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A. PREAMBLE
Summer Project gives an opportunity to the students of MBA– 1st Year to interact closely with the
industry. After the completion of foundation courses, they are into the process of learning by doing
project, on the one hand, and gaining practical experience on the other. At the postgraduate level and
as managers, research skills are important in decision making; therefore, during the summer
placement, students hone their research skills and reinforce their report writing skills.
The project would require understanding of the organization in a broader context, understanding a
specific organizational problem, framing and designing methodology, collection of data, analysis and
conclusions.
The summer project may be used as a vehicle for learning organizational culture, structure and
systems, working as a member of a team, developing analytical skills and its applications, finding
solutions, developing managerial skills, and helping organization in implementing the offered solution.
For the organization, summer trainee provided opportunity to expose students to real life situations
and using their skills to arrive at a solution to a defined problem and implementing the same.
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D. INSTITUTE & ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBILITY
The organization should assign a person (OG), from within the organization, who can guide the
student during the period of the summer project. OG can help the student on any one or more of,
getting organization perspective, liaison between the student and other members of the organization,
formulating the problem, designing the methodology, organizing collection of data from within the
organization, analyzing the data bringing in organization needs, and concluding the project
Student must ensure to get Completion Certificate from OG/organization before leaving the
organization after completion.
The faculty mentor will also act as a faculty guide (FG) for the summer project.
Student must inform the FG about his/her summer project and the details of the organization.
Student has to fill up the prescribed form, get the signature of FG and submit the form to the
programme office at the earliest, and in any case before leaving the campus for the summer project.
Student will not be considered to have undergone summer project without this formality being
completed.
Student must keep in touch with the FG during the duration of the summer project. He/she must
send a copy of the interim reports to FG. (Either a hard copy or a soft copy). FG may be
involved in formulation of the project and in the execution of the same.
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E. THE SUMMER PROJECT
• The organization may indicate the details of the project and project title when selecting a student.
In such a case, it is desirable that the student does some preliminary
preparations/investigations/etc. before joining the company .Student may identify the person from
the organization who would be assigned as a guide to help the student.
• In case the organization has not indicated the project details before the start of the summer project,
a student should, in consultation with the organization guide and faculty mentor, finalize the
project. He/She must
• Communicate the details of the project and of the organization guide to the Institute and to the
mentor guide within 10 days of the start of the summer project.
Students will have to send the progress report, first within ten days of start of the summer training,
and subsequently after every 15 days to the Institute and faculty guide at the Institute.
All the reports to the Institute should be sent in the name of the placement office, marked to The
Manager, Corporate Relations.
E.3.1 Introduction
• Student must clearly identify different aspects of the project. The project will have, in general,
qualitative and quantitative aspects.
• Summer project report should be prepared by a student individually. If more than one student has
worked on the same project, the data and corresponding analysis may be divided among the
students. For example, two students are working on consumer perception of a product, requiring a
sample of 100 respondents. Then, they should preferably collect data from 200 respondents and
separately analyze 100 respondents each. The project that is submitted to the organization may be
a single analysis of 200 respondents.
(This is an illustration only.)
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• The report should be checked for correct English before submission.
• Students should include the Summer Project “Completion Certificate” from the Organization in
their Summer Project.
• The summer project report should have uniformity and may be spiral bound with soft cover.
6. The ‘Project Completion Certificate’ obtained from the Organizational Guide should be
Annexed in the Report.
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E.3.3.1 PART A: Profile of the Organisation
1) Introduction
2) Methodology
4) Presentations of Data
(This represents data in a semi-processed form. It could be in the form of tabulations, and pie-
diagrams, etc. or fact sheets in the case of qualitative data)
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(This is the heart of the report. The analysis carried out should be discussed, referring to the
tables and exhibits and the analysis should for the basis of the conclusions drawn in the
following section)
6) Conclusions
Inferences
Managerial implications
Recommendations for action (if any)
Bibliography
Annexes
1) Introduction
3) Exploration of Alternatives
5) Evaluation of Alternatives
6) Conclusion
Nature of Solution
Recommendations and action plan
Contingency Plan
Bibliography
Annexes
1) Introduction
2) Methodology
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a. Ethnographic Study (collecting information as a participant
observer)
- Maintenance of Journal / Diary (given below is an illustrative list of
issues that you may like to keep track of)
3) Observations
5) Conclusion
Bibliography
Annexes
F. CALENDAR
The students are to join their respective companies for a period of 8 to 10 weeks between April – June,
2010.
The first report should be submitted within ten days of joining the organization detailing the
organizational problem to be studied and methodology to be employed.
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Subsequently, an interim report would be sent every fifteen days, thus totalling four interim
reports.
The students will submit periodic interim reports to their institute faculty guide (respective mentor)
with a copy to Mr. Neeraj Arora, Asst. Manager, Corporate Relations and the MBA
Chairperson. These reports should be short and detail the work done till date and since the last filed
interim report.
The students will submit their final summer project report by 30th June, 2011. Two hard copies (spiral
bound) and one soft copy (marked to Programme Chairperson) would be submitted. In case the
submission is not made in time due to any problem, the Chairman, MBA will take the final decision
whether to extend the deadline.
G. GRADING
Absent or 0% : I = Incomplete
Below 50% : US = Unsatisfactory
50 – 59% : S = Satisfactory
60 - 79% : VG = Very Good
80 - 100 : E = Excellent
The presentations would be scheduled in the second week of July. The final grade would be
determined by August 10, 2011.
Students require a minimum of 50 marks in the summer project in order to be eligible for promotion to
the second year.
The cases of those students who do not obtain 50 marks in the summer project would be reviewd by
the Director for suitable action. Director, in consultation, with the MBA Chairperson and the
concerned faculty guide may or may not allow student to put in extra effort and revise the summer
project, which may be evaluated again in the same manner as the earlier evaluation.
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Institute of Management, Nirma University
SUMMER PROJECT REGISTRATION FORM
MBA :: 2010-11 Batch
Date:
1. Particulars of Student:
Name of Student
Roll No.
e-mail id
Phone/Mobile No.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name & Address of the Organization: (Location of Project Work should be specified)
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
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Name &
Designation____________________________________________________________
Telephone_____________________________Email_____________________________
(Signature of Student)
Signature :_____________________________
Name :_____________________________
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(Submission to Programme Chairperson, before proceeding for Summer Placements)
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