STP Guidelines, Deptt.

Of Management Studies, CUH

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HARYANA

[Established under the Central Universities Act 2009]
JantPali Villages, Mahendergarh – 123031. Haryana
www.cuh.ac.in

Department of Management Studies

Summer Training Project (Course Code: ​SLM MGT 01 301 C 0202)

Guidelines

1. GENERAL
1.1. Each student of MBA Second Semesterhas to undergo a summer trainingin any
organization (public/private/co-operative)/institution/company/firm/bank/financial
institution/corporate entity/NGO etc. The training will start just after the
completion of his/her Second Semester Examinationand the duration will be for
6-8 week long period. Every student has to join any
Company/organization/Institution/NGO/PSU or any other organisation as summer
trainee. As a summer traineethe student will be guided by the Supervisor of that
organisationand a Faculty member of the Department will be monitoring the
progress. The student has to carry out the responsibility assigned to him/her by the
supervisor of that organisation in consultation with the internal faculty assigned to
him/her.After completion of the Summer training, each student will have to get
registered in the core course Summer Training Project having 3 credits and he/she
has to submit a Summer Training Project in the form a Dissertation to his/her
Supervisor and the University. The semester long Project will be evaluated on a
regular basis by the faculty as per the evaluation criteria mentioned in point no. 6
below.
1.2. Each student has to submit a certification from Supervisor on the formal letter head
of the organization certifying that the student has carried out training satisfactorily.
See ​Appendix E​ for format of Supervisor Feedback form.
1.3. Each student has to submit the fortnight progress report to faculty monitoring
his/her project via emailfor ensuring regular interaction. See ​Appendix D for
format of Supervisor Feedback form.

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1.4. Students need to sign a “Workplace Confidentiality Form” if desired so by the

organization. This form needs to be submitted to organization before the training
starts. The format of “Workplace Confidentiality Form” is given in ​Appendix C​. If
organizations has their own “Workplace Confidentiality Form” , you may follow
that format, too.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT
2.1. To get the students acquainted with managerial practices and exposure of real life
functioning of the organisation.
2.2. To make the students understand that how theoretical aspects of various functional
areas of managementare being applied in practical situations.
2.3. To identify, examine, analyze and explore practices, systems, processes, procedures
and policies of an organisation impactingmanagerial efficiency and effectivenessso
that preventive measures may be initiated to remove the thedeviations,if any.
2.4. To make the students learn, connect theory and practice of managerial behaviour in
real life situationpertaining in the organisation.
2.5. To develop analytical skills for solving real life problems of business and
organizations.
2.6. To nurture communication skills of the students by the way Report writing,
Disseration and Periodic presentations.
3. FINAL DISSERTATION
3.1. The Guidelines for the Dissertation writing are given in ​Appendix ‘A’​. The format
of the summer training project is givenin​Appendix ‘B’​. All students are to adhere
to these guidelines.
3.2. Progress Reports are to be submittedby each studentfortnightly in format given .​

6. EVALUATION CRITERIA

The Dissertation of STP will be evaluated as per the following criteria

mentioned in the University ordinance of PG Programmes:
Evaluation Criteria Weightage

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1. Evaluation of Dissertation 40%

2. Periodic Presentations 30%

3. Viva-voce 30%

APPENDIX-A

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT

DISSERTATION
1. Page Size
1.1. Good  quality  white  A4  size  executive  bond  paper  should  be  used  for  printing and 
duplication.   
2. Numbering
2.1. Each new paragraph with new heading should be numbered as 1, 2, 3 etc.
Wherever necessary, ​Sub-paras  may  be  numbered  as  1.1,  1.2,  1.3----,  2.1,  2.2, 
2.3-----etc.  Sub-sub  paras  may  be  numbered  as  1.1.1,  1.1.2,  1.1.3,  2.1.1,  2.1.2, 
2.1.3 etc.
3. Page Specifications
3.1. Left Margin  : 1.25 inch 
3.2. Right Margin : 1.25 inch 
3.3. Top Margin  : 1 inch 
3.4. Bottom Margin  : 1 inch 
4. Page Numbers
4.1. All  text  pages  starting  from  Body  of  the  Project  as  well  as  program  source  code 
listings should be numbered at the ​bottom center ​of the pages. 
5. Body Text Details
5.1. Font Size:​ 12 inch, Times New Roman, 1.5 Line Spacing, Single Side
5.2. Paragraphs Heading Font Size: ​12 inch, Times New Roman, Bold
5.3. Page/Title Font Size: 14 inch, Times New Roman 
6. Page Limit of Project Dissertation

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6.1. Project Report should not cross the page limit of 100 pages. Minimum page limit
for Project Report is 60 Pages.
7. Table and Figure Number 
7.1. Table and figure numbers are to be written at the bottom of the table/ figure as
given below: 
7.1.1. Table 1: [Name of Table]
7.1.2. Figure 1: [Name of Figure]

8. Binding &Color Code of Project Dissertation

8.1. Hard Bound Dissertation

8.2. Background of the cover page – Black
8.3. Color of Letters – Golden

APPENDIX-B

FORMAT OF SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT DISSERTATION

1. The final dissertation should have the following Heads:  

1.1. Title Page 
1.1.1. This  will  be  Hard  Bound  cover  page  with  black  background  of  the 
summer  training  dissertation.  The  format  of  the  title  page  is  ​attached  as 
Annexure-I. 
1.2. Certificate of Originality 
1.2.1. In  this  section,  student  will  do  a  self-certification  of  the  originality  of  the 
work  presented  in  Summer  Training  Dissertation.  The  format  of  the 
declaration is attached as ​Annexure-II. 
1.3. Certificate  
1.3.1. Each  student  needs  to  get  a  certificate  on  the  letter  head  of  the 
organization  that  he/she  has  undergone  the  summer  training  by  their 
Supervisor  certifying  that  he/she  has  completed  the  summer  training  of 

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6-8  weeks  duration  satisfactorily.  The  format  of  the  certificate  is ​attached 
as ​Annexure-III​. 
1.4. Acknowledgement  
1.4.1. In the “Acknowledgements” page, the student recognizes his indebtedness
for guidance and assistance to the Industry Supervisor and Faculty adviser
alongwith other members of the faculty. Courtesy demands that he/she also
recognizes specific contributions by other persons or institutions such as
library/institution/ research foundations and any other source. 
1.5. Executive Summary 
1.5.1. An  Executive  Summary  is  a  brief  or  condensed  summary  of  the  work 
assigned  and  performed  by  the  student  during  the  period  of  his/her 
association  with  the  organization.  It  should  be  about  2-3  pages  in 
lengthcomprising  of  the  problem  definition,  objectives,  work  assigned, 
methodology  adopted  for  the  performance  of  work  assigned,  findings, 
limitations, directions for future scope, if any. 
1.6. Contents 
1.6.1. The format of ​Contents is attached as ​Annexure-IV​.   
 
1.7. List of Tables/Figures 
1.7.1. The format of ​list  of  Tables/Figures/Symbols  is  attached  as 
Annexure-IV​. 

1.8. Main Body of the Dissertation  

1.8.1. Introduction (Chapter 1) 
1.8.1.1. About the Company 
In this part the student has to give a brief introduction of the organization which may
include the nature, business, operational and financial parameters of
performance, SWOT, product line, competitors, policies and

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procedures or any other information relevant and related to the

project etc.
About the Project 
This part should contain information about the topic of project (If assigned any to the
student by Supervisor from the organisation. All the terminologies,
concepts which might be used in project introduction
comprehensively. If introduction has concepts from earlier
works/research, they should be properly cited (For referencing style,
refer to point 1.8.7 of this section). 
 
1.8.2. Literature Review (Chapter 2) 
1.8.2.1. This part will contain the earlier work/research/publication carried
out by researchers/institutions/organisations relating to the topic of
project. Earlier works/research should be properly cited in Literature
Review(For referencing style, refer to point 1.8.7 of this section).In
other words, student has to carry out a methodical examination of
available study material (books, journals, periodicals, official
gazettes, etc) on the topic the study. Provide the existing information
on the work already done by way of fundamental nature of the study
and the author’s name and references of publications. 
 
1.8.2.2. Objective 
1.8.2.2.1. Itshould be pragmatic and consistent with the title of
the study or work carried out by you during your
Summer Training project and achievable during the
course of summer training within the prescribed
schedule. Students are advised to develop the
objectives in consultation with their respective
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the department. The objectives must start with action

oriented verbs. A sample of objectives is given
below as example:

- To study the growth of sales of RO Water Purifiers.

1.8.3. Methodology (Chapter 3) 

1.8.3.1. In case a student uses ​primary data​, a questionnaire must be
prepared and it has to be made part of the summer training project
report. The questionnaire should be consistent with the objectives
and the scope of the study being carried out as part of summer
training project and duly vetted by the respective supervisor. The
questionnaire should be designed in a simple language so that the
targeted population must understand and able to respond effectively.
Sampling technique and the sample size should be selected
according to the problem under study. The justification for selecting
particular sampling technique must be given. In case of ​secondary
data​, it should be collected according to objectives and scope of the
study. Proper references of sources of data must be compiled and
mentioned against each data used in the study in the following
manner (with reference to above example): 

“The sales data of Forbes & Kent brands of RO Water Purifier is collected from their
Annual Financial Statements for the period 2002-2006.”
 
Students also have to explain the concepts, tools and techniques
used for data analysis. The rational and justification for using a
particular tool and technique should be explained. For example if a
student uses Standard Deviation as a statistical tool, he should

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explain the concept of Standard Deviation and its relevance to the

study along with its formula.
A brief theoretical description of concepts, tools and techniques
used in project along with ​definition of key words and formulae etc.
should be included
1.8.3.2. Rational 
Why this project in summer training is being carried out. This section will highlight the
problem to which the project is addressing 
1.8.4. Analysis and Interpretation (Chapter 4) 
1.8.4.1. Raw data (primary or secondary) collected must be reduced to
standard formats such as tables, charts, graphs, diagrams etc and is
to be presented in this chapter. The tool for data presentation should
be suitably selected so that interpretation and inferences could be
drawn easily and become self explanatory. Proper titles, legends,
scales, source (s) etc must be mentioned along with each diagram. 
 
Students are required to apply established theoretical concepts, tools and techniques to the
data and draw inferences. Students are required to discuss rational
and logic for drawing inferences. For each inference, proper
linkages are to be established either with the data analysed or with
the calculation(s) to be included in this Chapter. Wherever,
calculations are to be carried out, it must be provided before
drawing any inference. The inferences are to be presented in
narrative form from each data set along with any limitation (s) due
to data insufficiency, if any. 
1.8.5. Conclusion 
1.8.5.1. This should contains the following heads: 
1.8.5.2. Results of the Summer Training Project 

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These are to be presented and supported by facts & figures in narrative form and be culled
out from the analysis. The sequence of the results must be consistent
with the objectives of the study. Also, mention the achievement of
objectives or otherwise.
 
1.8.5.3. Limitation 
The limitations could be mentioned in terms of data insufficiency, time & expertise
constraints etc.
 
1.8.6. Scope of Further Work 
1.8.6.1. Any scope for extension of the study to new geographical areas,
segments, time with larger data, is to be mentioned under this
heading 
 
1.8.7. References/ Bibliography 
References should be given in the format given below:
For Journal
● Kumar, R., & Singh, R. (2013). Title of Paper. ​Name of
Journal​, ​Volume No.​(Issue Number), 12-34.
● Kumar, R. (2013). Attitude of Customer towards Apple
Phones. ​Journal of Brand Management,​ ​23(​ 3). 30-46.
● Kumar, R., & Singh, R. (2013). Attitude of Customer
towards Apple Phones. ​Journal of Brand Management,​
23​(3), 30-46.
For Book:
● Kumar, R., & Singh, R. (2013). ​Name of Book.​ Place:
Publisher Name.
● Kumar, R. (2013). ​Business Statistics (3 ed.). New Delhi:
Sage Publications.

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● Kumar, R., & Singh, R. (2013). ​Business Statistics (​ 3 ed.).

New Delhi: Sage Publications.
For Report:
● Kumar, R. & Singh, R. (2013). ​Name of Report.​ Place:
Publisher Name.
● Kumar, R. (2013). ​Problems in Indian Automobile Sector​.
New Delhi: Indian Research Institute.
● Kumar, R., & Singh, R. (2013). ​Problems in Indian
Automobile Sector​. New Delhi: Indian Research Institute.
For Conference Proceedings:
● Kumar, R., & Singh, R. (2013). Title of Paper. ​Conference
Proceedings Name​ (Page Range). Place: Publisher Name.
● Kumar, R. (2013). Green Marketing: A Problem or Solution.
Current Issues in Marketing (20–30). New Delhi: Sage
Publication.
● Kumar, R., & Singh, R. (2013). Green Marketing: A
Problem or Solution. ​Current Issues in Marketing (22-34).
New Delhi: Sage Publication.
For Website:
● Kumar, R., & Singh, R. (2013). ​Webpage Name​. Retrieved
Month & Year Name, from link of website
● Kumar, R. (2013). ​Yahoo India.​ Retrieved November 2013,
from http://www.yahoo.com/news.html
● Kumar, R., & Singh, R. (2013). ​Yahoo India​. Retrieved
November 2013, from ​http://www.yahoo.com/news.html 
 
1.8.8. Appendices 
1.8.8.1. The appendices are to be attached at the end of the report and to be
numbered as ​Appendix-A​, ​Appendix-B etc. right justified at the

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top of the page. Below the word Appendix, write in parenthesis

“Refer Para No__”. The para number is to be the number in the
body of text where the reference of appendix is given. An appendix
may have annexure(s). If there are annexure, there are to be
attached immediately after the said appendix. The annexure are to
be numbered as ​Annexure-I​, ​Annexure-II​ etc. 

Rules of Summer Training Project (STP) for MBA Students

As a part of your MBA program, students are required to undergo summer training
in asector. The significance of the summer training can be appreciated from the
factthat it is an opportunity for the students to put into practice the knowledge
gained during theentire first year. (Frequently companies, during campus interview,
ask questions regardingtheir summer internship). In this regard please take note of
the following:
1. The summer training project demands that the student is proficient in report
writing,data analysis apart from functional skills.
2. It is an absolute must that the student is disciplined and well behaved during the
entireperiod of the summer training. The University will take action in case of any
misconduct reported by the industry supervisor.
3. The student must keep the department informed about his/her progress on
fortnightlybasis(​APPENDIX D​) by sending an email to Internal Supervisor and
always mark a copy of every mail to IndustryMentor on his/her email address or
the vice-versa​.If the Student fail to send the Fortnight report then in that case
the final STP dissertation will not be considered for final evaluation.
4. The student must maintain an individual daily dairy wherein he/she is required
towrite daily observations related to ST in his/her hand writing. The pages of the
diary must be numbered.

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5. The student is required to furnish the following information within ten days of
the joining: Name of the industry mentor with email address and cell phone
number, dateof commencement and completion of the training, title of the project,
and name of thecompany with complete postal address, landline# and website.
6. In most of the cases the topic for the STP is given by the industry mentor but
insome cases he/she may ask for the topic from the student, in that case you should
bementally prepared and ready with some topics after consulting your Internal
7. If in case the project allocated by the company is the team project, you may work
onthat project and submit the report with the company but for the academic
requirementyou shall be submitting the individual summer training project report.
8. No two project reports with the same title will be accepted by the department.
9. Student must ensure, as far as possible, the use of primary data and shouldform the
hypothesis and then test the same.
10. The project title shall not be changed during the summer internship without
informing the' Industry mentor, Internal supervisor and the placement
coordinator.
11. The student must ensure that their Industry Mentor is fully satisfied by the quality
ofhis/her efforts.
12. The student must procure the brochure, annual report, visiting card (of
industrymentor, office bearers in HR) etc. of the corporate to enable the university
to pursuefinal placement in the very same organization in which the student is
undergoingsummer training.
13. At the end of the training, the students must obtain a "certificate of training" on the
Letter Head of the Company​from hisIndustry Mentor which should clearly state
the duration of the training (in any casethe duration must not be more than 8
weeks), the project title, the feedback of theguide etc. This certificate of training
will be enclosed in the Final Project Report.
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15. If the summer training report is not submitted in the prescribed format
provided by the department, then the report will not be accepted by the
department.
 
 
 
APPENDIX-C

WORKPLACE CONFIDENTIALITY FORM

Dated:

I hereby promise that any information collected by me or made available to me during the
Summer Training at _______________________________________________________
will remain confidential. I will not disclose any confidential information as long as it is
brought to my attention that it is confidential.

I will also obey all safety, security and other instructions given by Organisation .

Name of Student

Signature of Student

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APPENDIX-D

STUDENTS FORTNIGHTLY REPORT

1. Name of Student:  
2. Roll No: 
3. Reporting Period: From ____________________ to 
__________________________. 
4. General Work Plan for the First Fortnight (15 days): 
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________ 
5. Whether the plan of previous fortnight is completed or not? If not, then mention 
the reason or any issues faced. 
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________ 
6. Mention the plan for the next fortnight. 
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7. Learning Outcomes at workplace during theprevious 
fortnight.______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
________ 
 
Signature of Student  

APPENDIX-E

INDUSTRY SUPERVISOR FEEDBACK FORM

1. Period of Training

Sr. Poo Averag Excellen

No. Evaluation Criteria r Bad e Good t
General understanding about the working
1 of the organisation:
Awareness about the global and national
2 business environment:
Conceptual clarity and ability to apply
3 management concepts:
Level of efficiency in work performance
4 and capacity to achieve targets:
Inter-personal effectiveness and ability to
5 work in teams:
6 Punctuality and regularity:
7 Etiquettes and general conduct:
8 Adaptability to organizational culture:
Communication skills:
9

2. Any otherRemarks:
______________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Name of Supervisor:
Designation:
Signature of Supervisor

Summer Training Project

Course Code: ​SLM MGT 01 301 C 0202

___________________(Title of Project)_______________________

Undertaken at
___________________________________________
 
 
 
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor the award of 
Degree of 
Master of Business Administration (MBA) 
to

Department of Management Studies

Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali-123029 Mahendergarh
Session:

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Supervised by:  Submitted by: 

(IndustrySupervisor Name) (Student Name) 
Designation:  Roll No.:
 

Annexure-II

Certificate of Originality
(To be filled in by the student in his / her handwriting)

I______________ Roll Number __________________of Session__________, a fulltime

bonafide student of first year of Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme of
Central University of Haryana. I hereby certify that this project work carried out by me
at_________________________________________. The report submitted in partial
fulfillment of the requirements of the programme is an original work of mine underthe
guidance of the industry mentor ____________________________________________and
and is not based or reproduced from any existing work of any other person or on any
earlier work undertaken at any other time or for any other purpose, and has not been
submitted anywhere else at any time

(Student's Signature)
Date:

(Industry Mentor's Signature)

Date:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Annexure-III 
 
 
Certificate 
 
 
Certified that the Project Work ​entitled ________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

undertaken by Mr./Ms._______________________________, Roll No. ______________

________________, has been completed under my mysupervision from ____________to

________________. He/she hascomplied with the guidelines for submission of the same.
It is fit for evaluation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signature of the Supervisor from organization:
 
 
 
Name of the Industry Supevisor: 
 
 
 
Designation: 
 
 
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Date : 
 
 
 

INDUSTRY MENTOR FEEDBACK

(Forwarded to HoD , Department of Management Studies, Central University of

Haryana , in an sealed envelop or mail it at ​hodmanagement@cuh.ac.in​)

1) Duration of Training:

2) Company Name:

3) Company Address:

4) Company Phone No.:

'6) Company Fax No.:

7) Company Website:

8) Company Email address:

9) Industry Mentor's Name:

10) Industry Mentor's Designation:

11) Industry Mentor's Contact No.:

12) Industry Mentor's Email address:

13) Full Name of the Student:

14) Title of the Project:

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15) Was the Project identified by the student or by the Industry Mentor?

16) Is the Mentor interested in coming to CUH at the time of Summer training
presentationsby the MBA students :

17) Is the Mentor interested in delivering Guest Lectures at CUH:

18) If YES then his core specialization area or his favorite topic for guest lecture:

19) Is the Mentor interested in taking students for Summer Training (next year) from
CUH:

20) Is the Mentor interested in taking students for Final Placement from CUH:

21) Is the mentor interested in giving suggestion for enriching the course curriculum &to
increase the Institute/Industry Interface:

22) Would the company be interested in any area where the Faculty can carry out any
study or MDP or research work:

22) Feedback about the CUH Student:

(Singature of the Mentor)

Name:
Date:

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Annexure-IV

FORMAT FOR​ CONTENTS & LIST OF TABLES/FIGURES/ SYMBOLS 

CONTENTS

S No Topic Page No
1 Certificate  -
2 Certificate of Originality -
3 Acknowledgement -
4 List of Tables  -
5 List of Figures/Charts -
6 Main Body of Dissertation( Chapters)
7 Conclusions
8 References/ Bibliography
9 Appendices

LIST OF TABLES

Table No Title Page No

1
2

LIST OF FIGURES/CHARTS

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Figure Title Page No

No
1
2

LIST OF SYMBOLS
S No Symbol Nomenclature & Meaning
1
2

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
S No Abbreviated Name Full name
1

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