GUIDELINES

FOR
PREPARATION OF
M.Sc.(GARMENT MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY)
THESIS

DEPARTMEMT OF GARMENT MANUFACTURINGF TECHNOLOGY

NORTHERN INDIA INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNIOLOGY

MOHALI

AUGUST 2015
 GENERAL INFORMATION

1. MINIMUM TWO HARD COPIES OF THESIS ARE TO BE PREPARED WHICH

WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS:

HOD : 1 SOFT COPY
SUPERVISOR(S) : 1 SOFT COPY
STUDENT TO RETAIN : 1 HARD COPY
DEPARTMENT LIBRARY : 1 HARD COPY

2. THE THESIS SHOULD BE HARD BOUND AND NOT SPIRAL BOUND.

3. THE COLOR OF THE OUTER COVER PAGE OF THE THESIS SHOULD BE

PISTA GREEN FOR INTERNSHIP REPORT AND DARK GREEN FOR FINAL

DEGREE RESEARCH REPORT.

4. NO SHORTFORMS SHOULD BE USED IN THE THESIS SUCH AS

&, Expt., Pt., deg. C etc. IN THE TEXT.

5. LIST OF FIGURES AND LIST OF TABLES SHOULD BE GIVEN JUST

AFTER THE CONTENT.

6. STUDENT IS EXPECTED TO WRITE A PAPER ON HIS / HER

THESIS WORK.

7. PAPER: - USE ONLY ONE SIDE OF HIGH-QUALITY, PLAIN WHITE

(UNLINED IN ANY WAY) BOND PAPER, MINIMUM 85GM AND A4 IN SIZE.
ERASABLE PAPER SHOULD NOT BE USED.

8. PAGINATION

NUMBER ALL OF THE PAGES OF YOUR DOCUMENT, INCLUDING NOT

ONLY THE PRINCIPAL TEXT, BUT ALSO ALL PLATES, TABLES, DIAGRAMS,
MAPS, AND SO ON. ROMAN NUMERALS SHOULD BE USED ON THE
PRELIMINARY PAGES (PAGES UP TO THE FIRST PAGE OF TEXT) AND
ARABIC NUMERALS SHOULD BE USED ON THE TEXT PAGES. THE
NUMBERS THEMSELVES CAN BE PLACED ON THE RIGHT BOTTOM OF
THE PAGE, HOWEVER THEY SHOULD BE CONSISTENT.
9. MARGINS

TO ALLOW FOR BINDING, THE LEFT-HAND MARGIN MUST BE 1.5”. OTHER

MARGINS SHOULD BE 1.0”. DIAGRAMS, PHOTOGRAPHS, OR FACSIMILES
IN ANY FORM SHOULD BE AS STANDARD PAGE SIZE, OR IF LARGER,
FOLDED SO THAT A FREE LEFT-HAND MARGIN OF 1.5” REMAINS AND THE
FOLDED SHEET IS NOT LARGER THAN THE STANDARD PAGE.

10. PHOTOGRAPHS

PROFESSIONAL QUALITY COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NECESSARY

FOR REPRODUCTION FOR ALL THE REQUIRED COPIES OF THESES/
DISSERTATIONS, BUT YOU SHOULD BE CERTAIN THE COLORED FIGURE
WILL PRINT CLEARLY AND WILL NOT BE CONFUSING WHEN PRINTED IN
BLACK AND WHITE.
 CANDIDATE’S DECLARATION

I, Siddappa C. Biradar, a student of M.Sc. (Garment manufacturing technology) of Garment

manufacturing technology Department at Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology,
Mohali, hereby declare that I own full responsibility for the information, results, conclusions,
etc. provided in this thesis / project work titled “PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT IN
GARMENT INDUSTRY” submitted to Punjab Technical University, India for the award of
M.Sc. (Garment manufacturing technology) degree. I have completely taken care in
acknowledging the contribution of others in the academic work. I further declare that in case
of any violation of intellectual property rights or copyrights found at any stage, I, as the
candidate will be solely responsible for the same.

Date:

Place: Mohali (Siddappa C. Biradar)

 ANALYSIS OF DENIM PATTERN MAKING METHODS –A
CASE STUDY AT MALWA INDUSTRIES (MACHIWARA)
A Thesis Report
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For the Award of the Degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE

(GARMENT MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY)

TO

I. k. GUJRAL PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

KAPURTHALA

SUBMITTED BY
Ms. SHARUTI BIMRA

(ROLL NO.: 1731501)

DEPARTMENT OF GARMENT MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY

NORTHERN INDIA INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY
MOHALI – 160055
NOVEMBER 2018
 CERTIFICATE*

This is to certify that the thesis entitled “PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT OF

GARMENT INDUSRTY”, submitted by Mr. Siddappa C. Biradar in partial fulfilment of
the requirement for the award of the degree of Master of Science in Garment Manufacturing
Technology to Panjab Technical University, Jallandhar, INDIA is a record of student’s
own work carried out under our supervision and guidance.

To the best of our knowledge, this thesis has not been submitted in part or full
elsewhere in any other University or Institution for the award of any degree or diploma. It is
further understood that by this certificate the undersigned do not endorse or approve any
statement made, opinion expressed or conclusion drawn therein but approve the thesis only
for the purpose for which it is submitted.

SUPERVISORS

(Mr. S.S Banwait) (Mr.S.C.Laroiya)

Asst. Professor Asst.Professor
Deptt. Of M.Sc. GMT. Deptt. Of M.Sc.GMT
NIIFT, Mohali. NIIFT,Mohali.

COUNTERSIGNED

(Mr. S.S.Banwait)
Asst. Professor &Head
Deptt. Of M.Sc.GMT
NIIFT, Mohali.
*in case of two supervisor
 CERTIFICATE**

This is to certify the thesis entitled “STUDIES ON PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT

OF GARMENT”, by Mr. Siddappa C. Biradar in partial fulfilment of the requirement for
the award of the degree of Master of Science in Garment Manufacturing Technology to
Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, INDIA is a record of student’s own work carried
out under my supervision and guidance.

To the best of my knowledge, this thesis has not been submitted in part or full
elsewhere in any other University or Institution for the award of any degree or diploma. It is
further understood that by this certificate the undersigned do not endorse or approve any
statement made, opinion expressed or conclusion drawn therein but approve the thesis only
for the purpose for which it is submitted.

SUPERVISOR

(Mr. S.S. Dhami)

Asstt. Professor
Deptt. Of M.Sc. GMT.
NIIFT, Mohali

COUNTERSIGNED

(Mr. S.S. Banwait)

Asst. Professor & Head
Deptt. Of M.Sc. GMT.
NIIFT, Mohali.

**in case of single supervisor

 ACKNOWLEDGMENT
(A Sample)
The present work will remain incomplete unless I express my feelings of gratitude towards a
number of persons who delightfully co-operated with me in the process of this work.

I am highly indebted to my supervisor, Mr. K.S.Rana, Asst. Professor and Head, Department
of Garment Manufacturing Technology, Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology,
Mohali for his constant encouragement. Inspite of his busy schedule and pressure of
academic work, he always spared his time for me, and his guidance, precious and genial,
always kept me on the right track, in my work.

Ms. Meeta Gawri. , Astt. Professor, Department of Garment Manufacturing Technology,

Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology, Mohali was a great source of inspiration for
me. I also expressed my indebtedness towards him for providing the necessary guidance
during the course of this work.

Some of the Subordinate staff and post-graduate students at Northern India Institute of
Fashion Technology, Mohali helped me immensely in the preparation of the manuscripts of
my thesis and extended all necessary assistance in making my assignment a complete
success.

I am also thankful to the staff in the Department of Garment Manufacturing Technology,

Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology, Mohali for the general assistance provided
during the course of my work.

Lastly but not the least, I acknowledge my indebtedness to my parents for their patience,
constant cooperation and forbearance.

Place: Mohali (Name of the Student)

Date:
 ABSTRACT

The abstract should invariably have three parts / paragraphs. The first part should give the
importance of the topic of the project / thesis work chosen and how the problem was
identified.

The second part should give briefly, the methodology adopted in the present work.

The third part of the abstract should give the broad conclusions / findings of the present
work, by clearly listing numerical values of some of the important process variables or
parameters.

NOTE: The Text of the abstract should be restricted to not more than two pages

(Maximum)

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 CONTENTS

PAGE NO.

CANDIDATES’ DECLARATION i
CERTIFICATE ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT iii
ABSTRACT iv
CONTENTS v
NOMENCLATURE vi
LIST OF FIGURES vii
LIST OF TABLES viii

CHAPTER–1: INTRODUCTION 1-10

1.1 BACKGROUND TITLE 1

(IN GENERAL, SIGNIFICANCE AND
IMPORTANCE OF THE TOPIC OF THE
THESIS HAS TO BE DISCUSSED)
1.2 PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION 4
(DISCUSS HOW THE PROBLEMS / PROJECT
WORK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED)
1.3COMPANYPROFILE 7
(OVERVIEW OF THE INDUSTRY, WHERE
THE PROJECT WORK HAS BEEN DONE)
CHAPTER–2: LITERATURE REVIEW 11-21
2.1CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH 11
(BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE RESEARCH
PAPERS OF THE RELATED TOPIC OF THE
THESIS FROM ATLEAST 25 NATIONAL /
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS /
PROCEEDINGS OR FROM REPUTED
INTERNET SITE)
2.2 CONCLUDING REMARKS 20
(CONCLUDE THE LITRATURE REVIEW
SUMMARIZING THE WORK DONE SO FAR
AND ANY LIMITATIONS/SHORTCOMINGS.
ALSO INDICATE HOW IT WILL HELP YOUR PROJECT
WORK)
CHAPTER-3: EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY 22-30

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND

INSTRUMENTS MUST BE COLLECTED DURING EXPERIMENTATION
ITSELF.THESE SPECIFICATIONS ALONG WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
(WHERE EVER POSSIBLE) SHOULD BE GIVEN IN THIS CHAPTER.
DISCUSS THE METHODOLOGY ADOPTED FOR CARRYING OUT THE
EXPERIMENTATION AND COLLECTING DATA.
CHAPTER-4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 31-35

4.1 VARIATION OF CUTTING SPEED 31

THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY VARYING DIFFERENT PROCESS

PARAMETERS SHOULD BE ANALYSED AND DISSCUSSED IN THIS
CHAPTER BY PRESENTING RESULTS IN DIFFERENT COLOURS AND
WAYS LIKE GRAPHS, BARS CHARTS, PIE CHARTS, PHOTOGRAPHS,
ETC.

CHAPTER- 5: CONCLUSIONS AND SCOPE FOR FUTURE WORK 36-39

5.1 CONCLUSIONS 36

(BROAD CONCLUSIONS SHOULD BE DRAWN FROM THE

EXPERIMENTAL WORK CARRIED OUT.THESE CONCLUSIONS
SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM RESEARCH PAPERS,
RATHER THEY MUST BE YOUR OWN FINDING.)

5.2 LIMITAIONS OF PRESENT WORK 38

(WHILE CARRYING OUT THE PRESENT WORK DIFFERENT

CONSTRAINTS LIKE FACILITIES, MONEY AND TIME, CAN BE
THERE, DUE TO WHICH THERE CAN BE CERTAIN LIMITAIONS,
THAT SHOULD BE STATED HERE.)

5.3 SCOPE FOR FUTURE WORK 39

(LIMITATIONS OF OUR WORK ITSELF GIVES SCOPE FOR FUTURE

WORK.THERE ARE LARGE NUMBER OF PARAMETERS IN ANY
EXPERIMENTATION AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SEE/ CHECK THE
EFFECT PARAMETER.THE PARAMETERS OF WHICH THE EFFECT
ON RESULTS WERE NOT STUDIED, CAN ALSO BE INCLUDED IN
FUTURE WORK.)
REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY 40

APPENDIX- I: COMPUTER PROGRAM 41

APPENDIX- II: CERTIFICATE FROM INDUSTRY 42

 NOMENCLATURE

S.N. Nomenclature Abbreviated Expansion

Gini and Jony: Name of the group
1 G&J

2 Minutes: Unit for measuring time

Min

3 Worker or Operators
Wrkr

4 Assistant, example being assistant manager

Asstt.

5 Dept. Department: Say merchandising department

6 Unit production system

UPS

7 SNLS Single Needle Lock-Stitch Machine

Double Needle Lock-Stitch Machine

8 DNLS

9 QRS Quick response sewing system

10 SMEs medium-sized enterprises

11 HO Staff Head Office Staff

12 R&D Research & Development

FIGURES
FIGURES SHOULD BE NUMBERED AT THE BOTTOM AS FIGURE 2.1,
IF IT IS THE FIRST FIGURE APPEARING IN CHAPTER 2 (ALONG WITH
THE TITLE).

Example:

Figure 2.1: cut-section of spur gear

DIFFERENT PARTS IN THE FIGURE SHOULD BE NEATLY LABELED

AND SHOULD BE EASILY READABLE.
TABLES
TABLES SHOULD BE NUMBERED AT THE TOP AS TABLE 2.1 IF IT IS
THE FIRST TABLE APPEARING IN CHAPTER 2 (ALONG WITH THE
TITLE).

Table 2.1: product composition

Sr. PART NAME CARBON (%) NICKEL (%) CHROMIUM

no. (%)
 REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

METHOD OF WRITING

1. PAPER FROM RESEARCH JOURNAL

Sharon Hoghar, “Cryogenic : A Technology seeks Legitimacy”,
journal of Manufacturing Engineering, Vol.3, Sept. 2000, pp. 132 –
146.

2. PAPER FROM CONFERENCE / SEMINAR

Laroiya S.C and Adithan M., “Precision Machining of Advance
Ceramics”, Proceeding of International Conference on Advance
Manufacturing Technology, 29 – 30 August 1994, university of
Technology , Malaysia, pp . 203 –210.

3. PAPER FROM TEXT BOOK

K.H. Prabhudeo, Handbook of “Heat Treatment of Steels” Tata
McGraw Hill Company Limited, New Delhi, Second Revised Edition,
2005.

4. PAPER FROM INTERNET (Give references of only those web – site

with belongs to government, Professional bodies or Universities)
Jeff Gary, “deep - cryogenic Treatment of steels”,
www.det.html, 2007.
5. OTHER
The paper that are accepted for publication in journal or for

Presentation in The conference / seminar can also be included.

 TITLES AND SUB – TITLES

Ex 2.1 2.1.1

SHOULD BE DISTINCT FOR EASY UNDERSTANDING.

FONT TYPE: USE TIME NEW ROMAN FONT FOR WRITING

TEXT OF THE THESIS.

FONT SIZE: 12 SHOULD BE USED FOR THE TEXT.

LINE SPACING: 1.5

DIFFERENT TYPES / CASES / BOLD LETTERS SHOULD BE

USED, SO THAT THE TITLES CAN BE EASILY DISTINGUISHED

MAIN TITLES: CAPITAL, BOLD AND UPPER CASE LETTERS & FONT

SIZE 16.

Sub – Titles : LOWER CASE AND BOLD LETTERS & FONT SIZE 14.

Sub – Subtitles : LOWER CASE AND UNDERLINED LETTERS & FONT

SIZE 12.
APPENDIX

APPENDIX SHOULD BE AT THE END OF THESIS.

EVERY APPENDIX SHOULD BE NUMBERED SEPARATELY

WITH A DISTINCT TITLE.

Example:

APPENDIX –I: LISTING OF COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR

OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUE

APPENDIX –II: CERTIFICATE FROM COMPANY

AND SO ON.

IT GENERALLY INCLUDES

- COMPUTER PROGRAMMES
- CERTIFICATE FROM COMPANY /INDUSTRY
- PROCESS SHEETS
- STANDARD DATA USED FOR THESIS
- STANDARD CODES USED.
- QUESTIONNAIRE /TOOLS, ETC.