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B. Tech. Project
Guidelines
Guidelines for Minor/Major Project
Projects play a very important role in overall development of a student to learn
the aesthetics of industry. The objective of working with projects is to understand
the importance of teamwork, deadlines and documentation.

Department of CSE/IT

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 HMR Institute of Technology
GUIDELINES FOR MAJOR/MINOR PROJECT
PROJECT: A Project is an important component of learning in a program where a student learns to
prepare a project as per his/her interest in order to present a new technical solution on a existing or a
new problem. Students can learn to prepare themselves for industry through the reports and
presentations on a particular topic.
OBJECTIVE OF PROJECT: To provide an opportunity to students to demonstrate the ability to develop
the skills in innovation and development towards problem and bringing the society a new solution.
1. ASSESSMENT

Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) Final Assessment (FA)

40 60

2. ALLOCATION /FINALIZATION OF RESEARCH AREA AND FACULTY GUIDE

a) Department provides the Major Project guide to each group of students.

b) Students are required to search the relevant Major Project topics at least 2 months before a semester
starts through various sources and the students are highly encouraged by faculty member(s) whom
he/she plans to opt as guide, and choose a topic that is of interest to both the student as well as the faculty.
c) After finalizing the Major Project topic and research area, students would inform it to the department
in the first week of semester probably in month of August/ January for odd and even semester
respectively, through their respective Coordinator on a prescribed format (annexure A). A list comprising
of students, Major Project topics and allotted guides is prepared by the department.
d) A panel is set up for approval, conflict of interest, dispute etc. in the next week. Panel decision remains
the final decision.
3. PROGRESS MONITORING & ASSESMENT
The assessment shall be done in two parts- Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA-40%) and Final
Assessment (FA-60%).
3.1. BREAKUPS OF CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
The department shall conduct two presentations- during mid semester and before the end of semester.
The breakup of marks and time milestone for Continuous Internal Assessment are given in tabular form
as below:-

Sl. Activity Marks Time Milestone

No. (CIA= 40%)
1. Topic and Synopsis Approval if on time (Synopsis
W PRs (to ta l 6-8 WPRs)
05 2nd Week

2 Report + PPT) 20 Weekly

(No. of satisfactory WPRs submitted) th
3 Mid Semester Progress Review by Panel on time 05 8 Week
(PPT+ WPRs) th
5 Final assessment by the Panel through Draft report, 10 12 Week (In any case,
PPT, left WPRs and timely submission. two weeks before the
last teaching day)

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NOTE: WPRs marks assessed by the guide. 5 marks awarded before the mid-semester review and rest 15

marks for left WPRs.

A student has to submit his/her WPR every commencing Monday showing the Weekly Progress Report
of previous week through E-mail.
If a student is doing Project inside the institution s/he needs to meet the guide once in a week (meeting
day can be adjusted as per the convenience of Guide and student).
At the Mid-Progress Presentation and Final Assessment student needs to submit the hardcopy of WPRs
dully signed by the guide as per (Annexure-E).
3.2. SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT
Students are supposed to prepare the Major Project report in his/her own words and submit it along with

WPRs.

A student shall be eligible to submit his/her report and final assessment provided he/she meets following
conditions:
iii) Topic and Synopsis were approved by the departmental board of faculty members.
iii) At least 90 % of WPRs were submitted.
iv) At least 80% of the WPRs were satisfactory.
v) Under special circumstances, Director may condone up to 5% of eligibility criteria for
submission of report.
vi) Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

3.3. FINAL ASSESSMENT

a) Final assessment is to be done by the external examiner.

b) It shall be mandatory for the students to appear for final assessment as per scheduled date and time.

c) If a student fails to appear in the final assessment as per schedule, he/she shall be treated as absent.
d) The breakup of marks for final assessment subject to acceptance of External Examiner shall be as
under-
Sl. No. Activity Marks
(FA = 60%)
1 Report (Layout and content) 20
2 Presentation (presentation skill, adherence 20
to time schedule, ppt preparation)
3 Viva-voce 20

3.4. CLASSIFICATION OF MAJOR/MINOR PROJECTS

On the basis of MAJOR/MINOR topic, report, oral presentation, and external examiner comments, the

faculty board will classify each submitted MAJOR/MINOR Project as per following criterion:-

Total Criterion Meeting Classification

Marks
Scored
90-100% Major Project is based on innovative idea and
discussing latest research field, outstanding
presentation, outstanding report, May be used for Excellent
project/dissertation
80-89% Excellent Presentation, good report Very Good

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70-79% Very Good Presentation, Most design aims achieved Good
60-69% Good Presentation, Some aims committed in synopsis
not achieved Average
Less than Major Project work not satisfactory
60 % Poor

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4. DOCUMENTATION

4.1. Guidelines for Major Project 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 Major 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
report strictly conforms to specifications.

FINAL REPORT
The final report should be written in the following the format: (Deadline: Last working day of the
academic session).
Sample Project Report Format
1. Title Page (Annexure-B)
2. Declaration(Annexure-C)
3. Acknowledgement
4. Abstract
5. Contents(Annexure-D)
6. List of Publication(s)
7. List of tables
8. List of figures
9. List of symbols/ abbreviations
10. Introduction
11. Body of the thesis
12. Summary and conclusions
13. References
14. Appendixes

Abstract
An abstract is a brief or condensed statement by the writer, or the essential ideas of the writer’s work. The
abstract must not exceed 600 words in length and should a statement of the problem, an explanation of the
methods and procedures used in gathering data, and a summary of the findings. It should not be just a
summary statement of each chapter.