INVERTIS UNIVERSITY

SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT

GUIDELINES (2023-24)
 GUIDELINES FOR SUMMER PROJECT

WHY A SUMMER PROJECT?

Basic idea of a summer project is to expose students to real-world corporate life after the
completion of formal management education in the first year. It gives an opportunity for
a student to apply the knowledge and skills to solve a real problem under the able
supervision of the industry guide (if the student has already joined an organization) and
the faculty guide.

A student must choose a project and execute the same so that he/she can add some value
to the process. All the people involved in that project such as faculty guide, members of
the organization where the project has been done, examiners and other batch mates (to
whom the final presentation to be given) must appreciate the enhancement achieved in
terms of value creation. The organization should be tempted to adopt the changes
recommended. A student must strive to achieve these goals.

HOW TO ENSURE QUALITY?

To ensure good quality of project output, you must adhere to the following:

1. Connect your faculty guide and submit tentative project progress.

2. PowerPoint presentation on your SIP topic starting from next week onwards.

3. In such a case, the project will not be evaluated, and an ‘E’ and ‘F’ Grade will be
allotted.*
WHY IS THE REPORT IMPORTANT?

If you wish to secure a good marks for your project, it is essential that you write a good
report and PPT. The report is marked, not anything else you might have constructed
during the project period. No matter how significant your achievements, if you do not
write up your work and write it up well, you will obtain a poor mark.

It is essential to understand that you have to present the report to a panel of judges, and
the information will be read and marked by a number of examiners.

GUIDELINES FOR THE PROJECT REPORT SUBMISSION

The guidelines for the Project Report structuring are mentioned hereunder and all
students are advised to follow the same:

Summer Training: Project Report Instructions/Guidelines

 Total Copies to be submitted: 2

- Spiral Bound:2

- One Soft Copy mailed to the respective mentor

 Paper: A-4 Size paper

 Margins:

Left : 1.5 Inch

Right : 1 Inch

Top : 1 Inch

Bottom: 1 Inch

 Font: Times New Roman (Only)

 Font Size:

Chapter Heading : 16

Titles : 14
 Normal Text : 12

 Graphical Presentation : Graphs should be coloured

 Reference No.: Each Table/ Exhibit/ Figure must be assigned a reference No.

 Line Spacing: 1.5

 Annexure to be numbered and put in a sequential manner

 Bibliography is a must and should be mentioned in an orderly manner.

SEQUENTIAL ORDER OF THE PROJECT REPORT

 TITLE PAGE( Annexure ‘A’)

 STUDENTS DECLARATION (Annexure ‘B’)

 COMPANY CERTIFICATE (Attach a photocopy)

 ACKNOWLEDGMENT (Annexure ‘C’)

 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Brief introduction to the problem, the methodology

adopted, major findings and important recommendations.

The next page following the Executive Summary page is the Contents page

Note:

 All the above-mentioned pages must be numbered in Roman numbering,

viz. (i), (ii), etc., from page first to Contents page.

 All reports will have pages numbered from the introduction page onwards in
Anglo-Saxon (English) numbers, viz. 1, 2, 3, etc.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

 Overview of the industry, Introduction to the topic: Describe the basis for
selection of the topic. What led you to the selection?
Chapter 2 COMPANY PROFILE

 Origin, Mission, Vision, History, Organizational Structure, List of key

Management personnel, Current Sales, Product Mix, Market position, direct
competitors, and Future Plans.

Chapter 3 OBJECTIVE OF STUDY:

 Good objective statements are those that are precise, whose outcomes are
measurable and can be achieved within the allowed resources of time and money.

Chapter 4 SCOPE AND RATIONALE OF THE STUDY

 In this section, the importance of the problem is explained. The question to be

addressed is, ‘Why should another researcher/reader refer/read this work?’

Chapter 5 REVIEW OF LITERATURE

 A literature review accounts for what has been published on a topic by accredited
scholars and researchers. It is an essential part of a research report. In writing the
literature review, you aim to convey to your reader what knowledge and ideas
have been established on a topic and their strengths and weaknesses. As a piece of
writing, the literature review must be defined by a guiding concept (e.g., your
research objective, problem or issue you are discussing, or argumentative thesis).
It is not just a descriptive list of the material available or a set of summaries.

 Besides enlarging your knowledge about the topic, writing a literature review lets
you gain and demonstrate skills in two areas:

1. Information seeking: the ability to scan the literature efficiently, using

manual or computerized methods, to identify a set of useful articles and
books

2. Critical appraisal: the ability to apply principles of analysis to identify

unbiased and valid studies.

 A literature review must do these things:

a. Be organized around and related directly to the thesis or research question

you are developing

b. Synthesize results into a summary of what is and is not known

 c. Identify areas of controversy in the literature

d. Formulate questions that need further research

Chapter 6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

 It should cover the type of research, data collection methods, instruments to be

used for data collection, sampling methods incorporating randomization,
replication and local control wherever necessary, and data analysis methods
proposed to be used. In a nut shell, the research methodology part should cover
the following heads:

o Research Objectives

o Research Design

o Sample Element/ Sample Unit [Those who are to be interviewed through

Questionnaire Survey (Structured or unstructured)]

o Extent (Territory in which survey is to be carried out)

o Sampling Frame

o Sampling Technique

Chapter 7 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS

Chapter 8 RESULTS AND FINDINGS

 This section should include testing of the project, instruments used, measurements
taken, graphs, tables, photographs, and so on. Figures and tables are used to
illustrate background and/or results. All illustrations should have a title and a
legend, so that it can be read without reference to the text. It must clearly
highlight the value added by your project.

Chapter 8 DISCUSSIONS

 In the discussion section you compare the results with the intentions of the
project. If you wish to include an indication of the chronological development
along which the project proceeded, it may well be placed here. You can also give
an indication of the scope for future work, and discuss how you might have
approached the project differently were you to do it again. You might also
 indicate what you learned from the project, and put in any comments on the
factors which enabled or impeded the project.

Chapter 9 CONCLUSIONS

 In some reports, it can be helpful to to summarizes your main conclusions from

the work, in particular if the discussion is extensive

Chapter 10 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

 In this section, all the limitations faced by the researcher during the research
should be mentioned.

Chapter 11 SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 BIBLIOGRAPHY: All references cited in the text should be included in the list
of references, but no others. You can use any conventional system for references
but use one method consistently. Consult the “Instructions for Authors” in any
management journal for further details on specific systems.

 ANNEXURE: Extensive material that is unnecessary for the report, but may be
useful for some readers, could be included as an appendix. For example some raw
data that is summarized in a table or figure in the Results section

o ANNEXURE –I QUESTIONNAIRE

o ANNEXURE –II ANNUAL REPORTS etc., if required.

Important Note: Project not conforming to the above standards, will be rejected by the
University.

Annexure ‘A’
 A
SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT REPORT
ON
“TOPIC”
AT
NAME OR LOGO OF THE COMPANY
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement
For the award of degree
Of
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SESSION (20**-20**)

SUBMITTED TO: - SUBMITTED BY:-

Faculty Guide: Name:
Designation: Class:
University Roll No:-

University Logo
University Name

Annexure ‘B’
 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY
(To be filled in by the student in his / her handwriting)

I ________________________________Roll No.______________________________ a full-

time bonafide student in first year of Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme

of Invertis University, Bareilly. I hereby certify that this project work carried out by me at

_________________________________________________________________________and

the report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the programme is an original

work of mine under the guidance of the industry mentor _________________________ and

faculty mentor ______________________________, and is not based or reproduced from any

existing work of any other person or on any earlier work undertaken at any additional time or

for any other purpose, and has not been submitted anywhere else at any time.

(Student's Signature)

Date:__________________

(Faculty Mentor's Signature)

Date:__________________
Annexure ‘C’

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It is my pleasure to be indebted to various people, who directly or indirectly

contributed in the development of this work and who influenced my thinking, behavior, and
acts during the course of study.

I express my sincere gratitude to …………………………….., for providing me an

opportunity to undergo summer training at ……………………..

I am thankful to Mr/ Ms.………………. for his support, cooperation, and

motivation provided to me during the training for constant inspiration, presence and blessings.

I also extend my sincere appreciation to Mr/Ms. …………………………who

provided his valuable suggestions and precious time in accomplishing my project report.

Lastly, I would like to thank the almighty and my parents for their moral support
and my friends with whom I shared my day-to-day experience and received lots of suggestions
that improved my quality of work.

(Name of the student)