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FORMAT
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MINI PROJECT-1 REPORT
 KANPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

A-1, UPSIDC Industrial Area, Chakeri Ward, Rooma, Kanpur-208001

(Affiliated to Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow)
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi)

MINI PROJECT-I REPORT (KMBN 152)

ON

“PROJECT TITLE”

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement

For the award of the degree of Master of Business Administration.

Department of Business Administration

Under the guidance of: Submitted by:

Guide Name Student Name:

(Designation)
MBA Ist year

Roll No.-

SESSION (2023 - 24)

 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the work presented in this report entitled, “TITLE
NAME……………………………………………………. ", was carried out
by me. I have not submitted the matter embodied in this project report for
the award of any other degree or diploma of any other University or
Institute.

I have given due credit to the original authors/sources for all the words,
ideas, diagrams, graphics, computer programs, experiments, results, that are
not my original contribution. I have used quotation marks to identify
verbatim sentences and given credit to the original authors/sources. I affirm
that no portion of my work is plagiarized, and the experiments and results
reported in the project report are not manipulated. In the event of a
complaint of plagiarism and the manipulation of the experiments and results,
I shall be fully responsible and answerable.

Student Name:

Roll. No. :

(Candidate Signature)
 College Certificate

Certified that, Name of student………………………………. (Roll no…………………)

has carried out the project work presented in this report entitled “Title
................................................................................................
……………………………” for the award of Master of Business Administration from
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow under my supervision.

The project report embodies results of original work, and studies are carried out by the
student himself/herself and the contents of the project report do not form the basis for
the award of any other degree to the candidate or to anybody else from this or any other
University/Institution.

Signature

(Name of Supervisor)

(Designation)
 Acknowledgements

Mini Project Report is the one of the important parts of MBA program, which has
helped me to gain a lot of experience, which will be beneficial in my succeeding
career.
For this with an ineffable sense of gratitude I take this opportunity to express my
deep sense of indebtedness and gratitude to Dr. Brajesh Varshnay, D i r e c t o r
Kanpur Institute of Technology and Mr. Faraz Khan, HOD, Department of
Business Administration, for their encouragement, support and guidance in carrying out
the project.

I am very much thankful to, My Project Guide ……………………………….for His/ Her

interest, constructive criticism, persistent encouragement and untiring Guidance
throughout the development of the project. It has been my great privilege to work under
his/her inspiring guidance.

I am also thankful to my Parents and my friends for their indelible Co-operation

for achieving the Goal of this study.

Signature

Name of Student

Roll No.:
 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This summary should cover everything of the project, all points of the project report
shall be covered in this section, such as significance of the study, objectives, hypothesis,
research methodology, data collection analysis, interpretation, findings and
recommendations. In nut shell, executive summary should be a snap shot of the entire project
work. This summary should not exceed 2 pages.
 List of Tables
Table Title of the Table Page
No. No.

List of Figures
Fig.No. Title of the Figure Page
No.

List of Symbols/Abbreviations
Symbol/ Explanation Page
Abbreviation No.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sl No. Topics Page No.

SECTION A
1 Title Page i
2 Declaration ii
3 College Certificate
4 Acknowledgment
5 Executive Summary
6 List of Table , Figures and Abbreviations
SECTION B
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Need and Significance of the study
1.3 Statement of problem
1.4 Objectives of the study
1.5 Scope of the study
1.6 Limitations of the study

Chapter 2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 (Suitable headings based on reviews)
2.2
2.3
2.4
Chapter 3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK (if any)
3.1 (Suitable headings)
3.2
3.3
3.4
Chapter 4 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
4.1 Objectives
4.2 Hypothesis
4.3 Research Design
4.4 Sources of Data
4.5 Secondary data
4.6 Population
4.7 Method of data collection
4.8 Drafting a questionnaire
 4.9 Pilot survey (Reliability and Validity of the instrument)
4.10 Data analysis techniques

Chapter 5 DATA ANALYSIS

5.1 (suitable headings may be provided)
5.2 (Note: If the analysis is lengthy ,a new chapter with
Appropriate title can be added)
5.3
5.4
Chapter 6 FINDINGS (DISCUSSION)
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS
7.1
7.2
SECTION C
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
APPENDIXA
APPENDIXB
APPENDIXC
LIST OF PAPERS PUBLISHED (if any)
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
(Background of the concept and background of the topic, Why or Need and Significance of
the study, Scope of the study, Objectives of the study, Limitations of the study)

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW

(Quotes are not allowed. Students should read and write the review in their own language)

CHAPTER3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK (if applicable)

CHAPTER 4 RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY

(Objectives, Research Design, Sources of data, secondary data, Population, , Sampling method, Method of
Data collection, Data Analysis techniques)

CHAPTER 5 DATAANALYSIS
(Note: Appropriate division of chapters can be made on the basis of size of analysis)

CHAPTER 6 FINDINGS

CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES

All references must be in Harvard Style as follows and must be alphabetically arranged
in the references.

Harvard Style of Referencing

Harvard is a style of referencing, primarily used by university

students, to cite information sources.
TextBookCitation

 Desikan,S.andRamesh,G.(2006).Softwaretesting.Bangalore,India:Dorling Kindersley,p.156.

 Vermaat, M., Sebok, S., Freund, S., Campbell, J. andFrydenberg,M.(2014). Discovering

computers.Boston: CengageLearning,pp.446-448.

Harvard Reference List Citations for Print Journal Articles

Ross,N.(2015).OnTruthContentandFalseConsciousnessinAdorno’s Aesthetic Theory.Philosophy

Today,59(2),pp.269-290.

 Dismuke,C.andEgede,L.(2015).TheImpactofCognitive,Social and Physical Limitations on

Income in Community Dwelling Adults With Chronic Medical and Mental
Disorders. Global Journal of Health Science, 7(5), pp.183-195.

Harvard Reference List Citations for Journal Articles Found on a Database or on a

Website

 Raina, S. (2015). Establishing Correlation Between Genetics and Nonresponse.

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, [online] Volume 61(2), p. 148. Available
at:http://www.proquest.com/products-services/ProQuest-Research-
Library.html[Accessed8Apr.2015].

Harvard Reference List Citations for PrintNewspaper Articles

 Weisman, J. (2015). Deal Reached on Fast-Track Authority for ObamaonTrade

Accord. The New York Times ,p.A1.

Harvard Reference List Citations for Newspaper Articles Found on a Database or a

Website

 Harris,E.(2015).ForSpecial-Needs Students,CustomFurnitureOut of Schoolhouse

Scraps. New York Times, [online]
p.A20.Availableat:http://go.galegroup.com[Accessed17Apr.2015].

Harvard Reference List Citations for Print Magazines

 Davidson,J.(2008).Speakherlanguage.Men’sHealth,(23),pp.104-106.

Harvard Reference List Citations for Websites

  Messer,L.(2015). 'Fancy Nancy'Optionedby DisneyJunior. [online]ABC News. Available
at: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/fancy-nancy-optioned-disney-junior-2017/story?
id=29942496#.VRWbWJwmbs0.twitter [Accessed 31
Mar.2015].

 Mms.com, (2015). M&M'S Official Website. [online]

Availableat:http://www.mms.com/[Accessed20Apr.2015].

Harvard Reference List Citations for eBooks and PDFs

 Zusack,M.(2015).TheBookThief.1sted.[ebook]NewYork:Knopf. Available at:

http://ebooks.nypl.org/ [Accessed 20 Apr. 2015].

 Robin, J. (2014). A handbook for professional

learning:research,resources,andstrategiesforimplementation.1sted.[pdf] New
York: NYC Department of Education. Available
athttp://schools.nyc.gov/[Accessed 14Apr.2015].

Harvard Reference List Citations for Blogs

 Cohen, M. (2013). Re-election Is Likely for McConnell, but NotGuaranteed. [Blog]

FiveThirtyEight. Available at:http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/re-
election-is-likely-for-mcconnell-but-not-guaranteed/ [Accessed 4 Apr.2015].

Harvard Reference List Citations for Conference Proceedings

 Palmer,L.,Gover,E.andDoublet,K.(2013). AdvocatingforYour Tech Program. In:

National Conference for TechnologyTeachers. [online] New York: NCTT, pp. 33-34.
Available at:http://www.nctt.com/2013conference/advocatingforyourtechprogram/
[Accessed11Jan.2014].

 Fox,R.(2014). Technological
AdvancesinBanking.In:AmericanFinanceAssociationNortheastRegional
Conference.Hartford:AFA,p. 24.

Harvard Reference List Citations for Dissertations

 Shaver,W.(2013).EffectsofRemediationonHigh-
StakesStandardizedTesting.PhD.YeshivaUniversity.

Important
 (i) A typed draft report as per the above guidelines has to be prepared and submitted to
the guide(s), at least one week before the final evaluation of the project.
(ii) The draft report shall be corrected and approved by the guide(s). This signed draft
report is to be produced before the evaluation board at the time of final evaluation
of the project.
(iii) The final report is to be made after final project evaluation.. The corrections and
suggestions made by the evaluation board are to be incorporated in the final
report. Submit the final report along with the draft report, within one week after
final project evaluation, to the Project coordinator for getting signature of the
Head of the Dept.

Text style and format

Times New Roman 12 , 1.5 spacing , margins 1.5 inch on all sides

Harvard Style of referencing must be used

Main heading 14 Bold-Capital Letters

Sub headings 12 Bold- Capitalize each word

Chapter titles-16 BOLD-Capital Letters

Chapter titles and headings shall not be underlined

Titles of Tables shall be centralized above the table.

Titles of Figures shall be centralized below the figures

Tables and Figures shall be centre justified.

All Tables and Figures must be used in the body of the report.

All references must also be used in the body of the report with proper citation.

Page numbering:

Arabic numerals (12 Regular font)–bottom centered.

Start page number 1 from Chapter 1.

Page numbers shall not be printed on Chapter beginning pages and Project Report facing
sheet.

Use series i, ii,iii,.for the initial pages up to start of Chapter1.

Don’t Print Page number on facing sheet.

Initial pages are to printed only on one side of the paper up to start of Chapter1.