Summer Project Guidelines for 2012 batch

1. Important dates to remember: a. Contact details (personal and JSB E-mail id, and mobile phone number) should be communicated to the Faculty Guide on or before 27th April, 2011 b. Reporting at the firm must be done not later than 2nd May, 2011 c. Broad area of study and objectives should be finalised and communicated to the Faculty Guide on or before 7th May 2011 d. Acceptance letter from the firm should reach the Faculty Guide on or before 14th May 2011 e. Finalisation of questionnaire (if applicable) must be done on or before 14th May 2011 f. First progress report should be submitted on or before 21st May 2011 g. Second progress report should be submitted on or before 15th June 2011 h. Third progress report must be submitted on the reopening day of the third semester i. PowerPoint presentation must be made to the Faculty Panel on 15th July 2011 Recommended scheme for presentation Topic Objectives Literature review Research design Findings & suggestions Conclusion & learning from the project j. Rough draft must be submitted within 15 days of the date of presentation k. Two hard bound copies of the final draft, with cyan colour wrapper, must be submitted within 15 days of the date of submission of rough draft Research Methodology / Statistical Tools must be identified in consultation with the Faculty Guide Literature and Concept Review must be done in consultation with the Faculty Guide Internal marks will be awarded based on the following aspects: a. Timely reviews and reporting b. Overall quality of the work based on the relevance of objectives, topic, methodology and questionnaire; and c. Presentation made to the Faculty Panel Minimum duration to be spent at the firm is 6 weeks and maximum permissible duration is 8 weeks Certificate of completion from the firm must be submitted on the reopening date Communication from JSB to the students regarding project work will be sent only through E-mail and hence checking the mail box on a regular basis is essential Faculty Guide must be updated on a regular basis about the progress being made to avoid setback at later stages

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(In CAPITAL LETTERS and in inverted pyramid form if it runs more than one line)

Project Report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of degree of Master of Business Administration of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore by (Name of the student) in CAPITAL LETTERS (Register No.______) Under the guidance and supervision of
(Faculty Guides Name in Sentence Format (with academic qualifications))

Jansons School of Business Karumathampatti Coimbatore 641 659

September, 2011

CERTIFICATE FORMAT This is to certify that the Project Report entitled __________ submitted to the

Bharathiar University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of Master of Business Administration is a record of original and independent research work done by _________ during the period of study from _____ to _____ under my supervision and guidance and the thesis has not formed the basis for the award of any Degree / Diploma / Associateship / Fellowship or other similar title of any candidate of any University.

Date:

Signature of the Guide

DECLARATION FORMAT I, ___________ (Name of the student) hereby declare that the Project Report entitled __________________ (CAPITAL LETTERS) submitted to the Bharathiar University, in

partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Business Administration is a record of original and independent research work done by me during the period of study from ______ to ______ under the Supervision of the Guide, and Guidance of ________ (Name

Designation, Department) and it has not formed the basis for the award of any

Degree / Diploma / Associateship / Fellowship or other similar title of any candidate of any University. Date: Signature of the student

Note: 1. Text should be in Times New Roman, font size 12, with both side justification and in 1.5 line spacing. Recommended paper size is A4. 2. The report must be terse and readable, ensuring principles of clarity of

organisation and presentation, simplicity and objectivity, strictly avoiding any bias or subjective values. 3. It is necessary to avoid the use of such personal terms as I, we, you, my, our and us. 4. In describing the research procedure, use past tense. 5. As a general rule, use active voice unless there is good reason to use passive voice.

Recommended Layout for Project Report Certificate separate page Declaration separate page Acknowledgement separate page Contents page Executive Summary List of Tables List of Figures / Exhibits / Charts 1. Introduction (Chapter Heading) 1.1 Main heading 1.1.1. Sub heading 1.2 Objectives / Problem Statement 2. Review 2.1 Concepts 2.2 Literature 3. Methodology 3.1 Materials and methods 3.2 Statistical tests 4. Analysis and Interpretation 5. Findings and Suggestions 6. Summary and Conclusion 6.1 Summary 6.2 Conclusion 6.3 Implications / Scope for further work Appendices Bibliography and References

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Faculty Guide Prof Allimuthu S Prof Gnanaharan S Prof Nateson C, Dr Prof Parvathi V Prof Sadasivam P, Dr Prof Sanu SJ Prof Senthilvelkumar K R Prof Senthil Kumar T Prof Srinivasan K Prof Suriyaprakash C, Dr Prof Swamy D Prof Thiriveni Sripriya

Mail id
s.allimuthu@jsb.ac.in sgnanaharan@jsb.ac.in c.nateson@jsb.ac.in parvathi_v2004@yahoo.co.in drpsadasivam@gmail.com sjsanu@jsb.ac.in krsvk@jsb.ac.in t.senthilkumar@jsb.ac.in k.srinivasan@jsb.ac.in c.suriyaprakash@jsb.ac.in d.swamy@jsb.ac.in sripriya@jsb.ac.in