CENTRE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION

MIT STUDY CENTRE

ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
Attention to the Project students
The project students of MBA IV semesters with project status 1 are requested to
present their work on 31.5.2015 (Sunday) from 9.00 am onwards.
Submit a Project Review Report-I as per the following format (guide signature is
necessary) before the committee and present your work in the order of review report.
The students with project status 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 are also requested to present their new
proposal / topic (as per the action to be taken by the student) before the review
committee such way that it gets approval from the review committee. Study centre
will send the progress to the University depending upon the presentation for updating
the status.
Status
2

3
4
5

Description
The project topic is approved,
however, objective has to be
redefined
The project topic is approved;
however, the permission letter
for the company is required.
The project topic has to be
refined in line with the
objective.
The project topic and
proposal are not approved.

Action to be taken by the student

The student has to redefine the problem
in consultation with the guide and
resubmit the proposal.
Permission letter from the company is to
be submitted.
The student has to redefine the topic in
line with the objective and submit the
proposal after consulting the guide.
The student has to redefine and submit a
new proposal after consulting the guide

They are also requested to go through Guidelines to undertake the final semester MBA
project and Steps to undertake the final semester MBA project which are available in
the CDE website.
All students who are doing their project in an organisation must provide a
permission letter from the organisation at the start of the project and a certificate
confirming your successful completion of the project at the end of your project.
This is applicable even if the student is employed in the same organisation. Your work
will be evaluated by the Project Monitoring Committee (PMC) in the following
manner.
a. Problem Definition: 10%
b. Literature Review: 30%
c. Methodology: 30%
d. Guide Marks: 30%

Co-ordinator

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

A first review report
(Submitted by Candidates Name, Roll No: _____________: Reg. No: __________ )
1

NEED FOR THE STUDY

Why this study has been undertaken

REVIEW OF LITERATURE
The LR must be from management journals and must be completed before the
first review.
Please refer to the guidelines regarding the format of literature review report.
Based on the reviewed literature the objectives of the study are defined

3.1

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
An expansion of the title of the project which defines the aim of the study

3.2

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES
Break down of the primary objectives. The achieving of the secondary
objectives would result in the achieving of the primary

METHODOLOGY
The methodology must speak of the data requirement, research instrument for
data collection, the sampling framework, the sample size and the tools to be
used.

WORK DONE SO FAR

Work completed till the first review must be highlighted.

WORK TO BE DONE
Work to be completed further must be listed with a time frame.

LIMITATIONS
The limitations of the study must be listed. Refer guidelines.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES
The expected outcome of the study must be mentioned here

REFERENCES
The list of journal papers reviewed must be documented as per the format sent
in the guidelines earlier.

(Signature of Student)

(Signature of Guide)