Seminar: 38002

(20th January, 2017, HSS Class Room 1, HSS)

Objective
I. Write an essay on an area that has been covered/ is
being covered in your curriculum
Example: Current economic problem in Indian/World
economy; Issues related to financial markets, banking,
insurance and financial services or any other issue
related to different areas of economics
II. Evaluate (critically) an economic policy
Example: Foreign Aid; Child Labour; Mid day meal
programme; Foreign Trade; External Commercial
Borrowing.

Note: Plagiarism will not be tolerated. If detected, the penalty may be severe
and may lead to failure in the course.
The scope of plagiarism
a) Plagiarism may be due to:
copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are your own);
b) Methods include:
quoting directly another person's language, data or illustrations without clear
indication that the authorship is not your own and due acknowledgement of the
source;
paraphrasing the critical work of others without due acknowledgement even if
you change some words or the order of the words, this is still plagiarism if you are
using someone else's original ideas and are not properly acknowledging it;
using ideas taken from someone else without reference to the originator;
cutting and pasting from the Internet to make a 'pastiche' of online sources;
colluding with another person, including another candidate (other than as might be
permitted for joint project work);
submitting as part of your own report or dissertation someone else's work without
identifying clearly who did the work (for example, where research has been
contributed by others to a joint project).

Report
4,000 words report
Use Times New Roman 12 font size with 1.5 line
spacing
Print two copies
One copy will be returned

Structure of Report
Cover page:
Title (and sub-title)
Your Name and Roll no
Department and Year (bottom of page)

Text
References:
Should follow Harvard style
http://sydney.edu.au/library/subjects/downloads/cit
ation/Harvard_Complete.pdf

Appendix

Presentation
15 minutes presentation before Board of faculty
members
10 minutes Q&A session

References, NOT bibliography

We use the term 'References'
to cover works cited in the
text
Bibliography refers to
works read as general
background
A Bibliography is any list of
references at the end of a
text, whether cited or not

Structure of text
Introduction

Define concepts
Identify the issue / problem that you are discussing
State the importance of this issue / problem
Scheme of work: Describe sections

Main body
Conclusion:
Summary of what you have stated in 1-2 paragraphs
Policy implications
[Areas in which further work may be done]

Tables & figures

Table/Figure should be numbered sequentially
Give a clear title
Fig. 1: Age-wise mortality rates in India
2009

At bottom of table give source

Source: UNFPA (2009: 23)

Always refer to Table/Figure in text

Contact Details and Pattern of Evaluation

Contact Details
How to reach me: yadavis@hss.iitkgp.ernet.in
Office Room No.: S304N (2nd Floor), Department of Humanities
and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur

Scheme of Evaluation
Component

Weightage of Marks

Report

40 Marks

Presentation

60 Marks

Important dates

SUBMISSION OF
TOPIC
3 February
(Friday)

SUBMISSION OF
REPORT
29 March
(Wednesday)

PRESENTATION
April, before end
semester

Best of luck