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SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING (SCDL)

Project Guidelines for ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Statistics
(PGDDSS)’
As a part of the curriculum of Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Statistics (PGDDSS) program,
students will carry out a Project. While developing the project, the students will follow certain internal
evaluation procedures of SCDL. A student should choose a technical or Techno-business topic of his/her
interest.

Understanding significance of Project Report

In order to acquire the right balance, learner should consider the aim behind making the good project. It
provides the opportunity for learner to demonstrate independence and originality, to plan and organize
the project work, and to put into practice some of the techniques learners have been taught throughout
the program.

Meaning of Project

A project can be defined as a temporary endeavour undertaken to achieve a particular aim or it is a study
of factual information for comprehending and applying the various concepts of the course into practice.
In simple words, a Project can be understood as mentioned under-

• It is a practice of verification or demonstration of concepts or hypotheses or process/es. In fact,

Project is a supplement to learning.
• It is a technique of self-learning, of learning by doing. It has a practical value.
• The purpose of the project is not to generalize but to study the situation with practical orientation.

Project Objectives

This Project is made a part of the curriculum to allow a student to experience real-life situations in order
to substantiate their learnings. In addition, they are expected to learn new technologies or methodologies
or practices. A large part of the evaluation will depend on this. In addition, if a student contributes in
terms of an original solution or an idea or suggestions they will be deemed valuable. Student can either
developed/implement new software/application or use any existing techniques/tools in real practice,
theoretical based/study based projects are not accepted.

Project Submission

At the end of Semester III, every learner has to submit the soft copy of the complete project online using
Online Project Submission Link available in Student Login. Only the soft copy of the Project
documentation along with the aspects mentioned in the guidelines should be submitted online. Student
should not send hardcopy of the project to the SCDL. Learners should submit their Project Reports as per
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the guidelines given by SCDL. Project Reports which are not as per the guidelines will not qualify for
evaluation.

The standard font type ‘Times new Roman’ with 12 points font size should be used by the learners for
preparing the Project Report. Figures and tables should be presented immediately following their first
mention in the text. All the figures and tables must be serially numbered, captioned, and cited in the body
text. Equations should form separate lines with appropriate paragraph separation above and below the
equation line, with equation numbers aligned to the right.

Learners have to submit the project based on the given below chapters/aspects. Project will be assessed
on the basis of following:

Chapter 1: Introduction

This chapter will give an overview of the project. It shall give an introduction to the fundamentals, present
scenario of various technologies/methodologies concerned with the theme of project purpose, scope and
objectives of the project, and background of the project. It will also include the research problem
(technical or Techno-business) and also clearly explain the methodology of the conduct of research. It
shall comprise of:

- Objectives

- Scope and Background

- User Requirements (If any)

- Unresolved Issues (If any)

The length of this chapter should be between 3-5 pages.

Chapter 2 – Analysis of Work Done and Design

This is a very crucial chapter in the project since it explains the work done by the researcher and the
analysis justifying the work. It will explain in detail in a step-by-step manner the conduct of the project
and the technology/tools used, stages of development, use of special software tools (if any), use of
statistical techniques (if any), various tests of validity of the approaches used and data analysis.

Due importance shall be given to procedures adopted and techniques developed, methodologies
developed and adopted.

While important derivations/formulae/codes/syntaxes/templates/models/flow-charts should normally

be presented as a part of this chapter.

This section shall comprise of the planning charts, use case diagram, sequence, class diagrams and table
design etc. as mentioned below:

Planning Chart (Fishbone Diagram/Gantt chart)

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Use Case Diagram (if any)

Activity Diagram(if any)
Sequence Diagram (if any)
Class Diagram (if any)
ER Diagram (if any)
Data Dictionary (if any)
Data Set Preparation (if any)
Report Layouts/ Screenshots /Graphs
Source code (if any with input data validation)
Test Procedures and Implementation (with reports, if any) /Accuracy Metrics
Tools and Technology used

Recommended number of pages for this chapter is 10-20 pages.

Chapter 3 – Learning experiences on Business / Technology

This chapter will explain the important lesson learnt and experiences imbibed from the project. It will
bring the behavioural aspects of learning; it will also bridge the gap between theory and practice of the
chosen technology or business concept for research. Moreover, it will also highlight the situational and
crisis management scenarios experienced during the project period.

Recommended number of pages for this chapter is 3-5 pages.

Chapter 4 - Conclusion

This chapter shall include a thorough evaluation of the investigation carried out and bring out the findings,
suggestion and contributions of project. The discussion shall logically lead to inferences and conclusions
as well as scope for future research as much as possible.

Conclusions derived from the logical analysis shall be presented and clearly enumerated, each point stated
separately.

Recommended number of pages for this chapter is 1-2 pages.

Chapter 5 - Bibliography / References

This shall form the final chapter of the thesis. The students shall follow the IEEE style of citation only, for
example:

[1] E. Iannone and R. Sabella, “Optical path technologies: A comparison among different crossconnect
architectures,” J. Lightwave Technol., vol.14, no. 3, pp. 2184–2196, Oct. 1996.

[2] J. Mitchell, P. Lane, and J. O’Reilly, “Statistical characterization of interferometric beat noise in optical
networks,” in Proc. OFC’98, pp.123–124.
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[3] Cooperative Association of Internet Data Analysis. [Online]. Available: http://www.caida.org

[4] W. Goralski, Optical Networking and WDM. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill, 2001.

Sample Project Topics List-

1. Rainfall in India
2. Covid 19 Analysis, Visualisation and Comparisons & Prediction
3. Global Suicide Rates
4. Pollution in Unites States
5. Red Wine Quality
6. Amazon Alexa Reviews
7. Unemployment in COVID 19 Era
8. Student Grade Prediction

Assessment Parameters for the Project Report

Chapter 1: Introduction (15 Marks)

Chapter 2 – Analysis of Work Done and Design (45 Marks)

Chapter 3 – Learning experiences on Business / Technology (20 Marks)

Chapter 4 – Conclusion (15 Marks)

Chapter 5 - Bibliography / References (5 Marks)

Sr. No. Title of the Chapter Marks

Introduction
- Objectives
1 - Scope and Background 15
- User Requirements (If any)
- Unresolved Issues (If any)
Analysis of Work Done and Design
- Planning Chart (Fishbone Diagram/Gantt chart)
2 -Use Case Diagram (if any) 45
-Activity Diagram (if any)
-Sequence Diagram(if any)
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-Class Diagram (if any)

-ER Diagram (if any)
-Data Dictionary (if any)
-Data Preparation (if any)
-Report Layouts/ Screenshots /Graphs
-Source code (if any with input data validation)
-Test Procedures and Implementation (with reports, if any)
-Tools and Technology used

- Confusion matrix(if any)

- Accuracy Calculation(if any)

Learning experiences on Business / Technology

3 20
-Application of Knowledge in the Project
Conclusion
4 -Findings 15
-Recommendations
5 Bibliography / References 5

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROJECT REPORT

• Project should be submitted as a soft copy.

• Font: Times New Roman, 12 size, 1.5 spacing
• Margin: Left 35 mm. Right 20 mm. Top 35 mm. Bottom 20 mm.
• Preliminary page should have the following information:
o Top: The title in CAPITAL letters o Centre: Full name of the student in CAPITAL
letters and Registration Number o Bottom: Name of the Institute (SCDL) in CAPITAL letters
and the Academic year Follow Chicago Style of referencing for your project work.
• Use heading levels for ease of access.
• Use clear graphics and outline every graphic. Lock the graphic so that it will not move.

DECLARATION BY THE LEARNER

Declaration by the student should be given in the following format.

This is to declare that I have carried out this project work myself in part fulfillment of the _________
Program of SCDL.
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The work is original, has not been copied from anywhere else and has not been submitted to any other
University/Institute for an award of any degree/diploma.

Name:
Signature:
Place:
Date:

CHAPTERISATION

i) Preliminary page

ii) Declaration by the

learner

iii) Table of Contents

Chapters Page Nos.

1. Introduction …

2. Analysis of Work Done and Design …

3. Learning experiences on Business / Technology …

4. Conclusion …

5. Bibliography / References …

Important Instructions.

• At the end of Semester III, every student has to submit the soft copy of the complete
project online i.e. using Project Submission Link available in Student Centre. (The
student should not send hardcopy of the project to the SCDL). The Student should
submit the Project Report as per the project guidelines given by SCDL.

• For query on evaluation of project the students are required to contact SCDL within 8 -
10 working days after the Project marks reflected in performance sheet. The queries
received after mentioned above said time will not be considered.
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• For any query on project report, an email can be send to projectreport@scdl.net

• Students are required pay applicable project Submission Fee. The fee can be paid by
online through Project Online payment link or by Demand Draft. The D/D should be in
favor of “The Director SCDL, Pune” payable at Pune and attached the D/D with duly filled
Service Request Form) on following address.

Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

Symbiosis Bhavan,
1065 B, Gokhale Cross Road,
Model Colony,
Pune – 411 016

The Online payment link is available under the project option in your student centre.

o The student are required to submit individual Project Report as per the guidelines given.
The preparation of Project Report as Group activity or copied shall be avoided and found
if any will not be considered for further evaluation which please may be noted.
o Please note Plagiarism check is mandatory before submitting the final soft copy of project
to SCDL for evaluation. In simple terms, plagiarism is copy-paste. Students can use the
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) available online for checking the same (For e.g.
http://plagiarisma.net/). As per the UGC guidelines, similarity index should be less than
10%. The plagiarism report should be attached with the project report without which the
project report will not be evaluated.

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