Thesis Guidelines
Thesis Guidelines
SOFT COPY
Soft copy of thesis should have three separate files as given below and submit this CD along with
CD Cover:
1. ABSTRACT IN HTML
2. TITLE PAGE TO UPTO CONTENT PAGES (ROMAN PAGES I – X) - pdf
3. ALL CHAPTERS – pdf
Hard copy should be as per guidelines given by PTU. It should be properly signed by student
himself/herself and Supervior/Guide also.
Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engg. & Technology,Tangori(Mohali)
Title page:
1. The thesis shall be computer typed (English- British, Font -Times Roman, Size-12 point)
and printed on A4 size paper.
2. The thesis shall be hard bound with cover page in light green colour. The name of the
candidate, degree (specifying the specialization) ,year of submission, name of the
University including college name shall be printed in black on the cover [Refer sample
sheet (outer cover)]
3. The thesis shall be typed on one side only with double space with a margin 3.5 cm on the
left, 2.5 cm on the top, and 1.25 cm on the right and at bottom.
4. In the thesis, the title page [Refer sample sheet (inner cover)] should be given first then the
Certificate by the candidate and the supervisor(s) in sequence, followed by an abstract of
the thesis (not exceeding 1500 words). This should be followed by the acknowledgment,
list of figures/list of tables, notations/nomenclature, and then contents with page no.
5. In the body of the text, a reference should be indicated giving author name and year of
publication in parenthesis such as (Singh and Shan, 2002).
6. The reference should be given at the end of the Thesis in alphabetical order indicating:
Chapter 4- Methodology
References
THESIS (14pt.)
MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
SUBMITTED BY:
SAKSHAM GUPTA(14pt)
Roll No:.
THESIS (14pt.)
MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
Submitted by
SAKSHAM GUPTA
Roll No:
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Sample Sheet-declaration
CANDIDATE'S DECLARATION
I hereby certify that the work which is being presented in the thesis entitled “TITLE OF THE
THESIS” by “NAME OF THE STUDENT” in partial fulfillment of requirements for the award of
degree of M.Tech. (NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT) submitted in the Department of (NAME OF
THE DEPTT./BRANCH)at Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology,
Tangori under PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, JALANDHAR is an authentic record of
my own work carried out under the supervision of NAME OF SUPERVISOR (S), DESIGNATION,
DEPARTMENT. The matter presented in this thesis has not been submitted by me in any other
University / Institute for the award of M.Tech Degree.
This is to certify that the above statement made by the candidate is correct to the best of my/our
knowledge.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
(It is just a format for hierarchy of the acknowledgement and can be extended/ reduced accordingly)
I express my sincere gratitude to the Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar for giving me the
opportunity to work on the thesis during my final year of M.Tech. Thesis work is an important
aspect in the field of engineering.
I owe my sincerest gratitude towards Dr. M. S.Grewal ,Director General, Shaheed Udham Singh
College of Engineering and Technology(SUSCET), Tangori, for valuable advice and healthy
criticism throughout my thesis which helped me immensely to complete my work successfully.
I would like to thank .............., Coordinator, PTU Regional Center, Shaheed Udham Singh College
of Engineering & Technology, Tangori,for their kind support.
The constant guidance and encouragement received from____________,Professor/Assistant
Professor/Head, Department of _________, (SUSCET), has been of great help in carrying our the
present work and is acknowledged with reverential thanks.
Iwould like to express a deep sense of gratitude and thanks profusely to Er._________ Assistant
Professor, Department of _____________, SUSCET, who was the thesis Supervisor. Without the
wise counsel and able guidance, it would have been impossible to complete the thesis in this
manner.
I would like to thank the members of the Departmental Research Committee for their valuable
suggestions and healthy criticism during my presentation of the work. I express gratitude to other
faculty members of _________Department, SUSCET, for their intellectual support throughout the
course of this work.
(Finally, the authors are indebted to all whosoever have contributed in this thesis work and friendly
stay at SUSCET,Tangori )
CONTENTS
Candidate’s Declaration i
Abstract ii
Acknowledgement iii
List of Figures iv
1 TITLE OF CHAPTER1 1
2 TITLE OF CHAPTER 2 11
3 TITLE OF CHAPTER 3 20
REFERENCES 102
Note 1: The number of Chapters is just indicative. There may be more number of Chapters
in the Thesis but the format of the index has to be followed as given above.
Note 2: Page numbering should be as per the given format i.e. pages from candidates’
declaration to list of abbreviations should be in Roman and page numbering of the Chapters
should be in decimal numbers. The title pages of the Thesis should NOT be numbered.
LIST OF FIGURES
Table Page
Caption
no. No.
[1] Badri, M.A., Mortagy, A.K. and Alsayed, A., 1998. “A multi-objective model for locating fire
stations”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 110, No. 2, pp. 243-260.
[2] Chatani, E., Hayashi, R., Lange, R. and Balny, C., 2002. “Thermal and pressure stability of
Phe46 mutants of ribonuclease A”, Proceedings of First International Conference on High
Pressure Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 27-32.
[3] Ignizio, J.P., 1968. “A Method to Achieve Optimum Air Defense Sensor Allocation”, MS
Thesis, University of Alabama, Alabama.
[4] Ignizio, J.P., 1971. “A Heuristic Solution to Generalized Covering Problems”, Ph.D.
Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg.
[5] Ignizio, J.P. and Cavalier, T.M., 1994. “Linear Programming”, Prentice-Hall,Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey, pp. 457-505.
[6] Osyczka, A., 1985. “Multicriteria optimization for engineering design”, Design Optimization,
Academic Press, Cambridge, pp. 193-227.
It is very important that all the references should be cited in the text and those cited in text
should be mentioned in the references. Complete information of all the references should be
provided, i.e. name of the journal, vol. no, issue no., pp. etc. The same goes for the books as
well the details of the publisher should be provided here, however, the pp. in this case is
optional. In case of a reference from a conference then the complete title of the conference
should be provided together with the venue where it was held.
Appendix A
The appendices are entirely optional except the Publications one. If there are no other appendices,
then the Publications will become Appendix A.
Appendix B
The appendices are entirely optional except the Publications one. If there are no other appendices,
then the Publications will become Appendix B.
Appendix C
PUBLICATIONS
The list of publications should be given in the same format as those given in the references.