Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management

PROJECT WORK GUIDELINES

$1.$ This is a Course in Term$-$IV of the Executive Post Graduate Program. The course is graded on $100$

marks maximum.

$2.$ The project work module requires the student to work on a theme$/$topic in their area of

specialization, with prior registration by paying the stipulated Project fee.

$3.$ The project is to be undertaken by a candidate either in the organization of current employment or

in a reputed organization of choice. In some situations, if required, an industry$-$based project $($not

associated to a specific organization$)$ can also be undertaken, subject to the approval of the

respective faculty guide.

$4.$ Each student will be assigned a Faculty Guide by Alliance University, School of Business. For

organisation$-$based projects a company guide as chosen by the student will also be a guide for the

project work.

$5.$ The Faculty Guide will evaluate the Project Proposal, the Interim reports, the Draft Report, and the

Final Report while guiding the student on the academic quality of the project from time to time.

$6.$ The students are expected to work for six to eight weeks on the project work and complete all the

requirements of the same.

$7.$ Students are thus required to obtain a Certificate of Completion from the organization duly signed

and dated by their Company Guide on company letterhead in case the project is organisation

based.

$8.$ The project work has four evaluation components: a project proposal, interim reports, a draft report,

and a final report. Each evaluation component carries the following weightage: Project Proposal

$(10$ Marks$),$ Interim Report $(10$ Marks$),$ Draft Report $(30$ Marks$)$ and Submission of

approved Hard copy $(50$ Marks$).$ The Draft Report should be complete in all respects at the time

of submission to the Faculty Guide. The final report would be accepted only on final approval from

the respective faculty guide.

$9.$ The number of pages for the report should not exceed $100$ pages $($A$4$ size paper, $1\mathrm{.}5$ line spacing,

and $11$ font size with Times New Roman$)$ and each component of the project should be adequately

explained.

$10.$ The Draft Report should be complete in all respects at the time of submission to the Faculty Guide.

The final report would be accepted only on final approval from the respective faculty guide. Post

draft approval received from the faculty guide, kindly submit hard bounded Project Report to the

department.

$11.$ The Project Report will adhere to the format given below:

$$ Title Page $($use the template provided$).$

$$ Declaration Page by the Student $($use the template provided$).$

$$ Certificate from the Faculty Guide$/$Company Guide. $($With the company stamp & the

signature in case of organization$-$based study$)$

$$ Acknowledgements Page

$$ Table of Contents $($with page numbers$).$

$$ Executive Summary.

$$ Chapter $1$ Introduction: problem identification, coverage of industry and company.

$$ Chapter $2$ Methodology: type of data collected $($primary and secondary data$),$ procedure

adopted, sampling techniques and sample size chosen.

$$ Chapter $3$ Findings and Discussions: data analysis, findings, and learning outcome.

$$ Chapter $4$ Conclusions & Recommendations.

$$ References.

$$ Annexure.

$12.$ Project reports could get rejected if found plagiarised.

$13.$ The final report must be submitted within the timeline given by the EPGDM office and students

must adhere to the timeline given by the office. Projects reports could also get rejected ifsubmission

date is not adhered to$.$ Students who miss the submission date are required to re$-$register once again

in next cycle, by paying the stipulated fee.

$14.$ Upon approval on draft, the final report must be submitted in hard copy $($one hard bound

copy$)$ to Executive$-$PGDM Department, Alliance School of Business. Students who wish to

submit the report through courier may send the hard bound report to below address only:

Alliance University, Executive PGDM Department, $19$th Cross, $7$th Main, BTM $2$nd Stage, NS

Palya, Bangalore $560076,$ Tel: $+918026786020/21,26789749$

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Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management

SCHEDULE FOR PROJECT WORK

Project orientation $20$th Jan,$2024$

Project registration $($INR $1000)$

$($The guide allocation will be communicated only for the

students who have completed registration process$)$

link to pay the project registration fees

https:$//$fees$.$alliance.edu.in$/$

Complete the registration on or

before $27$

th Jan,$2024$

Commencement of Project work $29$th Jan,$2024$

Project Work Proposal to Faculty guide $07$thFeb,$2024$

Interim Report $28$

th Feb,$2024$

Draft Report $17$thMar,$2024$

Final submission $($hard bound copy$)$ to the

department in$-$person$/$courier

$24$th Mar,$2024$

All the reports must be submitted to the respective faculty guide through email. Students are required to use their

official Alliance University email id for the same.

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