N R INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, AHMEDABAD

GUIDELINES FOR SUMMER PROJECTS

All students are required to take note of the following guidelines for the summer projects.
1. Each student should prepare a research proposal for his/her prospective project and get
it approved from his/her respective guide.
2. The research proposal shall include the following:
a) Introduction and statement of the problem
b) Short Literature Survey
c) Research Design and Hypothesis, if any
d) Research Methodology
e) Data Sources
i)

Primary Sources (sample universe/population, sampling unit, sample size,

sampling method probability or non-probability)

ii)

Secondary Sources (newspapers, magazines, books, journals, reports,

industry publications, gazettes, research papers, dissertations, etc.)

f) Time Budget
g) Tentative Chapter Plan
h) Expected Contribution of the Study
i) Beneficiaries
j) A short write-up on the researcher/s and reason for taking up the project.
k) Bibliography/appendices if any
3. The title of the project should be finalised in consultation with the internal and external
guides.
4. Students should submit their contact numbers (both landline and mobile) and email ids
to their respective guides and should take the contact numbers and email ids of the
guides.
5. Students should make sure that they provide the name, designation and contact
information of their external guide (in the company) to their internal faculty guides.
6. Internal faculty guides are requested to stay in continuous contact on a periodic basis
with the external corporate guide so as to ensure proper feedback about the students
performance.
7. Students should report to their internal faculty guides on a regular basis as per the
schedule given to them.
8. Students working on their projects outside Ahmedabad should ensure that they report
to their respective internal guides regularly as per the schedule given to them.
9. The broad framework of the report will be as follows:
a) Preface
b) Acknowledgement
c) Executive Summary
d) Table of Contents

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e) Research Methodology
f) Introduction to the Industry (Macro)
g) Introduction to company
h) Detailed discussion on the scope of the project
i) Key Findings/ Analysis
j) Conclusions
k) Recommendations/ Suggestions if any
l) Bibliography
m) Glossary
n) Annexures, if any
10.

Students can consult their internal guides for further guidance on industryspecific secondary sources of data.

11.

The size of an average summer project is usually 100-120 pages.

12.

The report should be typed on a single side of paper with Times New Roman font
size 12 with 1.5 spacing.

13.

All tables and charts should be numbered and should mention the source.

14.

There should be a proper table of contents with page numbers, a chart index and
a table index.

15.

Reports with emphasis on technical topics can include a glossary of technical

terms.

16.

The bibliography should be prepared systematically. Please refer to the textbook

Business Communication by Bovee, Thill and Schatzman for this purpose.

17.

Students should make sure that they obtain a certificate of completion of project
from the external corporate guide.

18.

Students going in for a market research should get their questionnaire approved
by their internal and external guides.

19.

Findings/ analyses can be presented in the form of tables, graphs and charts.
Each table/graph/chart should be given a proper heading and should be followed by its
interpretation and implication for the study.

20.

Students must avoid consultative statements in suggestions and

recommendations. All operational suggestions must be justified with supporting logic,
statistics and information.

21.

Any data (financial or otherwise) that is taken directly from a secondary source
should not be included in the text of the report. Balance Sheets, P&L Accounts, Articles,
etc. may be included in the Annexures.

22.

Preface, acknowledgement and executive summary should NOT be mentioned in

the Table of Contents.

23.

The page numbers of the project should start from Research Methodology.

24.

The acknowledgement should end with the students name, place and date and
should be signed by the student.