REPORT PREPARATION

CONTENTS OF THE REPORT

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Report Title Page as per format in Annexure I Declaration from the Candidate as per format in Annexure II Certificate from Company (if applicable) / Supervisor as per format in Annexure III Acknowledgements Table of Contents as per format in Annexure IV Chapter 1: Introduction to the study a. Research Background b. Contributions 7. Chapter 2: Company Profile / Industry Profile 8. Chapter 3: Literature Review 9. Chapter 4: Research Methodology as per format in Annexure V 10. Chapter 5: Data Tabulation, Analysis and Results 11. Chapter 6: Findings of the study 12. Chapter 7: Recommendations of the study 13. Chapter 8: Limitations of the study 14. Chapter 9: Conclusions of the study 15. References as per format in Annexure VI 16. Research Progress Report 17. Questionnaire used

OTHER DETAILS
1. The last date for submission is 05/11/2011. 2. The printing of the report must be done on a watermarked paper as per the format in Annexure VII 3. The font used for printing the report is Arial / Calibri / Times New Roman. Font Size to be used is 12 point. Use justify alignment of the paragraph. The double line spacing should throughout the report. After each paragraph a line should be left blank and each paragraph should be justify aligned. 4. Spiral binding should be used in the preparation of the report. 5. Each Chapter should begin on a separate page 6. The report will be judged based on the quality of the report and not based on the volume / quantity of the report. 7. The progress report should be included as a part of the report. 8. All the pages should be numbered 9. Printing should be done on both sides of the page

ANNEXURE I: REPORT TITLE PAGE

A <MAJOR PROJECT / RESEARCH / SUMMER TRAINING / SEMINAR> REPORT ON

<TITLE OF THE PROJECT>

(Font: Arial, Size:16, Bold)

Submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree Master of Business Administration Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai
(Font: Arial, Size: 12, Bold)

Submitted by, <NAME OF THE STUDENT> MBA Semester <> (Session <>)
(Font: Arial, Size: 14, Bold)

Approved By, <HODs Name> Head of the Department

Guided By, <Faculty Name> <Designation>

ANNEXURE II: DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE I the undersigned solemnly declare that the report of the research work entitled <Title of the Report> is based on my own work carried out during the course of my study under the supervision of <Name of the supervisor/s>. I assert that the statements made and conclusions drawn are an outcome of my research work. I further declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the report does not contain any part of any work which has been submitted for the award of MBA degree or any other degree/diploma/certificate in this University or any other University of India or abroad.

_________________ (Signature of the Candidate) <Name of the Candidate> Enrollment No:

ANNEXURE III: CERTIFICATE FROM THE SUPERVISOR

This is to certify that the work incorporated in the report <Title of the Report> is a record of research work carried out by <Name of the student> bearing Enrollment No.: <> under my/our guidance and supervision for the part fulfillment for the award of MBA Degree of Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai (C.G.), India. To the best of my knowledge and belief the thesis i) Embodies the work of the candidate him/herself, ii) Has duly been completed, iii) Is up to the desired standard both in respect of contents and language for external viva.

______ ___________ (Signature of the Supervisor) <Name of the Supervisor> <Designation of the Supervisor>

ANNEXURE IV: TABLE OF CONTENTS (SAMPLE FORMAT)

Declaration by the Student Certificate from the Supervisor / Company Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction to the study a. Research Background b. Contributions Chapter 2. Company Profile / Industry Profile a. About the Company / Industry b. The relation of work done in your study to the industry Chapter 3. Literature Review a. Related to the work done in your study Chapter 4. Research Methodology a. Objectives b. Research Plan c. Sampling Plan d. Data Collection e. Descriptive Statistics Chapter 5. Data Tabulation, Analysis and Results a. Type of Analysis used and Why b. Results of the Analysis Chapter 6. Findings of the study Chapter 7. Recommendations Chapter 8. Limitations Chapter 9. Conclusions References Appendices a. Research Progress Report b. Questionnaire used c. Any other appendix

ANNEXURE V: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The methodology section will consist of three sections. Section A. The first section will describe the objectives of the study. Section B. The second section will discuss about the research plan and sampling plan used in the study. The following table can be taken as a guideline for preparing this section.

RESEARCH PLAN
Research Design: Research Method Used Research Technique Used Data Collection Sampling Plan No. of samples collected Descriptive Survey Questionnaire From Durg, Bhilai and Raipur Simple Random 50

The research should also present why he has chosen the design he has chosen. And he should also write about something about the design / method / technique and sampling plan to support his study. In any case the researcher should not write what he has not done in the study. Section C. Section C will contain the demographic characteristics of the respondents. A sample is shown below: Measure Item 0-20 Age 20-30 30-50 < 1 Lakh Income 1-3 Lakhs 3-5 Lakhs Total Number of Respondents

ANNEXURE VI: REFERENCES

Citation from journals: G. D. Gopen and J. A. Swan, The Science of Scientific Writing, J. of American Scientist, vol. 78, pp. 550558, 1990. C. H. Lee and Y. K. Lee, An Adaptive Digital Image Watermarking Technique for Copyright Protection, IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 1005-1015, November 1999. Citation from proceedings of conferences/Seminars/Workshops: [A] C. K. Yang, D. C. Wu, C. S. Huang, A study of Robust Watermarking Using Block Based and Determinant Concept, Proceedings of 2001 IPPR Conf. On CVGIP, Ken-Ding, Taiwan, pp.201-209, 2001 [D] R. G. van Schyndel, A. Z. Tirkel, and C. F. Osborne, A digital watermark, Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Image Processing, vol. 2, pp. 86- 90, 1994. [F] D. Smith (Ed.), "Information Overload," Second International Workshop, IH'98, Portland, Oregon, USA, April 1998, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1525, Springer-Verlag (1998) Citation from Technical report: [AA] Caulkin, S. (Ed.). (1990). Drucker, Ohmae, Porter & Peters. Management briefings. (Management Guides. Special report No.1202). London: The Economist. [BC] I. M. Boier Martin and D. C. Marinescu, Graphics for Macromolecular Crystallography and Electron Microscopy, Technical Report, Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, CSD TR-96-009, 1996. Citation from Patent: [DD] A. Sibbald, Method and Apparatus for Fingerprint Characterization and Recognition using Auto-correlation Pattern, U S Patent 5633947, 1994. Citation from Thesis: D. Kundur, Mulitresolution Digital Watermarking: Algorithms and Implications for Multimedia Signals, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto, 1999. Citation from Books: D. Thompson, ed., The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 9th ed., 1995, ISBN No.: 0987654. D. Lindsay, A Guide to Scientific Writing, Melbourne, Chapter 2, Australia: Addison Wesley Longman Australia, 2nd ed., 1997, ISBN No.: 12345678. H. White. Economic Prediction using Neural Networks: The case of IBM Daily Stock Returns. In Neural Networks in Finance and Investing, chapter18, pages 315328. Probus Publishing Company, 1993, ISBN No.: 987789987. Citation from Website: Anonymous, unZign, Tool for Evaluating a Variety of Watermarks, http://altern.org/watermark/, (23rd September 1997) Publication of the University of Geneva (on digital watermarking): <http:// cuiwww.unige.ch/vision/Publications/watermarking_publications.html> (Browsing Date: 4th January 2006) ADEC (1999). ADEC Distance Education Consortium. [On-line]. Available: http://www.adec.edu/ [2000, January 17].