PROJECT REPORT WRITING GUIDELINES FOR

BBS 4th YEAR

STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT REPORT

A Project report is typically made up of three main divisions: (1) preliminary, (2) body,
and (3) supplementary. Each of the sections contains different kind of contents. Students
are required to assemble the project report in the following order:

Preliminary Materials Pages

Title Page i
Declaration ii
Supervisor’s Recommendation iii
Endorsement iv
Acknowledgements v
Table of Contents vi
List of Tables vii
List of Figures vii
Abbreviations ix

Body of the Report

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II: RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
CHAPTER III: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
Supplementary Materials
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES

BODY OF THE PROJECT REPORT

 INTRODUCTION – It includes all information on the topic so that students are

able to ‘place’ their project report in the study context. This chapter is the engine
that drives the rest of the PROJECT report. The contents of this chapter may
include:
 Background (maximum 2-3 pages about title and details)
 Profile of organization/place/events,etc - (Specific only 3 to 5 pages)
 Objectives of the Study (not more than 3 to 4 Specific objectives)
  Rationale of the Study (1 page paragraph)
 Review (Minimum 4-5 related reviews)
 Research Methods (4-6 Pages)
Research Design
Population and Sample
Sources of Data (Primary or secondary data)
Data Collection Procedures
Tools of Analysis (Mean, medium, percentage, bar diagram, pie chart etc.)
 Limitations of the Study (Write in 3 to 4 points)

 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS – This chapter is the main body of the report. This
chapter draws the scenario of the study unit, analyzes data and tells the reader what
the findings might mean, how valuable they are and why. This chapter includes the
following contents:
 Data Presentation - 8 to 10 pages
 Analysis of Results - 3 or 4 page
 Findings and Discussion - use simple bullet

 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION- The purpose of this chapter is to tie together,

or integrate the various issues covered in the body of the PROJECT report. This
includes noting any practical implications resulting from the discussion of the topic.
The contents of the chapter will be as follows.
 Summary (2 to 3 pages)
 Conclusion (1 to 2 page)

Project Report Writing (Guidelines)

Number of copies to be submitted

A student shall be required to submit three bound copies of the project report in the
recommended format.
Length:
Approx 30 to 35 pages (About 8,000 to 10,000 words)
Paper:
A4 white bond paper
Typing:
Font – Times New Roman
Standard letter size: Main Title in Cover Page 16, Title – 14 and Text – 12
Black Colour
One side of the paper
 One and half line Spacing
Margin:
Left and Top – 1.5” and 1”
Right and Bottom – 1” and 1”
Page Numbers:
All the pages in the initial part are in small roman centrally located at the bottom of
the pages.
All the pages in the body of the report are in numbers located at the top right of the
pages.
Each chapter should begin on a new page.
Alignment:
Title page: Centre and Capital Letter
Chapter heading: Centre and Capital Letter
Sub-heading: Left (Main letter of word Capital)
Body of text: Justify

Project Submission Indication: For Binding Purpose.

Accounting group: Light Orange
Finance group: Light Green
Management group: Light Blue
Marketing group: Yellow

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Information

An explanation of the area of your research to set context for the problem at hand.

Explains why this particular research topic is important

Justifies the need for conducting the study and summarizes what the study aims to achieve.

Profile of Organization/Place/Events etc.

Objectives of the Study

Summarize what you hope will be achieved by the study. Write the general objectives in a paragraph at
first and then specific objectives may be written in point as under

 To identify
 To determine
 To examine
 To find out
Rationale of the Study

Provides information to the reader on how the study will contribute. It must be specifically stated,
however, what the study will contribute and who will benefit from it.

Review

Review provides books, scholarly articles, and any other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of
research, or theory. To provide an overview of sources you have explored while researching a particular
issues. It can be written in two sections

 Conceptual literature review: The conceptual literature review helps to establish what theories
already exist, the relationships between them, to what degree the existing theories have been
investigated, and to develop new hypotheses to be tested.
 Previous Studies: Helps to know the what previous researcher has done and found in our study of
interest

Guidance on format of writing Review of previous studies

Surname (year) examined ………… The main objective of the study was…………The study employed
………. research design. Using the secondary data for study period from ……. to …….. The study
found……………..

Research Methods

Introduce your overall approach to the research i.e. qualitative or quantitative. Describes action we
undertake to investigate a research problem and the rationale for the application of specific procedures or
techniques used. The method section of a research report answers two main questions: How was the data
collected or generated? And, how was it analyzed? It should begin by restating the research problem. It
includes the followings sub headings:

Research Design

Descriptive/ Correlation/ Causal comparative might be appropriate.

Population and Sample

Types of data

Primary/ Secondary

Data collection procedure

Methods of data collection you are going to use such as, surveys, interviews, questionnaires

Tools Used

Statistical tools and financial tools

Limitations of the study

 CHAPTER TWO

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

Data presentation and analysis

Findings

Interpret and describe the significance of your findings in light of what was already known about the
research problem

Major findings in points

Table 1

Title
Column heading Column heading Column heading
Row heading
Row heading
Row heading
Row heading
Sources:

Working Capital
2000000
1500000
Rs. in '000

1000000
Lumbini
500000
BOK
0
6 7 8 9 0
5 /6 6 /6 7 /6 8 /6 9 /7
2 06 2 06 2 06 2 06 2 06

Year

Figure 1. Bar diagram showing comparative net working capital of .................................

Table 1 presented …………… for the study period from ………….. to …………..The table showed that
the maximum value and minimum value of ….. for the five year study period is………. On an average,
was ….. for the study period. The figure in the table 1 clearly reflected that ……. of the company was in
increasing trend. The data can be shown with the help of diagram as shown in Figure 1.
 CHAPTER THREE

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

Summary

Conclusion

Bibliography

Book,
Single Author Ghimire, B. (2021). International Business. Kathmandu: Dreamland Publication.

 
Book,
Ghimire, B., Shahu, D. K., & Thapa, S. (2021). Impact of Service Quality on Customer
Multiple
Loyalty with reference to Commercial Banks of Nepal. Pravaha, 27(1), 21–29.
Authors
https://doi.org/10.3126/pravaha.v27i1.50608

Journal Ghimire, B. (2020). The Mediating Role of Trust in Management on Job Satisfaction
Article
and Organizational Commitment. Pravaha, 25(1), 43-52.

Thesis or
Pokharel, P. (2019). A customer perception on TV advertisement. (Bachelor Summer
project work
Project Work). Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal