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GUIDELINES












NON-TEACHING CREDIT
COURSE
(Minor Project)
(Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading)














AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR
PRADESH
GAUTAM BUDDHA
NAGAR
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C O N T E N T S



Sl. No.

Description

Page No.
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Introduction 3
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Objectives of Minor Project 4
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Credit Units 5
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Student Learning Outcomes 5
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Issues in Conducting of Minor Project 6
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Guidelines for Conduct of Minor Project 6
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Assessment Plan and Continuous Assessment 11
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Plagiarism 13
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Submission of Final Report 14
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Students Not Meeting the Eligibility Criteria 14
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Procedure for Examination of Cases for Special Consideration 15
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Final Assessment 15
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Components of Final Assessment 17
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Report Requirements 19
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Guidelines for Writing the Report 19
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Improvement of Scores & Grade 22
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Detailed Guidelines 22
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1. INTRODUCTION

The academic philosophy of Amity University revolves around student centric learning,
which takes into consideration their varied learning needs and significantly accelerates their
retention of both knowledge and skills. It inspires and gives the chance to the student to
operate, manage and monitor his/her own learning process under the supervision and the
guidance of a faculty supervisor, so that he/she could train himself to be independent and
develop oneself to be a good professional.

Minor Project has proved to b e gr e a t tool to a c h i e ve the objectives of student centric
l e a r n i n g . Minor Project is a scholarly research project/design project that shows
evidence of critical analysis and understanding of the topic. Project is also design based where
a student/group of students work on various aspects of an integrated design.
Following are the attributes of Minor Project:

Minor Project is a part of Programme Structure and is compulsory
have 4 credit units assigned to it
not conducted as regular class lecture, lab practical or tutorial
is self exploratory, application oriented work oriented in nature
is done under the supervision/guidance of faculty guide and/or external guide
depending upon the place of course being undertaken
is conducted during VIII semester
allows tudents to pursue their area of interest to greater depth
help students to relate theory to actual practice in the industry
help students to be innovative, creative and through independent study/team work.

The course is conducted at institution either independently or in joint collaboration with
industry, other research labs or universities in India and abroad.

2. OBJECTIVES OF MINOR PROJECT:

There are certain phases of every students professional development that cannot be
effectively taught in the academic environment. These facets can only be learned through
direct, on-the-job experience working with successful professionals and experts in the field.

The Minor project can best be described as an attempt to institutionalize efforts to bridge the
gap between the professional world and the academic institutions. Entire effort in Minor
Project is in terms of extending the program of education and evaluation beyond the
classroom/laboratory of a university or institution.
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The objectives of the Minor Project are

To provide an opportunity to students to demonstrate the ability to devise, select
and use a range of methodologies and tools to the Chosen/Given project,
applying the theoretical knowledge to a real life situation.

Experiential Learning outside classroom through self exploration, practical
experience, Industry, field experience, live experience, research, design projects etc.


The learning process in the Minor Project seeks out and focuses attention on
many latent attributes, which do not surface in the normal class room
situations.

Research and its importance in experiential learning through Minor Project. These
experiential learning attributes through Minor Project include:

Intellectual ability,
Professional judgment and decision making ability,
Inter-disciplinary approach,
Skills for data handling,
Ability in written and oral presentation,
Sense of responsibility
Developing professional Skills
Application of theory, concepts in given industry /practical / field scenario


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3. CREDIT UNITS

a) The credit units of Minor Project is given below:

S.No. Course Title Credit Units
1 Minor Project 4

b) Following are the Credit Units associated with different modes of
Teaching/Learning:
Lecture : 100%
Tutorials : 100%
Laboratory : 50%
Field Work/Self Exploratory
Learning in Lab :

15-20%


c) To earn 4 credit units for a Minor project, a student must put in self efforts:

4 credits 55 to 60 hrs / per credit = 220-240 hrs
No. of days required in Full-time mode : 220hrs/8hrs per day = 28-30 days

d) Therefore, faculty guide must ensure the minimum efforts put in by students
commensurate with the prescribed credit units of a course.

4. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

The student learning outcomes are very critical for every course. Therefore, these must be
clearly defined keeping in mind the programme objectives and course objectives. The
following student learning outcomes are achieved:
Outcome 1: (Scientific foundation) When faced with a technical problem the student should be able to use
applied scientific knowledge
1A: to identify and implement relevant principles of mathematics and computer science.
1 B: to identify and implement relevant principles of physics and chemistry
1 C: to identify and implement relevant principles of engineering science
Outcome 2: (Experimentation) the ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, and analyze
experimental data.
Outcome 3: (Tools) an ability to use the relevant tools necessary for engineering practice.
Outcome 4: (Technical design) the technical ability to design a prescribed engineering sub-system
Outcome 5: (Design assessment) the ability to develop and assess alternative system designs based on
technical and non-technical criteria
5A: to define overall needs and constraints.
5B: to assess the social and environmental requirements of the system and its impact on the global society.
Outcome 6: (Professionalism) the ability to recognize and achieve high levels of professionalism in their
work.
Outcome 7: (Leadership) ability to assume leadership roles and respect human values.
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Outcome 8: (Teamwork) the ability to function on teams.
Outcome 9: (Communication) the ability to communicate effectively and persuasively.
Outcome 10: (Ethics and morals) a critical understanding of ethical and moral systems and respect for human
values in a social context.
Outcome 12: (Lifelong learning) a recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in lifelong learning
and development.


5. ISSUES IN CONDUCTING OF MINOR PROJECT

Lack of Clarity of objectives
Lack of Clarity about Expectations
Lack of proper guidelines about conduct of course
Relationship between objectives, methodology, output, quality and credit units
Commencement & Duration
Progress Monitoring & Report
Role of Faculty & Guidance
Discipline & deadlines
Originality of Work / Plagiarism
Output and Quality
Evaluation Scheme
Non Submission of marks on time
Conduct of back paper of a Minor Project

6. GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF Minor project

The guidelines give a methodical approach to Minor project that will ensure effective
supervision and manage student expectations to improve student learning experience. It
aims:

To provide a systematic approach to Minor project across the Institute.
To provide students taking Minor project with a valuable learning experience.
To enable students to develop as independent learners
To promote the dissemination of effective practice.
To support faculty guides in the supervision, progress monitoring and assessment of
Minor project.
To enable students to follow prescribed guidelines.




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a) These Guidelines apply to Minor project and provides information to both faculty-
guides and students, on roles and responsibilities, the conduct & monitoring process,
supervision, assessment and submission.

b) The prime responsibility for managing the Minor project lies with the student and the
faculty guide. A faculty guide will be identified for each student/group of students.

c) There will be clarity regarding the role and responsibilities of the student, faculty guide,
and external guide and Minor project Review committee.

d) The detailed guidelines are given at serial no. 17.

6.1 Briefing the students about Minor project Regulations & Guidelines

A briefing session for all the students and concerned faculty guides must be organized
by the institutions well in advance so that the students and faculty guides are able to
prepare well & proceed for the course as per guidelines. The briefing for Minor Project
in final semester for UG students must be done in mid of odd semester of the
academic session so that the students are able to finalise:

(i) the Minor project by end of seventh semester
(ii) the industry/research lab/ external university on their own or with the
help of Institution.

The Guidelines for Minor project must also be uploaded on AMIZONE for students
and faculty guides.



6.2 Roles and Responsibilities of students

a) Commit to a schedule of meetings, in order to ensure that the agreed schedule is
adhered to and deadlines met.
b) use supervisory time allocated effectively,
c) manage tutorial / gap lectures/ briefing sessions effectively by preparing for same
in advance,
d) keep appointments which have been arranged,
e) to submit regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) to Faculty guide
f) maintain a record of supervisory meetings,
g) act responsibly and professionally during fieldwork /industry internship/work in
external labs etc
h) make use of AUUP guidance and documentation to plan and monitor progress of
the Minor Project, to maximise the benefit of tutorial support, and to
implement the feedback and approved action plan for development of the project.
i) recognise ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to
plagiarism,
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6.3 Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty Guide/Supervisor

To advise on:

the topic, synopsis and work schedule of Minor project and its resources
To assist the student in identifying problems/issues and suggest/agree on
specific action to address those
risk assessment, where appropriate
methodologies
referencing / plagiarism ethical
practice, as appropriate
information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning, monitoring
progress of the Minor project
structure and presentation of Minor project To
discuss progress of Minor project
To offer feedback on partial versions of Minor project
To maintain regular supervisory contact.
To contact any student who fails to attend supervisory sessions
To advise the student of Minor Project who are considered exemplary


6.4 Registration for the Course

a) The students are required to register on-line on AMIZONE for the Minor Project courses
as per the guidelines.
b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on following
grounds:
i) Ill health - provided the student has informed the institution on time and had taken
sick leave from HoI.


c) The student will be allowed to register late for Minor Project at ASET or approved
external organisation upto a certain period with certain late registration charges as
per following conditions:

i) Upto 10 days after the date of registration for course with late registration
Charges of 500/- .

ii) From 11
th
day to 15
th
day of the date of Registration with late registration charges of
1000/-.

iii) 16
th
day to 20
th
day of Registration with late registration charges of 2000/-
provided student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses

iv) After 21
st
day to 30 days of Registration with late charges of 5000/- provided
student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses.

d) The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by
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Finance Committee.

e) The students who have not registered for the Minor Project course as per regulations
will not be permitted to submit any report and will be treated as having failed in
the course. Further, student will not be promoted to next year/will not be awarded
degree as the case may be.

6.5 Allocation of Faculty Guide

a) Each student/project group shall be assigned a faculty guide for the Minor Project well
in advance in a formal manner depending on the number of students/no of groups
per faculty member, the available specialization among the faculty guides by
Institution/department Project Committee.

b) Incase a student/ project group is undertaking Minor Project in collaboration with an
industry or research lab or other university, the students/ project group will have two
guides a faculty guide from the institution and an external guide from the
concerned organisation. In Such cases of joint guidance, the main guide will be
faculty guide.


c) The allotment / allocation of supervisor shall not be left to the individual students or
teacher.
d) The external guide must be provided with brief guidelines for performance
monitoring and assessment of the student of Minor Project.

e) The faculty guide from Amity university must closely interact with the external
guide and monitor the progress of the student in Minor Project wherever applicable.
Faculty guide must also strengthen the relationship with the collaborating organisation
of the student for future collaborative research and placement of the student in that
organisation.

6.6 Briefing Sessions/ Tutorials/Gap Lectures for students

Briefing Sessions/Tutorial/Gap Lectures are very important for undertaking the Minor
Project. Therefore, it is mandatory for the students to attend the same
whenever institution/faculty guide have scheduled the same: During such sessions
students should expect to:
discuss ideas and concerns.
be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area,
be provided with direction to help them to manage the process,
be provided with advice on academic style, format and the scope of Minor Project. be
provided with general feedback,
be provided with feedback on their Minor Project and apply the comments they
receive through processes of reflection/evaluation and action-planning to other
parts of their development work.

6.7 Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Work Schedule

a) Student will finalise the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his / her
Minor Project in consultation with the faculty guide by the end of seventh semester.
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b) The work / project Schedule (Project Plan) to be prepared using GANTT or PERT
chart as per attached appendix.

c) The area/topic, work schedule of Minor Project will be approved by the Institution/
department Minor Project Committee . The student will make a presentation before the
Project Committee on specified date, time and venue. The final list cleared by the Project
Committee and approved by HOI/HOD will be sent to Academic Office in AUUP HQ
and CoE, before the date of first Weekly Progress Report.
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6.8 Conduct and Progress Monitoring of Minor project

a) The students will undertake Minor Project as per the course requirement and
work schedule.

b) The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as
per the prescribe format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR).

c) The student is required to submit regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR). A
Sample format of WPR is attached.

d) Faculty guide will mark the status of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received and
quality of work done on AMIZONE. Faculty guide will also give feedback to
students.

e) The student will also maintain daily diary of the work done which need to be
submitted to the faculty guide.

f) The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide as
per the attached Appendix-.

g) Periodic progress Review by a faculty board will be done. For this institution will
announce at the time of registration for the course.

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a)
ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

The institute will define the assessment plan and tools keeping in mind the Program
Learning Outcomes (PLOs), Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Course objectives.


b)

The assessment will have clearly defined Continuous Internal Assessment and Final
Assessment weightage, which have various components to assess various learning
outcomes.


c)

The weightage of CIA and Final Assessment will be as under:

S.N. Continuous Internal
Assessment
Final
Assessment

Credit Units
1 30 70 4 Credit Units
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d) The breaks up (components and their weightage) of continuous internal assessment are given
as under:


S. No.

Title
Marks
(CIA = 30%)
1 Timely Registration 01
2 Topics & Synopsis Approval 01

3
WPRs
(No. of WPR Submitted)
(Satisfactory WPR)

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5

4
2 Periodic Progress Review by a board of
faculty through presentation

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5 1
st
Draft on time 01
6 2
nd
Draft on time 01
7 Final Report Assessment 10



7.1 Project Report Assessment:

The faculty guide will assess the project report as part of IA/CA as under:

S.No. Parameter Weightage (10)
1. Introduction and Statement of the Problem 1.5
2. Review of Literature: 1.5
3 Methodology/methods/Approach 1

4
Data Collection, Analysis, Results
findings/Outcomes and conclusions

3
5 Future scope and Limitations outlined 1
6 Quality of work and written expression 1
7 Student Learning Outcomes 1


7.2 Submission of Continuous Internal Assessment Marks

a) The institution will send the CIA marks along with all the reports from AMIZONE
and supporting documents of all students to CoE.

b) CoE will declare the list of students eligible for the final assessment after examining
all the cases.

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8.



a)
PLAGIARISM

The Minor project report must be written in students own words. However, if required
to cite the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be
appropriately acknowledged.


b)

It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin
or similar software before submission. The content which is based on existing published
work must come from properly quoted material and from the references cited section.
After checking the accuracy of the citations and references of such content the
plagiarism report should not return similarity index of more than 15% in any
circumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15%
could still be considered plagiarism. Any report with higher than this percentage
matching must be explained by the student. The details of copy rights, professional
ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.
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9. SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

The most important aspect of the courses is the final report. Therefore following must be
ensured for producing quality report.

a) The student will start the project report as per the prescribed guidelines.

b) The students will submit 1
st
draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by
the submission second of draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested by
the guide.

c) The final report shall be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or any
other format subscribed by University. Copying material should not be more than 10%
provided source is mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement and
referencing as per plagiarism policy of the university.

d) Following will be submitted along with final report,:
o WPR
o Minor project Dairy

e) A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she
meets following conditions:
a. Online Registration for the Minor project
b. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide/project committee
c. 90 % of WPR were submitted
d. 80% of the WPR were satisfactory

10 STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The students who are not eligible to submit the report will re-submit the final report as per
the following guidelines:

Parameter Action
Online Registration for the
Minor project not done

Re-do the Minor project
Has not taken the approval of
the Topic, Synopsis and Project
Plan by the faculty guide

Re-do the Minor project



< 90 % of WPRs were submitted
Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment marks as
under:
80 - 89% = 10 marks deducted
75 - < 80% = 12 marks deducted
70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on
recommendations of Minor project Review Committee
with cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from
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Continuous Internal Assessment.
< 70 % = Re-do the Minor project


< 80% of the WPRs were
satisfactory
<80-75% = 10 marks to be deducted
<75-70% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on
recommendations of a committee with cap of B+ in
grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous
Internal Assessment.
Similarity index more than 15 %
as per Plagiarism Prevention
Policy.
If in plagiarism report the similarity index is >15%, the
student is required to re-write the report, provided it
meets all the other criteria.
Important:
The students not meeting the eligibility criteria, shall be required to provide detailed
justification for special consideration by the NTCC Review Committee.
The students re-submitting the thesis due to plagiarism shall be eligible for the grade earned
by him provided he/she has submitted same atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment of
the batch. If the student fails to submit the revised thesis in the prescribed time he / she shall
not be awarded more than B+ grade.
The students who shall re-do the NTCC shall be awarded grade not more than B+.


11. PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION OF CASES FOR SPECIAL
CONSIDERATION

a) To examine the cases for consideration by Vice Chancellor, the
Minor project Review Committee for the Academic Session will be
constituted at the University level as per norms prescribed in the regulations
of NTCC.

b) The recommendation of HoIs of all such cases after detailed explanation
given by students must be submitted to the CoE office atleast 10days prior
the Final Assessment Date for examination to be decided by NTCC Review
Committee after consideration by the Vice Chancellor.

12. FINAL ASSESSMENT

a) The final assessment of NTCC need to be done only of those students
who have qualified on the basis of Conduct and progress monitoring
guidelines & Submission of report as per the guidelines as stated above.

b) The Final assessment will be treated as end semester examination. It is
mandatory for the students to appear for final assessment as per
scheduled date and time. If fail to appear in the students final assessment
as per schedule, he/she will treated as absent. For such cases same rules
will be applicable as those for theory examination. The assessment of I
category students will be done within one month of final assessment of the
batch.
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c) The breakup of final assessment / external marks is as follows:


Component Marks
Presentation 35
Viva 35
Total 70

d) While evaluating the Minor project , institution, faculty guide and board of
evaluators will consider the following aspects:

I. Institution:

i) Institutional Project Committee must check the eligibility of all the students
before sending the list to CoE.
ii) Guidelines for the students and board of evaluators must be prepared and
approved by competent authority/academic Council.
iii) Only eligible students will be assessed as per the approved list provided by
CoE board-wise & according to approved guidelines.
iv) Date of evaluation will be announced by CoE on the recommendations of HoI.
v) A board comprising 03 members from the department will be constituted.
Two faculty members from any of the Institutions of AUUP and one service
external expert from Industry/academia at the faculty guide will not be
the member of the evaluation board for his/her own students.
vi) The institution will send the budget along with the list of external expert for
assessment board to CoE for necessary approval as per the University
regulations and Guidelines.
vii) The assessment guidelines must be provided to evaluators.
viii) The Format for evaluation will be provided along with the list of students, for
each evaluator.
ix) The duly signed evaluation sheets along with attendance sheets and printout of
consolidated marks from Amizone will be submitted on same day.
x) Faculty guide/ any other member of the institution will not try to influence the
board evaluators for favouring /punishing any student appearing for final
assessment.

II. Board of Evaluators:

i) The board of evaluators will assess the eligible students only as per the
prescribed guidelines and assessment sheets.
ii) The evaluation will be done separately by each evaluator and duly signed copy
of same will be submitted before leaving the evaluation room.
iii) The evaluators will be paid the honorarium as per the university policy.

III. Observer

CoE will appoint an observer and submit the report as per the regulations of the
University.
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13 COMPONENTS OF FINAL ASSESSMENT


Sl.
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o.

Parameter
Weightage
(Marks)
(50%)





1. 1.



Introduction and Statement of the Problem
Does the introduction provide a general overview of
the issues surrounding the study?
Is the problem under investigation clearly stated?
Is evidence used to demonstrate the significance of
the problem?
Are important terms defined?
Are assumptions clearly stated?
Are Minor assertions that lay ground work for the
study articulated?






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2
Review of Literature:
Is the study grounded in a larger body of research?
Is the review current and representative of the work
in the area?
Are related studies critically examined and gaps
identified?
Does the review provide a clear rationale of the
study?
Is the review well organized, using sub-sections
where appropriate?






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3
Methodology/methods/Approach
Is the research design described clearly and
appropriate for the study?
Are the sample and participants fully described?
Is the sampling plan appropriate for the study?
Are the data gathering procedures fully explicated
and appropriate for the study?
Have the analytical procedures been fully explained
and are appropriate for the study?
Is the technical merit of instruments described
clearly?
Are issues related to limitations and/or
trustworthiness satisfactorily identified and
addressed?
Do the sampling, data collection, and analytical
procedures appropriately match the problem
statement and research questions?
Are the instruments or interview guides acceptable
and appropriate for the study?













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4
Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes and
conclusions
All pertinent results well reported and are in clear
and concise in manner
The arguments, discussion
A Clear presentation of fully justified findings and
logical conclusions, based upon the research
evidence, which demonstrate the ability to critically
evaluate the research results.






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5
Future scope and Limitations outlined
Have all potential weaknesses of the study been
described?
Are the limitations appropriate to the methodology?



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Quality of work and written expression
Does the proposal demonstrate a high quality of
written expression?
Is the potential cohesive and coherent?
Is it accurate?
Is there consistency in conceptual framework
and/or paradigm to unite the problem statement,
research questions, and methods section?
Is the tone of the proposal impartial, unbiased, and
scientific?
Are applicable support documents (appendices)
included and satisfactory?
Is appropriate style used correctly and consistently?
Does the proposed study adhere to conventional
wisdom related to ethics?
Does the abstract summarize the contents of the
proposal clearly











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Presentation and Communications
Is Presentation in line with the report?
Did relied on notes or presented as fluently in own
words?
Was the quality of presentation material upto mark?
Were the communication and presentation skills
upto mark?
Were the queries handled properly?





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8
Student Learning Outcomes
Have the students learning outcomes met?

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The institutions will develop detailed assessment parameters as per course objectives, student
learning outcomes and guidelines as above for necessary approval of Academic Council.
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14. REPORT REQUIREMENTS

The final report is important component of Minor project . Therefore must adhere to
following parameters (word length, No. of Copies, binding type etc) depending upon the
credit units associated and course objectives.

Word length, or word equivalent, should be specified in the module guide.


S.No.
CREDIT
UNITS
Word length
(excluding)

No. of Copies

Binding Type
Report Retention
details



1



4 credit


Up to 3000
words


02 copies



Plastic folder
Up to one month of
deceleration of final
result of semester by
institution

Word length will be exclusive of Preface Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page,
Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, Certificates etc.

15. GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE REPORT

Language English (unless other wise specified in the course curriculum)
Paper size A4
Margins The text of the document must be justified.

The left and right margin of 1.25 inches. The top and bottom margin of 1.00
inch.
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Typing On One side of page only. The text will follow line spacing of 1.5 lines.
Table and figures, tabular material as necessary and appendix material as
appropriate may be single space.
Centered material is to be centered between the left and right margins.
The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5inches.
Pagination Each page must be numbered, except the Title Page.

The pre pagesincluding the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval
Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures
and Abstract (if any) will be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals
(ii, iii, iv, etc.) centered from the bottom edge of the page. The first page that
will show a page number is page ii.

All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The page
number will be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the page, right
aligned.
Arrangement of
Contents
Every Project Report should have three parts: the pre pages, the main text,
and the reference material.

Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the order as
discussed below.

1. Preliminary Pages
a. Title page
b. Declaration
c. Faculty Guide Certificate
d. Acknowledgement(s)
e. Table of Contents
f. List of Tables
g. List of Figures
h. Abstract
2. Text (usually divided into chapters and sections)
3. Reference Material
a. References
b. Appendix
Tables and
figures
Each table of figure should be placed immediately after the paragraph in
which it is mentioned. If it has a separate page, this page should be the one
following the page on which the table/figure was first mentioned.

Tables and figures that must be positioned horizontally (landscaped) will
face the outer edge of the page, with the widest margin at the binding edge.

Tables and figures are numbered in separate series. Each table and figure,
including any in the appendices, has a number in its own series. Each series
is numbered consecutively within chapters (e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2,
and Figure 10.3).
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Each table and figure will be separately numbered.

All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the List
of Tables and List of Figures.
References In the text, give the surname and date in parentheses, e.g. (Edwards, 2010).
At the end of the study, provide a section headed References in which the
references are listed alphabetically by family name. Include references for
electronic sources of information e.g. web pages. For further detail,
refer serial no. 17.

Any books, articles, websites or other published sources (retrievable data)
that have been used (cited in the text) either in direct quotation or by
reference, must be listed in the References. Personal interviews/raw data
(not retrievable) do not appear in the reference list.

The first line of the citation starts at the left margin and the second and
subsequent lines of that citation are indented 0.5 inches.

The referencing style to be used as per the forma. The format for the
references shall be given separately by each faculty of Study/institution.
Appendices Appendices contain supplementary or illustrative material or explanatory
data too lengthy to be included in the text or not immediately essential to
the readers understanding of the text.

Appendices should be lettered in the order in which they are referred to in
the text.

Each appendix will be listed with its title in the Table of Contents (e.g.,
APPENDIX A. TITLE OF THE APPENDIX).

Standard Formats

Various formats to be used as per the General Guidelines for NTCC of the University are as
under:

Format for Title Page
Format for Declaration
Format for Faculty Guide Certificate
Format for Table of Contents
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16. IMPROVEMENT OF SCORES & GRADE

The students shall be allowed to improve his / her Score / Grade as under :

a) The student who has passed in the NTCC but failed in semester where semester has
only NTCC, the student may be allowed to re-do the NTCC again. The student shall not
be given grade more than B+.

b) The student shall apply to repeat the NTCC to his HOI within fifteen days of result
declaration.

c) HoI shall send the recommendation to CoE for NTCC Review Committee for approval
of Vice Chancellor.

d) The student shall repeat NTCC in corresponding semester or immediately after the final
semester result declaration or during extended period. The students shall register for
the NTCC course as per the university guidelines.

e) The students shall complete the mandatory time required for the course.The date of
registration, submission of Continouns Internal Assessment, final report and final
assessment of NTCC shall be announced by CoE along with block examination calendar
and with supplementary examinations.

f) The student shall do the NTCC on a new topic and shall be assigned the faculty guide as
per the guidelines.

g) The progress monitoring, continuous assessment, submission of report and final
assessment shall be done as per the guidelines. The previous marks of Continouns
Internal Assessment shall be treated as NULL and VOID once the new Continouns
Internal Assessment is submitted by the Institution for new NTCC.

17. COURSE-WISE DETAILED GUIDELINES:


Minor Project
(Mandatory Course)

Course Code: Credits: 4

Minor Project (Course Code) is a Mandatory Course in 7
th
Sem and students will
continue the same project as Major Project in 8
th
Semester.
The objective of Minor Project is to enable the student to take up investigative study in the
broad field of Engineering, either fully theoretical/practical or involving both theoretical and
practical work to be assigned by the Department on an individual basis or upto a maximum of
four students in a group, under the guidance of a Supervisor. This is expected to provide a good
initiation for the student(s) in R&D work. The assignment to normally include:
Survey and study of published literature on the assigned topic;
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Working out a preliminary Approach to the Problem relating to the assigned
topic;
Conducting preliminary Analysis/ Modelling/ Simulation/ Experiment/
Design/ Feasibility;
Submitting a Synopsis on the Study conducted for presentation to the
Department
Final Evaluation by a Departmental Committee.
To achieve the above objectives following activities have to be completed as a part of
Minor Project in 7th semester:
1. Students need to attend the training programme on Project Management Techniques.
(Details in Annexure I).
2. The formation of groups, selection of project and choice of supervisor.
3. The project is to be done by students individually (preferabl e) or in a group of
maximum 4 students.
4. The Synopsis of the project is to be submitted to Programme Leader. The Synopsis must be
clearly printed in A4 size paper (maximum of 4 pages) duly signed by all members and
supervisor. (refer to the attached format)
5. Synopsis of the project will be reviewed by a departmental committee for approval.
Synopsis may need modification to improve the quality of project.
Guidelines for students in Choosing a Project.
1. There has to be some novelty / innovation in the objective of the project.
2. The B. Tech project must have design issues / steps involved. Implementation of an existing
circuit or model is not acceptable as a B. Tech Project.
3. Simulation projects should have design steps / algorithm / flowchart.
4. Students can select a project on their own and finalize it after consulting the supervisor or
Students can choose project from the Project bank.
5. Before Finalizing a Project the economic and technical feasibility is to be carefully
analyzed.
6. Projects that will lead to publication in conferences/journals will be highly appreciated
/ graded.
7. Interdisciplinary projects are highly encouraged. In that case there may be a co-
supervisor from the other department.
8. Live projects in Industry / Research Institutes are encouraged. In that case there will
be two supervisors, one internal and one external supervisor.
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9. The project chosen should not be similar to that of any other group of current /previous batch

Grading

A student is awarded a letter grade in Minor Project indicating his/her overall performance

S: Satisfactory
U: Unsatisfactory
PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
1 Introduction to project management 2 hrs
Relevance, Software projects versus other types of project, Activities covered by Software project management,
contract management and technical project management, activities, plans, methods and methodologies, categorizing
Software projects, Objectives, Stakeholders
2 Step Wise project planning 2 hrs
Project scope and objectives, project infrastructure, project characteristics, project products and activities, Estimate
effort for each activity, Identify activity risks, Allocate resources, Review/publicize plan, Execute plan and Lower
levels of planning
3 Life Cycle Models 2 hrs
The Waterfall Model, Iterative Enhancement Model, RAD, Prototyping Model, Spiral Model, Incremental Delivery, V-
Process
4 Prototyping 1 hr
5 Requirement Analysis 2 hrs
Requirement Elicitation, Requirement Analysis, Requirement Documentation
6 Project Size and effort estimation 2 hrs
LOC, Albrecht function point analysis, COCOMO: a parametric model
7 Risk management 2 hrs
Categories of risk, Risk identification, Risk assessment, Risk planning, Risk Management
8 Managing people and organizing teams 2 hrs
Understanding behavior, Organizational behavior: a background, Motivation, Decision making, Leadership, Stress
9 Monitoring and control 1 hr
Introduction, Visualizing Progress, Earned Value Analysis

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AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Project Synopsis
B. Tech (ECE)
Project Title:
Academic Session: 2013-14
Project Guide:
Project Team:

Programme:- Year/Semester:-
S. No. Enrollment No. Name Signature





Abstract/Project summary (at least 250 words):
Methodology to be adopted:-
Resource requirement (Hardware & software etc):-
Justification of the project:-
PERT Chart/Schedule of project completion:-
References: Research papers / books / websites etc.:-
Signature(s) of project team Name and Signature of project guide
Date:
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A Project Report

On

TITLE OF THE PROJECT


Submitted to


Amity University Uttar Pradesh





in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of

Bachelor of Technology
in
Name of Discipline
by
STUDENT(S) NAME

under the guidance of

Name of faculty


DEPARTMENT OF
AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH
NOIDA (U.P.)

April 20XX
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DECLARATION










I/We, .., student(s) of B.Tech (.) hereby declare that the project titled

.. which is submitted by me/us to Department of

., Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh,
Noida, in partial fulfillment of requirement for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology in .. ,
has not been previously formed the basis for the award of any degree, diploma or other similar title or recognition.














Noida




Date Name and signature of Student(s)



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CERTIFICATE








On the basis of declaration submitted by .., student(s) of B. Tech .., I hereby
certify that the project titled ... which is submitted to
Department of , Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University
Uttar Pradesh, Noida, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of Bachelor of
Technology in .., is an original contribution with existing knowledge and faithful record of work carried out
by him/them under my guidance and supervision.


To the best of my knowledge this work has not been submitted in part or full for any Degree or

Diploma to this University or elsewhere.





Noida



Date (Guide)

Department of .
Amity School of Engineering and Technology
Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida
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CONTENTS





Candidates Declaration iii

Certificate

iv

Acknowledgements


v

Abstract


vi

Contents


xv

List of Figures


xxi

List of Tables

CHAPTER I



INTRODUCTION

xxvi


1

1.1 General 1

1.2

Improved Power Quality AC-DC Converters

1

1.3

Literature Survey

2

1.4

Configurations

6


1.4.1 Unidirectional Boost Converters

7


1.4.2 Bi-directional Boost Converters

7








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Format WPR

Amity School of Engineering & Technology
Project ID --
Project Area --

B.Tech (.) Final Year

Students Weekly Progress Report (WPR) For Even Semester of session 2010-11

To be filled by Students
Students Name

1. 3.
2. 4.

Roll no. 1. 3
2. 4.
Enrollment no. 1. 3.
2. 4.
Project Title finalized, if Yes, give name, if
NO, give reason

Synopsis submitted
Literature review
Technical & Economical Feasibility
Bill of Material
Project Progress Schedule (PERT Chart)
Design of critical components
Fabrication work (give %)
Experimental work (give %)
Result and Analysis
Report writing
Signature of students
Work done in this week



To be filled by Guide (strike off whichever is not applicable)
Performance of students is satisfactory
Performance of students is unsatisfactory
A warning to be issued to student(s) (Name)
Student was not well (Name)

Date Signature of Guide



Date: Signature of Project Coordinator


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