Seminar Report, Academic Year 2019-2020, G L Bajaj, Gr.

Noida

G.L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management, Gr. Noida

Final Year Seminar Report Format

1. Introduction

This document describes the standard format for Seminar reports to be submitted as part of the
fulfillment of the B. Tech Degree at the Department of Information Technology of GLBITM.
Students have to ensure their reports conform to the required format before submission.

2. Project Report

2.1 Typing Instructions and Length of the Report

The total length of the main report should be 50-70 A4 pages. The text of the main report shall
be spaced 1.5 lines, with a font TIMES NEW ROMAN of size 12and justify alignment for normal
text with 1 inch top, left, right and bottom margins. All the titles must be of size 16times new
roman font and bold. The subtitles must be of font times new roman with bold effect and size
14. All the specific terms or definitions must be with italic effect. Appendices and other manuals
can be in single space and a smaller font size. Appendices should be kept small and bounded
together with the main report. The report should be clearly written, and should include only
relevant information.

2.2 Format

All final year SEMINAR reports must be prepared in the following sequence:

1 Front Cover Page

2 Abstract
3 Table of Contents
4 List of Tables
5 List of Figures
6 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature

MAIN REPORT: Chapter wise

1. Chapter1 - Introduction
2. Chapter 2–Problem Statement
3. Chapter 3–Literature Survey
4. Chapter 4–Real Time Analysis
5. Chapter 5-Methodology
6. Chapter 6-Testing & Results
7. Chapter 7-Conclusion
8. Future Work
9. References
10. Appendices A (Annotated Bibliography)
11. Appendices B (Research Paper)

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2.2.1 Front and Back Cover and Binding

Hard binding should be used for all reports and appendices. As sketched in the sample pages,
the words “SEMINAR REPORT” (font size 11, bold, upper case, center aligned), the SEMINAR
title (font Cambria, font size 14, bold, upper case, center aligned), the student’s name (font size
11, bold, center aligned), the words “DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY “G.L. Bajaj
Institute of Technology & Management, Gr. Noida” (font size 11, upper case, center aligned) and
the academic year (font size 11, center aligned) should appear on the front cover.
Front Cover of the Report – Sample (Annexure 5.1)

2.2.2 Abstract Page

It consists of an abstract of the report of not more than 200 words outlining the SEMINAR. The
abstract should be comprehensible to readers of the report and enable them to judge the report’s
potential interest. The Keywords and Subject Descriptions should follow immediately after the
abstract in the same page, each with not more than five careful selected items. Any suitable
word that reflects the nature and content of the SEMINAR may be chosen as a keyword. The
student should consult the project guide when in doubt which keywords and descriptors be used.
It should be kept in one double-spaced A4 page with times new roman font size 12 and aligned
as justify.
Abstract – Sample (Annexure 5.4)

2.2.3 Table of Contents

In addition to the heading of each section, sub-heading can also be used but its depth should be
kept to a minimum. Details of appendices should also be given here. Students may use more
than one A4 page for the content page.

2.2.4 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.

2.2.5 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.

2.2.6 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.

2.2.7 Main report

The structure of the main part of the report will vary according to the nature of the SEMINAR. It
is both convenient and conventional to organize the report in a hierarchical structure: Chapters,
Sections, Sub-sections, and etc.

2.2.8 Appendices

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Information of secondary importance (and information whose inclusion would break the flow of
the report) should be placed in Appendices. These include program listing, electronic data sheets
and data dictionary etc.
• 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 as 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.

2.2.9 References

A list of all books, report, papers, etc., referred to in the report or consult during the course of
the SEMINAR should be given under the References or Bibliography section. 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 SmSel – X Asx’,

Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.
2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) ‘Applications of Convolution Operators to Problems
in Univalent Function Theory’, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.81–94.
3. 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.

2.2.10 Table and figures

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

2.2.11 Page number and Section number

The number of pages for main report is 50-70. The page number here starts from the first page
of Introduction to the last page of conclusion/summary. All other pages like abstract, contents,
list of figures, list of tables, list of abbreviations, acknowledgements, list of references,
bibliography, are not counted in these 100 pages. Please number 1, 2, 3, to 100 (the maximum)
for your main report and number i, ii for all other pages in front of the main report. You are
requested to continue your main report numbering for reference/bibliography pages that come
at the end.
A hierarchical numbering scheme for chapter numbering shall be used. For instances, use 1 for
chapter one, 2 for chapter 2, 1.1 for the subsection of chapter 1, and etc. (See the Table of
Contents).

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SEMINAR REPORT

Title

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Bachelor of Technology

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

By

Name
University Roll No

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

G.L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management, Gr. Noida
(Academic Year 2019-20)

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