Original Research and Development Project for Degree Programme Assignment

Assignment Task

Scope And Objectives

Consistent with the student’s degree programme, professional background and work-environment, the student will be required to carry out an original , significant research and/or or development project independently . The chosen topic of work should be non-trivial, analytical, application-oriented and should involve substantial research and/or development effort based on a specific theme. Students should choose only topics for which the work done can be presented, demonstrated, and defended before a panel of examiners at BITS, Campus. Any attempt at plagiarism or use of unfair means will result in severe disciplinary action.

The student should preferably select an area of work that is considered vital to the employing organization. The student, in consultation with his/her Supervisor, identifies the topic of the Dissertation and prepares the detailed Dissertation outline.

Each student will also be assigned to one of the BITS faculty identified who will provide feedback/suggestion on the outline and Mid-Semester Report submitted by student and participate in conducting the final Viva/evaluation. Further details of this will be communicated to students later.

The student carries on with the Dissertation adhering to the guidelines provided in the course handout, submitting all the prescribed evaluation components in time. At the end of the semester, the student should submit a comprehensive Dissertation Report to the Institute for evaluation and defends the Dissertation before a panel of faculty examiners from BITS, Pilani.

The student will be evaluated on the basis of the various interim evaluation components, contents of the report and the final Seminar as a Viva-Voce at the end of the semester. The final grades for Dissertation are Non-Letter grades namely Excellent, Good, Fair and Poor. Since no grade point are attached with Non-Letter grades so the Non-Letter grades do not go into CGPA computation.

Important Instructions

1. Soon after Registration, the student must submit the soft copy of the Dissertation Outline document and the Dissertation Outline evaluation sheet. The document must contain the following items:

1. Proposed topic of Dissertation

2. Broad Academic Area of Work

3. Background

4. Scope of work

5. Objectives

6. Plan of work (to be done during the semester)

7. Literature references, and

8. Particulars of the Supervisor as well as one Additional Examiner (Name, Qualification, Designation, Employing Organization, and contact information).

2. The Mentor can be the Supervisor. The Supervisor will act as guide and one of the examiner for the student. In case the Mentor is not the Supervisor, he/she must be the Additional Examiner. The chosen Supervisor / Additional Examiner must have qualification equivalent to that of the Mentor. The Supervisor and Examiner must be two different individuals. The same person cannot act as both the Supervisor as well as Examiner for the same student.

3. Students who are currently enrolled in M.Tech. SS/MM/CM/QM or M.Phil HHSM cannot be Supervisors/ Examiners/ Mentors for other BS/MS Students doing Project Work/Dissertation.

4. The Mid-Semester Evaluation will be based on the progress report describing the Work Progress and achievement, and the Mid-Semester Seminar/Viva to be conducted by the Supervisor.

5. The student should submit the Final Dissertation Report (pdf format) to the Supervisor and Additional Examiner, atleast two weeks before the deadline. The Supervisor should evaluate the final report and conduct the pre-final seminar and viva-voce for the student, alongwith the additional examiner. The Supervisor and the Additional Examiner should jointly complete the pre-final evaluation sheet and recommend the pre-final grade for the Dissertation.

6. Student should upload the soft copy of the final report, Pre-final Evaluation Sheet and final presentation (pdf format) latest by April 23, 2023

7. We do understand that all BITS WILP students are employed professionals with their own professional and personal constraints. We expect all students to coordinate with their Supervisor and Examiner and submit all documents and evaluation sheets as per schedule given in the handout.

8. The students must submit the Outline, Mid-Semester Progress Report and Final Report in the specified format (Check the instruction on E-learn Portal for the same) by the specified deadlines, even if the evaluation by the Supervisor/Examiner is not available by the deadline. The scanned copy of the evaluation sheets duly signed by the Supervisor and Examiner can be submitted online separately within one week from the specified deadline, but before the scheduled final viva date.

9. Requests for extension of deadlines for submission of documents or evaluation sheets will not be entertained irrespective of the reasons.

10. The Cover Page, Title Page, Abstract and the Certificate from the Supervisor must be prepared in the Prescribed format (with appropriate page fonts and layout) as given in annexures to this course handout.

11. The report should be properly organized and neatly formatted with all the elements required for a technical report. It should be adequately descriptive and elaborate and should be self-contained with respect to the chosen topic. The title should be adequately descriptive, precise and must reflect scope of the actual work done. Each chapter should start from a fresh page. Each chapter should be atleast two pages. The report should be neatly word-processed in A4 Size paper, printed on one side of the sheet and presented in a ‘Portrait’ layout (and NOT in ‘Landscape’ layout). Printouts of Powerpoint presentations or product documentation (like program code listing or user manual) are not acceptable as a written report.

12. In addition to the pre-final evaluation done by the Supervisor and Examiner, the student must be prepared to appear for an online Viva (through WebEx) on the chosen date during May 2023 to present and defend the Dissertation before a panel of independent examiners. The final grade in Dissertation would be based on the Supervisor’s evaluation as well as the independent evaluation by BITS Faculty.

13. During the Viva each student will be required to make a technical presentation for about 20 minutes using Microsoft PowerPoint. The presentation will be followed by viva-voce for about 10 minutes. Students doing software development projects must be prepared to demonstrate their software product during their presentation.

14. The dates for the final viva-voce will be announced through the BITS WILP website by May 25, 2023 . Only those students, whose soft copy of Final Report & Pre-Final Evaluation Sheet and Presentation duly signed and graded by the Supervisor and Additional Examiner is uploaded by the specified deadline, will be eligible to choose dates for the final viva-voce.

15. Any student who fails to submit the Outline, Mid-Semester Evaluation or the Final Report by the stipulated deadline, and/or fails to appear for viva-voce might be reported as Required to Register Again (RRA) in Dissertation.

16. Under the following conditions, students who appear for their final viva voce may also be reported RRA (Required to Register Again) after evaluation, under the following conditions:

1. Student is unable to technically present/defend the work done.

2. Technical knowledge/competence of the student is inadequate.

3. The work report submitted is inadequate or incomplete.

4. The work/report is found to be plagiarized.

17. If any portion of the work/report is found to be plagiarized, the student will be liable to severe disciplinary action.

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