DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
BA4411 - PROJECT WORK
CIRCULAR
Subject: Final year MBA Students Project – Academic year 2024-2025 –
Reg
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
It is informed that the following Project guidelines should be followed by the
final year MBA students.
1. All the students should do their project individually; no group project will
be permitted.
2. All the students must do their projects in company only; no open project
will be permitted.
3. Students must choose their project title and area explicitly; no repetitions
are permitted.
4. Students must identify and finalize their company and report to the HOD
for approval on or before 13thof March 2025.
5. Every students and project guide should give utmost priority to
the project quality; if the quality of the project is found to be
deviated from standard REDO OF THE PROJECT will be enforced.
PROJECT GUIDELINES:
i. All the faculty members of MBA should submit a minimum of 5 project
titles in each of their specializations.
ii. The students can choose any of the project title according to their
specialization and area of the project (Marketing/Finance/Human
Resource).
iii. The area of the project (Marketing/Finance/Human Resource) should
be finalized before selecting the topic. The students should choose the
area of research based on their specialization.
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iv. Project selection should be based on students’ choice or as per the
Guide direction and the Guide should review and ensure the quality
and feasibility of the research.
v. Project Guide & titles once confirmed cannot be changed at any
circumstances.
vi. THIS IS MANDATORY FOR ALL PROJECT GUIDES THAT
EVERYONE SHOULD PREPARE A RESEARCH PAPER BASED ON
THEIR PROJECT TOPICS BEING GUIDED BY THEM.
Project Status Report:
vii. The Project status report is to be maintained in the following format
(Refer Annexure 1)and updated regularly by the respective guides.
The status report should be submitted to HoD on every Monday
(weekly basis) and to Principal on or before 3 rd of every month
(monthly basis).
viii. The project Guide should maintain the Project Status Report student
wise and update the status report during every review meeting with
the project student.
ix. Review Committee:
The review committee consists of minimum of four members including
project guide. This project review committee should be chaired by the
HOD the marks will be awarded to each student in the following
format (Refer Annexure 2).
The marks will be awarded based on the students’ performance in
each review.
Each review members will award 15 marks for each students and the
average of five reviewer marks will be considered for internal
assessment.
x. Review Assessment – Reg:
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Students should attend the review meetings without fail and
present their progress status of project in front of the review
committee. The assessment of their progress in project will be
done by the committee members in the following basis.
Five reviews will be conducted separately and 15 marks for
presentation and 5 marks for attendance will be given for each
review.
Finally the internal marks will be awarded. The external marks
will be awarded as per regulation, which is given below.
xi. Internal Assessment:
Revie Review Review Review Review Intern
Particular Total
w1 2 3 4 5 al
Presentatio 15
15 15 15 15 75
n
40
Attendance 5 5 5 5 5 25
Total 20 20 20 20 20 100
xii. After completion of everyreview detailed report along with the marks
obtained by the Student duly signed by all the project guides & HOD
should be submitted to the principal in the prescribed format (Refer
Annexure 3).
xiii. External Assessment:
External ( 60 Marks)
Report Submission
Presentation &Viva-Voce (40 Marks)
(20 Marks)
Internal & External Internal External Project Guide
20 10 20 10
REVIEW SCHEDULE & CHECK LIST
Review Date of
Check List
No. Review
I 15.02.2025 Company Approval letter.
Research area.
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Title of the Project
Problem of the research.
II 01.03.2025
Objectives of the research.
Literature survey.
III 22.03.2025 Identifying dimensions and Variables.
Research questionnaire
Data Analysis and Interpretations
05.04.2025 Analysis (Statistical Tools) and
IV Inferences
Diagrammatic Representations
Deliverables
Findings,
V 24.03.2025
Suggestions & Conclusion.
Rough Draft of the Project report- to be submitted on or before 03rd of
MAY 2025.
Final Draft of the Project report – to be submitted on or before 10th
of MAY 2025.
GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF MBA PROJECT REPORT
The guideline is intended to provide broad guidelines to the MBA
candidates in the preparation of the project report.
SIZE OF PROJECT REPORT:
The size of project report should not exceed 60 pages of typed matter
reckoned from the firstpage of Chapter 1 to the last page of the last
chapter.
ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS OF PROJECT REPORT:
The sequence in which the thesis material should be arranged and
bound should be asfollows:
1. Cover Page & Title page
2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Abstract, Company Letter if any
4. Acknowledgement
5. Table of Contents
6. List of Tables
7. List of Figures
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8. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature (Optional)
9. Chapters
10. Appendices
11. References
The Tables and Figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.
PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGIN:
Top edge : 30 to 35 mm
Bottom edge : 25 to 30 mm
Left side : 35 to 40 mm
Right side : 20 to 25 mm
Chapters :
The main text would be divided into several chapters and each chapter
may befurther divided into several divisions and sub-divisions. The
contents of the Chapters areonly indicative. Only Chapter titles are
common.
Chapter 1 - Introduction
o Research Background – Description of specific industry/ general
Scenario of industry
o Identified Problem
o Need for Study
o Objectives & Scope.
Chapter 2 – Literature Survey
o Review of Literature
o Research Gap
Chapter 3 - Methodology
o Type of Project
o Target respondents
o Assumptions, Constraints and Limitations
o Sampling Methods
o Data Processing
o Tools for Analysis
Chapter 4 – Data Analysis and Interpretation
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o Analysis (Statistical Tools) and Interpretation and
Discussion, Inferences
o Diagrammatic Representations
Chapter 5 – Conclusions
o Summary of Findings
o Suggestions & Recommendations
o Conclusions
Appendix
o Copy of Questionnaire
o Bibliography
References Chapters
The main text would be divided into several chapters and each chapter
may befurther divided into several divisions and sub-divisions. The contents
of the Chapters areonly indicative. Only Chapter titles are common.
HOD-MBA PRINCIPAL
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