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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur was established in the year 1959. It is located at Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India .

A student is awarded a letter grade in each course he/she is registered for

There are nine letter grades: A, B, C, D, E, F, S, X and I.

The correspondence between grades and points (on a 10-point scale) / rating is given below:-
A: 10, B: 8, C: 6, D: 4, E: 2, F: 0, S: Satisfactory, X: Unsatisfactory, I: Incomplete

A student getting an E or F grade in a course must either repeat it or substitute it by another course as suggested by DPGC.

If a student does not complete all the requirements for a course for a genuine reason, the instructor may award grade I (Incomplete).

A student getting a D grade in a course may be allowed to repeat it or substitute it by another course, provided:

he/she has completed all the courses as prescribed by the department

Seminars will be graded as satisfactory (S) or unsatisfactory (X) and will carry zero units for credit.

The grade S or X will be awarded for D.IIT., M.Tech., Ph.D. project/thesis units as follows:

At the end of the semester, the project/thesis supervisor(s) will assess the student's progress towards the project/thesis and will award the grade S for each set of 4 units if the work is satisfactory and a X for every unsatisfactory 4 units.

Thus a student registered for 16 units can get one of the following five combinations
SSSS, SSSX, SXXX, XXXX.

If the grades awarded to student are G1, G2, etc in courses with corresponding units U1, U2, etc, the SPI is given by :-
SPI= ( U1G1 + U2G2 + ...... ) / ( U1 +U2 + ....)

Contact details :
IIT Kanpur
Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016
0512 259 0151