This document provides guidelines for the structure and content of a thesis for a B.Tech, M.Tech, or Ph.D. degree. It outlines the standard sections including the title page, abstract, introduction, literature review, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, and references. For each major section, it provides brief descriptions of the expected content. For example, the introduction should include the need for the study, objectives, and organization of the thesis, while the literature review covers previous work and helps define the scope of the present study. The document emphasizes that the results and discussion section is critical and must include analysis and comparison to prior work. It concludes by noting expectations for the appendix, reference list, and bio

1. Model – B.Tech./M. Tech./Ph.D.
Thesis
Dr. Basavaraju Manu
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering,
NITK, Surathkal

2. Contents of the Thesis
• Title page
• Certificatepage
• Abstract
• Acknowledgement
• Contentspage
• Abbreviation
• List of figures
• List of tables
• MajorChapters
• ReferenceList
• Appendix
• Bio-data
Kindly follow the
Standard/your
university/institute
Formatting
Guidelines while
writing the thesis

3. Technical Content
• Abstract – gist of the thesis
• Major Chapters –
Introduction,
Literature review,
Materials and Methods,
Results and Discussion,
Major Conclusions and Scope for future work

4. Abstract
• What is the problem
• What others have done to solve the problem
• What and how you have tried to solve the
problem
• What are the major outcomes of the present
study and under what conditions they were
observed.
• Your comments on your study

5. Major Chapters - Introduction
• Need / Background of the present study
• Objective/s and Scope of the present work
• Organisation of the thesis

6. Major Chapters – Literature Review
• Problem – description, india, global, facts, figures,
tables,
• State-of-the-artliterature on how to solve the
problem
• Outcome of the literature review –
Helps to fix the objectiveand scope of the
presentstudy

7. Major Chapters – Materials and
Methods
• Materials – Analytical/laboratory grade chemicals and
their list. Source/Procurementof other materials
• Experimental Methodology – Details of the
experimental procedure, environmental conditions
(pH, temperature, dosage, etc.), photographs/line
diagram of the experimental setup, materials, etc.
• Analytical procedure – Standard Methods and
procedure analyse variuos parameters – pH,
COD/BOD,cations, anions, pollutants, etc.

8. Major Chapters – Results and
Discussion
• Heart and Soul of the thesis
• Presentation and discussion of results in
figures or tables.
• Discussion of results amongst your results
obtained under various experimental
conditions.
• Discussion of results with the published
literature/studies (comparing apples to apples
but not apples to oranges)

9. Major Chapters – Major Conclusions of the
Present Study and Scope for Future Works
• Major conclusions of the present study
 3-4 major results of their values and descriptionof the
same.
 Your thoughts and comments on the above obtained
results.
• Scope for future work
 2-3 related and realistic experimental work
 Pilot scale studies, actual water/wastewatersamples

10. List of Reference
• Standard format or prescribedformat
• Journal (SCI/ESCI indexed) papers of 8-10 years
old.
• Conferenceproceedings of repute
• Books
• Standards
• Encylopaedia
• Newspapers/website(author,date on which
visited or read)

11. Appendix
• Supporting tables and figures derived from
the anaylsis not carried out by you directly but
done for your samples.
• 2-3 appendices

12. Bio-Data
• Personal information (name, date of birth,
father’s name, Permanent address, etc)
• Educational qualification
• Achievements (Academic, co-curricular, etc.)