Essentials of Research Paper Drafting

1. General guidelines:
The below enumerated aspects are clearly defined and explained in a simple and concise
manner so as to avoid any ambiguity.
1. Optimal number of pages to be drafted in the report
2. Number of draft copies to be prepared
3. Type of Font and the size of Font
4. Size and Format of Fonts for Headings of Chapters, Sections and Sub Sections
5. Line Spacing
6. Page setup
7. Page Margins
8. Page Header
9. Page Left Footer
10. Page Right Footer
11. Report Hardware
2. Recommended Structure & Layout
The layout and the layout sequence of all the elements included in the Report are clearly and
simple defined and explained in this section. The aspects covered are:
1. Cover Page
2. Bonafide
3. Certificate
4. Acknowledgement
5. Abstract
6. Table of Contents
7. List of Tables

8. List of Figures
9. List of Symbols
10. List of abbreviations
11. List of nomenclature
12. Literature Survey
13. Topic definition / Problem Definition
14. Introductory chapter
15. Main theme
16. Conclusion
17. Scope of further work
18. Appendices
19. References

3. Recommended draft tips for Cover Page / Title Page

4. Recommended draft tips and contents of "Abstract"
This Section explains the salient elements of a nicely drafted Abstract. The aspects defined in
this section are:
1. Length
2. Theme
3. Objective
4. Content
5. Line spacing
6. Font Style and Font size
5. Recommended draft tips and contents of "Table of Contents"

6.
Essential
Elements
of
the
main
body
of
Seminar
Report:
This Section explains the elements and their placement in the main body of the report. The
section explains the prime and most essential elements of the report
1. Categorization into Chapters, Sections and sub sections
2. Chapter Titles
3. Placement of Tables, Charts and Figures
4. Main Body - Introductory Chapter
5. Main Body - Literature review
6. Main Body - Current work
7. Main Body - Summary or Conclusions
8. Scope of the work
9. Concept development theme
10. Source of quoted data
11. should revolve within the literature review
12. Summary of all discrepancies or issues
7. Desirable Elements of the main body of Seminar Report
Serious efforts should be done to add value to the quoted sources by adding active theoretical
contributions developed or interpreted by yourself or group brainstorming. This type of work is
not essential in a seminar but very important if you wish to excel because this is the activity
which will help you stand out of the crowd as it is not executed by many and thus it provides the
cutting edge over others. Some good examples of such contributions are explained in this
section.
8. Recommended draft tips and contents of "Appendices"
Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is included in the main text
may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme. Appendices format, placement and
contents are explained in this section
9. Recommended draft tips and contents of "References"
The listing of references and their proper layout is explained in this section.