Internship Guidelines

for
Master of Business Administration

Credits: 4

Alliance University

Internship Guidelines
 Table of Contents
1 General Guidelines ...................................................................................................... 1
2 Schedule of Activities ................................................................................................. 1
3 Guidelines for Proposal ............................................................................................... 2
4 Guidelines and Formats for Preparation of Progress Report ....................................... 3
4.1 Format of progress report ......................................................................................... 3
4.2 Content of Progress Report ....................................................................................... 3
5 Guidelines for Preparation of Final Report ................................................................. 5
6 Internship Evaluation .................................................................................................. 7
7 Procedure of Submission of the report ........................................................................ 8
Formats for Initial Pages ..................................................................................................... 9
Industry Guide Evaluation Form ..................................................................................... 13

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1 General Guidelines
1.1 Students have to be in continuous contact with their faculty guides either in person,
by email, or over the phone to update the progress of their work. The students have
to submit their proposal and progress reports through email in the enclosed formats
within the stipulated time. Additional sheets can be used to fill in the details
wherever necessary.

1.2 Students have to ensure that their email ids and contact details are available with
their faculty guides.

2 Schedule of Activities
Internship process (Engagement with the firm): 16/12/2024 – 28/02/2025

No. Submissions Date

2.1 Proposal 25/12/2024
2.2 First Progress Report 15/01/2025
2.3 Second Progress Report 05/02/2025
2.4 Draft Report 28/02/2025
2.5 Final Report along with industry guide evaluation to 07/03/2025
Registrar’s Office (E&E)
2.6 Oral presentation & viva As scheduled by the
examination department

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3 Guidelines for Proposal

Name of the Student:
Email:
Phone:
Area of Specialization:

Project Title:

Name of the Organization [With complete address]:

Name of the Industry Guide:

Designation:
Email:
Phone:

Name of the Faculty Guide:

Email:
Phone:

Duration of the Internship

Number of weeks:
Commencement Date:
Conclusion Date:

Scope of Work :

(Please write about 200 words specifying the task, purpose/objectives, work or research
methodology you propose to adopt, expected learning outcome, and specific milestones to
complete the task.)

Signature of Industry Guide Signature of Student

Date:
Note: The duly completed form must be submitted to the faculty guide as a scanned soft copy with the signature of the
industry guide within the stipulated time.

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4 Guidelines and Formats for Preparation of Progress

Report
4.1 Format of progress report

Progress Status Report for IIP

Progress Report No. ........... Date:……….....…………

Reg. No……………………………. Name of the Student: ............................................

Submitted to: ............................................................. (Faculty Guide)

Name of the company :

Department :

Title of Internship Work:

4.2 Content of progress report

Progress Report 1

Date :
Information :
1. Description of the nature of the work.
2. What is expected from the assigned work?
3. Organization details

Progress Report 2

Date :
Information :
1. Abstract: A statement of about 250 words describing the work.
2. Goals: Stating what the work will accomplish and the value-addition to the
company.
3. Proposed Methodology (if any): – Research Design – Sample design &
Questionnaire design
4. Schedule: A time frame indicating steps that will be required and the expected
work completion date for each step.
5. A note on the work carried out during the fortnight.

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Note: You may use additional sheets if required. Soft copies should be emailed to the respective faculty
guides on or before the stipulated date, as mentioned in the schedule of activities.

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5 Guidelines for Preparation of Final Report

Preamble

In preparing the internship report, utmost attention must be paid to the content, ensuring
that it meets the academic integrity guidelines stipulated in the University’s academic
honesty policy. A standard format is equally important. Please follow the prescribed
format to ensure uniformity in all the reports submitted.

Organization of the Internship Report

The internship report should be in the following format. The table of contents, along with
page numbers, should be given. There should be a separate contents page for tables and
charts along with page numbers.

Executive Summary – A one-page summary of your internship

Chapter 1: Introduction – A brief one to two-page introduction about your work

1.1 Industry Overview
Maximum of 10 pages which explains the industry in which you have done your
internship and broadly should have the following contents:
Global Scenario
Indian Scenario
Players in the industry, along with their market shares
1.2 Company Overview
Maximum of 3 pages that can incorporate a brief company introduction and a
SWOT analysis. However, the company’s mission, vision, organizational
structure, operations, market share, products, and services, should be placed in the
Appendix.

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Chapter 2: Work Profile

2.1. Objectives of the internship study
The objectives to be clearly stated
2.2. Methodology (How the work was carried out)
The methodology for carrying out the research (if any) or how the work was carried
out should be elaborated upon. It can talk about the sources of data and tools and
techniques used for analyzing the data, wherever applicable.

Chapter 3: Observations & Analysis

Critical evaluation of the work done, during the internship period, should be addressed
in this section.

Chapter 4: Findings
The findings should be based on and drawn from the critical evaluation, observations,
and data interpretation.

Chapter 5: Recommendations
Recommendations should be based on chapters 3 and 4.

Chapter 6: Conclusion
A one or two-page concluding remarks about the work done.

Chapter 7: Learning Outcome

Description of what you as a student have learned during the process of the internship.

Annexure
All those relevant to the study, e.g., factual data about the company, data collection tools
used for collecting primary data, etc.

References
The latest APA convention should ideally be followed.

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6 Internship Evaluation
Internship Assessment Components:

Assessment Components Marks Allotted

IIP Proposal Content 10

Progress Reports 10

Timely Submission (2 Mark x 2 Reports = 4 Marks)

Report Contents (3 Marks x 2 Reports = 6 Marks)
Final Report 40

Introduction (10 Marks)

Methodology or work details (10 Marks)
Findings/learning outcomes (10 Marks)
Recommendations ( 10 Marks)
Oral Presentation 30

Introduction (6 Marks)
Methodology or work details (6 Marks)
Findings/learning outcomes ( 6 Marks)
Recommendation ( 6 Marks)
Responses to questions asked by the panel (6 Marks)

Industry Guide Evaluation 10

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7 The Procedure for Submission of the Report

The students must submit non-plagiarized work.

• Submission of the soft copy of the final draft report to the faculty guide for review.
• The faculty guide will revert to the student with the reviewed report.

Final submission checklist :

Having fulfilled all the requirements of the review process as mentioned above, the student
needs to submit the following to the Office of Examinations and Evaluation of the
University.

1. Two1 hard-bound copies of the dissertation report duly signed by your respective faculty
guides.
2. One softcopy of the final report in PDF format is to be emailed to your respective faculty guide
for uploading to the Library’s repository.

1
For the viva the student needs to carry one hardbound copy (duly signed by the faculty guide) of the report.
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Formats for Initial Pages

 A Study on

Title ______________________________________________________________

(Company Name and Place)

Submitted by
……....….......…………

Registration No:
………......……………….

Under the Guidance of Prof.……………..

A Industry Internship Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
Degree of Master of Business Administration

Bangalore
 Master of Business Administration

Industry Internship Programme (IIP)

Declaration

I confirm that this report titled "........................" truly represents my work undertaken as a
part of my Industry Internship Programme (IIP). I certify that this Internship Report
represents my ideas in my own words and where others' ideas or words have been included,
I have adequately cited and referenced the original sources. I also certify that I have
adhered to all principles of academic honesty and integrity and have not misrepresented or
fabricated or falsified any idea/data/fact/source in my submission. The work has not been
submitted to any other Institute for any degree or diploma. I understand that any violation
of the above will be cause for disciplinary action by the Institute and can also evoke penal
action from the sources which have thus not been properly cited or from whom proper
permission has not been taken when needed.

Signature of the Student :

Name of the Student (in Capital Letters) :

Registration No :
 Master of Business Administration

Certificate

This is to certify that Mr. / Ms. ___________________________________________,

with Registration No. ________________________, has successfully completed the
report titled ________________________________________ under my guidance as part
of the Industry Internship Program (IIP), serving as partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Business Administration.

Signature of Faculty Guide:

Name of the Faculty Guide:

Industry Guide Evaluation Form