Group work , Group learning , Group evaluation has been glorified , particularly in higher education for its obvious benefits. Group projects have known to lead to enhanced communication skills, interpersonal skills, peer learning as well as team building skills. The national as well as international accreditation agencies have also mandated group projects as an essential performance indicator that measures group learning and makes the students corporate ready. However, group evaluation is no without its challenges. Despite its obvious benefits, it might not result in expected learning.’ Social Loafing’ or ‘Free riding’ has been cited as the most important factor that dilutes this learning experience. The students’ frustration, disillusionment and a sense of injustice at the end of the project when even the student who did the least gets the same marks is not a very positive picture of the teaching- learning-assessment relationship.The Teacher-Evaluator’s inability to take corrective action despite the knowledge that all have not contributed equally is also frustrating.