SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT

FOR
DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING 2024-2025
DPWI4603-PROJECT WORK

1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:

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

1. Cover Page & Title Page

2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Abstract
4. Table of Contents
5. List of Tables
6. List of Figures
7. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
8. Chapters
9. Appendices
10. References

The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:

The dimension of the project report should be in A4 size. The project report should be
bound using flexible cover of the thick white art paper. The cover should be printed in
black letters and the text 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 Bonafide Certificate – The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font Style
Times New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix 2.

The certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature and shall be followed by the supervisor’s
name, academic designation (not any other responsibilities of administrative nature),
department and full address of the institution where the supervisor has guided the student. The
term ‘SUPERVISOR’ must be typed in capital letters between the supervisor’s name and
 academic designation.

3.3 Abstract – Abstract should be one page synopsis of the project report typed double line spacing,
Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14.

3.4 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as any
material which precedes it. The title page and Bonafide Certificate will not find a place among
the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers of which are in lower case
Roman letters. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.
A specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in Appendix 3.

3.5 List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the tables in
the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.

3.6 List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the figures
in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.

3.7 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature – One and a half spacing should be adopted
or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc. should be used.

3.8 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into 3 parts (i) Introductory chapter, (ii)
Chapters developing the main theme of the project work (iii) and Conclusion.

The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further divided
into several divisions and sub-divisions.

❖ Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.

❖ Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the reference
where they are cited.

❖ Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should be typed single space and placed directly
underneath in the very same page, which refers to the material they annotate.

3.9 Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is included in
the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme.

∙ Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.
∙ Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numbered and
referred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.

∙ Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be made in the
contents page also.
3.10 List of References –The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the heading
“REFERENCES” in alphabetical order in single spacing left – justified. The reference
material should be listed in the alphabetical order of the first author. The name of the
author/authors should be immediately followed by the year and other details.
 A typical illustrative list given below relates to the citation example quoted above.
REFERENCES

1. Ariponnammal, S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) ‘Transport Phonomena of Sm Sel – X Asx’,

Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.

2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) ‘Applications of Convolution Operators to Problems

in Univalent Function Theory’, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.81–94.

3. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open Loop Minimum Time Control of Mechanical
Manipulations and its Applications’, Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego, CA, pp.
1231-1236.

3.10.1 Table and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the body of the
project report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the body of
the project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams may
be designated as figures.

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 general text. The general text shall be
typed in the Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font size 14.
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APPENDIX 1
(A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page)
<Font Style Times New Roman – Bold>

TITLE OF PROJECT REPORT

<Font Size 18><1.5 line spacing>

A PROJECT REPORT
<Font Size 14>

Submitted by
<Font Size 14><Italic>

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S)

<Font Size 16>

in partial fulfillment for the award of the

degree of
<Font Size 14><1.5 line spacing><Italic>

NAME OF THE DEGREE

<Font Size 16>

IN

BRANCH OF STUDY
<Font Size 14>

NAME OF THE COLLEGE

<Font Size 14>

ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

<Font Size 16><1.5 line spacing>

MONTH & YEAR

<Font Size 14>
SPECIMEN

SOME PERFORMANCE ASPECTS CONSIDERATIONS OF

A CLASS OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

SANDHYA. A

GAYATHRI.R
in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

in

INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING

XXX ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KANCHEEPURAM

ANNA UNIVERSITY:: CHENNAI 600 025

MAY 2005
 APPENDIX 2
(A typical specimen of Bonafide Certificate)
<Font Style Times New Roman>

ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

<Font Style Times New Roman – size -18>

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
<Font Style Times New Roman – size -16>

<Font Style Times New Roman – size -14>

Certified that this project report “……….TITLE OF THE PROJECT……………..”

is the bonafide work of “…………..NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S).…………”

who carried out the project work under my supervision.

<<Signature of the Head of the Department>> <<Signature of the Supervisor>> .

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

<<Name>> <<Name>>
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR

<<Academic Designation>>

<<Department>> <<Department>>

<<Full address of the Dept & College >> <<Full address of the Dept & College >>