BB591 Project Stage I

Evaluation will be done by two committees. Guides may suggest inclusion of an additional examiner for evaluation of his/her student, if they feel so.

Grading: (marks out of 100) >= 80, AA; 71-79, AB; 60-69, BB; 50-59, BC; 40-49, CC.

Date of oral presentation: as declared in the Time Table / Academic Calendar; roll-number-wise

Duration: 15 min presentation, 10 min discussion. Please rehearse, if necessary, but ensure that you complete your presentation within the allocated time.

Evaluation scheme: 20% write-up editorial aspect, 20% write-up scientific content, 30% oral presentation, 30% discussion.

Project Stage I is primarily for literature survey. Written report should include a comprehensive survey of literature, objectives of the project and proposed methodology. Results and discussion, if any, also have to be included.

Write-up should have the following: Title page, letter of acceptance by guide(s), contents, (acknowledgements), (list of abbreviations), introduction, methods, (results and discussion), (conclusions), work proposed for Stage II, (appendix), references.
Results and discussion may be combined into a single section, if necessary. Optional sections are in parenthesis.

Write up should be your own and should not be plagiarized from any source. All reports will be screened for plagiarism by the software provided by IITB. Methods, references and appropriately cited figures and tables are exempted from plagiarism screen. Any thing above 20% of similarity, will be considered as plagiarized report and summarily rejected from evaluation. Maximum penalty will be an FR grade for plagiarized reports.

Introduction will include literature survey and objectives of the work. The latter can be a separate section, if so desired.

Tables should be numbered sequentially (i.e., in the order in which they appear in the text) and should have a short, descriptive title; footnotes may be included, where necessary. Every Table should have a reference in the text at least once (and vice versa).

Figures should also be numbered sequentially and every figure should have an appropriate legend. Figures should be your own; if taking from published literature or from internet, include the citation or the complete URL.

While citing references in the text, follow this style:
Single author publication: author's last name, year (do not include initials).
Two author publication: last name & last name, year (without initials).
Three or more author publication: first author's last name et al., year.

References: Should be listed in alphabetical order. Every reference cited in the text should be in the reference list (and vice versa). The title of the article, the volume number and first and last pages should be cited.
Journal titles should be abbreviated, e.g.
Sanger, F. & Coulson, A. R. (1975). A rapid method for determining sequences in DNA by the primed synthesis with DNA polymerase. J. Mol. Biol. 94, 441-448.

Articles in books should include the title of the article, the name of the book, editor(s), edition number, first and last page numbers, the name and the location of the publisher; e.g.
Hanks, S. K. & Hunter, T. (1995). The eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily. In The Protein Kinase FactsBook: Protein-Serine Kinases (Hardie, G. & Hanks, S., eds), pp. 747, Academic Press, London.

Utmost care should be taken to verify the accuracy of citation of references and sources of figures and tables. Be aware that reproducing text or tables or figures without permission is legally prohibited.

Sample title page (format as you like):

BB591 Project Stage I

Title
Project report submitted by
Name and roll number
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science (Biotechnology) or M.Sc. - Ph.D. Dual Degree (Biotechnology), whichever is applicable.
Guide: Name of the guide
(IIT Logo)
Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai 400 076

Month Year

Letter of Consent by Guide (format as you like) [ ** For some reason, if the Guide can not sign the report, he may authorize another faculty to sign on his behalf and should intimate the coordinator /office by e-mail or regular mail.]

The work reported in this dissertation entitled "........" has been carried out by name (roll number) under my guidance in my laboratory. I hereby approve the submission of the project report.

(signature)
Name
Guide
(signature)
Name
Co-Guide (if applicable)
(date)

Plagiarism Undertaking (format as you like)

I ___________________________ Roll No _______________ understand that plagiarism is defined as any one or the combination of the following:

1. Uncredited verbatim copying of individual sentences, paragraphs or illustrations (such as graphs, diagrams, etc.).
2. Uncredited improper paraphrasing of pages or paragraphs (by changing a few words or phrases, or rearranging the original sentence order)
3. Credited verbatim copying of a major portion of a paper (or thesis chapter) without clear delineation of who did or wrote what.

I have made sure that all the ideas, expressions, graphs, diagrams, etc., that are not a result of my work, are properly credited. Long phrases or sentences that had to be used verbatim from published literature have been clearly identified using quotation marks.

I affirm that no portion of my work can be considered as plagiarism and I take full responsibility if such a complaint occurs. I understand fully well that the other authors of this paper, or guide of the thesis / dissertation may not be in a position to check for the possibility of such incidences of plagiarism in this body of work.

Signature with Date

Name:

Roll Number:

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