3.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
3.1. Page Dimensions, Margins and Quality

Standard A4 size paper may be used for preparing the final copies of the Training /Dissertation Report
the copies.

It should have the following page margins:

Top edge: 30 to 35 mm Bottom edge : 25 to 30mm Left side : 35 to 40mm Right side : 20 to 25 mm
3.2 Cover Page/ Title Page

A specimen of the cover/title page is given in the Annexure I.

It carries

(a) The TITLE of the Summer Training/Dissertation

(Tahoma, font size 20, bold, single line spacing,).

Should be very concise not broad and must be finalized by Guide.

3.3 Title of Training /Dissertation Report

 The phrase
(Tahoma, font size 14, bold, each line in the Title/Sentence mode, single line spacing, centered within the specified
margin of the page).
A Training /Dissertation Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of

 The name of the degree

(Tahoma, font size 20, bold, the whole line in uppercase, centered within the specified margin of the page).
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION or MASTER OF
COMMERCE
by
 NAME OF STUDENT
(Tahoma, font size 16, bold, full name as enrolled, all characters in Title mode case , centered within the specified
margin of the page).
Name of Student

 (Roll Number)
(Tahoma, font size 12, bold.
(Roll no. xxxxxxxxx)

 phrase of supervision
(Tahoma, font size 12, bold, line in the Title mode, centered within the specified margin of the page).
Under the Supervision of Internal (Deptt)and External(Company)

 NAME(S) OF SUPERVISOR
(Tahoma, font size 14, full name in title mode prefixed by Prof. or Dr. centered within the specified margin of the
page, separated symmetrically in case of two supervisors, use the next line .
PROF. [Link]
 University logo
(size = 25-30 mm dia)

 Name of the University

(Tahoma, font size 16/14, bold, full name, all characters upper case/Title mode, centered within the specified margin of
the page).
INSTITUTE OF BANKING,ECONOMICS & FINANCE BUNDELKHAND
UNIVERSITY
 Month, Year
(Tahoma, font size 14, bold, full name of the month in title mode, comma, 4-digit year in Arabic, all centered within
the specified margin of the page).
December, 2011
3.3 Certificate of Supervision

The Certificate of Supervision of the Summer Training/Dissertation by the supervisor(s) shall be in

double line spacing using Tahoma font size 12, as per the format shown in Annexure II.

The heading CERTIFICATE Tahoma font size 14 bold in the center should start about 60mm -
70mm from the top of the page.

The certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature in original and shall be followed by
the supervisor’s name,
academic designation (not any other responsibilities of administrative nature),
department and full address of the institution where the supervisor has guided students.

In case of two supervisors, i.e.

Field (Company) and Institute,
the details about the signature, names, etc.
mentioned above shall be centered symmetrically within the specified margin of the page.

The place and date of signature (left justified) common for all the supervisors will appear below the
signature(s) of the supervisor(s).
3.4 The Declaration of the by the students shall be in double line spacing using Tahoma font size
12, as per the format shown in Annexure III.

The heading DECLARATION Tahoma font size 14 bold in the center should start about 60mm -
70mm from the top of the page.

The Declaration shall carry the students’s signature in original and shall be followed by the students’s
name, Course Name, department and full address of the institution.
3.5 Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements shall be brief and should not exceed one page when typed in single spacing
Tahoma with font size 12 within the specified margin of the page.

It should begin with title ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tahoma with font size 14 bold as
heading placed in centre
The signature of the students shall be made at the bottom right end above his./her name typed in title
case.
3.6 Table of Contents

The table of contents should list all the contents following this section.
The preceding section like the Title Page, Certificate and Acknowledgements will not find a place
amongst the items listed in the Table of Contents, but the page numbers in lower case Roman letters
shall be accounted for them.

The title TABLE OF CONTENTS in Tahoma with size 14 bold as heading be placed in centre.
One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the contents.
3.7 Chapter of the Training /Dissertation Report may be broadly divided into 5 parts:

I Introduction
II Research Methodology and Review Literature
III Analysis and Interpretation
IV Cocclusion, Findings and Suggesion
V References, Bibliography, Appendix including Questionnaire
3.8 Citation of References in the Training /Dissertation Report

Any work of other researchers used either directly or indirectly used in the research must be indicated
at appropriate places in the Summer Training/Dissertation.
It could be a journal paper, a paper in conference proceedings, a monograph, a personal
communication, or a book; in physical or electronic form.
3.9 Listing of References in the REFERENCE section

The listing of references should be typed in alphabetical order of the first author’s name in single
spacing starting 4 spaces below the heading REFERENCES in Tahoma with font size 14 bold.

The name/s of the authors/authors should be immediately followed by the year and other details. The
references should be serially numbered, separated by single space.
The papers (in journal or proceedings) should be in sentence mode followed by the name of journal (in
italics), vol. issue, page (from-to) while the book titles should be in title mode in italics followed by
the place and publishers.
E-resources should have their proper URL.
A typical illustrative list given relates to the citation examples quoted above.
For typing the references, Tahoma with font size 11 is recommended.

Jha, J.K. and Shanker, K., 2009. A single-vendor single-buyer production-inventory model with
controllable lead time and service level constraint for decaying items. International Journal of Production
Research, Vol. 47, Issue 24, pp. 6875–6898.

Chopra, S. and Meindl, P., 2003. Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. New
Jersey, Prentice Hall.
Kumar Neeraj and Shanker Kripa, 2000a, A theory of balancing mechanism for comparing the effectiveness
of imbalance measures in FMS loading, Proceedings of the Special International Conference on Production
Research (ICPR) 2000, Bangkok, August 2-4, 2000, pp 133-139.

Kumar Neeraj and Shanker Kripa, 2000b, Interaction among FMS loading objectives: a parabolic
relationship between workload balance and machine utilization, Proceedings of the Special International
Conference on Production Research (ICPR) 2000, Bangkok, August 2-4, 2000, pp 234-239. Snyder, L.V.,
2004. Lehigh University. [Online] (1.3) Available at:
[Link] [accessed 17 December 2008].
3.10 Appendices

Appendices in a Summer Training/Dissertation are provided to give supplementary information,

which if included in the main text may serve as a distraction and could tend to dilute the central
theme under discussion.