About Major Research Project

MRP Phase I ( III Semester)

Course Objective

• To help the students to understand the Concept and Methods of Business Research.
• Familiarize the students and give them exposure of Synopsis design, objectives formulations and methodology to be used for data analysis.
• To guide the students in questionnaire design and giving the exposure of data collection
• To provide the knowledge to the students so that they will be able to plan, design
• and execute research proposals
• To familiarize the students with the various methods of data analysis and prepare the research reports.

Scheme of Examination
Total Marks 100.
Internal Marks 50.
External Marks 50.

Activities and Marks Distribution
In the third semester, each student will be allocated guide in their respective specialization. Students will finalize the topic of MRP with the guide and prepare synopsis in the standard format prescribed by the institute/concerned faculty time to time.
General format of the synopsis should be

• Cover page containing the research topic, name of Institute with logo, Name of Guide and Student.
• Introduction/Conceptual Framework
• Review of Literature
• Objectives
• Methodology (Universe, Sample, hypothesis (if any), research design (if any)Tools for data collection and analysis)
• Expected Outcomes
• References in APA Style

Internal Marks (50)

• Synopsis submission to coordinator duly approved by Guide (10 Marks) to be awarded by the faculty/coordinator
• Presentation of Synopsis (10 Marks) to be awarded by a panel consisting of an expert and/or coordinator and Guide
• Presentation of Questionnaire (10 Marks) to be awarded by a panel consisting of an expert and/or coordinator and Guide
• Submission of collected data and synopsis in Spiral form (10 Marks) to be awarded by Guide
• Evaluation of data (10 marks) by Guide.

External Marks (50)
There will be external evaluation by the external examiner and internal examiner appointed by the Principal.

MRP Phase II (IV Semester)

Course Objective

• To help the students to understand the Concept and Methods of Business Research.
• To provide the knowledge to the students so that they will be able to plan, design
• and execute research proposals
• To familiarize the students with the various methods of data analysis and prepare the research reports.

Scheme of Examination
Total Marks 100.
Internal Marks 50.
External Marks 50.

Activities and Marks Distribution
In the fourth semester, each student will be doing the data analysis, discussion of obtained results and prepare final MRP Report the standard format prescribed by the Institute/concerned faculty time to time.
General format and Chapter Scheme of MRP Report should be

• Cover page containing the Research topic, Name of Institute with logo, Name of Guide and Student.
• Chapter 1: Introduction/Conceptual Framework
• Chapter 2: Review of Literature, Rational and Objectives
• Chapter 3:Methodology (Universe, Sample, hypothesis (if any), research design (if any)Tools for data collection and analysis)
• Chapter 4: Results and Discussion
• Chapter 5: Conclusions, Implications, Limitations and Scope for future work
• References in APA Style
• Annexure (s) (Questionnaire, intermediate results, any additional data related to study)

Internal Marks (50)

• Presentation of Data Analysis and Results (10 Marks) to be awarded by a panel consisting of an expert and/or coordinator and Guide
• Presentation of MRP Report (20 Marks) to be awarded by a panel consisting of an expert and/or coordinator and Guide
• Submission of Report in Two Copies (Hard bound) (10 Marks) to be awarded by Guide
• Evaluation of Report (10 marks) by Guide.

External Marks (50)
There will be external evaluation by the external examiner and internal examiner appointed by the Principal.