REPORT PREPARATION

CONTENTS OF THE REPORT

1. Thesis Title Page as per format in Annexure I

2. Declaration from the Candidate as per format in Annexure II
3. Certificate from supervisor as per format in Annexure III
4. Acknowledgements
5. Table of Contents as per format in Annexure IV
6. Chapter 1: Introduction to the study
a. Research Background
b. Contributions
7. Chapter 2: Company Profile / Industry Profile
8. Chapter 3: Literature Review
9. Chapter 4: Research Methodology as per format in Annexure V
10. Chapter 5: Data Tabulation, Analysis and Results
11. Chapter 6: Findings of the study
12. Chapter 7: Recommendations of the study
13. Chapter 8: Limitations of the study
14. Chapter 9: Conclusions of the study
15. References as per format in Annexure VI
16. Research Progress Report
17. Questionnaire used

OTHER DETAILS

1. The printing of the report must be done on a watermarked paper as per the format in Annexure VII
2. The font used for printing the report is Arial / Calibri / Times New Roman. Font Size to be used is ’12
point’. Use ‘justify’ alignment of the paragraph. The double line spacing should throughout the
thesis. After each paragraph a line should be left blank and each paragraph should be ‘justify’
aligned.
3. Spiral binding should be used in the preparation of the report.
4. Each Chapter should begin on a separate page
5. The report will be judged based on the quality of the report and not based on the volume / quantity
of the report.
6. All the pages should be numbered
ANNEXURE I: THESIS TITLE PAGE

A RESEARCH REPORT

ON

<TITLE OF THE PROJECT>

(Font: Arial, Size: 16, Bold)

Submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree

Master of Business Administration

Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai

(Font: Arial, Size: 12, Bold)

Submitted by,

<NAME OF THE STUDENT>

MBA – Semester <>

(Session <>)

(Font: Arial, Size: 14, Bold)

Approved By, Guided By,

<HOD’s Name> <Faculty Name>
Head of the Department <Designation>

Lakhmi Chand Institute of Technology

Bilaspur (C.G)
ANNEXURE II: DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE

I the undersigned solemnly declare that the report of the thesis work entitled <Title of the Thesis> is based

on my own work carried out during the course of my study under the supervision of <Name of the

supervisor/s>.

I assert that the statements made and conclusions drawn are an outcome of my research work. I

further declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the report does not contain any part of any

work which has been submitted for the award of MBA degree or any other degree/diploma/certificate in

this University or any other University of India or abroad.

_________________
(Signature of the Candidate)
<Name of the Candidate>
Enrollment No:<>
ANNEXURE III: CERTIFICATE FROM THE SUPERVISOR

This is to certify that the work incorporated in the thesis <Title of the Thesis> is a record of research work
carried out by <Name of the student> bearing Enrollment No.: <> under my/our guidance and supervision
for the part fulfillment for the award of MBA Degree of Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical
University, Bhilai (C.G.), India.

To the best of my knowledge and belief the thesis

i) Embodies the work of the candidate him/herself,

ii) Has duly been completed,

iii) Is up to the desired standard both in respect of contents and language for external viva.

______
___________
(Signature)
<Name of the Supervisor>
<Designation of the Supervisor>
ANNEXURE IV: TABLE OF CONTENTS (SAMPLE FORMAT)

Declaration by the Student

Certificate from the Supervisor / Company
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to the study
a. Research Background
b. Contributions
Chapter 2. Company Profile / Industry Profile
a. About the Company / Industry
b. The relation of work done in your study to the industry
Chapter 3. Literature Review
a. Related to the work done in your study
Chapter 4. Research Methodology
a. Objectives
b. Research Plan
c. Sampling Plan
d. Data Collection
e. Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 5. Data Tabulation, Analysis and Results
a. Type of Analysis used and Why
b. Results of the Analysis
Chapter 6. Findings of the study
Chapter 7. Recommendations
Chapter 8. Limitations
Chapter 9. Conclusions

References
Appendices
a. Research Progress Report
b. Questionnaire used
c. Any other appendix
ANNEXURE V: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The methodology section will consist of three sections.

Section A. The first section will describe the objectives of the study.
Section B. The second section will discuss about the research plan and sampling plan used in the study.
The following table can be taken as a guideline for preparing this section.

RESEARCH PLAN
Research Design: Descriptive

Research Method Used Survey

Research Technique Used Questionnaire

Data Collection From Bilaspur

Sampling Plan Simple Random

No. of samples collected 50

The research should also present why he has chosen the design he has chosen. And he should also
write about something about the design / method / technique and sampling plan to support his
study. In any case the researcher should not write what he has not done in the study.

Section C. Section C will contain the demographic characteristics of the respondents. A sample is shown
below:

Measure Item Number of Respondents

0-20

Age 20-30

30-50

< 1 Lakh

Income 1-3 Lakhs

3-5 Lakhs

Total
ANNEXURE VI: REFERENCES

Citation from journals:

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550–558, 1990.
 C. H. Lee and Y. K. Lee, “An Adaptive Digital Image Watermarking Technique for Copyright
Protection,” IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 1005-1015, November 1999.

Citation from proceedings of conferences/Seminars/Workshops:

 [A] C. K. Yang, D. C. Wu, C. S. Huang, “A study of Robust Watermarking Using Block Based and
Determinant Concept,” Proceedings of 2001 IPPR Conf. On CVGIP, Ken-Ding, Taiwan, pp.201-209,
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Conference on Image Processing, vol. 2, pp. 86- 90, 1994.
 [F] D. Smith (Ed.), "Information Overload," Second International Workshop, IH'98, Portland, Oregon,
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 Citation from Technical report:
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(Management Guides. Special report No.1202). London: The Economist.
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Electron Microscopy, Technical Report, Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, CSD
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 Citation from Patent:
 [DD] A. Sibbald, “Method and Apparatus for Fingerprint Characterization and Recognition using
Auto-correlation Pattern”, U S Patent 5633947, 1994.

Citation from Thesis:

 D. Kundur, “Mulitresolution Digital Watermarking: Algorithms and Implications for Multimedia
Signals,” Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto, 1999.

Citation from Books:

 D. Thompson, ed., The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English. Oxford, UK: Oxford University
Press, 9th ed., 1995, ISBN No.: 0987654.
 D. Lindsay, A Guide to Scientific Writing, Melbourne, Chapter 2, Australia: Addison Wesley Longman
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Citation from Website:

 Anonymous, unZign, “Tool for Evaluating a Variety of Watermarks”, http://altern.org/watermark/,
(23rd September 1997)
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