(Topic of The Seminar/Project) page color: Light sky-blue.

Read
the entire document properly before trying to meet the guide
A
Seminar report

submitted
in partial fulfilment
for the award of the Degree of

Bachelor of Technology (EI&C)

in Department of Electronics Engineering

Supervisor: Submitted By:

Name Name of Candidate

Designation Enrolment No.: ....................

Department of Electronics Engineering

Rajasthan Technical University, Kota

Month and Year

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 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr/Ms. ………………………………………, a student of

B.Tech.(Electronics & communication Engineering /Electronic Instrumentation &
Control Engineering) ……. semester has submitted His/her Seminar/project report
entitled “……………………………..………………” under my/our guidance.

Name
Designation of Seminar Guide

The covering page (color light sky-blue) and Candidate’s declaration (regular white) must
be as per given format (as on page 1 and 2 here) respectively, The Gray shaded entries in
covering page and Candidate’s declaration must be filled-up with actual title, name
designation etc…

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 Contents
Certificate i

Acknowledgement ii

Abstract iii

List of Figures …

List of Tables …

Chapter 1: Introduction …

1.1 Heading1 …

Chapter 2: ……………………. …

2.1 Heading1 …

Appendix …

References …

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 Abstract

The student will select the guide, in the preference order; From the EI&C faculty, Within
the department, Within the UD, RTU, Kota, Outside RTU but from Institutes of
National/International reputation.

Normally a guide will supervise 3-4 candidates only. The candidate and guide should
choose the topic of relevance. The candidate will map the topic with POs and will justify
the topic how relevant it is with the Program Outcomes in a few para in the introduction
itself. Also, the candidate will rate the topic with respect to POs (3- most relevant, 2-
moderately relevant, 1-weakly relevant, 0- no relevance), in the google form provided for
the topic selection.

Candidate should ensure the presence of the guide in the presentation. The guide will
award his/her components of marks based on the report and the presentation. It would be
preferred that one guide will have presentations of all his/her candidates on one turn/day,
for better management of the activity. The guide is expected to check that the format of
the report complies with the standard prescribed. There are two rubrics also given at the
end of this document for adhering to a transparent marking system.

Finally, all the candidates are expected to read this entire document, before discussing
with the prospective guide about the topic, and refer as and when needed.

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 Chapter – 1

TITLE OF THE CHAPTER SHOULD BE IN TNR 14 (ALL CAPITAL)

The paper size should strictly be A4 i.e 8.27 X 11.69 inches. Pages should be white Bond
paper 75 gsm only and printed on one side. Report must contain minimum 35 pages and
maximum 55 pages (Chapters matter should contains 30-50 pages) approx. Three copies
of report (one each for department, guide and the candidate) to be submitted in soft sheet
bind form. (There may be some change if Corona Pandemic continues)

Margins of each page should be preferably 1.25-inch left side, 1-inch right hand side, 1
inch top and 1 inch bottom with page no. at bottom margin. (as it is on this page).

The report pages should contain page numbers in centre of the footers in following
format: -

i) Before chapter 1 in roman like i, ii, iii ……

ii) From chapter 1 onwards in numerals like 1, 2, 3……

For each chapter at top right corner chapter no. should be written: for Bold, Times New
Roman example; for chapter 1, it should be Chapter - 1 (Font 12, bold, right justified).
Title of the chapter should be typed in Font 14 (All Capital) and should be centered.

The main contents in the report/thesis should be typed in Times New Roman 12, regular,
both side justified font. Spacing between consecutive lines should be 1.5. Separate
successive paragraphs by 9 points.

Literature references will be arranged in the order in which they are referred in the
report/thesis. Reference no. will be put in square brackets within the text in the order in
which they are cited.

Preferably, the report/thesis should be organized as under:

i) Contents (Page no. should be numbered in Roman as i, ii, iii… distinct to that of
starting from Abstract).

ii) Abstract (not more than 300 words. It should be precise, concise and duly
approved by the guide.)

iii) Introduction (Chapter - 1, Essential, Detailing Scope of work with Objectives)

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iv) Literature survey (Chapter - 2, Essential)

v) Chapters describing the Work

vi) Conclusions (Future Scope should be mentioned at the end of this chapter)

vii) Literature References (IEEE Syntax), Examples are given as under:

“To refer a research paper” –

[1] Dinesh Birla, R. P. Maheshwari, and H. O. Gupta, “A New Non-linear Directional

Overcurrent Relay Coordination Technique, and Banes and Boons of Near-end Faults
Based Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol.-21, no.-3, pp. 1176-
1182, July 2006

“To refer a book” –

[2] David E, Goldberg, “Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine

Learning”, ISBN 81-7808-130-X, Pearson Education Asia Pte Ltd., 2000.
(621.381952, G47G)

“To refer a URL”

[3] Grid security infrastructure, http://www.globus.org/security/overview.html

All Figures/Images/Tables should be clear, electronically drawn and should be having

good resolution.

Figures/Images/Tables and their titles should be aligned centrally to the page. Figures
should be numbered, and should be titled as under.

Fig. 1.1. The RTU Logo

Single Figure/Image/Table should not exceed the available page size (within margins).

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(Tables should be given the number based on their chapters; for example; for chapter 2
they should be Table 2.1, 2.2 and so on. They should be written as under:

TABLE 1.1

STYLE AND FONT SIZES

Chapter Title 14pt All Capital

Main section heading Bold 12pt

Sub section heading Bold 12pt

Sub sub section heading Bold and italics 12pt

Figures and table titles normal 10pt

Chapter contents Bold + italics 12pt

In between text (for emphasizing) Normal + italics 12pt

All other text normal 12pt

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 Chapter – 2

WHAT SHOULD BE WRITTEN

Content’s format:

1. Chapter’s title and its sub section title (no sub-sub sections or more) should be there.

2. All chapters must be numbered. All sections must be numbered. Page numbers of
each chapter and sub sections must be kept in contents.

3. Text and font guidelines to be followed strictly.

Chapter’s format:

1. Every chapter must have a title, & sub-sections, every sub section must be numbered.
Numbering should be in numeric. For example, chapter 2, section 1 should be
numbered as 2.1.

2. The first two and last chapter of every seminar report must be Introduction &
literature review and Conclusion respectively.

3. Number of chapters should not exceed 6.

Appendix format:

1. Appendix may not be numbered as chapters. Appendix may be numbered in Roman

as well. The title of appendix should be appropriate and the contents must be specific.

2. Every appendix must have proper explanations of usage and should contain the
reference of the source from where its derived. (text and font guidelines to be
followed)

References:

1. References should be cited clearly in the text wherever required with square brackets
containing reference number [9]. (For example, here [9] says that the preceding text
has relevance with support from the citation mentioned in reference number 9).

2. Not more than 20 and not less than 5 references are allowed.

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 Chapter – 3

THE PRESENTATION

General information

Students participating in seminar will give an oral presentation on the approved topic and
lead a discussion on the presentation/report. Other students are also welcome to attend.
These seminars provide an opportunity to discuss current topics relating to all aspects of
recent developments in Electronic Instrumentation and Control. Free discussion of the
subjects constitutes an important element of the seminar and participation of the entire
group leads to more interesting, stimulating, and informative sessions.

Oral Presentation

It would be carried out on face-to-face/Google Meet sessions. The evaluation of the

contents of the presentation would focus on the subject matter. Candidates are advised
that,

1. Do not read directly from a prepared manuscript. Not only is this very tedious for
the audience, but it gives the appearance that you do not know your subject well.

2. With the help of your notes, describe the background information, fundamentals,
theory, procedures, results and conclusions.

3. We value your assessment of these observations, data, and ideas. So, be familiar
with the details of the subject, and be prepared to answer questions which may
arise from your presentation of the topic, information, data, significance and
extrapolation of the findings. It is also important to give a critique of the study.

4. In preparing your presentation you should keep in mind that the principal audience
is your fellow students (not the faculty).

5. The actual presentation should take no more than 15-20 minutes for each
candidate if four presentations are to be made on that turn. So, a liberty of 5
minutes may be given, if 3 presentations are scheduled on that turn;

6. Presentations of (less than 15 minutes and more than 25 minutes) will receive a
lower grade. It is not necessary to present all of the data in detail. Choose the data

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 which are most supportive of the main points of the paper. At least 5 or 10
minutes will be devoted to class discussion, after the oral presentation.

Some suggestions on preparing slides:

1. Use 25-30 slides that include the title slide (first) and the acknowledgement slide
(last).

2. Use short phrases and avoid long sentences. Long sentences are difficult to read
by the audience and the presenter tends to read the slides rather than give an oral
presentation.

3. Make sure the figures and table are large enough to be clearly seen by the
audience. This might require re-doing the figures and tables so that only the most
crucial elements are shown. Alternatively large tables can be re-formatted into
several smaller tables or large composite figures can be shown as sequential
individual figures.

4. In general, a light background with dark lettering is the most visible.

5. It is possible to enhance figures and other scanned items by altering the contrast
and brightness on the picture tool bar in PowerPoint.

6. Large or high-resolution image files can be compressed in PowerPoint to reduce

the size of the file. (Click on the image and choose format picture and push
compress button.)

7. Low resolution and small image files (e.g., from some webpages) may not project
well. (An image occupying an entire PowerPoint slide should be at least 800 x 600
pixels.)

8. Avoid music, slide changing sounds or animation sounds. Preferably entire slide
should appear all at once.

9. Presence in all presentations will also be recorded, and marks will be awarded.

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 Rubric for oral presentation: (Top two criteria may be relaxed on Google Meet)

Rubric for assessing the report

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