Thesis writing service in Trivandrum

Kerala University’s one-page synopsis, ten copies, no names

Many scholars get surprised by one detail in the University of Kerala form. Along with the thesis you give ten copies of a one-page synopsis, and that page cannot carry your name or the name of your supervising teacher. The form don’t give any reason for this. Our guess is that a page without names can be sent to possible examiners without telling them whose thesis it is.

So you have to write this page a little differently. The title comes first. Below it, give the problem in two or three sentences, the method in two, and main findings in three or four. In the last line write what is new in your thesis. Don’t write “my guide” or “our department” anywhere in it. Don’t name your college in the sample description also. One page means one page only, so don’t reduce the font to 9 point to fit more.

The same form also has three timing rules you should know. You can hand in the application and the synopsis copies as early as three months before you submit the thesis. But if three months pass and your thesis is still not there with them, you lose the fee you paid. And in case your title was changed after registration, you attach the University order for that change, in original.

We couldn’t find any thesis layout manual published by the University of Kerala, and its 2022 regulations are online only as a scanned file which we couldn’t search. So in the beginning itself, fix the page setup with your supervisor, meaning the margins, typeface, reference style and the order of chapters. Write these down and follow the same till the last page.

The library check at Kerala University

For theses, papers, dissertations and project reports, the Kerala University Library lists two tools, iThenticate and DrillBit. To get the check done you fill the library’s plagiarism detection form. In the form they ask for your registration order number and the language of the document. They also want to know if the file is a PDF or a Word file, how many pages it has, and the challan number and date of the fee payment. Your supervisor has to sign it and put the office seal.

Many times scholars are told that the library checks a thesis only once, on the final version. We searched for this rule. It is not written in the form and we didn’t see it on any official page. When you go to book the check, ask library staff directly how many times they will run your file. In any case, take the first run as the real one. Complete the references, the quotation marks and the citations first, and only then send the file.

The submission form also gives no percentage limit. Ask your department which figure the University of Kerala is following now, and get it from someone who can sign for it.

KTU: paid Scopus journals and an A5 library copy

KTU is stricter on papers than most universities. Clause 19.2 asks for one paper in a journal indexed in SCI, SCIE, SSCI or Scopus, and it cannot be a review or a survey paper. Journals that charge authors have one extra condition. If a journal takes a fee and is listed only in Scopus, the paper doesn’t meet the rule. Such a journal must be in SCI, SCIE or SSCI also. Apart from this you need one paper at a conference conducted by a registered society of good standing. You have to be the first author or the corresponding author, your affiliation must show KTU, and micro-articles are not counted.

Before you send a paper anywhere, see whether that journal is taking money from authors. If you pay a journal that is only in Scopus, the paper may get published and still not count when you reach the synopsis.

The KTU format guidelines are the most exact in the city. The thesis limit is 300 pages. The soft copy is A4, but library copies are printed in A5, so check that every figure and table can still be read at A5 size. Because KTU copies use both sides of the paper, the left and right margins swap from page to page. Odd pages have 35 mm on the left and 25 mm on the right, and even pages have it the other way round. The upper and lower margins are 25 mm. Each chapter must start on a new odd page.

For the synopsis meeting, you bring the synopsis along with the first draft of the full thesis, in both hard copy and soft copy. After they accept your synopsis you have two months only to get the thesis to KTU. At this point the Doctoral Committee is giving a list of eight examiners or more. Maximum three people in that list can be from Kerala, and nobody can be from a KTU-affiliated college.

Medical and space-science theses

Two types of thesis here need special care.

Medical and health-science theses come under SCTIMST or KUHS. SCTIMST’s guidelines clearly say that if you are not fluent in writing English, you should get the manuscript edited by a professional before handing it in. This is the editing work we do. We correct grammar, clarity and consistency, we keep your meaning as it is, and every change is shown to you. KUHS has a plagiarism policy which asks for a citation when 14 words are taken together, and quotation marks when the borrowed part reaches 40 words. There is one more limit in it. Suppose more than 30% of your work is copied from the open internet, KUHS will not consider it at all.

KUHS has a paper requirement too. One paper should be published or accepted in an indexed, peer-reviewed journal approved by the Board of Studies. You also need one conference presentation, or else a second paper in place of it. The thesis has to be submitted within three months of the final synopsis, as four soft-bound copies.

In space and defence researches, some of the material is secret. At KTU, clause 21.2 lets a supervisor ask for relief from the plagiarism check on grounds of IP or national security. If any part of your thesis is restricted, tell us in the first call itself. Share with us only what you are allowed to share. We won’t ask for the restricted portion.

Working with us from Trivandrum

Start with a WhatsApp message or a phone call. First we want to know which university you are registered with and in which department or centre. Also tell us the year of joining and the next thing you have to submit. KTU scholars should also tell us which papers they have and in which journals they came, since the paid-Scopus rule may change the plan.

You send the chapter, the data or the draft. We go through it and revert with a clear note on what it needs. If you want us to continue, the scope, dates and fee are agreed in writing before any work starts. We put our comments and edits in your own file as tracked changes. Which ones to accept is your call.

If you are with KTU, we set up the mirrored margins when chapter one starts itself, and we print the figures at A5 to see they can be read. For University of Kerala scholars, we write down your agreed layout on one sheet and check each chapter against it. Before the library check we go through the references and quotations with you, so that first run comes clean.

Your supervisor stays your supervisor, even when you take our help. At Kerala University the layout is what you and your supervisor agree on, and at KTU the Doctoral Committee approves each stage. We work inside those decisions.