INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY, JHANSI

A Major Project Report

ON
“Building an Alumni Network for Institutes to Improve Networking, Career
Opportunities, and Institutional Growth”
Session 2023-24
Submitted to the department of Computer Science and Engineering for the fulfilment of four years degree
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering

GUIDED BY CO-ORDINATOR PROJECT IN-CHARGE

Dr. Sadik Khan Er. Priyanka Pande Dr. Sadik Khan
Assistant Professor Co-Ordinator Assistant Professor
CSE I.E.T BU Jhansi CSE I.E.T BU Jhansi CSE I.E.T BU Jhansi

SUBMITTED BY

1. Sachin Sharma (201381030053)

2. Adarsh Maurya (201381030005)
3. Akash Kumar (201381030010)
4. Ashish Rao (201381030020)
5. Priya Singh (201381030046)
 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY, JHANSI

CERTIFICATE

To whomsoever it may concern

This is to certify that Sachin Sharma (201381030053), Adarsh Maurya (201381030005), Akash
Kumar (201381030010), Priya Singh (201381030046), Ashish Rao (201381030020) are bonafide
students of Computer Science & Engineering Final year in the academic year of 2023- 24 have shown
their competence in completing Project Report on “LinkPad” for the fulfilment of the requirements
for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering,
Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (U.P.). Their work is highly appreciable.

Under the Guidance of

Dr. Sadik Khan
Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering Dept.
I.E.T BU Jhansi
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It gives us immense pleasure to present this report. We, the students of Computer Science
and Engineering, were given, as a part of our curriculum, to make a Project on a topic of our
choice. Our group chose ‘LinkPad’ as our project. We take this privilege to express our gracious
thanks and regards to Dr. Sadik Khan, our guide and the project in-charge, for providing
his continuous assistance and coordination.
We express our sincere and profound sense of gratitude to our learned and respected
Coordinator of the Department Er. Priyanka Pande and faculty Dr. Lalit Kumar Gupta,
Er. B.P. Gupta, Er. Vijay Kumar Verma, Er. B.B. Niranjan, Dr. Sadik Khan, Er. Keshav
Kumar Tiwari, Er. Akhilesh Kumar, Er. Anurag Kumar, Er. Manoj Verma without whom
realizing the project was a tough job.

Lastly, I would like to thank the Almighty, my parents and my friends for their constant
encouragement and invaluable support from the conceptualization and culmination of the
project, without which this task would not be possible.

1. Sachin Sharma (201381030053)

2. Adarsh Maurya (201381030005)
3. Akash Kumar (201381030010)
4. Ashish Rao (201381030020)
5. Priya Singh (201381030046)
 DECLARATION

We Sachin Sharma, Adarsh Maurya, Akash Kumar, Ashish Rao, Priya Singh hereby declare that the work
which is being presented in the file, “LINKPAD”, is in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the major
project that has been given by us as a scheduled of our B. Tech education. To the best of our knowledge and
belief, we also declare that we worked as per the university norms. This is an authentic record of our own,
carried out under the supervision of Dr. Sadik Khan.

Student Name /Signatures Roll No.

Sachin Sharma (201381030053)

……………………………….

Adarsh Maurya (201381030005)

…………………………………

Akash Kumar (201381030010)

……………………………………

Ashish Rao (201381030020)

……………………………………..

Priya Singh (201381030046)

……………………………………..
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

DESCRIPTION PAGE NUMBER

SYNOPSIS ................................................................................................... 01
PROGRESS REPORT 1 .............................................................................. 12
PROGRESS REPORT 2 .............................................................................. 33

CHAPTER 1

1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 47
1.1 Motivation ............................................................................................47
1.2 Problem Definition .............................................................................. 47
1.3 Scope Of Project .................................................................................. 47
1.4 User Classes and Characteristics ……………………………………..47

CHAPTER 2

2. SURVEY .................................................................................................. 48
2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 48
2.2 Existing System ................................................................................... 48
2.3 Proposed Systems ................................................................................ 48
2.4 Module ................................................................................................. 49
2.4.1 User Registration and Profile……………………………………. 49
2.4.2 Job Board and Career Resources ………………………………...49
2.4.3 Discussion Forums and Post…………………………………….. 49
2.4.4 Club, Events, Hall Of Fame Stories……………………...……... 49
2.4.5 Job Recommendations System …………………………...……...49

CHAPTER 3

3. REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS ................................................................ 51

3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 51
3.2 SDLC Model ………………………………………………..………. 51
3.3 Software Requirement Specification ...................................................52
3.4 User Interface ..................... …………………………….…………...54
3.5 External Interface Requirements .........................................................55
3.5.1 Software Requirement ..................................................................55
3.5.2 Hardware Requirement .................................................................57
CHAPTER 4

4. DESIGN ................................................................................................... 58
4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 58
4.2 Architecture Diagram .......................................................................... 58
4.3 Detailed Relational Diagrams ..............................................................59
4.3.1 Data Flow Diagram ...................................................................... 59
4.3.2 Entity- Relationship Diagram ........................................................60
4.3.3 Unified Modeling Language (UML) ..............................................61

CHAPTER 5

5. FEASIBILITY STUDY ............................................................................. 63

5.1 Economic Feasibility ............................................................................. 63
5.2 Operational Feasibility .......................................................................... 63
5.3 Technical Feasibility ............................................................................. 65
.
CHAPTER 6

6. TESTING AND VALIDATION ................................................................. 66

6.1 Software Testing ..................................................................................... 66
6.2 Testing Phases ......................................................................................... 66
6.3 Testing Activities .................................................................................... 67
6.3.1 Unit Testing ...................................................................................... 67
6.3.2 Equivalence Testing ......................................................................... 67
6.3.3 Integration Testing ........................................................................... 67
6.4 Test Case Design ..................................................................................... 68
6.4.1 White -Box Testing .......................................................................... 68
6.4.2 Black- Box Testing ........................................................................... 68

CHAPTER 7

7. IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................... 69
7.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 70
7.2 Design and Implementation Constraints ...................................................70
7.3 Wireframes ............................................................................................... 71
7.4 Project Screenshots .................................................................................. 73
7.4.1 Home page ........................................................................................ 73
7.4.2 Login ................................................................................................. 73
7.4.3 Profile ............................................................................................... 74
7.4.4 Add Job ............................................................................................ 74
7.4.5 Job Board ...........................................................................................75
7.4.6 Sign up Page ..................................................................................... 75
 7.4.7 Hall of Fame ................................................................................... 76

CHAPTER 8

8. DEPLOYMENT ......................................................................................... 77
8.1 How to Run ............................................................................................ 77
8.2 Deployment Strategy ............................................................................. 80

CHAPTER 9

9. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS 82

9.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................ 82
9.2 Future Enhancements ............................................................................. 82
APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY
APPENDIX APPENDIX B:
REFFERENCES
 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE TITLE PAGE NUMBER

Figure 1 Waterfall Model 03

Figure 2 Client Server Architecture 58
Figure 7.4.1 Homepage 73
Figure 7.4.2 Login Page 73
Figure 7.4.3 Profile 74
Figure 7.4.4 Add Job 74
Figure 7.4.5 Job Board 75
Figure 7.4.6 Signup Page 75
Figure 7.4.7 Hall of Fame 76
 INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY, JHANSI

A Major Project

Description On

“Building an Alumni Network for Institutes to Improve Networking, Career

Opportunities, and Institutional Growth”

GUIDED BY CO-ORDINATOR PROJECT IN-CHARGE

Dr. Sadik Khan Er. Priyanka Pande Dr. Sadik Khan
Assistant Professor Co-ordinator Assistant Professor
CSE I.E.T BU Jhansi CSE I.E.T BU Jhansi CSE I.E.T BU Jhansi

SUBMITTED BY

1. Sachin Sharma (201381030053)

2. Adarsh Maurya (201381030005)
3. Akash Kumar (201381030010)
4. Ashish Rao (201381030020)
5. Priya Singh (201381030046)
SYNOPSIS