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(TITLE PAGE PROFORMA)

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

"University of "
In partial fulfillment of the requirement
for the award of the degree of
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
[2009-11 batch]

Through
“College name address”

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PAPER NO. 308(A), 308(B), 308(C), 308(D) AND 308(E)

UNIVERSITY GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WORK

Practical Training and Project Work: Each student shall

have to undergo a practical training for a period of not less
than 50 days during the vacation at the end of First Year.

Based on actual training during the vacation, the student

shall write a project report on the topic selected under the
guidance of an internal teacher & submit the same to the
Director of the institute before the end of Semester III. The
Internal Teacher for 30 marks for internal assessment shall
assess the Project Report.

It is only on the basis of a certificate of the concerned

teacher that the project report has been satisfactorily
completed, that the student would be allowed to appear for
the examination of the Semester III.

There will be an external viva-voce based on the project

work at the end of Semester III carrying 70 marks. A panel
of two external referees shall conduct such viva-voce.

The project report is to be prepared by the student and

three typed copies are to be submitted to the Director of the
institute.

The internal teacher of the subject will duly assess the

report and the marks will be communicated by the Director
to the University, along with the marks for internal
evaluation for all other papers.

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ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WORK FOR MBA SEM III

1. Based on actual training during the vacation, the student shall

write a project report on the topic selected under the guidance of an
allotted internal guide and submit a draft copy of the project report
by10/8/2010. Second rough draft to be submitted by 17Aug 2010.
The final report in 3 copies is to be submitted to the Director of the
institute by 30/8/2010, provided it incorporates all the corrections,
additions, deletions, etc. suggested by the internal Project guide &
is approved thereafter by the Internal Project Guide.

2. The Final Project report must also be submitted in SOFT COPY –

MS-WORD FORMAT on a CD.

3. Listings should also be submitted. Every student should also

submit 4 typed copies of their project synopsis. The project
should be of minimum of 8000 words and maximum 10,000
words. (40-80 pages) The annexure graphs, tables etc. shall not
be considered for calculation of words/pages.

4. The project Synopsis should contain an Introduction to the

project, the project scope, and reason for selecting the
subject/topic in detail, objectives, methodology and conclusions in
brief.

5. The project work should be of such a nature that it could prove

useful or be relevant from the commercial/Management angle.
Observation suggestions and conclusions shall form part of the
project

6. The project work will carry 30 marks (internal) and on the basis
of the project submitted by the student there will be an external
viva-voce at the end of Sem-III carrying 70 marks.

7. The report will be duly assessed by the internal teacher of the

subject and the marks will be communicated by the Director to

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the University, along with the marks for internal evaluation for all
other papers.

No student will be permitted to appear for Semester III

Examination unless he/she submits the project as required.

8. The project report should be prepared in the prescribed format

only.

IMPORTANT:
1. DO NOT simply copy matter from the textbook/web
site/annual reports.
2. Students should focus on methodology & analysis.
3. All conclusions and suggestions, recommendations must
be supported by the data collected by you and the
analysis thereof.
4. Please meet your project guide for resolving any
doubts.
5. DO NOT finalize the report without getting clearance
from the project guide.

SOME GUIDELINES REGARDING THE PROJECT REPORT

PREPARATION

a) 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.

b) Acceptance Rejection of Project Report: The Institute holds the

right to accept the project or suggest modifications for
resubmission.

c) Format of the project report: The students must adhere strictly to

the format for the submission of the project report.

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d) 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 rune must be original (along with all original
certificates) and subsequent copies may be photocopies on any
paper.

e) 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.

f) Margins: The top, right & bottom margins must be 1" with the left
margin being 1.5"

g) Binding: Resin bound in black with golden embossing.

h) 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 University, Institute, year of
submission all in block capitals of 6 mm to
l0 mm letters on separate lines with proper spacing
and centering.

i) 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.

j) Abstract/Synopsis- Every report should have an abstract following

the Institute's Certificate. The abstract should not exceed 800
words.

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CHAPTER SCHEME 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. 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. Introduction to the topic, Reason for selecting the topic.

2. Theory related to the topic

3. Company / Organization Profile,

4. Industry Profile

5. Scope of work, Objectives of the Project Work.

6. Research Methodology.

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7. Analysis & interpretation

8. Finding & Suggestions

• 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. 2010) page numbers. THE

REFERENCES MUST BE COMPLETE IN ALL RESPECTS.

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.
e.g. http://money.howstuffworks.com/customer-
service.htrn assessed on Monday 7th August 2010, 6:30p.m

Annexure (Company Literature, 1 blank copy & 1 filled in

copy of each questionnaire used, Maps, Sampling frames,
etc.)

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Chapter Numbering: 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) 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.)

DETAILS OF CHAPTER CONTENTS

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, 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 4 to 5 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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