UNIVERSITY GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WORK

SOME GUIDELINES REGARDING THE PROJECT REPORT PREPARATION

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Number of Copies: The final report in 3 copies is to be submitted to the Director of the institute. Only on acceptance of draft project report, the student should make the final copies. One certified copy will be returned to the student.

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Acceptance Rejection of Project Report: The Institute holds the right to accept the project or suggest modifications for resubmission. Format of the project report: The students must adhere strictly to the format for the submission of the project report. Paper: The Report shall be typed on white executive bond paper, A-4 size for the final submission. The Report to be submitted to the University of Pune must be original (along with all original certificates) and subsequent copies may be photocopies on any paper.

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Typing: The typing shall be of Times New Roman, font size 12, 1 V2 spaced and on one side of the paper only, using black colour only. Margins: The top, right & bottom margins must be 1" with the left margin being 1.5" Binding: Resin bound in black with golden embossing. Front cover: The front cover should contain the following details: Top : The title in block capital of 6 mm to 15 mm letters. Center: Full name of the student in block capitals of 6 mm to 10 mm letters. Bottom: Name of the Univ., Institute, year of submission all in block capitals of 6 mm to l0 mm letters on separate lines with proper spacing and centering.

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Blank sheets: At the beginning and end of the report, two white, black bound papers should be provided, one for the purpose of binding and other to be left blank. After the first blank paper, a title sheet similar to the outside cover should be included.

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Abstract/Executive Summary: Every report should have an abstract following the Institute's Certificate. The abstract should not exceed 800 words.

CONTENTS OF THE PROJECT REPORT The contents shall follow the preliminary pages and must clearly indicate the serial number, title of the chapters, section, sub-section and page numbers. Preliminary pages : The report should contain the following Preliminary pages. I. Institute Certificate II. Certificate from Company III. Acknowledgements: IV. Executive Summary / Abstract V. List of figures (Note that all figures must carry a figure number & title) VI. List of Tables (Note that all tables must carry a table number & title) VII. Nomenclatures and abbreviations Chapter scheme of the project Report 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Introduction to the topic, Reason for selecting the topic. Company / Organization Profile. Industry Profile Scope of work, Objectives of the Project Work. Research Methodology. Data Collection Data Analysis Conclusions. Suggestions, Recommendations Limitations Bibliography in the standard international format i.e. Author (s), "Title (in quotes)", Publisher, edition, page numbers. References in the standard international format i.e. Author (s), "Title of the Article (in quotes)", Title of the journal/magazine, issue date & month, year (e.g. 15th Sept. 2008) page numbers. THE REFERENCES MUST BE COMPLETE IN ALL RESPECTS. 13. Students should provide the complete link of the website referred and along with the date and time when assessed. Do not just mention the address of the search engine.

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e.g. http://money.howstuffworks.com/customer-service.htrn assessed on Monday 7th August 2008, 6:30p.m

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Annexure (Company Literature, 1 blank copy & 1 filled in copy of each questionnaire used, Maps, Sampling frames, etc.)

Chapter Numbering: 1. Preliminary pages should be numbered as i, ii, iii, iv, etc. The Chapters shall be numbered in Arabic numerals (1,2,3,...) etc. Section and subsections of any chapters shall be in decimal notation. (1, 1.1, 1.1.1., etc). 4. 5. 6. All chapters shall be on a new page. The title for the chapters shall be properly centered at the top of the page. Page numbers (1,2,3) should be given from the first chapter of the Project till the last page of the report i.e. last page of last annexure, (including separators used if any). Annexure must carry Roman numbers (I, II, III, etc.)

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DETAILS OF CHAPTER CONTENTS

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Company Profile: 3-5 pages- about the history of the organization, its founders, promoters, vision, mission, quality policy, products; competitors, Important financial/statistical data (sales, turnover, market Share etc), organization chart,

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departments, new' projects, awards won etc. Scope of work, Objectives of the Project Work: 1-2 pages about objectives of the project work - classified into primary and secondary objectives, a maximum of 45 objectives. Research Methodology: The research framework, details about the sources of data, primary and secondary data used for the study, the scope of the study, sample size, sampling technique used, tools of data collection, surveys, questionnaire, interviews, etc. Statistical Tools used for' analysis of data, Limitations of the study. Data Analysis: Presentation of the data collected in tabular and graphical form, its analysis using various statistical techniques/tools and the interpretation of the data. Suggestions & Conclusions: Suggestions and conclusions drawn should be practical and related to the topic of the project. General suggestions and opinions should not be made. Suggestions should be based on the analysis of the data.

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FORMAT OF THE COVER PAGE OF THE REPORT

A Project Report On "Title of the project" "at/for "Name of the organization / company" By "Name of the Student" (Only name, do not mention qualifications) Under the guidance of "Name of the faculty" Submitted to

Through "Name of the Institute"