The final year project is divided into two semesters(7th & 8th) which should be based upon a real-life problem of an industry1.

·         If a faculty member, using his experience, gives a problem to a student for his/ her final year project, the student can use the problem to write the IDP. However the IDP proposal, will have to be submitted in the required format.

·         The students will scout for the Industry Defined Project(IDP) before commencement of the first semester of the final academic year. Within two weeks of commencement of academic session, the student will take review inputs from the faculty member, who is to be his Guide for the project. He will then submit a report on the problem to the HOD. The IDP is mandatory for all branches.

·         The final year project will be designed to develop a better product or a better process.

·         The number of students per group for a project has to be decided by the colleges.

·         Any student can go to any industry in or outside his Sankul. (25 GTU Innovation Sankuls have been established across the State).

·         The students can take inter-disciplinary projects during the final year after consultation with the corresponding Guide in respective colleges.

·         The pre-final year students may seek the help of Udisha Club Patrons / Co-ordinators for assignment to an appropriate industry.

·         The pre-final year students have to contact the corresponding Udisha Club Members and Departmental Coordinators of their college for any necessary assistance for scouting IDP. The Principals of the colleges are required to coordinate with Sankul Co-Chairman(Academic) for any assistance. The Sankul Co-Chairmen of each Sankul may have established linked with the industry clusters in the region.

·         The students can choose an industry not mentioned in the list provided for reference by GTU Innovation Council .

·         The students have to mention the name of the industry / source of the industry defined project while submitting the project definition immediately after commencement of the academic session during the first semester of the Final Year. (In some cases, the industry may jointly mentor and evaluate the progress of the project during the academic year).

·         GTU Innovation Council will award for the best 3000 (1000 each in degree Engineering, Dip Engg and Masters) problems/project definitions.

·         Those students who have already undergone the training or industrial visit can define a project definition from the respective industries, based on the training or industrial visit.

 

The detailed format for industry defined project scouting is posted at the GTU website. A Department may modify the format for all its students. The students will have to submit the problem / project definition to the concerned college in soft copy. The problem definition should have content as per the given guidelines including details of previous attempt to solve such problems / projects and the proposed ways to solve the problem / process by the concerned student or the team of students in particular college while developing it in his/her final year.

 

1For IT projects, if a student is able to complete the project work during the first semester, he/ she may apply to the HOD for permission to take an additional project during the second semester.

 

N.B.:- For any query please mail to gtu_innovation_council@gtu.edu.in