Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Murthal.

Electronics & Communication Engineering Department

General Guidelines for thesis submission and evaluation of M.Tech. in ECE (VLSI Design)
1. Thesis Submission and Evaluation:
There will be mid-sem seminar/presentation of the work, which students have carried out till that date. The date of
seminar/ presentation will be finalized and circulated by the Coordinator, M.Tech. in ECE (VLSI Design) after the
discussion with the chairperson of the department.
Pre-submission seminar will be conducted on the request of the students duly consented by their supervisor. Pre-
submission seminar will be conducted for the group of atleast two students. Date will be finalized by the Coordinator,
M.Tech. in ECE (VLSI Design) on the availability of students. It will be presented in front of the committee consisting of
the followings:
Chairperson of Department : Chairperson
Coordinator, M.Tech. in ECE (VLSI Design) : Member Secretary
Respective supervisor (s) : Member (s)
Students must include the corrections that may be pointed out to you during your pre-submission presentation and get
it approved from their supervisors before generating the hard-bound copies of the thesis.
Only the following students are eligible for submission:
Who have successfully passed all the courses till 3rd semesters are eligible for submission.
Who have no dues (Certificate on the prescribed format must be submitted).
Who have paid fees of 4th Sem. (Copy of the receipt must be submitted).
Who have paid dissertation evaluation fees (Copy of the receipt must be submitted).
Who have minimum stipulated attendance (Certificate from Supervisor (s) must be submitted).
Who have satisfactory performance in the mid-semester seminar/presentation of the work.
All the eligible students are requested to submit their complete hard bound thesis after clearance from the pre-
submission committee, latest by 30th June respective year. After which they have to seek extension period from the
chairperson of the department through Coordinator, M.Tech. in ECE (VLSI Design).
All the eligible students have to submit four hard bound copies (one copy for the external examiner, one for him/herself,
one each for supervisor and one copy to the departmental library) and one soft copy (in pdf format) in a CD/DVD (write
your names, title of the thesis, year, and names of supervisors) of the thesis to the department.
After the final submission students have to face final viva in front of a committee consisting of the followings:
Chairperson of Department : Chairperson
Coordinator, M. Tech. in ECE (VLSI Design) : Member (s)
Respective Supervisor(s) : Member (s)
External expert : To be appointed by the University

2. Point to Ponder for writing thesis: While writing your thesis, remember the followings:
Be original and give proper citations to the work from author (s). Do not copy sentences from any other source. Even if
you are citing a reference, use your own language to summarize.
The clarity and continuity of the report is very important. You are supposed to right technical language rather than
flowery language. Remember that you are writing a technical report, not an essay.
Before taking the final printout, run a spell-check and check if all section numbers, figure numbers, table numbers, and
page numbers are OK. Check if all figures and tables have been referenced and cited properly.

3. The Organization of the thesis:

Thesis cover: It must include the title of the thesis, your name, roll no., supervisor's name, department, University
emblem with its name.
Thesis cover: (same as above, on regular paper).
Certificate: The certificate from your supervisor(s) stating that the work is genuine and has not been submitted to any
other degree [Number this page (i)].
Declaration Certificate: [Number this page (ii)].
Acknowledgements: (Thank everyone who has contributed to the thesis) [Number this page (iii)].
Abstract: (1-page summary of your thesis work) (Number this page (iv)]. The abstract must bring out the salient points
about your work, highlighting your achievements.
 Table of Contents: (including certificate, acknowledgements, abstract, list of figures, list of tables, chapters, references,
and any appendices). Number these pages (v), (vi), etc. Generate the table of contents at the end of your thesis work, as
page numbers often change due to last-minute additions/deletions.
List of Figures: (number this page (vi), (vii), etc.).
List of Tables: (number this page (vii), (viii), etc.).
Chapters:
Typically, Chapter 1 is the Introduction, Chapter 2 is the literature survey, Chapter 3 is your work emphasizing your
contribution, Chapter 4 is on Implementation and Results, and the Chapter 5 is Conclusions and Future Work.
If you include figures in a chapter, number the figure as "C.F", where C is the chapter number and F is the sequence
number of the figure within the chapter. Thus, the second figure in Chapter 3 will be called Figure 3.2. Follow the
same rule for tables as well.
Give captions to all figures and tables and it must appear below the figures and above the table. There must be a
reference to each of your figures and tables in the thesis. For example, "Figure 3.1 shows the organization of our
software." The figures and tables must appear within the body of the chapter immediately after a reference is made
to them. Figures and tables must fit within the page boundary, without going out of margins.
Organize your thesis into sections and subsections. Number the sections and subsections just like you number
figures. For example, "2.2 A Review of Tomasulo's Algorithm".
References:
All references must be complete and numbered.
For a book, give the name(s) of author(s), title of the book, publisher, edition, and year of publication.
For a journal paper, give the name(s) of authors, title of the paper, name of the journal, month and year of
publication, volume and issue numbers (optional), and page numbers.
For a conference paper, give the name(s) of authors, title of the paper, name of the conference (expand any
abbreviation), place where the conference was held, month and year of publication, and page numbers.
For a thesis, give the name(s) of authors, nature of the thesis (B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D), Department's name,
University's name, year of publication.
For a web page on the Internet, give the author's name/company's name and the URL. Include the year as well.
Each reference in the thesis must be cited in the body of the thesis. For example, in Chapter 1, you may say,
"Algorithms for optimizing the chip area are described in [2] and [3]."
Appendices: Number the appendices A, B, etc. The figures in appendices must be numbered as A.2, B.3, etc.

4. Colour, Font & Margins:

The cover page of the thesis must be black in color and the lettering is gold-embossed.
Use Cambria font for the thesis. The different font sizes are 18 (bold) for chapter titles, 14 (bold) for section titles, and
12 (bold) for sections, 11 (bold) for subsections and 11 for the rest of the report.
Give 1.5" margin on the left and 1" margin on the right, top and bottom side of the paper (letter size).
Use 1.5 spacing for the thesis and single spacing for references.

Coordinator, M.Tech. in ECE (VLSI Design) Chairman, ECED