GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING THE SUMMER INTERSHIP PROJECT (SIP) REPORT 2012 - 2013

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Summer Internship Project Report Submitted towards Partial fulfillment of Post Graduate Diploma in Management/ Post Graduate Diploma in Management-MM/ Post Graduate Diploma in Management-IT (Approved by AICTE, Govt. of India) Academic Session 2011 2013

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Student Name Roll No Under the Guidance of: Industry Guide Name Designation Name of Company Faculty Guide Name Designation IMS, Ghaziabad
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GUIDELINES FOR REPORT PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION

I. Summer Internship Project (SIP) comprises of 9 credits (i. e. 300 marks), which means if a students fails to clear SIP Paper he/she will be awarded 3 Fs and THERE IS NO REAPEAR FOR SIP. The students should seek approval of faculty guide before getting the final print outs of their SIP reports. All the students are required to submit two hardbound copies of the report along with a soft copy to be to faculty guide on/before July 1, 2011 All the summer training project reports should be bound in black leather and inscribed with golden letter. The signature of the internal supervisor should be sought before final binding of the report. All the students are hereby informed that for SIP they are required to comply with the following: Form-I- STUDENTS WEEKLY PROJECT APPRAISAL FORM- To be filled by the students industry guide and has to be sent to the respective faculty guide on weekly basis.

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Form-II- STUDENTS AGGREGATE PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK

FORM- To be filled by the Students Industry Guide at the time of project completion. The student has to submit this form along with the summer internship project to the respective faculty guide

Form-III- STUDENTS FEEDBACK FORM- To be filled by the concerned

faculty after due consultation with the Students Industry Guide during their personal visits for SIPs.

VI. The following is the weight age for SIP evaluation.

Components of Assessments Form-I Form-II Form-III & Project Report writing to be assigned by the respective faculty guide Presentation & Viva-Voce Examination Total

Weight age 50 Marks 50 Marks 100 Marks 100 Marks 300 Marks (9 Credits) 3

VII. Summer Internship Project (SIP) Report Format-2012

The Students are required strictly to follow the following sequence while preparing the SIP reports: 1. Cover 2. Title Fly 3. Title Page ( Title not to exceed 10-15 words, Title page should include IMS logo) 4. Certificate from the Organisation/Company 5. Preface & Acknowledgment 6. Table of Contents 7. List of Tables/Figures/Graphs 8. Executive Synopsis 9. Introduction/Profile 10. Objectives of Project 11. Introduction/Profile of Organisation / Company. 12. Research Methodology a. Research Design b. Sample Design i. Sample Unit ii. Sample Size iii. Sampling Technique iv. Sampling Area c. Data Collection i. Sources ii. Tools d. Data Analysis i. Statistical Tools/Techniques ii. Inferences 13. Findings & Analysis 14. Conclusion & Recommendations 15. Limitations 16. Bibliography/References 17. Questionnaire should be attached as Annexure/ Any other information also should be put as Annexure

IX. Detailed Guidelines for the SIP Project:

1. 2. 3. COVER Keep title length within a maximum of 10-15 words Avoid vague, extremely short, or too broad titles TITLE FLY A blank sheet of paper located between the cover and the title page. TITLE PAGE Usually symmetrically arranged, contains the title, the names of the recipient and sender, contents of this page are generally the same as that of the cover page (Sample is provided) CERTIFICATE FROM THE ORGANIZATION/COMPANY 5. The certificate will generally be given by the industry guide from the company or the head of the company stating that the student has satisfactorily completed the project assigned and the duration of the project. It indicates the reasons for doing the works, and the official authorization for the research. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In case you have received assistance from a person or a source in any form such as in the collection of data, facilities for interviews or reference to records in connection with your project and owe a special debt to a particular source of person, you should acknowledge this under the title acknowledgements. At the end of the acknowledgements, only the students name appears in italics in the right hand corner. Acknowledgement must be singed by the students before submission of SIP report. Preface should highlight the objectives of the study and the major problem you deal within the report, which follows in the succeeding pages. TABLE OF CONTENTS It should topics covered and appropriate in most reports only the major headings and subheadings are included. The table of contents is followed by list of tables /graphs. LIST OF TABLES / GRAPHS/FIGURES Every table should have a number (1a) and title (1b) 5

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The Source of all secondary data must be mentioned at the bottom of the said Figures/Tables/Graphs. It represents list of Figures/Tables/Graphs of the project report with their page numbers.

8. EXECUTIVE SYNOPSIS

(Numbering of pages of SIP project should start from executive synopsis)

The purpose of the synopsis is to enable the reader to gather important information quickly without having to go through the whole report. It includes major findings, conclusions and recommendations In short, the executive synopsis is a report in miniature. It should be noted that the synopsis can be prepared only after the full report is written, then inserted in the appropriate place. 9. INTRODUCTION/PROFILE OF ORGANIZATION/COMPANY A brief of organization when SIP has been done should be given not exceeding 10 pages. 10. OBJECTIVE OF PROJECT It should include major purpose, rational & specific objectives/subobjectives of project. 11. LITERATURE REVIEW A detailed literature review is recommended for highlighting the rationale of the study. 12. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY a. Research Design b. Sample Design i. Sample Unit ii. Sample Size iii. Sampling Technique iv. Sampling Area c. Data Collection i. Sources ii. Tools d. Data Analysis i. Statistical Tools/Techniques ii. Inferences 13. FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS It includes presentation of the relevant data and analysis. It may be pertinent to discuss the method/approach utilized in analysis. Table, charts and graphs of the findings are used to explain the relationships of the data analyzed. To facilitate the readers

understanding of the significance of the result, the explanation of use of various analytical and statistical techniques is important in this section. 14. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The conclusions are drawn by inference from the findings. Care should be taken to state a conclusion for each objective of problem defined. The conclusions verify or deny the promises upon which the study has been conducted. 15. LIMITATIONS Any constraints in the form of times, resources, data availability, etc., may be specified in this section. 16. BIBLOLGRAPHY It will be given at the end of the report and will contain all details of the various books, periodical and newspaper consulted in the preparation of the report. Bibliography should be given in an alphabetical order. Separate bibliography of books, periodicals and newspapers should be given. Reference should be given as follows: Dr. M. Anbalagan, V. Gunasekaran, Retail Consumers Market In India- The Next Big Leap, Indian Journal Of Marketing, Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, March, 2007 Cygnus Business consulting and research (2006), Industry insight: Indian retail industry, Cygnus Business Consulting and Research, Hyderabad, PP11. Dialforhealth India Ltd. (2007) (online) (citied on 27th July , 2007), available from <URL http://www.dialforhealth.net/default.asp> http://www.medicineshoppe.com/About Us.aspx

17. ANNEXURE It provides materials supplementary to those given in the body of the report. It includes detailed computation from which the tables in the report are generated, a copy of the questionnaire, interviewer instructions, etc.

X. Points to be noted:
1. 2. 3. 4. Chapter Nos. to be assigned to different topics Page Numbers to be allocated, starting from only Chapter 1 onwards. Grammatical Mistakes to be checked All tables & Figures to be assigned numbers.

5. Font size should be always 12 (inside the text as well as in front matters, with preferably Times New Roman Font Style). 6. Line spacing should be 1.5. 7. Major headings should be in Bold Title Case and in Times New Roman Font size 14 & Sub-headings should be in should be in Bold Title Case and in Times New Roman Font size 12. 8. Underlining of any text inside the report is not acceptable. 9. Footnotes and endnotes can be used to save the page limit of the report. 10. Text sources are must if you borrow some ideas from other authors or quoted from other articles.

Important Notes:
1. The students should consult their respective Faculty Guides for any change/additional information on the Format of Summer Training Project. 2. The students are required to meet their respective Faculty Guides regularly for discussion on the topic/contents/any other issue pertaining to their Summer Projects.