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GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT/DISSERTATION REPORT WRITING (B.E./ M.E.)
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PREAMBLE:
The content and the way of presentation of the Project/Dissertation report shows the efforts taken by the candidate(s) for his/her work. Therefore, proper attention shall be paid to the content of Project/Dissertation report which is being submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the respective degree and it is imperative that a standard format be prescribed for the report. This document provides guidelines and standard format for seminar/project/dissertation report writing of UG/PG programs and it may be referred as report writing guide. Some material in this document may be of use in the preparation of any technical report.
ORGANISATION OF THE REPORT:
The report shall be presented in number of chapters starting with introduction and ending with conclusion. Each of the chapters should have precise title reflecting the contents of that chapter. A chapter can be divided and subdivided into sections and subsections so as to present the content discretely and with due emphasis. In addition to main material of the report; preliminaries, references, appendices etc should be included in the report.
List of Figures and Tables:
Tables and figures should be numbered and captioned. Each table or figure should be numbered using a two-level scheme, (chapter no).(table no) or (chapter no).(figure no). This number (e.g. Table 4.8, or Fig. 3.7) should be used whenever the table/figure are referred in the text. Each table/ figure should have a title. An identical entry should exist in List of Tables or List of Figures respectively. Title of a table is given at the top of the table preceded by its number. Title of a figure is given at the bottom of the figure preceded by its number. Figures and tables should appear as close as possible to their first occurrence/mention in the running text of the chapter these belong to; these must appear after the first mention and not before. Photocopied tables should not be included. Photocopied figures should be avoided as far as possible and if included they should be large enough and clear. If taken from any reference, the reference should be cited within the text as well as at the caption of the figure or table.