minor project guidelines amity university

8/10/2019 Minor Project Guidelines Amity University

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GUIDELINES

NON-TEACHING CREDITCOURSE

(Minor Project) (Registration, Conduct, Supervision, Progress Monitoring, Assessment & Grading)

AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTARPRADESH

GAUTAM BUDDHANAGAR


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C O N T E N T S

Sl. No. Description Page No.

1Introduction 3

2Objectives of Minor Project 4

3Credit Units 5

4Student Learning Outcomes 5

5Issues in Conducting of Minor Project 6

6Guidelines for Conduct of Minor Project 6

7Assessment Plan and Continuous Assessment 11

8Plagiarism 13

9Submission of Final Report 14

10Students Not Meeting the Eligibility Criteria 14

11Procedure for Examination of Cases for Special Consideration 15

12Final Assessment 15

13Components of Final Assessment 17

14Report Requirements 19

15Guidelines for Writing the Report 19

16Improvement of Scores & Grade 22

17Detailed Guidelines 22


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1. IN TR O D U CT IO N

The academic philosophy of Amity University revolves around student centric lear n in g,which takes into consideration their varied learning needs and significantly accelerates theirretention of both knowledge and skills. It inspires and gives the chance to the student tooperate, manage and monitor his/her own learning process under the supervision and th eguidance of a faculty supervisor, so that he/she could train himself to be independent anddevelop oneself to be a good pr ofession al.

Minor Project has proved to be gr ea t tool to ac hi ev e th e objectives of student centricl e a r n i n g . Minor P r oje ct is a scholarly research project/design pr oje ct th at showsevidence 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 d esign .Following are the attributes of Minor Project:

Minor Project is a part of Programme Structure and is com pu lsor yhave 4 credit units assigned to it

not conducted as regular class lecture, lab practical or tu tor ial is self exploratory, application oriented work oriented in natu r e is done under the supervision/guidance of faculty guide and/or external gu idedepending upon the place of course being u nde rt aken is conducted during VIII semesterallows tudents to pursue their area of interest to greater de p th

help students to relate theory to actual practice in the in du str y help students to be innovative, creative and through independent s tu dy/team work.

The course is conducted at institution either independently or in joint collaboration withindustry, other research labs or u niversit ies in India and abro ad.

2. OBJECTIVES OF MINOR PROJECT:

There are certain phases of every student s professional development that cannot beeffectively taught in the academic environment. These facets can only be learned th r oughdirect, on -th e- job experience working with successful professionals and experts in the f iel d.

The Minor project can best be described as an attempt to institutionalize efforts to bridge thegap between the professional world and the academic institutions. Entire effort in MinorProject is in terms of extending the program of education and evaluation beyond th eclassroom/laboratory of a university or institutio n.


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The objectives of the Minor Project ar e

To provide an opportunity to students to demonstrate the ability to devise, selectand u se a range of methodologies and tools to the Chosen/Given project,applying th e theoretical knowledge to a real life situatio n .

Experiential Learning outside classroom through self exploration, practicalex p erien ce, Industry, field experience, live experience, research, design projects etc.

The learning process in the Minor Project seeks out and focuses attention onmany laten t attributes, which do not surface in the normal class roomsitu atio n s.

Research and its importance in experiential learning through Minor Project. Theseexperiential learning attributes through Minor Project in clu de :

Intellectual abi lity, Professional ju dg me n t and decision making ab ili ty, Inter-disciplinary ap pr oach , Skills for data han d ling, Ability in written and oral pr esen ta tion , Sense of r esp onsi bi lity Developing professional S kills Application of theory, concepts in given industry /practical / field sce n ar io


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3. CREDIT U N ITS

a) The credit units of Minor Project is given bel ow:

S.No. Course T i t l e Credit U ni ts

1 Minor P r o ject 4

b) Following are the Credit Units associated with different modes of Teach ing/L ear n in g:

Lecture : 100% Tutorials : 100% Laboratory : 50% Field Work/Self Ex p lora tor y

Learning in Lab : 15-20%

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

4 credits 55 to 60 hrs / per credit = 220-240 h r s 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 studen tscommensurate with the prescribed credit units of a cou r se.

4. STUDENT LEARNING O U TC O MES :

The student learning outcomes are very critical for every course. Therefore, these must beclearly defined keeping in mind the programme objectives and course o b jectives. Thefollowing student learning outcomes are achieved:

Outcome 1 : (Scientific foundation) When faced with a technical problem the student should be able to useapplied 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 analyzeexperimental 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-systemOutcome 5 : (Design assessment) the ability to develop and assess alternative system designs based ontechnical 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 theirwork.

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 humanvalues in a social context.

Outcome 12 : (Lifelong learning) a recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in lifelong learningand development.

5. ISSUES IN CONDUCTING OF MINOR PROJECT

Lack of Clarity of objectives Lack of Clarity about Ex p ectatio ns Lack of proper guidelines about conduct of c ou r se Relationship between objectives, methodology, output, quality and credit u n its Commencement & Du r at ion Progress Monitoring & R ep or t Role of Faculty & Gu id an ce Discipline & de adli n es Originality of Work / P lagiarism Output and Q u ali ty Evaluation S ch em e 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 ef f ecti ve

supervision and manage student expectations to improve student learning experience. Itaims:

To provide a systematic approach to Minor project across the Institute . To provide students taking Minor project with a valuable learning ex p er ie nce.To enable students to develop as independent lea r ner s To promote the dissemination of effective pr ac tice.To support faculty guides in the supervision, progress monitoring and assessment ofMinor project .

To enable students to follow prescribed guidelines.


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a) These Guidelines apply to Minor project and provides information to both f aculty -gu ides and students, on roles and responsibilities, the conduct & monitoring pr ocess ,supervision, assessment and su bmi ssio n .

b) The prime responsibility for managing the Minor project lies with the student and thef aculty guide. A faculty guide will be identified for each stu den t/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 com m itte e.

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

6.1 Briefing the s tudents about Minor project Regulations & G u i del i nes

A briefing session for all the students and concerned faculty guides must be orga n ized 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. T he briefing f or Minor Projectin final semester for UG students must be done in mid of odd semester of theacademic session so that the students are able to f in ali se:

(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 studen tsand faculty gu ides.

6.2 Roles and Responsibilities of st ud en ts

a) Commit to a schedule of meetings, in order to ensure that the agreed schedule isadhered to and deadlines me t.

b) use supervisory time allocated ef f ect ivel y, c) manage tutorial / gap lectures/ briefing sessions effectively by preparing for same

in advan ce, d) keep appointments which have been ar r anged ,e) to submit regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) to Faculty gu idef) maintain a record of supervisory m eeti n gs, g) act responsibly and professionally during fieldwork /i n du str y 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 toimplement th e feedback and approved action plan for development of the pr o ject.

i) recognise ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to p lagi ar ism,


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6.3 Roles and Responsibilities of Faculty G uide/ Supervis o r

To advise on :

the topic, synopsis and work schedule of Minor project and its r eso ur ces

To assist the student in identifying pr oblems/i

ssu es and suggest/agree onspecific action to address th ose risk assessment, where a ppr op r iateme th od olog ies referencing / plagiarism eth ical

practice, as appr op r iate information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning, mo n itor in g

progress of the Minor project structure and presentation of Minor project Todiscuss progress of Minor project To offer feedback on partial versions of Minor project

To maintain regular supervisory cont act. To contact any student who fails to attend supervisory sessions To advise the student of Minor Project who are considered ex em p lary

6.4 Registration for the C ou rs e

a) The students are required to register on-line on AMIZONE for the Minor Project coursesas per the guidelines.

b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on f ollo wi nggroun ds:

i) Ill health - provided the student has informed the institution on time and had takensick leave from H o I.

c) The student will be allowed to register late for Minor Project at ASET or approvedex tern al organisation upto a certain period with certain late registration charges as

p er following co n ditio ns:

i) Upto 10 days after the date of registration for course with late r egi str atio n Charges of 500/- .

ii) From 11 th day to 15 th day of the date of Registration with late registration ch ar ges of1000 / -.

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 cou r ses

iv) After 21 st day to 30 days of Registration with late charges of 5000 / - pr ovidedstudent meets the requirement of minimum duration of the cou r ses.

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


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Finance Co mm ittee.

e) The students who have not registered for the Minor Project course as per regulationswi ll not be permitted to submit any report and will be treated as having failed inth e cou r se. Further, student will not be promoted to next year/will not be awardeddegree as the case may be.

6.5 Allocation of Faculty G uide

a) Each student/project group shall be assigned a faculty guide for the Minor Project wellin advance in a formal manner depending on the number of students/no of groups

per faculty member, th e available specialization among the faculty guides byInstitution/department Project Co mm ittee.

b) Incase a student/ project group is undertaking Minor Project in collaboration with anindustry or research lab or other university, the students/ project group will have twoguides a faculty guide from the institutio n and an external guide from the

concerned organisation. In Such cases of join t guidance, the main guide will befaculty guid e.

c) The allotment / allocation of supervisor shall not be left to the individual students orteacher .

d) The external guide must be provided with brief guidelines for p er f ormanc emonitoring and assessment of the student of Minor Project.

e) The faculty guide from Amity university must closely interact with the externalguide an d monitor the progress of the student in Minor Project wherever applicable.Faculty guide must also strengthen the relationship with the collaborating organisationof the student for future collaborative research and placement of th e student in thatorga n isat ion.

6.6 Briefing Sessions/ Tutorials/Gap Lectures for stu den ts

Briefing S essio ns / Tu tor ial / Gap Lectures are very important for undertaking the MinorProject. Therefore, it is mandatory for the students to attend the samewhenever inst itution /f aculty guide have scheduled the same: During such sessionsstuden ts should expect to:

discuss ideas and con cer n s. be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area, be provided with direction to help them to manage the pr ocess ,

be provided with advice on academic style, format and the scope of Minor Project. be provided with general feedba ck, be provided with feedback on their Minor Project and apply the comments theyr eceive through processes of reflection/evaluation and action-planning to other

parts of th eir development wor k.

6.7 Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Work Schedu l e

a) Student will finalise the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his / herMinor 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 PERTchart as per attached app end i x.

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 theProject Committee on sp ecif ied 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 HQand CoE, before the date of first Week ly Progress R ep or t.


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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 andwor k sch ed u le.

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

c) The student is required to submit regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR). AS amp le format of WPR is atta ch ed.

d) Faculty guide will mark the status of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received andquality of work done on AMIZONE. Faculty guide will also give feedback tostuden ts.

e) The student will also maintain daily diary of the work done which need to besubmitted to the faculty gu ide.

f) The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide a s per the attached App end i x-.

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

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ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS AS SE SS MENT

The institute will define the assessment plan and tools keeping in mind the P r og r am Learning Outcomes (PLOs), Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Course o bjectives.

b) The assessment will have clearly defined Continuous Internal Assessment and Fi n alAssessment weightage, which have various components to assess various learn ingou tcom es.

c) The weightage of CIA and Final Assessment will be as u nde r :

S.N. Continuous In tern al A ssess ment

Final A ssess ment

Credit U ni ts

1 30 70 4 Credit U n its


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d) The breaks up (components and their weightage) of continuous internal assessment ar e givenas u nde r :

S. No. T i t l e Marks

(CIA = 30 %) 1 Timely R egistr at ion 01

2 Topics & Synopsis A ppr oval 01

3WPRs (No. of WPR S u bmitted )(Satisfactory W PR)

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4 2 Periodic Progress Review by a board offaculty through pr ese nta tion

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5 1 st Draft on time 01

6 2 nd Draft on tim e 01

7 Final Report A sses sme n t 10

7.1 Project Report A sses sm ent:

The faculty guide will assess the project report as part of IA/CA as u nde r :

S.No. Para me ter Weightage (10)

1. Introduction and Statement of the Pr oblem 1.5

2. Review of Liter atu r e: 1.5

3 Meth od olog y/met hod s/ A ppr oach 1

4Data Collection, Analysis, R esu ltsfindings/Outcomes and con clusions

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5 Future scope and Limitations ou tlin ed 1

6 Quality of work and written ex pr essio n 1

7 Student Learning O u tco me s 1

7.2 Submission of Continuous Internal Assessment Marks

a) The institution will send the CIA marks along with all the reports from AMIZ O N Eand supporting documents of all students to Co E.

b) CoE will declare the list of students eligible for the final assessment after examin in gall the cases.


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PL A G IA R ISM

The Minor project report must be written in students own words. However, if requiredthe words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be appropriately ack nowl edg ed .

b) It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through T ur nit inor similar software before submission. The content which is based on existing pu b lishedwork must come from properly quoted material and from the references cited sect ion .After checking the accuracy of the citations and references of such content th e

plagiarism report should not return similarity index of more than 15% in anycircumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15%could still be considered plagiarism. Any report with higher than this p er ce ntag ematching must be explained by the student. The details of copy rights, pr ofessionalethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the U nivers ity.


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9. SUBMISSION OF FINAL R EP O RT

The most important aspect of the courses is the final report. Therefore following must b eensured for producing quality r ep or t.

a) The student will start the project report as per the prescribed gu i deli ne s.

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

c) The final report shall be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or an yother format subscribed by University. Copying material should not be more than 10%

provided source is mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement a ndreferencing as per plagiarism policy of the un iver sity.

d) Following will be submitted along with final rep or t,:

o WP Ro Minor project Dair y

e) A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided h e/s h emeets following con di tio n s:

a. Online Registration for the Minor project b. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the gu ide/project committee

c. 90 % of WPR were su bm itted d. 80% of the WPR were sat isf ac tor y

10 STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITE R IA

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

th e following gu ideli n es:

Parameter A ct i on

Online Registration for th e Minor project not d one

Re-do the Minor project

Has not taken the approval ofthe Topic, Synopsis and Pr ojec tPlan by the faculty guid e

Re-do the Minor project

< 90 % of WPRs were submitted

Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment marks asu nde r : 80 - 89% = 10 marks d ed u cted 75 - < 80% = 12 marks d edu cted 70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor o nrecommendations of Minor project Review Committeewith cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks fro m


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Continuous Internal A ssessm en t. < 70 % = Re-do the Minor project

< 80% of the WPRs weresatisf actory


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c) The breakup of final assessment / external marks is as follows:

Component MarksPresentation 35

Viva 35Total 70

d) While evaluating the Minor project , institution, faculty guide and board ofevaluators w ill consider the following aspects:

I. Inst i tu t i on :

i) Institutional Project Committee must check the eligibility of all the studen ts before sending the list to Co E.

ii) Guidelines for the students and board of evaluators must be prepared an dapproved by competent auth ority /a cadem ic Co u n cil.

iii) Only eligible students will be assessed as per the approved list provided by CoE board-wise & according to approved gu ide lin es.

iv) Date of evaluation will be announced by CoE on the recommendations of H oI. v) A board comprising 03 members from the department will be constituted.

Two faculty m ember s from any of the Institutions of AUUP and one serviceexternal expert f r om In du str y / ac ade mia at the faculty guide will not bethe member of th e evaluation board for his/her own stu den ts.

vi) The institution will send the budget along with the list of external expert f orassessment board to CoE for necessary approval as per the U n iversityregulations and Gu ide lin es.

vii) The assessment guidelines must be provided to evalu ator s.

viii) The Format for evaluation will be provided along with the list of students, foreach evaluato r .

ix) The duly signed evaluation sheets along with attendance sheets and printout ofconsolidated marks from Amizone will be submitted on same d ay.

x) Faculty guide/ any other member of the institution will not try to influence th e board evaluators for favouring /punishing any student appearing for f in alassessm en t.

II. Board of Eva l uator s:

i) The board of evaluators will assess the eligible students only as per th e

prescribed guidelines and assessment sheets. ii) The evaluation will be done separately by each evaluator and duly signed cop yof same will be submitted before leaving the evaluation r oom.

iii) The evaluators will be paid the honorarium as per the university po licy.

III. Observ er

CoE will appoint an observer and submit the report as per the regulations of th e U n iversity.


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13 COMPONENTS OF FINAL ASS ESSME N T

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Parameter We i gh tage

(Mark s)(50% )

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Introduction and Statement of the P rob l em Does the introduction provide a general overview ofth e issues surrounding the stu dy ?Is the problem under investigation clearly stated? Is evidence used to demonstrate the significance ofthe pr oblem ?Are important terms d ef ined ?Are assumptions clearly stated? Are Minor assertions that lay ground work for th estudy ar tic u lated?

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Review of Literature: Is the study grounded in a larger body of r es ear ch ?Is the review current and representative of the wo r kin the ar ea? Are related studies critically examined and gap s iden tif ied ?

Does the review provide a clear rationale of th estu dy ?

Is the review well organized, using su b -secti onswhere a r o r iate ?

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Met hodo l og y/me thods/App roa ch

Is the research design described clearly andappropriate for the study ?Are the sample and participants fully described?Is the sampling plan appropriate for the stu dy ?Are the data gathering procedures fully ex p lica tedand appropriate for the study ?Have the analytical procedures been fully ex p la inedan d are appropriate for the stu dy ?Is the technical merit of instruments de scri bedclear ly?

Are issues related to limitations an d/or

trustworthiness satisfactorily identified an daddr essed ?

Do the sampling, data collection, and an alyti cal procedures appropriately match the pr obl emstatement and research q u estion s?

Are the instruments or interview guides a ccepta bl e

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Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes andconcl us i on s

All pertinent results well reported and are in c learan d concise in ma nn er The arguments, discu ss ion A Clear presentation of fully ju st if ied findings a n dlogical conclusions, based upon the r ese ar chevidence, which demonstrate the ability to cri tica llyevaluate the research r es u lts.

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Future scope and Limitations ou t li ned Have all potential weaknesses of the study beende scribed?

Are the limitations appropriate to the me th od o lo gy ?

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Quality of work and written expres si on Does the proposal demonstrate a high quality ofwritten ex pr ession ?Is the potential cohesive and co heren t?Is it ac cu r ate? Is there consistency in conceptual f r ame w orkand/or paradigm to unite the problem statem en t,research questions, and methods secti on?Is the tone of the proposal impartial, unbiased, a ndsci en tif ic?Are applicable support documents ( ap p endi ces)

included and satis f actor y? Is appropriate style used correctly and co nsiste ntl y?Does the proposed study adhere to con ve n tio n alwisdom related to et h ics?Does the abstract summarize the contents of th e

ro osal clear l

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Presentation and C om m un i cat i on s Is Presentation in line with the r ep or t? Did relied on notes or presented as fluently in ownwor ds? Was the quality of presentation material upto m ar k?Were the communication and presentation skillsupto mar k? Were the queries handled pr op er ly?

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8 Student Learning O u tco mes Have the students learning outcomes m et ?

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The institu ti ons will develop detai led assessment parameter s as per cour se objecti ves, st ud en t learning outcomes and guideli nes as above for necessary approval of Academi c Coun c i l .


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14. REPORT REQU IRE ME N T S

The final report is important component of Minor project . Therefore must adhere tof ol lowing parameters (word length, No. of Copies, binding type etc) depending upon thecredit u n its associated and course o b jectives.

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

S.No. CR EDI TU N ITS

Word l eng th (exc l ud i ng )

No. of Co p i es Binding Typ e Report R et en ti on

detai l s

1 4 cr ed it Up to 3000

words 02 copies

Plastic folder

Up to one month ofdeceleration of finalresult of semester byinstitution

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

15. GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE R EP O RT

Lan guage English (unless other wise specified in the course cu rr icu lum )

Paper s i ze A 4

Margi n s The text of the document must be ju sti f ied.

The left and right margin of 1.25 inches. The top and bottom margin of 1.00

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Each table and figure will be separately nu mber ed .

All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the L istof Tables and List of F ig ur es.

R eference s In the text, give the surname and date in parentheses, e.g. (Edwards, 2010).At the end of the study, provide a section headed R ef er en ces in which th ereferences are listed alphabetically by family name. Include references f orelectronic sources of information e.g. web pages. For further detail,refer serial no. 17.

Any books, articles, websites or other published sources (retrievable d ata )that have been used (cited in the text) either in direct quotation or byreference, 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 a ndsubsequent lines of that citation are indented 0.5 inch es.

The referencing style to be used as per the forma. The format for th ereferences shall be given separately by each faculty of S tu dy /i nstitut ion .

App end i ces Appendices contain supplementary or illustrative material or ex p lanator ydata too lengthy to be included in the text or not immediately essential tothe r ead er s understanding of the tex t.

Appendices should be lettered in the order in which they are referred to inthe tex t.

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

Standard Format s

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

Format for Title Page

Format for Declarat ion Format for Faculty Guide C er tif icate Format for Table of Co n tents


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16. IMPROVEMENT OF SCORES & G R A D E

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 hasonly 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 r esu ltde claratio n .

c) HoI shall send the recommendation to CoE for NTCC Review Committee for appr ova lof Vice Ch ancel lor .

d) The student shall repeat NTCC in corresponding semester or immediately after the f in alsemester result declaration or during extended period. The students shall register forthe NTCC course as per the university gu ide lin es.

e) The students shall complete the mandatory time required for the course.The date ofregistration, submission of Continouns Internal Assessment, final report and f in alassessment of NTCC shall be announced by CoE along with block examination cale n darand with supplementary ex amin at ion s.

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

g) The progress monitoring, continuous assessment, submission of report and f in alassessment shall be done as per the guidelines. The previous marks of Co n tinoun sInternal Assessment shall be treated as NULL and VOID once the new Co ntinoun sInternal 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 8th

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 offour students in a group, under the guidance of a Supervisor. This is expected to provide a goodinitiation 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 assignedtopic;

Conducting preliminary Analysis/ Modelling/ Simulation/ Experiment/Design/ Feasibility;

Submitting a Synopsis on the Study conducted for presentation to theDepartment

Final Evaluation by a Departmental Committee.

To achieve the above objectives following activities have to be completed as a part ofMinor 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 (preferable) or in a group ofmaximum 4 students.

4. The Synopsis of the project is to be submitted to Programme Leader . The Synopsis must beclearly printed in A4 size paper (maximum of 4 pages) duly signed by all members andsupervisor. (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: SatisfactoryU: Unsatisfactory

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

1 Introduction to project management 2 hrsRelevance, Software projects versus other types of project, Activities covered by Software project management,contract management and technical project management, activities, plans, methods and methodologies, categorizingSoftware projects, Objectives, Stakeholders2 Step Wise project planning 2 hrs

Project scope and objectives, project infrastructure, project characteristics, project products and activities, Estimateeffort for each activity, Identify activity risks, Allocate resources, Review/publicize plan, Execute plan and Lowerlevels of planning3 Life Cycle Models 2 hrs The Waterfall Model, Iterative Enhancement Model, RAD, Prototyping Model, Spiral Model, Incremental Delivery, V-Process4 Prototyping 1 hr 5 Requirement Analysis 2 hrs Requirement Elicitation, Requirement Analysis, Requirement Documentation6 Project Size and effort estimation 2 hrs LOC, Albrecht function point analysis, COCOMO: a parametric model7 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, Stress9 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 guideDate:


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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 Technologyin

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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CONTENTS

Candidates Declaration iii

Certificate iv

Acknowledgements v

Abstract vi

Contents xv

List of Figures xxi

List of Tables

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

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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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