Summer Internship Programme

2014

Summer Internship is a MBA G,HR,IB,M&S,MM II SEM- 6 Credit paperBBA V SEM - 6 credit paper BBA III SEM- 3 credit paperBCOM V SEM-6 credit paper BA (Economics)- V SEM-9 credit paper

Thus, special emphasis should be given to it. The Date of SIP commencement on Amizone is May 1,

2014. The SIP registration on amizone with company details is

from May 1, 2014 to May 4, 2014. Submission of synopsis on Amizone is upto May 5, 2014 It is MANDATORY for the students to submit their weekly

report to their respective faculty guides on every FRIDAY. As per your weekly reporting, the faculty would update

student’s weekly submission of SIP report on AMIZONE.

SIP INSTRUCTIONS 2014

• The SIP should be of 8 week duration & for BA (Eco.) 10 weeks. The students are required to strictly adhere to this time frame in order to avoid any problem regarding attendance in new semester.

• The Report should be of nearly 50 pages .• Chapters like Introduction/review of the related

literature/ company profile should be restricted to 20 pages .

• Students should not write any theoretical details in the Chapter like Research Methodology, which should only be restricted to the Methodology adopted for the Project.

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• Students are required to prepare 3 copies of their SIP report

1. Copy 1- to be submitted to company2. Copy 2- to be submitted to faculty guide3. Copy 3- student’s copy

• Last date for submission of SIP report is July 15, 2014.• Last date for submission of PPT for Viva is July 18,

2014.• No OD would be granted in case your SIP is not over till

the commencement date of third semester• The SIP Viva is scheduled on July 25, 2014.

SIP Commencement May 1

SIP Registration on Amizone May 1 -4

Synopsis submission on Amizone May 5

Ist weekly Report May 9

IInd weekly Report May 16

IIIrd weekly Report May 23

IVthweekly Report May 30

Vth weekly Report June 6

VIth weekly Report June 13

VIIth weekly Report June 20

VIIIth weekly Report June 27

SIP DATE SHEET 2014

Submission of Rough Draft of Report to Respective Faculty Guides

July 11

SIP Report Submission to Respective Faculty

Guides

July 18

SIP PPT Submission to amity.lucknow@yahoo.in July 18

SIP VIVA July 25

1) The students shall register on-line on AMIZONE with company details for Summer Internship before joining the company.2) The student shall be allowed to register late for NTCC at AUUP or approved external organisation with late registration charges as given below :

i) Upto 10 days after the date of registration for course, with late registration fine of Rs. 500/- . ii) From 11th day to 15th day of the date of registration, with late registration fine of Rs. 1000/-. iii) 16th day to 20th day of registration, with late registration fine of Rs. 2000/- provided student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the course. iv) After 21st day to 30th days of registration, with late fine of Rs. 5000/- provided student meets the requirement of minimum duration of the courses.

3) The students who have not registered for the NTCC as per regulations shall be treated as failed in the course. 4) Further, student shall not be promoted to next year especially if he/she has failed in fieldwork / or industry internship etc.

PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION

a) Each students shall have two guides – a faculty guide from the institution and an external guide from the concerned organisation. In such cases of joint guidance, the main guide shall be the faculty guide.

b) The faculty guide from Amity will closely interact with the external guide and monitor the progress of the student in NTCC at the host institution/ industry/ research lab etc.

ALLOCATION OF FACULTY GUIDE

Briefing Sessions/Tutorial/Gap Lectures are very important for undertaking the NTCC. Therefore, it is mandatory for the students to attend the same whenever institution/faculty guide have scheduled the same: During such sessions students should expect to: discuss ideas and concerns. be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area, be provided with direction to help them to manage the

process, to be provided with advice on academic style, format and the

scope of NTCC. be provided with general feedback, be provided with feedback on their NTCC and apply the

comments they receive through processes of reflection and action-planning to other parts of their development work.

Briefing Sessions/ Tutorials/Gap Lectures for students

a) Student will finalise the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his / her NTCC in consultation with the faculty guide & external guide on Amizone & in hard copy(Format Attached)

b) The work / project Schedule (Project Plan) to be prepared using GANTT or PERT chart as per attached appendix.

APPROVAL OF TOPIC, SYNOPSIS AND WORK SCHEDULE

a) The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as per the prescribe format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) which will be updated by their faculty guides on Amizoneb) The student will also maintain daily diary of the work done which need to be submitted to the faculty guide. c) The student will maintain the record of interaction and feedback by Faculty Guide as per the attached Appendix. d) Periodic progress Review by a faculty board will be announced at the time of registration for the course.

Conduct and Progress Monitoring of NTCC

The weightage of Continuous Internal Assessment and Final Assessment shall be as under:

ASSESSMENT PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Sl. No. Continuous Internal

Assessment

Final Assessment

Credit Units

1 50 50 > 8 Credit Units

2 40 60 5-8 Credit Units

3 30 70 Upto 4 credit Units

The faculty guide shall assess the project report as part of Continuous Internal Assessment as under

S.No. Parameters For Assessment 1 Introduction and Statement of the Problem

2 Review of Literature:

3 Methodology/methods/Approach

4 Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes and conclusions

5 Future scope and Limitations outlined

6 Quality of work and written expression

7 Student Learning Outcomes

The institution shall send the Continuous Internal Assessment marks along with all the reports from AMIZONE and supporting documents of all the students to Controller of Examinations (CoE).

b) CoE shall declare the list of eligible students for the final assessment, after examining all the cases.

SUBMISSION OF CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT MARK

The NTCC report must be written in students own words. However, if required to cite the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas) have to be appropriately acknowledged.

It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin or similar software before submission.

The plagiarism report should not return similarity index of more than 15% in any circumstance.

PLAGIARISM

a) The students will submit 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by the submission second of draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested by the guide. b) Following will be submitted along with final report,: o WPR o NTCC Dairy o Plagiarism Report c) A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she meets following conditions:

1. Online Registration for the NTCC course 2. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide 3. 90 % of WPR were submitted 4. 80% of the WPR were satisfactory 5. Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism

Prevention Policy.

SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA a) The students who are not eligible to submit the report shall re-submit the report as per the following norms:

Parameter Action  

Online Registration for the NTCC course not done

Re-do the NTCC  

Has not taken the approval of the Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the faculty guide

Re-do the NTCC  

< 90 % of WPRs were submitted Penalty in Continuous Internal Assessment marks as under: 80 - 89% = 10 marks deducted 75 - < 80% = 12 marks deducted 70 - < 75% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on recommendations of NTCC Review Committee with cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous Internal Assessment. < 70 % = Re-do the NTCC

 

< 80% of the WPRs were satisfactory

<80-75% = 10 marks to be deducted <75-70% = to be permitted by Vice Chancellor on recommendations of a committee with cap of B+ in grading or deduction of 15 marks from Continuous Internal Assessment.

Similarity index more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

If in plagiarism report the similarity index is >15%, the student is required to re-write the report/thesis provided meets all the other criteria.

Important: The students not meeting the eligibility criteria, shall be required to provide detailed justification for special consideration by the NTCC Review Committee. The students re-submitting the thesis due to plagiarism shall be eligible for the grade earned by him provided he/she has submitted same atleast 10 days prior to the final assessment of the batch. If the student fails to submit the revised thesis in the prescribed time he / she shall not be awarded more than B+ grade. The students who shall re-do the NTCC shall be awarded grade not more than B+.  

a) The final assessment and submission of NTCC shall be done only for eligible students. b) If a student fails to appear in the final assessment as per schedule, he/she shall be treated as absent.

FINAL ASSESSMENT

The final report is important component of all NTCC. Therefore must adhere to following parameters (word length, No. of Copies, binding type etc.) depending upon the credit units associated and course objectives.

Word length, or word equivalent, (if for instance, a practical based, practice-based and professional NTCC) should be specified in the module guide.

REPORT REQUIREMENTS

S.No.

CREDIT UNITS

Word length (excluding)

No. of Copies

Binding Type

Report Retention details

2 3 to 4 Credits

Upto 3,000 words

02 copies Plastic Folder

upto 1 month of declaration of final result of semester by institution

3 5 to 8 credits

5,000 - 7,000 words

02 with a soft copy in CD.

Spiral Bound

1 Academic session at institution level

4 9 to 15 credit

10,000 - 12,000 words

02 with a soft copy in CD.

Hard Bound

At institution level upto 2 years. Best project reports to be kept for longer period

Word length will be exclusive of Preface Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, Certificates etc.

Language English (unless other wise specified in the course curriculum) Paper size A4 Margins The text of the document must be justified.

The left and right margin of 1.25 inches. The top and bottom margin of 1.00 inch. Typing On One side of page only. The text will follow line spacing of 1.5 lines.

Table and figures, tabular material as necessary and appendix material as appropriate may be single space. Centered material is to be centered between the left and right margins. The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5inches.

Pagination Each page must be numbered, except the Title Page. The pre pages—including the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures and Abstract (if any) —will be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.) centered from the bottom edge of the page. The first page that will show a page number is page ii. All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The page number will be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the page, right aligned.

GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE REPORT

Arrangement of Contents

Every NTCC Project Report should have three parts: the pre pages, the main text, and the reference material. Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the order as discussed below. 1. Preliminary Pages a. Title page b. Declaration c. Faculty Guide Approval page d. Acknowledgement(s) e. Table of Contents f. List of Tables g. List of Figures h. Abstract 2. Text (usually divided into chapters and sections) 3. Reference Material a. References b. Appendix

Tables and figures

Each table of figure should be placed immediately after the paragraph in which it is mentioned. If it has a separate page, this page should be the one following the page on which the table/figure was first mentioned. Tables and figures that must be positioned horizontally (landscaped) will face the outer edge of the page, with the widest margin at the binding edge. Tables and figures are numbered in separate series. Each table and figure, including any in the appendices, has a number in its own series. Each series is numbered consecutively within chapters (e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2, and Figure 10.3).

Each table and figure will be separately numbered. All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the List of Tables and List of Figures.

References In the text, give the surname and date in parentheses, e.g. (Edwards, 2010). At the end of the study, provide a section headed ‘References’ in which the references are listed alphabetically by family name. Include references for electronic sources of information e.g. web pages. For further detail, see Appendix 6. Any books, articles, websites or other published sources (retrievable data) that have been used (cited in the text) either in direct quotation or by reference, must be listed in the References. Personal interviews/raw data (not retrievable) do not appear in the reference list. The first line of the citation starts at the left margin and the second and subsequent lines of that citation are indented 0.5 inches. The referencing style to be used as per the forma. The format for the references shall be given separately by each faculty of Study/institution.

Appendices Appendices contain supplementary or illustrative material or explanatory data too lengthy to be included in the text or not immediately essential to the readers’ understanding of the text. Appendices should be lettered in the order in which they are referred to in the text. Each appendix will be listed with its title in the Table of Contents (e.g., APPENDIX A. TITLE OF THE APPENDIX).