PGDM 110- CAPSTONE PROJECT

Class PGDM (2019-21)

Semester I
Credits 03

Project Guidelines
The Capstone Project is designed to demonstrate accumulated training in PGDM Semester I, in a
single original project under the additional supervision of a faculty mentor. The completed
project should bring together all the learning in Semester I i.e. through subjects-Management
Principles & Organizational Behaviour, Accounting for Managers, Managerial Economics,
Business Statistics & Quantitative Techniques, Computer Fundamentals and Applications in
Management, Business Communication, Legal & Business Environment, Business Ethics &
Corporate Governance and PDP.

1. The Capstone Project needs to be submitted in assigned groups of students

(working throughout the semester) under guidance of faculty mentor.
2. The Capstone necessitates submission of multiple drafts (in form of Assignments)
of project that are subjected to regular feedback from faculty mentor.
3. All assignments should adhere to deadlines. The outline of the assignments is as
follows:

Assignment Topic Date of First Date of Date of final

No. Submission Feedback Submission
with revisions
as per
feedback

1 Introduction - Overview of Topic, 30th Aug ‘19 3rd Sept ‘19 6th Sept ‘19
importance and need of study.
Plagiarism not allowed.

2 Company Background – Vision, Mission, 6th Sept ‘19 10th Sept ‘19 13th Sept ‘19
Organizational Structure and Culture.
Plagiarism not allowed.

3 Financial Analysis of Company’s Balance 6th Oct ‘19 11th Oct ‘19 14th Oct ‘19
Sheet

4 Analysis of Share Price over the past six 12th Oct ‘19 15th Oct ‘19 18th Oct ‘19
months – Range, Mean, Standard
Deviation and implications of each

Correlation between share price of

company and SENSEX taking daily data
for past 6 months

To be done using MS- Excel

5 PESTLE and Competitor Analysis of the 18th Oct ‘19 22nd Oct ‘19 25th Oct’19
Company and preparing ETOP for the
company. Plagiarism not allowed.
6 CSR Policy and Initiatives of the 21st Oct’19 23rd Oct ‘19 25th Oct’19
Company. Plagiarism not allowed.

7 Project Report Soft Copy in MS – Word 31st Oct ‘19 5th Nov ‘19 N.A.
including Cover Page, Index with page
numbers and all Assignments as Send final pdf
Chapters (Times New Roman 12pt. Font as mentioned
with 1.5 line spacing and 1” margins on in Pt. 8 after
all sides. Headings in 14pt and Chapter incorporating
Titles in 16pt. All pages of the project changes as
main body to be numbered). Must be per feedback
free from plagiarism. More than 15%
plagiarised content will not be accepted.
You may use smallseotools of google for
checking plagiarism in between (1000
words at a time) and get it finally
checked from Library through the
available plagiarism checking software.

8 Project Report Final PDF for Approval 8th Nov ‘19 Approval to N.A.
with proper page setting as required for be given by
printing and plagiarism checked report 10th Nov ‘19
issued from library.

9 Final Submission of Two Copies of Spiral 15th Nov ‘19 N.A. N.A.
Bound Project (coloured cover page and
single side printing of the complete
report)

10 Submission of PPT to faculty mentor on 18th Nov ‘19 N.A. N.A.

email (Not more than 10min
presentation)

11 Presentation before panel and Viva As per dates announced by Examination

based on Project Department