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Standard Format for Preparing the Synopsis
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Introduction
Outline, briefly, the technological / engineering / scientific relevance or significance
of the research work to be reported in the thesis in this section. Introduction can at the best
occupy one page, preferably one paragraph occupying half a page. Be precise and include
only relevant background material in the introduction. Provide information on past works by
way of giving appropriate references. For the cover page, the title of the synopsis must be the
same as the title of the thesis. Use “times roman” 20 font, bold faced and centered paragraph
style. For typing the name of the student and the name of the degree, use font size 14, bold
faced type and centered paragraph style. For typing the department name, use 18 point size,
bold faced and centered paragraph style. Use the correct emblem. Do not use an emblem with
double circles! Use “times roman” font size 12, double line
spacing and justified paragraph style for normal text. Every figure
(diagram, table and graph too) must be embedded along with the
text and appear immediately after the first time the figure is
referred to in the text. Each figure (diagram, table and graph) must be given a number and a
proper title. Use IEEE notation (examples are given here). Each figure must be referred in the
text. Make the figure legible and provide enough information so that the figure is “self contained”. Provide legible legends that correctly describe the axes of a graph. Fig. 1 is an
example showing a photograph. Fig. 2 is an example showing a circuit schematic
Motivation
Develop further on the background material provided in the introduction and bring the
state of art in the chosen area of research. Should clearly indicate the existing drawbacks and
why further research is required to eliminate the drawbacks. Emphasize, based on the current
status, the importance of the research problem identified. You can enumerate those technical
challenges one has to address to solve the problem(s) posed herein to place emphasis on the
quality of the research work. Maximum one page, preferably half a page be allotted to this
section.
Objective(s) and Scope
State clearly the questions for which answers are sought through this research. Define
the conceptual, analytical, experimental and/or methodological boundaries within which the
exercise has been carried out. Maximum one page, preferably half a page can be allotted to
this section
List of Publications based on the research work
List the publications arising out of the research work. Give complete details. Use
IEEE format (vide reference section for examples). List only published or accepted papers.
You may include papers under review. Do not include “papers under preparation”. List
International Journal publications first, followed by National Journal articles, International
Conference articles and lastly articles presented in National Conferences. Patents arising out
of the work can be included here
Conclusions
Highlight major (and not all) conclusions. Clearly bring out not only advantages
arising out of the work to be presented in the thesis but also give limitations of the work. If
there are no conclusions to be drawn, then enumerate the contributions of the work and
change the title of this section to Summary of the work. If you follow meticulously all the
instructions given herein you will realize a “good synopsis”. Please note if the synopsis is
written well, a prospective examiner will not hesitate to say “yes” to review the proposed