GUIDELINES FOR FINAL YEAR PROJECT WORK

GUIDELINES FOR FINAL YEAR PROJECT WORK

1.           Make groups of maximum 3-4 students. (In most of the cases, the groups are already there and the topics are already decided). If there is a change in the topic/ group, do intimate the previous and the present supervisor.

2.           Decide on few prospective topics and discuss them with any Civil Engg. faculty member whose expertise matches the projects. (Already done, if not finalise the topic by 29th Jan)

3.           If the topic in NEW - After discussion with prospective faculty guides decide on a project topic and submit a brief abstract to your guide. On approval of the topic and abstract, submit the signed abstract to HoD office. This should be done by Feb 5.

4.           If the topic is OLD - Submit the work plan (methodology, in detail) for the remaining work with the deadlines mentioned, by Feb 12th

5.           For new topics - In consultation with your guide, prepare the methodology for the project and submit it to your guide, by Feb 12th

6.           Individual project diary (with dates) is to be maintained by each student in a group for weekly evaluation by their project guides (out of 10 marks), starting from 25th Jan.

7.           The guide shall award marks in the diary every week and shall keep the record with him/her as well

8.           A group dairy should also be maintained showing the weekly progress of the project with dates.

9.           Any student not reporting to his/her guide for the particular week will get zero marks for that week.

10.      A mid evaluation of the project shall be done between 14-19th March (tentative)

11.      Rough draft of the Thesis is to be submitted first to their respective guides by 30th March.

12.      Internal evaluation of the project shall be done between 7-13th April (tentative). Contact your supervisor for the exact date

13.      Final Thesis shall be submitted, latest by 22nd April, only after the correction of the rough draft.

14.      Final Project shall be evaluated by the external alongwith the internal experts, based on the quality and quantity of the work done.

15.      Students shall be judged based on their oral presentation and Viva-Voce session and also on the quantity of work understood by the student himself regarding his/her project.

16.      The details of the evaluation criteria is as,

a)    CA (60%) - 50% by supervisor based on the diary; 50% by internal examiners on the basis of report and quality of work

b)    External (40%) - 50% on the basis of quality of work; 50% on the basis of presentation and understanding of the matter

Any project abstract/ methodology submission beyond the deadline of 12th Feb, shall attract a minimum of 20% penalty.

NOTE: The date of internal evaluation may change. The exact date shall be announced on the blog in due course of time.