PhD Thesis Report Format Guidelines

S.No. Guidelines Specifications

No. of thesis report Four Hard Copies along with a Soft Copy (Single PDF on
1
copies CD/DVD)
2 Cover Soft bound
3 Printing Two side
4 Paper size A4
5 Paper quality Executive bond with minimum 75 gsm
6 Maximum words 80,000
7 Page margins Left 1.25”, other margins 1”
8 Text Arial (12), except for chapter titles, figures, tables and footnotes
9 Spacing 1.5, except for text in tables
10 Header Thesis title name (left align), Arial, 08
11 Footer Name, Reg. No., Batch (left align), Arial, 08
12 Footnote Arial (10)
Chapter 1
UNDERSTANDING
(Arial, 14, Bold,
DEVELOPMENT
UPPERCASE
13 Heading Style Main Heading (Arial, 12,
1.1 Introduction
Bold, Title case)
Side Sub Heading (Arial,
1.1.1 Case Studies
12)
Bottom right Arial, 10
Roman, small numbers (i, ii, iii.....)
Preliminaries (pages
14 Page no. (Please note: certificate shall be
before chapterisation)
without page numbering)
From chapterisation Page numbers (1, 2, 3......)
A4 size (coloured, scaled maps with proper title panel including
15 Maps map title, legend, North point, scale, key map/location map,
notes, etc.) at appropriate locations.
Text in Table Arial,10, single spacing
Arial, 10, Top Left
Table No. and Heading Eg. Table 1: Population,
16 Tables Vijayawada (2011)
Arial, 10, Bottom Left
Sources Eg. Source: Directorate of
Economics and Statistics (2001)
Arial, 10, Bottom Left
Heading Eg. Figure 1: Landuse,
Figures
Vijayawada (2011)
(Illustrations/
17 Arial, 10, Bottom Left
Photographs/ Maps/
Source Eg. Source: Directorate of TCP
Graphs/ Charts, etc.)
(2001)
Note: Source to be mentioned for borrowed material
Reference/
18 APA referencing style
Bibliography style
19 Cover page Appendix-1
20 Undertaking Appendix-2
21 Bonafide Certificate Appendix-3
22 Certificate Appendix-4
23 Disclaimer Appendix-5
24 Certificate Appendix-6
 Appendix-1

NEIGHBOURHOOD CONCEPT IN CONTEMPORARY

RESIDENTIAL AREAS

Thesis Submitted
in the partial fulfilment of the requirements for
the award of the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy

By
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Reg. No. XXXXXXX

Supervisors

XXXXXXXXXXX
(Name of the Supervisor 1)
Designation

XXXXXXXXXXX
(Name of the Supervisor 2)
Designation

Department of Planning/Architecture
School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada

Month Year
 Appendix-2

UNDERTAKING

I, Ms. /Mr. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, hereby declare that the thesis

titled “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX” is a record
of original research work undertaken by me towards partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the award of the Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of
Planning/Architecture, School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada. The
work has not been submitted to any other organization/institution for the award of
any Degree/Diploma.

I hereby confirm the originality of the work and that there is no plagiarism in any
part of the Thesis.

______________________________
Name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Reg. No. XXXXXXXXXXX
Space for Doctor of Philosophy
Image Department of Planning/Architecture
(Photograph)
of the Date: DD-MM-YYYY
Scholar
 Appendix-3

(To be Printed on SPAV Letterhead)

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this thesis titled “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX” is a bonafide work of XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX,
who carried out the research under my/our supervision. Certified further, that to
the best of my knowledge the work reported herein does not form part of any
other thesis or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or award was
conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any other scholar.

Place: _________________________
Signature of the Supervisor 1
Date:
Name
Designation
Department

_________________________
Signature of the Supervisor 2
Name
Designation
Department
 Appendix-4

(To be on Printed on SPAV Letterhead)

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the thesis titled “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”

has been submitted by XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Reg. No. XXXXXXXXXX) at the
Department of Planning/ Architecture, towards partial fulfilment of the requirements for
the award of Doctor of Philosophy. This is a bonafide work of the student.

RECOMMENDED

_________________________ ______________________
Signature of the Supervisor 1 Signature of the Supervisor 2
Name and Designation Name and Designation
Department Department

ACCEPTED

____________________________
Signature of the Indian Examiner
Name and Designation

_______________________________ __________________________
Signature of the Head, Department of Signature of the Dean Academic
Planning/ Architecture Name
Name

Space
for Official
Seal &
Date
 Appendix-5

DISCLAIMER

The content produced in the thesis report is an original piece of work and takes due
acknowledgement of referred content, wherever applicable. The thoughts expressed
herein remain the responsibility of the undersigned author and have no bearing on or
does not represent those of School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada.

______________________________
Name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Reg. No. XXXXXXXXXXX
Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Planning/Architecture

Date: DD-MM-YYYY
 Appendix-6

(To be Printed on SPAV Letterhead and to be included in the

thesis after the evaluation of the Thesis by examiners)

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that all corrections and suggestions pointed out by the
Indian and Foreign Examiners are incorporated in the thesis titled
“XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX” submitted by
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, (Reg. No. XXXXXXXXXX).

Place: _________________________
Signature of the Supervisor 1
Date: Name
Designation
Department

_________________________
Signature of the Supervisor 2
Name
Designation
Department
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

S. No. Title Page No.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i
PREFACE / ABSTRACT ii
LIST OF TABLES iii
LIST OF FIGURES iv
LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS v

Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 1-11

1.1 Background 2
1.2 Need for the study 11

Chapter 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 12-19

2.1 Identification of indicators 12
2.1.1 Urbanisation indicators 19
 LIST OF TABLES

S. No. Title Page No.

1.1 Environmental Service Deficiencies in the NCR Region 14
1.2 Research Design and Elaboration of Tasks 31
2.1 Overview of the Semi-structured Interview Plan 36
2.2 Types of Slums Areas, Delhi 44
2.3 Environmental Legislations in India 55
3.1 Characteristics of Weak and Strong Livelihood Aspects 61
3.2 Planning for the Urban Fringe: Different Approaches 75
4.1 Fundamental Differences of Coping 77
 LIST OF FIGURES

S. No. Title Page No.

1.1 Location of Delhi in India 24
2.1 Schematic Flow of Fieldwork Strategy 35
2.4 Critical Wards - Analysis Map (2008) 45
3.1 Location of Kolkata in West Bengal, India 65