MTech Synopsis format

1. FORMAT FOR THE MTECH DISSERTATION PROPOSAL
FRONT PAGES
i. Title/ cover Page
ii. Declaration by Student
iii. Approved research topic in the prescribed format (photocopy)
iv. Abstract
v. Certificate by the Advisor
vi. Acknowledgement
vii. Table of Contents
iv. List of Figures
v. List of Tables
vi. List of Abbreviations
***** Page numbers for the above pages (Starting from Declaration) should be in Roman
(eg. i, ii, iii…. vii)
CHAPTER PLAN
1. Introduction
2. Review of Literature
3. Present Work (including Scope of Study, Problem Formulation, Objectives and
Research Methodology)
4. W ork Plan with Timelines
5. References
6. List of own Publications (If any)
***** Page numbers for the chapters should be like 1, 2, 3…… 20
Proposal for dissertation will consist of 18-20 pages. It should be typed in Times New Roman
font with font size of 12 and 1.5 line spacing. The margins of the page should be 1.25” from
left side and 1” from all other sides. The headings should be in bold, not italics. There should
be more space between the preceding text and next heading. No space should be there between
heading and subsequently following text. Reports shall be in spiral bound shape. References
should be given in the standard format as under:
I. Books
Salvatore, D. (2006) International Economics, John Wiley and Sons,
Singapore, p.15.
II. Reports and Official Documents
Government of India (2007) Economic Survey 2006-07, Ministry of Finance.
III. R e s e a r c h P a p e r s
Singh Parvinder and Singh Hardeep (2005) “Critical Suggestive Evaluation of CK METRIC”, Proc.
of 9th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Technology (PACIS-2005), Bangkok,
Thailand, pp. 234-241.
IV. Websites http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/AnnualPublications.aspx