Time Frame

The duration of the course shall be for a period of one academic year. The maximum period prescribed for completion of all the requirements for the award of the Diploma is two academic years from the completion of the regular year of Enrolment. 

If a candidate is required to continue the course beyond the first academic year because of his/her non-fulfillment of the prescribed requirements for the award of the Diploma, he/she will have to continue the course for the subsequent two academic years or till all the requirements are completed, whichever is earlier, by paying a continuation fee as prescribed for each year. 

At the end of the third academic year if the candidate fails to fulfill all the requirements for the award of the Diploma, the admission stands automatically cancelled. They can continue by fresh admission paying the full prescribed fees stipulated during that academic year