Thesis should reveal originality of the researcher.
Thesis should be a contribution to the advancement of knowledge.
Thesis should be long enough to cover the area of research and short enough to maintain readers’ interest.
Adopt the past tense throughout.
Do not use contractions like can’t, shouldn’t etc.
Repetitions and exaggerations should be avoided.
There should be simplicity, clarity and objectivity in writing.
Research should meet academic standards.
Lay-out and presentation of the thesis should be attractive.
Pay attention to the consistency of the format throughout the thesis regarding type of font, font size, footnotes, pagination, margins, titles, headings, sub-headings.
Statistics, tables, charts, graphs, figures, illustrations, photographs, pictograms may be used wherever necessary.
Your original work and work of others should be clearly distinguishable. All ideas and work of others used in the thesis should be acknowledged and properly referenced. Be careful about plagiarism which is not only immoral but also a crime.
Research should not be mostly a ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ work.
Thesis must be carefully proof-read so as to eliminate all typographical mistakes, mistakes in the spelling and grammar before giving it to binding. Check whether the pages of the text are in correct order before it is handed over for the binding.
Prepare also a pdf formatted CD of the thesis.
Follow specific rules of respective University, if any.
Finally, it is very exhilarating, ecstatic and rewarding to see oneself eligible for prefixing ‘Dr.’ before our name. So, best luck for completion of your Ph.D.!
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