Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Course Code

Course Title

Course Planner

CSE423

VIRTUALIZATION AND CLOUD COMPUTING

19385::Anupinder Singh

Course Weightage

ATT: 5

Course Orientation

CA: 20

MTT: 25

Lectures Tutorials Practicals Credits

3

ETT: 50

Exam Category: 55: Mid Term Exam: All Subjective End Term Exam: All
Subjective
ENTERPRENEURSHIP, KNOWLEDGE ENHANCEMENT, RESEARCH

TextBooks ( T )
Sr No

Title

Author

Edition

Year

Publisher Name

T-1

CLOUD COMPUTING

BARRIE SOSINSKY

1st

2012

WILEY

Reference Books ( R )
Sr No

Title

Author

Edition

Year

Publisher Name

R-1

CLOUD COMPUTING
(FUNDAMENTALS,INDUSTRY
APPROACH AND TRENDS

RISHABH SHARMA

1st

2015

WILEY

R-2

MASTERING CLOUD
COMPUTING

RAJKUMAR
BUYYA,CHRISTIAN
VECCHIOLA
,S.THAMARAI SELVI

1st

2013

MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION

Other Reading ( OR )
Sr No

Journals articles as Compulsary reading (specific articles, complete reference)

OR-1

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705811020388 ,

OR-2

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187770581105394X ,

OR-3

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212017312002587 ,

OR-4

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812037081 ,

Relevant Websites ( RW )
Sr No

(Web address) (only if relevant to the course)

Salient Features

RW-1

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cloud

Cloud Computing overview

RW-2

http://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/cloud/introductionsecuringcloudenvironment- 34052

Virtualization Basics

Audio Visual Aids ( AV )

Sr No

(AV aids) (only if relevant to the course)

Salient Features

AV-1

http://ituda.com/vmware-virtualization-fundamentals-video/

Virtualization Concepts and Videos

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

AV-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTNgV0O_oTg

How Cloud Computing Works

AV-3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae_DKNwK_ms

Cloud Computing Introduction

AV-4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSZzG0oTTIs

Data center installation

AV-5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC0FSYFicpA

Virtualization & Cloud Computing Explained with LEGO Bricks

AV-6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqZrarZiHp8

Intel Virtualization Technology

AV-7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=jOhbTAU4OPI&list=PL4ePDvEWFtXgD5QgImq1x23sImUL26OjN

Amazon web service

AV-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1g4H4-MSJg

Google app engine

AV-9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1tM0tMJdzY

Service oriented architecture 1

AV-10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3_QlYJRVvk

Service oriented architecture 2

LTP week distribution: (LTP Weeks)

Weeks before MTE

Weeks After MTE

Spill Over (Lecture)

Detailed Plan For Lectures

Week
Lecture
Number Number

Broad Topic(Sub Topic)

Week 1

Virtualization techniques
(types of virtualization)

Lecture 1

Chapters/Sections of Other Readings,

Text/reference
Relevant Websites,
books
Audio Visual Aids,
software and Virtual
Labs
R-1:Ch 4

AV-2
AV-5

Lecture Description

Learning Outcomes Pedagogical Tool Live Examples

Demonstration/
Case Study /
Images /
animation / ppt
etc. Planned

L1: Delivery of lecture Students will learn

0(zero)
about hypervisers
L2: Discussion on
Virtual machine
concepts and Scenario
of before virtualization ,
after virtualization and
types of virtualization

Peer discussion

Example of
Electricity outlet
from where we
start consuming
electricity
without
worrying about
how power is
generated and
distributed
through power
grids and we pay
that much as we
use.

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 1

Lecture 1

Virtualization techniques
(virtualization technology)

R-1:Ch 4

AV-2
AV-5

L1: Delivery of lecture Students will learn

0(zero)
about hypervisers
L2: Discussion on
Virtual machine
concepts and Scenario
of before virtualization ,
after virtualization and
types of virtualization

Peer discussion

Example of
Electricity outlet
from where we
start consuming
electricity
without
worrying about
how power is
generated and
distributed
through power
grids and we pay
that much as we
use.

Virtualization techniques
(overview of x86
virtualization)

R-1:Ch 4

AV-2
AV-5

L1: Delivery of lecture Students will learn

0(zero)
about hypervisers
L2: Discussion on
Virtual machine
concepts and Scenario
of before virtualization ,
after virtualization and
types of virtualization

Peer discussion

Example of
Electricity outlet
from where we
start consuming
electricity
without
worrying about
how power is
generated and
distributed
through power
grids and we pay
that much as we
use.

Lecture 2

Virtualization techniques
(overview of x86
virtualization)

R-1:Ch 4

AV-2
AV-5

L1: Delivery of lecture Students will learn

0(zero)
about hypervisers
L2: Discussion on
Virtual machine
concepts and Scenario
of before virtualization ,
after virtualization and
types of virtualization

Peer discussion

Example of
Electricity outlet
from where we
start consuming
electricity
without
worrying about
how power is
generated and
distributed
through power
grids and we pay
that much as we
use.

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 1

Lecture 2

Virtualization techniques
(virtualization technology)

R-1:Ch 4

AV-2
AV-5

L1: Delivery of lecture Students will learn

0(zero)
about hypervisers
L2: Discussion on
Virtual machine
concepts and Scenario
of before virtualization ,
after virtualization and
types of virtualization

Peer discussion

Example of
Electricity outlet
from where we
start consuming
electricity
without
worrying about
how power is
generated and
distributed
through power
grids and we pay
that much as we
use.

Virtualization techniques
(types of virtualization)

R-1:Ch 4

AV-2
AV-5

L1: Delivery of lecture Students will learn

0(zero)
about hypervisers
L2: Discussion on
Virtual machine
concepts and Scenario
of before virtualization ,
after virtualization and
types of virtualization

Peer discussion

Example of
Electricity outlet
from where we
start consuming
electricity
without
worrying about
how power is
generated and
distributed
through power
grids and we pay
that much as we
use.

Lecture 3

Virtualization techniques
(virtualization products)

T-1:Ch 5
R-1:Ch 4

Virtualization techniques
(concept of VLAN , SLAN
and VSAN and benefits)

T-1:Ch 5
R-1:Ch 4

OR-3
AV-4

Virtualization Products
,VLAN , VSAN and
there benefits,Cloud
interoperability
standards

Student will learn

Peer Dscussion
about virtualization
products and Virtual
LAN ,VSAN , need
of interoperability
and varoius
virtualization formats

Virtualization Products
,VLAN , VSAN and
there benefits,Cloud
interoperability
standards

Student will learn

Peer Dscussion
about virtualization
products and Virtual
LAN ,VSAN , need
of interoperability
and varoius
virtualization formats

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 1

Lecture 3

Virtualization techniques
(cloud interoperability
standards)

T-1:Ch 5
R-1:Ch 4

Virtualization Products
,VLAN , VSAN and
there benefits,Cloud
interoperability
standards

Student will learn

Peer Dscussion
about virtualization
products and Virtual
LAN ,VSAN , need
of interoperability
and varoius
virtualization formats

Week 2

Lecture 4

Virtualized environment
(characteristics of
virtualized environment)

R-2:Ch 3

Virtualization reference
model , characteristics
of virtualized solution
and
ALLOTMENT OF
TERM PAPER

Student will learn

Peer Discussion
about Characteristics
of virtualized
environment

Lecture 5

Virtualized environment
(taxonomy of virtualization
techniques)

R-2:Ch 3

Execution virtualization Student will learn

and other types of
about wide range of
virtualization
virtualization
techniques

Lecture 6

Virtualized environment
(pros and cons of
virtualization)

R-2:Ch 3

Lecture 7

Virtualized environment
(virtualization and cloud
computing)

T-1:Ch 5
R-2:Ch 3

Lecture 8

Introduction to Cloud
Computing(Cloud
Computing in a Nutshell,
Roots of Cloud Computing.)

T-1:Ch 1
R-1:Ch 1

Week 3

RW-2

OR-4

Advantages and
disadvantages of
virtualization

Peer discussion

Student will learn

Peer Discussion
about advantages and
disadvantages of
virtualization

virtualization and cloud Student will learn

computing
about role of
virtualization in
cloud computing

Peer discussion

Introduction to Cloud
Computing and its
applicability

Peer Discussion

Student will learn

about
basics of cloud

Facebook, Email
from yahoo,
google, etc.
Amazon S3 and
Microsoft
Skydrive for
storage

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 3

Lecture 9

Introduction to Cloud
Computing(Defining Cloud
Computing)

T-1:Ch 1
R-1:Ch 1

RW-1
RW-2
AV-3

Define Cloud
computing and
cloud types

Students will learn

basics of cloud
computing and its
various types of
models

Peer Discussion

Cloud cost
flexibility is the
most obvious
and first reason
companies are
attracted to
cloud, and in the
Economist-IBM
survey, 31%
said they like
the cloud
payasyougo cost
structure. Cloud
takes away the
need to fund the
building of
hardware,
installing
software, or
paying
dedicated
software license
fees. This was
the appeal for
ETSY, an online

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 3

Lecture 9

Introduction to Cloud
Computing(cloud types)

Week 4

Lecture 10 Introduction to Cloud

Computing(Examining the
Characteristics of Cloud
Computing)

T-1:Ch 1

Paradigm Shift, Benefits Students will

and disadvantages of
understand the
cloud computing
benefits and
disadvantages of
cloud computing

Peer discussion

Lecture 11 Examining the Value

Proposition(measuring the
cloud's value)

T-1:Ch 2

The laws of
cloudonomics,cloud
computing obstacles,
behavioral
factors,measuring cloud
computing cost and
avoiding capital
expenditure

Students will learn

the attributes that
make cloud
computing unique

Peer Discussion

T-1:Ch 2

The laws of
cloudonomics,cloud
computing obstacles,
behavioral
factors,measuring cloud
computing cost and
avoiding capital
expenditure

Students will learn

the attributes that
make cloud
computing unique

Peer Discussion

Examining the Value

Proposition(avoiding capital
expenditures)

T-1:Ch 1
R-1:Ch 1

RW-1
RW-2
AV-3

Define Cloud
computing and
cloud types

Students will learn

basics of cloud
computing and its
various types of
models

Peer Discussion

Cloud cost
flexibility is the
most obvious
and first reason
companies are
attracted to
cloud, and in the
Economist-IBM
survey, 31%
said they like
the cloud
payasyougo cost
structure. Cloud
takes away the
need to fund the
building of
hardware,
installing
software, or
paying
dedicated
software license
fees. This was
the appeal for
ETSY, an online

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 4

Week 5

Lecture 12 Examining the Value

Proposition(computing the
total cost of ownership)

T-1:Ch 1

Specify
SLA and define
licensing model

Students will learn

the attributes that
make cloud
computing unique

Peer Discussion

Examining the Value

Proposition(specifying
service level agreements)

T-1:Ch 1

Specify
SLA and define
licensing model

Students will learn

the attributes that
make cloud
computing unique

Peer Discussion

Examining the Value

Proposition(defining
licensing model)

T-1:Ch 1

Specify
SLA and define
licensing model

Students will learn

the attributes that
make cloud
computing unique

Peer Discussion

T-1:Ch 3

Describe Cloud
Students will get to Peer Discussion
computing stack and
understand how
Connecting to the cloud platforms and virtual
appliances are used

Lecture 13 Understanding cloud

architecture(exploring the
cloud computing stack)
Lecture 14

Week 6

Week 7

Term Paper,Test1

Lecture 15 Understanding cloud

architecture(connecting to
cloud)

T-1:Ch 3

Describe Cloud
Students will get to
computing stack and
understand about
Connecting to the cloud cloud connectivity

Peer Discussion

Chromium OS

Lecture 16 Understanding services and

applications by type
(infrastructure as a service)

T-1:Ch 4

Understanding
Student will
services and application understand about
by type,IaaS
infrastructure as
service

Peer discussion

Microsoft
windows azure

Lecture 17 Understanding services and

applications by type
(platform as a service)

T-1:Ch 4

Understanding services
and application by
type,PaaS

Student will
understand about
platform as a
service

Peer discussion

Google App
Engine,Heroku,
Hewlett
Packard, IBM
Bluemix,
Microsoft Azure
Web Sites

Lecture 18 Understanding services and

applications by type
(software as a service)

T-1:Ch 4

Understanding
Student will learn
services and application about SaaS
by type,SaaS

Peer Discussion

Gmail

Lecture 19 Understanding services and

applications by type(identity
as a service)

T-1:Ch 4

Understanding
services and application
by type, IDaaS and
CaaS

Students will learn

Peer discussion
the different service
types like IDaaS and
CaaS

T-1:Ch 4

Understanding
services and application
by type, IDaaS and
CaaS

Students will learn

Peer discussion
the different service
types like IDaaS and
CaaS

Understanding services and

applications by type
(compliance as a service)

AV-8

SPILL OVER
Week 7

Lecture 20

Spill Over

Lecture 21

Spill Over

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

MID-TERM
Week 8

Week 9

Lecture 22 Using Platforms(Capacity

Planning)

T-1:Ch 6

Importance and need of Student will

capacity planning
understand about
capacity planning

Peer discussion

Lecture 23 Using Platforms(Exploring

Platform as a Service)

T-1:Ch 7

Defining services
SaaS vs PaaS

Student will
understand about
PaaS application

Peer Discussion

Lecture 24 Exploring Cloud

Infrastructures(Managing
the Cloud)

T-1:Ch 11

L: 24 Administrating
cloud
L 25:Cloud management
products and emerging
cloud trends

Student will learn

about cloud
management and
cloud standards

Peer discussion

Lecture 25 Exploring Cloud

Infrastructures(Managing
the Cloud)

T-1:Ch 11

L: 24 Administrating
cloud
L 25:Cloud management
products and emerging
cloud trends

Student will learn

about cloud
management and
cloud standards

Peer discussion

Lecture 26 Exploring Cloud

Infrastructures
(Understanding Cloud
Security)

T-1:Ch 12

OR-1
OR-2

L 26:Securing the cloud

,Securing Data
L 27: Secure data and
establishing identity and
presence

Student will
understand about
security concepts in
cloud

Peer discussion

Lecture 27 Exploring Cloud

Infrastructures
(Understanding Cloud
Security)

T-1:Ch 12

OR-1
OR-2

L 26:Securing the cloud

,Securing Data
L 27: Secure data and
establishing identity and
presence

Student will
understand about
security concepts in
cloud

Peer discussion

Week 10 Lecture 28 Working with cloud based

storage(measuring the
digital universe)

T-1:Ch 15

Cloud storage in digital Student will

Peer discussion
universe and its
understand about
definition
need of cloud storage
in cloud

Lecture 29 Working with cloud based

storage(provisioning cloud
storage)

T-1:Ch 15

Unmanaged cloud
storage ,manged cloud
storage ,creating cloud
storage systems and
virtual storage
containers

Student will
understand about
cloud storage types

Peer Discussion

Lecture 30 Working with cloud based

storage(exploring backup
plan solutions)

T-1:Ch 15

Back up types,cloud
backup features and
cloud attached backup
And
SUBMISSION OF
TERM PAPER

Student will
understand about
backup types and
features(Submission
of term paper)

Peer discussion

T-1:Ch 19

Protocol in use ,The

cloud computing
advantages and audio
streaming

Student will
understand about
streaming process

Peer discussion

Week 11 Lecture 31 Using media and streaming

(understanding the streaming
process)

Drupal,Wave
maker,
Wordpress

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 11 Lecture 31 Using media and streaming

(audio streaming)

T-1:Ch 19

Protocol in use ,The

cloud computing
advantages and audio
streaming

Student will
understand about
streaming process

Peer discussion

Lecture 32 Using media and streaming

(working with VoIP
applications)

T-1:Ch 19

Discuss applications like Student will learn

skype , google voice and about various VoIP
google talk
applications

Demonstration
through images

Chat
Messangers

Lecture 33 Using media and streaming

(video streaming)

T-1:Ch 19

Television in cloud,
Student will learn
streaming video formats, about cloud in video
youtube
streaming process

Demonstration
with images

Facebook

Week 12 Lecture 34 Understanding Services and

Applications(Understanding
Service Oriented
Architecture)

T-1:Ch 13

AV-9
AV-10

L: 34 Introducing SOA
L: 35 Managing and
monitoring SOA

Student will learn

about SOA
monitoring and
management

Peer Discussion

Lecture 35 Understanding Services and

Applications(Understanding
Service Oriented
Architecture)

T-1:Ch 13

AV-9
AV-10

L: 34 Introducing SOA
L: 35 Managing and
monitoring SOA

Student will learn

about SOA
monitoring and
management

Peer Discussion

Student will
understand about
cloud applications

Peer Discussion

Lecture 36

Term Paper,Test2

Week 13 Lecture 37 Understanding Services and

Applications(Moving
Applications to the Cloud)

T-1:Ch 14

AV-7

Application in
cloud and its
functionality

Lecture 38 Cloud applications(mobile

market)

T-1:Ch 20

Defining mobile market Student will

Peer Discussion
and use of smartphones understand regarding
with the cloud
mobile cloud
computing

Lecture 39 Cloud applications(scientific

applications)

R-2:Ch 10

healthcare,biology and Student will learn

Peer discussion
geoscience applications about various current
cloud applications

Week 14 Lecture 40 Cloud applications(using

smartphones with the cloud)

T-1:Ch 20
R-2:Ch 10

CRM, ERP, productivity Student will learn

Peer discussion
, social networking
about various current
,media applications and cloud applications
multiplayer online
gaming

Cloud applications(business
and consumer applications)

T-1:Ch 20
R-2:Ch 10

CRM, ERP, productivity Student will learn

Peer discussion
, social networking
about various current
,media applications and cloud applications
multiplayer online
gaming

ECG analysis

SPILL OVER
Week 14 Lecture 41

Spill Over

Lecture 42

Spill Over

Week 15 Lecture 43

Spill Over

Lecture 44

Spill Over

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

Week 15 Lecture 45

Spill Over

Scheme for CA:

Component

Frequency

Term Paper,Test

Out Of
2

Each Marks Total Marks

3

Total :-

30

60

30

60

Details of Academic Task(s)

AT No.

Objective

Topic of the Academic Task

Nature of Academic Task

(group/individuals/field
work

Evaluation Mode

Allottment /
submission Week

Test1

To evaluate the
Topics covered in first 4 weeks.
knowledge of
students based on
the syllabus covered

Individual

All questions should

be of 5 marks or in
multiples of 5.

4/5

Test2

To evaluate the
Topics covered from Week 5 till Week 11
knowledge of
students based on
the syllabus covered

Individual

All questions should

be of 5 marks or in
multiples of 5.

11 / 12

Term Paper1

Student will write

Students will write review paper or a comparison paper in cloud
term paper based on computing or related technologies and instead of viva there will
learning of the
be a presentation
course which may
help in developing
various new research
ideas.

Individual

The evaluation will

be done on basis of
the content of the
paper and
presentation. 30
marks ( Mid Term
report- 5 marks,
End Term report- 15
marks ,presentation10 marks)

2 / 10

List of suggested topics for term paper[at least 15] (Student to spend about 15 hrs on any one specified term paper)
Sr. No.

Topic
1 Public Clouds: A Review
2 Security issues in cloud
3 Virtualization: Then, now and ahead
4 Cloud implementation
5 Elastic clouds
6 Virtual data centers

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

7 Performance issues in cloud

8 Hybrid architecture
9 Data center operating systems
10 Private Clouds vs Public Clouds
11 Storage issues in cloud
12
A comparative study between amazon, microsoft and their different strategies towards cloud computing
13 Managing application in the cloud
14 Virtualization-aware storage
15 Impact of latency on the economics of cloud computing
16 Assessing cloud node security
17 Data privacy and service availability in cloud computing
18 Internet of things
19 Google compute engine
20 Green computing in cloud
21 Fail safe virtual machine migration
22 Bigtables
23 Google container engine
24 Open stack NOVA
25 Open stack Neutron
26 Open stack Swift
27 Open stack Cinder
28 Open stack keystone
29 Open stack glance
30 Cloud directory services
31 Challenges with video streaming in cloud computing
32 CloudLab
33
Virtual private network
34 Amazon EC2
35 Virtual machine consolidation
36 Cloud based code repositories
37 Force.com - Platform as a service
An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.

38 Salesforce.com vs Force.com
39 Google app engine
40 Content Distribution Network: A Review
41 Context aware mobile cloud computing and its challenges
42 High performance computing vs High throughput computing

An instruction plan is a tentative plan only and a teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.