Project Diary
Project Diary
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(An Autonomous Institution)
COIMBATORE – 641 048
Reg. No.……………………………………………
Name ………………………………………………
Organization ………………………………………
Organization Guide………………………………..
SCHEDULE
1. Duration of the Project : 2 Months(10th
March to 10th May 2025)
Note to Students
• Permission Letter / Joining Report to be addressed to the HoD, Department of
Management Studies, Dr.N.G.P. IT
• Submit Progress Reports at the time of Review.
• Obtain Project Completion/Attendance Certificate before leaving the
organization.
• Maintain Project Diary with detailed noting on activities and personal learning
during the entire project period.
• Obtain the signature of Organisation Guide at the bottom of diary pages every
day. Get the counter-signature of Project Guide at the time of reviews.
• You may actively pursue collection of additional information that will enrich
your understanding of management processes and practices. Such information
can be developed into cases and articles as applicable.
• Presentation at the project review meeting should be facilitated using power
point in your laptop.
IMPORTANT NOTE
STUDENTS ARE TO MAKE SURE TO SUBMIT ONLY THE ORIGINAL AND
GENIUINE PERMISSION LETTER / JOINING REPORT FROM THE
ORGANISATION DULY SIGNED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY.
Date: ....................
To
The HoD,
Department of Management Studies,
Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology,
Coimbatore – 641 048.
PROJECT WORK 2024–2025
JOINING REPORT
Phone No. :
Fax :
e-mail ID :
Camp Address of the Student during the Project period with Telephone No./ Mobile
No:/ email ID:
PROJECT PERIOD
1. OBJECTIVES
The overall objective of the project work is to provide the students an opportunity for
gaining insight into the business scenario and to understand the real problems faced
by the organizations.
2. SELECTION OF PROJECT
The first crucial step in the project work is selection of a suitable problem. The
problem/topic should be such that considerable information or data could be obtained
for analysis and study. There should also be scope for applying some management
concepts and managerial tools of analysis in decision making.
A common difficulty faced by the students is that some of the organizations do not
offer a subject of study suitable for the project. The project may be too simple or too
narrow in scope. It is here that the student has to use his/her skill and tact in
negotiating with the organization and get a subject amenable for research. If it
becomes difficult to get a suitable project from an organization, it is advisable for the
student to seek a project elsewhere rather than undertaking one which cannot give
adequate scope for employing managerial concepts and techniques.
A project work need not necessarily be done in a business or industrial organization.
Students can take up projects of academic in nature, dealing with industry wide
problems or those which cut across industries. The project guide will be able to help
the student to select a topic of this nature. The students are advised to collect review
of literature for the academic research projects, before deciding a topic for study
3. AT THE ORGANISATION
Take your identity card with you. Maintain the project diary and record all the
information gathered and work done daily.
a) REPORTING
After joining the organization the student must submit the original copy of the
Permission Letter / Joining Report from the Organization to be respective Project
Guide.
b) ACQUAINTANCE
Corporate Project
The first job of the student would be to discuss with the organization and
departmental heads, executives and field level personnel for general acquaintance, to
know their programmes and activities and also to understand the topic/problem
chosen for research.
Academic Project
The student must discuss with the project guide about the research problem and
decide the topic.
c) RESEARCH PROPOSAL
The student has to prepare a tentative research proposal along with the time schedule
for completing the various tasks. For example, the proposal should give a brief
background about the industry, company, product profile, global and domestic
scenario, justification/need for the study, general and specific objectives, scope of the
study, tentative methodology covering details on sampling methods, sample size, data
requirements both primary and secondary data, data collection method and a rough
draft of the schedule/questionnaire.
d) APPROVAL OF RESEARCH PROPOSAL
After preparing the research proposal, the student should preferably have preliminary
discussion with both organizational guide and project guide before proceeding further.
e) DO’s & DONT’S:
• You are required to strictly observe the office timings and other norms of
office discipline prevailing in the organization to which you are assigned.
• Information obtained from the organization, formally or informally, orally or
in writing, should be treated in strict confidence and no information should be
disclosed to anybody or mentioned in the report unless it is cleared by the
organization before hand.
• You are advised to take care of your health and make your stay comfortable in
the place of work.
• You are advised to be extremely tactful while discussing with people and
avoid asking annoying, irrelevant or trivial questions.
• You are also advised to keep off politics, gossips and other interpersonal
controversies, if any, within the organization.
• You are supposed to bear in mind that you are going there as a student in quest
of knowledge and not as an Auditor / Investigator.
4. EVALUATION
Internal Assessment External Assessment
(60 Marks) (40 Marks)
Review Review Review Thesis
Viva-voce Examination
1 2 3 submission
External Internal External Supervisor
20 20 20 Examiner Examiner Examiner Examiner
10 10 10 10
Important note:
Student should make sure himself/herself to be present for the project review dates
as given in the schedule. Attendance for the review is must & internal marks will
be allotted based on student’s performance during the review meetings, which is a
continuous assessment criterion.
5. A MANUAL FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT
CONTENTS
1. GENERAL
2. NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED
3. SIZE OF PROJECT REPORT
4. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS OF PROJECT REPORT
5. PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGIN
6. MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
7. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS
8. NUMBERING INSTRUCTIONS
9. BINDING SPECIFICATIONS
Appendix 1 : Cover Page & Title Page
Appendix 2 : Bonafide Certificate
Appendix 4 : Table of Contents
1. GENERAL :
The manual is intended to provide broad guidelines to the MBA candidates in the
preparation of the project report. In general, the project report shall report, in an
organised and scholarly fashion an account of original research work of the candidate
leading to the discovery of new facts or techniques or correlation of facts already
known (analytical, experiments, hardware oriented etc.)
2. NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED:
Students should submit 3 hard copies of the report (Calico binding – White colour)
along with the soft copy in PDF format.
(i) One copy to the department
(ii) One copy to the library
(iii) One copy each to the to the student
3. SIZE OF PROJECT REPORT:
The size of project report should not exceed 120 pages of typed matter reckoned from
the first page of Chapter 1 to the last page.
4. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:
The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound
should be as follows:
1. Title page
2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Project Completion / Attendance Certificate
4. Declaration
5. Acknowledgement
6. Table of Contents
7. Abstract
8. List of Tables
9. List of Charts (if any)
10. List of Figures (if any)
11. List of Symbols, Abbreviations or Nomenclature (if any)
12. Chapters
13. References
14. Appendix / Annexure (if any)
The Tables and Figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.
5. PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGIN:
The dimensions of the final bound copies of the project report should be 290mm x
205mm. Standard A4 size (297mm x 210mm) paper may be used for preparing the
copies.
The final 3 copies of the project report (at the time of submission) should have the
following page margins:
Top edge : 1 inch
Bottom edge : 1 inch
Left side : 1.5 inch
Right side : 1 inch
The project report should be prepared on good quality white paper preferably not
lower than 80 gms /Sq. Meter.
Tables and figures should conform to the margin specifications. Large size figures
should be photographically or otherwise reduced to the appropriate size before
insertion.
6. MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION:
The candidates shall supply a typed copy of the manuscript to the project guide for the
purpose of approval. In the preparation of the manuscript, care should be taken to
ensure that all textual matter is typed to the extent possible in the same format as may
be required for the final project report.
Hence, some of the information required for the final typing of the project report is
included also in this section.
The headings of all items 2 to 11 listed in section 4 should be typed in capital letters
without punctuation and centered 50mm below the top of the page. The text should
commence 4 spaces below this heading. The page numbering for all items 1 to 9
should be done using lower case Roman numerals and the pages thereafter should be
numbered using Arabic numerals.
6.1 Title page – A specimen copy of the title page for MBA project report is
given in Appendix 1.
PROJECT REPORT
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Submitted by
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MAY 2025
APPENDIX II: (A typical Specimen of Bonafide Certificate )
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BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
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<<Signature of the Supervisor with date>> <<Signature of the HoD with date>>
<<Name of the Supervisor >> <<Name of the HoD >>
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.
ABSTRACT
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF CHARTS (if any)
LIST OF FIGURES (if any)
LIST OF SYMBOLS (if any)
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction to the Study
1.2 Industry Profile
1.3 Company Profile
1.4 Objectives of the study
1.5 Need for the study
1.6 Scope of the study
1.7 Limitations of the Study
2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE
3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Sampling Technique
3.3 Methods of Data Collection
3.4 Tools used for Analysis
4 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
5 FINDINGS
6 SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION
6.1 Suggestions
6.2 Conclusion
References
Appendix (if any)
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Signature
Review
Date of Review
Number Project Guide HoD