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1 SUMMER PROJECT MCA Sem V/Dual (BCA+MCA) Sem IX (Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading) AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR

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SUMMER PROJECT

MCA Sem V/Dual (BCA+MCA) Sem IX (Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading)

AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH

GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR

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CONTENTS Sl. No. Description Page No.

1 Introduction 3

2 Objectives of Projects 3

3 Credit Units 3

4 Student Learning Outcomes: 4

5 Guidelines for Conduct of Projects 5

6 Assessment Plan and Continuous Assessment 8

7 Plagiarism 9

8 Submission of Final Report 10

9 Students Not Meeting the Eligibility Criteria 10

10 Procedure for Examination of Cases for Special Consideration 11

11 Final Assessment 11

12 Components of Final Assessment 12

13 Report Requirements 14

14 Guidelines for Writing the Report 15

15 Grading 17

16 Improvement of Scores & Grade 18

General Tips for writing the Report (Annexure II) 19

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1. INTRODUCTION The academic philosophy of Amity University revolves around student centric learning, which

takes into consideration their varied learning needs and significantly accelerates their retention

of both knowledge and skills. It inspires and gives the chance to the student to operate, manage

and monitor his/her own learning process under the supervision and the guidance of a faculty

supervisor, so that he/she could train himself to be independent and develop oneself to be a good

professional.

MCA/Dual (BCA+MCA) Summer Projects have proved to be great tools to achieve the

objectives of student centric learning. Following are attributes of Projects:

Projects are part of Programme Structure and are compulsory

have credit units assigned to them

not conducted as regular class lecture, lab practical or tutorial

are self exploratory / application oriented

are done under the supervision/guidance of faculty guide

conducted during the semester

allows students to pursue their area of interest to greater depth

help students to relate theory to actual practice in the industry

help students to be innovative, creative and through independent study

2. COURSE OBJECTIVES

• To provide students with a comprehensive experience for applying the knowledge gained so

far by studying various courses.

• To develop an inquiring aptitude and build confidence among students by working on

solutions of small industrial problems.

• To give students an opportunity to do some thing creative and to assimilate real life work

situation in institution.

• To adapt students for latest developments and to handle independently new situations.

• To develop good expression power and presentation abilities in students.

3. CREDIT UNITS

a) The credit units of projects are given below:

Course Title Credit Units

Summer Project 04

b) Following are the Credit Units associated with different modes of Teaching/Learning:

– Lecture : 100%

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– Tutorials : 100%

– Laboratory : 50%

– Field Work/Self Exploratory

Learning in Lab : 15-20%

c) Therefore eight weeks full-time NTCC will have credit units:

40 days × 8hrs per day/6hrs = 5.3 credit units (i.e. 5 to 6 credit Units)

d) To earn 4 credit units for a NTCC, a student must put in self efforts:

4 credits × 55 hrs / per credit = 220 hrs

No. of days required in Full-time mode : 220 hrs/8 hrs per day = 28 days/5 = 06

weeks

e) Therefore, faculty guide must ensure the minimum efforts put in by students commensurate

with the prescribed credit units of a course.

4. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Following are the student learning outcomes from the minor and major projects:

a. Team working and team management.

b. How to develop components & systems in isolation which meets a common goal.

c. Practical application of engineering principles for designing, fabrication and testing of

working models.

d. An ability to design a system, model, component or a process to meet

desired/industrial/R&D needs

e. Technique to present balanced, concise written arguments about a technical research.

5. GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF PROJECTS

The guidelines give a methodical approach to projects that will ensure effective supervision and

manage student expectations to improve student learning experience. It aims:

To provide a systematic approach to projects across the university.

To provide students taking projects with a valuable learning experience.

To enable students to develop as independent learners

To promote the dissemination of effective practice.

To support faculty guides in the supervision, progress monitoring and assessment of

projects

To enable students to follow prescribed guidelines for the course.

The prime responsibility for managing the project lies with the student and the faculty guide. A

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faculty guide will be identified for each student.

5.1 Briefing the Students about NTCC Regulations & Guidelines

A briefing session for all the students and concerned faculty guides will be organized by the

institutions well in advance so that the students and faculty guides are able to prepare well &

proceed for the course as per guidelines. For example the briefing for project in final semester

for UG students must be done in mid of odd semester of the academic session so that the

students are able to finalise the broad area of work on their own or with the help of faculty

guides. The guidelines for projects must also be uploaded on AMIZONE for students and faculty

guides.

5.2 Roles and Responsibilities of students

All scheduled meeting timings and dates should be adhered to and deadlines met.

Effectively use of the supervisory time allocated.

To submit a synopsis at the beginning of the semester for approval from the departmental

committee in a specified format (see annexure - I).

To send Weekly Progress Report (WPR) to Faculty guide regularly.

Maintain a record of supervisory meetings,

Be responsible and adhere to the discipline of work in external labs.

To implement the feedback and approved action plan for development of the project.

Recognise ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to

plagiarism

5.3 Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Guide/Supervisor

The major roles of faculty Guide/supervisor are as under : -

To finalise the topic, synopsis and work schedule of project and its resources

To assist the student in identifying problems/issues and suggest/agree on specific action

to address those problems.

Methodologies /referencing / plagiarism/ethical practice, as appropriate

Information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning, monitoring progress

of the project

Structure and presentation of projects

To discuss progress of project.

To offer feedback on partial versions of project

To maintain regular supervisory contact.

To contact any student who fails to attend supervisory sessions

To advise the student of project who are considered exemplary

If required to plan some tutorial, lectures to help students in finishing the project.

5.4 Finalisation of Topic/Place to undertake projects

The project must be done at the institute under the guidance of faculty.

Students can select any topic of their field for projects in consultation with concerned

Faculty & HOI.

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All topics for projects will be vetted by the institute non teaching credit course

(NTCC) committee.

The project, if assigned by the NTCC committee, will be taken by the students

compulsorily.

5.5 Registration for the course

a) The students are required to register on-line on AMIZONE for the projects as per the

guidelines of the university.

b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on following grounds:

i) Ill health - provided the student has informed the institution on time and had taken

sick leave from HoI.

ii) Student is on approved Official Duty, representing university/ institution in

competitions, seminars, placements activities etc.

c) The student will be allowed to register late for projects at AUUP upto a certain period with

certain late registration charges as per following conditions:

i) Upto 10 days after the date of registration for course with late registration charges of

500/- .

ii) From 11th day to 15th day of the date of Registration with late registration charges of

1000/-.

iii) 16th day to 20th day of Registration with late registration charges of 2000/- provided

student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses

iv) After 21st day to 30 days of Registration with late charges of 5000/- provided student

meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses.

d) The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by Finance

Committee.

e) The students who have not registered for the projects as per regulations will not be permitted

to submit any report and will be treated as having failed in the course.

5.6 Allocation of Faculty Guide

a) Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide from the institute for the projects well in

advance in a formal manner depending on the number of students per faculty member, the

available specialization among the faculty guides by Institution Project Committee. However,

project co-guide may be from other institution, if required.

b) The allotment/allocation of supervisor shall not be left to the individual students or teacher.

c) The co-guide must be provided with brief guidelines for performance monitoring and

assessment of the student of project.

5.7 Briefing Sessions/ Tutorials/Gap Lectures for students

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Briefing Sessions/Tutorial/Gap Lectures are very important for undertaking the project.

Therefore, it is mandatory for the students to attend the same whenever institution/faculty guide

have scheduled the same: During such sessions students should expect to:

discuss ideas and concerns.

be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area,

be provided with direction to help them to manage the process,

to be provided with advice on academic style, format and the scope of project.

be provided with general feedback,

be provided with feedback on their project and apply the comments they receive through

processes of reflection and action-planning to other parts of their development work.

5.8 Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Work Schedule

a) Student will finalise the broad area/topic, synopsis and work schedule of his/her project in

consultation with the faculty guide.

b) The student will send the synopsis along with work schedule duly approved and signed by

faculty guide to NTCC committee as per attached format. He will also update the details on

AMIZONE for approval of faculty guide. If faculty guide feels certain lacuna in the synopsis

and work schedule, he / she will discuss with student and finalise same in order to meet the

Course Objectives (COs) and Learning Outcomes (LOs) in accordance with Programme

Learning Objectives (PLOs).

c) The work / project Schedule (Project Plan) to be prepared using GANTT or PERT chart as per

attached appendix.

d) The area/topic, work schedule of project will be approved by the Institution NTCC Committee

(INC). The student will make a presentation before the INC on specified date, time and

venue. The final list cleared by the INC and approved by HOI will be sent to Academic

Office in AUUP HQ and CoE, before the date of first Weekly Progress Report.

5.9 Conduct and Progress Monitoring of Projects

a) The students will undertake projects as per the course requirement and work schedule.

b) The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as per the

prescribe format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR).

c) Faculty guide will mark the status of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received and quality of

work done on AMIZONE. Faculty guide will also give feedback to students.

d) The student will also maintain daily diary of the work done which need to be submitted to the

faculty guide.

e) The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide as per the

attached Appendix-.

f) Periodic progress review of projects will be done by a faculty board. For this, institution will

announce at the time of registration for the course.

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6. ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

a) The weightage of Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) and Final Assessment is as under:

Course Credit Units Continuous Internal

Assessment

Final

Assessment

Summer Project 4 Credit Units 30 70

b) The breaks up (components and their weightage) of continuous internal assessment are given

as under:

S. No.

Title

Marks

(CIA = 30%)

1 Timely Registration 01

2 Topics & Synopsis Approval 02

3 WPRs

(No. of WPR Submitted)

(Satisfactory WPR)

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4 1st Periodic Progress Review by a

board of faculty through presentation

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5 2nd

Periodic Progress Review by a

board of faculty through presentation

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6 1st Draft on time 01

7 2nd Draft on time -

8 Final Report (Plagiarism Report

with <10% Plagiarism)

01

9 Final Report timely submission 01

10 Project Report Assessment 09

c) In case the project is under joint supervision of faculty guide and co-guide, the weightage of

Continuous Internal Assessment will be equally divided between both the supervisors (faculty

guide and co-guide) as per following:

i) The faculty guide will give the CIA marks as per the university guidelines.

ii) The marks provided by co-guide will be converted into 30/40/50 as the case may be on CA/IA

norms, for project.

iii) The average of marks given by faculty guide and converted marks of co-guide shall be

treated as final CA/IA marks for project.

iv) It is the responsibility of the student and faculty guide to ensure the co-guide sends the

assessment on time. In case the marks of co-guide are not received, the Institution NTCC

Committee will review the case and put up it recommendations to HoI and CoE.

6.1 Project Report Assessment:

The faculty guide will assess the project report as part of IA/CA as under:

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S.No.

Parameter

Weightage

(10)

1 Introduction and Statement of

the Problem

1

2 Review of Literature: 1

3 Methodology/methods/Approach 1

4 Data Collection, Analysis, Results

findings/Outcomes and conclusions

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5 Future scope and Limitations outlined 1

6 Quality of work and written

expression

1

7 Student Learning Outcomes 1

6.2 Submission of Continuous Internal Assessment Marks

a) The institution will send the CIA marks along with all the reports from AMIZONE and

supporting documents of all students to CoE.

b) CoE will declare the list of students eligible for the final assessment after examining all the

cases.

7. PLAGIARISM

a) The project report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite the

words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be appropriately

acknowledged.

b) It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin or

similar software before submission. The content which is based on existing published work

must come from properly quoted material and from the references cited section. After

checking the accuracy of the citations and references of such content the plagiarism report

should not return similarity index of more than 15% in any circumstance. However, if the

matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15% could still be considered plagiarism.

Any report with higher than this percentage matching must be explained by the student. The

details of copy rights, professional ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the

University.

8. SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

The most important aspect of the project is the final report. Therefore following must be ensured

for producing quality report.

a) The student will start the project report while doing his/her project course as per the

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prescribed guidelines

b) The students will submit 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by the

submission second of draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested by the

guide.

c) The final report shall be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or any other

format subscribed by University. Copying material should not be more than 10% provided

source is mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement and referencing as per

plagiarism policy of the university.

d) Following will be submitted along with final report,:

o WPR

o NTCC Dairy

o Plagiarism Report

e) A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she meets

following conditions:

a. Online Registration for the project

b. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide

c. 90 % of WPR were submitted

d. 80% of the WPR were satisfactory

e. Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

9. STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The students who are not eligible to submit the reports will re-submit these as per the following

guidelines:

Parameter

Action

Online Registration for the

project course not done

Re-do the project

Has not taken the approval of

the Topic, Synopsis and Project

Plan by the faculty guide

Re-do the project

< 90 % of WPRs were

submitted

Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment marks as under:

80 - 89% = 10 marks deducted

75 - < 80% = 12 marks deducted

70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on

recommendations of NTCC Review Committee with cap of

B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous

Internal Assesment.

< 70 % = Re-do the project

< 80% of the WPRs were

satisfactory

<80-75% = 10 marks to be deducted

<75-70% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on

recommendations of a committee with cap of B+ in grading or

deduction of 15 marks from Continuous Internal Assessment.

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Similarity index more than 15

% as per Plagiarism Prevention

Policy.

If in plagiarism report the similarity index is >15%, the

student is required to re-write the report provided

meets all the other criteria.

Important:

The students not meeting the eligibility criteria, shall be required to provide detailed

justification for special consideration by the NTCC Review Committee.

The students re-submitting the thesis due to plagiarism shall be eligible for the grade

earned by him provided he/she has submitted same atleast 10 days prior to the final

assessment of the batch. If the student fails to submit the revised thesis in the prescribed

time he / she shall not be awarded more than B+ grade.

The students who shall re-do the project shall be awarded grade not more than B+.

10. PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF CASES FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

a) To examine the cases for consideration by Vice Chancellor, the NTCC Review Committee for

the Academic Session will be constituted at the University level as per norms prescribed in the

regulations of Non Teaching Credit Courses.

b) The recommendation of HoIs of all such cases after detailed explanation given by students

must be submitted to the CoE office atleast 10 days prior the Final Assessment Date for

examination to be decided by NTCC Review Committee after consideration by the Vice

Chancellor.

11. FINAL ASSESSMENT

a) The final assessment of projects need to be done only of those students who have qualified on

the basis of Conduct and progress monitoring guidelines & Submission of report guidelines as

stated above.

b) The final assessment will be treated as end semester examination. It is mandatory for the

students to appear for final assessment as per scheduled date and time. If fail to appear in the

students final assessment as per schedule, he/she will treated as absent. For such cases same

rules will be applicable as those for theory examination. The assessment of I category students

will be done within one month of final assessment of the batch.

c) While evaluating the project, institution, faculty guide and board of evaluators will

consider the following aspects:

I. Institution

Institutional Project Committee must check the eligibility of all the students before

sending the list to CoE.

Guidelines for the students and board of evaluators must be prepared and approved by

competent authority/academic Council.

Only eligible students will be assessed as per the approved list provided by CoE board-

wise & according to approved guidelines.

Date of evaluation will be announced by CoE on the recommendations of HoI.

A board comprising 03 members will be constituted. Two faculty members from any of

the Institutions of AUUP and one service external expert from Industry/academia at the

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faculty guide will not be the member of the evaluation board for his/her own students.

The institution will send the budget along with the list of external expert for assessment

board to CoE for necessary approval as per the University regulations and Guidelines.

The assessment guidelines must be provided to evaluators.

The format for evaluation will be provided along with the list of students, for each

evaluator.

The duly signed evaluation sheets along with attendance sheets and printout of

consolidated marks from Amizone will be submitted on same day.

Faculty guide/ any other member of the institution will not try to influence the board

evaluators for favouring /punishing any student appearing for final assessment.

II. Board of Evaluators:

The board of evaluators will assess the eligible students only as per the prescribed

guidelines and assessment sheets.

The evaluation will be done separately by each evaluator and duly signed copy of same

will be submitted before leaving the evaluation room.

The evaluators will be paid the honorarium as per the university policy.

III. Observer

CoE will appoint an observer and submit the report as per the regulations of the

University.

12. Components of Final Assessment

S.No.

Parameter

Weightage (Marks)

(70%)

1 Introduction and Statement of the Problem:

Does the introduction provide a general overview of

the issues surrounding the study?

Is the problem under investigation clearly stated?

Is evidence used to demonstrate the significance of

the problem?

Are important terms defined?

Are assumptions clearly stated?

Are major assertions that lay ground work for the

study articulated?

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2 Review of Literature:

Is the study grounded in a larger body of research?

Is the review current and representative of the work in

the area?

Are related studies critically examined and gaps

identified?

Does the review provide a clear rationale of the study?

Is the review well organized, using sub-sections

where appropriate?

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3 Methodology/methods/Approach:

Is the research design described clearly and

appropriate for the study?

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Are the sample and participants fully described?

Is the sampling plan appropriate for the study?

Are the data gathering procedures fully explicated and

appropriate for the study?

Have the analytical procedures been fully explained

and are appropriate for the study?

Is the technical merit of instruments described

clearly?

Are issues related to limitations and/or

trustworthinesssatisfactorilyidentifiedand addressed?

Do the sampling, data collection, and analytical

procedures appropriately match the problem statement

and research questions?

Are the instruments or interview guides acceptable

and appropriate for the study?

4 Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes an

conclusions

All pertinent results well reported and are in clear and

concise in manner

The arguments, discussion

A Clear presentation of fully justified findings and

logical conclusions, based upon the research evidence,

which demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate the

research results.

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5 Future scope and Limitations outlined

Have all potential weaknesses of the study been

described?

Are the limitations appropriate to the methodology?

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6 Quality of work and written expression

Does the proposal demonstrate a high quality

of written expression?

Is the potential cohesive and coherent?

Is it accurate?

Is there consistency in conceptual framework

and/or paradigm to unite the problem

statement, research questions, and methods

section?

Is the tone of the proposal impartial, unbiased,

and scientific?

Are applicable support documents

(appendices) included and satisfactory?

Is appropriate style used correctly and

consistently?

Does the proposed study adhere to

conventional wisdom related to ethics?

Does the abstract summarize the contents of

the proposal clearly

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7 Presentation and Communications

Is Presentation in line with the report?

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Did relied on notes or presented as fluently in

own words?

Was the quality of presentation material upto

mark?

Were the communication and presentation

skills upto mark?

Were the queries handled properly?

8 Student Learning Outcomes

Have the students learning outcomes met?

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13. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

The final report is important component of project. Therefore must adhere to following

parameters (word length, No. of Copies, binding type etc) depending upon the credit units

associated and course objectives.

S.No

.

Credit

Units

Word length

(excluding)

No. of Copies Binding

Type

Report Retention

details

1 04

Credits

Upto 3,000

words

02 copies

Spiral

Bound

upto 1 month of

declaration of final

result of semester by

institution

Word length will be exclusive of Preface Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page,

Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, Certificates etc.

14. GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE REPORT

Language English (unless otherwise specified in the course curriculum)

Paper size A4

Margins

The text of the document must be justified.

The left and right margin of 1.25 inches. The top and bottom margin of 1.00

inch.

Typing

On One side of page only. The text will follow line spacing of 1.5 lines. The

text material should be typed in 12 font size in Times New Roman script.

Table and figures, tabular material as necessary and appendix material as

appropriate may be single space.

Centered material is to be centered between the left and right margins.

The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5inches.

Pagination

Each page must be numbered, except the Title Page.

The pre pages—including the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page,

Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures and

Abstract (if any) —will be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals (ii, iii,

iv, etc.) centered from the bottom edge of the page. The first page that will

show a page number is page ii.

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All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The page

number will be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the page, right aligned.

Arrangement

of Contents

Every Project Report should have three parts: the pre pages, the main text, and

the reference material.

Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the order as

discussed below.

1. Preliminary Pages

a. Title page

b. Declaration

c. Faculty Guide Approval page

d. Acknowledgement(s)

e. contents

f. Table of Contents

g. List of Tables

h. List of Figures

i. Abstract

2. Text (usually divided into chapters and sections)

3. Reference Material

a. References

b. Appendix

Tables and

figures

Each table of figure should be placed immediately after the paragraph in which

it is mentioned. If it has a separate page, this page should be the one following

the page on which the table/figure was first mentioned.

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.

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 within chapters (e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2,

and Figure 10.3).

Each table and figure will be separately numbered.

All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the List

of Tables and List of Figures.

References In the text, give the surname and date in parentheses, e.g. (Edwards, 2010).

At the end of the study, provide a section headed ‘References’ in which the

references are listed alphabetically by family name. Include references for

electronic sources of information e.g. web pages. For further detail, see

Appendix 6.

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.

The first line of the citation starts at the left margin and the second and

subsequent lines of that citation are indented 0.5 inches.

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The referencing style to be used as per the forma. The format for the

references shall be given separately by each faculty of Study/institution.

Appendices Appendices contain supplementary or illustrative material or explanatory

data too lengthy to be included in the text or not immediately essential to

the readers’ understanding of the text.

Appendices should be lettered in the order in which they are referred to in

the text.

Each appendix will be listed with its title in the Table of Contents (e.g.,

APPENDIX A. TITLE OF THE APPENDIX).

Standard Formats

Various formats to be used as per the General Guidelines for project of the institute are as under:

Format for Title Page

Format for Declaration

Format for Faculty Guide Certificate

Format for Table of Contents

15. GRADING

a) Absolute Grading for a Class of students upto 30 and Relative Grading for a Class of more

than 30 students shall be followed.

b) For project with ≥ 15 credits, letter grades shall be ‘S’ for Satisfactory and ‘U’ for

Unsatisfactory. Grades shall be decided based on regulations and guidelines on “Conduct,

Assessment & Evaluation of project”.

c) The minimum percentage of Marks for award of A+ grade shall not be less than 91%.

d) For Absolute Grading, the table for calculation of grades shall be as under:

Table - ‘B’ for NTCC

(For Both UG and PG Courses)

Grade Range of MArks

A 100 – 91

A 90 – 81

A 80 – 71

B 70 – 61

B 60 – 51

B 50 – 45

C 44 – 35

C 34 – 32

F Less than 32

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e) It shall be mandatory to qualify in Continuous Internal Assessment.

f) If Continuous Internal Assessment is below the required criteria as given in guidelines then

student shall not be allowed to appear for Viva-voce.

g) ‘S’ Grade shall be awarded on more than 45% of the marks obtained in total for UG, provided

the student meets the eligibility of submission of project report as per the guidelines for project.

16. IMPROVEMENT OF SCORES & GRADE

The students shall be allowed to improve his / her Score / Grade as under :

a) The student who has passed in the project but failed in semester where semester has only

project, the student may be allowed to re-do the project again. The student shall not be given

grade more than B+.

b) The student shall apply to repeat the project to his HOI within fifteen days of result

declaration.

c) HoI shall send the recommendation to CoE for NTCC Review Committee for approval of

Vice Chancellor.

d) The student shall repeat project in corresponding semester or immediately after the final

semester result declaration or during extended period. The students shall register for the

project as per the university guidelines.

e) The students shall complete the mandatory time required for the course. The date of

registration, submission of Continouns Internal Assessment, final report and final assessment

of project shall be announced by CoE along with block examination calendar and with

supplementary examinations.

f) The student shall do the project on a new topic and shall be assigned the faculty guide as per

the guidelines.

g) The progress monitoring, continuous assessment, submission of report and final assessment

shall be done as per the guidelines. The previous marks of Continouns Internal Assessment

shall be treated as NULL and VOID once the new Continouns Internal Assessment is

submitted by the Institution for new project.

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Annexure II

General Tips for writing report:

Research experience is as close to a professional problem-solving activity as

anything in the curriculum. It provides exposure to research methodology and

an opportunity to work closely with a faculty guide. It usually requires the use of

advanced concepts, a variety of experimental techniques, state-of-the-art

instrumentation and software.

Research is genuine exploration of the unknown that leads to new knowledge

which often warrants publication. But whether or not the results of a research

project are publishable, the project should be communicated in the form of a

research paper written by the students.

Sufficient time should be allowed for satisfactory completion of reports, taking

into account that initial drafts should be critiqued by the faculty guide and

corrected by the student at each stage. The File is the principal means by which

the work carried out will be assessed and therefore great care should be taken

in its preparation.

It is recommended that the student meets the guide regularly during the course

of the project, and maintain a record of the discussions, survey details,

derivations etc. Such a system will allow easy and quick access to the details

and chronology of the work. Please read the guidelines carefully and make sure

your project report strictly conforms to specifications.

In general it will help to have someone else read the report and critique it. Make

a checklist of their questions and comments and resolve each one.

· The report must be complete, error free and referable. All references,

figures, tables, equations, etc. which are referenced in the text should be

locatable in the report with the specified number or reference. Conversely, all

references, figures, tables, equations, etc. must be cross-referenced in the

text.

· Use of spelling and grammar software is strongly recommended. “Spell-

check” cannot identify correctly spelt words in the wrong context. For

example, typing “he” in

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but the spell-check will not indicate this, so re-read the text written.

· Except for acronyms do not use ALL CAPITALS.

· Do not use underlining.

· Use italics for emphasis or if the phrase is non-English.

In general, the File should be comprehensive and include: Report Layout

The report should be hard bound and of Maroon/Dark Blue/Black colours and should contains the following components: Text Layout Use 1.5 lines spacing with material typed having margin of 1.5-inch on left side and

1-inch on right side. The text material should be typed in 12 font size in Times New

Roman script.

Title or Cover Page

The title page should contain the following information: Project Title; Students Name;

Course; Year; Supervisor’s Name. (Appendix A to Annexure II) (Cover Page and first page inside the report must be same) Declaration (Appendix B to Annexure II)

Certificate (Appendix C to Annexure II)

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgment to any advisory or financial assistance received in the course of work

may be given.

Table of Contents Include page numbers indicating where each chapter / section begins. Chapter /

section are to correspond exactly with those in the text (Appendix D to Annexure II).

The table of contents gives a bird’s eye view. Try to fit it into one or two pages. List of Figures and List of Tables should be on separate pages. Each list should

give, in tabular form, the figure or table number, its title/caption and its page number.

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SYNOPSIS OF THE PROJECT:

Synopsis of the project should include: -

1. A brief introduction about the project.

2. Problem Formulation.

3. Working of the project.

4. Applications

A good "synopsis " should be straight to the point; not too descriptive but fully

informative. First paragraph should state what was accomplished with regard to the

objectives. The synopsis does not have to be an entire summary of the project, but

rather a concise summary of the scope and

results of the project. The synopsis (about 150 words) should contain the

context/relevance of the problem at hand, a description of what was done and a gist

of the significant observations/results.

Introduction Here a brief introduction to the problem that is central to the project and an outline of

the structure of the rest of the report should be provided. It is the first chapter of the

Report. The purpose of an introduction in the Project Report is to justify the reasons for

writing about the report. The goal in this section is to introduce the topic to the reader,

provide an overview of previous research on the topic, and identify the own hypothesis.

It can be noted here that the introduction should not contain every bit of detail in the

report, and it should not include support for the report. An introduction might, however,

include the reasons for supporting the report. The introduction should aim to catch the imagination of the reader, so excessive details

should be avoided.

Literature Review

Literature survey/review is the documentation of a comprehensive review of the

published and unpublished work from secondary data sources. The library is a rich

storage base for secondary data and researchers can go through books, journals,

newspapers, magazines, conference proceedings, doctoral dissertations, master's

theses, government publications and financial reports to find information on their

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research topic. With computerized databases now readily available and accessible the

literature search is much speedier and easier and can be done without entering the

portals of a library building. Survey of literature related to the project work. e.g. research

papers published in national and international journals, conferences, related books,

websites is very important to get hold of the project topic.

Project Design and Implementation

This section should aim at experimental designs, materials used. Methodology should be

mentioned in details including modifications if any.

Approach to design

A design approach will guide you to achieve the overall goal of the design. The key to

design approach is clear understanding of what you want to achieve. The basic idea of

the design approach is to understand the context in and the constraints under which a

design solution will be produced.

For finding an appropriate design approach you need to:

· Investigate possibilities and constraints · Define problem spaces · Build and redefine the specifications of design solutions to test the ideas in a

real world context · Prototype/Simulate possible scenarios that can incrementally or significantly

improve the inherited situation · Understanding the current style and trend

Simulation/Experimentation The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key

characteristics or behaviors of a selected physical or abstract system. Simulation is

used in many contexts, such as simulation of technology for performance optimization,

testing and verification of results. If the project involves the usage of a particular

software tool e.g. MATLAB, VHDL or a programming Language like C, JAVA, then the

simulated results as well as a brief overview of the tool or features of the language

should be presented in the project report.

Incase the project involves hardware tools and equipments, a brief summary of the

specifications and experimentation results should be presented.

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Experiments should measure:

· Pure running time · Sensitivity to important parameters · Scalability in various aspects: data size, problem complexity

Experiments should show:

· Absolute performance (i.e., it's acceptable/usable) · Relative performance in comparison to previous approaches · Relative performance among different proposed approaches

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Discussion of Results The purpose of Discussion is to interpret the results in light of what was already

known about the topic of the Project, and to explain new understanding of the

problem after taking the results into consideration. It should discuss the implications

of those results.

The Discussion will always connect to the Introduction, but it does not simply repeat or

rearrange the Introduction. Instead, it tells how the study has moved forward from the

place it left, at the end of the Introduction.

It can include:

· What can be the next step in the projects, e.g., what experiments would you do next?

· Organize the Discussion to address each of the experiments/studies for

which results were presented.

· Consider how the results of others studies may be combined to derive a new

or perhaps better substantiated understanding of the project.

In writing this section, emphasis should be given on what has been performed and

achieved in the course of the work, rather than discuss in detail what is readily

available in text books.

Presentation of Results and their analysis An integrated results analysis is crucial for a project. Student with his insight and

understanding of the goals, strategies, environments, and challenges of the project can

analyze and put the results in context. While presenting the results, write at length

about the various statistical tools used in the data interpretation. The result

interpretation should be simple but full of data and statistical analysis. This data

interpretation should be congruence with the written objectives and the inferences

should be drawn on data and not on impression. Avoid writing straight forward

conclusion result; it should lead to generalization of data on the chosen sample. The integrated results analysis should satisfy the following

guidelines. It should:

· be relevant and significant

· be comparable to the existing references.

· be presented in a clear and understandable format.

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· focus on results and achievements

· compare planned to actual results

· describe variations and uncertainties

· include simulation and experimentation results

· if analysis is made under any assumptions, they should be clearly described

Conclusion

A conclusion should be the final section in which the outcome of the work is mentioned briefly.

Check that your work answers the following questions:

§ Did the research project meet its aims (check back to introduction for stated aims)?

§ What are the main findings of the research?

§ Are there any recommendations?

Future prospects

State the aspects of the problem that have not been considered and possibilities for

further enhancements. This section shows how the work done can set new research

directions. If you're actively engaged in follow-up work or plan to pursue further work

on the subject, mention that.

References / Bibliography References:

Referencing is necessary to avoid plagiarism, to verify quotations and to enable readers to follow-up. Indicate references by number(s) sequentially in square brackets [ ] in the order in which they appear in the text.

Examples: For Journals

[1] J. F. Fuller, E. F. Fuchs, and K. J. Roesler, "Influence of harmonics on power distribution system protection," IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, vol. 3, pp. 549-557, Apr. 1988.

For Book [2] E. Clarke, Circuit Analysis of AC Power Systems, vol. I. New York: Wiley, 1950, p.

81. [3] G. O. Young, "Synthetic structure of industrial plastics," in Plastics, 2nd ed., vol. 3,

J. Peters, Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964, pp. 15-64.

For Technical Reports:

[4] E. E. Reber, R. L. Mitchell, and C. J. Carter, "Oxygen absorption in the Earth's

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atmosphere," Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles, CA, Tech. Rep. TR-0200 (4230-46)-

3, Nov. 1968.

[5] S. L. Talleen. (1996, Apr.). The Intranet Architecture: Managing information in the new

paradigm. Amdahl Corp., Sunnyvale, CA. [Online]. Available:

http://www.amdahl.com/doc/products/bsg/intra/ infra/html

For Conference Proceedings

[6] J. L. Alqueres and J. C. Praca, "The Brazilian power system and the challenge of the Amazon transmission," in Proc. 1991 IEEE Power Engineering Society

Transmission and Distribution Conf., pp. 315-320.

For Dissertations:

[7] S. Hwang, "Frequency domain system identification of helicopter rotor dynamics incorporating models with time periodic coefficients," Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Aerosp. Eng., Univ. Maryland, College Park, 1997.

For Standards:

[8] IEEE Guide for Application of Power Apparatus Bushings, IEEE Standard

C57.19.100-1995, Aug. 1995.

For Patents:

[9] G. Brandli and M. Dick, "Alternating current fed power supply," U.S. Patent 4 084 217, Nov. 4, 1978.

Appendices

The Appendix contains material which is of interest to the reader but not an integral part of the thesis and any problem that have arisen that may be useful to document for future reference.

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Figures and Tables Each sketch, drawing, graph and photograph should have a figure number and title

below the figure etc. Numbering should be sequential, chapter wise. For instance, if

there are 20 figures in chapter 1 spread over all of its sections the figure numbers

should run from Figure 1.1 through Figure 1.20. In figures experimental data should typically be represented by centered symbols,

and theoretical data by continuous curves. Each table should have a table number and caption above the table. Numbering

should be sequential, chapter wise, as in the case of Figure numbers. For instance,

if there are 18 tables in chapter 3 the table numbers run from Figure 3.1 through

Figure 3.18. Make sure that figures and tables are complete in other respects such as legends,

references (if any) and coordinate labels with units. Each figure and table must be

explicitly referred to in the text and located where its first reference occurs, preferably

after the reference.

Equations The numbering of equations should be sequential, chapter wise. Numbered

equations must be explicitly referred to in the text.

Individual Report

If the project work is carried out in a group, each student is required to submit an

individual report of his/her unique contribution in the completion of the project

work. This individual report should include a brief overview of the project as well

as the individual role of the project member in the successful accomplishment of

the sole objective of the project.

Submitting the Report

For the purpose of the viva voce exam, plan on one hard copy each for the

students, and office copies as per details under “No. of Reports to be Submitted”.

All hard copies must be identical from cover to cover.

Please follow these steps: · Submit the draft of the project report (Spiral bound) at the time of Internal End

Semester (Third) Presentation. After the presentation, the modifications suggested if

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any, by the Evaluation board, may be incorporated before final viva and

presentation (External Examination).

· Make corrections, revisions and extensions as suggested before submitting the final

hard bound report at the time of External Viva-Voce and Presentation.

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Amity Institute of Information Technology

Synopsis of Project:

Project Title:

Project Guide:

Project Team:

Programme:- Year/Semester:-

S. No. Enrolment No. Name Signature

Project summary (at least 250 words)

Methodology to be adopted:-

Resource requirement (Hardware & software etc):-

Justification of the project:-

Schedule of project completion:-

Signature(s) of Project Team Member(s) Name and Signature of Project Guide

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A Project Report

On

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

Submitted to

Amity University Uttar Pradesh

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of

by

STUDENT(S) NAME

under the guidance of

Name of faculty

AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH

NOIDA (U.P.) Month……, Year………..

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Declaration by the student I/We, ……………………, student(s) of MCA/Dual(BCA+MCA) hereby declare that

the project titled “……………………………………………..” which is submitted by me

to Amity Institute of information Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida,

in partial fulfillment of requirement for the award of the degree of

BCA/BCA(Evening)/B.Sc(IT)/Dual(BCA+MCA) has not been previously formed the

basis for the award of any degree, diploma or other similar title or recognition.

The Author attests that permission has been obtained for the use of any copy righted material appearing in the Project report other than brief excerpts requiring only proper acknowledgement in scholarly writing and all such use is acknowledged. Signature

Noida

Date Name and Signature of Student(s)

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CERTIFICATE

On the basis of declaration submitted by …………….., student(s) of

MCA/Dual(BCA+MCA), I hereby certify that the project titled

“…………………………………………………...” which is submitted to Amity Institute of

information Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, in partial fulfillment of

the requirement for the award of the degree of MCA/Dual(BCA+MCA) is an original

contribution with existing knowledge and faithful record of work carried out by

him/them under my guidance and supervision.

To the best of my knowledge this work has not been submitted in part or full for any

Degree or Diploma to this University or elsewhere.

Date (Name and Signature of Guide)

Amity Institute of Information Technology Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida

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CONTENTS

Candidate’s Declaration iii

Certificate iv

Acknowledgements v

Abstract vi

Contents xv

List of Figures xxi List of Tables xxvi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION (Sample) 1

1.1 General 1

1.2 Improved Power Quality AC-DC Converters 1

1.3 Literature Survey 2

1.4 Configurations 6

1.4.1 Unidirectional Boost Converters 7

1.4.2 Bi-directional Boost Converters 7

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AMITY INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT (WPR)

For the week commencing: ___________

WPR (i.e. 1,2,3 etc.)_______________________ Enrollment Number: ____________________ Program: __________________ Student Name : _________________________ Faculty Guide’s Name: ___________________________________ Co- Guide’s Name: ____________________________________ Project Title: ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ TARGETS SET FOR THE WEEK PROGRESS/ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE WEEK FUTURE WORK PLANS