FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF CAPSTONE PROJECT REPORT

1. ORGANISATION OF PROJECT REPORT

The final report should be presented in the following sequence:

Title page

Student’s Declaration (Annexure-I) A statement from the candidate mentioning that the

work is a original one and has not been submitted earlier either to this or to any other

institution of the requirement of a course of study.

Certificate of the Project Guide as to the originality of work.

Abstract

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents:

List of Tables

List of figures

List of Appendices

List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature

Chapters

Bibliography

Appendices

2. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROJECT REPORT

The length of the capstone project report shall be in between 50 – 60, 1.5 lines spaced

A4 size pages typed on single side (excluding Appendix). The report is to be submitted

in a bound volume.

The left margin should not be less than 40 mm and the right margin not less than 20 mm.

All pages should be numbered, and numbers should be placed at the centre of the bottom

of the page, not less than 10 mm above the edge. It is usual for Page 1 to start with the

Introduction. The sections prior to the Introduction are usually numbered with small

Romans, i.e. i, ii, iii. It is easier if appendices are numbered in a separate sequence (A, B,

C) rather than as a continuation of the main report.

All tables, figures and appendices should be consecutively numbered, and suitably

labeled.

1 hard bound copy & a soft-copy should be handed to THE Institute at the time of

submission (Remember to print additional copies for yourself)

Summary – SUMMARY should be one page synopsis of the project report typed 1.5 line

spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 12.

Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as

any material which precedes it.

List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the

tables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under

this head.

List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the

figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under

this head.

List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature – One and a half spacing should be

adopted or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc. should

be used.

Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into

i) CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

• Introduce the subject matter

• How significant is the study

• Objective of the study

• Limitation to the study (ability to generalize to the population)

ii) CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

• Past studies in the subject areas that you are researching

iii) CHAPTER 3: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

• Theory/concept/framework/model of study

iv) CHAPTER 4: METHODOLOGY

• Data collection method

• Representativeness / issues of sampling

• Describe the questionnaires

• Validity/reliability of the data

• Plan of work (roughly what you want to do)

v) CHAPTER 5: RESEARCH FINDINGS

• The results of the research, statistical test, findings

vi) CHAPTER 6: RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSIONS

• Management implication?

• Recommendation to management

• Conclusion

Bibliography: List the books, articles, websites that are referred and useful for research on

the topic of your specific project. Follow Harvard style of referencing.

For books:

In the references and bibliography sections of the Project report, the referencing to

material used from text should appear as follows:

The author, year of publication followed by the title of the textbook (in italics), publisher,

location of the publisher.page nos.

For journal articles:

In the references and bibliography sections of the Project report, the referencing to

material used from journals should appear as follows:

The author’s name, year of publication followed by the title article, journal name in italics,

volume number. page nos.

(A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page)

<Font Style Times New Roman – Bold>

TITLE OF PROJECT REPORT

<Font Size 18><1.5 line spacing>

A PROJECT REPORT<Font Size 14>

Submitted by<Font Size 14><Italic>

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE<Font Size 16>

in partial fulfillment for the award of the diploma

of

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NAME OF THE DEGREE/DIPLOMA<Font Size 16>

INBRANCH OF STUDY

<Font Size 14>

NAME OF THE COLLEGE

<Font Size 14>

MONTH & YEAR

<Font Size 14>

(A typical specimen of table of contents)<Font Style Times New Roman>

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

SUMMARY iii LIST OF TABLE xvi

LIST OF FIGURES xviii LIST OF SYMBOLS xxvii

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 GENERAL 1

1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.2.1 General 5

1.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.2.2.1 General 19

1.2.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . 25

1.2.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . 29

1.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

1.3 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 45

1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

2. LITERATURE REVIEW 69

2.1 GENERAL 75

2.2 . . . . . . . . . . 99

2.2 ……………. 100