General Outline for Thesis Write-Up

Department of Mechanical Engineering

VNR VIGNANA JYOTHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

D.1 Size and copies:

The Dissertation should be submitted in A4 size paper and 7 copies of the thesis.

One Copy for Department Library

One Copy for LIRC
One Copy for Concerned Guide
One Copy for Every Student in the Batch

All of them duly signed by Project Guide and Head of the Department.

D.2 Paper, Typing & Format:

Bond paper should be used for the preparation of the Thesis. Typing should be done on
the 14 font size letter, Times New Roman.
The lay-out should provide 1 ½ inch on the left side, 1 inch on top and bottom 1 inch on
the right side.
Fresh Para should commence after five spaces. “1.15 spacing” shall be provided
throughout the dissertation / thesis. The page number shall be indicated at the top middle
of the each page.

D.3 Binding:
The Dissertation / thesis shall be properly bound, using hard cover of black color.
The bound front cover should indicate in Gold Color Embossed letter with the
following:
1. …………… …(Title of the project)]

A project report submitted

2. in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of
3. BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
4. ………………(Name of the candidate(s))
5. Under the guidance of…….(Name of Project Guide with Designation)
6. VNRVJIET logo
7. Bottom
Department of Mechanical Engineering
VNR VIGNANA JYOTHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING &
TECHNOLOGY
Month, Year
Two plain blank papers should be provided at the beginning and at the end.

D.4 Third page:

Third page should contain the following:

1. …………… …(Title of the project)]

 A project report submitted
2. in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of
3. BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
4. ………………(Name of the candidate(s))
5. Under the guidance of…….(Name of Project Guide with Designation)
6. VNRVJIET logo
7. Bottom
Department of Mechanical Engineering
VNR VIGNANA JYOTHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING &
TECHNOLOGY
Month, Year

D.5 Fourth page:

The fourth page should contain a certificate signed by the Supervisor in the following
format.

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project report entitled

“________________________________________” has been carried out at VNR
VJIET, Hyderabad and submitted by the following Students.

S.N NAME OF THE STUDENT HALL TICKET

o No.

1. Student Name1 13071A03…

2. Student Name2 13071A03…
3. Student Name3 13071A03…
4. Student Name4 13071A03…

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Bachelor of Technology in
Mechanical Engineering to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad at VNR
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology during the period of <<Academic
year>> is a bonafide of the work carried out by them under the guidance and supervision of
the under signed. The results embodied in this project report have not been submitted to any
other University or institution for the award of any Degree.

Guide Name Dr. M.V.R. DURGA PRASAD

Project Guide Head of the Department
Assistant Professor Mechanical engineering
VNR VJIET
VNR VJIET

D.6 Fifth page:

The Fifth Page should contain Approval Certificate

Viva-Voice examination conducted for the dissertation work entitled

“_______________________________________________” is conducted on……………… and
the work is approved for the award of Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical
Engineering.

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

D.6A Sixth Page:

We, the undersigned declare that the project report entitled

“___________________________________” has been carried out and submitted in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of the Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical
Engineering at VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, affiliated to
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad is an authentic work and has not been
submitted to any other university.

Place: Student 1 Name

Date: Student 2 Name

Student 3 Name

Student 4 Name

D.7 Seventh page:

The sixth page may include the ‘Acknowledgement’.

D.8 Eighth page:

The seventh page may contain an abstract of the Dissertation / Thesis. The candidate
may emphasize here his/her contributions. The reader/reviewer should be able to
get the gist of the work in the abstract itself, without having to go into the main
body of the text. In short, the abstract should be stand alone and self explanatory of
the entire work.
D.9 Pages, 9TH, 10TH, 11TH

In these pages the candidate must provide a table of contents, list of tables, list of
figures, and photographs and notation.

NOTE: All the above pages are to be numbered in Roman numerals of lower
case and the rest of the thesis should have English numerical numbers.

D.10 Number of pages:

In case the number of pages in the thesis (excluding the initial pages) exceeds 250, the
candidate should get it printed on both sides of paper.

D.11 Arrangement of Chapters:

The following is suggested format for arranging the Dissertation / Thesis matter
into various chapters. However this arrangement can be changed to suit the
particular Research work.

1. Introduction
2. Literature Survey
3. Theoretical Analysis
4. Experimental Investigations
5. Experimental Results
6. Discussion of Results
7. Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
(Original Contribution to be Highlighted)
8. Reference / bibliography
9. Appendices (if any)

D.12 The arrangement of paragraph in a Chapter :

Each topic Title in a chapter should be properly numbered for example: 2.1, 2.2.
etc., (Bold and Upper case) where, the first digit represents the Chapter number, and
second digit, the topic Title number.

Sub-topic titles, if any, may be indicated as 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc. (Bold and title case)
i.e. the first digit representing the chapter, the second representing the topic title
and the third representing the sub-topic title.

D.13 Photographs and Tables:

The photographs and tables occurring in a chapter may be serially numbered as Fig:
1.1, 1.2 etc., along with suitable CAPTION where the first digit represents the
chapter, the second digit represents figure number.

The photograph may be represented as: plate 1.1, 1.2 etc., the first digit representing
chapter and the second representing the photograph number.

D.14 Graphs :
 The graph should clearly indicate the points which are used for drawing the curve or
curves along with the error bars. The axes (X, Y and Z) should have CAPTIONS.

D.15 Bibliography or References:

The following format may be used for the Bibliography / References:

For Book

Sl. No Author (s) Book Publisher Year Pages (PP)

For Journal / Proceedings

Sl. No Author (s) Paper Journal Vol. No, Year Pages (PP)

D.16 Publication

If there is any journal publication by the students regarding the same project work,
the full paper may be added after the Bibliography or References Section.

D.17 Photograph at “Show and Tell”

All the projects are supposed to be displayed at the “Show and Tell” Dias at Panda
Punnaih Square, Patrons Bhavan, Near Central Library.

Last Page of Thesis must contain the Photograph of all Students worked for
Project along with their Guide at “Show and Tell”.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

The above guidelines are extracted from JNTUH University Website. The author gracefully acknowledges the University’s Handiwork.

The original source can be downloaded using the link below:

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