Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

Vivekananda School of Business Studies

Format of
MAJORPROJECT REPORT
Course Code: BBA 310/ BBA (B&I) 314/ BCOM 310
(With general guidelines on how to write a Project Report)

Foer the students of BBA/B.COM. – VI Semester

§ Consult your project guide regularly.
§ Whenever necessary, carry out the changes suggested by your guide and then
proceed for next step.
§ Do take signatures of your project guide as required on your progress report sheet.
§ Work regularly with commitment and ensure that Project Report Activity
Completion Schedule is strictly followed to avoid any last minute’s hustle.
§ For any query contact your respective Project Guide/ Class Co-coord
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TYPING/PRINTING
The project report should be strictly prepared according to the following guidelines.

· Finalization of the Project Report

Student should obtain clearance from their respective guide before final printing of the
final project report.

· Colour of Cover Page: Black base and Golden Font

· Paper
The size of the paper sheet: A4
Typing should be done on one side of the paper.

· Font
Type: New Times Roman
Size:12

· Line Spacing
Body of the text:1.5 lines
List of tables/graphs/charts/bibliography: Single Line
 · Alignment
Title page : Centre
Chapter heading : Centre
Subheading : Left
Body of Text: Justify

· Margins
At the binding edge(Left) : not less than 3 cm
Other margins (Right, Top, Bottom): not less than 2 cm.

· Titles
All titles and subtitles should be printed in BOLD.
All the Tables/Graphs/Charts/ Should have appropriate titles.

· Printing: The print of the final hard bound copy for submission has to be taken
on executive bond pages

· Numbering of the Tables/Graphs/Charts

Tables/Graphs/Charts should be numbered in the following fashion. Second

table/Graph/Chart in Second Chapter should be numbered as Table/Graph/Chart No 2.02
where first digit stands for Chapter No. and digits after (.) period stand for serial number
of Table/Graph/Chart in that chapter.
Same numbering system should be followed for other chapters. Tables/Graphs/Charts
must be followed by proper explanation and analysis.

· Pagination

The title page should not carry any page number.

For initial pages (i.e. from students s declaration to Executive Summary) numbers should
be given in small Roman Numbers. (like i, ii,iii,iv etc,)
Report should contain main page numbers (i.e.1, 2…..) after Executive Summary.
Main page numbers should start from first page of Chapter 1 and will continue until last
page of the report.
Page numbers are to be given at the centre of bottom of the page.
Pages separating Chapters should not be numbered but be counted.

· Binding of the report

The project should be hard bound with golden embossing on black base as per the
standard format

· Number of copies to be prepared

2 Hard copies and 1 soft copy (C.D. – along with Name & Enrollment no. and has to be
pasted in the last page)

· Before submission

Students must sign Declaration and Acknowledgement before putting for the signature of
the Guide.

PROJECT REPORT (SIZE-20, Bold, Small caps)

ON

(Title of the project report in CAPITAL)

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 200X-0y (Size 18,

bold)

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF (Size 18, CAPS BOLD)

NAME OF THE FACULTY (SIZE 18)

FACULTY, VIPS (SIZE 18)

SUBMITTED BY: (Size 18, Bold)

 (Name of the student in CAPITAL)

Roll no____Batch No.(BBA SEM__Section)

Vivekanand School of Business Studies 

Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies
AU Block (Outer Ring Road)Pitampura
Delhi - 110034

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF THE PROJECT REPORTS

Students are required to follow the mentioned pattern in preparing the project:

Table of Contents

Student declaration………………………………………………………..i

Certificate from Guide…………………………………………………….ii

Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………iii

Executive Summary………………………………………………………..iv

Chapter Scheme……………………………………………………………v

List of Tables……………………………………………………………….vi

List of Graphs………………………………………………………………vii

List of Charts……………………………………………………………….viii
List if Abbreviations, if any…………………………………………………ix

Page no.

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction of the study………………………………………….
2. Introduction of the topic under study………………………………………….
3. Introduction to company profile/industry (if applicable)……………………
4. Objectives of the study
5. Scope of the study

CHAPTER -II

Literature Review……………………………………………

CHAPTER -III
Research Methodology

1. Purpose of the study………………………………………………..

2. Research Objectives of the study…………………………………..

3. Research Methodology of the study……………………………….

1. Research Design……………………………….

2. Data Collection …………………..

CHAPTER-IV
Analysis and Interpretation ………………………………………………………….

CHAPTER -V
Findings &Suggestions …………….…………………………………………………….

CHAPTER -VI
Conclusion& Limitation……….…………………………………………………….

Bibliography

Annexures

Miscellaneous

Evaluation / Attendance Sheet

Schedule for Project Completion.

Format for Bibliography (APA Format)

Books
Pandey, I.M.; Financial Management, Vikas Publishers, New Delhi; 2011

Articles
Gupta, K; Durables: On a Fast Track; Harvard Business Review, No. 11; Vol. 8; pp 4-7

Websites:
www.google.com(complete link)

Annexures
Questionnaire (if applicable)

Company Profile

The rule of thumb is to include what is relevant with the project on hand.Normally it
should include:

Name. Location and address of the Company, type of the Organisation, type of Industry,
Organisational set up, Products/services, Annual turnover, Number of employees, future
plans etc.

The Project dealing with Marketing aspects:

Proudct: uses prices, Brands, Present market share, After sales services,
Major competitors, major markets, customer “profile Distribution channels,
Advertising /promotion strategy, perception of customers, levels of satisfaction, Product
life Cycle and present stage, Positioning and Branding Segmentation, Marketing control
system,
Organizational set up, Marketing strategies, future plans if any, etc.

The Project dealing with Human Resource Aspects:

Employee satisfaction, HR Policies, Culture, Values/ethical values, Mission,

Organizational set up, Number of employees, Job profile and responsibilities, Corporate
Social Responsibility, HR practices followed (recruitment and selection strategies,
composition, policies and fringe/non monetary benefits appraisal, growth prospects,
retention policies, career prospects, succession planning etc).

The Project dealing with Financial Aspects:

Financial performance in terms of abridged financial statement for current and preceding
year(s) (may be published data), important ratios: liquidity, profitability, solvency (may
be given in tabular form, no need of showing calculation) important Auditor
Comment(S), if any information regarding corporate governance or CSR, Corporate
social Responsibility(may be found in the annual report), Funding structures(i.e. Share
Capital and Debt Capital Composition) Market price of shares in case of a listed
company, Comparative data of 52 weeks “high/low and ratio to book value of shares plus
price earning(PE) multiple. Land mark development in the Company like
mergers/acquisition technology tie-ups/new issues etc.

VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE Of PROFESSIONAL

STUDIES
VIVEKANANDA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES

ATTENDANCE FOR PROJECT REPORT

Name of the student :

Class :
Roll No. :
Name of the Supervisor :

S.No. Date Time Progress Signature of Signature of

Report the student Supervisor
1

5
 6

10

*Minimum (8out of 10) 80% attendance compulsory.

Coordinator

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Word or list of the words referred in a text or consulted by you for writing report. It
should be arranged in alphabetical order by name of the authors.

For books
Name of the author (last name first) Title of the book, Edition, year of publication, No of
Vol. (if any) Name and place of publisher.

Example:
Kothari, C.R. Research methodology, 3rd edition, 1997, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd,
New Delhi.

For Research Papers, Published articles, Magazines, Periodicals, Journals, Newspaper

etc.
Name of the author(last name first), Title of the article, (in quotation mark) Name of the
Journals/ Periodicals/ Magazines etc in italics, Volume number, year, Page numbers.

Example: Wortman,Maxs (Jr.) “Entrepreneurship : An Integrating Typology and

Evaluation of the Empirical Research in the field”, Journal of Management, Vol.13(2),
1967,pp 259-279.

Online published material on World Wide Web (Alphabetically arranged

Webliography)
Name of the Website, Date and time of referring the Website, Name of the Author,
Title/Topic

STUDENT UNDERTAKING

(On plain paper)

This is to certify that I have completed the Project titled”(title of the project)” in
“(name of the organization)” under the guidance of “(name of the faculty guide)” in
partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree of Bachelor of Business
Administration (BBA) at Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Vivekananda
School of Business Studies, New Delhi. This is an original piece of work and has not
been submitted elsewhere.

STUDENT NAME

STUDENT SIGNATURE

Certificate

This is to certify that the Project titled “________________” is an academic work done
by “________________________” submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirement
for the award of the Degree of Course fromVivekananda Institute of Professional
Studies.  It has been completed under the guidance of Dr./ Mr. /Ms. _______________
(Faculty Guide). The authenticity of the project work will be examined by the viva
examiner which includes data verification, checking duplicity of information etc. and it
may be rejected due to non fulfillment of quality standards set by the Institute.

 
Signature of the Faculty Guide Dr. Meenakshi Gandhi
Dean VSBS.
 PROJECT REORT TITLE AND OBJECTIVE

Name of the Student_____________________________ Course ________ Roll No.

__________

Address:
________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________
_________

Telephone No: _______________________E-mail ID: ____________________

Name of the Project:

______________________________________________________________

Name of the Guide:

_______________________________________________________________

Designation: _________________________ Telephone No/Mobile No. if any:

_______________

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
(For Example Only)
(Only brief summary of Project Report)

Executive summary should include the below mentioned steps in paragraph form:
1. Overview and project aim
2. Planning of the project
3. Outline of the Research methodology and techniques used for data analysis
4. Findings of the study
 5. Conclusion

Guidelines for Presentation during Internal Viva

There are some general rules of presentation which should be adopted by the
students while presenting their presentations. The guidelines and sequence are as
follows:
1. The first slide should contain the topic, name of student and his/her
enrollment number

2. Brief introduction of Industry, Company and topic

3. The objectives of the study

4. The Research Methodology in brief like,

a. Research Design

b. Hypothesis, if any

c. Universe of Study

d. Sources of Data Collection

e. Sampling Procedure, Size, Unit

f. Scope of Study

g. Limitation of Study

h. Duration of Study

5. Analysis and Interpretations

6. Findings & Recommendations

7. Conclusion

8. Bibliography

9. List of Annexure