DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF MINI-PROJECT REPORT

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ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS: The sequence in which the mini-project report material should be arranged and bound should be as follows:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Cover Page & Title Page Bonafide Certificate Abstract Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature Chapters Appendices References

The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places. 2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS: The dimension of the mini-project report should be in A4 size. The mini-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. 3.1 PREPARATION FORMAT: Cover Page & Title Page A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the miniproject report are given in Appendix 1. 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 supervisors signature and shall be followed by the supervisors 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 supervisors name and academic designation.

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Abstract Abstract should be one page synopsis of the mini-project report typed double line spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14. 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 mini-project report is given in Appendix 3. 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. 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. 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. Chapters The chapters may be broadly divided into 3 parts (i) Introductory chapter, (ii) Chapters developing the main theme of the mini-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.

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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.

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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. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) Applications of Convolution Operators to Problems in Univalent Function Theory, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.8194. 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.

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

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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 12.

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Queries and clarifications ---- mail to : hodece@vedavyasa.org or anoopmathew@ieee.org

APPENDIX 1 (A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page) <Font Style Times New Roman Bold>

TITLE OF MINI-PROJECT REPORT

A MINI-PROJECT REPORT
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Submitted by
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NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S)

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

Bachelor of Technology
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ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING <FONT SIZE 14>

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

VEDAVYASA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KARADPARAMBA

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

VEDAVYASA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
<Font Style Times New Roman size -16> <Font Style Times New Roman size -14>

Certified that this mini-project report .TITLE OF THE MINIPROJECT.. is the bonafide work of ..NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S). supervision. who carried out the project work under my

<<Signature of the Head of the Department>> SIGNATURE <<Name>> HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engg.

<<Signature of the Supervisor>> SIGNATURE <<Name>> SUPERVISOR <<Academic Designation>> <<Department>> <<Full address of the Dept & College >>

APPENDIX 3 (A typical specimen of table of contents) <Font Style Times New Roman>

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. ABSTRACT

TITLE

PAGE NO. iii xvi xviii xxvii

LIST OF TABLE LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF SYMBOLS

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INTRODUCTION 1.1 1.2 GENERAL .... ......... 1.2.1 1.2.2 General ........... 1.2.2.1 General 1.2.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.3 1.3 1.4 ............

1 1 2 5 12 19 25 29 30 45 58 69 75 99 100

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LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 GENERAL 2.2 2.2 .......... .