Indian Education Society’s

Management College and Research Centre

Mumbai

All 1st Year MMS, PGDM and PGDM (PHM) Students

Project Report Guidelines

Date: 06/03/2018

All the 1st year MMS, PGDM and PGDM (PHM) students are aware that they have to
compulsorily undertake a project for about 8 weeks during the months of May and June,
2016. All the students are advised that they must start planning for their summer project
without any further delay. For any difficulty or advice they must talk to their mentor. The
students must note that the notice giving details about the rules and guidelines about summer
project will be circulated subsequently. Please find the manual below:-

MANUAL FOR PREPARATION OF SUMMER PROJECT REPORT

1. GENERAL :
The manual is intended to provide broad guidelines to the students in preparation of
the project report. In general, the project report shall include in an organised and
scholarly fashion an account of original project work done by the students.

2. NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED:

Students should submit one copy to the Administrative Office on or before the
specified date.
The Report should be made in executive bond paper and bound in black, matt finish
with gold coloured embossing and gold coloured Corner safety clips, .None of the
pages should have a border.
Students are advised to keep one bound copy for themselves which the students will
require during final placement.

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 Students may need to submit one copy to the Company where they have undergone
their Summer Placements.

3. SIZE OF PROJECT REPORT:

The size of project report should be in the range of 60-120 pages of typed matter
reckoned from page # 1 beginning with Executive Summary. The emphasis is on
Quality and Content and NOT on number of pages.

4. PAGE DIMENSIONS AND MARGINS:

The dimensions of the final bound copy of the project report should be in standard A4
size. 80 gsm paper may be used for preparing the copies.

The final copy of the project report (at the time of submission) should have the
following page margins:

Top edge : 3 cm to 3.5 cm (1.2” to 1.4”)

Bottom edge : 2.5 cm to 3 cm (1” to 1.2”)
Left side : 3. 5 cm to 4.0 cm (1.4” to 1.6”)
Right side : 2 cm to 2.5 cm (0.8” to 1”)

5. FONT SIZE AND SPACING:

The report should be typed in ‘Times New Roman’, font size 12 in one and half line
spacing. Headings and Titles should in ‘Times New Roman’, font size 14.

The following pages show the sequencing for the Summer Project Report and
guidelines / samples for the pages.

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For Primary Data based projects -Structure of the Report will be as under

Title

Declaration

Certificate

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Charts, Graphs, etc.

List of Abbreviations.

Page No.
Executive Summary (max 1-2 pages) …………

CHAPTER – I Introduction to the Industry …………

Introduction to the Company …………
Introduction to the Project …………

CHAPTER –II Objectives …………

Methodology …………
Sample Design and Sample Size …………
Scope and Limitations …………

CHAPTER – II! : Analysis & Findings …………

(Detailed Analysis with graphs )

CHAPTER – IV : Conclusions …………

Recommendations …………

ANNEXURES : Questionnaire …………

Tables …………

References and Bibliography …………

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For Secondary Data based projects -Structure of the Report will be as under

Title

Declaration

Certificate

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Charts, Graphs, etc.

List of Abbreviations.

Page No.
Executive Summary (max 1-2 pages) ………….

CHAPTER – I Introduction to the Industry …………

Introduction to the Company …………
Introduction to the Project …………

CHAPTER-II : Objectives …………

Methodology …………
Reviewing literature …………
Scope and Limitations …………

CHAPTER – III : Analysis & Findings …………

CHAPTER – IV : Conclusions …………

Recommendations …………

ANNEXURES : Secondary data/tables …………

References and Bibliography …………

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 GUIDELINES
1) Use diagrams, charts, graphs, pictures, tables, etc. to make your Project Report of a
better quality. Please insert captions at the bottom of these along with the source, if
any.

2) Executive Summary:-

Executive Summary should be of 1 to 2 pages which is the gist of your project. After
reading the Executive Summary, the reader should understand what you have said in
the Report. The Executive Summary should also contain in brief, Objectives,
Methodology, Sample Design, Sample Size and Major Findings and recommendation

3) Sample and Sample Size:-

A Sample is a subgroup of the population selected for participation in the study.

Sample size is number of elements selected for the study.
For eg:
In a Finance Project, a Sample may be –
“Select companies studied from all the Companies in Telecom sector listed on the
Bombay Stock Exchange”.

In a Marketing Project, a Sample may be –

“Present /prospective customers, stockists, dealers or/and competitors“.

4) Methodology:-

In Methodology, the research design literature review – library research, data

collection methods and methods of data analysis should be described. Before
beginning with Methodology, the objective(s) should be clearly defined.

5) Analysis and Findings:-

Analysis and Findings will be covered from CHAPTER – III onwards. Depending
on the scope of your study, there can be multiple Chapters on Analysis and Findings.
However, if the scope of your Project is limited, then this may require only one
Chapter.

6) Conclusions and Recommendations:-

The Conclusions or Inferences and Suggestions or Recommendations should be

explained properly point - wise rather than writing a single long text.
All the recommendations should be based on your research.

7) Annexures:-

Annexures should include Questionnaires (for primary based data projects), any
documents collected from the Company and/or tables of data.

8) References and Bibliography:-

Should include the list of all the sources of secondary data, internet resources, books,
journals, periodicals, newspapers, conference proceedings, etc. which you have used.
Wherever in the Report you are reproducing some material from the earlier published
sources or using any information from such sources, then at the end of the Chapter,

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 proper references should be given. A List of anti-plagiarism softwares is attached
for your reference. Please attach the report with reference to the same)

Sample Pages: - (Enclosed, Not to be used and are provided only as illustration)

Sample – 1
Sample – 2
Sample – 3
Sample – 4

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 SAMPLE FOR TITLE PAGE
[Font-Times New Roman Font Size-16 Space size-1.5]

Mapping the Retail Segment for Amul Ice-Cream in

Mumbai

SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT REPORT

for
Post Graduate Diploma in Management - PGDM

Submitted By
Name: Rohan Fonseca

Roll No.PG-14- 101

Batch: 2014 – 2016

IES Management College and Research Centre

Bandra (W), Mumbai

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 Sample – 2

IES Management College and Research Centre

Bandra, Mumbai
MAY – JUNE 20__

Student’s Declaration

I hereby declare that this report submitted to IES Management College and Research Centre
as Summer internship project report is my original work and not used anywhere for award of
any degree or diploma or fellowship or for similar titles or prizes.

I further certify that without any objection or condition subject to the permission of the
company where I did my summer project, I grant the rights to IES Management College and
Research Centre to publish any part of the project if they deem fit in journals/Magazines and
newspapers etc without my permission.

Place : Mumbai

Date : (INPUT THE CORRECT DATE) ---------------------------------

Signature

Name : (INPUT THE NAME)

Class : (INSERT COURSE NAME – I Sem – II)

Roll No. : (INPUT YOUR CORRECT ROLL NO.)

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 Sample – 3

Certificate from the company

This is to certify that the Summer internship project report is a result of the bonafide research
work carried out by Mr. / Ms. (PUT YOUR NAME) under my supervision and guidance. No
part of this report has been submitted for award of any other degree, diploma, fellowship or
other similar titles or prizes. The work has also not been published in any
journals/Magazines.

Date: Industry guide

Signature of the Industry Guide: ______________
Name of Industry Guide: ____________________
Company : _______________________
Place: Designation : _______________________

(Please note that this certificate is to be given by the company on their letter head and to be
included in the project report)

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 Sample – 4

Certificate from the Faculty Guide

This is to certify that the Summer internship project report is a result of the bonafide research
work carried out by Mr. / Ms. (PUT YOUR NAME) under my supervision and guidance. No
part of this report has been submitted for award of any other degree, diploma, fellowship or
other similar titles or prizes. The work has also not been published in any
journals/Magazines.

Date: Faculty guide

Signature of the Faculty Guide: ______________

Name of Faculty Guide: ____________________

Place:
IES Management College and Research Centre

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