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1. GENERAL
This manual is intended to provide broad guidelines to the students of Diploma programmes in the Preparation of the Project report. This manual facilitates to standardise the project reports in pattern, size and presentation.
2. CONTENTS OF PROJECT REPORT
· Title Page
· Bonafide certificate
· Acknowledgement
· Synopsis:
Synopsis should cover the salient features of project work such as Title of the project,Principle/s involved, Methodology used, Outline of theme of project, Working of project, advantages and Applications of the Project, Cost of the Project, Summary of
Results, Conclusions, etc., in an abstract form.
· Schematic / Block diagram
· Contents
· List of Figures
· List of Tables
· List of symbols and abbreviations
· Introduction
Information relevant to the project based on which the project is developed
1.
· Design of project
· Construction / Development of Project
· Testing of Project
2.
· Problems faced and solved
· Costing
· Results
· Conclusions
· References
· Address of project team members
· Appendix
3.
NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED
· One copy for each student
· One copy for Department
· One copy for Library
· One copy for Guide
(For example if there are 5 students in a project team, 8 copies have to be prepared)
4.
NUMBERING OF CHAPTERS, TABLES, FIGURES AND PAGES
4.1 Numbering of Chapters and Division Headings
· Chapter title to be numbered in arabic numerals (Example: 2 DESIGN OF PROJECT)
· Division headings to be numbered as in the illustrated example (Example: 2.1 Design Parameters)
· Sub division heading to be numbered as in the illustrated example (Example: 2.1.1 Specification of the Component)
4.2 Numbering of Tables and Figures
· Numbering of tables and figures should be given with reference to the chapter number, as illustrated in the example
(Example: Fig. 2.1 Schematic diagram of experimental setup Table 4.2 Cutting speed for different materials.
4.3 Numbering of Pages
· Numbering of pages to be given from Introduction Chapter onwards in Arabic
Numerals, at the bottom of the page, center aligned.
· The preliminary pages of the project report (such as Title page, Bonafide certificate, Acknowledgement, Synopsis, Contents, List of tables etc.,) should be numbered in lower case Roman numerals.
5.
TYPING AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS
5.1 Typing Specifications
· Text should be typed in "Arial" font of size 12, in single line spacing in A4 size
paper
· Chapter title should be typed in font size 14, capital and bold.
· Division heading should be typed in font size 14 and bold.
· Subdivision heading should be typed in font size 12 and bold
· Page setup: Left Margin 30 mm (1.1811 inches)
Right Margin 20 mm (0.7874 inches)
Top Margin 30 mm (1.1811 inches)
Bottom Margin 30 mm (1.1811 inches)
5.2 BINDING SPECIFICATIONS
· Project report should be bound using flexible cover of thick white art paper.
· The spine for the bound volume should be of Black calico 20-mm width.
· The cover should be printed in Black letters and should be identical of the title page.