PROJECT GUIDELINES

100 Marks Project (divided as: 80 + 20)

 Minimum 20 days/100 hours of internship with an

Organization/ NGO/ Charitable Organization or based on
work experience
OR
 Research Project based on Electives

Note:
 Report submission of minimum 50 pages
 Experience certificate wherever applicable
 Evaluation Methodology

 80 marks external examiner : (a + b)

a) 50 marks for report/ black book
+
b) 30 marks for viva/presentation

 20 marks internal examiner : (c + d)

c) 10 marks for report/ black book
+
d) 10 marks for viva/presentation
 Guidelines for Project
A) Survey:
i) Existing product/ Service
ii) Fictitious product/ service
iii) Idea

1) Introduction:
Why the product or service was selected, objective of study, scope
and limitations

2) Literature Overview
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3) Research Methodology
i) Primary- Sample 100 respondents
ii) Secondary
iii) Hypothesis
iv) Questionnaire
v) Statistical tools & Techniques

4) Classification & Tabulation of Data

5) Analysis & Interpretation of Data

6) Conclusions & Recommendations

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B) Internship/ Work Experience:

1) Organization
i) Why it was selected
ii) Work Culture
iii) What type of organization
iv) Organization Structure
v) Types of product & Service offered by organization

2) Learning Objectives
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3) Work done by the student- Department, product

handled, timing

4) Department visited & his observation about those

department.

5) Learner’s experience and whether he feels those

objectives have been achieved.
 Format of the Report
 Font Type: Times New Roman/Arial

 Font Size: Title “16 pts.”; Sub-title “14 pts.”; text “12 pts.”

 Margins: Margins must be

Left 1.5 inches
Right 1.5 inches
Top 1.5 inches
Bottom 1.5 inches

 Line Spacing: Space between lines should be 1.15

 Format of the Report
 Justify: Text should be properly aligned to both left and right
margins

 Include coloured Pictures and Graphs (wherever applicable)

 Pages: Students should take the printout on A4 size bond papers.

All the pages should have page number (right aligned) as footer.

 Copies: Two hard-bound copies (Black Rexine with Golden

Embossing). One Original and one clean Xerox Copy.
 Structured Format of the Report
Project Report Format:
 Cover Page: Refer Slide No. 12
 1st page of the Report: Refer Slide No. 13
 Declaration: Refer Slide No. 14
 Certificate: Refer Slide No. 15
 Acknowledgement: Refer Slide No. 16

Table of Content
 Details of the content page-number wise

Executive Summary:
 Executive summary should contain synopsis of report in brief.
 Structured Format of the Report

Report: Detailed Structure

 Chapter 1: Introduction
 Chapter 2: Literature Review
 Chapter 3: Research Methodology
 Chapter 4 till Chapter ‘N’: Body of the report in detail, appropriately
divided in required number of chapters.
 Chapter ‘N +1’: Conclusion and Recommendation
 Tools of Data collection (if used) should be specified clearly in the report.
 Annexure (if Any)
 Sample Questionnaire (if used)

Bibliography/References:
 Name of Author, Name of book or journal, details of where published, page
number-numbers referred to, year of publication
 Format of the Report
(Cover page- Black background with golden emboss)

“Topic Name”

PGDORM
Semester II
(2018-2019)

Submitted by
(Name of Student)
(Roll no.)

Institute of Distance and Open Learning

(Address of the Institute)
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(Inside 1st page)
“Topic Name”

PGDORM
Sem II

Submitted
In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements
For the Award of Degree of
PGDORM

By
(Name of Student)
(Roll no.)

Institute of Distance Learning

(Address)
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DECLARATION

I, Ms. ____________ a PGDORM Student of the Institute of Distance and Open Learning, hereby declare that I

have completed the project titled “_________________________” during the academic year 2017-18.

The report work is original and the information included in the report is true to the best of my knowledge. Due

credit is extended on the work of Literature / Secondary survey by endorsing it in the bibliography as per prescribed

format.

_____________________________
(Signature of Student)
Name of the student
Roll number
Institute of Distance Learning
(Address)
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CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr./Ms.__________, Roll no: ______of PGDORM., Semester II (2017-
2018) has successfully completed the project on _________________ under the guidance of
_____________.

(Ms. Anitha Menon) (Dr. Harichandan)

Course Coordinator Director

Examiner
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
To list who all have helped me is difficult because they are so numerous and the depth is so enormous.

I would like to acknowledge the following as being idealistic channels and fresh dimensions in the completion of
this project.

I take this opportunity to thank the University of Mumbai for giving me chance to do this project.

I would like to thank my Director, __________for providing the necessary facilities required for completion of this
project.

I take this opportunity to thank our Course Coordinator_______________, for her moral support and guidance.

I would also like to express my sincere gratitude towards my project guide _____________ whose guidance and
care made the project successful.

I would like to thank my College Library, for having provided various reference books and magazines related to
my project.

Lastly, I would like to thank each and every person who directly or indirectly helped me in the completion of the
project especially my Parents and Peers who supported me throughout my project.
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Format for the

Table of Contents

Sr No Name of the Topic Page No