AMITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

In-House PRACTICAL TRAINING

GUIDELINES
 PRACTICAL TRAINING GUIDELINES
1. INTRODUCTION
The practical training program can best be described as an attempt to institutionalize efforts to bridge the gap
between the professional world and academic institutions. Entire effort in practical training is in terms of
extending the program of education and evaluation beyond the classrooms/laboratory’s /field of the
University or Institution.

The Practical Training, of 2 credit units, is of 6-8 weeks duration and is implemented during the
summer break after the second year of the 4 year B.Tech programme.

The Practical Training is exposure oriented and aims at experiential learning outside classroom through self
exploration, practical experience, Industry, field experience, live experience, research, design projects etc.
The educational process in the internship course seeks out and focuses attention on many latent attributes,
which do not surface in the normal classroom situations. These Latent attributes includes intellectual ability,
professional judgment and decision-making ability, inter-disciplinary approach, skills for data handling,
ability in written and oral presentation, sense of responsibility etc.

Most of the students will be undertaking the practical training using Labs/Library of the AUUP coupled with
industry visits. However few students may get opportunity to work in the Government labs/industry, which
will be an excellent opportunity, and should not be missed by students. Students must discuss the opportunity
with faculty guide for formulating the topic/ problems which student can undertake. Due approval of HoI is
mandatory before proceeding for the Practical Training in the industry.

In order to achieve these objectives, a set of guidelines are formulated for conducting practical training
program and assessing the students’ performance. These guidelines are prepared within the broad frame work
of academic regulations applicable at AUUP.

2 ALLOCATION OF FACULTY GUIDE

Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide for the practical training well in advance in a formal manner
depending on the number of students per faculty member, the available specialization among the faculty
guides by HOD / Institution Project Committee.

List of the faculty guides will be available on AMIZONE. The orientation programme will be organized by
the department. The students will finalize the problem title in consultation with their faculty guide assigned
by the HOD. Overall Coordination will be done by the Programme Leader.

Incase a student is undertaking practical training outside in an industry or research lab or other university, the
students will 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 faculty guide.

The faculty guide from Amity University must closely interact with the external guide and monitor the
progress of the student in practical training at the host institution/ industry/ research lab etc. 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.

2.1 BRIEFING SESSION BY FACULTY GUIDE

Briefing Sessions are very important for undertaking the Practical Training. Therefore, it is mandatory for the
students to attend the same whenever institution/faculty guide have scheduled the same: During such sessions
students should expect to:
 discuss ideas and concerns.
  be guided on resources and the development of a topic / area,
 be provided with direction to help them to manage the process,
 to be provided with advice on academic style, format and the scope of NTCC.
 be provided with general feedback,
 be provided with feedback on their NTCC and apply the comments they receive through processes of
reflection and action-planning to other parts of their development work.

3.1 REGISTRATION
For practical training, a student registers for the course “Practical Training” in their respective department.

Students can do the practical training in a group of 4 students same section.

The Registration will take place at the institute just after or during the End-Term practical examinations of the
4th Semester. Programme Leader in Consultation with HOD will announce the venue for registration.
Therefore check on Amizone for announcements.

3.2 APPROVAL OF TOPIC, SYNOPSIS

Student will finalize the broad area /topic, synopsis of his / her practical training in consultation with the
faculty guide. If the student is undertaking the practical training outside Amity, he/she will provide broad area
of practical training course at the time of Registration. However, within ten days after the registration /
joining the organization, whichever is earlier, the student will work on the topic, synopsis of his/her training
under the guidance of external supervisor and faculty guide. The student will submit the synopsis duly
approved and signed by external guide to his faculty guide as per the following format:
 Student Details (Name, Enrollment Number, Programme, Section)
 Faculty Guide
 Topic/Problem
 Objective(s)
 Description
 Proposed Methodology
 Resources Required
 Work schedule (in consultation with faculty guide)
 References

The Synopsis must be submitted by the student duly approved by faculty guide within one
week of the last day of end semester examination to the Programme Leader.

3.4 ATTENDANCE
The students are required to follow the timings given by their respective Department. Student must be present
in all activities (such as gap lectures, quizzes, lectures by experts etc,) announced by faculty guide/HOD.
Students who have planned to do their practical training in the industry, they must workout weekly
schedule of reporting with the concerned faculty guide. Duly approved schedule must be submitted in
the office of HOD.

3.5 GAP LECTURES

If there are specific areas of interest to the students, which can help, in their educational process, gap lectures
for students by the faculty guide covering different areas can be arranged at different time intervals. The
faculty may chalk out (depending on the students’ needs) the detailed program in this regard after identifying
the gap areas. Faculty can also conduct quizzes and group discussions on the basis of these gap lectures.

4. FACULTY GUIDE - STUDENT INTERACTION

The regular periodic interaction of the faculty guide with the students is necessary. This interaction helps in
continuous monitoring and guiding the students in his/her project and assignment work. In this meeting the
summer internship guide will tell the students about their performance and progress in the project and
assignment task undertaken by them.

5 PRACTICAL TRAINING SCHEDULE

The practical training is 6-8 weeks lab/field oriented training course. For clarity and better monitoring a
structured schedule will be followed with an inbuilt flexibility for the faculty members. Following schedule
will be followed:

a. Commencement of Practical training (Registration) : Next Working day after the Last
End Semester Examination
b. Submission of Synopsis : : Within one week after the Last End
Semester Examination
c. Periodic Reporting, quizzes, gap lectures etc : Schedule to be announced by
Concerned Faculty Guide/Deptt.
d. Submission of Draft Report to Faculty Guide: : One Week before the end of the
Practical Training
e. Submission of Final report : Last day of the Practical Training
f. Presentation and VIVA : First week of August (Schedule
to be issued by concerned
Department)

 Students who fail to be in regular touch with faculty guide and whose performance
during the practical training is not satisfactory, will not be permitted to appear for final
Presentation / VIVA.

 The students who fail in Practical Training will be required to repeat the year.

6. FORMAT AND GUIDELINES FOR INTERNSHIP REPORT

The Practical Training Report is the research report that the student has to prepare on the topic /problem
chosen by student in consultation with faculty guide. The report layout should include following components
in the report:

 Title or Cover Page

The title page should contain Project Title; Student’s Name; Programme; Year and Semester and
Name of the Faculty Guide.

 Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement to any advisory or financial assistance received in the course of work may be
given. It is incomplete without student’s signature.

 Abstract
A good “Abstract” should be straight to the point; not too descriptive but fully informative, First
paragraph should state what was accomplished with regard to the objectives. The abstract does not
have to be an entire summary of the project, but rather a concise summary of the scope and results of
the project. It should not exceed more than 1000 words.

 Table of Contents
Titles and subtitles are to correspond exactly with those in the text.

 Introduction
 Here a brief introduction to the problem that is central to the project and an outline of the structure of
the rest of the report should be provided. The introduction should aim to catch the imagination of the
reader, so excessive details should be avoided.

 Materials and Methods

This section should aim at experimental designs, materials/software used (wherever applicable).
Methodology should be mentioned in details including modifications undertaken, if any. It includes
organization site(s), sample, instruments used with in its validation, procedures followed and
precautions.


Present results, discuss and compare these with those from other workers, etc. in writing this section,
emphasis should be laid on what has been performed and achieved in the course of the work, rather
than discuss in detail what is readily available in text books. Avoid abrupt changes in contents from
section to section and maintain a lucid flow throughout the report. An opening and closing paragraph
in every chapter could be included to aid in smooth flow.

Note that in writing the various sections, all figures and tables should be next to the associated text, in
the same orientation as the main text, numbered, and given appropriate titles or captions. All major
equations should also be numbered and unless it is really necessary, do not write in “point” form.
This data interpretation should be congruence with the written objectives and the inferences should be
drawn on data and not on impression. Avoid writing straight forward conclusion rather, it should lead
to generalization of data on the chosen sample.

 Conclusion(s) & Recommendations

A conclusion should be the final section in which the outcome of the work is mentioned briefly.
Check that your work answers the following questions:
 Did the research project meet its aims (check back to introduction for stated aims)?
 What are the main findings of the research?
 Are there any recommendations?
 Do you have any conclusion on the research process itself?

 Implications for Future Research

This should bring out further prospects for the study either thrown open by the present work or with
the purpose of making it more comprehensive.

 References
References should include papers, books etc. referred to in the body of the report. These should be
written in the alphabetical order of the author’s surname. The titles of journals preferably should not
be abbreviated; if they are, abbreviations must comply with an internationally recognized system.

Examples:
For research article:
Voravuthikunchai SP, Lortheeranuwal A, Ninrprom T, Popaya W, Pongpaichit S, Supawita
T, (2007) Antibacterial activity of Thai medicinal plants against enterohaemorrhagic
Escherichia coli O157: H7, Clin Microbial Infect, 8 (suppl 1): 116-117.

For book:
Kowalski, M.(1976). Transduction of effectiveness in Rhizobium meliloti. SYMBIOTIC
NITROGEN FIXATION PLANTS (editor P.S. Nutman IBP), 7:63-67.
 The Layout Guidelines for the Practical Training Report:

 A4 Size Paper
 Font: Arial (10 Points) or Times New Roman (12).
 Line spacing: 1.5
 Top and bottom margins: 1 inch/2.5 cm; Left and right margins: 1.25 inches/3 cm

7. ASSESSMENT AND GRADING

7.1 Introduction
The practical training is a vehicle through which one can effect meaningful innovations in methods of student
learning and evaluation to bring them closer to real-life situations. The concept of continuous evaluation is
followed since the courses seek out and focuses attention on many latent attributes that do not surface in the
normal classroom situations. These are intellectual ability, professional judgment and decision-making ability,
inter-disciplinary approach, skills for data handling, ability in written and oral presentation, sense of
responsibility etc. and are judged by the faculty though various instruments of evaluation, namely, quiz,
seminar, viva, project report, observation of the student’s performance, and project diary.

7.2 Assessment Scheme

In order to bring uniformity in evaluation and minimize subjectivity in evaluating the students, the scheme
will be followed within the broad framework of Academic Regulations.

Weightage of Assessment Instruments is recommended as follows:

Instrument Weightage
A. Continuous Internal Assessment (30%)
1. Observation, Weekly Progress Report, 20%
Attendance
2. Daily Project Dairy, quiz, innovation etc 10%

B. Final Evaluation (70%)

1. Project Report & Presentation 35%

2. Viva 35%

The break up (components and their weightage) of Continuous Internal Assessment shall be as
under:

S.No. Activity Marks

(CIA = 30%)
1 Timely Registration 01
2 Topic and Synopsis Approval 01
3 WPRs 08/
(No. of WPRs Submitted) 07
(Satisfactory WPR)
4 2 Periodic Progress Review by a board of faculty through 06
presentation
5 1st Draft on time 01
6 2nd Draft on time 01
7 Final Report (Plagiarism Report with <10% Plagiarism) * 01
8 Final Report timely submission 01
9 Final Report Assessment 10
Project Report Assessment (S. No 9 of above):
The faculty guide shall assess the project report as part of Continuous Internal Assessment as under:

S.No. Parameter Weightage (10)

1 Introduction and Statement of the Problem 1.5
2 Introduction and Statement of the Problem 1.5
3 Methodology/methods/Approach 1
4 Data Collection, Analysis, Results findings/Outcomes and 3
conclusions
5 Future scope and Limitations outlined 1
6 Quality of work and written expression 1
7 Student Learning Outcomes 1

8. PLAGIARISM
The practical training report must be written in students 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 or similar software
before submission. The content which 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 percentage matching must be explained by the student. The details of copy
rights, professional ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

9. SUBMISSION OF FINAL REPORT

The following points must be ensured for producing quality report:

 The student will start the project report while doing his/her practical training as per the prescribed
guidelines.
 The students will submit 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by the submission of
second draft of report after making necessary changes as suggested by the guide.
 The final report shall be submitted after checking plagiarism through Turnitin or any other format
subscribed by University. Copying material should not be more than 10% provided source is
mentioned in the report along with proper acknowledgement and referencing as per plagiarism
policy of the university.
 Following will be submitted along with final report:
o WPR
o NTCC Dairy
o Plagiarism Report
 A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she meets following
conditions:
o Online Registration for the NTCC course
o Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide
o 90 % of WPR were submitted
o 80% of the WPR were satisfactory
o Similarity index not more than 15 % as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy.

Students must submit the 4 copies of final spiral bound project report (for Library, Academic and Faculty
guides) along with CD as per the Practical Training in following colour scheme:
 a. MAE & CE – Yellow
b. ECE, EIE & EEE – Blue
c. IT – Green
d. CSE - Red
No report will be accepted after the due date. Academic Department copy will be finally housed in
departmental library. The evaluations of the Practical Training will be done by a board comprising of internal
and external faculty and experts. The faculty guide will submit the final marks (continuous and Final viva ) to
Exams Department as per dates given along with project reports. The starting and the closing dates of the
program should be adhered to strictly.