Professional Documents
Culture Documents
GUIDELINES
FOR
SUMMER INTERNSHIP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Registration …….......................…….......................…….......................…….................................. 3
Summer Internship Guides.....…….......................…….......................……..................................... 3
Interaction with Industry Guide.....…….......................…….......................……........................... 3
Interaction with Faculty Guide ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
Orientation Program …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
Summer Internship Assignments and Open Ended Projects……………………………………………….. 4
Attendance ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4
Assessment and Grading …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
Operation of various Components………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
Feedback to Students on Continuous Evaluation ………………………………………………………………. 8
Final Grading …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
Student Grievance …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
Appendices
Appendix A. Format and Guidelines for Internship Report …………………………………. 9
Appendix A 1. Format for Title Page …………………………………………………………………… 22
Appendix A 2. Format for Declaration ……………………………………………………………….. 23
Appendix A 3. Format for Faculty Guide Certificate…………………………………………..… 24
Appendix A 4. Format for Table of Contents ………………………………………………………. 25
Appendix B. Format for Synopsis ………………………………………………………………………… 26
Appendix C. Format for Weekly Progress Reports and Project Diary .…………………. 28
Appendix D. Format for Industry Guide Evaluation …………………………………………….. 30
Appendix E. Format for Faculty Guide Evaluation …………………………..………………….. 32
Appendix F. Format for Corporate Resource Centre Evaluation ……....................... 36
Appendix G. Format for Pre Submission Viva Voce Evaluation ……......................... 37
Appendix H. Format for Final Viva Voce Board Evaluation …………….……………..……. 40
Appendix I. Format for Registering Student Grievance ……………………………….……… 41
Important Dates ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… 42
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REGISTRATION
As a part of MBA course curriculum, every student has to register with the Corporate Resource
Centre for summer internship. Registration takes place at the institute after the End-Term examinations of
the second semester. The students are advised to register themselves on Amizone as per the required
deadlines. The information has to be furnished in the prescribed Performa given on Amizone. The students,
who will proceed for summer internship without having registered will be declared ‘fail’ in summer
internship. Also such students will not be allowed to register for Semester III.
ORIENTATION PROGRAM
The orientation program is aimed at ‘know-your-organization school’. It is suggested that in a period
of 2 to 3 days, the student should become familiar with the organization structure, processes involved,
historical developments, and future expansion programs of the organization etc. They should visit various
departments, shop floors, attend orientation lectures by the organizational experts, and refer to various
annual reports and manuals. The student should become familiar with the organization in all respects. The
faculty guide may conduct a test and as well as ask the student to submit an interim report to discuss the
learning in the orientation programme.
The faculty guide will play an effective role in chalking out this particular aspect of the internship
program in consultation with the industry guide. If the opportunities are not available for the students to
participate in the projects or assignments, they may be asked by the faculty guide to make an in-depth
study of the organization on a specific aspect of the management.
In order to keep track of the progress made at various internship organizations, the faculty guide will
keep collecting various types of information from the students at different points of time.
ATTENDANCE
The students are required to follow the timings of the organization and attend to their work daily
except on holidays that are applicable to the organization. They should observe all the rules and regulations,
which are applicable to the employees / Summer Interns of the organization. Students should remember at
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all times that they are representing Amity Business School and conduct themselves in a dignified and
professional manner.
There are three components of assessment; Continuous Evaluation, Industry Guide Evaluation and Final
Evaluation. The assessment scheme used will assist in judging the students on various characteristics, such
as; Knowledge of concepts, application of principles, intellectual ability, creativity and originality,
professional judgment and decision making ability, interdisciplinary approach, skills for data handling,
documentation, initiative, self-reliance, self-expression, co-operation, leadership, industry specific
knowledge, sense of responsibility, and social orientation.
Component Weightage
A. Continuous Evaluation
2. By CRC 15 Marks
C. Final Evaluation
However, if a faculty guide wishes to deviate from the suggested evaluation scheme given above
due to any special reasons, the faculty guide may do so with the prior approval of the Head &
Additional Director General.
The continuous evaluation by the faculty guide will depend upon the synopsis (see Appendix B),
weekly progress report and project diary (see Appendix C).
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Project diary (See Appendix C): The project diary maintained by a student enables the faculty guide to
judge the points mentioned earlier. It also provides a wonderful opportunity for the faculty guide to study
and evaluate the student’s ability to collect and apply information and analysis techniques. Writing a diary
has to be periodical, preferable a daily affair. It is an attempt to cultivate the habit of documentation and to
encourage him/her to search for details. It may include the students own thought processes and reasoning.
The faculty guide will check and sign the diary periodically. The project diary is an important parameter in
deciding the continuous evaluation marks.
Every industry guide will be requested by the faculty guide to evaluate the student as objectively as
possible, comparing him/her with other students of comparable academic level, personnel with similar
experience and job assignments, or professional standards for the position. The industry guide will also be
requested to offer his/her observations on the student’s potential and performance along with information on
the kinds of work he/she did and the experiences he/she encountered during internship (see Appendix D).
Generally the organizations where the student is working ask for submission a project report, after
the assignment given by the industry guide is over. The students are advised to follow the guidelines of the
organization for submission of the report.
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It is important to bear in mind that even though the project report is submitted only at the end of
any given assignment, in reality, it is the culmination of the continuous efforts in the form of interim
report(s), student’s participation in seminars and group discussions which are evenly distributed over the
entire period of the assignment. Therefore, the various components of the project report should be
evaluated on a continuous basis. Continuous interaction between the faculty guide and the student would
provide a powerful channel to the faculty guide to clearly distinguish between the competencies of different
students.
Final Evaluation
The final evaluation of the student will depend upon the project report submitted by the student at
Amity Business School. It is mandatory for every student to submit summer internship project report at
Amity Business School under the guidance of the faculty guide allotted to him/her.
It is the student’s responsibility to prepare the project report in accordance with the instructions
given in the in this manual (See Appendix A to A4).
The scholarly work done by the student prior to the final preparation of the project report is outside
the domain of this manual. It is assumed that once the project work is complete, a final draft is examined
and approved by the faculty guide and the candidate is ready to prepare a document for final submission to
the academic department for viva voce. The dates for submission and viva voce will be announced
separately.
Students are advised to strictly follow the format and guidelines for internship project report (See
Appendix A to A4).
The format will contain marks for continuous evaluation and final evaluation both (see Appendix E).
the presentation and will conduct viva voce of the student. The board will submit the marks in format for
final viva voce board evaluation (see Appendix H).
The faculty guide, keeping in mind, the continuity of evaluation of the summer internship, will schedule
various components. The faculty guide shall remain the first point of contact for the students from Amity
Business School during the entire summer internship.
FINAL GRADING
At the end of internship program, all the marks obtained by a student on various evaluation
components described above will be added. It will give the total marks earned by the student out of 100
marks.
It is to be borne in mind that the entire responsibility of evaluation and grading rests with the
faculty guides only. The summer internship has a weightage of 9 credit units.
STUDENT GRIEVANCE
In case a student has some grievance during any stage of summer internship, he/she can write to
Head and ADG, Amity Business School in prescribed format for registering student grievance (see Appendix
I).
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The language in which all Project Reports are to be written will be English. This
manual also assumes that every Project Report will demonstrate effective communication
skills. It is the responsibility of the student that the Project Report demonstrates clarity,
correctness, and organization.
Students should consult the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association for complete style information (reference format, table and figure
layout, special language, numbers, abbreviations, etc.).
PRINT REQUIREMENTS
5. Students will prepare 2 hard copies and 2 soft copies of the summer internship report as
per the colour code given below:
6. Students will submit one hard copy along with a soft-copy in a CD to the concerned
faculty guide. One duly signed copy by the concerned faculty guide (along with a soft-
copy in a CD) would be carried by the students for the Final Viva-Voce board.
7. Colour code of hard bound summer internship report is as under:
PAPER REQUIREMENTS
MARGINS
PAGINATION
1. Each page must be numbered, with the exception of the Title Page, which counts as page i but
does not show a number.
2. The preliminary pages—including the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page,
Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures and Abstract—will be
numbered with lower-case Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.) centred 0.83‖ from the bottom edge of
the page. The first page that will show a page number is page ii.
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SPACING
2. Exceptions are made for the following material, which will be single-spaced:
CENTRING
INDENTATION
The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5‖.
REFERENCES
1. Citation forms must be consistent with the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association (APA).
Definitions
1. The word ―Table‖ is used for tabular data in the body of the Project Report and in the appendices.
2. The word ―Figure‖ designates all other illustrative material used in the body and in the appendices,
including, for example, graphs, charts, drawings, images, and diagrams.
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Preparation
1. All figures and tables, including numbers and captions, will fit within a 6‖ by 9‖ area in order to
comply with margin regulations.
2. Where material for figures and tables is too large to fit within margin requirements, it may be
reduced either by xerography or by means available to the word processing programs (reduction of
point size in fonts). Care must be taken that the final reduction is clear and legible.
3. Page numbers, table titles, and figure captions must be the same size as the rest of the text (not
reduced).
Placement
1. Tables and figures that must be positioned horizontally (landscaped) will face the outer edge of the
page, with the widest margin at the binding edge.
2. Tables and figures less than one half-page in length will be included on the same page with the
text whenever possible, separated from the text above or below by double spacing. If they exceed a
half-page in length, they will be placed on a separate page. Two or more small tables or figures may
be placed on a single page.
5. The placement of the table or figure does not affect the position of the page number.
Numbering
1. Tables and figures appearing in the body of the report must be referred to in the text, and will
follow as closely as possible the first reference to them.
2. Tables and figures are numbered in separate series. Each table and figure, including any in the
appendices, has a number in its own series. Each series is numbered consecutively in Arabic
numerals within chapters (e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2, and Figure 10.3).
3. Each table and figure will be separately numbered. Figures will be complete on one page.
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4. If a table continues to the following page, the top line should read ―Table 10.1 (continued).‖ The
title is not repeated. Column headings should be repeated.
1. Tables will be identified by the word ―Table‖ and be numbered consecutively using Arabic
numerals. Double space after the table number and type the table title in italics. Capitalize all major
words of the table title, including prepositions of four or more letters (e.g., use ―With‖ and
―Between‖ and ―of‖ and ―to‖). See the APA manual for sample table titles.
2. Figures will be identified by the word ―Figure‖ and be numbered consecutively using Arabic
numerals. The word ―Figure‖ and its corresponding number are typed in italics. Captions for figures
are continued on the same line as the figure number. The captions are not italicized. Figure captions
are placed below the figure and must follow APA style for capitalization: capitalize only the first
word of the caption, any proper noun or adjective, and the first word after a colon.
3. These titles/captions will appear in the preliminary pages in the List of Tables or List of Figures
Citations
When referring to a table or figure in the text, the full word and number will be used (e.g., Table 10
or Figure 6). The table or figure reference must precede the table or figure itself.
ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS
Every Project Report has three parts: the preliminary pages, the text, and the reference material. Each
part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the order they are discussed below.
1. Preliminary Pages
a. Title page
b. Declaration
d. Acknowledgement(s)
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e. Table of Contents
f. List of Tables
g. List of Figures
h. Abstract
3. Reference Material
a. References
b. Appendix
PRELIMINARY PAGES
Title Page
Declaration
1. The declaration page will appear on all the project reports immediately following the
title page with the following text centered in the middle of the page:
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2. The declaration page is numbered with small Roman numerals centered from the
bottom edge of the page.
3. Students are advised to use ‗Appendix A 2‘ for declaration by replacing the content in
the page with his/her information.
1. The faculty guide certificate page will appear on all the project reports immediately
following the declaration page with the following text centered in the middle of the
page:
2. The faculty guide certificate page is numbered with small Roman numerals centered
from the bottom edge of the page.
3. Students are advised to use ‗Appendix A 3‘ for faculty guide certificate by replacing
the content in the page with his/her information.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT(S)
2. Acknowledgement pages are numbered with small Roman numerals centered from the
bottom edge of the page.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. The heading TABLE OF CONTENTS will appear in capital letters. This heading is
centered and dropped by a double space from the top margin; double space below it to the
text. The actual listing (text) begins at the left margin.
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2. The titles of chapters are listed in the Table of Contents, as well as those of all
subdivisions.
5. Table of Contents pages are numbered with small Roman numerals centered from the
bottom edge of the page.
6. All material following the Table of Contents is listed, with the exception of lists of tables
and figures which are listed separately. Material that precedes the Table of Contents (e.g.,
Title Page, Approval Page, etc.) is not listed.
LIST OF TABLES
1. The heading LIST OF TABLES will appear in capital letters. This heading is centered and
dropped by a double space from the top margin; double space below it to the text. The listing
of tables (text) begins at the left margin.
2. Wording, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in the List of Tables will be identical to
that of the titles that appear on the tables in the text.
3. The List of Tables pages are numbered with small Roman numerals centered from the
bottom edge of the page and continues the numbering from the last page of the Table of
Contents.
LIST OF FIGURES
1. The heading LIST OF FIGURES will appear in capital letters. This heading is centered
and dropped by a double space from the top margin; double space below it to the text. The
listing of figures (text) begins at the left margin.
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2. Wording, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in the List of Figures will be identical to
that of the captions that appear on the figures in the text.
3. The List of Figures pages are numbered with small Roman numerals centered from the
bottom edge of the page and continues the numbering from the last page of the List of
Tables.
ABSTRACT
2. The abstract will consist of the Project Report title followed by the text.
3. The abstract will state briefly the problem discussed in the Project Report, describe the
research procedures or methodology, and summarize major findings and conclusions.
Language should be kept as clear and concise as possible.
4. The abstract will not include footnotes, citations, illustrative materials, or tables.
5. The candidate‘s full name as on the title page appears in the right-hand corner of the first
page as the first line of text.
6. The title of the Project Report will appear in capital letters. This heading is centered and
dropped by a double space from the top margin. The word Abstract appears a double space
below the title of the Project Report. The text of the abstract begins at the left margin one
triple space below the word Abstract.
7. Abstract pages are numbered with small Roman numerals centered from the bottom edge
of the page.
TEXT
1. Each chapter starts on a new page, with the chapter number and title in capital letters. This
title is centered; double space below it to the text. See example below.
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
2. Level 1 section headings are centered and written in title case (lower and uppercase
letters), separated by double spaces from the text above and the text below. See example
below.
3. Level 2 headings are centered, italicized, written in title case, and are separated by double
spaces from the surrounding text. See example below.
History
4. Level 3 headings appear at the left margin, not indented, are italicized and written in title
case, and are separated by double spaces from the surrounding text. See example below.
Participants
5. Level 4 headings appear at the beginning of a paragraph and are lowercase, indented,
italicized, and end with a period. The text starts in the same line as the heading itself. See
example below.
6. The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5‖.
8. The following are normally the chapter titles and section headings of the Project Report:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Theoretical Framework
Definitions
Summary
Research Design
Research Questions
Participants
Data Collection
Instruments used
Pilot Study
Procedures
Data Analysis
Limitations
Review of Methodology
Summary of Findings
Recommendations
Limitations
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9. If the previously published material by the student is included in the body of the
document, it must be presented in a manner consistent with the remainder of the text (i.e.,
identical typeface, margins, and consistent numbering of tables, figures, and footnotes).
Reference citations should be integrated with those for the rest of the document.
10. If the previously published material is placed in the appendix, its size will be adjusted to
ensure that the margins are sufficient to support microfilming. Appended previously
published material will retain the originally published numbers for tables, figures, footnotes,
and bibliographic entries.
REFERENCE MATERIAL
References
1. Any books, articles, websites or other published sources (retrievable data) that have been
used (cited in the text) either in direct quotation or by reference, must be listed in the
References. Personal interviews/raw data (not retrievable) do not appear in the reference list.
2. The heading REFERENCES will appear on the first page of the References itself centered
and dropped by a double space from the top margin. The actual listing of sources begins at
the left margin one double space below the word REFERENCES.
3. The first line of the citation starts at the left margin and the second and subsequent lines of
that citation are indented 0.5‖.
4. The American Psychological Association Publication Manual should be used to format the
references.
5. The References continue the page numbering sequence that began with chapter 1.
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Appendices
4. The appendices continue the page numbering sequence that began with chapter 1.
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on
THE DIMENSIONS OF REVERSE LOGISTICS: A STUDY OF THE
INDIAN ORGANISED RETAIL ENVIRONMENT
By
Rohit Razdan
A0101907142
Dr. C. P. Singh
Assistant Professor
Department of Marketing
DECLARATION
I declare
(a)That the work presented for assessment in this Summer Internship Report is my own, that it has
not previously been presented for another assessment and that my debts (for words, data,
(b)That the work conforms to the guidelines for presentation and style set out in the relevant
documentation.
CERTIFICATE
Dr. C. P. Singh
Assistant Professor
Department of Marketing
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER ............................................................................................................... 3
Further subdivision.................................................................. 12
ANOTHER CHAPTER.......................................................................................... 15
REFERENCES....................................................................................................... 23
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Students are required to provide the following information to the Corporate Resource Centre at the
time of registration or within a week of joining their Summer Internship in the industry.
Progamme ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Designation: ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
(DD/MM/YY):
Mobile: ………………………………………………………………………..
Fax: …………………………………………………………………………
E-mail: …………………………………………………………………………
(DD/MM/YY):
Mobile: ………………………………………………………………………..
Fax: …………………………………………………………………………
E-mail: …………………………………………………………………………
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PROJECT INFORMATION
i) Project Duration: (…..Weeks)
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Date of submission:………………………….
Note: attach company profile and visiting cards of industry guide.
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Project Title:
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Project Diary
Days / Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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1 2 3 4 5
Total Marks obtained in Part 1 + Part 2 + Part 3 + Part 4 = ………. /35
Additional Comments
Would you like to recruit him / her as a part of your team/ Organisation (Why)
___________________________________________________________________________
Please guide on the critical areas for his / her further development.
________________________________________________________________________________________
Please give us your valuable suggestions as to how we can improve the interaction between
the institute and the industry and how can we make it more fruitful?
______________________________________________________________________________ ___
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Please feel free to communicate on the address given below at any point of time during the
summer internship
E-mail: adg@abs.amity.edu
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The project report evaluation by faculty guide has three parameters of the work which are
differently weighted as follows
Area Three : Data Collection, Analysis, Findings and Conclusions - ……. /7 Marks
Total marks obtained in evaluation by faculty guide = Part A + Part B = ……. / 35 Marks
Date : ……………
Name and Signature of CRC Facilitator Name and Signature of Faculty Guide
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Marks
Proposed
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Evidence of a sound knowledge and critical review of the of the literature relevant to the
Mark
study;
between
Development of a clear, appropriate and justified conceptual framework to base the research 5 and 5.9
upon.
Evidence of a satisfactory knowledge and limited critical review of the relevant literature,
Mark
but with obvious gaps and omissions;
between
Development of an appropriate conceptual framework, but which is not clearly stated and /or 3 and 4.9
complete and justified.
Evidence of only a limited knowledge of the literature, with little or no critical comment;
Mark
Some evidence of an attempt to develop a conceptual framework, but which is characterised between
by confused thinking, gaps and omissions, and not justified. 2 and 2.9
Marks
Proposed
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Appropriate selection and implementation of data collection methods which is justified and
Mark
provides evidence of a recognition of the main limitations of the methods adopted;
between
Clear evidence of a high level of analysis using appropriate techniques; 5 and 5.9
Clear presentation of justified findings and logical conclusions, predominantly based on
research evidence, which contains evidence of the ability to critically evaluate the research
results.
Mainly appropriate selection and implementation of data collection methods with evidence
Mark
of justification and some recognition of the limitations of the methods adopted;
between
Evidence of a satisfactory level of analysis using appropriate techniques; 3 and 4.9
Clear presentation of findings and conclusions, related to the research evidence, with
reasonable evidence of appropriate justification for, critical comment on, and logical
development in these areas.
Generally an inappropriate selection and implementation of data collection methods, with
Mark
little evidence of an appreciation of the limitations of the methods adopted;
between
Evidence of appropriate analysis, but which is limited and/ or logically inconsistent; 2 and 2.9
Presentation of findings and conclusions which are not entirely based on the research
evidence, and which may be unsupported by either the evidence or logical reasoning, or
both;
Little or no evidence of the ability to critically evaluate the work undertaken.
An inappropriate selection and implementation (or absence) of data collection methods, with
Mark
no evidence of an appreciation of the use of such methods;
between
Little or no evidence of appropriate analysis and/or extensive logical inconsistency; 0 and 1.9
Presentation of some findings and conclusions, but which are inaccurate, incomplete, and /or
illogical.
…../7
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Part 1: Synopsis
Did the student get PPO in the company where he/she is working : Yes / No
Did the student invited industry guide / Industry mentor to GLS : Yes / No
Date : ……………
Name and Signature of CRC Facilitator Name and Signature of Faculty Guide
Appendix G. Format for Pre Submission Viva Voce Board Evaluation
Year : ………………………………. Viva time : Started - …….hrs. Finished - ……hrs. Viva date : ………………………………………………..
Title: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
1 2 3 4 5
Review of Literature
Methods / Approach
Results/ Outcomes
Discussion/ Summary/Conclusions
Writing Quality
1 2 3 4 5 Score
1 Introduction Failed to convey project in Vaguely conveyed Project moderately Conveyed project within Clearly conveyed project
context of literature. No project in context of conveyed in context of context of literature. within context of
rationale. Purpose was literature. Weak literature. Moderately Moderately-strong literature. Strong
unfocused and unclear. rationale. Purpose was clear rationale. Purpose rationale. Purpose was rationale. Purpose was
poorly focused and not was somewhat focused clear and focused. clear and focused
sufficiently clear. and clear.
2 Review of Failed to review literature Inadequate review of Comprehensive review Review of the literature Comprehensive review of
Literature relevant to the study. No literature relevant to of literature relevant to is fairly well organized, literature relevant to the
synthesis, critique or the study. Poorly the study. Moderately acknowledging the study. Well organized,
rationale. Lacks organized. Weak well organized. Some relatedness of the with nuanced critique
description of research rationale for choice of mention of the research and regarding the relatedness
samples, methodologies, theoretical relatedness of scholarship. The of the research and
& findings. perspectives/ empirical scholarship. Moderately rationales for scholarship reviewed.
studies. Insufficient clear rationale for choice including/excluding Includes specific criteria
description of research of theoretical various theoretical for inclusion/ exclusion of
samples, perspectives/ empirical perspectives/empirical various theoretical
methodologies, & studies. Somewhat studies are apparent. perspectives/ empirical
findings. focused description of Includes description of studies. Clearly describes
research samples, research samples and research samples,
methodologies, & methodologies. methodologies, &
findings. findings.
3 Methods / Little or no description of Inadequate description Moderate or excessive Most detail Appropriate detail in
Approach (if applicable): subjects, of (if applicable): description of (if included/slightly description of (if
design/approach, subjects, applicable): subjects, excessive detail in applicable): subjects,
methods/procedures, and design/approach, design/approach, description of (if design/approach,
statistical analyses. methods/procedures, methods/procedures, applicable): subjects, methods/procedures, and
and statistical analyses. and statistical analyses. design/ approach, statistical analyses.
methods/procedures,
and statistical analyses.
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4 Results / Absence of pertinent Few pertinent results. Some pertinent Most pertinent results All pertinent results
Outcomes results. Table/figures are Table/figures are results not reported and in fairly reported and in clear and
absent or inappropriate, inappropriate or reported; results clear and concise concise manner.
presented in clear
not labelled, and no incomplete, poorly manner. Table/figures Table/figures are labelled
and concise
legend. labelled, and manner. labelled appropriately appropriately and
inadequate legend. Table/figures and included legend. included legend.
generally labelled
appropriately and
included legend.
5 Discussion/ Little or no discussion of Major topics or Discussion is too Discussion sufficient and Brief and concise
Summary/ project concepts inaccurately brief/excessive, needs to with few errors, though discussion of major
Conclusions findings/outcomes. described. Considerable be more concise of not particularly findings/outcomes. Was
Displayed poor grasp of relevant discussion major findings engaging or thought- superior, accurate,
understanding. missing. /outcomes. Several provoking. Greater engaging, and thought-
Conclusion/summary not Conclusions/summary inaccuracies and foundation needed from provoking.
supported by not entirely supported omissions. past work in area. Conclusions/summaries
findings/outcomes. by findings/outcomes. Conclusions/summary Conclusions/summary and recommendations
generally based on based on outcomes and appropriate and clearly
findings/outcomes. appropriate, but based on outcomes.
included no
recommendations.
6 Writing Quality The dissertation lacks The dissertation is The dissertation is The dissertation is The dissertation is written
clarity and precision. unclear throughout. moderately clear. written with clarity and with great clarity and
Sentences are poorly Frequent errors in word Several errors in word precision. Writing is precision. Each sentence
constructed and choice, grammar, choice, grammar, understandable. Word is understandable. Word
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Appendix H. Format for Final Viva Voce Board Evaluation
The reason of my grievance is: (The student should set out clearly the nature and extent of the
problem and include any relevant details)
I have taken the following informal steps to resolve the problem or grievance before invoking
the formal grievance procedure:
Undertaking: I hereby certify that statements made in my Grievance and the data enclosed are true
and complete to the best of my belief and knowledge. If at any time any part of the Grievance or the
data is found to be false, I will be liable for any disciplinary action that the institute may deem fit.
Signed ……………………………………………Date………………………………
Name:…………………………………………………………………………… Programme:………………………………………….
Important Dates
Pre submission Viva Voce : July 26, 27, 28, 29, 2011