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TKM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

P1/1/78/2016
The following rubric is to be followed for the project evaluation (total marks:100) of B.Tech degree .
Criteria Level of Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor
Performance (100%) (75%) (50%) (25%)
1. Project scope and suitability • Relevant to the branch • Relevant to the • Relevant to the • Neither
(10 marks) of study and suitable branch of study branch of study relevant to the
for bachelor degree and suitable for and suitable for branch of
• Objectives are clearly bachelor degree bachelor degree study nor
defined suitable for
• All requirements are • Objectives are • Most of the bachelor
identified to achieve clearly defined objectives are degree
the objectives. clearly defined
• Majority of the •
• Socially relevant requirements are • The objectives
identified to • Some are not
• Potential for further achieve the requirements are matched with
research/product objectives. identified to the project
development/business achieve the goal
merit. • Socially relevant objectives

• Potential for • Limited potential

further for further
research/product research
development/bus /product
iness merit. development/
business merit.
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2. Review of Literature: • Literature review • Literature review • Information is • Information is

(Source/Reference: Peer provide background provide gathered from a gathered from
reviewed journals, books, and context to the background and limited number of a single source.
conference proceedings, project context to the
sources. • Summary of
videos, etc.) • Information is project
• Summarized the the literature is
gathered from • Information is
multiple, research- gathered from relevant literature inadequate.
based sources. multiple sources.
(15Marks) • Summarized the
• Summarized the
relevant literature in
order to explain the relevant
history, development literature to
and current state of formulate the
the chosen field and problem.
leads to problem
formulation.
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• The problem • The problem • The problem • No clarity in

3. Problem statement & statement, scope and statement, scope statement, scope problem
Methodology : objectives are and objectives and objectives are statement
specified with clarity are specified with
specified with
clarity
clarity • Fails to identify
• Able to choose the • Able to choose a
most appropriate methodology • Identifies a or explain a
method. and justify which is relevant method; method
(20 Marks) to the problem • Not able to
• Able to apply relevant • Able to apply apply relevant
knowledge of the relevant knowledge of
• Able to apply knowledge of the the curriculum
curriculum content
relevant curriculum content content
along with research
knowledge of the
effort
curriculum
content but
• Novelty in limited research • The method relies
implementation-The effort on an existing
method relies on an concept or
existing concept or The method technology.
technology with relies on an
students’ contribution existing concept
or technology

4. Team work and progress • Excellent team work • The team worked • Involvement of the • Team did not
• Each member well most of the team in collaborate
contributed in a time. activity/project or
(10 Marks) valuable • Each member implementation is communicate
way to the project. contributed to satisfactory. well.
the project. . some members
• Exhibits • Planning and • Limited planning worked
professionalism in resource or forethought. independently.
planning and resource management Project hastily
management have enhanced completed for • No evidence of
the overall deadline planning.
quality project
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5. Project Presentation/ • Team is able to justify • Team presents • Team presents all • The team is
Demonstration. and articulate all the all the above the above criteria, not able to
above criteria in the criteria and is but with room for justify and
(Presentation and slides: Content presentation; able to justify and improvement in articulate most
outline, • The slides presented articulate most of justification of the above
are in the correct them; • Slides are mostly criteria;
Literature review, format and logical • The slides in correct format • Slides
order; presented are in and logical order; presented are
• Presentation is clear correct format not in logical
problem identification,
and is aided with and logical • Presentation is order;
properly formatted order; clear and is aided • Presentation is
problem statement, scope,
figures/charts etc. • Presentation is with properly ambiguous;
clear and is aided formatted • no satisfactory
methodology, results and discussion,
• Finishes on time with with properly figures/charts etc response to
a proper conclusion formatted most of the time questions,
references, with slide number)
and excellent figures/charts • No proper
response to questions. etc. • Finishes with a demonstration
• Demonstration(If any) • Finishes on time proper conclusion
of the developed with a proper and a satisfactory
(20 Marks)
system with clarity conclusion and response to
along with typical good response to questions
examples/cases questions • Demonstration of
• Demonstration of the developed
the developed system with
system with limited clarity
clarity

6. Project Report • Well • Properly • Organized and • Lacked overall

organized and clearly organized clarity is organization.
written. The and clearly maintained for Most of the
underlying written most of the parts . time failed in
Format of report logic is clearly . conveying the
articulated • Text written in idea.
(Introduction, Literature review, and easy to follow. correct format • Text written in
with all sections correct format for • Format is not
Problem definition, • Text written in correct mentioned most of the parts as per
format with contents • Text written in • Format for most of standards
in logical order and all correct format the figures and • References are
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sections properly with all sections tables . is strictly mostly absent

divided and numbered properly divided followed • References are
Methodology, Design and • Format for tables, and numbered • References are not cited in the
implementation/Experiment/Simulation figures, charts, etc. is listed cite
Results and discussion, Conclusion, strictly followed with • Format for , • Clear
labeling and properly tables, figures, • Most of the evidences of
References)
referred in the text) charts, etc. is references are plagiarism
• List of references is in strictly followed properly cited in
the standard format • List of references the text
• References are is in the standard
(15 Marks)
properly cited in the format
text following a • references are
consistent style properly cited in
• No evidences of the text
plagiarism • No evidence of
plagiarism

7. Quality of the project • Students demonstrate • Project and • Project • No evidence of

a superior level of project demonstrates genuine
knowledge and skills experience genuine learning learning
acquired through the
clearly for expanding
project work
(10 Marks) “stretched” knowledge and • Little concern
• Project quality
approaches student skills for project
professional level knowledge and • Project completed quality or
• Maintained high level skills but demonstrates incomplete
of ethics • Project moderate quality project
• The work can be demonstrates • Maintained ethical
published in peer good quality aspects • Not tried to
reviewed journals
• Maintained • Limited scope for maintain
• Multidisciplinary
involvement ethical aspects publication ethical aspects
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• High level of data • May lead to a

interpretation, publication
integration, analysis
discussion, and • Multidisciplinary
results. involvement to
some extent

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