Students are requested to follow instructions below and adhere to the rules and regulations during their courses with Indian Institute of Distance Studies:

1) Enrollment Number: Enrollment number is issued to students after their confirmation of admission. Students are requested to use the enrollment number in their communication with the institute. The enrollment number carried the course code and students number.

2) Fee: Students are required to follow the installment plan approved or given by the institute. All the students are requested to adhere to the dates of installments strictly. Any student who fails to deposit the installment as per the scheduled date would be liable to attract penalty of Rs.500/- for every installment date missed by the student. In circumstance beyond control student should write to Academic Administrator for extension of dates for payment of installments but is subjected to approval by Academic administrator. Any such approval should be obtained in writing through mail or through letter.

3) Study Material: Study Material will be dispatched to the student within 20 days from the date of receipt of admission form and registration fee. The study material would be dispatched in lots. Students would be receiving these books/study materials through courier or through registered post. The institute does not hold liability for delay in receipt of books. Incase if a student does not receive books / study material he should inform the same to academic coordinator.

4) Non payment of installments: Incase if a student fails to submit his installments and if exceeds a period of 30 days his admission would be cancelled without prior notice to the students. The institute reserves the right to stop dispatch of study material and other facility provided by the institute. For readmission student has to pay Rs.1000/- as re-admission fee. Incase if the student does not apply for readmission his admission would be considered void without prior notice to the student. The institute would be liable in any circumstance for negligence of non payment of installment by the student. In such cases the institute has no liability to refund the fee paid in what so ever condition.

5) Academic Team: The institute provides facility to students to interact with the academic team on regular basis. Students having problem in understanding any topic can write to academic team through mail at academics@iids.co.in . The purpose of this facility is to help students understand the concept and also work on development of new concepts making them understand the practical aspect of the topic. Students/working professionals can also write to academic team for review of some strategies in their present company for new strategies. This will help them put their point of view in front of the management.

6) Research & Development / projects: The institute would recommend the students to opt for projects and research papers. This not helps students understand the concept in practical aspect but also makes them analytical to develop their own strategies. These projects and research papers are sent to companies with recommendations.

Students can choose topic of their interest or area of expertise. Students can intimate the academic team at academic@iids.co.in about their project / research paper.

Guidelines for project/ Research

The project/research paper can be done individually only. There are three possible out come of the project / Research paper:

1) To analyze the existing process and suggest improvements that needs to be made.

2) To study practices in the industries from the point of describing strategies used by various companies, market offerings, risks, best practices or any other functional aspect used by the company against competitors, market segment etc.

3) To identify business opportunities and to develop new strategies for market, segment, product, competitor, legal and political issues etc.

The project / Research paper should not be a detailed description of everything you have done but a specific set of observations and recommendations. It should begin with an executive summary no longer than 250 words. All details are to be put in an appendix in the form of exhibits, tables etc. The general guidelines for the project / research paper are as follows:

1.  Executive summary              

2. Define the process and the context (business unit) in which it operates.

3. What is the strategy / market of the business unit?

4. What does this imply in terms of the logistics process you are studying? What must this process be able to do particularly well in terms of cost, time, quality,  and flexibility? The headings mentioned here are broad. You are expected to      identify specific dimensions along which the process is expected to do particularly well.

5. Describe the current process structure in terms of information, inventory,   transportation, and location.

6. Discuss the process capabilities, given the current structure, in terms of the   specific dimensions identified by you in 4.

7. Discuss existing problems and weaknesses in the current process. What        additional capabilities does the process need to develop.

8. How should the process be restructured to develop these capabilities? Discuss why the changes suggested by you will have the desired effect along the key dimensions identified by you.

9. Discuss how the suggested changes should be implemented with a time line.   Explain any resistance you may face in implementing the changes.