REPORT PREPARATION

CONTENTS OF THE REPORT

1. Thesis/ Project Title Page as per format in Annexure I
2. Declaration from the Candidate as per format in Annexure II
3. Certificate from ………………… as per format in Annexure III
4. Acknowledgements
5. Preface
6. Abstract
7. Table of Contents as per format in Annexure IV
8. Chapter 1: Introduction
Industry Profile/Company Profile
9. Chapter 2: Review of Literature
10. Chapter 3: Research Methodology as per format in Annexure V
11. Chapter 4: Data Interpretation and Analysis
12. Chapter 5: Conclusion, Findings, Suggestions and Limitations.
13. References as per format in Annexure VI
14. Appendix
1) Questionnaire used
2) Figures and Tables

OTHER DETAILS
1. The printing of the report must be done on a watermarked paper as per the format in Annexure VII
2. The font used for printing the report is Arial Times New Roman. Font Size to be used is ’12 point’.
Use ‘justify’ alignment of the paragraph. The double line spacing should throughout the thesis. After
each paragraph a line should be left blank and each paragraph should be ‘justify’ aligned.
3. Report Should have 2 Copies : 1 Spiral, 1 Hard Binding.
4. Hard binding should be Navy Blue Color with golden text for front page for MPRV. (Color of File is
subject to change)
5. Each Chapter should begin on a separate page & separate heading page.
6. The report will be judged based on the quality of the report and not based on the volume / quantity
of the report.
7. The progress report should be included as a part of the report.
8. All the pages should be numbered in the centre of the page.
9. Printing should not be done on both sides of the page.
 A PROJECT REPORT

ON

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

(Font: Arial, Size: 16, Bold)

Submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree

Master of Business Administration

Shri Shankaracharya Professional University,, Bhilai

(Font: Arial, Size: 12, Bold)

Submitted by,

NAME OF THE STUDENT

MBA – Semester III

(Session 2022-24)

(Font:
Arial, Size: 14, Bold)

Guided By,
Approved By,

Faculty Name

HOD’s Name
Designation Head of Department
 ANNEXURE I: PROJECT
TITLE PAGE

A PROJECT REPORT

ON

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

(Font: Arial, Size: 16, Bold)

Submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree

Master of Business Administration

Shri Shankaracharya Professional University, Bhilai

(Font: Arial, Size: 12, Bold)

Submitted by,

NAME OF THE STUDENT

MBA – Semester III

(Session 2022-24)

(Font: Arial, Size: 14, Bold)

Guided By, Approved By,

<Faculty Name> <HOD’s Name>
<Designation> Head of Department
ANNEXURE II: DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE

I the undersigned solemnly declare that the report of the thesis work entitled <Title of the Project>is based

on my own work carried out during the course of my study under the supervision of Name of the

supervisors.

I assert that the statements made and conclusions drawn are an outcome of my research work. I

further declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the report does not contain any part of any

work which has been submitted for the award of MBA degree or any other degree/diploma/certificate in

this University or any other University of India or abroad.

_________________
(Signature of the Candidate)
<Name of the Candidate>
Enrolment No:
ANNEXURE III: CERTIFICATE FROM THE SUPERVISOR……………..

This is to certify that the work incorporated in the thesis<Title of the Thesis>is a record of research work
carried out by <Name of the Student> bearing Enrollment No.: <>under my/our guidance and supervision
for the part fulfillment for the award of MBA Degree of Shri Shankaracharya Professional University, Bhilai
(C.G.), India.

To the best of my knowledge and belief the thesis

i) Embodies the work of the candidate him/herself,

ii) Has duly been completed,

iii) Is up to the desired standard both in respect of contents and language for external viva.

______
___________
(Signature of the ……..)
<Name of the …………r>
<Designation of the …………..>
ANNEXURE IV: TABLE OF CONTENTS (SAMPLE FORMAT)

Declaration by the Student

Certificate from the Supervisor
Certificate from Company
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to the study
a. Research Background
b. About the Company / Industry
Chapter 2. Review of Literature
a. Related to the work done in your study
Chapter 3. Research Methodology
Chapter 4. Data Analysis and Interpretation
Chapter 5. Conclusion, Findings, Suggestions and Limitations.

References
Bibliography
Appendix

Questionnaire used

Figures & Tables

ANNEXURE V: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The methodology section will consist of three sections.

Section A. The first section will describe the objectives of the study.
Section B. The second section will discuss about the research plan and sampling plan used in the study.
The following table can be taken as a guideline for preparing this section.

RESEARCH PLAN
Research Design: Descriptive

Research Method Used Survey

Research Technique Used Questionnaire

Data Collection From Durg, Bhilai and Raipur

Sampling Plan Simple Random

No. of samples collected 50

The research should also present why he has chosen the design he has chosen. And he should also
write about something about the design / method / technique and sampling plan to support his
study. In any case the researcher should not write what he has not done in the study.

Section C. Section C will contain Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics The Descriptive Statistics
consists of Demographic characteristics of the respondents. A sample is shown below:

Measure Item Number of Respondents

0-20

Age 20-30

30-50

< 1 Lakh

Income 1-3 Lakhs

3-5 Lakhs

Total

On the other hand Inferential statistics consists of questions related to dependent and independent
variables.
ANNEXURE VI: REFERENCES

Citation from journals:

 G. D. Gopen and J. A. Swan, “The Science of Scientific Writing”, J. of American Scientist, vol. 78, pp.
550–558, 1990.
 C. H. Lee and Y. K. Lee, “An Adaptive Digital Image Watermarking Technique for Copyright
Protection,” IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 1005-1015, November 1999.

Citation from proceedings of conferences/Seminars/Workshops:

 [A] C. K. Yang, D. C. Wu, C. S. Huang, “A study of Robust Watermarking Using Block Based and
Determinant Concept,” Proceedings of 2001 IPPR Conf. On CVGIP, Ken-Ding, Taiwan, pp.201-209,
2001
 [D] R. G. van Schyndel, A. Z. Tirkel, and C. F. Osborne, “A digital watermark,” Proc. IEEE Int.
Conference on Image Processing, vol. 2, pp. 86- 90, 1994.
 [F] D. Smith (Ed.), "Information Overload," Second International Workshop, IH'98, Portland, Oregon,
USA, April 1998, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1525, Springer-Verlag (1998)
 Citation from Technical report:
 [AA] Caulkin, S. (Ed.). (1990). Drucker, Ohmae, Porter & Peters. Management briefings.
(Management Guides. Special report No.1202). London: The Economist.
 [BC] I. M. Boier Martin and D. C. Marinescu, Graphics for Macromolecular Crystallography and
Electron Microscopy, Technical Report, Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, CSD
TR-96-009, 1996.
 Citation from Patent:
 [DD] A. Sibbald, “Method and Apparatus for Fingerprint Characterization and Recognition using
Auto-correlation Pattern”, U S Patent 5633947, 1994.

Citation from Thesis:

 D. Kundur, “Mulitresolution Digital Watermarking: Algorithms and Implications for Multimedia
Signals,” Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto, 1999.

Citation from Books:

 D. Thompson, ed., The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English. Oxford, UK: Oxford University
Press, 9th ed., 1995, ISBN No.: 0987654.
 D. Lindsay, A Guide to Scientific Writing, Melbourne, Chapter 2, Australia: Addison Wesley Longman
Australia, 2nd ed., 1997, ISBN No.: 12345678.
 H. White. “Economic Prediction using Neural Networks: The case of IBM Daily Stock Returns”. In
Neural Networks in Finance and Investing, chapter18, pages 315–328. Probus Publishing Company,
1993, ISBN No.: 987789987.

Citation from Website:

 Anonymous, unZign, “Tool for Evaluating a Variety of Watermarks”, http://altern.org/watermark/,
(23rd September 1997)
 Publication of the University of Geneva (on digital watermarking): <http://
 cuiwww.unige.ch/˜vision/Publications/watermarking_publications.html> (Browsing Date: 4th
January 2006)
 ADEC (1999). ADEC Distance Education Consortium. [On-line]. Available: http://www.adec.edu/
[2000, January 17].