SEMINAR FORMAT-final.doc

JOHN COX MEMORIAL C.S.I INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION
OF
SEMINAR REPORT
1. NO OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED TO ACADEMIC SECTION
Three copies of the seminar report are to be submitted initially. One copy will be returned to the
student after the final oral examination and successful defense.
2. STRUCTURE OF THE SEMINAR
Facing page: The title of the seminar, author, department, month and year of submission along
with the emblem of the Institute will be included on the first cover. This may be
made in special quality paper like plastic coated paper. (See sample)
Inner cover: Contents can be same as that of the front cover, but on ordinary A4 size paper.
Three main parts of the seminar report can be easily identified. These include the preliminary
part, body of the seminar report and reference and appendices (if any) as the concluding or final
part. The order of these items is as given below.
PRELIMINARY PART
Certificate from staff member in-Charge
Acknowledgements, if any
Abstract
Contents
List of symbols
List of abbreviations, if any
List of figures, if any
List of tables, if any
BODY OF THE REPORT
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Motivation and Overview
Literature Survey, if any
Chapter 2 MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY
Algorithms, if any
Program development, if any
……………………………………
……………………………………
Chapter N-1 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Chapter N: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER WORK
CONCLUDING PART
References
Appendix or Appendices
Certificate
If there is more than one guide, write side by side and provide space for HOD’s signature
at the bottom, Provide correct name and designation of guide & HOD.
Acknowledgements
One page, self contained. Highlighting significance, objectives, methods adopted,
contributions, achievements, applications etc.
Abstract
It should be a concise description of the problem(s) addressed and your method of
solving it/them, your results and conclusions. An abstract must be self-contained. The number
of words may be limited not exceeding three quarter of page of spacing 1.5 and font type Times
New Roman with size 12.
Contents
The contents should list the chapter headings, sections and subsections of the different
chapters along with page numbers of each. It should be possible to get a complete picture of the
seminar report by looking at the contents.
List of symbols
List of symbols used such as µ, ᵩ etc. and what they represent
List of abbreviations
List the full form of the abbreviations used.
List of figures
List the number and captions of the figures with page numbers.
List of tables
List the number and titles of the tables with page numbers.
Page numbering
The preliminary parts are numbered in roman numerals (i, ii, etc). The first page of the first
chapter (Introduction) onwards will be numbered in Arabic numerals 1 2 3 etc.
Numbering sections, subsections, equations, figures etc
It is common practice to use decimal numbering in the report. If the chapter number is
2, the section numbers will be 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 etc. The subsections in section 2.2 will be numbered
as 2.2.1, 2.2.2 etc. Unless essential, it is not necessary to use numbers to lower levels than three
stages. Headings of paragraphs below the subsections may be bold faced and in sentence case.
Similarly, it is useful and convenient to number the figures also chapter-wise. The
figures in chapter 4 will be numbered Fig.4.1, Fig 4.2 etc. This helps you in assembling the
figures and putting it in proper order. Similarly, the tables also numbered as Table 4.1 Table 4.2
etc. Usually the figure captions are written below the figure and table captions on top of the
table. All figures should have proper description by legends, title of the axes and any other

information to make the figures self-explanatory. Figures in colour are not essential, but if it is
essential, can be given. The same numbering scheme can be used for equations also. Only thing
to be remembered is that references to the figures are made like Fig 4.2 and equations as
Eqn(5.8) and tables as Table 3.8. If there are some appendices, these can be numbered as A1,
A2, A3 etc. The equations in these appendices can be numbered as (A1.1), (A2.3) etc. All
figures and tables must be in place in the text near, but not before, where they are first
mentioned.
References can be numbered as 1, 2, 3 etc in the order in which they are referred to in
the body of the seminar report. A typical reference in the body of the seminar report will appear
as “as stated in [ 3 ] or in [3 ] – [5] “etc.
References to journal paper should contain the name of the author(s), title of the paper,
name of the journal, volume number, issue number, particular pages(pp) and year of
publications.
Example:
Abcddfrtgyf T M, Pqrstmyutfd V K, Xyzmnjuhf M: Improving BTC image compressions using
a fuzzy complement edge operator, Signal Processing Journal (ELSEVIER)88(12), Dec. 2008,
pp 2989-2997.
Similarly conference papers should mention the name of author(s), title of the paper,
name of the conference, place in which the conference was held and date, month and year of the
conference along with the page numbers of the paper in the proceedings of the conference.
Example:
Bgfrd M M Swerft A J, Abqwesd T S: A fuzzy complement edge operator, IEEE proceedings of
the 14th
Int. Conf. on Advanced Computing and Communications ADCOM 2006, Mangalore,
Karnataka, India,20-23 Dec.,2006, pp 344-348.
References to books should contain name of the author, title of the book, name of the
publisher, edition number, and year of publication. If possible ISBN Number also can be
quoted.
Example :
Griffths and Manuel: Introduction to Neuro-fuzzy Systems, Prentice Hall Inc, Edition 2, 1998.
Reference to websites can be given as follows:
http://freefoto.com:’Freefoto.com-Free Pictures’.
Appendices
If there is material that if included in the body of the seminar report would break up the
flow of reading or bore the reader unbearably, it is better to include it as an appendix. Some
items which are typically included in appendices are: major derivations or theoretical
developments, important and original computer programs, data files that are too large to be
represented simply in the results chapters, pictures or diagrams of results which are not
important enough to keep in the main text etc.
General Notes:
-Single column format and print only on one side.
-Use 1.5 spacing for the continuous text.
-Minimum margin: - Binding side-30mm and 24mm on all the sides.
-Full justification of all texts.
-Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated.
-Ensure that each new section head is separated by a double space.
-Use 12 pt font Times New Roman for the continuous text (except headings) in MS Word.

-Chapter/section headings shall be as per the fonts shown in the sample report structure.
-All chapters to be start on a fresh page.
-Follow internationally accepted symbols, rules and conventions.
-Use the Int. system of units (SI). If others are mentioned, give their eqvnt. in SI units.
-SOFT BINDING is to be done for seminar reports with front cover, facing page, certificate
and necessary pages in colour.
Suggested Font Sizes
Suggested Font
sizes Details
Font Type Font size Spacing
Facing page (cover
and first page) - see
sample page for
details
Times New Roman 18pt bold capitals Centered
(Adjustable spacing)
Chapter headings
with chapter
number on top
Times New Roman 16pt bold capitals Centered
Section headings Times New Roman 14pt bold capitals Left adjusted
Subsection headings Times New Roman 12pt. sentence case Left adjusted
Paragraph headings Times New Roman 12pt.bold sentence
case
Left adjusted
Body of report Times New Roman 12 pt Adjusted on both left and right
and with 1.5 spacing for text
and double spacing for
equations
Margins Left Margin 30mm To accommodate binding area
Right Margin 24mm
Top
24mm
Bottom 24mm

SEMINAR TITLE
(18 bold-all capitals)
A SEMINAR REPORT(14 bold –all capitals)
Submitted by(14 italics)
NAME (Reg. No.)
(14 bold & 14 regular)
In partial fulfillment for the award of the Degree of
(14 italics)
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
…………………….ENGINEERING
(16 bold capitals)
DEPARTMENT OF ………………ENGINEERING(16 bold italics)
KANNAMMOOLA, THIRUVANATHAPURAM,
KERALA – 695011
(14 regular)
MONTH YEAR (14 bold)

KANNAMMOOLA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA – 695011
(14 bold regular)
CERTIFICATE
(20 Monotype Corsiva bold )
This is to certify that this report entitled “……… (14 bold-
regular)……………………..” is a bonafide record of seminar presented
by………………………..(Reg. No……) towards the partial fulfillment for the
requirement for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Technology in
………………. Engineering of the University of Kerala during the year ……….
NAME(12 bold) NAME OF GUIDE
Designation (12 regular) Designation
(Seminar Co-ordinator) (12 regular) (Seminar Guide)
NAME OF HEAD
Head of Department
Dept. of ……………. Engineering
JCM CSI IT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
(16 bold –regular)
I/We express our sincere gratitude to Mr. /Mrs. / (Name and Designation of Guide)
Department of ……………….........Engineering, for his/her invaluable guidance, advice,
sharing expertise and constant encouragement throughout the course of the project. We also
thank Mr. /Mrs. / (Name and Designation of Coordinator) for his/her guidance, supervision,
assistance and helpful suggestions given throughout the course of this work without which this
work would not have been successfully completed.
I/We thank our Principal Dr. (Name of the Principal) and Prof. (Name of HOD) Head of
the Department, Department of ……………..… Engineering, for permitting us to do the project
at…………………………………………
I/we take this opportunity to express gratitude to all of the Department faculty members
for their help and support. I/we also thank my/our parents for the unceasing encouragement,
support and attention.
I/We am/are also thankful to all our friends who have contributed directly or indirectly
to the successful completion of this project wok.

i
CONTENTS
CHAPTER NO TITLE PAGE NO
LIST OF SYMBOLS ii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS iii
LIST OF FIGURES iv
LIST OF TABLES v
1 INTRODUCTION(12 capital regular) 1
1.1. Introduction(12 regular) 1
1.2. Problem Definition 2
1.3. Outline 3
2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 4
2.1 4
2.2 5
8 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
8.1 Result
8.2 Analysis
9 CONCLUSION
9.1 Conclusion
9.2 Scope of future work
REFERENCES 70
BIBLIOGRAPHY 73
APPENDIX-1 74

ii
LIST OF SYMBOLS
Symbol - Meaning
(12 bold regular)
{Symbols to be typed in 16pt font size}
Eg.
ρ - Density of substance

iii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations - Expansions
(12 bold regular)

iv
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure No. Title Page No
(12 bold regular)

v
LIST OF TABLES
Table No. Title Page No
(12 bold regular)

1
1. INTRODUCTION

2
2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.2

3
9. CONCLUSION

4
REFERENCES

BIND COLOUR CODE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR SEMINAR
REPORT
1. C – To be informed later
2. M – Light Blue with black letters
3. E – Black with golden letters
4. T – Light green with black letters
5. R – Light pink with black letters
Note: - Also consult with respective departments for final confirmation of bind colors
before proceeding for actual binding.

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