LLOYD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY

GREATER NOIDA, U.P.

Research Project Report (RPR) Guidelines

1. Each student of the MBA will be required to submit a Research Project in MBA IV semester.

2. Research Project Report (RPR) Work will be carried out under the core faculty of the department.

3. Three hard bound printed copy in black cover with golden color and one soft copy in pdf format (on CD-ROM only) of the
project report should be submitted to the guide of the institute and out of that one copy should be retained by the student.

4. The printed copy of the Project Report must bear the project completion certificate signed by the institute project guide.

5. The Project Report will be evaluated by the examiners duly constituted by the Institute.

6. The Project Report should reflect the candidate’s own understanding, estimation and analysis of the subject under study.

7. Every student has to make a presentation and appear in the Viva-Voce examination on the Project Work.

8. The Project Report must be submitted within the stipulated time and date.

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 GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT (RPR)
FRONT PAGES

I. The Research Project Report(RPR) must be hard bound only with black binding.
II. Sequencing of the Pages
 The top of the report must have the title page embossed in golden color in
the format attached with the guidelines given in Annexure A.
 The title page (front cover) and the first page within the report should be the
same.
 The second page is the Certificate issued by the Industry Mentor / Company on
the company letter pad. (Annexure B)
 The third page is Certificate of Originality (Annexure C)
 The fourth page is Acknowledgement page (Annexure D)
 The fifth page is Executive Summary
 The sixth page is the Table of Contents

All the above mentioned pages must be numbered in Roman numbering, viz. (i),(ii)…(vi)
etc. from page first to table of contents page.

III The report will have pages numbered from the introduction page onwards in
Anglo-Saxon (English) numbers, viz. 1, 2, 3, etc.

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 Annexure A (format for title page and Hard cover)

TITLE OF RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT

(in capital font size, 20 of Times New Roman + Bold)

( Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for (12 TNR+Bold)

MBA ) (14 TNR+Bold)

By (10 TNR+Bold)

Name of Student (12 TNR+Bold)

Roll No. (12 TNR+Bold)

Batch of 2020-22(12 TNR+Bold)

LLOYD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY

PLOT NO 11, KNOWLEDGE PARK-2, GREATER NOIDA-201306 (UP) (12 TNR+Bold)

TNR* =Times New Roman

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 Annexure 'C

(use font 12 in Times New Roman)

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

(To be filled in by the student in his / her handwriting)

I_____________________________________ Roll No ________________________of

Batch 2021-23 is a fulltime bonafide student of second year of MBA Program of Lloyd
Institute of Management & Technology, Greater Noida. I hereby certify that this project
work carried out by me at __________________________________________________
the report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the program is an
original work of mine under the guidance of the industry mentor __________________
and the faculty mentor ______________________________________________and is
not based or reproduced from any existing work of any other person or on any earlier work
undertaken at any other time or for any other purpose, and has not been submitted
anywhere else at any time

(Student's Signature)
Date: ________________

(Faculty Mentor's Signature)

Date: ___________________

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 Annexure D

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Duly acknowledge the external and internal assistance received within 250 words.

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 GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT PRESENTATION
Instructions for the Students

1. Length

The project Report should contain minimum 75 or more pages. The Report should be printed 1.5
spaced on A4 size paper excluding front till Table of Contents page and references but including
tables and figures. The body text should be in Times New Roman font size 12. The title should
be in the font size 20. The sub headings would follow in the font size of 16, 14, and 12 bold.

2. Title Page (Annexure 'A')

The following information should be presented in this order with all text centered:

(a) The title (not more than ten words) and subtitle, if any

(b) The name of the student

(c) Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PGDM

(d) Name of the Business School

(e) The month and year of submission

3. Certificate is given by the Institute Faculty Guide regarding completion of RPR

(Annexure B)

4. Certificate of Originality (Annexure C)

5. Acknowledgement (Annexure D)

6. Executive Summary

A summary of the project, of approximately 150 words (Times New Roman 12pt regular, single
line spacing), is required. This should briefly state the main objectives, findings and conclusion.

7. Table of Contents

8. List of Tables and Figures

The list of tables and figures (diagrams, graphics, and illustrations) should follow the list of
contents and each has its own numbering sequence.

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9. Text

Contents of the report should necessarily incorporate following details:

Chapter-1: Introduction: Clear understanding of the topic/subject; understanding of the

organization/unit//field.

Chapter-2: Literature Review: Published studies and review of similar studies

Chapter 3: Research Methodology :Give a clear and concise sequential statement of the
methods that have been used to test the hypothesis, i.e. the methods used for the collection and
analysis of relevant data /information.

3.1 Research Problem

3.2 Research Methodology

3.2.1Research Objectives

3.2.2 Hypothesis of the study

3.2.3 Research Design

3.2.4 Sampling Design

3.2.5 Data Collection: Instruments adopted for collection and analysis with

appropriate justification and reasoning.

3.3 Scope & Rationale of the study

Chapter 4: Findings and Analysis /Results

This chapter will include presentation and analysis of the significant information that has been
gathered in order to test the hypothesis. This section will vary considerably in both length and
content depending on the nature of the work. It may include models or systems constructed by
the author as a result of the investigation. Raw data, if appropriate, should be presented in
appendices.

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Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations

This section evaluates the information/data presented in the previous section. Comparison of
result and conclusion with those of previous authors , reassessment of the hypothesis (if any)
and discussion of the broader implications for management, industry, government organizations
or other appropriate bodies.

References: References and citations should be completed in all respect to enable the reader to
look up the source material and give credit to the author(s) of the source material. All the
references should be cited in the body of the text and arranged in alphabetical order. Keep
uniformity in the references. All references should be in APA Format as shown below:
Book
Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979).The guide to everything and then some more stuff.
New York, NY: Macmillan.
Gregory, G., & Parry, T. (2006). Designing brain-compatible learning (3rd ed.). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Chapter of a Book
Bergquist, J. M. (1992). German Americans. In J. D. Buenker& L. A. Ratner (Eds.),
Multiculturalism in the United States: A comparative guide to acculturation and
ethnicity (pp. 53-76). New York, NY: Greenwood.

Articles / Research Paper

Becker, E. (2001). Title of the Research paper. Journal name. Vol. No. p-pp.

Online Newspaper Articles

Becker, E. (2001, August 27). Prairie farmers reap conservation's. The New York
Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com

Encyclopedia Articles:
Brislin, R. W. (1984). Cross-cultural psychology. In R. J. Corsini (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 319-327). New York, NY: Wiley.

Technical and Research Reports (often with corporate authors)

Hershey Foods Corporation. (2001, March 15). 2001 Annual Report. Retrieved from
http://www.hersheysannualreport.com/2000/index.htm

Websites

Author, A. (date).Title of document [Format description]. Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx

E book
Author, A. (date). Title of book. Retrieved from http://xxxxxxxxx

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Chapter in an e-book:

Author, A. (date).Title of chapter.In E. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xx–xx). Retrieved from

http://xxxxxxxxx

Bibliography

Appendices

Any important information that is not incorporated in the main text may be included in
appendices. For Example:

 Reproduction of a questionnaire used

 Details of a population sampled

 List of organizations sampled

 Relevant extracts from standard tables (with acknowledgement of source)

 Raw or gross data from surveys summarized in the text

However, Appendix MUST NOT include brochures, pamphlets, etc. obtained from organizations
unless otherwise the same is required in the text.