Deadline

Dear All,

I mean ALL so please forward this to the rest of your group/class mates. (I think I have some ids from each seminar group)

You must be done with your training by now. Hope you had an enjoyable time. Hope also that the seminar has been simmering on the back burner all along. I am looking forward- in fact have been waiting for your batch seminars. Truly ! J! Am expecting the prizewinning streak to surface yet again with the seminars and that’s why such a special and challenging ‘umbrella’ topic- design- all for you!

Don’t let me down or waste this fantastic opportunity to publish the best seminar book yet …

We are in the process of changing to the semester system- the decision for when that happens will be taken on the eve of the reopening.

If we start with this academic year  you have less time than the final years have had for the final paper- the one that gets published.  Everything has to be wrapped up before the end of the semester. Till now we would ‘cheat’ a bit and allow the final papers to be finished over the winter break. May be a blessing actually!

Will let you know as soon as we know.

Also wanted to remind you of the literature survey that is due on the first seminar class, submission requirement for which is as follows:

I do hope you have been interacting closely with your advisors. If you haven’t been this is the time to start. Literature surveys done without advisor interaction may not be accepted.

First class 28 July 11

Literature Survey
40 Marks (out of a total of 200 for seminar)

Word limit: 10,000-12,000 words.

Work to be presented in the following format:

Paper size- A-4; 1” margins all round; font : Arial, Times New Roman or equivalent; font size: 12 pt; line spacing: 1 ½ .

The Harvard referencing system to be used.

Work to be run past plagiarism software: Viper- see note below

Hard copies neatly springbound to be submitted to advisor & coordinators. No plastic please. To be marked by advisors and coordinators. Advisors marks to be submitted by 11 August 2011

The plagiarism software suggested is called"Viper", you can google viper free plagiarism checker and download it on your comp. You can then upload your essay for scanning- just follow the instructions provided by the software-and the checker will highlight sentences,phrases etc. you need to reference,reword and so on.The checker takes time and you may have to make multiple attempts before your essay gets scanned-so have patience and good luck!

That’s for now

Looking forward to a great seminar programme with you and a seminar book we can be proud of at the end of it.

Best wishes

Ranjana Ma’am

PS: can any one person from each group please acknowledge this?

Also some groups have yet to give me their group lists! High time now so please do so ASAP.