TITLE OF THE SEMINAR

Seminar Report

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements

for the award of Diploma in Electronics Engineering
by the Department of Technical Education

by

NAME
( Reg: No)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE NEDUMANGADU,
MANCHA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

OCTOBER
2020

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

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GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE NEDUMANGADU

MANCHA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

CERTIFICATE

Certified that this report titled “Title of the Seminar” is a bonafide

record of the seminar presented by NAME OF THE STUDENT in
partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Diploma in
Electronics Engineering by the Department of Technical Education.

Seminar Coordinator Head of Department

Arun P. S. Ms. Jalaney J.

Lecturer in Electronics Engineering Head of the Department
Dept. of Electronics Engineering Dept. of Electronics Engineering
Govt. Polytechnic College Nedumangadu Govt. Polytechnic College Nedumangadu

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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I wish to convey my gratitude to Ms. Jalaney J., Head of the Department for the support
and suggestions throughout the duration of my seminar.
I am thankful to Mr. Arun P.S our seminar coordinator for all the help and guidance
given to me for doing this seminar.
I take this opportunity to thank all the teaching staff who have directly or indirectly
helped in my seminar.
My acknowledgement would not be complete without acknowledging my parents who
have been pillars of support and constant encouragement throughout the course of my seminar.
Last but not the least I thank God Almighty for His grace upon me from the seminar topic
selection to this report preparation.

CONTENTS

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ABSTRACT

LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES

1. INTRODUCTION 1

Introducing the topic, defining word by word…. its importance

1.1 Floating offshore platforms 1
1.1.1 Response to waves 3
1.2 Deep water mooring lines 5

2. LITERATURE REVIEW 6
Review on the
topic, its history, old methods etc

3. METHODOLOGY 12
3.1 Block diagram……………………
3.2 explanation of part 1……………………
3.3 explanation of part 2…………………….

8. CONCLUSION 28

APPENDICES 29

REFERENCES 35

BIBLIOGRAPHY 36

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1. General instructions

1. Cover page, Front page and certificate

The title of the Seminar, Author, Department, Month and Year of submission along with the
Emblem of the college shall be included on the cover And Front page. See sample certificate.

2. Sequence of contents
The material should be placed and bound in following order:
Front page
Certificate
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Symbols
Chapters
Conclusion
Appendices (Optional)
References
Bibliography (Optional)

Literature review must be included as Chapter 2.

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3. Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement is only a method to record the help and guidance received from different
persons. The wording shall be formal rather than floweryTitle of this page
“Acknowledgement”
Double line spacing, 12 font size, Times New Roman.

4. Abstract
Abstract shall be a one page synopsis of the Seminar report. It shall be a distillation of the
Seminar report, a concise description of the problems addressed, methods to solve them,
results and conclusions. Title of this page “Abstract” and the format is similar to that shown
for Contents.

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Double line spacing, 12 font size, Times New Roman.

5. Contents
The contents should list the chapter headings, sections and subsections of the different
chapters along with page numbers of each. The title ‘contents’ should be in caps, bold, 14pt
and centered.

6. Nomenclature
List the symbols and abbreviations shall be in the order small, Caps, Greek letters. Standard
symbols and abbreviations shall be used;
One and a half line spacing, 12 font size, Times New Roman.

7. List of figures and tables

It should indicate the number and captions of the figures and tables with page numbers. The
title ‘list of figures’ and ‘list of tables’ shall be centered, bold, 14pt and in upper case.

8. Numbering sections, subsections, equations, figures etc.

Use decimal numbering in the seminar report. If the chapter number is 2, the section numbers
will be 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 etc. The subsections in section 2.2 will be numbered as 2.2.1, 2.2.2 etc.
Unless essential, it is not necessary to use numbers to lower levels than three stages.
Headings of paragraphs below the subsections may be bold faced and in sentence case.

Similarly, it is useful and convenient to number the figures also chapter-wise. The figures in
chapter 4 will be numbered Fig.4.1, Fig 4.2 etc. This helps you in assembling the figures and
putting it in proper order. Similarly, the tables are also numbered as Table 4.1 Table 4.2 etc.
All figures and tables should have proper captions. Usually the figure captions are written
below the figure and table captions on top of the table.
Example:

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Figure 2.1: Description of figure font size Times new roman 10, line spacing from
figure is 1.0

Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text.
Centralize the equations and right justify the equation numbers. For example, the first
equation in chapter 3 shall be written as:
∂ ∂φ ∂ ∂φ
k( ) ( )
+ k
∂x ∂ x ∂ y ∂ y
+Q=0

(3.1)
It shall be referred in the text as Eqn. (3.1).

9. Appendices
Appendices can give information, which if included in the main text will cloud the central
theme. Examples:- Major derivations or theoretical developments, Diagrams and results
which are not important enough to be keep in the main text.

Appendices are numbered as Appendix A, Appendix B etc. Page numbers for Appendices
should run as A.1, A.2 etc for Appendix A.

10. References
References (Journals, Books and Conference Papers) shall be numbered in the order in
which they are referred to in the body of the report.
References to books shall contain the Author(s), title of the book, name of the publisher,
edition, year of publication and ISBN Number, if available.
For the listing of references in the ‘References’ section follow the conventions in journals, as
noted below.

11. Font style

Use single column format, and print only on one side of the paper. Use full justification of all
texts, other than headings and titles. Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated with
an additional spacing. Use a line spacing of 1.5 throughout, for texts. Chapter/section
headings shall be as per the font size shown below. Chapter and its heading line spacing
should be 2.0 and content of the chapter starts at a line spacing of 2.5 from the main

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heading of the chapter. Subheadings and contents should have a line spacing of 1.5 All
chapters are to be started on a fresh page. Suggested font sizes in report are given in the table
below.

Details Font type Font size Alignment

Facing page Times New Roman Exactly follow the format given in the sample page

Chapter headings
14pt Bold
with chapter Times New Roman Centered
Upper Case
number on top
12pt Bold
Section headings Times New Roman Upper Case Left justified
Subsection 12pt. Bold
headings Times New Roman Title case Left justified
All other lower 12pt. Bold
level headings Times New Roman Italics Title case Left justified
Adjusted on both left and right
and with 1.5 spacing for text
Body of seminar Times New Roman 12 pt and double spacing for
equations

Left Margin 1.5 inch To accommodate binding area

Right Margin 1.25 inch

Pages on which a chapter
2.0 inch begins
Margins Top
1.0 inch Other pages
Bottom 1.25 inch

12. Header and footer

Title of the Seminar is given in the header, right aligned, 10 font size, Times New Roman, with
Title casing and an underline extended to full length of a line.

13. Page numbering

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Right aligned in the footer of each page. The preliminary pages are numbered in roman
numerals (i, ii, etc). The first page of the Chapter 1 onwards shall be numbered in Arabic
numerals (1, 2, 3, etc).

14. Printing Instructions:

 The text must be Left aligned and Justified.
 Margin: Top 1.0”, Bottom 1.0” Left 1.5” Right 1.0”
 Margin for Front pages and Certificate:
 Margin: Top 1.0”, Bottom 1.0” Left 1.2” Right 0.8”

15. Number of Copies:

Confirm the number with the Seminar coordinator before final printing.

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