the classes. Depending upon the availability of time, the students may also be asked to present these assignments before the class.
2. All the students of the Post-Graduate Diploma Courses are required to appear for an examination in the papers as given in the course content.
3. The examination in each paper shall be of three hours duration and each paper shall carry 50 marks.
4. The student appearing for the examinations shall be bound by the prescribed rules of examination.
5. The minimum marks required to pass the examination in each paper shall be 50%. A student who has passed the examination with at least 60% of aggregate marks shall be placed in the First Division. A student who secures 75% will be declared to have passed in First Division with Distinction. All other students who have secured the minimum qualifying marks will be placed in the Second Division.
6. The Examination Committee may grant grace marks up to 5% in appropriate situations.
7. No student may appear for the Diploma Examination more than twice and he/she must pass the examination within four years from his/her first admission to the respective Diploma Course.
8. Students who have failed in the examination, or failed to appear in the examination after having put in the requisite attendance, may be allowed to appear in the subsequent examinations only on their being enrolled as ex-students.
9. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, any matter requiring expeditious disposal to cover situations affecting students will be decided by the Examination Committee constituted for this purposes by the Secretary-General, and its decision will be final.

COURSE FEES

AWARD

V. K. Krishna Menon Memorial Prize

The Academy will award a prize to the student who obtains the highest aggregate percentage of marks in the Academy’s Diploma Examination in International Law and Diplomacy in the First Division with 60 per cent marks and above. The prize is known as V.K. Krishna Menon Memorial Prize.

• If no student is found eligible for the above-mentioned award, the Academy will not award the prize for the year.

• The Academy shall award the students securing highest marks in the other two courses also on similar conditions.