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Summer Project Manual
Summer Project Manual
Date: 12/05/2023
All the 1st year PGDM students are aware that they have to compulsorily undertake a project
for about 6-8 weeks during the months of mid of May to July, 2023. All the students are
advised that they must start planning for their summer project without any further delay. For
any difficulty or advice, they must talk to their mentor/ faculty guide. The students must note
that the notice giving details about the rules and guidelines about summer project will be
circulated subsequently. Please find the manual below:
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4. Page Dimensions and MARGINS:
The dimensions of the final bound copy of the project report should be in standard A4
size. 80 gsm paper may be used for preparing the copies.
The final copy of the project report (at the time of submission) should have the
following page margins:
Top edge : 3 cm to 3.5 cm (1.2” to 1.4”)
Bottom edge : 2.5 cm to 3 cm (1” to 1.2”)
Left side : 3. 5 cm to 4.0 cm (1.4” to 1.6”)
Right side : 2 cm to 2.5 cm (0.8” to 1”)
The following pages show the sequencing for the Summer Project Report and
guidelines / samples for the pages.
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For Primary Data based projects -Structure of the Report will be as under
Title
Declaration
Certificate
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations.
Page No.
Executive Summary (max 1-2 pages) …………
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For Secondary Data based projects -Structure of the Report will be as under
Title
Declaration
Certificate
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations.
Page No.
Executive Summary (max 1-2 pages) ………….
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GUIDELINES
1) Use diagrams, charts, graphs, pictures, tables, etc. to make your Project Report of a
better quality. Please insert captions at the bottom of these along with the source, if
any.
2) Executive Summary:
Executive Summary should be of 1 to 2 pages which is the gist of your project. After
reading the Executive Summary, the reader should understand what you have said in
the Report. The Executive Summary should also contain in brief, Objectives,
Methodology, Sample Design, Sample Size and Major Findings and recommendation
4) Methodology:
In Methodology, the research design literature review – library research, data
collection methods and methods of data analysis should be described. Before
beginning with Methodology, the objective(s) should be clearly defined.
7) Annexures:
Annexures should include Questionnaires (for primary based data projects), any
documents collected from the Company and/or tables of data.
A list of anti-plagiarism softwares that can be used for plagiarism check are as
indicated below for your reference
1. Copyscape 2. Plagium 3. Plagscan 4. Duplichecker
5. Plagiarisms
Sample Pages: - (Enclosed, Not to be used and are provided only as illustration)
Sample – 1 Sample – 2 Sample – 3 Sample – 4
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SAMPLE FOR TITLE PAGE
[Font-Times New Roman Font Size-16 Space size-1.5]
Submitted by
Name: Rohan Fonseca
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Sample – 2
Student’s Declaration
I hereby declare that this report submitted to IES’s Management College and Research Centre
as summer internship project report is my original work and not used anywhere for award of
any degree or diploma or fellowship or for similar titles or prizes.
I further certify that without any objection or condition subject to the permission of the
company where I did my summer project, I grant the rights to IES’s Management College
and Research Centre to publish any part of the project if they deem fit in journals/Magazines
and newspapers etc without my permission.
Place : Mumbai
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Sample – 3
This is to certify that the summer internship project report is a result of the bonafide research
work carried out by Mr. / Ms. (PUT YOUR NAME) under my supervision and guidance. No
part of this report has been submitted for award of any other degree, diploma, fellowship or
other similar titles or prizes. The work has also not been published in any
journals/Magazines.
(Please note that this certificate is to be given by the company on their letter head and to be
included in the project report)
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Sample – 4
This is to certify that the summer internship project report is a result of the bonafide research
work carried out by Mr. / Ms. (PUT YOUR NAME) under my supervision and guidance. No
part of this report has been submitted for award of any other degree, diploma, fellowship or
other similar titles or prizes. The work has also not been published in any
journals/Magazines.
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