Annexure ‘CD – 01’

Course Title: Seminar L T P/ SW/F TOTAL

Course Code: MSSM100 S W CREDIT
Credit Units: 3 UNITS
Level: UG
0 0 0 6 03
Definition
Seminar (NTCC) program is an integral part of the academic curriculum of most of the programs. The purpose of this seminar program is to create a platform to
nurture the student’s learning appetite towards any contemporary management domain/topic. This would enable the students to map their academic learning
with the topic they would like to study and upskill/reskill their domain expertise. The ideal duration for the seminar program would be six to seven weeks.
However, in some cases this period could be adjusted upward or downward, if need arises – in consultation and approval from NTCC Coordinator / HoI. This
seminar program (NTCC) is a team work. An ideal size of team would be 6-8 members in a team; any variation in team size shall be discussed with the team
faculty guide, in consultation with NTCC coordinator. Every team will submit one team seminar report, along with a poster presentation.

Course Objectives:
The objectives of the Summer Internship Program are -

 Understand the management concepts.

 Comprehend the classroom learning with contemporary corporate issues and challenges.
 Demonstrate the class-room learning in real-time situations.
 Organize the learning gained during the seminar report preparation process.
 Critically evaluate the topic of seminar, with its future prospects – pros and cons.

Prerequisites:
The prerequisite for this course is basic understanding of the core management subjects, which also includes their domain interest. Students should know how
to write a seminar report. It is preferable that the student may know/learn how to use quantitative (using soft-wares like SPSS, MS-Excel etc.,) and qualitative
data for analysis – if required.
Student Learning Outcomes:

The specific student learning outcomes expected of the seminar are:

 Nurture the learning progression in the chosen management domain

 Personal growth by developing intellectual and domain expertise.
 Enhance career skills.
 Habituate team work, as this Seminar Program would be assigned in teams

Course Contents/Syllabus
The Internship Process begins with:

1.0 Briefing Sessions for students

Briefing Sessions are very important for undertaking the NTCC. This briefing is done by the NTCC Institutional committee to introduce Seminar Program
and explain the process and methodology to successfully complete the same. It is mandatory for the students to attend the same as per the institution’s
schedule. This seminar program would be a team work. An ideal size of team would be 6-8 members in a team; any variation in team size shall be
discussed with the team faculty guide, in consultation with NTCC coordinator.

2.0 Finalization and approval of area/topic of NTCC and schedule of activities

Seminar topic can be selected from any domain/ sector or any business issue relevant and contemporary. It is usual to give some direction to the student in
the choice of topic for the seminar and the approach to be adopted. Student(s)/Teams shall ensure that his/her seminar is related to his field of interest or
specialization.

3.0 Allocation of Faculty Guides

a) Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide for the NTCC well in advance in a formal manner depending on the number of students per faculty
member, the available interest / specialization among the faculty guides by Institution NTCC Committee.
b) In case a student is undertaking NTCC outside in an industry or research lab or other university, the students shall have two guides – a faculty guide
from the institution and an external guide from the concerned organization. In such cases of joint guidance, the main guide will be the faculty guide.
c) The faculty guide from Amity must closely interact with the external guide and monitor the progress of the student in NTCC.

4.0 Role and expectations of Faculty Guides and External Guides

1. To advise on:
 The topic, synopsis and work schedule of NTCC and its resources
 To assist the student in identifying problems/issues and suggest/agree on specific action to address
 The risk assessment, where appropriate
 Methodologies
  Referencing / plagiarism
 Ethical practice, as appropriate
 Information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning.
 Structure and presentation of NTCC
 To monitor and discuss progress of NTCC seminar work, along with team members
 To offer feedback on partial versions of NTCC seminar work
 To maintain regular supervisory contact with team meetings.
 To contact any student who fails to attend supervisory sessions
 To advise the student of NTCC who are considered exemplary
Faculty guide must also strengthen the relationship with the host organization of the student for future collaborative research and placement of the student in
that organization.

2. Frequency of meetings and contact time (face to face and virtual)

It will be ensured to follow the university stipulated guidelines/ Regulation cited as under point number 4 (d)

3. Nature of tutorials/briefing sessions/gap lectures

It will be undertaken in two modes one Personal, face to face contact lecture hours on weekly basis and secondly it would be based tutorials need based. It is
expected the student must give in the specified number of self-study.

4.1 Role and expectations of students

a) Commit to a schedule of meetings, in order to ensure that the agreed schedule is adhered to and deadlines met.
b) Use supervisory time allocated effectively,
c) Manage tutorial / gap lectures/ briefing sessions effectively by preparing for same in advance,
d) Keep appointments which have been arranged,
e) To send regularly Weekly Progress Report (WPR) to Faculty guide
f) Maintain a record of supervisory meetings, in the format prescribed by the university.
g) Act responsibly and professionally during any kind of interaction with the host organization.
h) Make use of AUUP guidance and documentation to plan and monitor progress of the NTCC, to maximize the benefit of tutorial support, and to
implement the feedback and approved action plan for development of the project.
i) Recognize ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations with regard to plagiarism
4.2 Student Team Composition (Team work: Marks Weightage – 23 marks)
a) For doing this seminar program, an ideal size of team would consists of minimum of 6 students and a maximum of 8 students; any variation in the pre-
defined team size (6-8) has to be approved by team faculty guide, in consultation with NTCC coordinator.
b) Every team should have one Chief Coordinator (CC) and one Deputy Chief Coordinator (DCC) – CC and DCC will be decided by the team, along with
the team faculty guide’s consultation. In case either CC or DCC is not active, other team members shall escalate the issue during the team huddle with
faculty and take corrective action, either for change of CC or DCC or any other alternate course of action to re-instigate team spirit.
c) Weekly Team Huddle Report (agenda & minutes of the meeting) – Should be submitted along with the WPR on a weekly basis.
d) If any team member is inactive, it should be discussed in the weekly team huddle and should be reported to the team faculty guide for corrective action.
 e) Any other relevant issues with regard to team would resolved as follows: Step-1 Discuss the issue in the team huddle and try to resolve it | Step-2 If not
resolved by Step-1, then it should be discussed with the team faculty guide | Step-3 If not resolved, it would be discussed with the NTCC coordinator for
resolving it | Step-5 If not resolved, then it would be discussed with HoI level for final resolution.

5.0 Registration, progress monitoring, Structure, Conduct of course

5.1 Registration
The students (individual registration, though it is team work) are required to register on-line on AMIZONE for the NTCC courses as per the University
guidelines. Dates would be notified separately. The students who have not registered for the NTCC course as per regulations will not be permitted to
submit any report and will be treated as having failed in the course. Further, student will not be promoted to next year specially if he/she has failed in
seminar program.

5.2 Progress monitoring

The progress of seminar would be done weekly by faculty guide through the submitted WPR’s and Monthly by Institutional NTCC Committee /Project
Review Committee via submission of continuous evaluation.
The various steps to be followed are as follows: (Individual or Team Work)
1) Identification of research areas by the students/team. (Team work)
2) Identification of a faculty guide, based on common research areas/interests. Team Work)
3) Online Registration (Individual)
4) Submission of research proposal by students/team approved by faculty guide. (Team Work)
5) Post approval preparation and final submission of synopsis. (Individual @ AMIZONE)
6) First review on completion and submission of Introduction and literature review. (Team work)
7) Second review on completion and submission of Data collection and Data analysis (quantitative/qualitative data analysis) – (Team Work)
8) Third review on completion and submission of final report is done. (Team Work)
9) Pre submission. (Team Work)
10) Final Viva. (Team Work / Individuals, depends on viva-voice examination faculty panel)

5.3 Structure
All students must follow the following rules in submitting their seminar report (Team Work).
 Front page should provide title, author, Name of degree/diploma and the date of submission.
 Second page should be the table of contents giving page references for each chapter and section.
 The next page should be the table of appendices, graphs and tables giving titles and page references.
 Next to follow should be a synopsis of the seminar (approximately 500 words) titled: Executive Summary
 Next is the ‘acknowledgements’.
 Chapter I should be a general introduction, giving the background to the seminar, the objectives, the rationale, the plan, methodological issues and problems.
The limitations of the summer internship project should also be hinted in this chapter.
 Other chapters will constitute the body of the seminar. The number of chapters and their sequence will usually vary depending on, among others, on a critical
review of the previous relevant work relating to major findings, a discussion of their implications, and conclusions, possibly with a suggestion of the
direction of future research on the area.
 After this concluding chapter, a list of all the references used should be given. These should be cross - references with the text. For articles from journals, the
following details are required e.g.
Draper P and Pandyal K. 1991, The Investment Trust Discount Revisited, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol18, No6, Nov, pp 791-832.

For books, the following details are required:

Levi, M. 1996, International Financial Management, Prentice Hall, New York, 3rd Ed, 1996
 Finally, the student should list appendices.

 Body will be of approximately 10000- 12000 words. It should be divided into sub section and each section should be coherent: i.e., have a clear beginning
and end and a logical connection between the content elements is must.
 Conclude by summarizing the results of the argument and their significance for the relevant issues. 
 References section should list down all the citations in APA Style.

6.0 Arrangement of Contents

Every Seminar has three parts: the preliminary pages, the text, and the reference material. Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the
order they are discussed below.
Elements of the Seminar Report will be arranged in the following manner:
1. Preliminary Pages
a. Title page
b. Declaration
c. Faculty Guide Approval page
d. Acknowledgement(s)
e. Table of Contents
f. List of Tables
g. List of Figures
h. Abstract
2. Text (usually divided into chapters and sections)
3. Reference Material
a. References
b. Appendix

6.1 Formatting
 All reports should be printed double-spaced, Times New Roman and 12 Font size.
 Although papers are evaluated chiefly on their philosophical merits, grammar, spelling, and language will also be evaluated. Students are expected to
express their thoughts in clear, grammatical, English sentences.
 Content is the purpose of a paper; style and packaging can facilitate comprehension of that content, but should never distract the reader from the content.

7.0 Disciplines, Ethical issues and Plagiarism

The NTTC report must be written in student’s own words. However, if required to cite the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments and ideas)
have to be appropriately acknowledged. It is mandatory that each project report shall be checked for plagiarism through Turnitin before submission. The
content that is based on existing published work must come from properly quoted material and from the references cited section. After checking the accuracy of
the citations and references of such content the plagiarism report should not return similarity index of more than 15% in any circumstance. However, if the
matching text is one continuous block, the index of 15% could still be considered plagiarism. Any report with higher than this plagiarism percentage must be
explained by the student. The details of copyrights, professional ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

8.0 Submission of final report

The most important aspect of the courses is the final report. Therefore, following must be ensured for producing quality report:
a) The student will start the project report / summer internship project while doing his/her NTCC course as per the prescribed guidelines
b) The students will submit 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance timeline
c) Followed by the submission second of draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested by the guide.
d) The final report will be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or any other format subscribed by University. Copying material should not
be more than 15% provided source is mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement and referencing as per plagiarism policy of the
university timeline
e) Following will be submitted along with final report,:
• WPR
• Plagiarism Report

9.0 FINAL ASSESSMENT

a) The final assessment of NTCC shall be done for those students who have qualified on the basis of Conduct and progress monitoring guidelines & Submission
of report/thesis guidelines as stated in the assessment criteria 6.1
b) The Final assessment will be treated as end semester examination. It is mandatory for the students to appear for final assessment as per scheduled date and
time. If fail to appear in the students final assessment as per schedule, he/she will treated as absent. For such cases same rules will be applicable as those for
theory examination. The assessment of I category students will be done within one month of final assessment of the batch.

9.1 Assessment criteria

A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she meets following conditions:
a. Online Registration for the NTCC course
b. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide
c. 90 % of WPR and Weekly Team Huddle Report were submitted
d. 80% of the WPR and Weekly Team Huddle Report were satisfactory
e. Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.
f. Poster Presentation by student team, prior to Viva-Voce Examination on Seminar report
- Every student team has create minimum two or maximum three posters to define and demonstrate their seminar topic
- This poster presentation would be happening before the viva-voce examination.
- Only those student teams who have presented their seminar topic through poster presentation are eligible for final viva-voce examination.
- Internal faculty: 8 marks and Final Assessment Faculty: 15 marks – Total of 23 marks weightage given for poster presentation.
- Students should take couple of photographs of their poster presentation with relevant details like presenter’s picture, class details and add the same to
as annexure to the seminar (duly signed by the internal faculty guide at the bottom of the page)
- Criteria for poster presentation: (a) Creativity (b) Brevity (c) Vocabulary (d) Completeness (e) Legibility
Students not meeting the eligibility criteria shall be governed by the regulation given as per university guidelines.

10.0 Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

The assessment scheme for the seminar is mentioned below as per the University guidelines (03 Credit units):

Internal Assessment 30

INTERNALExternal Assessment EXTERNAL

70
ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT
COMPONENTS     COMPONENTS    
NAME OF MAXIMUM NAME OF MAXIMUM
S.NO. COMPONENT MARKS S.NO. COMPONENT MARKS
RATIONALE FOR
1 FACULTY INTERACTION 5 1 TOPIC 10
CLARITY OF
2 QUALIT OF WORK 5 2 CONCEPTS 15
REVIEW AND RELATED CREATIVITY &
3 LITERATURE 10 3 ORIGINALITY 15
INTEGRATION OF
THEORYINTO
4 COMPREHENSIVENESS 5 4 PRACTICE 15
PRESENTATION AND
5 PLAGIARISM REPORT 5 5 COMMUNICATION 15
TOTAL 30   TOTAL 70
Internship Report should include the following:
 Abstract
 Preliminary pages – Title, Declaration, Faculty Approval, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents
 Introduction to the study
 Literature Review
 Research Gaps – questions, objectives & hypotheses
 Research Methodology and Tools Used
 Data Analysis
 Discussion of results/ Managerial Implications
 Discussion on future scope of research & current limitations
 References (APA style) & Annexure (questionnaire, supporting material etc.)