SumitPadhiyar / IIT-Madras-Thesis-Synopsis-Template

A New and Improved LaTeX template for IITM thesis/synopsis - 2020

• This is a LaTeX2e system with a iitmdiss.cls file and various templates (thesis.tex, synopsis.tex and chapter.tex) that should format a report as per the IITM Thesis/Synopsis guidelines.
• The page layout is set using the geometry package.
• The double/singlespacing is setup using setspace.
• Figure captions are set using the hang option of caption2.
• natbib is used to do the citation using an author-year format. I've made an iitm.bst file that formats the references as per the IITM guidelines.

To use this class do the following:

\documentclass[options]{iitmdiss}

Options:

• PhD, MS, MTech, DD, MBA, MSc or BTech -- generates the appropriate title page and loads the report class.

• Adding PrntForm as additonal option to the class, like:
  \documentclass[PhD,PrntForm]{iitmdiss}
  will generate the pdf that can be printable (with chapters always starting on the right side and page numbers corrected appropriately)

• Adding synopsis as option -- Generates the title page for the synopsis. This also loads the article class instead of the report.

Example:

\documentclass[PhD,synopsis]{iitmdiss}
\documentclass[PhD,PrntForm]{iitmdiss}
\documentclass[MS]{iitmdiss}

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

PLEASE DO NOT MESS WITH THE MARGINS AND GENERAL FORMATTING SETUP IN THIS FILE UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT THE FORMAT DOES NOT MATCH WITH THE THESIS GUIDELINES. FOR EXAMPLE, DO NOT CHANGE THE MARGINS AND SPACING JUST TO MAKE YOUR THESIS SMALLER OR LARGER!

Notes:

• I am using as much of the Thesis guidelines for the spacing and margins as I can (Check the institute guidelines from academic website or thesis_format.pdf in this folder to see the rules of formating)
• I have used newdiss.cls by R.~K.~Hariram, U.~V.~Ravindra et al. as a reference and a source for some of the macros.
• This class will assume a4paper with 12pt fonts.
• I am no TeXpert so feel free to clean up the mess.

Initial iitmdiss.cls contributed by:

Prabhu Ramachandran [e-mail]
March 2005

New Features contributed by:

Ashruf Syed
Doctoral Student
Department of Aerospace Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai 600036, India
[e-mail] || [e-mail]
Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Ashruf Syed

New Features added in 2020 version:

• removed obsolete options (t1enc, compat2, hypertex) and to work with Tex 2019
• added Dual Degree option for project report (can be edited to use it for any course based degree like M.Sc., M.A., M.B.A)
• added the option PrntForm to produce thesis with the necessary blank pages for printing
• added clean.sh bash file (works with Linux systems which uses bash) to clean the latex files for a fresh compilation
• separation of main tex file from its chapter/sections (using \include{file} option) along with proper grouping and labeling of files for easier sorting and debugging (A01_title, B01_abstract, C01_chap1, D01_app1 and E01_lop)
• added sample pages for quotations, dedication, glossary, abbreviations and notation
• cleaned up few parts where page numbers aren't required (quotes/dedication pages)
• added tabular method for glossary/notation/abbreviations to avoid text overflow in long phrases that results from the usage of tabbing
• corrected and added sample content to certificate; useful for co-guides and sponsored candidates
• corrected and added the necessary headings for List of Publications chapter at the end
• added the sample CV and Committee pages at the end
• added opensource licensing to the file for unambiguity in free usage and distribution
• moved packages, commands, preamble and postamble of the thesis to 0_settings folder for simpler look
• fixed various bugs in iitm.bst and added doi/arxiv link support for references

Licensing

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License. To view a copy of this license, visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Ashruf Syed [e-mail]

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Read me file from the original contributor of this template

A LaTeX class (iitmdiss.cls) along with a simple template thesis (thesis.tex) and synopsis (synopsis.tex) are provided here. These can be used to easily write a thesis (or synopsis) suitable for submission at IIT-Madras. The class provides options to format PhD, MS, M.Tech. and B.Tech. thesis. It also allows one to write a synopsis using the same class file. Also provided is a BIBTeX style file (iitm.bst) that formats all bibliography entries as per the IITM format. A simple sample bibliography file (refs.bib) is also provided.

For convenience, I've also included Stephan I. B"ottcher's lineno package that allows one to add line numbers to each line of a LaTeX document.

Compile the sample thesis like so:

latex thesis.tex
bibtex thesis
latex thesis.tex
latex thesis.tex
pdflatex thesis.tex

Please read thesis.dvi for more details.

Prabhu Ramachandran [e-mail]