ACCURATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY GREATER NOIDA, U.P.

Summer Internship Project (SIP) Guidelines

1. 2. Each student of the PGDM will be required to submit a Project Report after the scheduled completion of his/her Summer Internship Project (SIP) in an organization. Summer Internship Project (SIP) Work will be carried out under the joint guidance/supervision of two Guides: Faculty Guide and Industry Guide. Faculty Guide will be a faculty of the Institute and Industry Guide will be the students reporting officer in the company. A synopsis must be sent to the respective mentors within 15 days of the commencement of the Summer Internship Project (SIP) Work. The format of synopsis guideline are given at page no. 2&3. Students should update the faculty supervisor about his/her work on a weekly basiseither by sending email to the respective faculty or contact them on mobile which is mandatory and the faculty member should also respond to the student if required through e-mail or mobile. One hard bound printed copy in black cover with golden color and one soft copy in pdf format (on CD-ROM only) of the project report should be submitted to the PGP Cell of the Institute and one copy should be retained by the student. The printed copy of the Project Report must bear the project completion certificate signed by both the Guides. The signature of the Industry Guide should be supported by the relevant seal of the organization. The Project Report will be evaluated by the examiners duly constituted by the Institute. The Project Report should reflect the candidates own understanding, estimation and analysis of the subject under study. Every student has to make a presentation and appear in the Viva-Voce examination on the Project Work.

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10. The Project Report must be submitted within the stipulated time and date. ******

Synopsis on Title of the Project (20 TNR* Bold)

Submitted By (12 TNR+B) Name: Roll No: Batch :

Industry Guide (12 TNR Bold) Name: Designation: Company Name:

Faculty Guide (12 TNR Bold) Name: Designation:

ACCURATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY, PLOT NO. 49, KNOWLEDGE PARK 3, GREATER NOIDA- 201306 (UP) July 2013

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Guidelines for Synopsis

1. Introduction: concepts, definition and various dimensions / issues under study.

2. Literature Review: Contemporary studies from authors/scholars/ Industry reports. 3. Objectives & Hypothesis of the Study 4. Research Methodology Nature of the Study Sample design Data collection tool: Prepare a questionnaire. Data Analysis: Statistical tools to be applied in the study.

5. References 6. Annexures: Draft of the questionnaire to be used in the study.

GUIDELINES FOR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT (SIP) REPORT FRONT PAGES

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The Summer Internship Project (SIP) report must be hard bound only with black binding. Sequencing of the Pages The top of the report must have the title page embossed in golden color in the format attached with the guidelines given in Annexure A. The title page (front cover) and the first page within the report should be the same. The second page is the Certificate issued by the Industry Mentor / Company on the company letter pad. (Annexure B) The third page is Certificate of Originality (Annexure C) The fourth page is Acknowledgement page (Annexure D) The fifth page is Executive Summary The sixth page is the Table of Contents

All the above mentioned pages must be numbered in Roman numbering, viz. (i),(ii)(vi) etc. from page first to table of contents page.

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

Annexure A (format for title page and Hard cover)

TITLE OF SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT

(in capital font size, 20 of Times New Roman + Bold)

( Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for (12 TNR+Bold)

PGDM ) (14 TNR+Bold)

By (10

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Name of Student (12 TNR+Bold) Roll No. (12 TNR+Bold) Batch of 2012-14(12 TNR+Bold)

ACCURATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY, PLOT NO 49, Knowledge Park 3, GREATER NOIDA-201306 (UP) (12 TNR+Bold) July 2013 (12 TNR+Bold) TNR* =Times New Roman

Annexure B 1 (use font 12 in Times New Roman)

SUMMER TRAINING COMPLETION CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr./Ms. ________________student of PGDM of Accurate Institute of Management & Technology , Greater Noida, has undertaken the project titled ______________________________ ____at.from .to and has completed the project successfully. I wish him/her a success in all his/her future career endeavors.

Industry Guide Name: Designation: Organizations Seal ___________________ Signature with Date

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Annexure 'C (use font 12 in Times New Roman) 5 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY 6 7 (To be filled in by the student in his / her handwriting)

8 9 I_____________________________________ Roll No ________________________of 2013,is a fulltime bonafide student of first year of PGDM Program of Accurate Institute of Management & Technology, Greater Noida. I hereby certify that this project work carried out by me at _____________________________________________________ the report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the program is an original work of mine under the guidance of the industry mentor __________________ and the faculty mentor ______________________________________________and is 10 not based or reproduced from any existing work of any other person or on any earlier work undertaken at any other time or for any other purpose, and has not been submitted anywhere else at any time 11 12 13 14 15 (Student's Signature) 16 Date: July, 2013 17 18 19 20 21 (Faculty Mentor's Signature) 22 Date: July 2013

Annexure D ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Duly acknowledge the external and internal assistance received within 250 words.

GUIDELINES FOR SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT REPORT PRESENTATION

Instructions for the Students 1. Length The project Report should contain between 50-70 pages. The Report should be printed 1.5 spaced on A4 size paper excluding front till Table of Contents page and references but including tables and figures. The body text should be in Times New Roman font size 12. The title should be in the font size 20. The sub headings would follow in the font size of 16, 14, and 12 bold. 2. Title Page (Annexure 'A') The following information should be presented in this order with all text centered: (a) The title (not more than ten words) and subtitle, if any (b) The name of the student (c) Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PGDM (d) Name of the institute (e) The month and year of submission 3. Certificate is given by the Industry Mentor/Company regarding completion of SIP (Annexure B) 4. Certificate of Originality (Annexure C) 5. Acknowledgement (Annexure D) 6. Executive Summary A summary of the project, of approximately 120 words (Times New Roman 12pt regular, single line spacing), is required. This should briefly state the main objectives, findings and conclusion. 7. Table of Contents 8. List of Tables and Figures The list of tables and figures (diagrams, graphics, and illustrations) should follow the list of contents and each has its own numbering sequence.
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9. Text Contents of the report should necessarily incorporate following details: Chapter-1: Introduction: Clear understanding of the topic/subject; understanding of the organization/unit//field. Chapter-2: Literature Review: Published studies and review of similar studies 1 Chapter 3: Research Method:Give a clear and concise sequential statement of the methods that have been used to test the hypothesis, i.e. the methods used for the collection and analysis of relevant data /information. 0 1 0 2 3 4 0 1 3.1 Research Problem 3.2 Research Methodology 3.2.1Research Objectives 3.2.2 Hypothesis of the study 3.2.3 Research Design 3.2.4 Sampling Design 3.2.5 Data Collection: Instruments adopted for collection and analysis with appropriate justification and reasoning. 3.3 Scope & Rationale of the study 5 Chapter 4: Findings and Analysis /Results This chapter will include presentation and analysis of the significant information that has been gathered in order to test the hypothesis. This section will vary considerably in both length and content depending on the nature of the work. It may include models or systems constructed by the author as a result of the investigation. Raw data, if appropriate, should be presented in appendices.

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Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations 2 This section evaluates the information/data presented in the previous section. Comparison of result and conclusion with those of previous authors , reassessment of the hypothesis (if any) and discussion of the broader implications for management, industry, government organizations or other appropriate bodies. References: References and citations should be completed in all respect to enable the reader to look up the source material and give credit to the author(s) of the source material. All the references should be cited in the body of the text and arranged in alphabetical order. Keep uniformity in the references. All references should be in APA Format as shown below:
Book

Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979).The guide to everything and then some more stuff. New York, NY: Macmillan. Gregory, G., & Parry, T. (2006). Designing brain-compatible learning (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Chapter of a Book

Bergquist, J. M. (1992). German Americans. In J. D. Buenker& L. A. Ratner (Eds.), Multiculturalism in the United States: A comparative guide to acculturation and ethnicity (pp. 53-76). New York, NY: Greenwood.
Articles / Research Paper

Becker, E. (2001). Title of the Research paper. Journal name. Vol. No. p-pp.
Online Newspaper Articles

Becker, E. (2001, August 27). Prairie farmers reap conservation's. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com
Encyclopedia Articles:

Brislin, R. W. (1984). Cross-cultural psychology. In R. J. Corsini (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 319-327). New York, NY: Wiley.
Technical and Research Reports (often with corporate authors)

Hershey Foods Corporation. (2001, March 15). 2001 Annual Report. Retrieved from http://www.hersheysannualreport.com/2000/index.htm
Websites

Author, A. (date).Title of document [Format description]. Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx

E book

Author, A. (date). Title of book. Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx

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Author, A. (date).Title of chapter.In E. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xxxx). Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx Bibliography Appendices Any important information that is not incorporated in the main text may be included in appendices. For Example: Reproduction of a questionnaire used Details of a population sampled List of organizations sampled Relevant extracts from standard tables (with acknowledgement of source) Raw or gross data from surveys summarized in the text

However, Appendix MUST NOT include brochures, pamphlets, etc. obtained from organizations unless otherwise the same is required in the text.

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