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GUIDELINES F OR PR EPAR ATI ON OF MB A PR OJEC T R EP ORTS


ARRANG E ME NT O F CH APTE RS *

C over Ti t l e P age (F orm at encl osed)


Inner t i tl e page (S am e as cover ti t l e page)
C ert i fi cat e from gui de and chai rm an and decl arat i on by t he st udent .
C ert i fi cat e from com pany/ fi rm , where the proj ect work is carri ed out . (Not requi red i f proj ect work is
not based on a com pany/ fi rm ).
Acknowl edgem ent
Li st of t abl es and fi gures.
Abbrevi at i ons/ operat i onal defi ni t i ons used.

In trod u cti on sh ou ld i n clu d e th e fol l owin g:

I. P robl em defi ni ti on / st at em ent . Thi s wi l l cover com pany profi l e t oo i f t he topi c chosen
pert ai ns t o a com pany. - 5 pages
II. R esearch Obj ect i ves – not m ore t han 5 obj ect i ves, Use KS A m odel . - 1 P age
III. R esearch Met hodol ogy – S t at e the basi c and secondary resea rch desi gn. If it is a sam pl e
survey expl ai n, sam pl i ng desi gn and quest i onnai re desi gn. Sources of dat a – and t echni ques
of dat a anal ysi s. – 3- 4 pages
IV. Li m it at i ons of the proj ect st udy – 1 page .
Ch ap ter I
Li teratu re revi ew
Di scuss t heori es, concept s, hypot heses, m odel s et c., underpi nni ng t he proj ect work (proj ect report i s an
appl i cat i on of t heoret i cal knowl edge in anal yzi ng a real li fe probl em / issue faced by an organi zat i on)
- 15 pages

Ch ap ter II, III & IV


Fi nd i n gs
Thi s is t h e lon gest sect i on of th e proj ect report . In these chapt ers dat a col l ect ed wi ll be present ed and
anal ysed wit hout drawi ng any i nference. Dependi ng on t he vol um e of dat a present ed, t here coul d be 3
or 4 chapt ers i n thi s sect i on.
– at l east 40 pages

Ch ap ter V
S u mmary of Fin d in gs
Thi s chapt er wi l l be a bri ef st at em ent of anal ysi s al ready st at ed i n the fi ndi ngs sect i on.
- 3 pages

Ch ap ter VI
Con clu si on s an d su ggesti on s
– 3 pages

(t ot al no. of pages m ust be at l east 80 bu t not m ore t han 150 )

B ib l i ograph y: R eferenc es l i ke art i cl es, books, websi t es et c., used i n t he proj ect work m ust be
i ncl uded i n t hi s sect i on st ri ct l y fol l owi ng the ci t at i on st yl e (refe r MLA’s Handbook and ot her st yl e
m anual s)
Appendix
Thi s wil l incl ude pri nt ed secondary dat a (onl y i f i t i s very cri t i cal ) and any quest i onnai res used for
t he st udy.

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FO RMAT T ING YO UR PRO JE CT RE PO RT

1. Rep orts sh ou l d b e typ ed n eatl y on l y on on e si d e of th e pap er wi t h 1.5 sp aci n g on a A4 si ze


bond paper (210 x 297 mm ). Use dry tone Xerox for pri nt i ng.
The m argi ns shoul d be: Left – 1.25”, R i ght – 1”, Top and B ott om – 0.75”. R efer to st yl e
m anual s li ke MLA : H an dbook.
2. The t ot al n u mb er of rep orts t o be prepared i s TH RE E . On l y on e copy i s t o be su bm i tt ed t o th e
offi ce.
3. B efore t aki ng t he fi n al p ri n tou t t he approval of the concerned gui de(s) is necessa ry and
corre ct i ons suggest ed, i f any must be i ncorporat ed. If t he draft i s not approved by t he gui de, t he
gui de i s not obli ged t o si gn t he report .
4. The proj ect report m ust be paper back bound (sam pl e avai l abl e in t he li brary) Do not i nsert
t ransparen cy sheet s in t he report . Do not use spi ral bi ndi ng.
5. The proj ect report m ust cont ai n 80-120 pages. B ut not m ore t han 150 pages.
O u tl ay of th e Rep ort:
 The ch ap ters, secti on s and su b secti on s m ay be num bered i n t he deci m al form for e.g. Chapt er
2, sect i ons as 2.1, 2.2 et c., and subsect i ons as 2.2.3, 2.5.1 et c.
 E ach ch ap ter mu st b e l eft ju sti fi ed (fon t si ze 16). Fol l owed by the ti tl e of ch ap ter cen tered
(fon t si ze 18), secti on s/ su b secti on n u mb ers al on g wi th th ei r h eadi n gs mu st b e l eft ju sti fi ed
wi th secti on nu mb er and i ts h ead in g in fon t si ze 16 an d su b secti on an d i ts h ead i n g i n fon t
si ze 14. Th e bod y or th e text of th e rep ort sh ou ld h ave fon t si ze 12. (Ti mes New Roman )
 The fi gu res and tab l es m ust be num bered chapt er wi se for e.g.: Fi g.2.1 B l ock di agram of a
seri al bi nary adder, Tabl e 3.1 P ri mi t i ve fl ow t abl e, et c. Al l fi gures and t abl es shoul d appear
ei t her i n the sam e page or the next page i n whi ch t hey are referr ed fi rst . Prefe rab l y , al l fi gures
and t abl es are t o be pl aced ei t her at t he t op or t he bot t om of a gi ven page.
 Refe ren c es: The refer enc es shoul d be n u mb ered seri al l y i n t he order of thei r occurren ce in t he
t ext and thei r num bers shoul d be i ndi cat ed wi t hi n square brack et s for e.g. (3). The sect i on on
refe renc es shoul d li st t hem i n seri al order i n t he fol l owi ng form at .
 F or t ext books – A.V.Oppenhei r a and R.W.S cha fer, Di gi t al S i gnal P rocessi ng, Engl ewood,
N.J.,P rent i ce Hal l , 3 Edi t i on, 1975.
 F or papers – Davi d Insul at i on desi gn to com bat poll ut i on probl em , P roc of IEEE, PAS , Vol 71,
Aug 1981, pp 1901-1907.
(R efer st yl e m anual , - MLA’s Handbook).
 The rep ort shoul d be ext ensi ve and i ncl ude descri pt i ons of work carri ed out by ot hers onl y t o
t he best ext ent necessa ry. Ve rbat i m reproduct i on of m at eri al avai l abl e el sewher e shoul d be
stri ctl y avoi ded. Where short excerpt s from publ i shed work are desi red to be i ncl uded, they
shoul d be wi t hi n quot at i on m arks appropri at el y refer enc ed. Endnot e, F oot not e shoul d be pri nt ed
as per st yl e m anual .
 P roper atten ti on i s to b e p ai d not onl y to th e tech n i cal con ten ts b u t al so to th e organ i zati on
of th e rep ort and cl ari ty of th e exp ressi on . Due care shoul d be t aken t o avoi d spel li ng and
t ypi ng errors. S pel l check, Gram m ar check, m ust be appl i ed. It shoul d not ed t hat report - wri t e- up
form s the im port ant com ponent i n the overal l eval uat i on of t he proj ect .

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(CO VE R T ITL E PAG E & INNE R T IT L E PAG E FO RMAT )

Evaluation of Mutual Fund Performance


A Case Study of Equity Funds of UTI

by
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IV Semester MBA
Reg.No……………..

Guide
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Project Report submitted to the University of Mysore in partial fulfillment of the requirements of IV Semester MBA
degree examinations – 200..

B.N. Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences,


University of Mysore, Manasagangothri,
Mysore – 570 006

( Prepared by B.N.Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences.)

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