FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF B.

TECH INTERNSHIP REPORT

Internship report should be prepared elaborately starting from abstract, introduction, relevant
chapters and conclusion etc.

1. NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED FOR EVALUATION:

• One soft copy

• Soft Copy of Original Certificate

2. SIZE OF REPORT

The size of Project Report should not exceed 15 pages of typed matter reckoned from
the first page of Chapter 1 to the last page of the Appendix.

3. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS OF PROJECT

The sequence in which the Internship material should be arranged and bound should be
as follows:
1. Cover Page & Title page
2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Certificate
4. Abstract
5. Acknowledgement
6. Table of Contents
7. List of Tables
8. List of Figures
9. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
10. Chapters
11. Appendix
12. References
The Tables and Figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

4. PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGIN:

Standard A4 size (297 mm × 210 mm) paper may be used for preparing the copies.

The report (at the time of submission) should have the following page margins :

Top edge : 35 mm
Bottom edge : 30 mm
Left side : 40 mm
Right side : 25 mm

Tables and Figures should conform to the margin specifications. Large size Figures
should be photographically or otherwise reduced to the appropriate size before insertion.

5. MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION:

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 • The headings of all items 2 to 11 listed in section 3 should be typed in capital
letters without punctuation and centered 50 mm below the top of the page.
• The text should commence 2 spaces below this heading.
• The page numbering for all items 1 to 8 should be done using lower case Roman
numerals and the pages thereafter should be numbered using Arabic numerals.

5.1 Cover Page & Title Page - A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page for
Internship report is enclosed.

5.2 Bonafide Certificate – The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using
Font Style Times New Roman Font Size 14, as per the format enclosed.

5.3 Abstract - Abstract should be an essay type of narration not exceeding one page
outlining the project problem, the methodology used for tackling it and a summary of
the findings, when typed 1.5 line spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font
Size 14.

5.4 Acknowledgement – The acknowledgement shall be brief and should not exceed one
page when typed in 1.5 line spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 12.
.
5.5 Table of contents - the Table of contents should list all material following it as well as
any material which precedes it. The title page, Bonafide Certificate and
Acknowledgment will not find a place among the items listed in the Table of Contents
but the page numbers in lower case Roman letters are to be accounted for them. One
and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.

5.6 List of Table - The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the
Tables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter
under this head. Table are to be given with number like 1.1, 2.1, 3.5 etc, where first
letter indicates Chapter number and the second letter indicates Table number
respectively. Example: The results are shown in Table 1.6.

5.7 List of Figures - The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below
the Figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the
matter under this head. Figures are to be given with number like 1.1, 2.1, 3.5 etc, where
first letter indicates Chapter number and the second letter indicates Figure
number respectively. Example: Referring to Figure 2.8, (or) The details are shown in
Figure 2.8.

5.8 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature - One and a half spacing should
be adopted for typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations
etc. should be used.
5.9 Chapters - The chapters may be broadly divided into 3 parts (i) Introductory chapter,
(ii) Chapters developing the main theme of the project, (iii) Analysis, designs and
Conclusion.

The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further
divided into several divisions and sub-divisions.

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 * Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.

* Tables and Figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of

the reference where they are cited.

5.10 How to use literature references in the texts: (examples)

• Gunasekaran et al (2012), studied about the long term performance of coconut shell
concrete under different curing conditions.
• Design co-efficient were considered as recommended by IS: 456: 2000

5.11 Appendix - Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which if

included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme under
discussion.

* Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1,

Appendix 2, etc.

5.12 List of References - Any works of other researchers, if used either directly or indirectly,
the origin of the material thus referred to at appropriate places in the report should be
indicated. A paper, a monograph or a book may be referred by the numbers, placed
inside brackets at the appropriate places in the project should be indicated like (Ref.1)
or (Ref.4-8).
The listing should be typed 4 spaces below the heading "REFERENCES" in order in
which they cited in the text in 1.5 line spacing justified. The name of the author/authors
should be immediately followed by the year and other details. A typical illustrative list
given below relates to the citation example.

1. Mehta, PK. and Monteiro, PJM. (1997), Concrete: Microstructure, Properties and
Materials, Indian edition, Indian Concrete Institute, Chennai.
2. Unnikrishna Pillai, S. and Devdas Menon.(2003), Reinforced Concrete Design, Second
edition, Tata McGraw-Hill publishing company limited, New Delhi.
3. Johnson Alengaram, U., Mohd Zamin Jumaat. and Hilmi Mahmud, (2008), Ductility
Behaviour of Reinforced Palm Kernel Shell Concrete Beams, European Journal of
Scientific Research, Vol.23 No.3, page.406-420.
4. Frydman S. and Shaham I. (1989), Pullout Capacity of Slab Anchors in Sand, Canadian
Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 26, page. 385-400.
5. Andreadis A., Harvey RC. and Burley E. (1981), Embedded Anchor Response to Uplift
Loading, Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 107, (GT1), page. 59-78.
6. Ravichandran PT. and Ilamparuthi. K. (2008), Uplift Behavior of Strip Anchors in Sand
and Reinforced Sand Beds, Indian Geotechnical Journal, Vol.38, page. 156-170.

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 7. IS 4091: 1979, Code of Practice for Design and Construction of Foundations for
Transmission Line Towers and Poles, Bureau of Indian Standard, New Delhi, 110002.
8. Khadilkar BS., Paradkar AK. and Golait YS. (1971), Study of Rupture Surface and
Ultimate Resistance of Anchor Foundations, Proc. 4th Asian Regional Conference,
Bangkok, Thailand, page. 121-127.
9. Sharma SC. (2007), Construction Equipment and its Management, Khanna Publisher,
Delhi.

5.13 Tables and Figures – All the tables and figures should be mentioned in the text. By
the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the body of the project as well as
in the appendices. All other non-verbal material used in the body of the project and
appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams may be designated
as Figures.

* A Table or Figure including caption should be accommodated within the

prescribed margin limits and appear on the page following the page where
their first reference is made.

* Tables and Figures on half page or less in length may appear on the same page
along with the text. However, they should be separated from the text both above
and below by single line spacing.

* All Tables and Figures should be prepared on the same paper or material used
for the preparation of the rest of the project.

* Two or more small Tables or Figures may be grouped if necessary in a single

page.

* Wherever possible, the entire photograph(s) may be reproduced on a full sheet

of photographic paper.

* Photographs if any should be included in the colour Xerox form only. More
than one photograph can be included in a page.

Examples:
Table 3.1 Trial mix proportions
Cement Crusher 20 mm 10 mm Water Super
Trials (kg /m3) sand (kg /m3) (kg /m3) (kg /m3) plasticizers
(kg /m3) (kg /m3)
Trial –I 400 700 725 475 165 4.00
Trial –II 425 650 700 450 160 4.10

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 Figure 4.2 Deval’s Attrition test equipment

6. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS

6.1 General
Some information given earlier under clause 5, 'Manuscript preparation' shall also be
referred. The impressions on the typed/duplicated/printed copies should be black in colour.
A sub-heading at the bottom of a page must have at least two full lines below it or
else it should be carried over to the next page.
The last word of any page should not be split using a hyphen.
1.5 line spacing should be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be
typed in Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 12.
Single spacing should be used for typing:
(i) Long Tables
(ii) Long quotations
(iii) Foot notes
(iv) Multilane captions
6.2 Chapters
The format for typing Chapter headings, Divisions headings and Sub-division headings
are explained through the following illustrative examples.

Chapter heading CHAPTER 1 (Times New Roman, font size 14, Bold)
OVERVIEW (Times New Roman, font size 14, Bold)

Division heading 1.1 OBJECTIVE (Times New Roman, font size 12,
Bold)

Sub-division heading :2.1.1 Analysis and design (Times New Roman, font size 12,
Bold)
Sub-division heading :2.1.1.1 Mathematical Modeling (Times New Roman, font size 12,
Italic , Bold)
• The word CHAPTER without punctuation should be centred 50 mm down from
the top.
• Two spaces below, the title of the chapter should be typed centrally in capital
letters.
• The text should commence 2 spaces below this title, the first letter of the text
starting 20 mm, inside from the left hand margin (indentation).
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 • The division and sub-division captions along with their numberings should be
left-justified.
• The typed material directly below division or sub-division heading should
commence single space below it and should be offset 20 mm from the left hand
margin (indentation).
• Within a division or sub-division paragraphs are permitted. Even paragraph
should commence single space below the last line of the preceding paragraph,
the first letter in the paragraph being offset from the left hand margin by
20 mm (indentation).
• All paragraphs should be justified.

7. NUMBERING INSTRUCTIONS

7.1 Page Numbering

• All pages numbers (whether it is in Roman or Arabic numbers) should be typed

without punctuation on the bottom at the centre.
• The preliminary pages of the project (such as Title page, Acknowledgement,
Table of Contents etc.) should be numbered in lower case Roman numerals.
• The title page will be numbered as (i) but this should not be typed. The page
immediately following the title page shall be numbered (ii) and it should appear
at the bottom at the centre as already specified.
• Pages of main text, starting with Chapter 1 should be consecutively numbered
using Arabic numerals.

7.2 Numbering of Tables and Figures

Tables and Figures appearing anywhere in the project should bear appropriate numbers.
The rule for assigning such numbers is illustrated through an example. Thus, if a Figure in
Chapter 3, happens to be the fourth then assign 3.4 to that Figure. Identical rules apply for
Tables except that the word Figure is replaced by the word Table. If a table to be continued
into the next page this may be done, but no line should be drawn underneath an unfinished
Table. The top line of the Table continued into the next page should, for example read Table
2.1 (continued) placed centrally and underlined.

7.3 Numbering of Equations

Equations appearing in each Chapter or Appendix should be numbered serially, the

numbering commencing a fresh for each Chapter or Appendix. Thus for example, an equation
appearing in Chapter 4, if it happens to be the eighth equation in that Chapter should be
numbered (4.8) thus:

Ppu H 
= 1+  sin + sin  (4.8)
BH B 2

Where,
Ppu - the ultimate uplift resistance per unit length of plate
 - unit weight of soil bed

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 B - breadth of anchor plate
H - depth of embedment
 - angle made by the force, to the normal of the failure plane

While referring to this equation in the body of the project it should be referred to as
Equation (4.8).

8. GENERAL IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

• Over view contents should be justified wherever applicable

• Codes and standards are to be justified in the relevant places
• Earlier courses studied are to be properly placed and mentioned wherever possible and
multi disciplinary team work as well
• I, we and they are to be avoided while writing the report
• Abbreviations are to be defined at first and used consistently thereafter.
• For units: only SI units systems are to be used in a standard manner
• Magnitudes and the units and are separated with a space.
Example: 20 mm and not as 20mm
• Multiplication symbol should be used as × as available in MS word symbol and not as
*, x, and X
• Software names are used as per its original name
Example: STAAD.Pro and not as Staad.PRO
• More emphasis should not be given to the software like marketing in the chapter title
and writing the contents
• Placing screen from software outputs directly are to be avoided and those details are to
be made and prepared manually in the form of Tables.
• The Report should not exceed 25 Pages.

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