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Guidelines for IT Seminar(BCA)
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1. Objectives of IT Seminar
• To train the student to independently search, identify and study important topics in
computer science.
• To develop skills among students to study and keep themselves up to date of the
technological developments taking place in computer science.
• To expose students to the world of research, technology and innovation.
2. About the IT Seminar
• IT Seminar carries 4 Credit Points.
• It carries 100 marks.
• IT Seminar work is to be done individually by the student.
• The study centre shall assign an internal guide under which students shall carry out IT
seminar work.
• In order to select a topic for IT Seminar, the student shall refer to various resources like
books, magazines, scientific papers, journals, the Internet and experts from industries
and research institutes.
• The topic selected for IT Seminar by the students shall be scrutinized and if found
suitable, shall be approved by the internal guide.
• Student shall report the progress of his IT Seminar work to the internal guide three
times during the tenure of IT Seminar Work.
• At the end of the work, student shall prepare written document of his work in the form
of a Report.
3. How to begin IT Seminar Work?
• Attend the contact session organised by SC to describe the procedure of doing IT
Seminar Work
• Refer to various resources like books, magazines, scientific papers, journals, the
Internet and experts from industries and research institutes.
• Discuss with Internal Guide and identify a seminar topic
• Review the literature
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• Prepare the report
• Submit the report to the internal guide
4. Evaluation of IT Seminar Work
• During the seminar work, its progress will be monitored, on monthly basis, by the
internal guide.
• At the end of seminar work, one copy of IT Seminar Report to be submitted to SC
• End Examination shall be based on the Report, Presentation, and Viva
Duration (for 1 candidate)
• Presentation 15 minutes
• Viva 10 minutes
• Report checking 10 minutes
Seminar Work carries Total 100 Marks
* Seminar Report 40 marks
* Presentation(PowerPoint based) 40 marks
* Viva 20 marks
5. Format of Seminar Report
The manuscript of the report should be organised in the following sequence:
* Preliminary pages
* The body of the report
* The bibliography
6. Preliminary pages
* Cover Page
* Title page
* Approval Page (completion certificate)
* Acknowledgements
* Table of contents
7. The body of the report
* Chapters containing textual and graphical contents of the seminar
8. Bibliography
* List of references
9. Cover Page
The front cover should show:
* the name of the university
* the full title of the IT Seminar Topic, the initials and surname of the students
* the degree for which the thesis is submitted : BCA
* the year of submission
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10. Title Page
This should show:
* full title of the Seminar Topic
* student’s names in full with PRN
* the degree for which the thesis is submitted
* the name of the school which has offered the program
* the name of the university
* the date (month and year) of submission.
11. Approval Page
* The approval page is also known as signature page or completion certificate
* Internal as well as External guides should sign this page in order to assure that they
have seen and approved the final version of the report
12. Acknowledgement
* The acknowledgment should not be more than one page.
* The student may acknowledge financial support, permission to use copy-righted
materials, trademarks, service marks, personal assistance etc.
13. Table of Contents
* It should be left justified, Times Roman 14 (student may use Table of content feature
available in MS-WORD)
14. Body of the Seminar Report
* Chapters containing textual and graphical contents of the IT Seminar topic
15. Paper
* To insure durability, permanency, and opacity, seminar report should be printed on A4
size white bond paper
16. Typeface and Printing
Chapter/Section Titles
* Should be printed in Times New Roman font in black color
* Font size should be 16/14 points bold.
* Chapter should start on new page
Running Text
* Running text in the Repot should be printed in Times New Roman font in black color
* Font size should be 12 points.
* The print should be best quality
* Single line spacing for running text
* Double line spacing between paragraphs
* Printing on both sides
17. Margins
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* Every page of the report, including all appendices, all notes, and the bibliography must
have a LEFT and RIGHT margins of 1½ inches (to allow room for binding) and TOP
and BOTTOM margins of 1 inch.
* Nothing should appear in LEFT and RIGHT margins. This means that all page
numbers, text, tables, parts of illustrations, etc., must not appear in the margin area.
18. Page Numbers
* The page numbers must be bottom-centered to the text (font Times New Roman : 10
points)
* All preliminary pages should NOT be numbered.
* The numbering should start from chapter-one (Introduction)
* Chapter titles(Headings) start on a new page.
* Leave an extra space after title
* Since you will have several levels of subheadings, distinguish one level from another in
a consistent way, such as (1, 1.1, 1.2, 2, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2).
* Avoid having more than three levels of subheadings.
19. Length of Seminar Report
* In any case, the length of the seminar report should not be more than 30 pages.
20. Binding
* The seminar report must be spiral bound and must be in light gray or black color.
* The outside cover of the seminar report must follow the format described earlier.
Approval & Submission Procedure
1) First Take approval for seminar Topic. Then start your work.
2) To take approval send email of brief or bring printed 2-3 pages.
For final submission
3) First Take approval. (bring data on CD or in printed format)
4) Do the spiral binding.
5) Submit 2 copies and 2 CDs.
6) Paste CD cover inside report on last page and insert CD.