Manual of Synopsis Writing

Master of Pharmacy
3rd Semester
(Applicable from NOV DEC 2019)
OBJECTIVE
A synopsis can be referred as a detailed and organized outline of proposed
thesis to be carried out by research scholars. The synopsis is to be made in
consultation with Supervisor. Synopsis serves to ensure that a researcher
identifies research gap, have a clear idea about proposed methods and outcome
expected from the proposed research. This will also act as a guide to take
further steps that a researcher needs to take to ensure that the objectives of
research are met.

Before appearing for M. Pharm 3 rd Semester examination, a PG scholar needs to

submit synopsis. The objective of this document is to provide a set of guidelines
that will help the scholar to prepare synopsis. The prepared synopsis shall be
presented and evaluated by External Examiner during End Semester
Examination of M. Pharm 3rd semester.

GENERAL GUIDELINES
Following guidelines are to be followed while formatting the synopsis

Font Times New Roman

Size 12
Spacing 1.5, Remove space before and after paragraph
Heading Bold
Sub heading Bold, Italics
At bottom right corner, Leave front page from
Page No.
numbering
Header & Footer Not required
Page size Left 1.5 inch, Right, top, bottom 1 inch each
Page Border Not required

PROFORMA OF SYNOPSIS
 Introduction
This section should contain brief background of the selected topic. The scholar
must introduce the topic, identify the research gap and state importance of
study in this section. It also must define the problem, rationality and novelty of
research work and how the problem stated earlier will be addressed by the
scholar during the course of research. It must clearly state the purpose of the
study

 Review of Literature
This should include brief history and present status of the problem as evidenced
by documented literature on similar or closely related problem. The findings of
various investigators should be critically examined and interpreted in the light of
objectives of the proposed thesis problem. Relevant references should only be
cited by mentioning the last names of the authors and year of publication within
the parenthesis. In case of more than Two authors, only the last name of the first
author followed by et al. (Please do not put a dot after et since the full form of et
al. is et alli, i.e., and others) should be used.

 Aim & Objective of Work

These should be identified on the basis of the problem analysis. That means,
after reading the problem analysis it should be immediately clear that the choice
of objectives is relevant and justified. An aim is generally broad. It is ambitious,
but not beyond possibility. It’s what researcher want to know/do in whole
research. It is the point of doing the research.

The objectives, and there are usually more than one, are the specific steps you
will take to achieve your aim. This is where you make the project tangible by
saying how you are going to go about it.

Each research proposal should contain one overall aim describing the general
contribution that the research project makes to the subject area as well as one
or more specific objectives focusing on discrete tasks that will be achieved
during the research. The overall objective may be something that the study will
contribute towards but not solve/finish; the aim should not be a compilation of
the specific objectives.

 Plan of Work and Proposed Methodology during the tenure of

research work
It includes phase wise distribution of work plan to achieve the objectives of
research. This section may include timeline to finish specific objectives. This
section include methodology & description of each
protocol/study/scheme/process, with standard references (Details of methods)

 Expected outcome of the proposed work

The expected outcomes are the changes or results that are expected to be
achieved after the successful completion of the research

 References
It is highly advisable to use literature management software to arrange
references such as Mendeley, Endnote etc. Vancouver style which was further
developed and accepted by National Library of Medicine, USA is accepted.

 List of published papers of the candidate related to thesis only

List of published papers which is exclusively related to the proposed thesis is to
be included and enlisted here. Vancouver style which was further developed and
accepted by National Library of Medicine, USA is to be followed to cite the
published papers.

Name and Signature of the Supervisor/s Name and

Signature of the candidate
Sample of cover page

SYNOPSIS OF THE THESIS <Arial> <Font Size 14>

ON

PROPOSED TITLE <Arial> <Font Size 18>

Submitted by, <Arial> <Font Size 14><Italic>

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE <Arial> <Font Size 16>

Under the Supervision of <Arial> <Font Size 14><Italic>

<Name/s of the Supervisor/s> <Arial> <Font Size 16>

Institute Name
Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Raipur <Arial> <Font Size 14>

Master of Pharmacy (Specialization) <Arial> <Font Size 14>

Faculty of Pharmacy <Arial> <Font Size 14>

(Faculty of Pharmacy, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology)
CHHATTISGARH SWAMI VIVEKANAND TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
BHILAI <Arial> <Font Size 14>

<Arial> <Month of Submission with year> <Font Siz

December 2019
 FORMAT OF REFERENCE

Kindly follow the following link for updates about referencing format
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html
Reference Types
 Articles in Journals
Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002
Jul 25;347(4):284-7.
List the first six authors, followed by et al. If there are more than six authors, list the first six authors, followed
by et al. (Note: NLM now lists all authors.):
Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial
excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;935(1-2):40-6.

 Books and Other Monographs

1. Personal author(s)
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.

2. Editor(s), compiler(s) as author

Gilstrap LC 3rd, Cunningham FG, VanDorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-
Hill; 2002.

3. Author(s) and editor(s)

Breedlove GK, Schorfheide AM. Adolescent pregnancy. 2nd ed. Wieczorek RR, editor. White Plains (NY):
March of Dimes Education Services; 2001.

4. Organization(s) as author
American Occupational Therapy Association, Ad Hoc Committee on Occupational Therapy Manpower.
Occupational therapy manpower: a plan for progress. Rockville (MD): The Association; 1985 Apr. 84 p.
National Lawyer's Guild AIDs Network (US); National Gay Rights Advocates (US). AIDS practice manual: a
legal and educational guide. 2nd ed. San Francisco: The Network; 1988.

5. Chapter in a book
Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B,
Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.

6. Conference proceedings
Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumour
Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.

7. Conference paper
Christensen S, Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza's computational effort statistic for genetic programming. In:
Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. Genetic programming. EuroGP 2002:
Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland. Berlin:
Springer; 2002. p. 182-91.

8. Scientific or technical report

Issued by funding/sponsoring agency:
Yen GG (Oklahoma State University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stillwater, OK). Health
monitoring on vibration signatures. Final report. Arlington (VA): Air Force Office of Scientific Research (US),
Air Force Research Laboratory; 2002 Feb. Report No.: AFRLSRBLTR020123. Contract No.: F496209810049.
Issued by performing agency:
Russell ML, Goth-Goldstein R, Apte MG, Fisk WJ. Method for measuring the size distribution of airborne
Rhinovirus. Berkeley (CA): Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Environmental Energy Technologies
Division; 2002 Jan. Report No.: LBNL49574. Contract No.: DEAC0376SF00098. Sponsored by the
Department of Energy.

8. Dissertation
Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans [dissertation]. Mount
Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002

9. Patent
Pagedas AC, inventor; Ancel Surgical R&D Inc., assignee. Flexible endoscopic grasping and cutting device and
positioning tool assembly. United States patent US 20020103498. 2002 Aug 1.

 Other Published Material

1. Newspaper article
Tynan T. Medical improvements lower homicide rate: study sees drop in assault rate. The Washington Post.
2002 Aug 12;Sect. A:2 (col. 4).

2. Audiovisual material
Chason KW, Sallustio S. Hospital preparedness for bioterrorism [videocassette]. Secaucus (NJ): Network for
Continuing Medical Education; 2002.

3. Legal Material
Public law:
Veterans Hearing Loss Compensation Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-9, 115 Stat. 11 (May 24, 2001).
Unenacted bill:
Healthy Children Learn Act, S. 1012, 107th Cong., 1st Sess. (2001).
Code of Federal Regulations:
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Intracardiac Suction Control, 21 C.F.R. Sect. 870.4430 (2002).
Hearing:
Arsenic in Drinking Water: An Update on the Science, Benefits and Cost: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on
Environment, Technology and Standards of the House Comm. on Science, 107th Cong., 1st Sess. (Oct. 4,
2001).

4. Map
Pratt B, Flick P, Vynne C, cartographers. Biodiversity hotspots [map]. Washington: Conservation International;
2000.

5. Dictionary and similar references

Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. 29th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2000. Filamin; p. 675.