DNYANSAGAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH

MBA SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT GUIDELINES

Summer Internship is an integral part of the curriculum and forms a vital aspect of overall
development of the management students. It allows the students to experience and learn the
corporate culture, at the same time, the corporate world gets fair idea about the talent of the
emerging generation of future managers. Towards the end of the first year of MBA full time
program of Savitribai Phule Pune University, which is at the end of Second Semester, each
student shall undertake a Summer Internship Project (SIP) for a minimum of 8 weeks.

SIP carries 6 credits. 1 credit is equivalent to minimum 40-45 hours of effective work

It is mandatory for the student to seek advance written approval from the faculty guide and the
Director of the Institute about the Topic, organization and Scope before commencing the SIP.

The SIP may or may not have a Functional Focus, i.e. the student may take up a SIP in his/her
intended area of specialization or in any other functional area of management. It can be undertaken
in cross-functional areas.

Ideally the SIP should exhibit a cross-functional orientation. SIP can be carried out in a Corporate
Entity / NGO / SME / Government Undertaking / Cooperative Sector. SIP may be a research
project – based on primary / secondary data or may be an operational assignment involving
working by the student on a given task/assignment/project/ etc. in an organization / industry. It is
expected that the SIP shall sensitize the students to the demands of the workplace.

Each student shall maintain a SIP Progress Diary detailing the work carried out and the progress
achieved on a daily basis.

The student shall submit a written structured SIP report based on work done during this period.
The student shall submit the SIP Progress Diary along with the SIP Report. Students shall also
seek a formal evaluation of their SIP from the company guide. The formal evaluation by the

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company guide shall comment on the nature and quantum of work undertaken by the student, the
effectiveness and overall professionalism. The learning outcomes of the SIP and utility of the SIP
to the host organization must be specifically highlighted in the formal evaluation by the company
guide. The SIP evaluation sheet duly signed and stamped by the industry guide shall be included
in the final SIP report. The SIP report must reflect 8 weeks of work and justify the same.

This monograph has been designed in August 2023; with reference to the MBA syllabus (Revised
2019 pattern) of Savitribai Phule Pune University.

The SIP report should be well documented and supported by –

1. Institute’s Certificate
2. Certificate by the Company
3. Formal feedback from the company guide
4. Executive Summary
5. Organization profile
6. Outline of the problem/task undertaken
7. Research methodology & data analysis (in case of research projects only) SPPU - MBA
Revised Curriculum 2019 CBCGS & OBE Pattern Page 11 of 273
8. Relevant activity charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, AV material, etc.
9. Learning of the student through the project
10. Contribution to the host organization
11. References in appropriate referencing styles. (APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago Style etc.)
12. Annexures ( if any) [This can be questionnaire skeleton/ company reports referred / any
images/any other relevant information aligning with the scope of the project]

The completion of the SIP shall be certified by the respective Faculty Guide & approved by the
Director of the Institute. The external organization (Corporate / NGO/ SME/ Government Entity/
Cooperative/ etc.) shall also certify the SIP work. The students shall submit a spiral bound copy
of the SIP report by the date notified by the institute as per the instructions of SPPU.

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The Institute shall conduct an internal viva-voce for evaluation of the SIP for 50 marks well in
advance to the final viva voce. The Panel for internal viva shall comprise of two evaluators
appointed by the Director of the Institute / Head of Department. The internal viva-voce panel shall
provide a detailed assessment of the SIP report and suggest changes required, if any. After the
internal viva-voce, the student shall finalizethe SIP report by incorporating all the suggestions and
recommendations of the internal viva-vocepanel. The internal guide shall then issue the Institute’s
Certificate to the student. The student shallsubmit TWO hard copies & one soft copy (CD) of the
project report before end of Sem. III. One hard copy of the SIP report is to be returned to the student
by the Institute after the External Viva- Voce. In the interest of environmental considerations,
students are encouraged to print their projectreports on both faces of the paper. There shall be an
externalviva-voce for the SIP for 50 marks. The Internal & the External viva-voce shall evaluate
the SIP based on:

1. Adequacy of work undertaken by the student

2. Application of concepts learned in Sem. I and II

3. Understanding of the organization and business environment

4. Analytical capabilities

5. Technical Writing & Documentation Skills

6. Outcome of the project – sense of purpose

7. Utility of the project to the organization

8. Variety and relevance of learning experience

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PURPOSE OF SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT

 To get corporate exposure on real life organizational problems and to provide an
opportunityto work on them intensively.
 To understand real business world issues/decision making.
 To enable the students to understand the organization structure and processes in the
practical setting.
 To provide an opportunity to the students to analyze real life problems and apply the
concepts and theory learnt in the class room.
 Final Placement opportunity

ROLE OF SPONSORING ORGANISATIONS

The learning and the contribution of the students to the project depends on continuous supervision
and interaction with the executives of the organization. The organizations are requested to allot
project guides for each student.

The organizations are required to send the evaluation of the project work done by the students to
the institute after the completion of the project work. This is an extremely important exercise and
organizations are requested to give adequate weightage to this exercise.

ROLE OF FACULTY MEMBERS (INTERNAL GUIDES)

Every summer trainee is assigned an internal project guide (Faculty Member) from the institute.
The faculty member not just guides but will also visit the organization in an around Pune, when
the students are on their project work. Their sole purpose is to help the students to successfully
carry out the project work and to strengthen the professional ties between the Institute and the
Industry and also to convert the projects of the students into final placements. It will be the sole
responsibility of the internal guide to maintain the documents of joining reports, feedback from
industry and any communication with the industry and will submit the same to the in-charge of
Summer Internship Project (SIP) or the team appointed by the director.

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NATURE OF ASSIGNMENTS

The projects assigned to the students could be regarding any area of management and in line with
the requirements of the organizations.

a. A problem or problems which the organization has decided to have a fresh look.
b. A study of strategic plans of the organization with requisite analysis and interpretations.
c. Specific functional problems which require research effort (for example, assessment of
demand potential for a new product).
To achieve the objectives of Project Placement, the sponsoring organizations are requested to
provide opportunities to the students to get greater exposure to the entire working of organizations.
Projects which involve interdisciplinary approaches may be designed to help accomplish the task.

FLOW CHART OF SIP

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PRIZE FOR BEST PROJECT REPORT:

The Marks for the summer project report are 100, in the ratio of 50:50 for the external (University)
and internal (institute) respectively. A viva will be conducted for external evaluation by the panel
appointed by SPPU, Pune for 50 marks and a presentation & viva will be conducted of all the
students for internal evaluation for 50 marks by the in-house faculty member and industry experts.

The best 3 project reports will get a prize of Rs. 3000/-, 1500/-, & 750/- in the fourth semester and
assistance to publish it as research paper in the approved journals. The best project report will be
identified on the followings.

 Topic (Uniqueness, Innovativeness, Contemporary, etc.)

 Data Analysis
 Total Marks in Internal presentation and External Viva.
 Feedback from the Internal Guide & Organization(Industry)

FORMAT OF PERMISSION LETTER- The format of permission letter is enclosed.

(Annexure-I)

FORMAT OF THE PROJECT REPORT- The format of the project report is enclosed.
(Annexure-II)

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Considering This Monograph SIP Schedule For The Batch MBA 2022-24:

Description Dates
Summer Internship Project Immediately after the end of 1st Semester
until end of 2nd Semester.
1st Session on SIP On the day of last paper of 2nd semester exam
27th July 2023
Internal Guide Allotment 16th August 2023
Commencement of SIP(Project Work) to Begin 1st August 2023
(First Week of August)
Joining report to be received by SIP In-charge (at On or before
least Soft Copy) 16th August 2023
Weekly reports (8 weeks) Every Monday morning
Data Analysis /Interpretation 15th October 2023
1st Draft of Project 1st November 2023
Final Draft of Project 15th November 2023
Final Submission 30th November 2023
SPPU Submission (Dead Line) As per SPPU Notification

Date: 16/08/2023 Dr.Sajid Alvi

Director

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Annexure-I

[Letter Head of DIMR]

To,

Subject: Request for permission to do Summer Training.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Yours faithfully,

[Name]
Director

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Annexure-II

PROJECT REPORT FORMAT

All the student should follow the following standards for preparation of
project report.
Total Copies of project report 2 (two)
Binding Black color hard bound
Embossing Golden color
Page size A4
Page colour White
Left margin At least 1.4”
Other margins As suitable
Headings ( Font) Times New Roman
Headings ( font size) 14 (bold) UPPER CASE
Sub-headings (font) Times New Roman
Sub-Headings ( font size) 12(Bold) UPPER CASE
Text ( Body) (Font) (Size) Times New Roman 12
Header Not required
Footer Page numbers bottom of the page (central
aligned)
Page Alignment Justify
Page Borders Box, (width -1½ pt)
Company Logo If wanted to show should only be in company
profile section
Institute Logo Institute logo should not be used anywhere in
the report

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1. FRONT PAGE (Cover Page)

(Golden embossing on black background hard-bound copy)
For this page you can use any professional font & of any relative size to make it more
attractive. This page should include the following:
1. Project Title
2. Name of the Company
3. Submitted to
4. Submitted by
5. Batch

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6. College Name & Address

SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT REPORT

ON

“A STUDY OF AGRICULTURE EXPORT FINANCE”

AT
<<COMPANY NAME, LOCATION>>

SUBMITTED BY
MR.SANJAY PATIL

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

<<GUIDE NAME>>

SUBMITTED TO
SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF 2 YEARS FULL TIME COURSE

MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
[SPECIALISATION]

(2022-24)

DNYANSAGAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND

RESEARCH
BALEWADI, PUNE- 4110451.

For e.g;

INSIDE 1ST PAGE – Copy of Front Page

This page will be nothing but a complete copy of front page as it is. Only instead of
golden colour you have to use any other colour or combination of different colours.

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2. INSIDE 2nd PAGE - CERTIFICATE FROM COMPANY

This certificate must be printed on company’s original letter head

It should include the following:
a. Name of the student
b. Project Title
c. Duration of project ( Minimum 50 working days)
d. Location ( if possible)
e. Authority sign & company seal

COMPANY’S
NAME, ADDRESS, PH. NOS., LOGO

Ref.No. Date:

TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN

< <Company Authority name & Signature/Stamp>>

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3. CERTIFICATE FROM INSTITUTION-

This certificate will be issued by the Institute.

4. DECLARATION:
I, the undersigned, hereby declare that, the Summer Internship Project Report entitled
<“Title of the Project”> is written and submitted by me to Savitribai Phule Pune
University, Pune. This is in partial fulfillment of the requirement, for the award of degree
of Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) under the guidance of <Name of the
Guide>.
This is my original work and the conclusions drawn therein are based on the material
collected by myself.

Place:
Date: Student name & Signature

5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -
This page will include note of thanks to
a) Company
b) Company guide
c) Director
d) Institute Guide
e) Other staff & friends ( if required)

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6. TABLE OF CONTENT (Chapters are mentioned below)

e.g.
Chapter No. Topic Page No.

Executive Summary 1
1. Introduction to the Project 2

1.1

1.2

2.
Theoretical Background
2.1

2.2

2.3

3. Organization Profile

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7. INDEX OF TABLES / CHART/ FIGURES

Sr.No. Table/chart Page no.
1 Total targeted market 12
2 Customers satisfaction level 21
3 Table of monthly income of family 24
4 Table of choice of colour of vehicle 29
Up to this don’t put page numbers

8. Executive Summary – This is one page summary of the entire project work done and
this page is without any Chapter number. It is a page before your 1st chapter begins,
yet in actual it is written at the end of your project completion. Here you are supposed
to write a summary of Project: area/Domain of the study in short, main focus topic
considered, title description in short which reflects the scope & objective of the study,
research design & analytical tools whichever used by the student for the study
undertaken, outcome or result of the entire SIP followed by your own experience in
the SIP work done in the 2 months.

9. Chapter – 1- INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT – (Maximum 5 pages)

This include
a. Introduction of the Project & Project Title
b. Different objectives behind conducting this project
i. Primary objectives
ii. Secondary objectives
c. Why you have chosen this company &
d. Utility of the Proposed this project
e. Scope in terms of area of research work and Location
f. Duration of the project
g. Research Design Overview (how did you carry out this project)
h. Result ( output) in short conclusion
i. Limitations of the Project-
No project is ideal. In reality the researcher always come across different problems which

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act as limitations of the project such as:

a. Biased reply of the respondent
b. Non availability of data or other relevant information
c. Respondent was busy
d. Transportation problem ( rainy season)
e. Time constraint ( 2 months)
f. Budget constraints etc.

10. Chapter 02 THEREOTICAL BACKGROUND – (Maximum 10 pages)

a. Project information
b. If the study is research based a Review of Literature is a must.(atleast 5 reviews of
publication items).
c. Implementation of various concepts and their association with the project
undertaken and the respective topic considered in the scope of the study.
For above point (c) Consider following example
For any Marketing specialization Project - Application of different relative marketing concepts &
link their correlation with your project like: Market segmentation, Target marketing, PLC,
marketing strategies New product development, marketing planning, designing channel of
Distribution, AIDAS Model, Media planning, classification of markets, services marketing,
different modes of foreign entry, sales promotion schemes, supply chain management, customer
relationship management, ERP, business ethics, Business policy formation, consumer behaviour,
Law of demand & supply etc.

11. Chapter 03 - COMPANY PROFILE – (Maximum 10 pages)

i. complete name of the company

ii. Mission statement, vision, slogan, Logo ( if any)
iii. Organisation chart
iv. Location Product range & variety
v. List of competitors
vi. Branches & offices

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vii. historical developments of the company

viii. Achievements of the company ( if any)
ix. Building photographs & product photographs ( if any)
x. SWOT analysis /PESTEL analysis ( only if it not the part of data analysis)

12. Chapter – 04 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - (Maximum 10 pages)

i. What is research? Research Design?

ii. Type of research your project concern with?
iii. Scope of the project – ( to be determine in terms of)
i. Area of operations (..like recovery dept)
ii. Location, area covered, sample size, product range etc.
iv. What is mean by Primary data & secondary data? Which are their sources in concern
with your project?
v. Different sources & methods of data collection
i. Questionnaire
ii. Interview technique
iii. Observation
iv. Direct mail, etc
vi. Sampling Design.(Universe/Population, Sampling frame if available , Sampling Units,
Respondents, Sampling techniques used and sample size)
vii. Selection of proper data analysis methods, techniques or tools used.
viii. Make necessary assumptions as applicable

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12. Chapter – 05 - DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION- (Maximum 25 pages)

This is the major & most important part of the project. It should contain the
analysis of all those questions asked to the customer through the questionnaire.

FORMAT
a) Heading – Problems areas for customers
b) Tabulation of information
c) Give appropriate Table number aligning with the Chapter number.
Particulars Roaming Services Customer Billing Others Coverage
care
No. of 44 24 92 104 40 96
customers
% of targeted 11% 6% 23% 26% 10% 24%
customers

c) Diagrammatic Representation:
---Give appropriate Graph label and number

Roaming
Services

Customer care

Billing
Others
Coverage

d) Interpretation:
Out of 400 targeted customers, 6% haven’t faced any problem in any of areas,
but 4 % of them faced problems in all above mentioned areas.
Out of total targeted customers-
24% respondent found problem in coverage

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26% of the total respondent found problem in billing

23% of the total respondent found problem in customer assistance
11% of the total respondent find problem in roaming
6% of the total respondent found problem in services provided
Note- There should be only one question’s analysis on one page. Likewise do analysis for all the
questions asked in the questionnaire.
Data Analysis (For Finance)-
Do the data analysis as shown above. Only you have to choose appropriate methods for analysis
like Ratio analysis, Cash flow, Comparative analysis, Operating Cycle study.

13. Chapter – 06 FINDINGS & SUGGESTIONS

Findings are the outcomes from the analysis of each data which should include the
interpretation & inferences derived.
Different suggestions to the company which will act as solution to the problems he/she
has identified with product or services or methods applied need to be mentioned.

14. Chapter 07 LEARNING OF THE STUDENT THROUGH THIS PROJECT.

The student have to share their experiences in terms of knowledge gained and skill sets used
And newly acquired (if any) during the tenure of these 2 months of SIP.

15. Chapter 08 CONTRIBUTION TO THE HOST ORGANIZATION

After completion of the SIP, the organization for which this project was done or the
organization where the project was implemented has to receive some benefit(s). In what terms
the SIP has made impact or contributed to the host organization has to be narrated.

16. Chapter – 09 - CONCLUSION – (Maximum 1 page)

While concluding student should take care that his conclusion is matching with the title
of the project & objectives set in chapter 9.

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17. Chapter -10 REFERENCES (Note: this will be last chapter of your project)
References, books & magazine used, web sites, newspapers etc.
References in appropriate referencing styles. (APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago Style etc.)

16. APPENDICE (if multiple documents)/ APPENDIX (if single document)

(Note: No chapter number to be given)
i. Annexures
It includes questionnaire, pamphlets, catalogue, photographs, price list, AV
material etc.
ii. Feedback from the Company guide.
iii. Abbreviations
Don’t use any abbreviations. But if you have used any technical & standard
abbreviations then please mention their full form here.

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