Format of the Report

The format of the report should comprise of the following components 1. Title/cover page It should detail the project title, students name, course, year, guide name, date of submission 2. Acknowledgements Acknowledgement to any advisory / financial assistance received while working on the project may be given. The writer recognizes his indebtedness for guidance and assistance of the advisor/guide. Courtesy demands that he also recognize specific contributions by the other persons and institutions like libraries. Acknowledgements should be expressed very simply. 3. Letter from the company 4. Abstract An abstract is a brief or condensed statement by the writer, or the essential ideas of the writers work. It should be straight to the point, not too descriptive but highly informative. It is a statement of the problem, a summary of the scope, methods and procedures, findings and results of the project. 5. Table of contents This gives page references for each chapter and section. Titles and subtitles are to correspond exactly with those in the report. 6. Introduction This brief documentation provides with the following facts about the project _ The background of the project, _ The objectives of the project _ The rationale for the project _ The limitations of the project should also be listed. 7. Materials and methods. This section should aim at the methodology, research design, sampling and fieldwork (if any) Research methodology should be explained including modifications if any Reflect the reliability and validity of the methods Analysis and interpretation is to be shown. 8. Result and discussions In this section emphasis should be laid down on _ What is performed and achieved in the project rather that the available literature in the context of the project.

_ Discussion on your results with reference to the literature review. _ Matching your own results against what was established in the literature review. From this you should draw conclusion and make comments. _ Add value to the results with your own comments _ Highlight and provide analysis of any new themes that have emerged from your own research. 9. Conclusions and recommendations In this section the outcome of the work is mentioned briefly. This should be a conclusion to the whole project. Check that your work answers the following questions: _ Did the research project meet its aims (check back to introduction for stated aims)? _ What are the main findings of the research? _ Are there any recommendations? _ Do you have any conclusion on the research process itself? 10. Future prospects This section must give clear picture of where should further research be focused and for what other projects this project could be taken as input? 11. Appendices It contains the material which is of interest to the reader but not an integral part of the project and statements of pros and cons that may be useful to document for future reference. 12. References In this section you should give a list of all the references you have used. This should be cross referenced with you text. This includes papers and books referred to the body of the report.