IIT Hyderabad Thesis template

This is a thesis template for BTech/MTech/MS/PhD degrees at IIT Hyderabad.

How-To use the thesis template

The IITH thesis template can be used to typeset documents in LaTeX. The documentclass, iiththesis, provided with the template has various options to typeset thesis, synopsis, proposal, report, and techreports as per the institute guidelines.

To use the template, the system must have latex installed. The best way is to install TeX Live.

Steps:

• clone the repository.

• set primary field such as title, author name, roll number, adviser, co-adviser if any, in the thesis.tex file.

• set the department and the degree using the documentclass options department and degree respectively.

  • department=
    • cse for Computer Science and Engineering (default)
    • ee for Electrical Engineering
    • mae for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    • che for Chemical Engineering
    • cc for Climate Change
    • es for Engineering Science
    • ce for Civil Engineering
    • ai for Artificial Intelligence
    • bme for Biomedical Engineering
    • bt for Biotechnology
    • msme for Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering
    • phy for Physics
    • math for Mathematics
    • chy for Chemistry
    • la for Liberal Arts
    • des for Design
    • em for Entrepreneurship and Management
  • degree=
    • btech for Bachelor of Technology
    • bdes for Bachelor of Design
    • mtech for Master of Technology
    • mdes for Master of Design
    • msc for Master of Science
    • mdes for Master in Development Studies
    • mphil for Master of Philosophy
    • phd for Doctor of Philosophy (default)
  • book=
    • thesis for thesis (default)
    • synopsis for synopsis
    • proposal for research proposal
    • report for report
    • techreport for tech report
  • spacing=
    • single
    • onehalf (default)
    • double

• the other documentclass options are

  • lof for a list of figures
  • lot for a list of tables
  • loa for a list of algorithms
  • los for a list of symbols
  • lol for a list of code listings

• to generate the thesis pdf, run make

• to generate the synopsis pdf, run make synopsis

• to extract the declaratio page, run make declaration

• to extract the approval sheet, run make approval

• to generate the final version of the thesis including the signed approval sheet and the declaration page, replace the declaration.pdf and approval.pdf files with the signed versions and then run make final

Bug Reporting

Please feel free to report any bugs or send pull requests.

Contributors

• Utpal Bora
• Saurabh Joshi