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BS-MS Thesis Monitoring and Evaluation
BS-MS Thesis Monitoring and Evaluation
✓ All the research activities (lab work and literature reading) have to be written down in an organized manner in a lab
note-book
✓ During the Mid-Sem or End-Sem evaluations, you will be asked to show the lab note-book to the committee
members
Evaluation
There will be a Mid-Sem evaluation (tentatively between 16-20 September, 2019). Each student has to give a 10-15 min
presentation in front of the BS-MS Thesis Monitoring Committee. The presentation will be based on the literature survey on
the topic of interest and a definition of the research problem.
There will be an open poster session and short presentations (3 min, the theme of the work has to be highlighted in 3-4
slides) by the students. Tentatively in the last week of November/first week of December.
B. Spring Semester (100 marks) [24 credits]
Each student has to give a 10-15 min presentation on the progress of his/her thesis work.
The students have to present their complete MS thesis work and these presentations will be open to all.
3. Best MS thesis award:
Based on the thesis work and performance, the BS-MS Thesis Monitoring Committee will short-list and recommend 6
students (this number is flexible and will be decided by the committee). The final evaluation will be done by a special
committee comprising of external members to be selected by the committee members and depending on the research
work of the shortlisted candidates.
Format for Lab Notebook
Table of Contents
Date Experiment Page No.
Leave the first few pages in the notebook for table of contents
Reaction scheme/experiment
Reference:
Journal reference or Lab notebook (volume, page no)
✓ Reaction procedure:
▪ Start time
▪ Observation
▪ End time
▪ TLC
▪ Work up/column
▪ NMR/Mass/other data