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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Program Name: Engineering


Level: PG
Branch:ALL
Course / Subject Code : ME01000021
Course / Subject Name : Technical Report Writing

w. e. f. Academic Year: 2024-25


Semester: 1st Semester
Category of the Course: MNC- AC

Prerequisite: Interconnected Power System.


Rationale: In technical education, academics and research go hand in hand. Effective clear and
result- oriented writing plays a vital role in building successful career. This course
provides comprehensive learning skills required for writing and presenting research
proposals, dissertation reports and similar documents. The skills developed by
individuals may be greatly Enhanced by quality of literature review, identification of
research gaps, importantly, quality of research work done and the application of
knowledge gained during the course.

Course Outcome:
After Completion of the Course, Student will able to:
No Course
Outcomes
01 To understand various kinds of technical report writing.
02 To perform quality literature survey and avoid the plagiarism.
03 To develop basic skill of presenting and writing documents Like research proposal, research
paper, dissertation and thesis out of the research work.
04 To prepare the digital copy of the document using latex.

Teaching and Examination Scheme:


Total
Teaching Scheme (in Credits
Hours) Assessment Pattern and Marks
L+T+ (PR/2) Total
Theory Tutorial / Practical Marks
L T PR C ESE PA / CA
PA/CA (I) ESE (V)
(E) (M)
2 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 50

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Engineering
Level: PG
Branch:ALL
Course / Subject Code : ME01000021
Course / Subject Name : Technical Report Writing

Course Content:

Unit No. of % of
Content
No. Hours Weightage
1. Introduction:
Basic difference between technical writing and general writing, Types of
4 13.33%
technical reports, styles and content inclusion as per the types of
documents, Prerequisites, English in technical report writing.
2. Literature review and Plagiarism:
Introduction, sources for literature review, tools, Process, contents to be
used in report writing with justification and ethics, Plagiarism, tools for 6 20%
detection of plagiarism, using evidences,
3. Report writing:
Prerequisite, Introduction, review paper writing, research paper writing,
main components of the paper, writing title, abstract, methodology, 10 33.33%
discussion, conclusion and references for the research paper. Comparison
of research proposal with dissertation and research paper.
4. Referencing and citations:
2 6.66%
Introduction, tools used for referencing and citations.
5. Introduction to LaTeX
Overview, Install LaTeX, Creat first LaTeX Document, Formatting
5 16.66%
Text ,Bullets and Numbering, Creating tables, Creating figures and
subfigure, Creating equation, Cross Referencing Creating Bibliography,
6. Presentation:
Introduction, technical work presentation basics, presentation of research
work output using data, figures, graphs and tables. Creating LaTeX 3 10%
Presentation using Beamer, steps for editing and modifying the article for
presentation.
Total 30 100

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Program Name: Engineering
Level: PG
Branch:ALL
Course / Subject Code : ME01000021
Course / Subject Name : Technical Report Writing

Suggested Specification Table with Marks (Theory):

Distribution of Theory Marks


R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level
20 25 25 15 15 10

Where R: Remember; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C: Create (as per
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)

/SuggestedLearningResources:
(a) Books:
1. A Short Introduction to LaTeX: A Book for beginners, Firuza karmali (Aibara)
2. More Maths Into LaTeX ,George Gratzer (2016), 5th edition, Springer
3. LaTeX beginners’s Guide second edition, Stefan Kottwitz

(b) Open source software and website:

a. https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/cec21_ge32
b. https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc23_ge36/preview
c. Getting Miktex https://miktex.org/download
d. Editor: TeXstudio - A LaTeX editor
e. Overleaf, Online Editor: https://www.overleaf.com/

Suggested Activities for Students:

 Write a review paper after doing literature survey and check the plagiarism
 Write a very small technical report on any topic of your interest
 Create an Article using LaTeX macros using paragraph, listing, figure, table and equation.
 Create a Report using LaTeX macros for minor/major project including bibliography or references.
 Create a Presentation using LaTeX for your subject/research work.
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