Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering

NHQ, Sector - 15, Plot No. 103, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai - 400 614
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GRADUATESHIP EXAMINATION

On the recommendations of the Board of Assessment for Educational Qualifications, the

Government of India (in their Office Memorandum No.F 18-38/71/T.2/T.7 (Vol.II) Govern-
ment of India, Ministry of Education and Social Welfare (Dept. of Education) New Delhi
dated the 20th April 1978) have recognized a pass in the Graduateship Examination of the
Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering at par with a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial
Engineering from a recognized Indian University for the purposes of requirement to superior
posts and services under the Central Government.

GENERAL

A. 1. The Examination consists of

i) Preliminary Written papers Six papers

ii) Section - A Written papers Eight papers
iii) Section - B Written papers Six compulsory and
two Elective papers
iv) Project Work to be carried out by the student through an
approved Project.

2. The student must keep his Student Membership current through the completion of
all the above four stages.

B. 1. The details of syllabus for the written papers of Preliminary, Section A and Section B
are as given in our Brochure on Graduateship Examination in Industrial Engineering
dated 1st January 2004.

2. The stages in Project Work are given below :

a) The student has to select a project in an organisation with the help of a guide and
submit a Project Proposal to the Institution (see also Project work Requirements
which follows).

b) After obtaining the approval from the Institution, the student has to personally carry
out the project work under the guidance and supervision of his guide.

c) The Project Work carried out should be in accordance with the approved project
proposal.

d) He should prepare a Project Report at the end of his work, which his guide would
certify and approve for submission (the Project Report should conform to Standard
Format laid down for Project Report).

e) The student should submit the Project Report to the Institution. The Institution will
communicate to him the result of the evaluation of the Project Report.

f) The acceptance of the Project Report by the Institution completes the requirement of
Project work by the student.

The completion of the requirement of the Project work also complete all the requirements
for the completion of the Graduate Examination of IIIE.

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PROJECT WORK

A. The details of Project work Requirements are given below :

1. The Project Proposal submitted by the student has to be approved by the Institution
before the student can start on his Project work.

2. The Project Work, as approved, should be carried out in an organization and under
the guidance and supervision of the Project Guide.

3. The Project Work should be carried out Individually and personally by the student.

4. The Project Work should demonstrate the ability of the student to apply the tech
niques of Industrial Engineering to a specific situation or in any functional area.

5. The Project Work, through the Project Report, should demonstrate the ability of the
student for Data Collection, Analysis of Data, Formulation of Recommendations and
for suggesting a viable scheme for implementation of the recommendations.

6. The Data should be collected either by own observations and measurements or

gathered from generally accepted first sources like Balance Sheets, Control figures
used by the organisation, Performance Reports from Departments etc. If general
data on industrywise or a national basis are used, the source shall be quoted and
should be a generally accepted source like Industry Publications, Government Statis
tical Data etc.

7. The area/s chosen may be one or more of the areas in which the compulsory papers
are prescribed for Section B Examination or the areas from which the student has
chosen his Elective papers for Section B Examination.

The student must have appeared for all these papers before he can submit his Project
Proposal.

8. The student must make sure for himself that the Project Work proposed to be under
taken can be conducted in the organisation and the Project Report, fully meeting the
requirements of the Institution can be submitted to the Institution.

9. Following are some of the typical areas chosen by students for Project work.

1. Application of Statistical Techniques, Forecasting, Design of Experiments

2. Optimization and Appreciation of O.R. Techniques
3. Marketing - Production Coordination, Inventory Levels, Introduction /
Phasing out of Products.
4. Aggregate Planning, Manufacturing Systems, Capacity, Investment Decisions,
Inventory Levels.
5. Production Methods, Process Analysis, Operations Planning, Operator
Training.
6. Operations Planning and Control. Scheduling, In process Inventory, JIT
7. Cost Management, Activity Based Costing, Budgetary Controls
8. Manufacturing Technology, CAD, CAM
9. Facilities Planning, Material Handling, Layout, Welfare Services
10. Project Management, Application of Networks
11. Value Engineering, Innovation
12. TQM, Quality Circles, Kaizen etc.
13. Maintenance Management, TPM
14. Ergonomic Analysis and Design, Environment
15. Energy Management, Conservation of Energy
16. Supplies Management, Vendor Development, Purchasing
17. Inventory Management, Physical Control, Marketing Coordination
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 18. MIS - Computerization, Extending Computer Applications, Networking,
Communications
19. Technology Forecasting, Introduction of Technology, Change Over of
Technology
20. Market Research, Forecasting, Product Life Cycles, Product Mix, Introduction /
deletion of Products
21. Man Power Planning, Forecasting, Recruitment, Appraisal, Redeployment
22. Motivation, Incentive Systems, Employee Development, Training / Retraining
23. Education, Organization and Methodology, etc.

B. Submission of Project Proposal.

1. The student should select a Project Guide who will give his consent to guide the
student in his Project Work. The Guide should be a competent Industrial
Engineer or a senior officer with a Degree in Engineering serving in the
organization in which the Project work will be carried out. (A corporate Member
of the Institution can also act as a Guide).

A certificate from the Project Guide is required to be submitted along with the
Project Proposal as well as the final Project Report.

2. The guide should be made familiar with the requirements of the Project Work
when seeking his consent to act as Project Guide.

3. A write up on the Proposed Project should be prepared separately and enclosed

alongwith the application. The write up will be about six to eight pages in length.
The salient features to be included in this write up are :

a. Title

b. Preamble and salient features of the organisation and precise definition

of the problem to be studied.

c. Salient points concerning data collection and analysis, the techniques to

be used and the methodology to be followed.

Key reference (from about 4-5 books and 5-7 key articles in Journals
including Industrial Engineering Journal) in these areas.

d. The nature of recommendations and the areas they will cover, an

estimation of benefits that may be expected and a review of the
feasibility of implementation.

e. The format prescribed for the final Project Report can be used as a
guidance for the format to be used.

4. The Application Form to be submitted is titled APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL -

PROJECT PROPSAL and can be downloaded from the web site. (and the same
is available at end of this document (4 pages))

5. The completed first two pages of the application form alongwith letter of
consent From the Project Guide and the write up of the Proposed Project should
be sent to he Institution for Approval.

6. The application should be accompanied by a processing Fee of Rs. 75/-

(Rupees Seventy Five only) in the form of a crossed Demand Draft drawn in
favour of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, payable at Mumbai.

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C. Submission of Project Report.

1. The Project Report cannot be submitted until the student has passed all the papers
(both Compulsory and Elective) of Section B.

2. The Project Work should be done personally by the student under the guidance of
the project guide and in conformity with the approved Project Proposal.

3. A certificate from the Guide should also be enclosed in the Project Report as
provided in the Format for Project Report. The Project Report should be in the
Format prescribed for Project Report (See next section).

4. The Collection of Data, Analysis of Data and application of techniques for the
formulation of recommendation should be clearly described in the Report.

All steps in the analysis of the relevant theory shall be presented in the Report. While
formulating the Recommendation the expected costs and benefits, the advantages
and limitations of the recommendations should be clearly discussed.

The suggested scheme for implementation of the recommendations should be clearly

and logically laid out with details of steps involved, time schedule of implementation,
monitoring, precautions to be observed etc.

5. A separate Synopsis has also to be submitted alongwith the Project Report.

6. The student should submit two hard bound copies of the Project Report (alongwith
the synopsis) None of copies of the Project Report will be returned to the student.

7. The Project Report should be submitted to the Institution within a period of two
years from the date of complementation of all papers in Section B.

8. All submission of Project Reports should be accompanied with an Examination Fee of

Rs. 1000/- (Rupees Thousand only) in the form of crossed Demand Draft.

9. If the Report is not submitted within the period of two years, late fee will be charged.
Additional course of study may also be prescribed.

10. Publishing Rights.

a). The Project Report shall not be published before the decision of the Board of
Examinations of its acceptance or otherwise.

b). The Institution will have he right to use the Project Report in any manner that
may be deemed as expedient.

c). In case the author wishes to publish the Report, due acknowledgement to the
Institution that it was a Project Report prepared for the Graduateship
Examination of the Institution has to be made by him/her.

11. The Format for the Project Report follows :

D. FORMAT OF THE PROJECT REPORT

The format to be followed for the Report is as follows :

1. PAPER
1.1 The Report shall be typed on white paper, size 210 X 297 mm, 7 Kg, bond, for
the original typescript and the first carbon copy. Other carbon copies may be
any other bond paper.
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2. TYPING
2.1 The typing shall be in standard letter size, double spaced on one side of the
paper only, using black ribbon and black carbons.

3. MARGIN
3.1 The typed sheet shall have the margins: Left 35 mm, Right 20 mm, Bottom 20
mm.

4. BINDING
4.1 The report shall be rexin bound on black.

5. LETTERING
5.1 The lettering shall be inscribed, on the bound back and the front cover.

5.2 The bound back shall contain the title and the name of the student in 3 mm size
letters.

6. FRONT COVER
6.1 The front cover shall contain the following details :

a) Top : The title in block capitals of 6 mm size letters, properly centered.

b) Centre : Full name of the candidate in block capitals of 3 mm size letters,

properly centered.

c) Bottom : Name of the Institution, year of submission - all in block capitals

of 3 mm size letters in separate lines with spacing and properly centered.

(This is a standard format)

7. BLANK SHEET
7.1 At the beginning and the end of the report two white blank sheets of 7 kg. bond
paper shall be provided one for the purpose of binding and another to be left
blank.

8. TITLE SHEET
8.1 The title sheet shall be the first typed sheet and shall follow immediately the
blank sheet.

9. CERTIFICATE FROM GUIDE

9.1 The porforma of certificate will be as follows :-

This is to certify that the project work titled

................................................................(title) is a bonafide work carried
out by .....................................................................(name of the student) a
student for the Graduateship Examination of Indian Institution of Industrial
Engineering under my guidance and direction.
Signature of Guide: ........................................
Name:
Designation:
Address:
Membership No. (In case of corporate members of the Institution):
Date:
Place:.
(This is a standard format)

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10. ABSTRACT
10.1 Every report shall have an abstract following the title sheet. The abstract shall
lead the reader by highlighting the important features of the material conatined
in the individual chapters. The abstract shall not exceed 500 words.

11. CONTENTS
11.1 The contents shall follow the abstract indicating the title of Chapters, Setoin and
sub-sections etc., using the decimal notation with correponding page numbers
against them.

12. LIST OF TABLES

12.1 The ‘contenrs’ shall be followed by a ‘List of Tables’ indicating the Table number,
Table title and the correspnding page number. The Table number shall be in
decimal notation indicating the Chapter number and the Table number in that
Chapter.

12.2 Any reference within the text shall be given by quoting the relevant number, e.g.
Table 2.2.

13. LIST OF FIGURES

13.1 The ‘List of Figures’ shall follow the’List of Tables’ indicating the Figure numbers,
Figure titles and the corresponding page numbers. The Figure shall be in
decimal notation indicating the Chapter number and the figure number in that
Chapter. For e.g., 6.4 refers to Fig.4 in Chapter 6.

13.2 Any reference within the text shall be given by quoting the relevant number, e.g.
‘Fig. 6.4.’

14. NOMENCLATURE
14.1 The ‘Nomenclature’ follows the ‘List of Figures’ and contains the list of symbols
used. They shall be arranged alphabetically in order of Latin letters, Greek
letters, superscripts and subscripts. As far as possible generally accepted symbols
shall be used. Symbols not available in typewriters shall be writtn in permanent
black ink.

15. PAGE NUMBERING

15.1 For items (8) to (14) the page number shall be in small Roman at 15 mm from
the bottom of the page centrally located.

15.2 Page number in Arabic numerals shall start with 2 on the second page of the
introduction chapter. There shall be no numbering of pages on which new
chapters begin. The number shall be at 15 mm from the top, centrally located.
All pages including those containing Figures and Tables must have page numbers.

16. CHAPTER NUMBERING

16.1 The Chapter shall be numbered in Arabic numerals, Section and sub-section of
any chapter shall be in decimal notation. All chapters shall begin on a new
page.The titles for chapters, sections, and sub-sections shall be in block capitals.
The chapter number and title shall be properly centered at the top of the page
and have three spaces between them.

The Chapter will be constructed as Follows.

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17. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT

17.1 The first chapters will be introductory Chapters. These chapters shall highlight the
importance of the investigation and also define the topic and scope of the work
envisaged. A typical format for the first three chapters are shown later in the Stan-
dard Format for Report Preparation.

18. REVIEW OF LITERATURE

18.1 This shall form Chapter 4. It shall present a critical appraisal of the previous work
done on the topic. The extend of and emphasis on this chapter shall depend on
nature of Investigation.

19. WORK DONE

19.1 The work carried out by the student shall be presented in one or more chapters
depending on the nature of Investigation. A typical format will be a chapter each on
Data Collection, Analysis of Data Formations of Recommendation and typical
format of these chapters have shown later in the specimen format for Report
Preparation.(say chapter 5-7)

19.2 Each chapter may have several sections and sub-sections with suitable titles.

19.3 Important and short derivations, and representative data in tables and Figures,
shall be presented in these chapters. Information such as lengthy derivations,
voluminous tables and large number of figures shall be presented in the Appendix.

19.4 Figures and tables shall be on separate sheets and not inserted on the papers with
running text. Figures shall be in ammonia print. Depending on the size, figures and
table shall be accommodated on sheets of size 210 x 297 mm or 197 x 450 or 297
x 625 mm. If there are longer tables that cannot be accommodated on these sheets,
there shall be a continuation table. Very large figures shall be placed in a pouch at
end of the report. All figures and table included in the Appendices shall be
accordingly mentioned in the text, Lettering on figures shall be uniform either in
engineering letters or typed. Each figure should be self-sufficient to provide all the
information. There must be a title for every figure and table.

19.5 Mathematical portions of the text shall preferably by typed. Where it is not
possible, ample space shall be left, and equations and symbols shall be inserted
clearly in permanent black ink.

20. CONCLUDING CHAPTERS

20.1 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

This chapter should include a thorough evaluation of the investigation carried out
and shall bring out the contribution, if any. The discussion shall logically lead to
certain conclusions and inferences. A suggested scheme of implementation should
also be included. Precantions necessary while implementation should also be given.

20.2 CONCLUDING REMARKS

This may also include limitations of the present study and scope for further work.

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21. REFERENCES

21.1 Bibliography shall follow the last chapter. If shall give a list of works (papers, books,
etc.) referred to in the body of the text and they shall be arranged in the order they
are first cited in the text. The numbering shall be in an Arabic numeral indicated as
superscript along with the author’s name in the text. For any paper in information
shall contain the names of the authors the title of the journal, the volume number
underscored, the page number and the year of publication in parenthesis. In the
case of references from journals and books in languages other than English the
titles of the journals or books should be transliterated into latin script and not
translated. For any book the information shall contain the names of the authors,
the title of the book, the name of the publisher, the edition, and year of publication
in the parenthesis. For papers and books with joint authorship, the name of all the
authors shall be reproduced in the same order. The author’s name shall begin with
the name followed by initials.

For example: Journal

Journal

Vyas A.L., ‘Fuzzy Logic’ – A New Vista for Industrial Engineering, S. & Industrial
Engineering News, Vol.2(2), 1995, pp. 1-15.

Books

Hedge, B.K. Copen, M.R., Production Management Text and Cases, Prentice Hall of
India, New Delhi, 1972, pp. 101-105.

22. APPENDICES

22.1 Appendices shall follow item (21) and will be numbered in Roman capitals. The
appendices shall normally contain detailed or lengthy derivations, sample calcula-
tions, voluminous, large figures and calculations.

23. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

23.1 Acknowledgements shall follow (22) on a separate sheet. Acknowledgement shall

indicate the extent to whose assistance has been received by the student in his/her
work from various sources.

24. SYNOPSIS (This should be separate from the Report)

24.1 Synopsis has to be typed in loose sheets, stapled and submitted along with the
project report. This should give information about the project in a nutshell and
should not exceed seven pages.

24.2 Four typed copies of the project report as well as of the synopsis are to be prepared
and two copies of each are to be submitted to the Institution. The student will hand
over one of each to the Guide and retain one copy of each for himself / herself.

25. SPECIMEN FORMAT

A specimen format for Report Preparation is also given next.

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E. SPECIMAN FORMAT FOR REPORT PREPARATION

1. TITLE PAGE (use Standard Format)

2. CERTIFICATE FROM GUIDE (use Standard Format)

3. ABSTRACT

4. CONTENTS

5. LIST OF TABLES

6. LIST OF FIGURES

Chapter 1 PREAMBLE

1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 PROBLEM ON HAND
1.3 IMPORTANCE OF THE PROBLEM
1.4 SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

Chapter 2 DETAILS OF THE ORGANIZATION

2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 THE ORGANIZATION

2.2.1 PRODUCTS
2.2.2 PROCESSES
2.2.3 FACILITIES
2.2.4 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

2.3 ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS PROFILE

2.4 OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
2.5 CONCLUSION

Chapter 3 THE PROBLEM ON HAND

3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM
3.3 DETAILS OF PROBLEM

3.3.1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

3.3.2. CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS
3.3.3. CRITICALITY OF THE PROBLEM

3.4 CONCLUSION

Chapter 4. RELEVANT LITERATURE REVIEW

4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.2
4.3 (Presentation of material collected through review of relevant
litrature quoting the sources of each material)
-- Say upto section 4.6
--
4.7 CONCLUSION

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Chapter 5. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

5.1 THE TYPE OF DATA NEEDED

5.2 THE SOURCES FOR THE COLLECTION OF DATA
5.3 THE DETAILS OF THE DATA COLLECTED
5.4 PROCESSING OF THE DATA FOR ANALYSIS
5.5 CONCLUSION

Chapter 6 ANALYSIS OF DATA

6.1 CHOICE OF TECHNIQUES

Brief description of the choice of the techniques utilized and the

justification for their use.

6.2 Devote one Section each to one analysis…say upto section 6.9.

The analysis carried out and technique utilized (give suitable Headings)
(All the steps in the analysis of the Data and the relevant theory have to be
shown)

6.10 CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

Give a consolidated representation of result of the analysis using

necessary number of sections and headings. .....say upto section
6.14

6.15 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS

Chapter 7. RECOMMENDATIONS

7.1 Brief description of Recommendations

7.2 Details of each recommendation, discussion of its technical suitability,

economic justification and feasibility of implementation. (Devote one
Section to each recommendation and give suitable headings. Say upto
section 7.9

7.10 Suggested Scheme of Implementation, precautions and monitoring

systems. (Devote one section to each recommendation and give suit-
able headings)

Chapter 8. DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS

8.1 INTRODUCTION
8.2 OVERALL RESULTS OF THE PROJECT
8.3 OVERALL EXPECTED BENEFITS
8.4 OVERALL EXPECTED TIME, COAST AND EFFORTS
8.5 SUGGESTED SCHEME OF IMPLEMENTATION
8.6 PRECAUTIONS
8.7 CONCLUSION

Chapter 9. CONCLUDING REMARKS

9.1 SUMMARY
9.2 GAINS OF THE STUDY
9.3 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
9.4 SCOPE FOR FURTHER WORK

REFERENCES
APPENDIX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT REPORT

A. The Examiner may report the Result as

1) Accepted
2) Revision, Additions, Explanations necessary
3) Additional work required
4) Rejected

B. When the Examiner requires revisions, additions, explanations the same will be
conveyed to the student who will have to comply with the Examiner's requirements
by submitting the requirements.

C. The Examiner may find the Report falls short of the full requirements for the Project
Work. The student will then be required to carry out another smaller project in which
the student can meet the short fall. This additional Report will have to be submitted
alongwith an examination fee of Rs. 600/- (Rupees Six hundred only).

If satisfactory, the Examiner may recommend acceptance or he may recommend

rejection.

D. In case of Rejection, the student may opt for a reference to a second Examiner with
a fresh payment of the stipulated examination fee. If the second Examiner also
reject Report, the Report will be finally rejected.

If the two Examiners differ, then the case will be referred to the Board of
Examinations, whose decision will be final.

E. If the Report is finally rejected, the student will have to undertake the Project Work
a fresh and follow the same procedure as for the first project, beginning from making
a fresh Project Proposal.

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

The Board of Examinations reserves the right to amend the Regulations (including the
syllabus) as necessary.

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