Format of

Project Report
(With general guidelines on how to write a
Project Report)

(For the students of PGDM)

Consult your Guide from time to time, as well as whenever necessary,
carry out suggested changes by your guide and then proceed for next
step.
Do take signatures of your project guide as required on your progress
report sheet.
Do not include in the report the text printed in the BLUE INK. These
are simply instructions or guidelines to be used while preparing the
report.
Work regularly with commitment and ensure you are following
Project Report Activity Completion Schedule and avoid last minutes
hustle.
Date of Submission: 26th Aug 2011.
Date of Viva-voce: 8th Sept 2011.

Table of
CONTENTS
Chapter No.

I
1.1
1.2
1.3
II
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
III

Title
Declaration from student
Certificate from
Company/Organisation
Certificate from Guide
Acknowledgement
List of Tables
List of Graphs
List of Charts
List if Abbreviations, if any
Executive Summary
Introduction
Company profile
Objectives of the study
Limitations of Study
Research Methodology
Primary data - if applicable
Secondary data if applicable
Sample design if applicable
Population if applicable
Sample size if applicable
Sampling method if applicable
Method of data collection
- if
applicable
Instrument for data collection - if
applicable
Theoretical Background as

Page No.
iii
iv
v
vi
vii
viii
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xi
Approx No. of Pages. 5 - 10

Approx No. of Pages. 07-10

Approx No. of Pages. 10-15

applicable to the Project.

3.1
III
IV

Data- analysis techniques

Data Processing and Analysis
Management Lessons

Approx No. of Pages. 20-25

Approx No. of Pages. 05-10

VI
V
VI

Findings
Recommendations
Conclusions

Approx No. of Pages. 02-03

Approx No. of Pages. 01-02
Approx No. of Pages. 01-02

Bibliography
Appendices / Annexure
Note: Students are required to learn minimum 30 management lessons for Management
Learning Project.

DECLARATION
I, Mr. /Ms.
hereby declare that this project report is the record of authentic
work carried out by me during the period from ----------to -----and
has not been submitted to any other University or Institute for the
award of any degree / diploma etc.

Signature
Name of the student
Date

CERTIFICATE FROM THE COMPANY/ORGANISATION

(On the letterhead of the Company/ Organisation, given

and signed by the concerned authority in the Company /
Organisation where student has done the Summer Training.
It should also have Company/ Organisation Seal /Stamp.)

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Mr. / Ms.-------------------------------------- of
MAEERs MIT School of Business has successfully completed
the project work titled ------------------------------------ under the
guidance of Prof.----------------------- for partial fulfillment of
requirement for the completion

of PGDM course

as

prescribed by the MAEERs MIT School of Business.

This project report is the record of authentic work carried out
by him/her during the period from ------- to -------.
He/She has worked under my guidance.

Signature
Name
Project Guide (Internal)
Date:
Signature
Name Prof (Gp Capt) DP
Apte

Director
Date:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

(To be written and signed by the individual student. Name

and designation of the Project Guide (Internal) and
Company/ Organisation Guide should be written correctly)

List of Tables
(To be written sequentially as they appear in the text)
Table No.

Title

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List of Graphs
(To be written sequentially as they appear in the text)

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List of Charts
(To be written sequentially as they appear in the text)
Chart No.

Title

Page No.

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List of Abbreviations
(To be written alphabetically)
Abbreviation

Full form

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
It should not exceed more than 250- 300 word ( one and half
pages) .
Write in brief to include:
Introduction.
Objectives of the study.
Research methodology Used.
Major findings and recommendations / Expected outcomes (In
point form).

Chapter I

Introduction

1.3 Company Profile

The rule of thumb is to include what is relevant with the
hand.

project on

Normally it should include: [maximum four to five pages]

Name, Location and address of the Company, type of the Organisation,
type of Industry ,Industry Analysis,Organizational set up, Products
/Services, Annual turnover, Number of employees, future plans etc.

Chapter - II

Research Methodology
[applicable for Field research Reports]
OR
Management Learning
Explanation of the system to be linked with the theory.

Chapter - III

Data Processing and Analysis

Chapter - IV
Findings
This chapter of the report describes the results of the project
work related to the scope and objectives of the study.
Be specific and avoid generality.

Chapter - V

Conclusions
Conclusions should be based on purpose, objectives and the
findings of analysis relevant to the study.

Chapter - VI

Recommendations
Any recommendations made by you must be based on the
findings and conclusions you have made.

Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Works or list of the works referred in a text or consulted by you for
writing report. It should be arranged in alphabetical order by
name of the authors.
For Books
Name of the author (Last name first), Title of the book, Edition,
Year of publication, No. of Vol. (If any) Name and Place of
Publisher.

Example:
Kothari, C.R.: Research methodology, 3rd edition, 1997,
Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, New
Delhi,
For Research Papers , Published articles, Magazines,
Periodicals, Journals, Newspapers etc.
Name of the author (last name first), Title of the article (in
quotation mark), Name of the Journals /Periodicals /Magazines
etc
in italics, Volume number, Year, Page Numbers

Example;
Wortman, Maxs (Jr.): Entrepreneurship: An Integrating
Typology and Evaluation of the
Empirical Research in the
field,
Journal of Management,
Vol. 13
(2), 1967, pp259-279.
Online published material on World Wide Web (Alphabetically
arranged Webliography)
Name of Website, Date and time of referring the Website, Name of
the Author, Title /Topic

Annexure

INSTRUCTIONS FOR TYPING / PRINTING

The project report should be strictly prepared according to the following
guidelines.

Finalization of the Project Report

Student should obtain clearance from their respective guide before final
printing of the final project report.

Paper
The size of the Paper sheet: A4
Typing should be done on one side of the paper.

Font
Type: New Times Roman,
Size: 12

Line Spacing
Body of the text: 1.5 lines
List of tables/ graphs/charts/bibliography: Single line

Alignment
Title page: Centre
Chapter heading: Centre
Sub heading: Left
Body of text: Justify

Margins
At the binding edge (Left): not less than 3 cm
Other margins (Right, Top, Bottom): not less than 2 cm.

Titles
All titles and subtitles should be printed in BOLD.
All the Tables/ Graphs /Charts should have appropriate titles.

Numbering of the Table / Graph/ Charts

Table /Graph/ Charts should be numbered in the following fashion.

Second table / Graph/ Chart in Second Chapter should be numbered as
Table /Graph/Chart No 2.02 where first digit stands for Chapter No. and
digits after (.) period stand for Number of Table / Graph / Charts in that
chapter.
Same numbering system should be followed for other chapters.
Table /Graph /Charts must be followed by proper explanation and analysis.

Pagination (Page numbers):

The Title page should not carry any page number.
For initial pages, (i.e. from Students Declaration to Executive Summary)
numbers should be given in small Roman Numbers. (Like i, ii, iii, iv, etc.)
Report should contain main page numbers (i.e. 1, 2 ) after Executive
Summary.
Main page numbers should start from first page of Chapter No. 1 and will
continue until last page of the report.
Page numbers are to be given at the center of bottom of the page.
Pages separating Chapters should not be numbered but be counted.

Binding of the report

The project should be hard bound with golden embossing as per the
standard format

Number of Copies to be prepared

Two copies:

Before submission:
Students must sign Declaration and Acknowledgment before putting for the
Signature of the Guide and Director.