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Army Institute of Management, Kolkata
Summer Project Guidelines 1. Each student of the MBA will be
required to submit a Project Report based on
work done in an industry of repute.
2. Project work will be carried out under the joint supervision
of two Guides. One of
them will be from the work place and the other from among the
Faculty Members
of the Institute.
3. The subject matter of the Project Work will be finalized by
the student in
consultation with either or both of the respective guides. Every
student should be in continuous touch through e-mail with his/her
guide during the project work.
Mentoring Group No
Internal Guide E-mail
1 Prof R Bhattacharya [email protected]
2 Dr. N Saha [email protected]
3 Prof. P Sengupta [email protected]
4 Prof. P Basu [email protected]
5 Prof. R Mazumder [email protected]
6 Prof. D Chandra [email protected]
7 Prof. S Roychowdhury [email protected]
8 Dr. S Datta Khan [email protected]
9 Prof. S Majumder [email protected]
10 Prof. K Banerjee [email protected]
11 Ms. P Singh Ghosh [email protected]
12 Ms. S Sathpathy [email protected]
13 Dr. M Majumdar
(temporarily) [email protected]
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4. The Project Report should be prepared according to the Table
of Content given below:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Authorisation Certificate from Guides i
Declaration by the Student ii
Acknowledgements iii Executive Summary iv 1. Introduction
1.1 Company Profile
1.2 Objectives of the study
1.3 Scope, and Limitations
2. Methodology
2.1 Data collection
2.2 Sampling procedure
2.3 Data Analysis and interpretations
3. Findings and recommendations
3.1 Results
3.2 Conclusions
3.3 Recommendation
Appendices & Annexure References
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Format for Cover page of the report submitted to the
Institute
Format for Certificate from project guides
West Bengal University of Technology
Summer Project Report
At
By
WBUT Regn No:_______________ of ______________
WBUT Roll No:____________________
Army Institute of Management Kolkata
GUIDANCE-cum-COMPLETION CERTIFICATE This is to certify that
Mr./Ms. , WBUT Regn. No
_______________ of _______, WBUT Roll No ________________,
has
undertaken the project titled ________________ under our
guidance from
to at and has completed the said project
successfully.
Full Signature of External Guide With date and Designation
Seal
Full Signature of Internal Guide
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Format for students declaration
DECLARATION I hereby declare that this Project Report
entitled
__________________________________________ submitted by me to
the
Army Institute of Management Kolkata, is a bonafide work
undertaken by me
under the guidance of [NAME OF THE COMPANY GUIDE WITH
DESIGNATION] and Prof [NAME OF INTERNAL GUIDE], faculty of AIMK
and
it is not submitted to any other University or Institution for
the award of any
degree or diploma / certificate or published any time
before.
Signature Name of the Student
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5. Two printed copies and one soft copy in .pdf format, of the
project report, should be submitted to the Academic office of the
Institute and one printed copy should be submitted to the
organization where the project work is undertaken.
6. A project summary has to be submitted along with soft copy to
the internal guide
while submitting the project report (format attached).
7. The printed copy of the Project Report must bear the Guidance
Certificate duly signed by both the Guides (Internal &
External). The signature of the External guide should be supported
by the relevant seal of the organization.
8. Text format for the report:
(a) Length of the report : 30 pages ** (excluding appendices
& annexure) (b) Size of the paper : A4 (c) Margin : 1 inch each
(d) Line Spacing : 1.5 (e) Font : Arial (f) Heading text size : 16
(g) Sub-heading text size : 14 (h) Paragraph text size : 12
** Research Methodology and Findings/conclusions/recommendations
must cover atleast two third of the total length of your report
9. Acknowledgements: There are many persons who may have helped
you during
the course of your project. It is your obligation to acknowledge
and thank them for their help. Customarily, thanks are due to the
following persons in the given order.
a) Head of the Organization. c) Faculty Guide d) Others.
10. Table of Contents: The main function of this element is to
give the reader an overall view of the report. The main divisions
as well as the subdivisions should be listed with the number of the
page on which they first appear. It helps the reader locate a
particular topic or sub-topic easily. While preparing the Table of
Contents you have to bear in mind the following points about its
layout: Leave a 1" margin on the left and a 1" margin on the right,
the top and the
bottom. Write the phrase Table of Contents on the top in
CAPITALS. Write the number of the item to indicate the sequence of
items. After the
number, leave three or four spaces and then type the first
heading. Indent second-order headings three or four spaces. Leave
two spaces between main headings and one space between sub-
headings.
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11. Referencing: References and citations should be complete in
all respects in order to enable readers to look up the source
materials and most importantly, to demonstrate that your project is
well - researched and gives credit to the author(s) of the source
materials. References should be included at the end of the paper.
All the references should be referred to in the text and arranged
in alphabetical order. You should include only a list of cited
References and not a Bibliography. The references must follow the
style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA). Keep
uniformity in the references - example use p.14, p.16 (for single
page references) and pp. 14-38 for multiple page references. Page
numbers, names of publishers and place of publishing are very
important and should not be left out of book references.
Furthermore, page numbers should be given for books
/journals/articles/journal articles/ journal articles from a
subscription database) references. EXAMPLE OF A BOOK Keller, K. L.
(2003). Strategic brand management: Building, measuring and
managing brand equity (2nd ed.) New Jersey: Prentice Hall. [In text
citation: Keller, 2003] BOOKS (WITH MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS)
Giddens, A., Dessler, G., Dooley, D., & Smucker, M.K. (1979).
Central problems in social theory. Action, structure and
contradiction in social analysis (Vol. 3, pp.719-729). Berkeley :
University of California Press. [In text citation : Giddens,
Dessler, Dooley, & Smucker, 1979] CHAPTER OF A BOOK Kotler, P.,
& Gertner, D. (2004). Country as brand, product and beyond : A
place marketing and brand management perspective. In N. Morgan,
& A. Pritchar (Eds.). Destination branding : Creating the
unique destination proposition (pp. 40-56). Oxford: Elsevier
Butterworth-Heinemann. [In text citation : Kotler & Gertner,
2004] BOOKS (EDITED) Giddens, A., & Perlez, J. (Eds.) (1979) .
Central problems in social theory. Action, Structure and
contradiction in social analysis (Vol. 3, pp.719-729). Berkeley :
University of California Press. [In text citation : Giddens &
Perlez, 1979]
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JOURNAL ARTICLE Alex, J., & Raveendran, P.T. (2011). Does
credit card usage enhance defaults among compulsive buyers? Indian
Journal of Marketing, 41 (6), pp 3-12. [In text citation : Alex
& Raveendran, 2011] JOURNAL ARTICLE WITH DOI Richins, M.L.,
& Dawson, S. (1992). A consumer values orientation for
materialism and its measurement: Scale development and validation.
Journal of Consumer Research, 19 (3), pp 303-316. DOI:
10.1086/209304 [In text citation : Richins & Dawson, 1992]
JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE Alden, C., &
Davies, M. (2006). A profile of the operations of Chinese
multinationals in Africa. South African Journal of International
Affairs, 13 (1), pp 83-96. Retrieved from the EBSCO database. [In
text citation : Alden & Davies, 2006] CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Prayag, I. L., Ramjee, R. (2009). The impact of Newcastle disease
control on smallholder poultry production in Mauritius. In R. G.
Alsers, P. B. Spadbrow, & M. P. Young (Eds.), Village chickens,
poverty alleviation and the sustainable control of Newcastle
disease: Proceedings of an international conference held in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania, 5-7 October, 2005 (pp. 132-134). Canberra,
Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural
Research. [In text citation : Prayag & Ramjee, 2009] THESIS
Eniola, S. (2006). Customer Satisfaction in the Mobile
Telecommunications Industry in Nigeria (Unpublished MBA Thesis),
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ronneby, Sweden. [In text
citation : Eniola, 2006] DISSERTATION FROM THE WEB Angelova, A. N.
(2004). Data pruning (Master's thesis). Retrieved from
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05282004-000943 [In text
citation: Angelova, 2004] WEB SOURCES Girdharwal, N. (2007). A
study of physicians' behavior towards marketing of pharmaceutical
products: A case study of Indian market. Retrieved from
http://www.pharmainfo.net/reviews/study-physicians-behaviour-toward-marketing-pharmaceutical-products-case-study-indian-market
[In text citation: Girdharwal, 2007]
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NEWS PAPER ARTICLE Patankar, S. (2012, October, 2). Green IT to
double to $70bn by 2015: Gartner. The Times of India, p.5. ONLINE
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE Patankar, S. (2012, October, 2). Green IT to
double to $70bn by 2015: Gartner. The Times of India. Retrieved
from
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-02/software-services/34217449_1_sustainability-carbon-emissions-productivity-and-drive-growth
NEWS PAPER ARTICLE WITH NO AUTHOR Green IT to double to $70bn by
2015: Gartner. (2012, October, 2). The Times of India, p.5.
GOVERNMENT REPORT Economic and Statistical Organization Punjab.
(2011). Environment statistics of Punjab. Retrieved from
http://pbplanning.gov.in/pdf/environment2011.pdf
12. Analysis of data should be done using SPSS. Special credit
will be awarded for using this.
13. Every student has to appear in the Viva-Voce examination on
the Project Work.
14. The Project Report will have to be submitted by 31st
October, 2015. Under no circumstances will this date be
extended.
Sd/-xxxx Jun, 2015 (Prof Rabin Mazumder) For Academic
Coordinator
