Manual For CSEIT Industry Internship Project 06 June 2011
Manual For CSEIT Industry Internship Project 06 June 2011
Manual For CSEIT Industry Internship Project 06 June 2011
Table of Content
Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII Chapter VIII Chapter IX Chapter X
Short Title, Extent and Commencement Committees and Authorities Objective Introduction Procedure Rules Types of Organizations Fields for projects Evaluation of project Time Schedule of Internship Period
LIST OF ANNEXURES
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CHAPTER-I
Short Title, Extent and Commencement 1.1 Short Title This manual shall be called as Manual of Industry Internship Project for CSE/IT Department. 1.2 Extent of Application and Commencement 1.2.1 This manual shall be applicable for all the regular programmes of CSE/IT offered in various Schools, Institutes, Colleges, Centres and Institutions, run or recognized by or affiliated to the Lovely Professional University and any matter relating and incidental thereto. 1.2.2 1.2.3 The manual shall come into force with immediate effect. The provisions of this manual will prevail over all Orders, Manuals, Circulars, Memos, Procedures, Policies, Schemes and such other documents of the CSE/IT department , framed there under. 1.2.4 Nothing in this code shall be deemed to debar the University to amend or revise the Rules subsequently; and the amendment or revision so made, if any, shall apply to all the students whether old or new, at the sole discretion of the University, and all other concerned.
The Project Evaluation panel will consist of: (a) (b) (c) Faculty Advisor of the student Neutral Examiner(s) appointed by the HOS One or more members of department appointed by HOD with the approval of HOS.
2.2.3
More than one panel for project evaluation may be constituted depending on the number of students. Generally one panel per 60 students will be constituted.
Manual Industrial Internship Project (CSE/IT) CHAPTER - III OBJECTIVE OF INDUSTRIAL INTERNSHIP PROJECT
The primary objective of Industrial Internship Project is to gain through practical experience, a sound appreciation and understanding of the theoretical principles learnt till date in his degree. Industrial Internship Project is oriented towards developing the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to make an effective start as a member of the Computer / IT profession. Student remains on Internship in industry and develop the project that gives him flavor of the world, he is going to face in times to come.
Some of the many expected advantages to be gained by a student following Industrial Internship are: Systematic introduction to the ways of industry and developing talent and attitudes, so that he / she can enjoy fully, a career in IT industry (as a S/W developer / Trainee / Software Engineer/ Database administrator etc.). Recognizing his / her responsibilities as a professional of the future. Understanding real life situations in industrial organizations and their related environments and accelerating the learning process of how his / her knowledge could be used in a realistic way. Understanding the formal and informal relationships in an industrial organization so as to promote favorable human relations and teamwork. Appreciating that IT is an expanding field and that learning has no limitations. Understanding that the problems encountered in the industry rarely have unique solutions and gaining experience to select the optimal solution from the many alternatives available.
Students will be on internship with the approved industrial firms and will do an approved project work over there. Industry Internship Project is worth 15 credits, and for obtaining 15 credits, a student must be on internship for a minimum of 14-16 weeks and this internship must include a project work. This project work must have the approval of Departmental committee for Monitoring Internship and Internship / training (DCMIT).
The industrial internship is designed to provide an alternation of study on-campus and training off-campus as a superior form of education. Actual industrial experience is an integral part of the students formal education, and theory is blended with practice. In addition to their regular classroom and laboratory experiences, students gain valuable experiences by working in an industrial environment.
(c)
Submission of Synopsis Synopsis in the prescribed format (Annexure II) must be submitted to the faculty advisor within stipulated time period as decided by the DCMIT. Student will be allowed to work on a project only if the synopsis and in turn project is approved by the faculty advisor after the consultation with the DCMIT.
(d)
Mid Term Report, Viva and Presentation Mid Term report in the prescribed format (Annexure III till Design Phase) must be submitted to the faculty advisor within stipulated time period as decided by the DCMIT. Student have to personally visit for submission of Mid Term report as their will be presentation and viva in front of Project Evaluation panel. The dated will be notified by the DCMIT.
(e)
Periodical and Final Appraisal by External Advisor: External Advisor will send the appraisal of the student on periodical basis and one at the end of the training / internship on the prescribed format (Annexure IV and V).
(f)
Project Report Student will submit the project report after the completion of internship as per the specified schedule and format (Annexure III).
(g)
Presentation and demonstration and Viva Voce After the submission of project report, DCMIT will schedule the final presentation.
5.3 Throughout the internship project, student must remain in touch with faculty advisor. Student must adhere to the guidelines and the deadlines for submission of various documents and reports.
d) Student must mark his attendance daily. e) Student should not indulge in informal talks and must behave professionally in the organization / company. f) Students will not speak negative about the institute and their faculty members.
g) Proper respect should be given to the external supervisor and other staff members of the organization / company. h) Misbehavior of any kind may result in cancellation of candidature. i) Receive instruction and carry out suggestions for training sincerely and to the best of your ability. j) 6.1.3 Students will discharge every responsibility assigned to him in full spirit.
Leave Rules a) Student must submit the holiday schedule of the company / organization to the faculty advisor along with synopsis. b) Student attendance in the company / organization must be at least 90% or as specified in the rules and regulations of the organization / company, whichever is higher. c) No leave should be taken without prior permission from the company / organization. Leave must also be informed and sanctioned from college faculty advisor. d) No student will leave the station without prior permission from Faculty advisor and external project supervisor.
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EVALUATION OF PROJECT
9.1 S.No 9.1.1 The project done during the Internship / training will be evaluated according to the following criteria: Criteria Project Report and Documentation (Synopsis, Mid Term Report, Final Project Report)
(Mid Term and Final project report will be evaluated by Project Evaluation Panel)
9.1.2 9.1.3
Mid Term Presentation followed by Viva Voce End Term Presentation and Demonstration followed by Viva Voce (Evaluated by Project Evaluation Panel)
9.1.4
50
250
(50Marks)
9.2.1 The marks for Project Report and Documentation will be decided on the basis of following
Synopsis and Mid Term Report Final Project Report and user manual
All the above mentioned documents/reports must be submitted within allotted time and in the prescribed format. The details of above documents are as follow: (a) Synopsis: A document to brief the project undertaken by a student and the requirements for the project. The format of Synopsis is given in ANNEXURE II. The Synopsis must be submitted by the student within 15 days from the date of joining until unless otherwise decided by the departmental committee. The synopsis must be submitted after discussing the project with external project supervisor. The synopsis will be approved by the mentor after discussion and approval of DCMIT and then student can continue with the project. (b) Mid Term Report: A report to show the progress of the project by mid-term. It should show the work completed till the allotted mid-term date and the status of the work left. The date of submission will be decided by the DCMIT. The project development up to the Designing Phase should be covered in the Mid-term report. (c) Final Project Report: The project reports are to be submitted by the end term. The format of the Final Report is given in ANNEXURE III. As mentioned in Annexure III the project
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Mid Term and End Term Presentations and Demonstration followed by Viva Voce (50 + 100 = 150 marks)
9.3.1 9.3.2 50 marks are assigned for Midterm evaluation and 100 marks for End term evaluation. In the mid of the internship and at the end of the Internship period, students are required to present the project details and demonstrate the working of project done, during the internship period in front of the Project Evaluation panel. Students should use LCD for Presentation and demonstration. The presentation/demonstration and viva voce schedule will be decided by the DCMIT and will generally be completed within 7 working days. 9.3.3 Rules for presentation Students should use LCD for Presentation and Demonstration. The presentation should not be paper reading and duration of the project will be of 30 to 45 minutes for each presentation. In case of Group presentation, every student from that group will be speaking and demonstrating on a separate concept of the project. 9.3.4 Presentation and Viva Voce Evaluation Details: The presentation/demonstration given by student may be evaluated according to the following criteria: S. No 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Criteria Project type and Level of Project * Understanding about Project ** Thoroughness in skill set *** Communication Skill and Confidence Level Query Handling
* Project Type and Level of Project The students can be accessed and evaluated by the project type and the level of project undertaken. Project type include following categories: o o o Database projects. Network projects. Web based projects.
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Level of Project done by students can be accessed and evaluated based on following criteria: o o o o o o Single user project Multi user project Tier based project Mainframe based project Platform (For example: Developed on UNIX or Windows NT etc.) Multi Threaded
** Understanding about project of the students can be accessed and evaluated by checking whether he/she is able to convince the layman and professional about the project which he/she has actually developed. It includes the following parameters: What is the project? What is it meant for? How it works? How to use the project?
*** Thoroughness in Skill set of students means whether he/she has through knowledge of the skill sets used in developing his/her project. Skill set may have following categories: Language: C, C++, VB 6.0, COBOL, Core Java Microsoft Technologies: Visual Basic 6.0, VB.NET, Visual C++, Visual Interdev Databases: MS-Access, Visual FoxPro 6.0 Internet Technologies: HTML, DHTML, VB Script, ASP 3.0 Networking: Windows NT Installation and Administration (Client/Server), UNIX, Linux.
9.4 Continuous Evaluation and Final Appraisal by External Project Supervisor (50 Marks)
9.4.1 The external guide allotted to the student at the organization will also evaluate and appraise the students on the basis of his/her technical skills, work done, sincerity, behavior and punctuality. A feedback form will be filled by the external Project supervisor/guide to evaluate students performance every month (Periodic Appraisal). The format of the Periodic Appraisal form (As in ANNEXURE IV). This Performa has to be submitted by the student monthly. In addition to the monthly feedback Performa the external project supervisor will fill final feedback Performa final appraisal Performa (ANNEXURE V). Both the Performas will be used to evaluate the student.
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(a)
Periodic Appraisal:
(10)
The students undergoing Internship will have to report at least once in mid-semester to submit the mid-semester report and they should send the monthly report along with appraisal and attendance through e-mail to the faculty advisor. (b)
Final Appraisal:
(40)
In addition to the periodic appraisals, external guide will submit final appraisal of the student as per the prescribed format. 9.5
Student Detail File Every faculty advisor will maintain one Student detail file per student i.e. if a faculty member has 10 students then 10 such files will be maintained. Each of this file will contain the following: Joining report of the Student(Annexure I) Project Synopsis Periodic Appraisals (Annexure IV) (will be submitted every month) Mid term Report (Annexure III up to design phase) Final Appraisal from External Project Supervisor (Annexure V) Final Project Report ( Annexure III)
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CHAPTER X
TIME SCHEDULE OF INTERNSHIP PERIOD
10.1 10.2 S.No 1) The DCMIT will plan and finalize the schedule of various activities to be undertaken. The schedule of various activities is as follows: Document Confirmation Letter Date of Submission (on or before) 31st May,2011 Within first week of joining or till 8th August,2011 25th August,2011 10th of every month During Mid Term Evaluation ( Mid Term Examination Week) 3rd December,2011 7th Dec,2011- 9th Dec,2011 2nd Week Of December,2011
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3)
Project Synopsis (Annexure-II) Periodic Appraisal Performa by External Project Advisor (Annexure-IV) Mid Term Report (Annexure-III till Design phase) Final Appraisal Performa by External Project Advisor (Annexure-V) Submission of Final Project Report (Annexure-III)
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*If any of the dates mentioned above is a holiday, then the next working date should be considered.
10.3
No request for change in the date of the Presentation / Viva will be entertained.
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ANNEXURE-I
JOINING REPORT
(To be sent by student within a week of joining by Registered Post to appointed Faculty Advisor) 1. 2. 2. 3. 4. Student Registration No: Programme and Section Student Name Name of the Project Name of the Organization Address of the organization City: Telephone No/ Mobile No. E-mail : __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________
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6.
__________________________ __________________________
I hereby inform that I have joined the organization on _____________________ for the Industry Internship Project (Course Code _______).
Dated:
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Dated
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External Supervisor Name Designation Phone No/Mobile No. Email PROJECT DETAILS Nature of Project (N/W, DBMS, Web etc.) ______ ____________________________________ ___________________________________________ ______ ____________________________________ ______ ____________________________________ ______ ____________________________________
Project Description (Additional Pages can be attached to give description of the Project) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ P.T.O
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Date:
Recommended
Yes
No
Approved
Yes
No
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Submitted by
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the project work entitled (Title of the project) is an authentic record of my own work carried out at (Place of work) as requirements of Industry Internship project for the award of degree of ____________(Relevant Degree), Lovely Professional University, Phagwara under the guidance of (Name of Industry coordinator) and (Name of Faculty coordinator), during July to December 2011).
Certified that the above statement made by the student is correct to the best of our knowledge and belief.
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Project Name
__________________________________________________
City:________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Criteria Punctuality and Regularity of Work Progress in work since last appraisal Technical Competency and Problem Solving Capability Dedication/Initiative and Grasp of Application(s) Discipline and Sincerity Grand total (out of 10)
General Remarks / Observations with regard to deficiencies / problems / suggestions for improvements: _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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iii) TECHNIQUES/TOOLS used at various stages iv) INFORMATION COLLECTION UPDATE (refers to (a) Literature survey (b) Guidance from others in industry and the institute) v) EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT)(S) (refers to (a) Setting Time frames (b) Efforts put into complete the project. Maintenance of work diary. vi) STATUS AND FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION
vi) APPLICATION SKILLS (refer to the ability to apply knowledge to real life situations) vii) JOB INVOLVEMENT (refers to vii) PROJECT REPORT and the concern and diligence shown in DEFENCE execution of the project) viii) INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP (refers to ability to work harmoniously with superiors and subordinates) ix) REGULARITY and PUNCTUALITY (refers to (i) Sanctioned authorized leave, absence without permission (ii) late coming and leaving work place early) x) ADABILITY TO NEW ENVIRONMENT (refers to ability to acclimatize himself/herself to new work environment/culture. * Write `NA against question that is not applicable and subtract 5 marks per question from the denominator in the Grand Total equation. EVALUATED BY NAME _____________________________________________ DESIGNATION ______________________________________
(INDUSTRY COORDINATOR)
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6. 7. 8.
Problems faced in the Industry with regard to: Project identification Problem analysis Implementation of the Project Acceptance in Industry Recognition of the work done by you Has the Project Semester proved to be an exercise that has enhanced your Personal Attributed at work: Communications Skills Confidence level Creativity Planning skills Adaptability Being methodical Organizational skills Technical Aspects Knowledge Skill at work
YES
No
YES
No
Were you provided the following i) Stipend ii) Accommodation iii) Conveyance 12. Any additional information/suggestion for further improvement of the project: ______________________________________________________________________________________ A-Excellent B-Good C-Fair
11.
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Programme ________________________________ hereby solemnly affirm and declare that: 1. I wish to pursue Industry Internship Project with _______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________(mention the company Name with full address) without getting the prior approval of project to be undertaken in this internship period. 2. I shall abide by the rules, regulations & manual made and amended from time to time by the Lovely professional University regarding Industry Internship Project. 3. I fully understand that I am proceeding on Internship without project approval on my own risk. In case of the following, I may be awarded F grade and I shall have to repeat the Internship or join the regular courses to complete the term. a. I am not allocated the Project by the company or b. The allocated project / work is not worth spending full term (approx 14 - 16 Weeks) with the company i.e quantum of work expected is not worth 15 credits. c. The project work on evaluation (evaluation on the basis of parameters prescribed in Manual of Industry Internship Project for CSE/IT department) is found below the satisfactory level 4. I understand that the University can call me to the campus for evaluation up to three times during the internship. I shall attend all evaluations (at my cost and on time) where my work will be evaluated for originality, content and understanding for the purpose of the grade.
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Programme ________________________________ hereby solemnly affirm and declare that: 1. I wish to pursue Industry Internship Project with _______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________(mention the company Name with full address) 2. I shall abide by the rules, regulations & manual made and amended from time to time by the Lovely professional University regarding Industry Internship Project. 3. I fully understand that In case of the following, I may be awarded F grade and I shall have to repeat the Internship or join the regular courses to complete the term. a. I am not allocated the Project by the company or a. The allocated project / work is not worth spending full term (approx 14 - 16 Weeks) with the company i.e quantum of work expected is not worth 15 credits. b. The project work on evaluation (evaluation on the basis of parameters prescribed in Manual of Industry Internship Project for CSE/IT department) is found below the satisfactory level 4. I understand that the University can call me to the campus for evaluation up to three times during the internship. I shall attend all evaluations (at my cost and on time) where my work will be evaluated for originality, content and understanding for the purpose of the grade.
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