GANDHINAGAR UNIVERSITY

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF

M.TECH. DISSERTATION THESIS-2023

GANDHINAGAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MOTI BHOYAN,
GANDHINAGAR-382721.
 (Prescribed Format and Specification)
1. GENERAL:
The general guidelines for preparing an M.Tech report/thesis are mentioned here. In
general, the thesis shall report, in an organized manner, an account of the student's
original research work leading to the discovery of new facts or techniques or the
correlation of facts already known (analytical, experimental, hardware oriented, etc.)
and demonstrating a quality so as to make a definite contribution to the advancement of
knowledge, as well as the student's ability to undertake sustained research and present
the findings in an appropriate manner with actual accreditations.

2. NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED FOR EVALUATION:

M.Tech Report /Thesis [Upload on ERP or share on Drive]:
1) DP-I: The DP-I report must be spiral bound 2 copies.
2) DP-II: Thesis should be bound using flexible cover of thick white art paper. The
cover should be printed in black colour and the text embossed with golden color for
printing should be identical as prescribed for the title page. Three copies are to be
submitted to the Department where the student is studying (one copy each to student,
supervisor and Department library/University)

3. SIZE OF REPORT / THESIS:

The size of report should not be less than 25 pages for DP-I and 40 pages for DP-II
thesis, (with more emphasis on results and discussions) of typed matter numbered from
the first page of Chapter 1 to the last page of the Appendix.

4. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS OF REPORT /THESIS:

The sequence in which the report / thesis material should be arranged and bound should
be as follows:

1. Cover page
2. Inner first page
3. Certificate
4. Declaration of Originality
5. Non-Plagiarism Certificate
6. Acknowledgement
7. Abstract (one page only) - - - - Roman page nos. (start)
 8. List of Figures
9. List of Tables
10. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature- --Roman page nos. (end)

11. Index/Table of Content

12. Chapters- - - -- - --------------- -------------------- Numerals/page no.
13. Annexure
14. References

The Tables and Figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

Paper size: A4, Margins: Top 1, Bottom 1.25, Left 1.5, Right 0.8 (inches)

Page Nos.: Bottom centre, Text Spacing: 1.5

Font Style: Times New Roman

Chapter & chapter title 16 Bold Upper case

Section & section title 14 Bold Title case
Sub-section & Sub-section title 12 Bold Title case
Title of Figures 10 Bold Bottom of the Figure, Title case
Title of Tables 10 Bold Top of the Table, Title case
Other Text 12

5. MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION:

5.1 Cover Page & Title Page - A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page for
report/ thesis are given in Annexure I.

5.2 Certificate – The Certificate shall be in 1½ and double spacing as per the format
shown in Annexure II. The certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature and shall be
followed by the supervisor’s name, academic designation (not any other responsibilities
of administrative nature), department and full address of the institution where the
supervisor has guided the student. If Joint Supervisor is involved, a third column may
be added after the Supervisor with the details as similar to that of Supervisor.

5.3 Abstract - Abstract should be an essay type of narration not exceeding one page
outlining the research problem, the methodology used for tackling it and a summary of
the findings, typed in double line spacing.
5.4 Acknowledgement – The acknowledgement shall be brief and should not exceed
one page, typed in double spacing. The student’s signature shall be made at the right
bottom above his / her name typed in capitals.

5.5 Table of contents - The table of contents should list all material following it as well
as any material which precedes it. The title page, Certificate and Acknowledgment will
not find a place among the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers in
lower case Roman letters are to be accounted for them. One and a half spacing should
be adopted for typing the matter under this head. A specimen copy of the Table of
Contents for report / thesis is given in Annexure VI.

5.6 List of Table - The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above
the tables in the text and the caption shall follow ‘Title case’. One and a half spacing
should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.

5.7 List of Figures - The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below
the figures in the text and the caption shall follow ‘Title case’. One and a half spacing
should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.

5.8 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature - One and a half spacing
should be adopted for typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols,
abbreviations etc. should be used.

5.9 Chapters - The chapters may include

For DP-I – Report
Chapter I - Introduction
Chapter II - Literature Review
Chapter III - Theoretical Background / Concepts/ Objectives/ Methodology
/Design/Modelling
Chapter IV - Conclusions
(The other chapters may include Project implementation / Results and Discussion as
applicable.)
Annexure (if any)
References (must also be included in text).

For DP II-Report
Chapter I - Introduction
Chapter II - Literature Review
Chapter III - Theoretical Background / Concepts/ Methodology /Design/ Modeling
Chpter IV Results of Analytical / Design / Modeling and Simulation / Experimental
study and discussion as applicable.
Chapter V Conclusions and Scope for future work
Annexture(s) (if any)
References (must also be included in text)
Plagiarism Report

 The main text may have several chapters and each chapter may be divided into
several divisions and sub-divisions.
 Each chapter should be given an appropriate title.
 Tables and Figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the
reference where they are cited.
.
5.10 List of References - Any works of other researchers, if used either directly or
indirectly, should be indicated at appropriate places in the report/thesis. The citation
may assume any one of the following forms. The author’s publications during the
period of research should not be included in the references and can be separately
mentioned as in 6.10.

Examples of citation
(i) An improved algorithm has been adopted in literature [4].
(ii) Jankins and Walts [1] have dealt at length this principle.
(iii) The problem of mechanical manupulators has been studied by Pinto [2].

REFERENCES
Papers
[1] Khan, A., Rauf, Z., Sohail, A., Khan, A. R., Asif, H., Asif, A., & Farooq, U. (2023).
A survey of the vision transformers and their CNN-transformer based
variants. Artificial Intelligence Review, 1-54.
[2] Pinto, F., Torr, P. H., & K. Dokania, P. (2022, October). An impartial take to the cnn
vs transformer robustness contest. In European Conference on Computer Vision (pp.
466-480). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
[3] KO, M. A., & Poruran, S. (2020). OCR-nets: variants of pre-trained CNN for Urdu
handwritten character recognition via transfer learning. Procedia computer
science, 171, 2294-2301.
WEB SITE

1. Boggs, D, “Acceleration and Drift due to Gust forces”, accessed on 10 July 2009,
www.cppwind.com/papers/structural/PEAKvsRMS.pdf

BOOKS
1. PelzarMJ., Chan ECS., and Krieg NR. In Microbiology; 5th Edn; Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 1993, pp 536.
 ANNEXUIRE I
(A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page) <Font Style Times New Roman - Bold>

[MTECH DISSERTATION TITLE]

<Font Size 16> <1.5 line spacing> A DISSERTATION <Font Size 14>

Submitted by <Font Size 14> <Italic>

[STUDENT NAME]

[ENROLLMENT NUMBER]

<Font Size 14> In Partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of <Font
Size 14> <1.5 line spacing>the Degree of
MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
[BRANCH (SPECIALIZATION)]
<Font Size 14> Under the Guidance of
<Font Size 14> <Italic> [INTERNAL GUIDE NAME]

[DEPARTMENT]
GANDHINAGAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
MOTI BHOYAN, GANDHINAGAR-382721.

<Font Size 14><l.5 line spacing> MONTH YEAR <Font Size 12>
 ANNEXURE II

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that research work embodied in this dissertation titled

“___________________” was carried out by______________________ (Student
Name) at _________________________ (Institute Name) for partial fulfilment of
Master of Technology degree in _____________________ (Branch Name) to be
awarded by _________________________ (University). This research work has been
carried out under my guidance and supervision and it is up to my satisfaction.

Date :

Place :

Signature Signature
Name of Guide Name of Director
Designation Director
Department Gandhinagar Institute of Technology
Gandhinagar Institute of Technology Gandhinagar University
Gandhinagar University Moti Bhoyan, Gandhinagar
Moti Bhoyan, Gandhinagar
 ANNEXURE III

THESIS APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that research work embodied in this dissertation titled “___________________”
was carried out by (Student Name with Enrollment no.) at (Institute name) is approved
for the degree of Master of Engineering with specialization if (Branch Name) by
Gandhinagar University.

Date :

Place :

Examiner(s)’s Sign

Examiner(s)’s Name
 ANNEXURE IV

[UNDERTAKING ABOUT ORIGINALITY OF WORK]

We hereby certify that we are the sole authors of this thesis and that neither any part of this
thesis nor the whole of the thesis has been submitted for a degree to any other
University or Institution.

We certify that, to the best of our knowledge, the current thesis does not infringe upon anyone’s
copyright nor violate any proprietary rights and that any ideas, techniques, quotations or
any other material from the work of other people included in our thesis, published or
otherwise, are fully acknowledged in accordance with the standard referencing
practices. Furthermore, to the extent that we have included copyrighted material that
surpasses the boundary of fair dealing within the meaning of the Indian Copyright
(Amendment) Act 2012, we certify that we have obtained a written permission from the
copyright owner(s) to include such material(s) in the current thesis and have included
copies of such copyright clearances to our appendix.

We declare that this is a true copy of thesis, including any final revisions, as approved by thesis
review committee.

We have checked write up of the present thesis using anti-plagiarism database and it is in
allowable limit. Even though later on in case of any complaint pertaining of plagiarism,
we are sole responsible for the same and we understand that as per UGC norms,
University can even revoke Master of Engineering degree conferred to the student
submitting this thesis.

Date:

Signature Signature
Name of Guide Name of Student
Designation Enrollment No
Department
Gandhinagar Institute of Technology
Gandhinagar University,
Moti Bhoyan, Gandhinagar
 ANNEXURE V

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I would like to thank my esteemed research guide [Name] for his/her invaluable supervision,
support and tutelage during the thesis work providing all necessary information and
discussion about my thesis progress with devotion of his/her valuable time. His/Her
immense knowledge and plentiful experience have encouraged me all the time of my
academic research and daily life. Additionally, this endeavor would not have been
possible without the generous support from our Head of Department [Name], who
provided valuable feedbacks toward improving my work.

I am highly indebted to [External Guide Name] [Company Name] for his/her constant support
and motivation throughout the dissertation period.

I would also like to extend my sincere gratitude to [Name] Director of Gandhinagar Institute of
Technology, Gandhinagar University, for his/her very humble support, motivation,
continuous encouragement for innovation with new ideas, and for providing wonderful
positive environment for research work.

I am thankful to and fortunate enough to get constant encouragement, support, and guidance
from all Faculty members of Computer Engineering Department which helped me in
successfully completing thesis work. At last, I hereby take this opportunity to thank all
my colleagues, family, and friends and those who directly or indirectly helped me grow,
learn and mature both personally and professionally throughout the process.

Student Name
Enrollment Number
 ANNEXURE VI

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Certificate Page
Thesis approval page
Declaration of Originality Page
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abstract
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Sections
1.2 Sections
1.2.1 Subsection
1.2.2 Subsection
Chapter 2 Chapter Title
Chapter 3 Chapter Title
Chapter 4 Chapter Title
Chapter 5 Chapter Title
Chapter 6 Conclusions and Future Work
Bibliography and References

Appendix A Title
Appendix B Title
Review Card
Plagiarism Report