In addition, there will be a Project Monitoring Committee at the Study
Centre headed by a project in-charge and consisting of two other senior faculty
members.
Functions
The functions of the committee include:
- Providing appropriate counseling, advice and suggestions to all students undertaking
project work regarding project area and choice of guide and in general help the
project-in-charge in project related activities
- Ensuring that the project proposal and the Guide are approved by the Central steering
committee of Centre for Distance Education, Anna University Chennai and no project
is undertaken without prior approval.
- Conducting at least two reviews and evaluating the progress of the projects
- Ensuring that the student has incorporated all suggested improvements and
suggestions and forwarding the marks to the Central steering committee for projects of
Centre for Distance Education, Anna University Chennai.
- Checking the content and format of thesis report is as per norms To ensure uniform
quality and objective evaluation across projects.
- Ensuring that each registered student belonging to the study centre and who has paid
the fees for the project semester has undertaken a project under an approved
supervisor in the appropriate area / specialization.
- Ensuring that the project proposal and the supervisor are approved by the Central
steering committee for projects of Centre for Distance Education, Anna University
Chennai and no project is undertaken without prior approval.
- Maintaining a database regarding complete project related activities and also to
establish a data bank with probable project topics.