internal evaluation or whatever name is given for student progression in case of unavailability of previous semester or previous year marks 100 evaluation may be done on the basis of internal assessment in such a situation student may also to be allowed to improve their grades in special exams for such subjects during next semesterthe following calendar is suggested for the academic session 20202021the academic calendar is suggestive the universities may adoptadapt it after making a comprehensive assessment of their level of preparedness residential status of the students status of covid19 pandemic spread in their cityregionstate and other factors s no event date 1 admission process 01082020 to 31082020 2 commencement of classes i students of 2nd 3rd year ii fresh batch first semesteryear 01082020 01092020 3 conduct of examinations 01012021 to 25012021 4 commencement of classes for even semester 27012021 5 dispersal of classes 25052021 6 conduct of examinations 26052021 to 25062021 7 summer vacations 01072021 to 30072021 8 commencement of next academic session 02082021 some of the important guidelines issued by the ugc1 universities may follow a 6day week pattern2 students be given exposure to laboratory assignments practical experiments through virtual laboratories sharing of the recorded visuals of laboratory work and digital resources available for the purpose3 link provided by mhrd for virtual laboratories to facilitate the students of scienceengineering technology streams may also be suitable for such purposes4 develop virtual classroom and video conferencing facility and all teaching staff should be trained with the use of the technology5 universities should prepare econtentelab experiments and upload on their websites6 strengthen the mechanism of mentormentee counselling7 universities may devise a proforma to record the travel stay history of the staff and students for the period when they were away from the university due to lockdown8 faculty should be adequately trained for the use of ict and online teaching tools so that they complete about 25 of the syllabus through online teaching and 75 syllabus through face to face teachingwatch ugc issues academic calendar for universities