Mini Project Report Guidelines

Following are the guidelines for the preparation of 2 n d Semester Project Report.

PAPER: Use A4 (210mm X 297mm) Paper.

MARGINS: Margins for pages including the regular text should be as below:

Left : 1.25 Inches

Right : 1.0 Inch
Top : 1.0 Inch
Bottom : 1.0 Inch

CONTENTS: Following should be the order of contents for the report. This order should be
strictly maintained.

I. Cover Page
II. First Page
III. College Certificate
IV. Acknowledgement
V.Abstract
VI. List of Figures (Format given at the end)
VII. List of Tables (Format given at the end)
VIII. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
IX. Table of Contents (Format given at the end)
X. Chapters 1 to n
XI. Appendix (optional)
XII. References / Bibliography

1 Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the
project report are given in Appendix 1.

2 Certificate – The Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font Style Times
New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix 2 (Institute Certificate) and
Appendix 3 (Company Certificate).

3 Declaration – The candidate’s declaration shall be in double line spacing using Font
Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix 4.

4 Acknowledgement - The Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font Style
Times New Roman and Font Size 12
5 Abstract – Abstract should be one page synopsis of the internship report typed 1.5 line
spacing, Font Style Times New Roman, italics and Font Size 14. It should contain the
objectives of the internship.

6 List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below
the figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under
this head. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in
Appendix 5. Figure copied from some paper or website has to be captioned with “Courtesy of
_”

7 List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above
the tables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under
this head. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in
Appendix 6.

8 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature – One and a half spacing should be
adopted or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc. should be
used. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in Appendix 7.

9 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well
as any material which precedes it. The title page and Certificate will not find a place among
the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers of which are in lower case
Roman letters. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this
head. A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in Appendix 8.

10 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided as given in Appendix 9.

The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further divided
into several divisions and sub-divisions, as required.
 Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.
 Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the
reference where they are cited.
 Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should be typed single space and placed
directly underneath in the very same page, which refers to the material they annotate.

11 Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is

included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.
 Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix
2, etc.
 Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered and
referred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.
 Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be made
in the contents page also.

12 List of References –The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the
heading “REFERENCES” in alphabetical order in single spacing left – justified. The
reference material should be listed in the alphabetical order of the first author. The name of
the author/authors should be immediately followed by the year and other details.
Website citation has to be very specific not like ‘google.com’ or

‘wikipedia.org’. Figure copied from some paper or website has to be captioned

with “Courtesy of
_ ”
A typical illustrative list given below relates to the citation example quoted

above. REFERENCES

1. Ariponnammal, S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) ‘Transport Phonomena of Sm Sel – X

Asx’, Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.
2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) ‘Applications of Convolution Operators to
Problems in Univalent Function Theory’, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.81–94.
3. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open Loop Minimum Time Control of
Mechanical Manipulations and its Applications’, Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego, CA, pp.
1231-1236.

• Table and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the body of
the project report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the
body of the project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and
diagrams may be designated as figures.

FOLLOWING MUST BE STRICTLY FOLLOWED

TOP-LEFT CORNER : Enrollment No of the student

TOP-RIGHT CORNER : Chapter Heading
BOTTOM-LEFT CORNER : KPGU(university name)
BOTTOM-CENTER : Page number
BOTTOM-RIGHT CORNER : College Name

NUMBERING

All pages in the report except the cover pages and dedication page must be numbered. All
the page numbers should be located at the BOTTOM CENTER of the page.

The page numbering starting from candidate’s declaration up to the beginning of the
chapters should be numbered in small roman letters, i.e. i, ii, …

The page numbering starting from the beginning of Chapter 1 up to the end of the
report, should be numbered in Arabic numerals, i.e. 1,2, 3,….

PREPARATION OF CHAPTERS

Color:
All the text including Tables should be Black prints. However, Graphs and Figures can have
color prints(optional).
Font :
Chapter Headings : Times New Roman 16pts, bold print all capitals
Section Headings : Times New Roman 14 pts, bold print all capitals
Subsection Headings : Times New Roman 12 pts, bold print leading capitals (only
first letter in each word should be capital

Regular Text : Times New Roman 12 pts, normal prints

Special Text : Times New Roman Italics 12 pts (for foot notes, symbols, quotes,
Mathematical notations….)

SPACING/ALIGNMENT

Use 1.5 spacing between lines of regular text

Use double spacing between:
1. Paragraphs
2. Chapter title and section Heading
3. Section heading and paragraphs
4. Table Title and Table
5. Figure Title and Figure

Use single spacing between:

1. text corresponding to bullets, listing and quotes in the main body of text

All paragraphs in the report are to be fully justified from the first line to the last line and
should start from left without any hyphenation/indent. Text corresponding to bullets, listings
and quotes in the main body of text should be indented.

SECTION/SUBSECTION NUMBERING

Section numbering should be left justified using bold print with Arabic numerals
and decimals.
Section numbering: <Chapter.Section number> <3 blanks> Section heading
Example: 1.1, 2.1
Subsection numbering: <Chapter.Subsectionnumber>
Example: 1.2.1

EQUATIONS/FORMULAS

Numbering for equation if necessary, should be done in the following format:

(Chapter number. Section number. Equation serial number)
Example:
Y= mx + b (3.1.1)

FIGURES: Figures should follow immediately after/on immediate next page after they are
referred to for the first time in the text. Figure headings should be given at the bottom of
the
figure. All the figures in landscape format must be placed in such a way that their top
portions are to the left side of the page. However, numbering should be at the bottom of the
report for landscape page (similar to the next page). All figures are to be central aligned on
the page.

Format for Figure Heading:

Fig. <blank> Chapter number. Figure Serial number <3 blanks> Figure title (center aligned,
leading caps)

Example:

Fig 6.13 Typical Component Event

DIAGRAMS:

Diagrams larger than A4 size are not encouraged. If larger sizes are absolutely necessary,
they should be folded to A4 size. Each drawing is to be numbered and referred to as
Figures only. Diagram title should be similar to figure titles.

TABLES:

Tables should follow immediately after/on immediate next page after they are referred to for
the first time in the text. Table heading should be given at the top of the table. All the tables
in landscape format must be placed in such a way that their top portions are to the left side of
the page. However, numbering should be at the bottom of the report for landscape page. All
tables are to be central aligned on the page.

Format for Table heading:

Table <blank> Chapter number. Table Serial number <3 blanks> Table Title (center
aligned, leading caps)
Example:
Table 6.13 Comparison of methods
 Appendix 1 - Cover Page <Remove this>
[TITLE OF THE PROJECT]
<Font Size 18><1.5 line spacing>

A PROJECT REPORT
<Font Size 14>

Submitted by
<Font Size 14><Italic>

[NAME OF THE CANDIDATE]

<Font Size 16>
[ Enrolment Number]
<Font Size 14>

MASTERS OF TECHNOLOGY
<Font Size 16>
in
[Name of the Department]
<Font Size 14>
Under the Guidance of
[Guide Name]

University Name
<Font Size 16><1.5 line spacing>
[Month, Year]

Institute Logo
 Institute Logo

[Name of the Institute]

Institute Address

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the project report submitted along with the project entitled < /

Project Title> has been carried out by <Name of Student> under my guidance in partial

fulfillment for the degree of Masters of Technology in <Name of the Branch>, Semester of

University, during the academic year .

<Sign> <Sign>

<Name of Internal Guide> <Name of Head of the Department>

Internal Guide Head of the Department
 List of Tables
Table 1.1 Literature Review...........................................................................................9

Sr. no Paper Title Summary Technology used / Research Gap/ further

with citation Method used scope of work
available in the paper

Abbreviations - example
ML Machine Learning

SDLC Software Development Life Cycle

 Symbolic Speed

 Efficiency
 Table of Contents
Acknowledgement...........................................................................................................i
Abstract..........................................................................................................................ii
List of Figures...............................................................................................................iii
List of Tables.................................................................................................................iv
List of Abbreviations......................................................................................................v
Table of Contents..........................................................................................................vi
Chapter 1 Introduction ...............................................................................................1
1.1 Introduction to Topic............................................................................................2
Chapter 2 Literature Review.......................................................................................8
2.1 Introduction to Topic............................................................................................9
2.1.1 How to do (can be in the tabular format or paragraph format)....................10
Chapter 3 Theoretical Study (if applicable).............................................................11
3.1 Introduction to Topic..........................................................................................14
3.1.1 How to do.....................................................................................................16
3.2 Introduction to Topic..........................................................................................17
Chapter 4 Experimental Study (if applicable).........................................................18
Chapter 5 Results and Discussion.............................................................................22
Chapter 6 Conclusion and Future scope of study...................................................26
References...................................................................................................................30
Appendix.....................................................................................................................31