MITSDE Project Report

Guidelines

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MITSDE PROJECT GUIDELINES

Select Project Topic

Decide Type of Project

Live Project Secondary Research

Study the existing process

Finalize main objectives of
the project

Finalize main objectives of the

project Search and collect related
articles, blogs, books etc.

Identify flaws in the process

Scope of the project

Literature Review

Suggestions and Recommendations

Conclusion

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HOW TO START WITH A PROJECT REPORT?
Ways to work on PROJECT AT MITSDE:
1. Identify the research domain / area and start working on your project report
2. For LIVE Project: Study the existing process you are currently working on,
describe the process, identify the flaws and give suggestions or
recommendations based on conceptual knowledge you have obtained at
MITSDE.
3. For Secondary Research Project: A project on a topic of your choice by
conducting - Literature review by including studies from the plethora of Articles,
blogs, research papers. Your conclusion will be based on overall observations,
studies etc.
4. Critical analysis, comparative analysis or maybe identifying the research gap
for further study can also be tentative objectives for conduction of your research
project.

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KEY INFORMARTION ABOUT THE PROJECT WORK

LEVEL OF THE PROGRAM NO. OF CREDITS

Post Graduate Certificate in Business 6

Analytics / Digital Business

6
Post Graduate Diploma in Management

Post Graduate Diploma in Management - 6

Executive

Semester 3: 6

Post Graduate Diploma in Business

Administration
Semester 4: 8

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 A
PROJECT REPORT
ON

“TOPIC OF PROJECT”
UNDERTAKEN AT

“COMPANY NAME, PLACE”

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN

MIT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, PUNE.

GUIDED BY

SUBMITTED BY

Student Registration No. :

MIT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

PUNE - 411 038

YEAR 20 - 20

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 NAME OF INDUSTRY/ORGANIZATION
(Address, PIN no. and contact Details)
CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr./Ms. has completed

the project report with us for his/her project report work on “TOPIC” in fulfillment for

the completion of his/her Course with MITSDE on “COURSE NAME” as prescribed

By MIT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, PUNE.

This project is a record of authentic work carried out by him/her with guidance by our

relevant department from Date – DD/MM/YY.

Name and Signature of Guide

In Organization/Company. (With seal)

(Note: - This format should be properly filled and printed only

on authorized Letter Head of company/Organization.)

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 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this project report entitled “NAME OF THE

PROJECT” is a bonafide record of the project work carried out by me
during the academic year 20_-20_, in fulfilment of the requirements for the
award of POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN (PGD ) of MIT
School of Distance Education.

This work has not been undertaken or submitted elsewhere in

connection with any other academic course.

(Students’ Name and Signature)

Student ID:

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks and

gratitude to (Reporting persons’ name) of (Organizations’ name and
place) for giving me an opportunity to do my project work in your
esteemed organization and it has indeed been a great learning and
enjoyable experience.

I would like to express my deep sense of gratitude and profound thanks

to all staff members of (Organizations’ Name and place) for their kind
support and cooperation which helped me in gaining lots of knowledge
and experience to do my project work successfully.

At last but not least, I am thankful to my Family and Friends for their
moral support, endurance and encouragement during the course of
the project.

(Students’ Name and Signature)

Student ID :

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 ABSTRACT

Write an abstract of your project which gives a brief idea about the
purpose of this project, and importance of the project. (Minimum
250 words)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Title Page No.
No.
1 Introduction
2 Organizational Profile
3 Project Objectives and Scope
4 Data Analysis and Interpretation
5 Conclusion / Findings
6 Suggestions / Recommendations
7 Annexure
8 References / Bibliography

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 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

Give a detail Introduction about company or organization in which you

have completed your project work.

CHAPTER 2
ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE
• About the organization
• Timeline
• Management Team
• Product/Service Profile

CHAPTER 3
OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF PROJECT
• State the objectives and rationale for technical assistance.

• Describe the major project related tasks such as research, experiments,

field work etc. you performed.

• Lay out the logical framework of the project, state the expected outputs
of the project and idea about measuring the progress.

SCOPE
• Scope from Organization’s point of view:

• Scope from candidate’s Point of view:

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 CHAPTER 4
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
• Present survey statistics to emphasize on your research.

• Draw out a Data Analysis with interpretation for that Analysis.

• You can have graphical representation with flowcharts.

CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSION AND FINDINGS
• Basic information about the project.

• Recipient (Beneficiary) Agency (ies).

• Brief about the project outcomes and achieved outcomes.

LIMITATIONS
Limitations of the project should define the areas the project has not
covered due to any reason. Also, such factors as were out of control or
boundaries of the project may be mentioned.

CHAPTER 6
SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• Way to improve the product or service quality.

• Suggestions about the future growth and present system in the

organization.

• Suggestions about improvement areas of organization

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 CHAPTER 7
ANNEXURUES

Supporting Statistics or reports

CHAPTER 8
REFERENCES / BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Books / websites and other references referred for completing the Project
Report.
The Following are the Example for the Referencing System

1. Writing a Reference for Book

Ex: dev Jerry (2008). Technological innovation and the apocryphal
Hollywood. Philadelphia:Temple university publications. P22-24

2. Writing Reference for a Chapter

Ex: dev jerry (2008). Nuances of Multimedia. In: Dr.Paul Levinson,
jerry dev Technological innovation and the apocryphal Hollywood.
Philadelphia: Temple university publications. P22-24

3. Writing Reference for a Journal

Ex: dev jerry. (2009). Neo educational pedagogy. Education Times. 4, p10

4. Writing Reference for a Web link/Website

Ex: dev jerry. (2009). Neo educational pedagogy. Available:
www.icat.ac.in/elettter/99_43_33.htm. Last accessed 20th Jan 2010

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FURTHER GUIDELINES
1. Evaluation charges - Rs.1500/- (per Project Report) for Indian students and $ 30
for NRIs.

Payment mode: link: https://www.mitsde.com/selectpaymentgetway

Please pay the Project Evaluation fees and share the receipt with your Exam
Department. (exam@mitsde.com)
2. Plagiarism or copied projects will be rejected and students need to re-submit
new original project in such a case.
3. The Project report should be submitted ideally before / with the exams of the
relevant semester i.e. in January (January Exam Cycle) or July (July Exam Cycle).
4. The Project Report will be evaluated within 45 working days.
5. The Project Report softcopy should be typed in A-4 size (29 x 20 cm) in portrait
mode and submitted in PDF format only.
6. The Project Report Guided By name should be from MITSDE Faculty name as
mentioned below.
a. Marketing – Prof. Bonnie Rajesh
b. HR – Prof. Bhagyashree Pande
c. Finance – Prof. Dr. Dipti Kalkotwar
d. Operations – Prof. Swapnali Jadhav OR Prof. Omkar Salvi
e. Project – Dr. Jayant Panigrahi

7. The Certificate must be on the company letterhead duly signed and stamped by
the higher authority of your organization.
8. The Declaration & Acknowledgement should be signed by a student.
9. The scanned copy of the Certificate, Declaration and
Acknowledgement should be included in the Project Report.
10. Following pages are mandatory and should be given in the same
sequence as given below in the Project Report: -
a) Title Page
b) Certificate on company’s letter head.
c) Declaration.
d) Acknowledgement.
e) Abstract of the Project
f) Table of contents

11. The Project Report should be submitted in one single PDF file (Please
don’t send attachments, appendix, certificate separately).

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Submission link for project report in E-Library:
https://elibrary.mitsde.com/

Project Report should be sent at E-library portal. (Please see ref image below)

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 DO’S AND DON’TS
DO’S DON’TS
Font Style: TIMES NEW ROMAN
Font Size: 12 for Content Spelling errors
14 for subheadings Grammatical errors
16 for Headings

1 line Spacing Copied content from the Internet

Source link for Images taken from the
Internet

Tables and Figures should be

numbered.
a. Ex: Table 1.1 represents 1st
table in Chapter 1
b. Table 1.2 is the 2nd table in
Chapter 1.

c. Similarly, Table 2.1 represents

1st Table in Chapter 2

Abbreviations used in the entire report

should be mentioned in a separate
page right after the Index page.

Kindly use UK spellings to avoid

any spelling errors.

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 MARKING SYSTEM
Checklist for Project Work Negative
Sr. No. Marks
Marking Marking
1 Times New Roman Font 2
Font Size 12 for the content, 2
14 Font size or Subheadings and
1.5
16 for Headings.
16 Font size for Headings. 1.5
2 Always follow 1 line Spacing 2
Source link of content or images
3 taken from internet or any other 2
reference book
Tables and Figures should be
4 2
numbered.
Abbreviations used in the Entire
5 report provided in a separate 2
page right after the Index page.
The Report does not have more
6 than TWO Spell errors in a 2
Chapter.
7 Negative Marking for Spell Error -5
8 Plagiarism of Content if copied -10
Relevant topic for the course and
9 50
coverage
Minimum 50 pages
Field work (visit industry sites
and research work)
Data Analysis
10 Objective & Scope of the Project 4
11 Flow of the Content 5
12 Mandatory pages
Information 3
Certificate 5
Declaration 2
Acknowledgement 2
Abstract of the Project Report 3
Table of Content 3
14 Chart or graph 2
15 Conclusion 2
16 Bibliography 2
Total 100

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Note:
For the students who will not get certificate from the company or in case of secondary
project, need to attach exemption certificate.
If the company certificate or exemption certificate (whichever is applicable) not
attached while submitting the project, 5 marks of certificate will be deducted in such a
case.

Please refer to the Exemption certificate format given.

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