CERTIFICATE DECLARATION

This is to certify that (Name of the Student) bearing USN (xxxx), is a I, (Student Name), hereby declare that the Project report entitled
bonafide student of Master of Business Administration course of the “(Title)” with reference to “(Organisation with place)” prepared by me
Institute (Batch), affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, under the guidance of (Guide Name), faculty of M.B.A Department,
Belgaum. Project report on “(Title of Report)”is prepared by Him/her under (Institute name) and external assistance by (External Guide Name,
Designation and Organisation). I also declare that this Project work is
the guidance of (Name of the Guide), in partial fulfillment of the
towards the partial fulfillment of the university
requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Business
Administration of Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi Regulations for the award of degree of Master of Business
Karnataka Administration by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. I have
undergone a summer project for a period of Six weeks. I further declare that
this Project is based on the original study undertaken by me and has not been
Signature of Internal Guide Signature of HOD submitted for the award of any degree/diploma from any other University /
Institution.

Signature of Principal Place : Signature of the Student

Date:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Chapter 1.Introduction………………………….....……………(Page Number)
Chapter 2.Industry and Company profile…………………………(Page Number)
Chapter 3. Theoretical Background of the Study ………..………(Page Number)
Chapter .4 Data Analysis and interpretation………………………(Page Number)
Chapter .5 Summary of Findings, suggestions and Conclusion…(Page Number)
Bibliography
Annexure
Viva-voce Examination Date:
LIST OF TABLES
Table No. Particulars Page Nos.

Table - 4.1 Graph showing ABC Analysis

Table - 4.2 Graph showing FSN Analysis

Table - 4.3 Graph showing EOQ

Signature of Internal Examiner Signature of External Examiner Table - 4.4 Graph showing stock of Raw materials
Name & affiliation Name & affiliation

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 GUIDELINES FOR 6 WEEK PROJECT WORK • A certificate by the guide, HOD and Head of the institution indicating
the bonafide performance of the project by the student to be enclosed.
Semester IV CIE Marks : 40 • An undertaking by the student to the effect that the work is
Course Code 18MBAPR407 SEE Marks : 60 independently carried out by him/her
Teaching Hours / week (L:T:P) 0-0-12 • The certificate from the organization if applicable.
• Acknowledgement
Credits : 06
• Executive Summary
OBJECTIVE
To expose the students to understand the working of the Schedule to be followed before commencement of Project
organization/company / industry and take up an in-depth study of an issue /
Activity Timeline Remarks
problem in the area of specialization.
?Identifying the First week Student individually identifies an organization OR
organization identifies problem for his/her study, according to
GENERAL GUIDELINES ?Problem identification his/her interest.
• The project work shall be for a period of 6 weeks immediately after the
?Problem statement Second Week His/ Her interests are discussed with project guides.
completion of 3rd Semester Examinations but before the
?Research Design Discussion with Internal Guide to decide on suitable
commencement of the 4th semester classes. design for the research
• The project work report shall be compulsory for all the students opting
for all specializations. Synopsis Preparation Third week Preparation of Synopsis* & formulating the objectives

• The University shall receive 2 copies of project reports prior to the Presentation of Synopsis Fourth Week The student will present the synopsis with the detailed
commencement of the 4th semester examination. Copies of the project execution plan to the Internal Guide and HOD who
report should be sent to the concerned Regional Office with an will review and may: a. Approve b. Approve with
modification or c. Reject for fresh synopsis
intimation to the Registrar (Evaluation)
• By keeping the business trend in the present scenario, university has Approval Status Fifth & Sixth The approval status is submitted to HOD who will
given an option to the students to select the research problem either week officially give concurrence for the execution of the
Project
from business organization or they can carry out the project on
freelance basis subject to the approval of department committee. *Synopsis: It is a three page document or hard copy to be submitted to the
• It is the total responsibility of the internal guide to monitor the freelance HOD with the signatures of the Guide and the student.
project.
• In case, business problem selected from a Company, no two students of Page 1 Title, Contact Address of student- with details of
an institute shall work on the same problem in the same organization. Internal and External Guide (if applicable)
• The student shall seek the guidance of the internal guide on a Page 2 Short introduction with objectives and
continuous basis, and the guide shall give a certificate to the effect that summary (300 words). Review of Articles /
the candidate has worked satisfactorily under his/her guidance. Literature about the topic with source of information
• On completion of the project work, student shall prepare a report with Page 3 Time Activity Chart
the following format.
• The Project report shall be prepared using word processor viz. MS
Word with New Times Roman, 12 font size
• All the reports shall be printed in the A4 size 1 inch margin on all the
sides.
• The report shall be hard bound facing sheet of royal blue color
indicating the title of college and month & year of admission (spiral
binding not permitted)

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 Schedule to be followed during Project work • Submission of Report: Students should submit the Project Report in
electronic data form only, in PDF file (Un-editable Format) to the
Activity Time Line Remarks Institute. The Institute in turn shall submit all the CD’s of their students
along with a consolidated master list as per specialization containing
Understanding Structure, Culture First week of Project Student should understand products/services
USN, Name of the student, and Title of the Report to Registrar
and functions of the organization and the problems of the organization.
Evaluation) one week before the commencement of the Theory
/identifying of business problem
from the Industry from the literature
Examinations or as per notification given for this purpose.
study • Plagiarism: Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and
Preparation of Research design and nd
2 week of Project Discussion with the guide for finalization of
an offence against University academic discipline. The University
Research instrument for data research design and instrument in his/her considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the corrective
collection domain and present the same to the guide. procedures. It is compulsory for the student to get the plagiarism check
(First Presentation) done before submission of the project report. Plagiarism of up to 25% is
Data collection 3rd week of Project Date collected to be edited, coded, tabulated allowed in the project work and report should consist 75% of original
and presented to the guide for suggestions for content/work.
analysis. (Second Presentation) • Publication of Research Findings: Students are expected to present
Analysis and finalization of report th th
4 & 5 week of Students must use appropriate and latest their research findings in Seminars/ Conferences/ Technical/
project statistical tools and techniques for analyzing Management Fests or publish their research work in Journals in
the data. (It is must to use of Statistical association with their Internal Guide. Appropriate Weightage should be
Package whose result should be shown in the given to this in the internal evaluation as well as in the viva voce
report) (Third Presentation) examination of the project report.
Submission of Report 6th week of Project Final Report should be submitted to the
University before one week of the Contents of the Project Report
commencement of theory examination
• Cover page
Evaluation: • Certificate from the Organization (scanned copy if applicable)
• Internal evaluation will be done by the internal guide. • Certificate from the guide, HOD and Head of the Institution (scanned
copy) indicating bonafide performance of Project by the student
• External valuation shall be done by a faculty member of other institute
drawn from VTU affiliated institute with minimum of 10 years • Declaration by the student (scanned copy)
experience. • Acknowledgement
• Viva-Voce / Presentation: A viva-voce examination shall be conducted • Table of contents
at the respective Institution where a student is expected to give a • List of tables and graphs
presentation of his/ her work. • Executive summary
• The viva –voce examination will be conducted by the respective HOD /
Senior Professor of the department and an expert drawn from the VTU Chapter 1: Introduction
affiliated institutes with minimum of 10 years of experience as Introduction, Industry profile and company profile: Promoters, vision,
appointed by the University. Mission & Quality Policy. Products / services profile areas of operation,
• Project work carries 100 marks consisting of 40 marks for internal infrastructure facilities, competitors’ information, SWOT Analysis, Future
marks by the internal guide, average of 30 marks from both internal and growth and prospects and Financial Statement
external evaluation and 30 marks for viva-voce examination. .
Minimum passing marks of the Project work is 50% in each of the Chapter 2: Conceptual background and Literature review
components such as Internal Marks, report evaluation and viva-voce Theoretical background of the study, Literature review with research gap
examination. (with minimum 20 literature reviews).
• Format of the project report shall be prepared using the word processor
viz., MS Word, Times New Roman font sized 12, on a page layout of A4 Chapter 3: Research Design
size with 1inch margin all sides (1.5inch on left side) and 1.5 line
Statement of the problem, Need for the study, Objectives, Scope of the study,
spacing. The Project report shall not exceed 100 pages.
Research methodology, Hypotheses, Limitations, Chapter scheme.

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Chapter 4: Analysis and Interpretation
Analysis and interpretation of the data- collected with relevant tables and (Title of the Report)
graphs. Results obtained by the using statistical tools must be included.
BY
Chapter 5: Findings, Conclusion and Suggestions
(Student Name)
Summary of findings, Conclusion and Suggestions / Recommendations (USN)
Bibliography
Annexure relevant to the project such as figures, graphs, photographs etc., Submitted to
Rubrics for Project Work (Common to core and Dual Specializations) VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI
Particulars Marks Allotted
A.Internal Assessment by the Guide- Based on three Presentations by Students 40
B.Report Evaluation by the Guide & External Examiner .Average of the marks awarded 30 In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of
by the two Examiners shall be the final evaluation marks for the Dissertation.
C.Viva-Voce Examination to be conducted by the Guide and an External examiner 30 MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
from the Industry/ Institute (Joint Evaluation)
Total 100

Rubrics for Project Evaluation and Viva voce Examination Under the guidance of
A.Internal Assessment by the Guide- Based on three Presentations by Students
SL Aspects Marks Allotted
No
1 First Presentation 5
2 Second Presentation 5
3 Third Presentation 5
4 Introduction and Methodology 5
5 Industry and Company Profile 5
6 Theoretical background of study 5 INTERNAL GUIDE EXTERNAL GUIDE
7 Data analysis and interpretation 5
8 Summary of findings, suggestions and conclusion 5 (Name & Designation) (Name & Designation)
Total 40
B. Report Evaluation by the Guide & External Examiner. Average of the marks awarded by the two Examiners
shall be the final evaluation marks for the Dissertation.
1 Introduction & Relevance of the project 5
2 Conceptual background and literature review 5
3 Research design 5
4 Analysis and interpretation 10
5 Summary of findings, suggestions and conclusion 5
Total 30

C. Viva-Voce Examination to be conducted by the Guide and an External examiner from the Industry/ Institute
(Joint Evaluation)
1 Presentation skills 5
2 Communication skills 5
3 Subject knowledge 5
4 Objectives of the study and Methodology 5
5 Analysis using statistical tools and statistical packages 5
6 Findings and appropriate suggestions 5
Total 30

Formats for Project Report and Evaluation

• Format of Cover Page Department of MBA
• Format of certificate by College/Institution or from both (Institute Name with Address)
• Format of Declaration Page
• Format of Contents
• Format of List of Tables and Charts
• Format of Bibliography (Month & Year of submission)
• Format for Internal Evaluation, External Evaluation and Viva voce

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