Seminar Report

On

M.Tech. SEMINAR TOPIC

Submitted by
Name
(Roll Number: 00000000)

Under the supervision of

Prof. XYZ

Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOMBAY
October 2015
 APPROVAL SHEET

This seminar report entitled “M. Tech. Seminar Topic” prepared by Name (Roll No.
xxxxxxxx) is hereby approved for submission

Prof. XYZ

(Supervisor)

Date: October , 2015

Place: Mumbai

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 DECLARATION
I ___________________________ Roll No _______________ understand that plagiarism is
defined as any one or combination of the following:

1. Uncredited verbatim copying of individual sentences, paragraphs or illustrations (such as

graphs, diagrams, etc.).

2. Uncredited improper paraphrasing of pages or paragraphs (by changing a few words or

phrases, or rearranging the original sentence order)

3. Credited verbatim copying of a major portion of a paper (or thesis chapter) without clear
delineation of who did or wrote what.
I have made sure that all the ideas, expressions, graphs, diagrams, etc., that are not a result of
my work, are properly credited. Long phrases or sentences that had to be used verbatim from
published literature have been clearly identified using quotation marks.
I affirm that no portion of my work can be considered as plagiarism and I take full
responsibility if such a complaint occurs. I understand fully well that the adviser/guide/co-
guide of the seminar report may not be in a position to check for the possibility of such
incidences of plagiarism in this body of work.

Full Signature of the Student with Date

Name of the Student:

Roll Number:

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Put acknowledgement here. ☺

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 ABSTRACT
Write an abstract of your report (word ~ 200 – 250).

CONTENTS

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APPROVAL SHEET i

DECLARATION…………………………………………………………..
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii

ABSTRACT..…………………………………………………………………………………iv

CONTENTS v

LIST OF FIGURES vi

LIST OF TABLES vii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 2 TITLE ………………………………………………………………………..xx

CHAPTER 3 ………………………………………………………………………………...yy

CHAPTER 4 SUMMARY…………………………………………………………………..zz

REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………………10

LIST OF FIGURES

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Figure 1.1: Caption 9

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1 Caption………………………………………………………………………………9

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 Chapter 1

Introduction

1. The report should be types on A4 size papers, MUST include an Abstract, Introduction,
other chapters (depending upon your topic), and Summary and References.

2. At the end of ‘Introduction’ chapter, Objectives of the seminar report and organization of
the entire report should be given.

3. Instructions for citing and preparing the reference list are given separately (in the end of
the document)

1.1. General Typing Guidelines

4. The font used throughout should be Times New Roman Normal text with a font size of 12
pt, single spacing, except specially indicated. The title font is 20-pt bold.

5. Headings should be numbered consecutively for a given chapter as: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 etc.
The font for the first level headings should be 14-pt bold, having 12 points leading space.
The font for the second level headings should be 12-pt bold, having 6 points leading
space. Second level headings for a given chapter should be numbered consecutively as:
2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4 etc. Third level headings should be avoided.

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 Table 1.1 Sample Table

Header Row
Sample data 1 1 1 1
Sample data 1 2 3 4

Figure 1.1 Figure Caption

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 REFERENCES

All the references appearing in text must be listed in this section. The reference should be
cited in the text using the following styles:
In case of two authors, use surname of each author and separate by ‘and’. e.g. Shuler and
Kargi (2000) [if the sentence is started with the reference] OR (Shuler and Kargi, 2000) [if a
reference has to be given in the end of a sentence before period(.)]
In case of multiple authors, use surname of the first author followed by ‘et al.’ e.g. Alfafara
et al. (2000) [if the sentence is started with the reference] OR (Alfafara et al., 2000) [if a
reference has to be given in the end of a sentence before period(.)]

Write all the references in Alphabetical order. Some examples of references are as follows.
Journal & Book References and Web References should be written under separate headings.
The examples are shown below are just to indicate the format.

Journal References

Alfafara, C.G., Migo, V.P., Amrante, J.A., Dallo, R.F. and Matsumara, M. (2000) Ozone
treatment of distillery slop waste. Water Science and Technology, 42(3), 193-198.

Beltran, F.J., Encinar, J.M. and Gonzalez, J.F. (1997) Industrial wastewater advanced
oxidation. Part 2. Ozone combination with hydrogen peroxide or UV radiation. Water
Research, 31(10), 2415–2428.

Book References

Shuler, M. and Kargi, F. (2002) Bioprocess Engineering-Basic Concepts, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall,
Inc., New Jersey.

Web References

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) (1996) <http://www.cpcb.nic.in/Industry-Specific-

Standards/Effluent/FermentationIndustry.pdf> (accessed on 27.05.2008)

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