Introduction to Data Science MSDS600

GUIDELINES

DISSERTATION(MSDS600) PROGRAM GROUP MBA

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Faculty of Management Studies/ Business Administration/ Commerce/ Management/Finance, Engineering, Science & Technology,Biotechnology,NaturalResources,Health&AlliedSciences

AMITYUNIVERSITYUTTARPRADESH

GUIDELINESDISSERTATION(MSDS600)

TableofContents

1. INTRODUCTION
2. DEFINITION
3. OBJECTIVES:
4. COURSELEARNINGOUTCOMES(CLO):
5. COURSELEARNINGOUTCOME(CLO)ANDMAPPINGWITHGA
6. BRIEFINGSESSION
7. ALLOCATIONOFFACULTYGUIDE
8. ROLEAND EXPECTATIONSOF FACULTYGUIDES
   1. FINALIZATIONANDAPPROVALOFAREA/TOPICOFDISSERTATIONANDSCHEDULEOFACTIVITIES
   2. ROLESANDRESPONSIBILITIESOFSTUDENTS
      1. REGISTRATION&PROGRESSMONITORING
   3. GUIDELINES FORWRITINGDISSERTATION
   4. SUBMISSIONOF FINALREPORT
   5. ASSESSMENTPLANANDCONTINUOUSASSESSMENT
   6. DISCIPLINES,ETHICALISSUESANDPLAGIARISM
   7. STUDENTSNOTMEETINGTHEELIGIBILITYCRITERIA
   8. IMPROVEMENTOFSCORES&GRADE
   9. STANDARDFORMATSFORFRONTPAGESOFDISSERTATIONREPORT

A.INTRODUCTION:

ADissertationisaNon-TeachingCreditCourse(NTCC),andtheCreditUnits associatedare7CU.

• StudentscanpursueresearchworkindifferentareasofBusinessManagementaspertheirdiscipline&relevantwithreferenceto different industries and institutions.
• Students,withthehelpoftheirmentorandfacultyguides,mayidentifytheirdesiredareafortheresearch
• AttheendoftheirresearchthestudentsshallsubmittheDissertationaspertheGuidelinesprescribed

B.DEFINITION:

ThedissertationismandatoryresearchbasedindependentsupervisedCourseandisanimportantcomponentofallMBAprograms. Thedissertationisasubstantial,sustainedandindependentexerciseinresearchorscholarshipproducedbyanindividualstudent involvingsubstantialdatacollectioninthefieldwiththeworkpresentedasawrittenreport,whichdemonstrates scholarshipatan appropriate level and in an area relevant to the chosen degree of the student.

C.OBJECTIVES:

Dissertationprovidesanopportunity forthestudentstodemonstratetheabilitytodevise,toshowtheapplicationofskillsofdata collection and critical analysis necessary for formation of defensible conclusions. It also provides a platform to demonstrate the ability to draw appropriate conclusions argued from the evidence presented and a forum to demonstrate the skills of structuring and present a balanced, informed, complete, clear and concise written argument.

Thedissertationobjectivesareasbelow:-

1. Tohelpstudentsstimulatetheirmindstothinkcoherentlybyidentifyingrelevantvariables,describingtheirbasic characteristics and specifying how the variables relate to each other
2. Toselect,evaluateandapplycriticalmanagementthinkingtoanindustry/sectoralissueorproblem

• Tocriticallyevaluatethetechniquesandprocessesusedtoinvestigateanimportantorganizationalissueor

1. Thestudentisexpectedtocombinelearningacrossspecializationanddoresearchinavarietyofotherdisciplines/

D.COURSELEARNINGOUTCOMES(CLO):

Thestudentlearningoutcomesareverycriticalfor everycourseandaretobealignedwith ProgramLearning Outcomes(PLOs) to attain specific graduate attributes. Therefore, Dissertation Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) must be clearly defined, keeping in mind the Programme objectivesand course objectives.Work carried outunder DISSERTATION may beconverted into published paper / book chapter/ case studies. Work done is to be published in Indexed journal / conference proceedings / edited book. The paper can be published in Scopus/SCI/UGC CARE peer reviewed indexed journal or conference proceedings.

1. COURSELEARNINGOUTCOME(CLO)ANDMAPPINGwithGA

Understandthestrategiesandapproachesforconductingindependentresearch.

Demonstratetheaptitudetodesignexperiments,formulateandusearangeofstrategiesthatarepertinenttothefieldof organizational research.

Analyzetheoutcomescriticallyusingtheexistingliteratureasapretext.

Summarizerelevantfindingsbasedontheobservationsoftheresearchworkconducted.

Createanextensiveanalysisofthescientificworkthathasbeencarriedoutthroughpresentationandwrittenreport.

MappingofGraduateAttributeswithCLOs

F.BRIEFINGSESSION:

Briefing Sessions are very important for undertaking the NTCC. This briefing is done by the Institutional NTCC committee to introduce Dissertation and explain the process and way to work in it. It is mandatory for the students to attend the same as per the institutions schedule.

G.ALLOCATIONOFFACULTYGUIDE:

1. Each student shall be assigned a faculty guide for the Dissertation well in advance in a formal manner depending on the number of students per faculty member, the available specialization among the faculty guides, guide preference form submitted by the students by Institutional NTCC Committee.

1. Each Student undertaking Dissertation will have one guide a faculty guide from the institution. The faculty guide from must closely monitor the progress of the student.

H.ROLEANDEXPECTATIONSOFFACULTYGUIDES

1. The faculty guide shall ensure completion of DISSERTATION registration before the last date. The late registration fee starts the next day after the DISSERTATION commencement date, if not registered.
2. clarity in line of action to be given to the students in the first meeting
3. to read Dissertation guidelines
4. about Dissertation topics, Dissertation Calendar, diary entries to keep records of the meetings with the supervisor, day of the week to submit WPRs, Title and Synopsis upload deadlines to be met.
5. discussion with the students for broad area of research, topic selection, taking in account students
6. Literature review/problem analysis/resources/methodologies / to be guided in first two weeks to attain desired Dissertation course learning outcome.

1. guidance to make synopsis and uploading of synopsis for guide
2. to assist the student in identifying problems/issues and suggest/agree on specific action, to address risk assessments, where
3. referencing/plagiarismasperpolicy
4. ethical practice, as appropriate
5. information sources, including AUUP material, to support planning, monitoring progress of the work and presentation of DISSERTATION.
6. to discuss and give feedback on the weekly progress report of Dissertation on weekly basis
7. to offer feedback on partial versions of DISSERTATION
8. to maintain regular supervisory contact
9. to contact any student who fails to attend supervisory
10. faculty guide shall interact with industry guides on a regular
11. toen sure the external guide submits the assessment report on
12. faculty guide must discuss and guide students about the outcome of NTCC in form of Research paper, copyright, book chapter, patent.

The faculty guide shall upload Dissertation Completion Certificate (submitted by students) on Amizone after verification. The online verification of the Completion Certificate is linked with online uploading of NTCC marks.

I.FINALIZATIONANDAPPROVALOFAREA/TOPICOFDISSERTATIONANDSCHEDULEOFACTIVITIES

1. Students will finalize the broad area /topic, synopsis and work schedule of his/her Dissertation work in consultation with the faculty guide.

1. The students undertaking the Dissertation will provide a broad area at the time of Registration. However, within two weeks after the registration, the student will work on the topic, synopsis and work Schedule under the guidance of external supervisor and faculty guide.

1. The student will submit the synopsis along with work schedule to his / her faculty guide as per the format and update the detail son AMIZONE for approval of facultyIf the faculty guide feels certain lacuna in the synopsis and work schedule, he / she will discuss with the student and finalize the same to meet the Course Objectives (COs) and Learning Outcomes (LOs) in accordance with Programme Learning Objectives (PLOs).

J.ROLESANDRESPONSIBILITIESOFSTUDENTS:

1. Students must register for Dissertation within 7 days from the commencement of semester and start work on time and to avoid late fines due to delays.
2. Late Registration will be allowed for only one week after the commencement of NTCC
3. Students shall attend Dissertation orientation conducted by institutional NTCC Coordinator/HoI.
4. Students shall report to the assigned faculty guide immediately after completing
5. Students shall read the SI guidelines
6. Students shall discuss the research area and title with respective faculty guide to prepare and submit synopsis within two weeks of Dissertation commencement.

1. Students shall maintain diary entries for all meetings with the supervisor and guidance received on the selected
2. Students shall act responsibly and professionally during fieldwork /industry internship/work in external set
3. Recognize ethical responsibilities and understand the regulations regarding plagiarism
4. Students shall start making the final draft after Mid-semester Progress Review under guidance of
5. Before submission of final draft to the supervisor, students shall check plagiarism at least two times using any good plagiarism software and finalize the plagiarism free final draft.
6. Students shall translate the outcome of the Dissertation course in the form of paper to be published in indexed journal/conference proceedings/conference presentation/book chapter.
7. b) Student shall upload the NTCC Completion Certificate on Amizone within 45 days of completion of the

K.REGISTRATION&PROGRESSMONITORING:

1. Registration fortheCourse

1. The students are required to register online on AMIZONE for the Dissertation course as per the
2. Online Registration Forms will be visible to students on their Amizone 14 days prior to start / commencement date of their Dissertation. Students can do their online registration without any late registration charges up to start / commencement
3. The students can do their online registration with applicable late registration charges of Rs 1000/-, if they have not registered on Amizone within due date.
4. Late Registration of students will be allowed for only one week after the commencement of
5. At the time of Registration, Students must mention tentative area in place of topic/title of the project
6. The students who have not registered for the Dissertation course as per regulations will not be permitted to submit any report and will be treated as having failed the course.
7. A student having genuine reason may be permitted for late registration on the following grounds:

1. Ill health - provided the student has informed the institution on time and had taken sick leave from
2. Student sare on approved Official Duty, representing university/ institution in competitions, seminars, placements activities etc.
   • The late registration charges may change from time to time as recommended by the Finance

1. The students who have not registered for the DISSERTATION course as per regulations will not be permitted to submit any report and will be treated as having failed the course.

2. Progress monitoring(weeklybyfacultyguideandPeriodicallybyInstitutionalProjectCommittee/Project Review Committee)

1. The students will undertake Dissertation as per the course requirement and work
2. The students will regularly report to their faculty guide for their weekly progress as per the prescribed format of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) and update the Weekly Progress Report (WPR) details on
3. Faculty Guide will mark the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory of Weekly Progress Report (WPR) received and quality of work done on AMIZONE within 3 days after students permissible time. There will be one extra day up to only 2 times during Dissertation period for any faculty with permission at HoI level. The Faculty Guide will also give feedback to
4. e)The student will maintain the record of interactions and feedback given by Faculty

1. g)Periodic Progress Review by a faculty board will beFor this institution will announce at the time of registration for the course. The institution must chalk out the plan (online presentation etc.) for periodic progress review of the students who are working out of country.

L.GUIDELINESFORWRITINGDISSERTATION:

ThefinalreportisanimportantcomponentofallDissertation.Therefore,studentsmustadheretoparameters,wordlength, No. of Copies, binding type etc as given inAnnexure I

M.SUBMISSIONOFFINALREPORT

Themostimportantaspectofthecoursesisthefinalreport.Therefore,thefollowingmustbeensuredforproducingthequality report.

1. The student will start writing the project report / Dissertation while doing his/her DISSERTATION course as per the prescribed
2. The students will submit the 1st draft of the report to the guide for guidance. Followed by the submission of 2nd draft of the report after making necessary changes as suggested by the guide.1st Draft and 2nd Draft will be duly checked for Plagiarism with the help of open-source Anti-Plagiarism Software by the student before submitting the final draft report to the Faculty
3. The final report will be submitted to Faculty Guide for checking the Plagiarism through Anti- Plagiarism software subscribed to by the University. If similarity index is found more than 15%, report will not be uploaded on Amizone
4. The following will be submitted along with the final report:
   • WPR
   • Plagiarism Report
5. A student will be eligible to submit his report and final assessment provided he/she meets the following conditions:
   1. Online Registration for the DISSERTATION course
   2. Approval of Topic, Synopsis and Project Plan by the guide
   3. 70%ofWPRweresubmitted
   4. 70%oftheWPRwassatisfactory
   5. Similarity index not more than 15% as per Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University

AnnexureI

N.ASSESSMENTPLANANDCONTINUOUSASSESSMENT

1. The weightageofContinuousInternalAssessment(CIA)andFinalAssessmentwillbeasunder:

2. ThebreakupofCIAisgivenasunder: Internal Assessment Components:

2. Theexternalassessmentcomponentsareasunder:

AssessmentCLOMapping

O.DISCIPLINES,ETHICALISSUESANDPLAGIARISM:

1. The Dissertation reportmustbe written in students own However, if required tocite the words of others, all the debts (for words, data, arguments, and ideas) have to be appropriately acknowledged.
2. It is mandatory that each project report should 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 to a similarity index of more than 15% in any circumstance. However, if the matching text is one continuous block, the index of15%couldstillbeconsideredAnyreportwithhigherthanthispercentagematchingmust be explained by the student. The details of copy rights and professional ethics are given in Plagiarism Prevention Policy of the University.

P.STUDENTSNOTMEETINGTHEELIGIBILITYCRITERIA

1. a) The students who are not eligible to submit the report will re-submit the theses as per the following guidelines:

PROCEDUREFOREXAMINATIONOFCASESFORSPECIALCONSIDERATION

1. To examine the cases for consideration by Vice Chancellor, the DISSERTATION Review Committee for the Academic Session will be constituted at the University level as per norms prescribed in the regulations of DISSERTATION.
2. The recommendation of HoIs of all such cases after detailed explanation given by students must be submitted to the CoE office at least 10 days prior to the Final Assessment Date for examination to be decided by DISSERTATION Review Committee after consideration by the Vice Chancellor.

QIMPROVEMENTOFSCORES&GRADE:

IThestudentsshallbeallowedtoimprovehis/herScore/Gradeasunder:

1. The student who has failed in DISSERTATION may be allowed to re-do the DISSERTATION again. The student shall not be given a grade of more than B+.

1. The student shall apply to repeat the DISSERTATION to his HoI within fifteen days of the result
2. HoI shall send the recommendation to CoE for DISSERTATION Review Committee for approval of the Vice Chancellor.
   • Pay fee of1,000/- (Examination fee).

(ii) Submit all reports as applicable for the DISSERTATION programme, i.e., Weekly Progress Report etc. as per DISSERTATION guidelines.

• This will be applicable only for 1st re-appear after the main

• An independent viva-voce will be conducted for students under this

(v)AfeeofRs.5,000/-maybechargedforappearing2^ndtime.

1. The student shall repeat DISSERTATION in the corresponding NTCC or immediately after the final NTCC result declaration or during extendedThe students shall register for the DISSERTATION course as per the university guidelines.
2. The students shall complete the mandatory time required for the course. The date of registration, submission of Continuous Internal Assessment, final report and final assessment of DISSERTATION

shallbeannouncedbyCoEalongwithblockexaminationcalendarandwithsupplementaryexaminations.

1. The students shall do the DISSERTATION on a new topic and shall be assigned the faculty guide as per the guidelines.
2. The progress monitoring, continuous assessment, submission of report and final assessment shall be done as per the guidelines. The previous marks of Continuous Internal Assessment shall be treated as NULL and VOID once the new Continuous Internal Assessment is submitted by the Institution for new

• Not submittedReport/FailedinDISSERTATION

AllstudentswhoareunabletosubmitthefinalDISSERTATIONreportwithintheprescribedtimeorare unsuccessful in continuous internal assessment or fail in final assessment can be considered in the Supplementary Examination of the Academic Session, with B+ cap (if applicable). The students will be required to:

• Submit the Application Form to his / her DISSERTATION, Supervisor, who in turn will submit to the Institutional DISSERTATION Review Committee. HoI will forward recommendation of the Committee to AUUP HQ for approval.
• Pay fee of1,000/- (Examination fee).
• Submit all reports as applicable for the DISSERTATION programme, e., Weekly Progress Report, DISSERTATION course diary etc. as per DISSERTATION guidelines.
• This will be applicable only for 1st re-appear after the main

• An independent viva-voce will be conducted for students under thisA fee of Rs.5,000/- may be charged for appearing 2nd time.

• Re-doing the DISSERTATION to improve CGPA/SGPA after the N+1 / N+2 (having re-admission period)

• Students who are unable to qualify for award of Degree due to low SGPA/CGPA and want to re-do the DISSERTATION in extended period with a view to improving SGPA/CGPA will be required to: -
  • Register themselves on Amizone for re-doing the
  • Pay the Course Repeat fee of5,000/- + Examination fee, if within N+2 or N+1 period (as applicable).
  • Selectanewtitleforre-doingthe
  • Submit all reports as applicable for the DISSERTATION programme, e., Weekly Progress Report, DISSERTATION course diary etc.
  • These students, if exceed N+2 or N+1 as applicable (permissible duration to complete the programme) will be required to take re-admission by paying15,000/- + 25% of the NTCCfee + examination fee, as applicable.

R.STANDARDFORMATSFORFRONTPAGESOFDISSERTATIONREPORT

1. Format for front page Annexure II
2. Format for plagiarism certificate Annexure III
3. Format for Declaration Annexure IV
4. Format for Faculty Guide Certificate Annexure V
5. Format for Acknowledgement Annexure VI
6. Format for Table of Contents Annexure VII
7. Format for weekly progress report Annexure VIII

AnnexureII

DissertationReport

On

<TITLE OFTHEREPORT>

Submittedto

AmityUniversityUttarPradesh

inpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsfortheawardof the degree of(Name of Degree)Programme

By

STUDENT(S)NAME

EnrolmentNumber

UndertheSupervisionof

InternalGuide

.

ExternalGuide(ifany)

..

(NAME OF THE INSTITUTE) AMITYUNIVERSITYUTTARPRADESH

Batch20YY(Year)

AnnexureIII

NAMEOFTHEINSTITUTE------

PLAGIARISMCERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Dissertation Report entitled submitted byNameoftheStudent (EnrolmentNumber)for thepartialfulfilmentofthedegreeof has been checked by Turnitin software for plagiarism. The Dissertation Report has percent plagiarism.

SignatureoftheFacultyGuide

AnnexureIV

NAMEOFTHEINSTITUTE------

DECLARATION

I,.................................., student(s) of NAME OF DEGREE PROGRAMME hereby declare that the Dissertationtitled . which is submitted by me toDepartment,Name of Institution,Name of the Domain , Amity University Uttar Pradesh, in partial fulfillment of requirement for the award of the degree of NAME OF DEGREE PROGRAMME , has not been previously formed the basis for the award of any degree, diploma or other similar title or recognition.

Noida

Date NameandSignatureofStudent(s)

AnnexureV

NAMEOFTHEINSTITUTE------

CERTIFICATE

On the basis of declaration submitted by Name of the Student(Enrolment Number)., studentofNAMEOFDEGREEPROGRAMME,I hereby certify that the project titled ... whichis submitted toNameof Department, Institution, Name of the Domain, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of NAME OF DEGREE PROGRAMME, is an original contribution with existing knowledge and faithful record of work carried out by him/them under my guidance and supervision.

Tothebestofmyknowledgethisworkhasnotbeensubmittedinpartorfullforany Degreeor Diploma to this University or elsewhere.

Noida

Date

[Signature] Designation Departmentof..

AnnexureVI

NAMEOFTHEINSTITUTE---------

ACKNOWLEDEGEMENT

It is high privilege for me to express my deep sense of gratitude to those entire faculty Members who helped me in the completion of the <TITLE OF NTCC Report> under supervision of my External Guide<Guide name> and Internal guide <Guide Name>.

My special thanks to all other faculty members, batchmates & seniors of , Amity University Uttar Pradesh for helping me in the completion of project work and its report submission.

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