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Report Guidelines - 2022

This document outlines the formatting guidelines for internship project reports submitted by students in the Department of Information Technology at NITK Surathkal. It provides the required structure and sections for seminar reports related to research internships and practical training/application development internships. Key requirements include using Latex for formatting, specific heading styles, page layout with margins and numbering, and inclusion of elements like abstract, references, and appendices. Reports must follow these guidelines and be submitted in hard and soft copy within the specified timeframe to be accepted for presentation evaluation.

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Report Guidelines - 2022

This document outlines the formatting guidelines for internship project reports submitted by students in the Department of Information Technology at NITK Surathkal. It provides the required structure and sections for seminar reports related to research internships and practical training/application development internships. Key requirements include using Latex for formatting, specific heading styles, page layout with margins and numbering, and inclusion of elements like abstract, references, and appendices. Reports must follow these guidelines and be submitted in hard and soft copy within the specified timeframe to be accepted for presentation evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NITK SURATHKAL

VII Sem B.Tech (IT) - Practical Training (IT440)

(July – December 2022)

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

Seminar Report Format (in case of research based Internships)

Cover page
Declaration by the Student
Certificate
Acknowledgements (optional)
Abstract
Table of Contents(with page nos)
List of Figures
List of Tables (if any)
1. Introduction
1.1. Challenges
1.2. Motivation for the work
2. Literature Survey
2.1. Introduction to Literature Survey
2.2. Related Work
2.2. Outcome of Literature Review
2.3. Problem Statement
2.4.Research Objectives
3. Methodology and Framework
3.1. System Architecture
3.2. Algorithms .. Techniques etc.
3.3. Detailed Design Methodologies (as applicable)
4. Work Done
4.1. Development Environment.
4.2. as required.
4.3. as required.
5. Results and Analysis
6. Conclusion and Future work
References
Appendix(include acronyms, paper selected if research paper implementation etc.)
In case of Practical Training/Application Development Internships

Cover page
Certificate
Declaration by the Student
Acknowledgements (optional)
Abstract
Table of Contents (with page nos)
List of Figures
List of Tables (if any)
1. Introduction
1.1. Scope of the Work
1.2. Product Scenarios
2. Requirement Analysis
2.1. Functional Requirements
2.2. Non-functional Requirements
2.3. Use Case Scenarios
2.4. Other Software Engineering Methodologies (as applicable)
3. System Design
3.1. Design Goals
3.2. System Architecture
3.3. Detailed Design Methodologies (as applicable)
4. Work Done
4.1. Development Environment.
4.2. as required.
4.3. as required.
5. Results and Discussion
6. Conclusion and Future Work
References
Appendix (optional - can include additional information like Nomenclature, base
system details etc)
Formatting Instructions

Students should use Latex Document Preparation system for generating their reports. The
following are some guidelines that need to be followed for generating the report as per NITK
format

Binding: Use transparency sheet as front cover and thick binding sheet rear cover for the
report. (do not use spiral binding)

Length: Title page (1 pg) Abstract (1 pg, between 300 - 500 words), contents page (1pg),
Introduction (2 to 5 pages), Body ( e.g. Literature Review, Problem Description, actual work
done etc) (> 12 pages), Conclusion (1 pg), References (1 to 2 pages) and Appendices
(Optional: 1 to 5 pages)

PageFormat: Margins (left, right, top, bottom – 1 inch)

Headings:

Main Headings - Heading 1 Times 16 font, align center, bold, numbered with set of digits,
leave 2 blank lines (12pt Times) after the main heading

Sub headings: level -1: Heading 2 Times 14 font, align left, bold, italics, numbered with
set of digits (e.g. 1.1, 1.2 etc for subheadings of chapter 1)

Sub subheadings: level -2: Times 12 font, bold, left aligned, numbered (e.g. 1.1.1, 1.2.1
etc for sub-sub-headings of subheading 1.1.)

Body: 12 pt Times font, justified, 1.5”paragraph spacing for text

Figures/ Tables: Place Tables/Figures/Images within the text as close to the reference,
centered. Captions should be Times 10 pt bold and centered. They should be
numbered.Please note that the word for Table and Figure are to be spelled out. A figure’s
captions should be centered beneath the image or picture, and Table captions should be
centered above the table body. (e.g., “Table 1.1” or “Figure 2.3” etc for the first table in
Chapter 1, or for the third figure in chapter 2)
PageNumbering, HeadersandFooters: Do not include headers, footers. UseLatex's default
page numbering feature (bottom middle) in your report. Exclude abstract, certificate etcup
toIndex of contents page while adding page numbering.

References: List and number all bibliographical references in 10-point Times, at the end of
your report. Below are the samples for journal paper, books and Web references. You may
use IEEE Xplore/ACM Digital Library/ Google Scholar to obtain the standard way of including
references. References must be cited properly within the main content of your report.

[1] A.B. Smith, C.D. Jones, E.F. Roberts, “Article Title”, Journal, Publisher, Location, Date,
pp. 1-10.

[2] Jones, C.D., A.B. Smith, and E.F. Roberts, Book Title, Publisher, Location, Date.

[3] Clarke, M, White paper title, published year, Available: www. xyz.com/article/, Visited:
15th April 2007.

[4] Online Article Name, Available at: <<url>>; Last accessed on: August 2, 2021
Note: Sample cover page and certificate formats are provided separately. A hard copy of the
seminar report should be submitted to the examiners of each session (also a soft copy to
each of the examiners) at least 2 days prior to the presentation. Reports not submitted within
the specified time frame and without necessary formatting will not be accepted for
presentation.

Sd/-
Dr. Shrutilipi Bhattacharjee Sd/-
(Course Coordinator) (HoD, IT Department)

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