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The following guidelines are provided for preparation of thesis to be submitted to RCB. The prescribed format may be followed in preparation of the respective documents.
THESIS DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION
The document shall be organized as chapters in the order indicated below:
- 1. Cover Page/s
- 2. Acknowledgements
- 3. Contents (Chapters, Figures, Tables, and Page numbers)
- 4. Abstract (up to 500 words, with key words)
- 5. Chapter 1- Introduction
- 6. Chapter 2- Review of Literature
- 7. Chapter 3- Methodology
- 8. Chapter 4- Results
- 9. Chapter 5- Discussion
- 10. Chapter 6- Conclusions
- 11. Appendix
- 12. References (APA Format)
- 13. Publications and presentations from the thesis.
Each chapter can be subdivided into sections, subsections and sub-subsection so as to present the content discretely and with due emphasis.
Each chapter starts on a new page with the chapter title on top of the page (Font size 18).
Sections and Subsections may be numbered using decimal points, e.g. 2.2 for the second section in Chapter 2 and 2.3.4 for the fourth Subsection in third Section of Chapter 2. For further sub sectioning use: a, b, c, d, etc.
DOCUMENT FORMAT
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Margins
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1.5-inch margin on left side, 1inch margin on all other sides
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Submission of Student Advisory Committee form
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(Form - 5) |
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Font size
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Headings 14 Bold |
| Sub-headings
| 12 Bold |
| Sub-sub-headings
| 12 Bold |
| Body
| 12 |
| Spacing Headings
| 2 |
| Text Body
| 1.5 |
| References (Bibliography)
| APA Format |
| References (within the text)
| APA Format |
| Pagination
| Bottom, Centre, Arabic (Page number 1 should start |
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| from Chapter 1, all pages before this may be given |
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| roman numbers like i, ii, iii, etc.) |
| Header
| Chapter Title |
TABLE / FIGURE FORMAT
Tables and figures shall be numbered chapter wise. For example, the fourth figure in
chapter 5 will bear the number Figure 5.4 or Fig. 5.4 and second Table in Chapter 3 will
bear the number Table 3.2.
Table number and title will be placed above the table.
Figure number and legends including the reference/s will be located below the figure.
Legends to the Table including the reference/s will be located below the table.
OVER PAGES
Title Page of Thesis/Dissertation (Form 12)
Declaration by Student and Guide (Form 13)
Certificate of Originality (Form 14)
Plagiarism Certificate (Form 15)
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