GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF SEMINAR REPORT

(M.Tech)
1)

Keep a diary of meetings with guide showing the details of discussions. It should be
mutually signed on every visit.
2) Organisation of report
- Front page - Title, Name of Student, Name of guide, College emblem, Department
Name, College name, Month & Year.
- Certificate; Content Page; List of figures (if any); List of Tables (if any); List of
notations (if any); Main text; References.
3) Page Settings:
- Font : Times New Roman;
- Font size: Title of Paper 24 point; Text in 12 point
- Spacing: 1.5 lines
- Margins: Top 2.5 cm; Bottom 2.5 cm; Left 3.75 cm; Right 2.5 cm
4) Main Text:
- To be divided into main and sub headings
- All headings should be numbered
- Main headings: UPPER CASE; Bold; 12 Pt; Spacing before and after 6 Pt.
- Sub Heading 1: Lower case; Bold; 12 Pt; Spacing before and after 6 Pt.
- Sub Heading 2; Italic; Bold; 12 Pt; Spacing before and after 6 Pt.
5) Tables:
- Should be numbered consecutively without section numbers; Should be referred in
text; Table caption should be given at top, Title case, Bold letters, Centralized; font 12Pt. Source of reference should be given in brackets. If modified mention it.
6) Figures:
- Should be numbered consecutively without section numbers; Should be referred in
text; Table caption should be given at bottom, Title case, Bold letters, Centralized;
font - 12Pt. Source of reference should be given in brackets.
7) Footers and Headers - Not permitted
8) Page Numbers should be provided at the bottom centre of each page
9) Should have minimum three journal papers on the topic selected.
10) Interpretation by the Author: In the concluding session, a subsection should be
incorporated as Interpretation by the Author, which is the critical comment of the author
based on the journal papers referred and fundamentals of the subject. It should not be
copy of the conclusion given in the journal papers.
11) Format for references:
a) Journal Papers:
Hamed, M. M., Easa, S. M., and Batayneh, R. R. (1997). Disaggregate gap
acceptance model for unsignalised T- intersections. Journal of
Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 123(1), pp. 36-42.

b)

Kumar, V. M., and Rao, S. K. (1996). Effect of gap acceptance on delays at

stop controlled T- intersections. Indian Highways, 24 (10), Indian Roads
Congress, New Delhi, pp. 27-33.
Text Books:

Kadiyali, L. R. (1997). Principles and practice of highway engineering.

Seventh Edition, Khanna Publishers, Delhi.
c) Thesis:
Rao, V. T. (1996). Modelling traffic characteristics at urban uncontrolled
intersections. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, IIT Madras, India.
d) Online articles:
www.fhwa.dot.gov/PAVEMENT/smoothness/rough.cfm#a accessed on
29/10/2014.
e) Conference Proceedings:
Akcelik, R., and Troutbeck, R. (1991). Implementation of Australian
roundabout analysis method in SIDRA. Proc. of the First Int. Symp. on
Highway Capacity, A. A. Balkema Publishers, Karlsruhe, Germany, pp. 17-34.
12) References in text:
Hamed et al. (1997) developed binary probit model to determine the drivers
gap acceptance probabilities. Critical gap for all drivers. (referring the
first example given under For journal papers)
Kumar and Rao (1996) simulated the traffic flow.. (referring the second
example given under For journal papers)
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13) SI units should be followed
14) Equations:
Use equation editor for preparing equations
All equations to be numbered and referred in the text with the equation
number.
15) Do not change the font size or line spacing to squeeze more text into any pages.
Use Italics for emphasis; do not underline
16) Abbreviations and acronyms: Expand when they appear in the text for the first time.