Guidelines for

Project
ISR
rd
(3 semester subject)

Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research

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1.1 Introduction ..(read)

1.2 What is to be done in the Project? ..(read)

1.3 Information about various NGO..(read)

1.4 Structure of the Project Report..(read)

1.5 Points to remember..(read)

1.6 Format of the report..(read)

1.7 Guidelines for creating the video..(read)

1.8 Guidelines for making video..(read)

1.9 Uploading of video clip for evaluation by institute..(read)

1.10 Submission..(read)

1.11 Rejection of Project..(read)

1.12 Marks and Evaluation of project..(read)

1.13 Last Date for project submission..(read)

1.14 Helpline details..(read)

 GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT ISR (Individual Social Responsibility)
FOR SEMESTER III STUDENTS
1.1 Introduction
Students are required to upload soft copy of the project report as well as video clip on the
website through the link provided in their Section for current student. There is no hard copy
submission required.

As part of the curriculum, students are required to complete this project work for the successful
completion of third semester.

Being Socially Responsible means that people and organisations must behave ethically and
with sensitivity toward social, cultural, economic and environmental issues. Striving for
social responsibility helps individuals, organisations and governments have a positive impact
on development, business and society with a positive contribution to bottom-line results.

ISR may appear to be a new concept, but it is a concept as old as The Golden Rule Do
unto others as you would have them do unto you. ISR expands on this by promoting a
proactive stance towards positively influencing and affecting the people and environments
outside your immediate circle. ISR is at the roots of CSR, because a corporate comprises of
individuals and hence determines the social responsibility culture it creates.

How Does an Individual Become Socially Responsible?

The Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation (WCIF), Bulgaria, describes ISR in its position
statement on Social Responsibility as,

The individual social responsibility includes the engagement of each person towards the
community where he lives, which can be expressed as an interest towards whats happening in
the community, as well as in the active participation in the solving of some of the local problems
and everyone of us could take part in that development in different ways.

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1.2 What is to be done in the project?

1. Select any social cause on which you would like to do study for e.g. Girl child education,
Malnutrition, Accepting physically challenged people in main stream, etc. Religious
influences should be avoided for the project.
2. Collect data about the current scenario on what is happening in the community about the
cause. This data can be collected through internet also.
3. Select any NGO working for this cause.
4. Collect data about the area in which they are working , how long they are operating , impact
of their working, challenges being faced by them and any other relevant information. This
can be referred to from the open source available on the internet.
5. You are then required to make a word document on the above activities.
6. As part of your project, you are required to create a five seven minute VIDEO of the work
done and upload the same on the website.
A sample project report and a number of video clips have been provided in Notices section
for reference.

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1.3 How to get information about various NGO?

On the website, go to the Notices Section of login area and you will see a link on NGOs.

This link will give access to the NGOs in Mumbai with details like,

Names of the NGOs

Cause they pursue.
Work requirement
Location
Ratings of the NGO by the Charity Commissioner and the National Planning Commission.
Contact details of the NGO.
OR

(b) Alternately , you can directly access information about various NGOs through internet.
OR

(c) The student can also select his own organizations CSR activity in which he is employed or
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1.4 Structure of the Project Report:

(a) Introduction about the social problem. Elaborate the social, economical, psychological,
health problem which affected individual or society.
(b) Discuss about various NGOs /government department working in this area.
(c) Detail write up about how the subject NGOs are is trying to contribute towards the social
cause for which they are established. This can include information like :
 How they are creating awareness in the society?
How do they plan their activities?
How do they carry out their mission of working for a social cause?
What are the resources required and how do they try to meet this requirement?
What are the challenges being faced by them? Etc.
(d) The project work can contain tables, charts, photos etc. to make it more interesting.
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1.5 Points to remember

(a) Students should use simple and good English while writing the report. Avoid grammatical
errors.
(b) The report should be submitted as a MS-Word document only and NOT in the form of
MS- PowerPoint slide printouts.
(c) No aspects of the structure of the report should be omitted.
(d) Important to include Bibliography and List of tables
(e) The report can also include Certificate/Letter from the NGO (if help from an NGO
representative has been taken) and acknowledgements (OPTIONAL)
(f) The report should be in about 40 pages minimum.
(g) The document size should not be more than 5MB.
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1.6 FORMAT OF THE PROJECT REPORT

(A) TITLE PAGE: The first page should contain the following details.
TOP: The Title of the report in block capitals, properly centered.
CENTRE: (1) Full name of the candidate in capital letters. (2) Admission No. (e.g.
HPGD/JL15/0001) (3) Name of the social cause.
BOTTOM: Name of the Institute, Year of Submission (e.g. DECEMBER 2008)
(B) MARGIN: Left 25mm (1) , Top 25mm (1), Right 25mm (1), Bottom 25mm (1).
(C) FONT: Arial (11 pts) or Times New Roman (12 pts)
(D) PAGE NUMBER: Shall be at the bottom of the page centrally located.
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1.7 Guidelines for Creating the Video:

(a) The video has to be of minimum 5-7 minutes.
(b) You can refer to the free online information available on the internet about the cause and
the NGOs. You can use that and add small portion to your videos.
(c) Capture the cause or the activity in action and its importance.
(d) Ideal flow in the video clip:

Sr. No. Context Approximate time

1 Introduction about social cause and its importance. 1 min
2 Video about the NGO/ corporate/ organisation, who is
working for this cause. If feasible you can also interview of 4 5 min
one/two senior member from NGO as well as testimonial
from few people who benefited. However, it is not
compulsory.
3 Concluding remarks. 1 min

(e) You have to submit 1 video and not many clips. You can add animation, PPT, voice, music
etc. at relevant places to make it interesting.
(f) Upload the same on the website.
Please do not use video clips from the website of NGO as it may be violation of copy rights.
You can use the video clips available from the open source like Youtube etc.
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1.8 Guidelines for making video

To know more about how to make a film you can refer to Notices - Guidelines to make a Film
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1.9 Uploading of video clip for evaluation by institute:

1. Go to http://www.youtube.com/
2. Click on "Upload" Button
3. Enter your Gmail Login Details
 4. Click on "Select File to Upload" which will allow you to browse and select your video.
5. Once upload starts, it will display the progress of upload
6. Please ensure that "Privacy Settings" option is set to "Unlisted"
7. When upload is completed, it will show you a message like this e.g. "Upload complete!
Your video will be live at: http://youtu.be/c5AZJAcJcSY". Copy your URL.
8. Verify your URL is correct by logging out of YouTube and pasting it in your browser to
see if your video is working.
9. Once you have verified, Paste your URL in Project ISR Video Link.

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1.10 SUBMISSION
The students is required to upload soft copy of the project report as well as video clip on the
website through the link provided in their Section for current student. Submission is online
only.

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1.11 REJECTION OF PROJECT

In case of a student's project being not approved, he/she is not eligible to get course completion
certificate. The student then has to rewrite the project and make a new video clip in the next
semester after paying re- exam fees.

The project can be disapproved on the basis of it not being a original study i.e. if it is copied ,
incorrect data, insufficient discussion & analysis, typographical errors, improper presentation of
the project matter, mismatch between the problem studied at hand and the methodology i.e.
design, insufficient subject matter, poor quality of video etc.

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1.12 MARKS FOR and Evaluation of project

The project work will carry 100 marks. The minimum for passing will be 50% for the project
work.

EVALUATION OF PROJECT
The submitted project report will be sent for evaluation. The project report will be evaluated on
the following criteria.
 Sr. No. Criteria Marks
1 Quality of project report 50
2 Video clip quality 50

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1.13 Last Date for Project Submission

Last Date for project submission is fifth month from the date of commencement of the
semester.

PROJECT DATES BEGINS ON LAST DATE

(a) Uploading of project report in word document in the First day of 3rd Last day of
website. month. the fifth
(b) Upload of video on the link provided in the website. month.

a. Late Submission of Project

1. Students can upload project report with late fees till one more month after last date of
submission i.e. fifth month of final semester.
2. Students who could not submit their project report even after the above period:
(a) They will be required to pay re-exam fee.
(b) Their project will be evaluated only in the next semester.
(c) Their marks as well as certificates will be issued in next semester i.e. the entire
process will be late by six months.
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1.14 Helpline Numbers:

In case of any difficulty, you may contact helpline number 022-4051-4025 (between
10:00am to 6:00pm from Monday to Saturday)

You can also email your queries to helpdesk@horizzon.com

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