Summer Project Guideline
Summer Project Guideline
In partial completion of MBA course and to make management students acquaint with
industry working culture & environment Savitribai Phule Pune University has made it
mandatory for MBA students to do Summer Internship Project (SIP:4 Credit Course) and the
viva voce will be conducted by the university in the third semester. Hence, compulsorily all
MBA students must undergo a practical training of minimum 8 weeks. During the training
program students are expected to collect vital information through internal and external
sources so as to reach concrete conclusions on the given subject. Students have to prepare the
project report under the guidance of internal guide and has to submit it within due date.
PROJECT PROPOSAL
a ) Proposal Formulation
Proposal of the project should be prepared in consultation with the SIP guide and
same should be submitted to SIP coordinator for final approval. Students are
required to present their proposal to the Institute’s research team. The concerned
proposals will be approved only after team’s consent. Proposals incomplete in any
respect will not be accepted. Students are advised to retain a copy of the proposal.
The Proposal must have the following components:
Introduction, brief background and Rationale of the topic chosen for the project.
Statement of the problem.
Objectives (clearly stated).
Research Methodology:
Research Design
Nature and source of data/information to be collected.
Sample and sampling technique.
Rationale of chosen organization and the sample.
Tools and Techniques to be used for data collection - details of the
tools/questionnaire to be used and its relevance with the objectives of the project.
Method/s to be used for data collection.
Data handling and analysis- organization and analysis of data. Statistical tools
to be used for analysis. Relevance of statistical tools with the objectives of the
project.
Limitation of the proposed project, if any.
Future direction for further research (optional).
Any other relevant detail which will help better appreciation and understanding of the
project proposal.
Proper Project Proposal duly signed by the student and the guide with dates.
List of approved and non-approved proposals shall be displayed on the main notice
board.
Research Methodology:
Research Design
Nature and Source of data/information
Sample and Sampling method with rationale
Details of the tools
The Questionnaire and other methods used and their purpose
Reliability and Validity of the tools used
Administration of tools and techniques
Data collection
Data Handling, Statistical tools used for Data Analysis
Data Interpretation and Findings
Recommendations
Summary and Conclusion
Limitations of the Project
Direction for further research
Reference/Bibliography
Annexures/Appendices (Questionnaire used etc.)
EXPECTED INFORMATION IN THE TOPICS
Students must submit golden embossed two hard copies and one soft copy (CD) of the
project report to SIP coordinator on or before 30th September 2017 in Sem III. One hard
copy will be returned to the student after the external Viva Voce. The students should
print their project reports on both faces of the paper.
Internal viva voce is mandatory for all students and hence all students must appear for the
same. This viva voce will be for the assessment of internal 50 Marks.
There shall be an external viva-voce for the SIP for 50 marks. Savitribai Phule Pune
University will communicate the date and external supervisor for external viva voce. The
examiner’s panel for the same shall include one external faculty member nominated by
the University and Project Coordinator.
The Internal & the External viva-voce shall evaluate the project based on:
The sequence in which the project report material to be arranged and bound should be as
follows:
PAGE DIMENSIONS
The project report should be in A4 size page. The page margin should be Top 1’’ Bottom 1’’
Left 1.5’’ Right 1’’
TYPING INSTRUCTIONS
Submitted by
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Company Profile
3. Review of Literature
4. Research Methodology
7. Suggestions
8. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Questionnaire