International School of Management and

Research, Pune

SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT HANDBOOK

Academic Batch 2018-20

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 INDEX

Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Internship Evaluation Matrix 1
PGDM
2.1 PGDM Evaluation Matrix
2.1.1 Evaluation During Internship tenure
2.1.2 Evaluation Post Internship

MBA
2.2 MBA Evaluation Matrix
2.2.1 Evaluation Components

Chapter 3 Faculty Guide & Company Guide 3

Chapter 4 Discipline & Conduct 3
4.1 Attendance
4.2 Conduct & Behavior
Chapter 5 Project Report Milestones & Timeliness 4
Chapter 6 Executive Summary Report 5

Chapter 7 Internship Program Completion

Chapter 8 Internship Program Grading

Chapter 9 Internship Program Not Cleared Report

Chapter 10 Important Tips 6

Chapter 11 Student Feedback Form 6

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 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

1. INTRODUCTION
The Summer Internship Program (SIP) forms an important component of
education at International School of Management and Research (ISMR), Pune. It
is an attempt to bridge the gap in the student‟s perception between theory in books
and practice in the corporate world. Under this, students undertake a 14 week
internship at any organization/company during the intervening period between
close of Semester II and commencement of Semester III.

As a part of PGDM and MBA curriculum, it is compulsory for each student to

undergo the practical training during the end of 1st year. Based on the actual
training, the student shall write a project report of the topic selected under the
guidance of faculty and submit three copies of the same in the placement cell of
th
the Institute before 31 August, 2019. The project report shall be assessed both
internally and externally.

Objective of S.I.P.
Internship Program is a vehicle for introducing students to real-life situation,
which cannot be simulated in the classroom. Therefore, internship assignments
must necessarily be those of direct interest to the host organization. Students are
encouraged to take up time bound multi-disciplinary and goal-oriented assignment
involving team work. Solutions to various problems confronted in the assignment
might be open-ended, involving an element of analytical thinking, processing and
decision-making in the face of insufficient data parameters and uncertain
situations. Students are advised to read the contents of the handbook carefully
prior to commencement of internship.

2. INTERNSHIP EVALUATION MATRIX

2.1 PGDM Evaluation Matrix

PGDM Total Credit Scores 200

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2.1.1 Evaluation during Internship Tenure

PGDM Continuous Evaluation during Internship Marks

tenure

Company guide feedback

Target achievements

Professional conduct in an organization

Adherence to rules and regulations of an
organization

PARAMETERS Adherence to rules and regulation of the
placement cells 100

Regularattendance inInternship
meetings; @Institute

Appreciation recommendation letters

NOTE:
Evaluation Authority Marks

Company guide 70

Placement cell 30
Total 100

2.1.2 Evaluation Post Internship

SR NO FINAL EVALUATION EVALUATION MARKS

MEMBERS
 
1 Project Report Company guide 50
and Faculty guide
 
2 Seminar & Corporate panel 50
Reference and Placement
Panel
Total 100

2.2 MBA Evaluation Matrix

MBA Total Marks 100

2.2.1 Evaluation Components

SR NO FINAL EVALUATION MARKS

EVALUATION MEMBERS
 
1 Project Faculty guide 70
Report

2 University appointed 30

Viva-Voice External
Total 100

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3. FACULTY GUIDE AND COMPANY GUIDE
Every student will be assigned a Faculty Guide at the beginning of the Internship
Program. The role of the Faculty Guide is to enable the student to undertake a
meaningful Report, provide the necessary academic guidance, and to facilitate
evaluation, with the aid of the company executives. The Faculty Guide would be
involved at all stages of the Internship Program, beginning from „definition of the
work content‟ to Internship Program completion.

Every student works under the counsel of a Company Guide, who supervises and
evaluates the performance of the student at every stage of the Internship Program
and gives feedback to the Faculty Guide. It is the responsibility of the students to
utilize the knowledge and experience of the Company Guide to complete the
Internship Program.
It is therefore necessary that the students interact with the Faculty Guide and
Company Guide regularly to update them about the progress and seek
guidance on doing Internship Program. The responsibility of contacting and
interacting with the Faculty Guide vests with the students only. During
theseinteractions, the student would be informed about his/her performance,
progress in the Program, his/her strengths and weaknesses, as observed through
various evaluation components and also ways for improvement. However, the
student also has the responsibility to seek clarification regularly from his/her
respective Faculty Guide on these aspects.
The students undertaking Internship Program at City other than ISMR
Campus locations should be in touch with the Academic
Coordinator/assigned senior professor who will act as Faculty Guide through
e-mail for submitting the reports for evaluation as per the schedule in
addition to the mentor at company.

4. DISCIPLINE AND CONDUCT

4.1 Attendance
100% attendance during Internship Program is mandatory. However, if for any
genuine reason a student is not in a position to report to the Internship
organization on any day, he/she should inform the Institute and obtain formal
permission for leave of absence as per the rules and regulations of the Internship
organization. Such leave of absence should not be taken for more than one week
in the entire duration of Internship Program.
4.2 Conduct and Behavior
The students during Internship Program are placed in the role of ambassadors of
ISMR B-School. The Institute would always expect students to maintain
professional and social imprints of high standards in the organization.

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 ISMR expects the students to confirm to the rules and regulations of the place of
work during Internship Program. It is particularly important to be regular,
punctual and well mannered at work. During the period of Internship Program the
student shall be subject to the leave rules of the Internship organization and should
ensure strict adherence to the timings of the organization.
Unprofessional behavior, misconduct, indiscipline, irregularity at work and
unsatisfactory performance will lead to cancellation of Internship Program or
award of Not Cleared report (NC). Consequently students will not be permitted
to register in Semester III resulting in the loss of at least one academic year
besides any other form of academic action ISMR might deem fit to impose.

The student will indemnify, defend and hold ISMR harmless from and against
any and all losses, damage, liability and expenses arising out of any third party
claim, actions or proceedings by him or by any agents, during the period of
Internship program.

5. PROJECT REPORT MILESTONES & TIMELINESS

Sr.
Description Completion Dates
No.
Approval of topic from the respective faculty guides allotted
1 faculty
*(Please refer to the list of faculty guides in the annexure) 19th Aug 2019
2 Duly Approved form submission to Success Cell
*(IIR i.e. annexure I) 20th Aug 2019
Draft of SIP report’s soft copy submission to respective
3
faculty guides*(IP i.e. annexure II) 24th Aug 2019
4 Spiral binded hard copy of SIP report submission 26th Aug 2019
5 After incorporating Faculty's feedback & suggestions final
SIP report’s soft copy submission 28th Aug 2019
Final Submission of SIP report – 3 no. Binded hard copies
6 *(Please refer the format of report as per Pune university
norms in the annexure) 31st Aug 2019

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6. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT
Executive Summary Report is a one page summary of Internship Program
report required to be submitted by the student along with the final report to
the Faculty Guide. The format for executive summary report is given at
Annexure-V. This report can be used by the students with Resume for
placement purpose. Students should take utmost care in writing the report.
Further, the students are advised to retain a copy of this Executive
Summary Report with them for future use.

7. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM COMPLETION

Internship Program will come to an end by 15th Aug, 2019 (with few exceptions
as per cases).
On successful completion of the Internship Program, the student must
collect a relieving letter and “no dues” certificate from the Internship
organization.

8. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM GRADING

The grading of Internship Program is done on the basis of marks obtained by the
students in various evaluation parameters. The Faculty Guide in consultation with
Company guide will be awarding the marks up to III Stage of Internship
Evaluation and the Final Evaluation would be done by the Placement Cells at
ISMR B-School Campus. The total marks given by Faculty Guide and the ISMR
Committee will be considered for grading.

9. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM NOT CLEARED REPORT

The following cases would be considered for awarding “Not Cleared (NC) Report:”
a) The student who does not give opportunity for evaluating as per the evaluation
schedule would be awarded Not Cleared (NC) Report in Internship Program.
These students would be required to repeat Internship Program in next
academic year when it is offered.
b) The students who are not able to complete the Internship Program within the
schedule time period will be awarded „NC‟ Report.

c) Non-reporting to regular SIP meetings in Institute.

d) Non-adherence of the regular & guidelines of the Institute‟s Internship

Program.

e) Approaching the host organization for any favors in the form of ( but
not limited to ):
1) Relaxation in work timing.
2) Relaxation in no of working days.
3) Approaching the host organization directly for leave. The leave
application (only under must urgent circumstances) will be routed only
via the Internship & Placement cell of the Institute.
4) Unsatisfactory feedback from host organization about the conduct of the
Intern.
5) Non- submission of the weekly progress reports.
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 10. IMPORTANT TIPS
a) Before beginning the assignment, check if any of the seniors had earlier
undergone Internship Program at the same organization. If yes, do collect the
report submitted by those interns and study them carefully. Copies of such
reports would be available at ISMR Campuses.
b) Apart from providing an exposure to real work situations, the Internship
Program is also an opportunity for learning the art of information/data
identification, classification, acquisition, processing and presentation.
c) Reports prepared by way of doing Internship could be of significant
importance to the host organization - in terms of their objective of “Technical
Documentation” aiming at updating or modernizing of information systems.
Therefore, proper care should be taken while documenting the report.
d) During Internship Program students are placed in the role of
ambassadors of the Institute. The students are expected to maintain
professional and social imprints of high standards in the
organization.Good behavior and manners would help in nurturing a long-
term relationship with the organization, which could even translate into a
placement opportunity.
e) The students are advised to submit the report to the host organization for
scrutiny before submitting at the campus. This gives assurance to the host
organization about maintaining secrecy of confidential data.

11. STUDENT FEEDBACK FORM

In an effort to strengthen and improve the Internship Program, ISMR campuses
collect feedback on the Internship Program done by the students. The feedback on
the Internship Program work is to be submitted to the Academic Coordinator as
per the format given in Annexure-VI. The feedback form aims at collecting the
students‟ views, comments, opinions and suggestions on the basis of their
experiences regarding various aspects encountered while doing their Internship
Program. It also foresees the chances for converting these fruitful experiences into
a long-term relationship with the corporate world.

INTERNSHIP PROJECT REPORT

OBJECTIVES OF PREPARATION PROJECT REPORT:

a) The project report is activity method of study, designed to give each student a task
for which he/ she will need to find out information analyze the information and
draw relevant and appropriate conclusions based on the information collected.

b) It is designed to develop students‟ skills of reasoning, analytical skills and

improve communication skills.

c) It is a type of research aimed to identify various problems, prospects, growth

areas, opportunities etc of an organization and the ability and skills required to
resolve the problems with suitable solutions.

It helps enable the students to go through various practical aspects of the organization giving
them valuable learning experience through their project.

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PROJECT WORK FLOW
1. Selection of a Topic:

a) Decide area/subject of specialization e.g.: Marketing, Finance, Human

resources, Systems, Production & Operations, and International Business etc.

b) Study available literature related to the topic.

c) Discuss with your respective internal project guide and external project guide
(company) and finalize the Topic as well as the Title of the Project.

2. Identify the objectives:

a) Identify the problem areas – define specifically primary and the secondary
objectives, where the primary objectives comprises of the main problem area
while the secondary objectives support the primary objectives

b) Define the scope of the study

3. Research Methodology:

a) Define the ways, means and sources of collecting the data: Primary as well as
secondary. Justify the sample size, type of sample and the area selected.

b) The limitations of the project report should be also specified, if any.

4. Data Analysis and interpretation:

a) After collection of the above-mentioned data, classify, compile and analyze

the data. Present the same in a tabular form or represent it in the form of
graphs, pie charts etc wherever required.

b) Primary Data Analysis – mostly comprises of Questionnaire analysis, whereas

secondary data analysis – analyzing the existing data provided by the
organization. E.g.: balance sheet analysis.

c) Primary data analysis and secondary data analysis must be segregated.

5. Observation Findings :

a) List down the observations based on the above-mentioned analysis of the

data collected.
6. Suggestions and recommendations:

a) Draw relevant findings and give Suggestions / Recommendations as required.

7. Finally Draw the Conclusions of the Project.

a) Conclusions must be very specific and valid.

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 8. Students to note :

a) To follow the work schedule as per the Progress card given on the last page of
this information booklet

b) To keep updating the progress card and obtain internal guides signatures.

c) Students SHOULD NOT COPY OR REPRODUCE earlier projects reports.

If found so, the student will be debarred.

PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

S No Description Specifications

1 Length 5000 words

Ranging between 60-70 A4 pages

2 Paper A4 size executive bond white paper

Font: Times new roman

Font size: 14
3 Typing Line spacing: 1.5

4 Margin Left and top: 35mm

Bottom and right: 20mm

5 Cover Hard bound black with golden

Embossing

6 Number of copies 4 hard bound (to be submitted to

7 Front cover format Refer - Annexure- IV

8 Draft Company Certificate Refer – Annexure- A
9 Draft of Student Declaration

*Black colored hard binding with golden color embossing matter

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 Annexure-I

Name:_____________________________________ Enrollment No.:_______________________

ISMR Campus:_______________ Mobile No.:_____________ E-mail Id:____________________

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Initial Information Report (IIR)
I. Internship Program Details:
Title of the Internship Report: .............................................................................................
Area of the Internship Report: ................................................................................................... .............
Objective of the Internship Report: ................................................................................ ........................
...................
Description of the Internship Report in brief: ........................................................................................
............................................................................................................................. .....................................
II. Organizational Details:
Name of the Organization: ................................................................................................... ........ ..........
Address of the Organization: .......................................................................................... ..... ..................
.......................................................................................................... ................... .....................................
Telephone Numbers:
.............................................................. E-mail: ...................................................
Main activity of the Organization: .......................................................................................... ...............
Name & Designation of Head of the Organization: ..............................................................................
Work Timings: ........................................................ Amount of Stipend Expected: .............................
Facilities available to the student: ........................................................................................ ..................
III. Company
Guide: Name:
................................................................................ Designation: ................................................
Telephone Numbers:
.............................................................. E-mail: ...................................................
IV. Report Implementation and Schedule:
Schedule:
..................................................................... Methodology: ....................................................
Any other details: .................................................................................................... ................................
V. I will submit the following reports as per the schedule given below:
Evaluation component: Date Planned:
Internship Proposal.......................................................................................................... .......................
Interim Report............................................................................................................... .........................
Final Report................................................................................................................. ...........................

Faculty Guide Name: ......................................................................................................... .....................

______________________
Date: Signature of the Student

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 Annexure-II

Name:_____________________________________ Enrollment No.:____________________

ISMR Campus:_______________ Mobile No.:_____________ E-mail Id:________________

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Internship Proposal

I. Internship Proposed: ............................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................................
II. Description of Internship in brief: ...................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
III. Objective of the Internship: ...............................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
IV. Methodology: ............................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
V. Schedule: .................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
VI. Limitations of the Study: ....................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................

Faculty Guide Name: .......................................................................................................................

Company Guide Name: ..................................................................................................................
(Use additional sheets)
______________________
Date: Signature of the Student

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 Annexure-III
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Guidelines for Writing Internship Program Report

A Internship Program Report is a written presentation of the work done by the student on a
given assignment. It is important to bear in mind that even though the report is submitted
only at the end of any given assignment, in reality it is a culmination of continuous efforts
on the part of the student.

Writing Internship Program Report: The Internship requires submission of a report onthe
Internship done by the student not just to ISMR but also to the organization where the
student is undergoing his/her internship. What follows are general guidelines on writing an
Internship report.

The parts included in a report depend on the type of report you are writing, the requirements
of your audience, the organization in which you have done your internship, and the length of
your report. In a generalized sense, an ideal Internship report should cover the following
elements:

st
1. INSIDE 1 PAGE
This page will be nothing but a complete copy of front page as it is. Only instead of
golden color you have to use any other color or combination of different colors.

2. COMPANY CERTIFICATE
This certificate must be printed on company‟s original letter head.
It should include the following
1) Name of the student
2) Project Title
3) Duration of Project (minimum 50 working days)
4) Location (if possible)
5) Authority Sign & company Seal.

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For E.g. (Annexure A)

COMPANY‟S
NAME, ADDRESS, PH. No. FAX No., LOGO

Ref No Date :-

TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN

This is to certify that Mr. / Ms (Name of the Student) a MBA student of

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH, PUNE
have undergone training & completed a project on (Title of Study) in (Area) Region.

He has carried out this project for (Name of the Organization) From (Joining Date) to
(Completion Date).
In the span of project duration his candidature was found to be very sincere &
hardworking.
We wish him a bright future.

(Sign)
(Name of the Authorized Person)
(Designation)

(Company Name)

3. COLLEGE CERTIFICATE
This certificate will be issued by the college. One copy to each student. You have to
make at least 2 Xerox of it for other 2 copies of project report.

4. ACKOWLWDGEMENT
This page will include vote of thanks to –
1) Company project Guide
2) Director ISMR
3) College Project guide-
4) Other staff & friends (if required)

PUT PAGE NO 1 FROM HERE ONLY

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5. EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY This includes
I. Introduction of the project II.
Project title
III.Why you have chosen this company & this project?
IV.Location
V. Duration of the project
VI. How did you carry out this project?
VII. Result (output) in short conclusion.

9. OBJECTIVE & SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

1) Title of the Project.
2) Different objectives behind conducting this project
A) Primary objectives
B) Secondary Objectives
3) Scope of the Project (To be determined in terms of)
A) Area of operations
B) Location area covered Sample size, Product range etc.
10. COMPANY PROFILE
This includes
1) Complete Name of the company
2) Mission Statement Vision Slogan Logo …. (if any)
3) Organization chart
4) Location Product range & variety
5) List of Competitors
6) Branches and offices
7) Historical developments of the company
8) Achievements of the company (if any)
9) Building Photographs & Product Photographs (if any)
10) SWOT Analysis (only if it not the part of data analysis)

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11. THEROTICAL BACKGROUND
– It should include –
1) Project information
2) Application of different relative marketing concepts & link their correlation with
your project like-

For Marketing –
Market Segmentation, Target Marketing, PLC, Marketing strategies New product
development , Marketing planning, Designing Channel of Distribution, AIDAS Model,
Media Planning, Classification of markets, Service Marketing, Different modes of
foreign entry, sales promotion schemes. Supply chain management. Customer
relationship management, ERP business ethics. Business policy formation consumer
behavior. Law of demands and supply etc.

For Finance –
Ratio analysis, Risk management, Legal Aspects. Funds flow statements, Country Risk
Analysis. Investment decisions. Capital budgeting cost analysis, Analysis of financial
position of the company. TDS, International finance, Balance sheet, Portfolio
management etc.

12. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

It should include-
1. What is research?
2. Types of research your project concern with?
3. Different sources & methods of data collection-
a) Questionnaire
b) Interview technique
c) Observation
d) Direct mail etc.
4. What is mean by Primary data & Secondary data? Which are their sources in concern
with your project?
5. Sample size calculation
6. Different Sampling techniques & their selection of proper one for your project

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 7. Designing a Questionnaire in proper way.
8. Scaling techniques
9. Selection of proper data analysis methods or techniques.
10. Make necessary assumptions here at this stage if required.

13. Data Analysis-

This is the major & most important part of the project. It should contain the analysis of all
those questions asked to the customer through the questionnaire.

1) Diagrammatic representation-
Here you can use pie chart histogram trend line etc.

No. of Customers

Rooming
Services
Customer Care
Billing
Others
Coverage

2) Interpretation
Out of 400 targeted customers 6 % haven‟t faced any problem in any of the area, but 4%
of them faced problems in all above mentioned areas

Out of total targeted customers –

 
 24% respondent fine problems in Coverage.
 
 26% of the total respondent fine problems in Billing.
 
 23 % of the total respondent fine problems in Customer assistance.
 
 11 % of the total respondent fine problems in Roaming
 
6 % of the total respondent fine problems in Service period

HINT – There should be only one question‟sanalysis on one page. Likewise do analysis for
allthe questions asked in the questionnaire.

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 3) Data Analysis –(For Finance)
Do the Data analysis as Shown above. Only you have to choose appropriate methods for
analysis like – Ratio Analysis, Cash Flow, Comparative Analysis, Operating Cycle study

14. Findings
Finding are nothing but simply what you have find out from the analysis of each question. This
will contain the interpretation or comment made under each graph in data analysis.

15. Limitations of the project

No project is ideal. In reality the researcher always come across different problems which acts as
limitations of the project such as
1) Biased reply of the respondent
2) Non availability of data or other relevant information
3) Respond was busy.
4) Transportation problem (Rainy season)
5) Time constraint (2 months)
6) Budget constraint etc.

16. Conclusion
While concluding student should take care that his conclusion is matching with the ---- of the
project & objective set in chapter 9

17. Recommendation
Student has to give different suggestions to the company which will act as solutions to all those
problem he/she has identified with product or services or methods applied.

18. BIBLIOGRAPHY – (This will be the last page of the project)

It Include –
“References, books & magazine used, web-cites, newspapers etc.

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E.g.-
From publications
Booth, S.A. (January 1999). High-Drain Alkaline AA-Batteries. Popular Electronics, 62,
58.Dell, R. M., and Rand, D.A.J. (2001). Understanding batteries. Cambridge, UK: The Royal
Society of Chemistry.
From websites
IBM. Advertisement. 23 Mar. 2003 <http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/2000Olympics/
ibm.htm>.

19. Abbreviations
Don‟t use any abbreviations. But if you have used any technical & standard abbreviations then
please mention their full form here.

20. Annexure
It includes questionnaires, pamphlets, catalogue, photograph price list etc.

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 Annexure IV (i)-PGDM
A

PROJECT REPORT

ON

PROJECT TITLE

SUBMITTED

To

International School of Management & Research

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF TWO YEARS FULL TIME COURSE

Post Graduation Diploma in Management

SUBMITTED BY

STUDENT NAME:-

BATCH- 2018-20

UNDER GUIDANCE OF

Faculty Guide

THROUGH

SHRIVIGHNESHWARA EDUCATION SOCIETY

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
WADKI, PUNE-412308

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 Annexure VI (ii)-MBA

FRONT PAGE FORMAT

PROJECT REPORT

ON

PROJECT TITLE

SUBMITTED

TO

SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF TWO YEARS FULL TIME COURSE

MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)

SUBMITTED BY

STUDENT NAME:-

BATCH- 2018-20

UNDER GUIDANCE OF

Faculty Guide

THROUGH

SHRIVIGHNESHWARA EDUCATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH WADKI, PUNE-412308

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 Annexure-V

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Guidelines for Writing Executive Summary Report

The executive summary provides an overview of the internship work. The executive
summary needs to be in fewest words. Make sure it is self sufficient and can be
understood in isolation. Write this towards the end of the project in about two hundred
to three hundred words (i.e. not more than a page). Use active-voice sentences with
strong, enthusiastic, and proactive language. Executive summary should be written in
simple, short sentences intended to be read by an executive. The executive summary
should briefly highlight the below mentioned points.

Points to be covered:

Student Information


  Concept, Industry Type, Name and Address Title of
Organization Description:
the Internship Report
 
 Objective of the Internship Background
 
 Methodology used
 
 Findings & Conclusion Recommendations

 
Special Achievements/ Recognition

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