-Title of My Thesis-

-Student Name-

A Dissertation Submitted to
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
The Degree of Master of Technology/ Doctor of Philosophy

Department of {Name} Engineering

Month, 20xx

Declaration
I declare that this written submission represents my ideas in my own words, and
where others ideas or words have been included, I have adequately cited and
referenced the original sources. I also declare that I have adhered to all principles of
academic honesty and integrity and have not misrepresented or fabricated or
falsified any idea/data/fact/source in my submission. I understand that any violation
of the above will be a cause for disciplinary action by the Institute and can also
evoke penal action from the sources that have thus not been properly cited, or from
whom proper permission has not been taken when needed.

_________________________
(Signature)
_________________________
( Student Name )
_________________________
(Roll No)

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Approval Sheet
This thesis entitled Title of my thesis by Student Name is approved for the
degree of Master of Technology/ Doctor of Philosophy from IIT Hyderabad.
_______________________
-Name and affiliationExaminer
_______________________
-Name and affiliationExaminer
_______________________
-Name and affiliationAdviser
_______________________
-Name and affiliationCo-Adviser
_______________________
-Name and affiliationChairman

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Acknowledgements
Thank you very much.

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Dedicated to
xyz.

Abstract
This is not a document on how to use Microsoft Word. It is assumed that you are
comfortable using standard features of Microsoft Word, such as Caption, Crossreference etc. This document provides guidelines and a template to write your thesis
for Ph.D./ M.Tech./ M.Sc. This document draws a broad picture of the structure and
formatting of your thesis.

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Contents
Declaration.......................................................................................................................ii
Approval Sheet................................................................................................................iii
Acknowledgements..........................................................................................................iv
Abstract............................................................................................................................vi

Nomenclature.............................................................................................................vii
1 Using this Template..................................................................................................1
1 ...................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Front Matter.................................................................................................................1
1.1.1 Committee members.............................................................................................1
1.1.2 Acknowledgements...............................................................................................1
1.1.3 Dedication.............................................................................................................1
1.1.4 Contents................................................................................................................1
1.1.5 Fonts.....................................................................................................................1

2 Creating New Chapter...............................................................................................3

2 ...................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Create copy of one of the chapters...............................................................................3
1.2.1 New chapter on new page.....................................................................................3
1.3 Citation........................................................................................................................3
1.3.1 Single citation.......................................................................................................3
1.3.2 Multiple citation....................................................................................................3

3 Figures.......................................................................................................................4
3 ...................................................................................................................................4
1.4 Referencing figures......................................................................................................4

4 Tables........................................................................................................................5
4 ...................................................................................................................................5
1.5 Referencing tables........................................................................................................5

References....................................................................................................................6

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Chapter 1
Using this Template
1
1.1

Front Matter
This document template will help you in preparing your thesis. You will need to modify
or supply appropriate details for front matter, i.e. title page declaration, approval sheet,
etc. For example, insert title of your thesis, your name, degree, date of submission etc
for the title page. Similarly modify other front matter pages as and where required.

1.1.1

Committee members

The committee consists of a chairman, adviser(s) and examiners. You need to insert
name and affiliation for each of them (below dotted line provided for signature) in
approval sheet. In case you do not have co-adviser, remove that part.
1.1.2

Acknowledgements

This is optional. You may write your own acknowledgement in this page. If you prefer
to not write one, remove this page.
1.1.3

Dedication

This is optional. If you decide to dedicate your work to some one, use this page. If you
prefer to not do so, remove this page.
1.1.4

Contents

The Table of contents is generated Automatically. You do not have to type entries in
contents page. When you have added all your chapters and sections etc, right click on
contents and select update fields, and then select update entire table. Table of contents
will be generated for you automatically.
1.1.5

Fonts

The fonts used for thesis document should be CMU Serif Roman. You may need to
download and install this font. This font is available freely on many servers. You can

find the font library by searching for Computer Modern Unicode font.

Chapter 2
Creating New Chapter
2
1.2

Create copy of one of the chapters

Copy any existing chapter and paste where you want to insert a new chapter. For
example you can copy chapter 1: Using this Template. Click: show all nonprinting
characters. You will now see the chapter name is followed by code { TC 1 Using this
Template \f C \l 1 }. You need to modify the chapter number and name, which
appear in quotes. Again click: hide all nonprinting characters.

1.2.1

New chapter on new page

Insert a page break after every chapter to ensure that new chapter starts on a new page.

1.3

Citation
At the end of the thesis you need to include References section, where you can list all
relevant documents that are cited in the thesis. See References section for formatting for
citations. You are encouraged to use EndNote for automatic citation generation.

1.3.1

Single citation

Citations should appear as shown here [1] and numbered in the order of apperance.
1.3.2

Multiple citation

Multiple citations should appear in the same bracket [1, 2] or if you want to cite more
than two references in one place use [2-4].

Chapter 3
Figures
3
1.4

Referencing figures
The figure where ever possible must be center aligned. Each figure must have a caption
below the figure and should be center aligned. Every single figure in the document must
be referred in the text. For example IITH logo is displayed in Figure 3 .1. You should
use Caption and Cross-reference features of Microsoft Word for automatic numbering
and reference updating.

Figure 3.1: IITH logo

Use Fig. to refer to a figure if the reference to it appears not at the beginning of a
sentence. If the sentence starts with reference to figure use Figure. For instance refer
to the following text. Figure 3 .1 is a compressed logo of IITH.

Chapter 4
Tables
4
1.5

Referencing tables
The tables where ever possible must be center aligned. Each table must have a caption
above the table and should be center aligned. Every single table in the document must
be referred in the text. Use Caption and Cross-reference feature of Microsoft Word. For
instance see Table 4 .1.
Table 4.1: Example Table
Parame

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P1
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References
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57, (1995) 105109.
[2] P. Aguiar, C. S. Adjiman, and N. P. Brandon. Anode-supported intermediate
temperature direct internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell . I : model-based steadystate performance. J. Power Sources 138, (2004) 120136.
[3] A. J. Bard and L. R. Faulkner. Electrochemical Methods Fundamentals and
Applications. 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
[4] A. A. Iordanidis. Mathematical Modeling of Catalytic Fixed Bed Reactors. Ph.D.
thesis, University of Twente, the Netherlands, 2002.