Calcutta Business School

Guidelines for Submission of Dissertation

FORMAT FOR PREPARING THE DISSERTATION REPORT

The write-up should focus on the specific objectives of the project, the methodology used,
and the major findings. Regarding title, instead of giving a general, topic-like title, be specific
and emphasize the explicit nature of the work. The report should be brief, with the number of
pages of the main content of the report being not be more than 60 pages (Please consult with
respective faculty mentors for specific instructions in this regard). Front matter, appendix, etc
can be extra.

1. ARRANGING THE CONTENTS:

The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound
should be as follows:

1.1. Cover Page & Title Page

1.2. Certificate from the project supervisor(s)/guides,
1.3. Declaration by self
1.4. Abstract
1.5. Table of Contents
1.6. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
1.7. Chapters
1.8. Appendices (Tables , Charts if any)
1.9. References

2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:

The dimension of the project report should be in A4 size. The project report should be
neatly bound. The cover should be printed in black letters and the text (or font?) for
printing should be identical.

3. PREPARATION FORMAT:

3.1 Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the
project report are given in Appendix 1.
3.2 Certificate – The Certificate shall be in double line spacing Times New Roman using
Font Style and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix 2. The certificate shall carry the
supervisor’s signature .

3.3 Declaration by Self) – see template in appendix 3

3.4 Abstract – Abstract should be straight to the point; not too descriptive but fully
informative. The following things should appear in the abstract. (a) the problem addressed,
(b) its importance/novelty, (c) the approach adopted for solving the problem, highlighting
novelty, if any, (d) the major results obtained, (e) and the major conclusion. The abstract does
not have to be an entire summary of the project, but rather a concise summary of the scope
and results of the project. It should inform a reader whether to read or not the full text, and
also give a precise idea on what has been attempted. An abstract should be short, and limited
to 1 page. Include key words (Font Style: Times New Roman and Font Size: 12, Spacing:
Single)

3.5 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as
any material which precedes it. The title page, Certificate, and Declaration by Self may not
be included in the Table of Contents, but the page numbers of which are in lower case Roman
numbers. The format of the table of contents is given in Appendix 4.

3.6 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature –Standard symbols, abbreviations

etc. should be used.

3.7 Chapters – The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may
further be divided into sections and subsections. Chapters, sections, and subsections should
be given appropriate titles. Tables and figures should be placed in the immediate vicinity of
the first reference to them. Figure and table numbers should carry their chapter number. For
example Fig. 4.2 is the second figure in the fourth chapter.

The following are suggested chapters and what they could contain. The division into chapters
may vary from project to project. The important point is that the report should mainly contain
the work accomplished in the project, with a small portion devoted to describing the problem
addressed and how others have tackled this or similar problems. The report should be
understandable to your classmates. It should have sufficient detail to enable the examiners to
assess the validity of the approaches used and the results obtained.

a) Introduction

Introduction could contain the following. (a) brief statement of the problem, (b)
importance/novelty of the problem, (c) related literature - how others have addressed this
or similar problems and the relevant results they obtained (For example, “It has already
 been reported [1]……” OR “Jiang et al [2] reported that….” OR “It is known [3]
that….” etc., where [1], [2], [3], should be detailed in the reference section as per the
format given below), (d) scope of the project - precise idea on what is to be achieved in
the work, (e) brief statements on what subsequent chapters contain.

b) Literature Review

c) Conceptual Foundation

c) Data Analysis and Interpretations

This could also be in one or more chapters. These chapters include the specific
details of data generated and results obtained, in graphical and/or tabular form. Based on
the analysis and interpretation of data and results, major findings should be pointed out
unambiguously. It should be noted that the findings are to be summarized according to
the significance to the stated objectives, and should complement the latter. Detailed
aspects can be presented in Appendices.

d) Recommendations and Conclusions

Conclusions are to be drawn with reference to the previously stated objectives of the
project. This should highlight the major results. Recommendations are often more
important than conclusions. It is known to us how to do better only after we finish a
project, i.e. after we obtain an appropriate experience. Particularly, students‟
experiments are hampered due to lack of experience, time, methods and equipment as
well as insufficient attention to accuracy and details. Recommendations should be given
for any further changes or work that would better accomplish the project objectives, or
can extend them.

(e) Appendices – Appendices may be provided to give supplementary information, which is

included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.

(f) List of References –The listing of references should be typed below the
heading
“REFERENCES” in the order in which they appear in the work. A typical illustrative list is
given below.

REFERENCES
 1. Shapiro, A. H., The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow - Vol.1,
The Ronald Press Company, New York, 1953, p.383-384.

2. Jiang, Z., Takayama, K., and Skews, B. W., “Numerical Study on Blast Flow Fields
Induced by Supersonic projectiles Discharged from Shock Tubes,” Physics of Fluids,
Vol.10, No.1, 1998, pp.277-288.

3. Ahmadikia, H. and Shirani, E., “Transonic and Supersonic Overtaking of a Projectile

Preceding a Shock Wave,” Report-IC/2001/48, International Centre for Theoretical Physics,
Italy, 2001.

4. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS

The impression on the typed copies should be black in colour. One and a half spacing should
be used for typing the text, and shall be typed in the Font style „Times New Roman‟ and
Font size 12, unless otherwise stated explicitly.
 DISSERTATION WORK
ON
“…………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………”
SUBMITTED TO
CALCUTTA BUSINESS SCHOOL

IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE AWARD OF
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
(Dr./Prof. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ )

SUBMITTED BY:
(NAME OF THE STUDENT)
STUDENT ROLL NUMBER
PGDM BATCH _ _ _ _
DATE:
 APPENDIX 2
CERTIFICATE
(FORM FACULTY GUIDE)

This is to certify that Mr./Ms ……………………, Roll number / Student ID ………….. , a student
of PGDM in Calcutta Business School, has carried out the Dissertation work presented in this report
titled “………………………………………………………..’ for the award of Post Graduate
Diploma in Management for the Academic Batch 2018-20, under my guidance.

(Signature)

Name of the Guide

Date:
 APPENDIX 3
DECLARATION
(FORM STUDENT)

I, (Name of the student), hereby declare that the dissertation work entitled
“………………………….…………………………………………………..” submitted towards
partial fulfilment of requirements for the award of Post Graduate Diploma in Management is my
original work and the dissertation has not formed the basis for award of any degree, associate ship,
fellowship or any similar title to the best of my knowledge.

(Signature of Student)
(Name of the student)
Roll No./Student ID:
Place:
Date:
 APPENDIX 4
(A typical specimen of table of contents)
<Font Style Times New Roman>

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT iii
NOMENCLATURE xvii
CONTENTS xx

1. Introduction .......................................................................... 1
1.1 Problem addressed ....................................................... 1
1.1.1 .................................................................................... 3
1.1.2 ..................................................................................... 5
1.2 Related literature ........................................................... 7
1.2.1 ..................................................................................... 7
1.2.2 ..................................................................................... 9
1.2.3 ..................................................................................... 10
1.3 Scope of the project
2 Approach Used for Determining ... .....................................14
2.1 .......................................................................................... 17
2.2 .......................................................................................... 18