DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Project Documentation guide lines

1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:

The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be as follows:

1. Cover Page

2. Inside cover page

3. Certificate from external guide (if any)

4. Certificate from the college

5. Acknowledgements

6. Abstracts

7. Table of contents(index)

8. List of tables

9. List of figures

10. Abbreviations (if any)

11. Nomenclature ( if any)

12. Appendices

13. References

14. List of papers published, based on the report ( if any)

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2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:

The project report should be prepared in A4 size, and should be hard bound with black color wrapper gold colored
letters.

1. PREPARATION FORMAT:
1.1 Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page are attached.
3.2. Inside cover page same as cover page
3.3. Acknowledgement This should not exceed one page.
3.4. Certificate of external guide (if applicable)
3.5. Bonafide Certificate - Specimen copy attached.
The Certificate should be in double line spacing using Times New Roman Font Style
3.5. Abstract – Abstract should be a one page synopsis of the project work, typed in double line spacing (about 300
words with max 6 key words). Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 12.
3.6. Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all headings, sub headings after the table of contents page, as
well as any titles preceding it. The title page and Bonafide Certificate will also include in the items listed in the Table of
Contents. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.
3.7. List of Tables –The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the tables in the body of the report.
One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.
3.8. List of Figures –The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the figures in the body of
the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.
3.81. Table and figures - The word Table means tabulated numerical data in the body of the project report as well as
in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the body of the project work and appendices such as charts,
graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams should be designated as figures.
3.9. 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.
3.10. Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into 4 or 5 parts with minimum total pages 50, (i)
Introductory chapter, (ii) &(iii) Literature Review (if any) (iv) Experimental setup (if any) (v) Chapters developing
the main theme of the project work (vi) Results and Conclusion. The main text will be divided into several chapters
and each chapter may be further divided into several divisions and sub-divisions.

 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.
 Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should be typed single space and placed directly underneath in the
very same page, which refers to the material they annotate.
3.11. Appendices - Same format as Chapters

3.12. List of References –The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the heading “REFERENCES” in
single spacing and left – justified. The name of the author/authors should be immediately followed by the year and
other details.
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3.13 List of papers published based on the report

4. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS:
The impression on the typed copies should be black in color.
One and a half spacing should be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be typed in the Font style
‘Times New Roman’ and Font size 12. Use A4 (210 mm X 297 mm) bond un-ruled paper (80 gsm) for all copies
submitted. Use one only side of the paper for all printed/typed matter.

4.1. NUMBERING

Every page in the seminar/project report, except the seminar/project report title page, must be accounted for and numbered.
The page numbering, starting from acknowledgements and till the beginning of the introductory chapter, should be
printed in small Roman numbers, i.e, i, ii, iii, iv......
The page number of the first page of each chapter should not be printed (but must be accounted for). All page
numbers from the second page of each chapter should be printed using Arabic numerals, i.e. 2,3,4,5...
All printed page numbers should be located at the bottom center of the page.
4.2 CHAPTERS

Use only Arabic numerals. Chapter numbering should be centered on the top of the page using large bold print. <
Size 15> <Times new Roman>

4.3 SECTIONS

Use only Arabic numerals with decimals. Section numbering should be left justified using bold print. Example: 1.1,
1.2, 1.3, etc.
4.3.1 SUBSECTIONS

Use only Arabic numerals with two decimals. Subsection numbering should be left Justified using bold print.
Example: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, etc.

4.4 EQUATION(S)/FORMULA

Use only Arabic numerals with single decimal. Equation numbers should be right justified using normal print.
Format: (<Chapter number>.<Equation serial number>).
Example (1.1)

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4.5 REFERENCES

Use only Arabic numerals. Serial numbering should be carried out based on Alphabetical order of surname or last
name of first author.

5. TEXT
5.1 COLOR- Black
5.2 FONT -
5.2.1 REGULAR TEXT- Times New Roman12 pts. & Normal Print.