The way to write an excellent/outstanding B.Tech/M.Tech./Ph.D. thesis is explained here.

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.)