Annexure ‘CD – 01’

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Course Title: DISSERTATION W CREDIT
UNITS
Course Code: MSDS100
Credit Units: 12 0 0 0 0 12
Level: UG
Course Objectives:

The dissertation is a mandatory Non-teaching Credit Course (NTCC) and is an important component of all programs of management domain. The
dissertation is a substantial, sustained and independent exercise in research or scholarship produced by an individual student involving substantial
data collection in the field with the work presented as a written report, which demonstrates scholarship at an appropriate level and in an area relevant
to the chosen degree of the student.

Dissertation provides an opportunity to the students to demonstrate the ability to devise, to show the application of skills of data collection and
critical analysis necessary for formation of defensible conclusions. It also provides a platform to demonstrate ability to draw appropriate conclusions
argued from the evidence presented and also a forum to demonstrate the skills of structuring and present a balanced informed, complete, clear and
concise written argument.

The course objectives are as under: -

 To help students stimulate their minds to think coherently by identifying relevant variables, describing their basic characteristics and
specifying how the variables relate to each other
 To select, evaluate and apply critical management thinking to an industry/sectoral issue or problem
 To critically evaluate the techniques and processes used to investigate an important organizational issue or problem.
 The student is expected to combine the learning across specialization and do research in a variety of other disciplines/industries.

Prerequisites:

The prerequisite for this course is basic understanding of the research methodology and quantitative techniques.
Student Learning Outcomes:

The specific student learning outcomes expected of the dissertation are:

 To equip the student to apply concepts, theories, models, and tools in real life.
 To critically assess, evaluate and predict current and future metrics, research technologies, and research data output related to the subject.
 To synthesize information to arrive at a coherent conclusion and evaluate the implications for the recommendations presented.
 To critically reflect on his or her development of knowledge, skills and techniques during the preparation of the dissertation.

Course Contents/Syllabus:

The Dissertation Process begins with:

Briefing Sessions for students

Briefing Sessions are very important for undertaking the NTCC. This briefing is done by the NTCC Institutional committee to introduce Dissertation
and explain the process and way to work in it. It is mandatory for the students to attend the same as per the institution’s schedule.

Finalization and approval of area/topic of NTCC and schedule of activities

Dissertation Topic can be selected from any domain/ sector or any business issue relevant in the current scenario. It is usual to give some discretion to
the student in the choice of topic for the dissertation and the approach to be adopted. Student should ensure that his dissertation is related to his field
of specialization.

Allocation of Faculty Guides

a) Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide for the NTCC well in advance in a formal manner depending on the number of students
per faculty member, the available specialization among the faculty guides by Institution NTCC Committee.
b) In case a student is undertaking NTCC outside in an industry or research lab or other university, the students will have a faculty guide from
the institution.
c) The faculty guide from Amity must closely interact with the external guide and monitor the progress of the student in NTCC.

Role of Faculty Guides

To advise on:
 The topic, synopsis and work schedule of NTCC and its resources
 To assist the student in identifying problems/issues and suggest/agree on specific action to address where appropriate
 Methodologies
  Referencing /plagiarism
 Ethical practice, as appropriate
 Information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning, monitoring progress of the NTCC
 Structure and presentation of NTCC
 To discuss progress of NTCC
 To offer feedback on partial versions of NTCC
 To maintain regular supervisory contact.

Role and expectations from students

a) Commit to a schedule of meetings, in order to ensure that the agreed schedule is adhered to and deadlines met.
b) Use supervisory time allocated effectively,
c) Manage tutorial / gap lectures/ briefing sessions effectively by preparing for same in advance,
d) Keep appointments which have been arranged,
e) To send regularly (every Monday) Weekly Progress Report (WPR) to Faculty guide
f) Maintain a record of supervisory meetings, in the format prescribed by the university.
g) Act responsibly and professionally during any kind of interaction with respondents.
h) Make use of AUUP guidance and documentation to plan and monitor progress of the NTCC, to maximize the benefit of
tutorial support, and to implement the feedback and approved action plan for development of the project.
i) Recognize ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to plagiarism
j) Ensure timely submissions

Structure of NTCC, Registration, Conduct of course, progress monitoring and activity calendar

Registration

The students are required to register on-line on AMIZONE for the NTCC / SIL courses as per the guidelines. For example, a student is required to register
for a summer Internship in industry during summer break or during the semester as the case may be before joining the company.
Online NTCC registration forms will be visible to students on their Amizone 14 days prior to start / commencement date of their NTCC / SIL. Students
can do their online registration for NTCC / SIL without any late registration charges up to start / commencement date of their NTCC / SIL.

The students can do their online registration with applicable NTCC / SIL late registration charges, if they have not registered on Amizone as per Calendar
as under:
(i) Rs. 500/- will be applicable for the concerned students up to 10 Days after the Date of Online NTCC/SIL Registration
(ii) Rs. 1000/- will be applicable for the concerned students from 11th day to 15th day of the date of Online NTCC/SIL Registration
(iii) Rs. 2000/- will be applicable for the concerned students from 16th day to 20th day of the date of Online NTCC/SIL Registration
(iv) Rs. 5000/- will be applicable for the concerned students from 21st day to 30 days of Online NTCC/SIL Registration
b) A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on following grounds:
i) Ill health - provided the student has informed the institution on time and had taken sick leave from HoI.
ii) Institution arranged the internship, but awaits confirmation provided the student did not opt for self-arrangement, initially.

iii) Student is on approved Official Duty, representing university/ institution in competitions, seminars, placements activities etc.

c) The student will be allowed to register late for NTCC at AUUP or approved external organisation up to a certain period with certain late registration
charges as per following conditions:
i) Up to 10 days after the date of registration for course with late registration charges of Rs. 500/-
ii) From 11th day to 15th day of the date of Registration with late registration charges of Rs. 1000/-.
iii) 16th day to 20th day of Registration with late registration charges of Rs. 2000/- provided student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the
courses
iv) After 21st day to 30 days of Registration with late charges of Rs. 5000/- provided student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses.

d) The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by the Finance Committee.
e) The above defined late registration charges will not be applicable to the students of late admission in 1st semester or lateral entry admission in 3rd
semester onwards. HoD/HoI must ensure that such students register for their respective NTCC / SIL within 14 days from the date of their registration into
the semester.
f) The students who have not registered for the NTCC / SIL course as per regulations will not be permitted to submit any report and will be treated as
having failed in the course.
g) Further, a student will not be promoted to next year specially if he/she has failed in fieldwork / or industry internship etc.

Progress monitoring

The progress of dissertation would be done weekly by faculty guide through the submitted WPR’s and Monthly by Institutional NTCC
Committee/Project Review Committee via submission of continuous evaluation.

The various steps to be followed are as follows:

1) Identification of research areas by the students.
2) Identification of a faculty guide based on common research areas/interests.
3) Online Registration
4) Submission of research proposal by students approved by faculty guide.
5) Post approval preparation and final submission of synopsis.
6) First review on completion and submission of Introduction and literature view.
7) Second review on completion and submission of Data collection and Data analysis.
8) Third review on completion and submission of final report is done.
 9) In view of post-pandemic situation, the monitoring of NTCC work by respective guides would be in Hybrid mode (i.e. Online +Offline).
10) For Online interactions, respective guides are required to maintain the recordings/screenshots of their weekly interaction on MS Team with
NTCC students.
11) Scheduling of MS Team sessions by the guides should be intimated to students through e-mail. There should be one interaction per week
(one week offline and one week online). Keeping in view constraints faced by students not residing in Delhi-NCR, they can complete the
requirements in online mode.
12) For Offline interactions, signatures must be taken on a plain/formatted sheet from attending students in campus. The offline interactions
should be once a month and not less than 3-4 total number of meetings in the NTCC course completion.
13) Pre-submission.
14) Final Viva.

Publication / Conference Presentation

Final semester students of bachelor’s degree from all domains doing their Dissertation (NTCC) are required to complete any one of the following –
a) Obtain acceptance of publication of one research paper as an outcome of the work done and will submit evidence of publication of the paper in
Scopus/SCI indexed conference/journals in Commerce & Management domain and in Scopus/UGC Care indexed journals/ conference in non-
technical domains.
b) Paper should be accepted in journal or accepted and registered / presented in conferences as an eligibility requirement. Student(s) from all
above domains who cannot meet this criterion can get a maximum B+ grade in that course.

STRUCTURE FOR DISSERTATION

All students must follow the following rules in submitting their dissertation.
 Front page should provide title, author, Name of Program, Name of Supervisor, and the year of submission.
 Next is the ‘acknowledgements’.
 Next page should be the table of contents giving page references for each chapter and section.
 The next page should be the table of appendices, graphs and tables giving titles and page references.
 Next to follow should be a synopsis or abstract of the dissertation (approximately 500 words) titled: Executive Summary
 Chapter I should be a general introduction, giving the background to the dissertation, the objectives of the dissertation, the rationale for
the dissertation, the plan, methodological issues and problems. The limitations of the dissertation should also be hinted in this chapter.
 Other chapters will constitute the body of the dissertation. The number of chapters and their sequence will usually vary depending on,
among others, on a critical review of the previous relevant work relating to your major findings, a discussion of their implications, and
conclusions, possibly with a suggestion of the direction of future research on the area.
 After this concluding chapter, you should give a list of all the references you have used. These should be cross - references with your text.
For articles from journals, the following details are required e.g.
 Draper P and Pandyal K. 1991, The Investment Trust Discount Revisited, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol18, No6,Nov, pp
791-832.
For books, the following details are required:
 Levi, M. 1996, International Financial Management, Prentice Hall, New York, 3rd Ed,1996

 Finally, you should give any appendices. These should only include relevant statistical data or material that cannot be fitted into the above categories.

 Abstract should be of approximately 200 words. It should summarize the contents and convince their viewers that the topic is important,
relevant, and innovative.
 Bodywillbeofapproximately10000-12000 words. It should be divided into sub section and each section should be coherent: i.e., have a clear
beginning and end and a logical connection between the content elements is must.
 Conclude by summarizing the results of your argument and their significance for the relevant issues.
 References section should list down all the citations in APA Style.

ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS

Every Dissertation has three parts: the preliminary pages, the text, and the reference material. Each part has several sections, which are normally
arranged in the order they are discussed below.

Components: The Dissertation Report should appear in the following order:

 Page i : Cover Page

 Page ii : Second Title Page
 Page iii : Certificate of Approval
 Page iv : Approval of Industry Guide
 Pagev-vi : Abstract (maximum two pages)
 Page vii : Acknowledgement
 Page viii : Table of Contents
 Page ix : List of Figures
 Page x : List of Tables
 Page xi : List of Appendices
 Page xii : Abbreviations
 Page1 : Chapter I Onwards
 Page... : References
 Page... : Appendices
Formatting

 All reports should be printed double-spaced, Times New Roman and 12 Font size.
 Although papers are evaluated chiefly on their philosophical merits, grammar, spelling, and language will also be evaluated. You are
expected to express your thoughts in clear, grammatical, English sentences.
 Content is the purpose of a paper; style and packaging can facilitate comprehension of that content, but should never distract the reader
from the content.

Disciplines, Ethical issues and Plagiarism

The NTTC report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments
and ideas) have to be appropriately acknowledged. It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin or
similar software before submission. The content which is based on existing published work must come from properly quoted material and from the
references cited section. After checking the accuracy of the citations and references of such content the plagiarism report should not return similarity
index of more than 15% in any circumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15% could still be considered
plagiarism. Any report with higher than this percentage matching must be explained by the student. The details of copy rights, professional ethics are
given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

Submission of final report

The most important aspect of the courses is the final report. Therefore, following must be ensured for producing quality report.
a) The student will start the project report / dissertation while doing his/her NTCC course as per the prescribed guidelines
b) The students will submit 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance.
c) Followed by the submission second of draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested by the guide.
d) The final report shall be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or any other format subscribed by university. Copying material
should not be more than 10% provided source is mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement and referencing as per
plagiarism policy of the university.
e) Following will be submitted along with final report,
 WPR
 Plagiarism Report

f) The broad areas of research for ACCF students are outlined below (for reference purposes)—
 Research in Accounting practices and latest changes
 Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG disclosures by companies
 Innovations in Green Finance/Marketing
  Meta Analysis in Finance sector/BFSI
 Risk and Return analysis in Stock Market/Crypto currencies
 Brand differentiation and consumer behavior/ Brand loyalty
 Research on developments in the realm of social entrepreneurship
OR

Any area related to Commerce, Finance, Marketing, HR, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology and Management as per mutual consent
among the student and the respective guide.

Dissertations emphasize academic inquiry and research depth. Outcomes include framing research questions, reviewing literature critically,
applying research methodology, analyzing data rigorously, interpreting findings theoretically, and contributing knowledge to commerce
disciplines. Together, both develop analytical thinking, ethical understanding, and independent learning, preparing graduates for employment,
entrepreneurship, or advanced studies through balanced practical and scholarly competence.
In line with the requirements of the Dissertation, the above research should be conducted with the objective of providing practical or policy
implications in the relevant field.

Final Assessment
a) The final assessment of NTCC need to be done only of those students who have qualified on the basis of Conduct and progress
monitoring guidelines & Submission of report/thesis guidelines as stated above.

b) The Final assessment will be treated as end semester examination. It is mandatory for the students to appear for final assessment as per
scheduled date and time. If fail to appear in the student’s final assessment as per schedule, he/she will treated as absent. For such cases same rules
will be applicable as those for theory examination. The assessment of I category students will be done within one month of final assessment of the
batch.

Assessment criteria

A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she meets following conditions:
a) Online Registration for the NTCC course
b) Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide
c) 100 % of WPR were submitted
d) 100% of the WPR were satisfactory
e) Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.
 Students not meeting the eligibility criteria would be governed by the following regulation given as per university guidelines/ regulation.

Assessment/ Examination Scheme: As per university guidelines

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Internal Assessment 50%
Final Assessment 50%

The breaks up (components and their weightage) of continuous internal assessment are given as under:

COMPONENTS OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

S. Maximum
Name Of Component
No. Marks (50%)
1 Timely Registration 1
2 Synopsis Approval 2
3 Weekly Progress Report 16
4 Progress Review 6
5 Submission of Draft on Time 2
6 Plagiarism Report 1
7 Submission of Final Report on Time 1
8 Final Report Assessment 17
9 Pre-presentation 4
COMPONENTS OF FINAL ASSESSMENT

S. Maximum
Name Of Component
No. Marks (50%)
1 Introduction and Statement of the Problem 4
2 Review of Related Literature 5
3 Methodology/methods/Approach 3
4 Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes 12
5 Future scope and Limitations outlined 3
6 Quality of work and written expression 7
7 Presentation and Communications 5
8 Student Learning Outcomes 3
9 Paper Publication / Presentation in Conference 8
 AMITY COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE
NTCC CALENDAR EVEN SEMESTER 2025-26
EVEN SEMESTER
Assessment
Course Credit Course Scheme Commencemen
Sl. No. Program Semester Course Title Batch End Date Duration
Code Unit Level (Internal / t Date
External)
B. Com.
2022-
1 (Hon/Hons with 8 Dissertation MSDS100 12 UG 50 / 50 08.12.2025 13.03.2026 14 Weeks
26
Research)

Text & References:

 Research Methodology by C R Kothari & Gaurav Garg

 Research Methodology Concepts and Cases by Deepak Chawla & Neena

Sondhi Any other Study Material:

 APA style Web site:[Link]

 The Purdue Online Writing Lab:[Link]

 University of California at Berkeley Library APA Style Citations:[Link]

 University of Wisconsin-Madison - The Writing

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