Terms and Conditions of Use

1.1. Access to Skilli is restricted to authorized students, faculty members, project mentors, department heads, and academic administrators officially affiliated with recognized educational partner institutions.

1.2. You are responsible for safeguarding your login credentials (email and password). Any action executed under your authenticated account is presumed to have been performed by you. You agree to notify the administration immediately upon suspecting any unauthorized access.

1.3. Temporary passwords issued during account creation must be converted to a permanent, secure password upon initial sign-in.

2.1. All project scopes, software source code, architecture diagrams, and viva presentation slide decks submitted through the platform must represent the original work of the enrolled student or formed capstone team.

2.2. Submission of plagiarized content, unauthorized proprietary software, or automated AI-generated work without attribution violates institutional academic honor codes and may result in immediate zero marks, project rejection, and disciplinary referral to the Department Head.

2.3. Once a capstone team roster or final project milestone is locked and submitted, modifications require explicit approval from the Department Administrator.

4.1. Student Ownership: Students and team members retain all intellectual property rights and copyrights in the original software, designs, and code created during their capstone projects, subject to any pre-existing institutional patent agreements.

4.2. License to Evaluate: By uploading documents, synopses, and files to Skilli, you grant the platform and your academic institution a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, inspect, evaluate, grade, and archive your submissions for educational and institutional accreditation purposes.

4.3. Platform Rights: All rights, titles, and trademarks related to the Skilli interface, logos, database schemas, and proprietary software remain the exclusive property of Skilli Platform Inc.

6.1. The platform is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. While we maintain 99.9% target uptime and automated backups, students are strongly advised to keep external local backups of all critical code and reports.

6.2. Skilli is not liable for submission delays resulting from user-side internet outages, local browser malfunctions, or late submissions after official university cutoffs.