Briefing the Students about NTCC Regulations & Guidelines

A briefing session for all the students and concerned faculty guides will be organized by
the institutions well in advance so that the students and faculty guides are able to prepare
well & proceed for the course as per guidelines. For example the briefing for project in
final semester for UG students must be done in mid of odd semester of the academic
session so that the students are able to finalise the broad area of work on their own or with
the help of faculty guides. The guidelines for projects must also be uploaded on
AMIZONE for students and faculty guides.

1.2 Roles and Responsibilities of students

 All scheduled meeting timings and dates should be adhered to and deadlines met.
 Effectively use of the supervisory time allocated.
 To submit a synopsis at the beginning of the semester for approval from the
departmental committee in a specified format (see annexure - I).
 To send Weekly Progress Report (WPR) to Faculty guide regularly.
 Maintain a record of supervisory meetings,
 Be responsible and adhere to the discipline of work in external labs.
 To implement the feedback and approved action plan for development of the
project.
 Recognise ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to
plagiarism
Registration for the course
a) The students are required to register on-line on AMIZONE for the projects as per the
guidelines of the university.

b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on following
grounds:

i) Ill health - provided the student has informed the institution on time and had
taken sick leave from HoI.
ii) Student is on approved Official Duty, representing university/ institution in
competitions, seminars, placements activities etc.

c) The student will be allowed to register late for projects at AUUP upto a certain period
with certain late registration charges as per following conditions:

i) Upto 10 days after the date of registration for course with late registration
charges of 500/- .
ii) From 11th day to 15th day of the date of Registration with late registration
charges of 1000/-.
iii) 16th day to 20th day of Registration with late registration charges of 2000/-
provided student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses
iv) After 21st day to 30 days of Registration with late charges of 5000/- provided
student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses.

d) The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by Finance
Committee.
e) The students who have not registered for the projects as per regulations will not be
permitted to submit any report and will be treated as having failed in the course.
Conduct and Progress Monitoring of Projects

a) The students will undertake projects as per the course requirement and work schedule.

b) The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as per
the prescribe format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR).

c) Faculty guide will mark the status of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received and
quality of work done on AMIZONE. Faculty guide will also give feedback to students.

d) The student will also maintain daily diary of the work done which need to be submitted
to the faculty guide.

e) The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide as per
the attached Appendix-.

f) Periodic progress review of projects will be done by a faculty board. For this, institution
will announce at the time of registration for the course.

Project Report Assessment:

The faculty guide will assess the project report as part of IA/CA as under:

SNO Component Maxm Marks

1 TIMELY REGISTRATION 4
2 SYNOPSIS APPROVAL 6
3 WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT 10
4 PROGRESS REVIEWS 10
5 SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT ON TIME 5
6 PLAGIARISM REPORT 5
1 TIMELY REGISTRATION 4

PLAGIARISM

a) The project report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite
the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be
appropriately acknowledged.

b) It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin
or similar software before submission. The content which is based on existing published
work must come from properly quoted material and from the references cited section.
After checking the accuracy of the citations and references of such content the
plagiarism report should not return similarity index of more than 15% in any
circumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15%
could still be considered plagiarism. Any report with higher than this percentage
matching must be explained by the student. The details of copy rights, professional
ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.
SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

The most important aspect of the project is the final report. Therefore following must be
ensured for producing quality report.

a) The student will start the project report while doing his/her project course as per the
prescribed guidelines

b) The students will submit 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by
the submission second of draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested
by the guide.

c) The final report shall be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or any
other format subscribed by University. Copying material should not be more than 10%
provided source is mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement and
referencing as per plagiarism policy of the university.

d) Following will be submitted along with final report,:

o WPR
o NTCC Dairy
o Plagiarism Report

e) A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she
meets following conditions:
a. Online Registration for the project
b. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide
c. 90 % of WPR were submitted
d. 80% of the WPR were satisfactory
e. Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE REPORT

Language English (unless otherwise specified in the course curriculum)

Paper size A4
Margins The text of the document must be justified.
The left and right margin of 1.25 inches. The top and bottom margin of
1.00
inch.
Typing On One side of page only. The text will follow line spacing of 1.5 lines.
The text material should be typed in 12 font size in Times New Roman
script.

Table and figures, tabular material as necessary and appendix material as

appropriate may be single space.

Centered material is to be centered between the left and right margins.

The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5inches.
Pagination Each page must be numbered, except the Title Page.

The pre pages—including the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval

Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of
 Figures and Abstract (if any) —will be numbered with lower-case Roman
numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.) centered from the bottom edge of the page. The
first page that will show a page number is page ii.

All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The page
number will be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the page, right
aligned.
Arrangement Every Project Report should have three parts: the pre pages, the main
of Contents text, and the reference material.

Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the order
as discussed below.

1. Preliminary Pages
a. Title page
b. Declaration
c. Faculty Guide Approval page
d. Acknowledgement(s)
e. contents
f. Table of Contents
g. List of Tables
h. List of Figures
i. Abstract
2. Text (usually divided into chapters and sections)
3. Reference Material
a. References
b. Appendix
Tables and Each table of figure should be placed immediately after the paragraph in
figures which it is mentioned. If it has a separate page, this page should be the
one following the page on which the table/figure was first mentioned.

Tables and figures that must be positioned horizontally (landscaped) will

face the outer edge of the page, with the widest margin at the binding
edge.

Tables and figures are numbered in separate series. Each table and figure,
including any in the appendices, has a number in its own series. Each
series
is numbered consecutively within chapters (e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2,
and Figure 10.3).

Each table and figure will be separately numbered.

All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the
List
of Tables and List of Figures.
References In the text, give the surname and date in parentheses, e.g. (Edwards,
2010).
At the end of the study, provide a section headed ‘References’ in which
the
references are listed alphabetically by family name. Include references
for
 electronic sources of information e.g. web pages. For further detail, see
Appendix 6.

Any books, articles, websites or other published sources (retrievable data)

that have been used (cited in the text) either in direct quotation or by
reference, must be listed in the References. Personal interviews/raw data
(not retrievable) do not appear in the reference list.

The first line of the citation starts at the left margin and the second and
subsequent lines of that citation are indented 0.5 inches.

The referencing style to be used as per the forma. The format for the
references shall be given separately by each faculty of Study/institution.
Appendices Appendices contain supplementary or illustrative material or explanatory
data too lengthy to be included in the text or not immediately essential to
the readers’ understanding of the text.

Appendices should be lettered in the order in which they are referred to in

the text.

Each appendix will be listed with its title in the Table of Contents (e.g.,
APPENDIX A. TITLE OF THE APPENDIX).

Standard Formats
Various formats to be used as per the General Guidelines for project of the institute are as
under:
 Format for Title Page
 Format for Declaration
 Format for Faculty Guide Certificate
 Format for Table of Contents
 Appendix A to Annexure II

A Project Report

On

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

Submitted to

Amity University Uttar Pradesh

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of

(Name of the programme)

by

STUDENT(S) NAME
under the guidance
of Name of faculty

NAME OF THE INSTITUTE

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH
NOIDA (U.P.)

April 2016
 Appendix B to Annexure II

Declaration by the student

I/We, ……………………….., student(s) of (Name of the Programme) hereby declare that the
project titled

“……………………………………………..” which is submitted by me/us to Department of

……………………………., Name of the Institute, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida,

in partial fulfillment of requirement for the award of the degree of (Name of the degree)

in ….. , has not been previously formed the basis for the award of any degree, diploma or

other similar title or recognition.

The Author attests that permission has been obtained for the use of any copy righted

material appearing in the Project report other than brief excerpts requiring

only proper acknowledgement in scholarly writing and all such use is acknowledged.

Signature

Noida

Date Name and Signature of Student(s)

 Appendix C to Annexure II

CERTIFICATE

On the basis of declaration submitted by …………….., student(s) of B. Tech ….., I hereby

certify that the project titled “…………………………………………………...” which is

submitted to Name of the Institute, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of (Name of the degree) in ….., is
an original contribution with existing knowledge and faithful record of work carried out by
him/them under my guidance and supervision.

To the best of my knowledge this work has not been submitted in part or full for any
Degree or Diploma to this University or elsewhere.

Date (Name and Signature of Guide)

Name of the Institute

Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida
 Appendix D to Annexure II

CONTENTS

Candidate’s Declaration iii

Certificate iv

Acknowledgements v

Abstract vi

Contents xv

List of Figures xxi

List of Tables xxvi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 General 1

1.2 Improved Power Quality AC-DC Converters 1

1.3 Literature Survey 2

1.4 Configurations 6

1.4.1 Unidirectional Boost Converters 7

1.4.2 Bi-directional Boost Converters 7

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 Name of the Institute
WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT (WPR)

For the week commencing: ___________

WPR (i.e. 1,2,3 etc.)_______________________

Enrollment Number: ____________________

Program: __________________

Student Name : _________________________

Faculty Guide’s Name: ___________________________________

Co- Guide’s Name: ____________________________________

Project Title: ________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

TARGETS SET FOR THE WEEK

PROGRESS/ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE WEEK

FUTURE WORK PLANS-

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General Tips for writing report:

Sufficient time should be allowed for satisfactory completion of reports, taking into
account that initial drafts should be critiqued by the faculty guide and corrected by
the student at each stage. The File is the principal means by which the work carried
out will be assessed and therefore great care should be taken in its preparation.
It is recommended that the student meets the guide regularly during the course of
the project, and maintain a record of the discussions, survey details, derivations etc.
Such a system will allow easy and quick access to the details and chronology of the
work. Please read the guidelines carefully and make sure your project report strictly
conforms to specifications.

In general it will help to have someone else read the report and critique it. Make a
checklist of their questions and comments and resolve each one.
 The report must be complete, error free and referable. All references, figures,
tables, equations, etc. which are referenced in the text should be locatable in the
report with the specified number or reference. Conversely, all references,
figures, tables, equations, etc. must be cross-referenced in the text. 

 Use of spelling and grammar software is strongly recommended. “Spell-check”
cannot identify correctly spelt words in the wrong context. For example, typing “he” in

place of “the” may alter the meaning of the sentence but the spell-check will not

indicate this, so re-read the text written.

 Except for acronyms do not use ALL CAPITALS. 


 Do not use underlining. 

 Use italics for emphasis or if the phrase is non-English. 

In general, the File should be comprehensive and include:

Report Layout

The report should be hard bound of dark blue colors and should contains the following
components:

Text Layout
Use 1.5 lines spacing with material typed having margin of 1.5-inch on left side and 1-inch
on right side. The text material should be typed in 12 font size in Times New Roman script.

Title or Cover Page

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The title page should contain the following information: Project Title; Students Name;
Course; Year; Supervisor’s Name. (Appendix A to Annexure II)

(Cover Page and first page inside the report must be same)

Declaration (Appendix B to Annexure II)

Certificate (Appendix C to Annexure II)

Acknowledgements
Acknowledgment to any advisory or financial assistance received in the course of work
may be given.

Table of Contents
Include page numbers indicating where each chapter / section begins. Chapter / section
are to correspond exactly with those in the text (Appendix D to Annexure II). The table of
contents gives a bird’s eye view. Try to fit it into one or two pages.
List of Figures and List of Tables should be on separate pages. Each list should give,
in tabular form, the figure or table number, its title/caption and its page number.

SYNOPSIS OF THE PROJECT:

Synopsis of the project should include: -

1. A brief introduction about the project.

2. Problem Formulation.
3. Working of the project.
4. Applications

A good "synopsis " should be straight to the point; not too descriptive but fully informative. First

paragraph should state what was accomplished with regard to the objectives. The synopsis does

not have to be an entire summary of the project, but rather a concise summary of the scope and

results of the project. The synopsis (about 150 words) should contain the context/relevance of

the problem at hand, a description of what was done and a gist of the significant

observations/results.

Introduction
Here a brief introduction to the problem that is central to the project and an outline of the
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structure of the rest of the report should be provided. It is the first chapter of the Report. The
purpose of an introduction in the Project Report is to justify the reasons for writing about the
report. The goal in this section is to introduce the topic to the reader, provide an overview of
previous research on the topic, and identify the own hypothesis. It can be noted here that the
introduction should not contain every bit of detail in the report, and it should not include support
for the report. An introduction might, however, include the reasons for supporting the report.
The introduction should aim to catch the imagination of the reader, so excessive details
should be avoided.

Literature Review
Literature survey/review is the documentation of a comprehensive review of the published and
unpublished work from secondary data sources. The library is a rich storage base for secondary
data and researchers can go through books, journals, newspapers, magazines, conference
proceedings, doctoral dissertations, master's theses, government publications and financial
reports to find information on their research topic. With computerized databases now readily
available and accessible the literature search is much speedier and easier and can be done
without entering the portals of a library building. Survey of literature related to the project work.
e.g. research papers published in national and international journals, conferences, related
books, websites is very important to get hold of the project topic.

Project Design and Implementation

This section should aim at experimental designs, materials used. Methodology should be

mentioned in details including modifications if any.

Approach to design
A design approach will guide you to achieve the overall goal of the design. The key to design
approach is clear understanding of what you want to achieve. The basic idea of the design approach
is to understand the context in and the constraints under which a design solution will be produced.

For finding an appropriate design approach you need to:

  Investigate possibilities and constraints 

  Define problem spaces 
 Build and redefine the specifications of design solutions to test the ideas in a
 real world context 
 Prototype/Simulate possible scenarios that can incrementally or significantly improve
 the inherited situation 
 Understanding the current style and trend 

Simulation/Experimentation
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The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or
behaviors of a selected physical or abstract system. Simulation is used in many contexts,
such as simulation of technology for performance optimization, testing and verification of
results. If the project involves the usage of a particular software tool e.g MATLAB, VHDL or
a programming Language like C, JAVA, then the simulated results as well as a brief
overview of the tool or features of the language should be presented in the project report.

Incase the project involves hardware tools and equipments, a brief summary of the
specifications and experimentation results should be presented.

Experiments should measure:

· Pure running time

· Sensitivity to important parameters
· Scalability in various aspects: data size, problem complexity

Experiments should show:

· Absolute performance (i.e., it's acceptable/usable)

· Relative performance in comparison to previous approaches
· Relative performance among different proposed approaches

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Discussion of Results
The purpose of Discussion is to interpret the results in light of what was already known
about the topic of the Project, and to explain new understanding of the problem after
taking the results into consideration. It should discuss the implications of those results.

The Discussion will always connect to the Introduction, but it does not simply repeat or
rearrange the Introduction. Instead, it tells how the study has moved forward from the
place it left, at the end of the Introduction.

It can include:

 What can be the next step in the projects, e.g., what experiments would you do next? 

 Organize the Discussion to address each of the experiments/studies for
which results were presented. 

 Consider how the results of others studies may be combined to derive a new or
perhaps better substantiated understanding of the project. 

In writing this section, emphasis should be given on what has been performed and achieved
in the course of the work, rather than discuss in detail what is readily available in text books.

Presentation of Results and their analysis

An integrated results analysis is crucial for a project. Student with his insight and understanding
of the goals, strategies, environments, and challenges of the project can analyze and put the
results in context. While presenting the results, write at length about the various statistical tools
used in the data interpretation. The result interpretation should be simple but full of data and
statistical analysis. This data interpretation should be congruence with the written objectives
and the inferences should be drawn on data and not on impression. Avoid writing straight
forward conclusion result; it should lead to generalization of data on the chosen sample.

The integrated results analysis should satisfy the following

guidelines. It should:
 be relevant and significant 

 be comparable to the existing references. 

 be presented in a clear and understandable format. 

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  focus on results and achievements 

 compare planned to actual results 

 describe variations and uncertainties 

 include simulation and experimentation results 

 if analysis is made under any assumptions, they should be clearly described 

Conclusion
A conclusion should be the final section in which the outcome of the work is mentioned briefly.
Check that your work answers the following questions:

 Did the research project meet its aims (check back to introduction for stated aims)? 

 What are the main findings of the research? 

 Are there any recommendations? 

Future prospects
State the aspects of the problem that have not been considered and possibilities for further
enhancements. This section shows how the work done can set new research directions. If
you're actively engaged in follow-up work or plan to pursue further work on the subject,
mention that.

References / Bibliography
References:
Referencing is necessary to avoid plagiarism, to verify quotations and to enable readers to
follow-up. Indicate references by number(s) sequentially in square brackets [ ] in the order
in which they appear in the text.

Examples:
For Journals
[1] J. F. Fuller, E. F. Fuchs, and K. J. Roesler, "Influence of harmonics on power distribution
system protection," IEEE Trans. Power Delivery, vol. 3, pp. 549-557, Apr. 1988.
For Book
[2] E. Clarke, Circuit Analysis of AC Power Systems, vol. I. New York: Wiley, 1950, p. 81.
[3] G. O. Young, "Synthetic structure of industrial plastics," in Plastics, 2nd ed., vol. 3, J.
Peters, Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964, pp. 15-64.

For Technical Reports:

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[4] E. E. Reber, R. L. Mitchell, and C. J. Carter, "Oxygen absorption in the Earth's atmosphere,"
Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles, CA, Tech. Rep. TR-0200 (4230-46)-3, Nov. 1968.
[5] S. L. Talleen. (1996, Apr.). The Intranet Architecture: Managing information in the new
paradigm. Amdahl Corp., Sunnyvale, CA. [Online]. Available:
http://www.amdahl.com/doc/products/bsg/intra/ infra/html

For Conference Proceedings

[6] J. L. Alqueres and J. C. Praca, "The Brazilian power system and the challenge of the
Amazon transmission," in Proc. 1991 IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission
and Distribution Conf., pp. 315-320.

For Dissertations:
[7] S. Hwang, "Frequency domain system identification of helicopter rotor dynamics
incorporating models with time periodic coefficients," Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Aerosp.
Eng., Univ. Maryland, College Park, 1997.

For Standards:
[8] IEEE Guide for Application of Power Apparatus Bushings, IEEE Standard C57.19.100-
1995, Aug. 1995.

For Patents:
[9] G. Brandli and M. Dick, "Alternating current fed power supply," U.S. Patent 4 084 217,
Nov. 4, 1978.

Appendices
The Appendix contains material which is of interest to the reader but not an integral part of the
thesis and any problem that have arisen that may be useful to document for future reference.

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