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GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF THESES/DISSERTATIONS/REPORTS FOR Ph.D./M.Tech./ M.Phil./ M.Des./ M.S./DIIT/B.Tech./ DUAL DEGREE(B.Tech. + M .Tech.) /M.Sc. Students
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GuidelinesforpreparationofTheses/Dissertations/Reports
Whileutmostattentionmustbepaidtothecontentofthethesis/dissertation/report (hereinafter called the 'thesis'), which is being submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsoftherespectivedegree,itisimperativethatastandardformatbeprescribed. Thesameformatshallalsobefollowedinpreparationofthefinalsoftcopiestobesubmitted totheLibraryinfuture. 1 OrganisationoftheThesis/Dissertation/report
Thisthesisshallbepresentedinanumberofchapters,startingwithIntroductionand endingwithSummaryandConclusions.Eachoftheotherchapterswillhave aprecisetitle reflectingthecontentsofthechapter.Achaptercanbesubdividedintosections,subsections andsubsubsectionsoastopresentthecontentdiscretelyandwithdueemphasis. Whentheworkcomprisestwoormoremutuallyindependentinvestigations,thethesis may be divided into two or more parts, each with an appropriate title. However, the numberingofchapterswillbecontinuousrightthrough,forexamplePart1maycomprise Chapters25,PartTwo,Chapters69. 1.1 Introduction
Thereportingontheinvestigationshallbepresentedinoneormorechapterswith appropriatechaptertitles.
Dueimportanceshallbegiventoexperimentalsetups,proceduresadopted,techniques
developed,methodologiesdevelopedandadopted. Whileimportantderivations/formulaeshouldnormallybepresentedinthetextofthese chapters,extensiveandlongtreatments,copiousdetailsandtediousinformation,detailed resultsintabularandgraphicalformsmaybepresentedinAppendices.Representative dataintableandfiguresmay,however,beincludedinappropriatechapters. Figuresandtablesshouldbepresentedimmediatelyfollowingtheirfirstmentioninthe text.Shorttablesandfigures(say,lessthanhalfthewritingareaofthepage)shouldbe presentedwithinthetext,whilelargetableandfiguresmaybepresentedonseparate pages. Equationsshouldformseparatelineswithappropriateparagraphseparationaboveand belowtheequationline,withequationnumbersflushedtotheright. ResultsandDiscussions
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ThisshouldfollowtheAppendices,ifany,otherwisetheSummaryandConclusions chapter.Thecandidatesshallfollowthestyleofcitationandstyleoflistinginoneofthe standardjournalsinthesubjectareaconsistentlythroughouthis/herthesis,forexample,IEEE intheDepartmentofElectricalEngineering,MaterialsTransactionsinDepartmentof MetallurgicalEngineeringandMaterialsScience.However,thenamesofalltheauthorsalong withtheirinitialsandthefulltitleofthearticle/monogram/booketc.havetobegivenin additiontothejournals/publishers,volume,number,pages(s)andyearofpublication. Citation from websites should include the names(s) of author(s) ( including the initials), full title of the article, website reference and when last accessed. Reference to
personalcommunications,similarly,shallincludetheauthor,titleofthecommunication(if any)anddateofreceipt. 1.7.1 Publicationsbythecandidate Articles,technicalnotesetc.onthetopicofthethesispublishedbythecandidatemay beseparatelylistedaftertheliteraturecited.Thismayalsobeincludedinthecontents.The candidatesmayalsoincludereprintsofhis/herpublicationsaftertheliteraturecitation. 1.8Acknowledgements Theacknowledgmentsbythecandidateshallfollowthecitationofliterature,signedby him/her,withdate. 2 2.1 THESISFORMAT Paper
2.1.1 Quality The thesis shall be printed/xeroxed on white bond paper, whiteness 95% or above, weight70gramormorepersquaremeter. 2.1.2 Size ThesizeofthepapershallbestandardA4;height297mm,width210mm. 2.1.3 TypeSetting,TextProcessingandPrinting The textshall be printed employing laserjetor Inkjet printer,the text having been processedusingastandardtextprocessor.ThestandardfontshallbeTimesNewRomanof12 ptswith1.5linespacing. 2.1.4 PageFormat ThePrintedSheetsshallhavethefollowingwrittenareaandmargins: TopMargin HeadHeight HeadSeparation BottomMargin Footer FootSeparation TextHeight TextWidth 15mm 3mm 12mm 22mm 3mm 10mm 245mm 160mm
2.1.5 Pagination PagenumberinginthetextofthethesisshallbeHinduArabicnumeralsatthecenterof thefooter.Butwhenthecandidateoptsforheaderstylethepagenumbershallappearatthe rightandlefttopcornerfortheoddandevennumberpages,respectively. Pagenumber1forthefirstpageoftheIntroductionchaptershallnotappearinprint, onlythesecondpagewillbearthenumber2. Thesubsequentchaptersshallbeginonafreshpage(freshoddnumberpageincaseof doublesidedprinting). Whenheaderstyleischosenthefirstpageofeachchapterwillnot havetheheaderandthepagenumbershallbeprintedatthecenterofthefooter. Pagination for pages before the Introduction chapter shall be in lower case Roman numerals,e.g.,iv. 2.1.6 Header Whentheheaderstyleischosen,theheadercanhavetheChapternumberandSection number(e.g.,Chapter2,Section3)onevennumbered pageheadersandChaptertitleor Sectiontitleontheoddnumberedpageheader. 2.1.7 Paragraphformat Verticalspacebetweenparagraphsshallbeabout2.5linespacing. Thefirstlineofeachparagraphshould normallybeindentedbyfivecharactersor 12mm. A candidate may, however, choose not to indent if (s) he has provided sufficient paragraphseparation.
2.2.1 Chapter Eachchaptershallbeginonafreshpage(oddnumberpageincaseofdoublesided printing)withanadditionaltopmarginofabout75mm.Chapternumber(inHinduArabic) andtitleshallbeprintedatthecenterofthelinein6mmfontsize(18pt)inboldfaceusing bothupperandlowercase(allcapitalsorsmallcapitalsshallnotbeused).Averticalgapof about25mmshallbeleftbetweentheChapternumber andChaptertitlelinesandbetween chaptertitlelineandthefirstparagraph. 2.2.2 SectionsandSubsections Achapter canbedividedintoSections,SubsectionsandSubsubSectionssoasto present different concepts separately. Sections and subsections can be numbered using decimalpoints,e.g.2.2forthesecondsectioninChapter2and2.3.4forthefourthSub sectioninthirdSectionofChapter2.Chapters,SectionsandSubsectionsshallbeincludedin the contents with page numbers flushed to the right. Further subsections need not be numberedorincludedinthecontents. TheSectionandSubSectiontitlesalongwiththeirnumbersin5and4mm(16and14 pt)fonts,respectively,inboldfaceshallbeflushedtotheleft(notcentered)with15mmspace aboveandbelowtheselines. Infurthersubdivisionscharactersizeof3and3.5withboldface,smallcaps,allcaps anditalicsmaybeusedforthetitlesflushedleftorcentered.Theseshallnotfeatureinthe contents. 2.2.3Table/FigureFormat Asfaraspossibletablesandfiguresshouldbepresentedinportraitstyle. Smallsize tableandfigures(lessthanhalfofwritingareaofapage)shouldbeincorporatedwithinthe text, while larger ones may be presented on separate pages. Table and figures shall be numberedchapterwise. Forexample,thefourthfigureinchapter5willbearthenumber Figure5.4orFig5.4 Tablenumberandtitlewillbeplacedabovethetablewhilethefigurenumberand captionwillbelocatedbelowthefigure. ReferenceforTableandFiguresreproducedfrom elsewhereshallbecitedinthelastandseparatelineinthetableandfigurecaption,e.g.(after McGregor[12]).
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AuxiliaryFormat Binding
Theevaluationcopiesofthethesis/dissertation/reportmay be spiralboundorsoft bound.Thefinalhardboundcopiestobesubmittedafterthevivavoceexaminationwillbe accepted during the submission of thesis/dissertation/report with the following colour specification: Ph.D.Thesis M.Tech./M.Phil./M.Des.Dissertation DIITProjectReport B.Tech./M.Sc.ProjectReport 3.2 FrontCovers Thefrontcoversshallcontainthefollowingdetails:
3.2.1 Lettering Allletteringshallbeembossedingold. 3.2.2 Boundback The degree, the name of the candidate and the year of submission shall also be embossedonthebound(side)ingold. 3.3 BlankSheets
This shall be the first printed page of the thesis and shall contain the submission statement: the Thesis/Dissertation/project Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsoftheDegree,Ph.D./M.Tech./M.Des./M.S./DIIT/B.Tech./M.Sc.,thenameand
Roll No. of the candidate, name(s) of the Supervisor and Cosupervisor (s) (if any), Department,Instituteandyearofsubmission. Samplecopyofthe'TitleSheet'isappended(Specimen'A') 3.5 DedicationSheet If the candidate so desires(s)he maydedicate his/herthesis,whichstatementshall followthetitlepage.Ifincluded,thisshallformthepage1oftheauxiliarysheetsbutshallnot haveapagenumber. 3.6 ApprovalSheet
Intheabsenceofadedicationsheetthiswillformthefirstpageandinthatcaseshall nothaveapagenumber.Otherwise,thiswillbearthenumbertwoinRomanlowercaseii atthecenterofthefooter.Thetoplineshallbe: 1. ThesisApprovalforPh.D. 2. DissertationApprovalforM.Tech.,M.Phil.,M.Des.,andM.S., 3. ReportApprovalforDIIT,B.Tech.,andM.Sc.Projects,asthecasemaybe. TheApprovalSheetsaretobeincludedonlyinthehardboundcopieswhichare submittedafterthesuccessfulPh.D.vivavoceexamination. AsamplecopyoftheApprovalSheetisappended(Specimen`B') 3.7 Abstract
The 500 word abstract shall highlight the important features of the thesis/dissertation/reportandshallcorrespondtotheelectronicversiontobesubmittedtothe Libraryforinclusioninthewebsite.TheAbstractinthethesis,however,shallhavetwomore parts,namely,thelayoutofthethesisgivingabriefchapterwisedescriptionoftheworkand thekeywords. 3.8Contents ThecontentsshallfollowtheAbstractandshallenlistthetitlesofthechapters,section and subsection using decimal notation, as in the text, with corresponding page number againstthem,flushedtotheright. 3.8.1 ListofFiguresandTables Two separate lists of Figure captions and Table titlesalong with their numbers and correspondingpagenumbersagainstthemshallfollowtheContents. 3.9 AbbreviationNotationandNomenclature
Acompleteand comprehensive listofall abbreviations,notationsandnomenclature includingGreekalphabetswithsubscriptsandsuperscriptsshallbeprovidedafterthelistof tables and figures.(As far as possible, generally accepted symbols and notation should be used). Auxiliarypagefromdedication(ifany)toabbrevationsshallbenumberedusingRoman numeralsinlowercase,whilethetextstartingfromtheIntroductionshallbeinHinduArabic. (Thefirstpagesintheboththecasesshallnotbearapagenumber). 3.10ADeclarationofAcademicHonestyandIntegrity AdeclarationofAcademichonestyandintegrityisrequiredtobeincludedalongwith everythesis/dissertation/reportaftertheapprovalsheet. Theformatofthisdeclarationis giveninSpecimen`C'attached. *****************************
Specimen'A':TitleSheet (Title) Submittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirements ofthedegreeof (DoctorofPhilosophy/MasterofTechnology/andsoon) by (NameoftheStudent) (RollNo._______) Supervisor(s): ________________________ _________________________
Specimen`C'Declaration
Ideclarethatthiswrittensubmissionrepresentsmyideasinmyownwordsandwhere others'ideasorwordshavebeenincluded,Ihaveadequatelycitedandreferencedtheoriginal sources.IalsodeclarethatIhaveadheredtoallprinciplesofacademichonestyandintegrity and have not misrepresented or fabricated or falsified any idea/data/fact/source in my submission.Iunderstandthatanyviolationoftheabovewillbecausefordisciplinaryaction bytheInstituteandcanalsoevokepenalactionfromthesourceswhichhavethusnotbeen properlycitedorfromwhomproperpermissionhasnotbeentakenwhenneeded.
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