The document provides guidelines for students completing a mandatory 8-week summer training project as part of their MBA program. The objective of the project is to expose students to the functioning of an organization and explore business problems and solutions. Students will be supervised by both a corporate guide and faculty guide. Students must follow guidance on professional conduct and submit a 75-125 page typed report on their project including sections on the organization, objectives, methodology, findings and recommendations. The report will be evaluated based on content and presentations.

1. SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT

2. Summer Project is an integral part of the 24 months
MBA programme of Dr. APJ Technical University.
• The period for the summer training is of 8 weeks.

3. Objective of the Summer Project
• The core objective of this training is to
prepare the student with the awareness of
actual functioning of the organization and
explore problems faced by them in a typical
socio-economic-political business
environment for exploring feasible solutions
and suggestions.

4. Supervision
• During the training the student will be under the
supervision of a person in the organization who will
act as his/her corporate guide. He/she will provide
guidelines on how the student should work during
the stay with the organization.
• In addition, each student will be guided by a faculty
of the management department RBMI, Greater
Noida.
• The student will be required to report to the faculty
guide immediately after joining the company for the
project.

5. Do’s and Don’ts in the
Organization
 Do’s-
• Punctuality (timeliness),
• Maintaining healthy and cordial
relationship with the people in
organization.
• Understanding the work culture.
• Obeying direct orders from the
seniors.
• Try to overcome your weakness.
• Showing a sense of belonging with

6. Do’s and Don’ts in the
Organization
• Don’ts
• Do not take the training lightly and casually.
• Do not give an impression that you are doing the
training just for the sake of it. Put your heart and
soul.
• Do not involve in internal politics.
• Do not lie to your seniors.
• Do not waste your time.
• Do not copy any material. Be original.
• Do not go for leave unless it is indispensable.

7. • As a part of training, the students are
required to submit a Project Report and give
a presentation to the organization, if
necessary.
• The Report Presentation on project report
and Viva on Project Report are the basis for
evaluation of the Project Work at the
University level.
• The summer training report carries 100 marks
divided into written report of 75 marks and
presentation of 25 marks.
• The students are required to give 2
presentations of their summer training
report.
• In case of failure 25 marks will be deducted at
every presentation.

8. • The project report should show that the student is capable of
scientific analysis of a problem and can approach the solution for
the same in a systematic manner.
• The project must provide sufficient indication that the student
is competent in successful application of acquired management
tools and skills to practical problems of industry.

9. Prescribed Guidelines
NUMBER OF PAGES:
Minimum 75 pages
Maximum 125 pages
TYPING INSTRUCTIONS
Border Indents
Top, Bottom & Right – 1 Inch

10. • PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS
Paper – A4 size
First Copy - Original in all respects. (Originally typed with original
certificate)
Second & Third Copies – Originally printed / photocopy of the FIRST copy.

11. • BINDING INSTRUCTIONS
Light Blue Binding

12. INSTRUCTIONS
All the students are required to follow the
following instructions.
• There should not be any deviation from
requirement of reproducing the cover page of
the report from the format prescribed below.
• Students should prepare an outline –
“framework on which long written works are
constructed.”
• Preparation of the rough draft.
• Rewriting and Polishing the rough draft.
• Bibliography

13. SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT REPORT
(MBA035)
ON
TITLE OF THE PROJECT AND NAME OF THE ORGANISATION
( 16 font size, Times New Roman, Capital)
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of
Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
Dr. APJ TECHNICHAL UNIVERSITY , Lucknow
(16 font size, Times New Roman, Bold and Italic)
Under the supervision of: Submitted By:
Training Supervisor: Name (As in Certificate) Name of Student
Designation Batch
University Roll No.
Rakshpal Bahadur Managerment Institute, Greater noida
( 22 font size, Times New Roman, capitals )

14. FORMAT OF SUMMER TRAINING CERTIFICATE
(This letter has to be on the company’s official letterhead)
TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN
This is to certify that Mr. / Ms. …………………………………… of …………… (Name of
course), Final Year has successfully completed Summer Training Programme for a
period of……………… weeks with ………………………………………. (Name of
organization) from…………………………. To ………………………………. (Exact Date has to
mentioned).As per our measurements and reporting structure he/she is hard
working and has been excellent during the training programme.
We wish him all the success for his future.
Signature
(Name of Concerned Person)
Designation

15. REPORT STRUCTURE
• Copy of Cover Page
• Certifying letter by Head of Department
• Summer Training Certificate
• Student Undertaking / Declaration
• Preface
• Acknowledgement
• Table of contents (with consecutive numbering
• Executive Summary.
• (Introduction of the reason for project,

16. Introduction
Introduction
• Overview of Industry as a whole
• Profile of the Organization
• Problems of the Organization
• Competition Information
• S.W.O.T Analysis of the Organization

17. Objective & Methodology
• Significance
• Managerial usefulness of the study
• Objectives
• Scope of the study
• Methodology

18. Research Methodology
a) Exploratory Research (flexible) –
involving survey of the concerning
literature, experience survey, etc.
b) Descriptive – describing characteristics
of a particular group or individuals.
I. Sampling Design, (Simple Random Sampling,
Cluster Sampling, Systematic Sampling,
Stratified Sampling, Convenience Sampling,
Judgmental Sampling)
II. Sources of data (Primary or/and Secondary

19. Conceptual Discussion (Theoretical Backdrop &
Literature Review)
• A brief theoretical backdrop and literature
review about the project is required to be
given like referring to some standard text
books, journals, magazines, newspaper, etc.
• Attempt should be made to collect latest
information by scanning latest articles
published in periodicals, journals, etc.
• Please note that latest authentic data adds
to the quality of project and gives good
impression to Viva committee as well as the
organization, where in student is placed for
Summer Training and he / she has done
extensive review and survey pertaining to

20. Data Analysis
• In this chapter primary data is collected
through Questionnaires, Observation,
Inspection of records, Interviews
conducted and / or secondary data
collected from published records be
systematically analyzed and tables,
graphs, diagrams also are used wherever
necessary to present the data.
• Every table / data should be followed by
suitable interpretation.

21. Findings and Recommendations
• Based on data analysis presented in
earlier chapters, relevant observations
inference to be made / drawn.
• And in second part of this chapter,
practical suggestion /
recommendations are to be given to
the organization.

22. ANNEXURES
• Sample Questionnaires
• Financial Statements and
• Any other relevant documents

23. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Reference Books, Journals, Newspapers,
Websites, Reports, etc are to be listed out
here.
Books:
• Author (S) e.g. If Author name is Stephen
Robbins, then it will be written as Robbins
Stephen.
• Title, Place of Publication, Publisher, Date

24. Quotation
• It should be placed in quotation marks and
double spaced, forming an immediate part
of the text, but if a quotation is of a
considerable length (more than four or five
type written lines) then it should be single-
spaced and indented at least half an inch
to the right of the normal text margin.

25. • All the students are required to
follow the above stated guidelines
and are required to write the
project report in their own
language.
• Attaching download
information/materials in the
content & annexure is strictly
prohibited