Objectives
- Educational accomplishments
- Learning
- Critical thinking
- Domain expertise
- Team work
- Time management
Outcome & Benefits
Outcome: Thesis, product, publication/ patent
Benefits:
Direct: Mini Projects, MOOCs, Research papers, Final Year Projects
Indirect: MSME/EDC, skill upgradation, placement, CRC support.
Career Plan: Students must declare their plan: Entrepreneurship / Higher Education / Placement.
Project Guidelines
No. of students per project: Ideal ratio 1:4. Final year students may mentor 3rd years.
Mentor per project: One faculty from department (technical guidance).
Transfer / Change of Project: Only allowed via ICP cell + mutual consent. No impact on team strength.
Execution Plan
- Every department will assign 01/02 faculty depending on the strength as coordinator for the project.
- Coordinator will conduct an interaction session with the students on it to make them aware about the project, its objectives, benefits etc.
- Counselors will assist coordinators in finalizing the project.
- Projects proposals will be submitted to ICP cell.
- ICP cell will review & approve the project proposal and assign a mentor.
- Mentor will monitor the progress check as per the timeline and will keep a record of the same.
- In the end of fourth semester ICP will assign a final year student as co-mentor to check the progress.
Role of ICP
- ICP will assign the mentor and approve the proposal
- Cell may review the progress of any project anytime in presence of Mentor/ Co-mentor
- Decision of ICP will be final and concluding
Timeline
| S. No. | Tasks | Duration | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choose the topic | 02 months | March 2020 |
| 2 | Prepare the proposal: Importance, problem description, methodology | 03 months | May, 2020 |
| 3 | Approval | ---- | July, 2020 |
| 4 | Topic Understanding | 03 months | October, 2020 |
| 5 | Study of problem related literature/ finding/ status/ other solutions/ methodologies etc. | 03 months | January, 2021 |
| 6 | Learning required skills and MOOC courses | 03 months | April, 2021 |
| 7 | Analysis and evaluation | 02 months | July 2021 |
| 8 | Create solution/ proposed technique/ solution etc. | 03 months | October, 2021 |
| 9 | Report on work done till S. No. 8 | 03 months | February, 2022 |
| 10 | Term paper submission | 03 months | May, 2022 |
| 11 | Implementation and Testing | 05 months | October, 2022 |
| 12 | Defense/ Submission | 05 months | March, 2023 |