Certificate of Thesis Formatting

Name:_________________________ Dept.:____________ Registration No: ______________

This is certified that the thesis formatting is according to the thesis format approved by CGSR. I
have checked the thesis format as detailed below:
Student Office
Checklist Checklist

A blank page has been inserted after the binding cover. This page can have the
statement “This page intentionally left blank” in the middle of page or other text  
such as a quotation or a high quality artwork.

Thesis Submission and Approval Forms  

The Thesis Approval Form has been duly completed and is proper format.  
The Thesis Submission Form has been duly completed and is proper format.  

Cover and title pages  

The title is printed in bold title case with line spacing of 1.0  
The title is center aligned  
The title is placed 1’’ from the top of the page  
The font of the title is 22 points in bold face  
PIEAS insignia is properly displayed in its recommended size (1.6’’ x 2.2’’) and
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location (0.4 inches below the title, center-aligned)
The name(s) of the author(s) are properly displayed: Font size of 20 points, center
aligned, in alphabetic order with respect to the last name(s), line spacing of 1.0,
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vertically in the middle of where the insignia ends and the statement of partial
fulfillment begins
The thesis title page includes a proper statement of partial fulfillment in normal
faced font of size 14 points, center aligned with line spacing of 1.0 and roughly in  
the middle of where the author name(s) end and departmental affiliation begins
The date of thesis submission (Month, Year) are printed  
Departmental affiliation and address of PIEAS are printed properly (font size 14,
line spacing 1.0, three center-aligned separate lines one each for departmental
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affiliation, name of PIEAS and PIEAS’ address ending exactly 1’’ from the bottom
of the page)

Other Preliminaries

Dedications Page (if added by the author(s)) is proper  

Declarations of Originality is proper (well formatted, signed with date and place)  
Copyrights statement page is proper.  
Table of Contents has been added and is properly formatted  
List of Figures / Tables (if added) is properly formatted  
Abstract has been added and fulfills all requirements  
List of publications and patents (if added) is properly formatted  
List of abbreviations and symbols used (if added) is properly formatted  
Glossary (if added) is properly formatted  
Acknowledgements (if added) is properly formatted  
The headings of all sections in the preliminaries are properly formatted  
Lowercase Roman numerals have been used for numbering the preliminary pages  
There is no page number on the title page and the next page is numbered (ii)  
The order of preliminary pages is correct  
Each section in the preliminary pages begins on a new page  
Headings of all sections in preliminary pages are proper (1’’ from the top in bold
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face, center-aligned with font of 16 points)
All text in the preliminary pages is justified aligned with a font of 12 points with
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1.5 line spacing and starts at least 1’’ below the section heading.

Thesis Text (Body)

The body of the thesis is organized in chapters with each chapter beginning on a
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new page.
The chapter title is properly printed for every chapter  
The text of the thesis has 1.5 line spacing  
All citations are proper  
Footnotes (if any) follow the prescribed format  
Running chapter titles are proper  

Supplementaries

Endnotes (if added) are proper.  

References are properly formatted and presented.  
All authored appendices (if any) are properly formatted  
Electronic Supplementary Material (if any) has been properly presented and
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formatted
Use of Copyrighted Material (if any) has been properly presented and formatted  
Order of sections in supplementaries is proper  

Special Formatting Specifications

All equations are properly formatted and consistently numbered  

All Figures and Tables are properly formatted, captioned, numbered, cited and
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placed
All Figures and Tables are included in the List of Table Figures  

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General Guidelines

The main body of the text and supplementaries are continuously numbered in
Arabic numerals placed in the bottom of the page, center-aligned with a font of 10  
and at least 0.5’’ from the bottom of the page.
The author(s) have used only Times New Roman throughout the thesis. The use
of mono-spaced fonts is allowed only in special cases (e.g., printing computer  
codes, etc.)
All headings in the thesis are in title case.  
The use of spellings (British or American) is consistent throughout the thesis  
Throughout the thesis, the first paragraph in a block (section, sub-section or sub-
sub-section) has no indentation with the first line of remaining paragraphs indented  
to the right by 0.5’’.
All blocks of text in the main body are justified aligned  
The organization and order of different thesis blocks is correct  

Signature of the Scholar:________________ Checked by: ________________

Printing and Binding

A4 sized paper has been used for print  

Page Margins are proper (1.5’’ on left, remaining at 1.0’’)  
The thesis is hard bound  
Thesis cover is proper (in binding and writing colors)  
Thesis spine is proper  
The thesis has been printed in black ink on white paper  
Thesis has been printed on good quality paper  
No pages are out of order or missing  
The students and their supervisor have proofread the thesis  
All required signatures have been obtained  

Signature of the Scholar and Date:______________________

Checked by
Name: ______________________ Designation: ___________________________

Signature: ___________________ Date: __________________________________

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