GUIDELINES

FOR PREPARING THE PROJECT REPORT FOR

B.Com & BBM-2022-25

General Guidelines
 The project report should not exceed 80 pages.
 Number of copies to be submitted : One for School

Paper, Typing , Format:

 Bond paper (A4 size) should be used for the preparation of the project report.
Typing should be done on one side of the paper with character font in size 12
of Times New Roman.
 The layout should provide a margin of 1.50 Inches on the left, 1.00 Inches on
the top, bottom and right.
 Fresh paragraph should commence after five spaces. Double-spacing or One
and half line spacing shall be provided throught the report.
 The page numbers should be indicated at the top-middle or bottom-middle of
the each page.
 Should not underline the heading/subheadings and should not put colons ( : )
in headings or subheadings.

Binding

 The dissertation shall be properly soft bound, using Rexene of Black color for
B.Com and Red Colour for BBM reports. The bound front cover should
indicate in suitable embossed letter the following:
(See the sample format of front bound cover)

Front cover Template

Top:
Title

Submitted by
Name and Roll No.

Bottom:
Logo of the University

School of Commerce
XIM University
Bhubaneswar

Year of submission: ___2024________

  Two blank papers should be provided at the beginning and at the end.

Third Page

 The third page should contain the following (See the sample format )

Title

Project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of
the Degree of ____________
By
Name of the Candidate
Roll No.

Bottom

School of Commerce

XIM University
Bhubaneswar

Fourth Page

 The fourth page should contain a certificate signed by the guide(s) in the
following format and should be on the college letter head.
(See the sample format)

Certificate
This is to certify that the project report entitled ………… being submitted by
Mr/Mrs…….. in partial fulfillment for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of
__________________________ in ………………… to the XIM University is a
record of bonafied work carried out by him under my guidance and supervision.
The results embodied in this project report have not been submitted to any
other University or Institute for the award of any Degree or Diploma.

(Dean)

/*NOTE: DO NOT NUMBER THIS PAGE. CERTIFICATE AND

DECLARATION PAGES ARE NOT NUMBERED BUT BY DEFAULT THEY
ARE ROMAN I AND ROMAN II PAGES. SEE THE FORMAT*/

Fifth Page (if any)

The fifth page may include the Certificate given by Organization or Company where
you have done your project. College certificate should precede this certificate.

Sixth Page
The sixth page should contain the declaration by the students ( see the sample format)
/*NOTE: NUMBER FROM THIS PAGE */

Seventh Page
The seventh page may include the Acknowledgement

Eighth and Ninth Page

 In this page, a table of contents, list of tables, list of figues, and photographs
and notation must be provided.

Tenth Page
 The tenth page should contain an abstract of the Project report. The candidate
may emphasize here his contributions.

Important Note:

 All the above pages are to be numbered in Roman numerals of lower case. Ex.
i,ii,iii,iv,…

 The document pages must be numbered using numbers i.e. 1,2,3……

Arrangement of Chapters

The following is suggested format for arranging the project report matter into various
chapters:
1. Introduction
This chapter must describe introduction about your project.
2. Literature Survey/Review of Literature
3. Research Methodology and Data
4. Results and Discussions
5. Conclusions & Future Enhancements / Recommendations
References / Bibliography
Appendices (if any)

Arrangement of Paragraph in a Chapter:

 Each paragraph in a chapter should be properly numbered for example, 2.1,

2.2 etc., where first digit represents the Chapter Number and second digit the
paragrahph number. There is no need to indicate the number for the first
paragraph in a chapter.
 Sub-paragraphs, if any indicated as 1.1.1, 1.1.2 etc. i.e. first digit representing
the chapter, the second representing the paragraph and third representing the
sub-paragraph.
 Don’t underline the headings or subheadings or side heading. Instead use
the bold letters.
Photographs/Figures and Tables

 The figures, photographs and tables occuring in a chapter may be serially

numbered as Fig. 1.1, 1.2 etc., where the first digit represents the chapter, the
second digit represents Figure number.
 The photographs may be represented as Photo 1.1, 1.2 etc., the first digit
representing chapter and the second digit represents Photograph number.
 The tables may be represented as Table 1.1, 1.2 etc., the first digit representing
chapter and the second digit represents table number.

Graphs

 The graph should clearyly indicate the points, which are used for drawing the
curve or curves.
All the letters in the graphs should be written with stencils.

Equations:
 All the equations used in the thesis should be properly numbered chapter wise
 [ eg. Eq.3.1 or eq.3.1 or 3.1 or (3.1)].
 The equations shown should be clearly referred and identified as Eq. or eq.
followed by equation number.
 Repetition of the equations should be avoided. If needed, it may be referred by
its number.
 Equations should never be mixed up with main text. It should be shown as
separate object and Equation Editor can be used.

Appendices:

 The appendices should be numbered in capital Roman numbers or capital

letters from first chapter to the last chapter in ascending order.
 Using same ascending order numbers, the appendices should be shown with
details after the last chapter.
 All the appendices should be referred in the main text.

Bibliography or References:

 References should be numbered from 1st chapter to the last chapter in

ascending order and should be shown in square brackets.
  The following format may be used for writing the Bibliography/References.

Author Name, Title of the book or paper, Publisher name, year.

Eg:
[1] Berry, Jason, Jonathan Foose, and Tad Jones. Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New
Orleans Music Since World War II. Athens: U of Georgia P, 1986.

(An article in a journal)

Booth, Wayne C. "Kenneth Burke's Way of Knowing." Critical Inquiry 1 (1974): 1-
22. Winks, Robin W. "The Sinister Oriental Thriller: Fiction and the Asian Scene."
Journal of Popular Culture 19.2 (1985): 49-61.

 The bibliography list should be made strictly in alphabetical order of the

name of the authors.
Sample Format of Project Report

A Project Report
on

<TITLE OF THE PROJECT WORK>

LOGO of XIM University

Submitted for partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree
of

BACHELOR

of

__________________________________________

BY

<Mr. / Ms. Name of the Student

(Roll No.)>

School of Commerce
XIM University
Bhubaneswar
 CERTIFICATES
1. Company certificate(if any) on Company letter head, College certificate
on college letter head with Guide, HODs signatures( as per format in
Figure No.2). Declaration of students’ signatures on A4 paper ( as per
format in Figure No.3).Acknowledgements ( as per format in Figure No.4)
in the respective order.

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project work entitled “<Title Of The Project Work>” is
a bonafide work carried out by <Mr. / Ms. Name of the Student (Roll No.)>, in
partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of degree of BACHELOR OF
________________________________ by the XIM University, Bhubaneswar, under
our guidance and supervision.

The results embodied in this report have not been submitted to any other
university or institute for the award of any degree or diploma.

Dean
 DECLARATION

This is to certify that the work reported in the present project entitled “<Title Of
The Project Work>” is a record of work done by us in School of Commerce, XIM
University, Bhubaneswar. The reports are based on the project work done entirely by
us and not copied from any other source.

<Mr. / Ms. Name of the Student >

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to express my sincere gratitude and indebtedness to my EXTERNAL

GUIDE’s NAME for his/her valuable suggestions and interest throughout the course
of this project and for allowing me to use the required resources.

I am also thankful to Dean for providing excellent infrastructure and a nice

atmosphere for completing this project successfully

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family for their support
through the work. I sincerely acknowledge and thank all those who gave directly or
indirectly their support in completion of this work

(Name of the student)

LIST OF FIGURES

A list of figures with figure number, figure title and page number and a list of tables
with table number, table name and page number should be listed after abstract in a
separate page for each with roman numbers like ii, iii..etc.

FOR EXAMPLE:
LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.1 Block diagram of xyz model Page no. 4

Figure 2.2 ------------------------------------- --------------

LIST OF TABLES

FOR EXAMPLE:
LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1 Name of the table Page no. 5

Table 2.2 -------------- ----------
ABSTRACT

A brief description of project objectives, problem specifications, and contributions

will be presented as abstract. Abstract should be about 500 words as per the following
font formats.

Heading 1 ARIAL, BOLD, For all Chapter Titles

FONT SIZE 14, cum Abstract page title,
CAPITALS, CENTRE Contents page title,
ALIGNED Appendix titles,
Reference page title.
Chapter names should
be with roman numbers (I,
II, III, IV, V, VI, VII,
VIII, IX, X, XI..etc)
Heading 2 TIMES NEW For sub titles, sub
ROMAN, BOLD, FONT titles numbering should be
SIZE 12, CAPITALS, like 1.1, 1.2--------, 2.1,
CENTRE ALIGNED 2.2-------p.n
Where p is chapter
number and n is sub title
number.
Heading 3 TIMES NEW Useful for next level
ROMAN, BOLD, FONT sub titles with numbering
SIZE 12, LEFT c.n.l where c is chapter
ALIGNED number, n is sub title
number and l is serial
number like 1.1.1,
1.1.2,-------2.1.1, 2.1.2---
etc.

Normal TIMES NEW

ROMAN, FONT SIZE
12,
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE NOS.
Certificate .......................................................................................................... i
Declaration .................................................................................................... ii
Dedication(if any).............................................................................................. iii
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................... iv
List of Figures ................................................................................................. v
List of Tables ..................................................................................................... vi
Abstract............................................................................................................. vii

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION 01 – 09
1.1Objectives 01
1.2 Problem specification 02
1.3Methodologies 05
1.4Contributions 07
1.5Layout of the project 08

CHAPTER II
LITERATURE SURVEY 10 – 25

CHAPTER III
PROBLEM SPECIFICATION 26 – 30

CHAPTER IV
DATA ANALYSIS 31 – 40

CHAPTER V
DISCUSSION 41 – 47

CHAPTER VI

CONCLUSIONS & FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS /

RECOMMENDATIONS 48 – 55

6.1 Observations
6.2 Result Analysis
6.3 Limitations
6.4 Future works & concluding remarks

REFERENCES 56

APPENDIX 57 – 80
SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE