Monday 10 October 2011

ITP Report Guidelines

Guidelines for preparation of the training report

1. General format
Report must be typed on A4 size page with Times New Roman font of size 12. Line spacing is to be kept at 2.0 throughout. A margin of 35 mm should be provided at the left side and 25 mm should be provided at the other sides.
Cover page format is as below. Font is Times New Roman with size 18 bold should be adopted for the cover page.

2. Contents of the report
The report should contain the following sections:

a. Abstract
This section may contain the details of the company, summary of the training, experience gained, and acknowledgement. It is limited to 3 pages.

b. Table of contents
This section must contain the listing of chapters, titles, sub-titles and the page numbers including the details of Appendix if any.

c. Introduction
This section contains the background information of the company which includes the details of activities undertaken by the company, number of persons employed, future business strategies, organizational details, duties, responsibilities , details of your supervisor, etc.

d. Overview of the training
This section should describe the duties and various tasks undertaken by the student during the industrial training. The explanations must follow the schedule as recorded in the logbook. Leave of absence if any should be indicated here along with reasons and explanations on how the absence was made up.

e. Details of experience
The experience gained during the industrial training must be described in this section. Details of projects completed, supervisory roles taken up, estimation, costing, and design works completed and the experience gained thereon should be described in a concise manner. The problems encountered and the approach adopted for solving problems may also be described in this section. The professional and ethical issues, health and environmental issues, that are encountered during the training and how was it tackled should be clearly explained in the report. The attitude and commitment portrayed should also be indicated wherever possible. The report should be concise, according to the format suggested in this guideline. The report will be evaluated by the examiner based on the regulations laid down in the evaluation form. Students are required to go through the evaluation form before writing the report and address all the items that are evaluated in the report.


f. Discussion and conclusion
This section should have an overall illustration and discussion on the industrial training along with conclusion on the training. This section shall emphasize on the major tasks carried out, major contribution for the company, comments on the tasks performed, recommendations etc.

g. References
The list of references used in preparing the thesis must be listed in this section.

h. Appendix
Any other relevant details that are appropriate to support the write up of the report should be given in this section. It may include important drawings, design details, copies of letters, project report, Figures, Tables, List of symbols and notations etc.

Each appendix must have a title and must be mentioned in the main text wherever appropriate. All page numbers for appendixes must be continual from the main text.

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