A faculty member of the University/ College with a Ph.D. degree can supervise the research project of the students who have enrolled for Honours with Research. One such faculty member can supervise maximum four students in Honours with Research stream. 3.4. GUIDELINES FOR THE PROJECT IN HONOURS PROGRAMME AND HONOURS WITH RESEARCH PROGRAMME 1. Project can be in Computer application or allied disciplines. 2. Project should be done individually. 3. Project work can be of experimental/ theoretical/ computational in nature. 4. There should be minimum 240 hrs. of engagement from the student in the Project work in Honours programme. 5. There should be minimum 360 hrs.
of engagement from the student in the Project work in Honours with Research programme. 6. The various steps in project works are the following: Wide review of a topic. Investigation on a problem in systematic way using appropriate techniques. Systematic recording of the work. Reporting the results with interpretation in a standard documented form. Presenting the results before the examiners. 7. During the Project the students should make regular and detailed entries in to a personal log book through the period of investigation. The log book will be a record of the progress of the Project and the time spent on the work, and it will be useful in writing the final report.
It may contain experimental conditions and results, ideas, mathematical expressions, rough work and calculation, computer file names etc. All entries should be dated. The Project supervisor should periodically examine and countersign the log book. 8. The log book and the typed report must be submitted at the end of the Project. A copy of the report should be kept for reference at the department. A soft copy of the report too should be submitted, to be sent to the external examiner in advance. 9. It is desirable, but not mandatory, to publish the results of the Project in a peer reviewed journal. 10.
The project report shall have an undertaking from the student and a certificate from the research supervisor for originality of the work, stating that there is no plagiarism, and that the work has not been submitted for the award of any other degree/ diploma in the same institution or any other institution. 11. The project proposal, institution at which the project is being carried out, and the project supervisor should be prior-approved by the Department Council of the college where the student has enrolled for the UG (Honours) programme. 3.5. EVALUATION OF PROJECT The evaluation of Project will be conducted at the end of the eighth semester by both internal and external modes.
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