AQUA FARMING PROJECT by harsha

A project report of Aqua farming or Aquaculture.
A detailed report gathered from local farmers and villages about aquaculture and maintenance, growths etc..

1. COMMUNITY
SERVICE
PROJECT










ANDHRA PRADESH
STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION

2. )
PROGRAM BOOK
FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT




Name of the student: ALLADUPALLE HAR SHA VARDHAN

Name of the college: PYDAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Registration number: 216T5A3556

Period of csp: from: to:

Name & address of the community/habitation:

3. PYDAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
PATAVALA, KAKINADA -533463

(AFFILIATED TO JNTU KAKINADA, EAST GODAVARI, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA)





“A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT OF
AQUACULTURE”

Submitted to
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Submitted by
ALLADUPALLE HARSHA VARDHAN
(216T5A3556)








UNDER THE ESTEEMED GUIDENCE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

DR .D. RAVINDHRA BABU Ph.D. MR.P.SATISH REDDY,M.TECH

4. GROUP MEMBERS



 T .PAVAN KUMAR

 A.HARSHA VARDHAN

 G. SAI PAVAN

 S.MANOJ

 M. ASIESH

 M.ESWAR NAIK

 D.JENNI BABU

 K. BHUVANESH

 S.YESHVANTH

5. :
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT REPORT

Submitted in accordance with the requirement for the degree of
B.TECH



Name of the College: Pydah College of Engineering
Department: Agricultural Engineering
Name of the Faculty Guide: Dr D RAVINDRA BABU (PhD)
Duration of the CSP: From 15-10-2022 to 05-12-2022
Name of the Student ALLADUPALLE HARSHA VARDHAN
Programme of Study: AQUACULTURE
Year of Study: 2022
Register Number: 216T5A3556
Date of Submission: 09-12-2022

6. STUDENT’S DECLARATION


I, ALLADUPALLE HARSHA VARDHAN a student of
B.TECH (AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING) Program,
Reg. No. 216T5A3556 of the Department of PYDAH COLLEGE
OF ENGINEERING College do hereby declare that I have
completed the mandatory community service from 15-10-2022
to 05-12-2022 in AQUACULTURE (Name of the
Community/Habitation) under the Faculty Guide ship of DR.
D.RAVINDRA BABU (Name of the Faculty Guide),
Department of AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING in College.




(Signature and Date)
Endorsements:

Principal: DR.P.V.SURYA PRAKASH

Head of the Department: P. SATISH REDDY

Faculty Guide: DR. D. RAVINDHRA BABU

7. CERTIFICATE FROM OFFICIAL OF THE
COMMUNITY




This is to certify that ALLADUPALLE HARSHA
VARDHAN (Name of the Community Service
Volunteer) Reg. No 216T5A3556 of PYDAH COLLEGE
OF ENGINEERING (Name of the College) underwent
community service in AQUACULTURE (Name of the
Community) from 15-10-2022 to 05-12-2022 The overall
performance of the Community Service Volunteer
during his/her community service is found to be
(Satisfactory/Good)




Authorized Signatory with Date and Seal

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ACKNOWLEGEMENT



I would acknowledge our deep reverence
to our respected Principal, DR.P.V.SURYA PRAKASH for
allowing us to use the facilities available. We would like to
express our gratitude for the persons who have contributed
their valuable time in the completion of this project. We also
take this opportunity to express a deep sense of gratitude to
HOD, Mr.P.SATISH REDDY .for his cordial support,
valuable suggestions and guidance .With due respect our
heartfelt thanks to our esteemed internal guide DR. D
RAVINDHRA BABU who gave us timely suggestions and
helped us throughout the tenure of our project. As a person
we got a very good experience in participating in this project.
We would like to thank the other faculty members also at this
occasion. Last but not least, We would like to thank our
parents and friends for their support and encouragement they
have given us the course of our work.

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CONTENTS

Page no:
 Chapter 1: executive summary 3-4
 Introduction

 Chapter 2: overview of the community 5-6
 About the community/village

 Chapter 3: community service part 6-29
 Activity log
 Feeding of fish:
 Storage and handling of feeds for fish
 Major problem faced in fish farming:
 Equipment for maintenance and repairs:
 Fish harvesting from ponds

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CHAPTER 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The community service report shall have only a one-page executive
summary. It shall include a brief description of the Community and
summary of all the activities done by the student in CSP and five or
more learning objectives and outcomes.


 We visited a village ‘’KORANGI’’ in tallarevu
mandal in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.


 As per the instructions we surveyed the village to
know the conductions problems, facilities of Korangi
village. We gathered the information about village in
sachivalayam

 We have integrated with farmers and asked about
this problems in village

 And surveyed where are the availability of fish
ponds in the village

 Visited the ponds and captured some of the photos
of the ponds

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 Fish farming is a farm of aquaculture in which fishes
are raised in enclosures to be sold as food.

 A major problem in fish farming is the lack of
availability of good quality stock. To overcome this
problem we have now been worked out to feed
these fishes in ponds using hormonal stimulation.
This has enclosed the supply of pure fish stock in
desired quantities.

 The problems involved also includes pollution,
spread of disease of antibiotics use and pesticide
use.

 The advantages of fish farming is provides high
quality protein for human consumption.

 Fish farming can be integrated into existing form to
create additional income and improve its water
management.

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CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW OF THE
COMMUNITY

About the Community/Village/Habitation including historical profile
of the community, habitation, community diversity, traditions, ethics
and values.
Brief note on Socio-Economic conditions of the Community/Habitation.



 Korangi [village]
 Tallarevu [mandal]
East Godavari [district]

• Korangi village local language is Telugu
• Korangi village consist of total population(2021-22): 12245-13994
• Number of households are 3307

1. Female population is 48.1%
2. Village literacy rate is 63.7%
3. Female literacy rate is 29.2%
4. Male literacy rate is 51.49%

o They grow mainly paddy, aqua & marine farms.
o There is a GOVT school in this village.
o Number of house holders =1730
o Children population =692

a. Total are of Korangi is about 184 hectares.
b. Marine ponds are about 184 hectares.
c. Uncultivable area is 28 hectares.

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Map:

Village: Korangi
Mandal: Tallarevu
District: East Godavari




• The gram panchayat is Korangi. The mandal head quarter
is tallarevu, and the distance from Korangi to tallarevu is 2
kms. The district headquarter is Kakinada, and the distance
from Korangi to Kakinada is 22 kms. Korangi pin code is
533461.

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CHAPTER 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE
PART

Description of the activities undertaken in the Community during the
Community Service Project. This part could end by reflecting on what
kind of values, life skills, and technical skills the student acquired.

ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN

Conducted survey in village and collected information
about the farmers in detail.
The village mobility, transact, social, maps were
prepared.
Problems identified in village.
Collected photos of the village and taken photos with the
farmers.
Selected a topic from the listed problems.
Visited the place [FISH PONDS] where the topic
information was gathered.
Identified problems in that topic and studied on problems
to suggest the remedies & conclusions to the problems
Conducted the problems with possible solutions and
explained to the farmers and taken photos and videos.

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The following are the values, life skills and technical skills the
students acquired.

1. This community project helped me to improve my
communication skills.
2. Improved my leader’s ship qualities.
3. It helped me to interact with people and share ideas,
knowledge.
4. It helped to find the solutions to the problems
identified in village.
5. I gained a lot of knowledge about society and
diversity.
6. I gained confidence in me.
7. Ideology is improved.
8. Creativity skills were improved.

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ACTIVITY LOG


Day
&
Date
Brief description of the
daily activity
Learning
Outcome
Person In
Charge
Signature
Day – 1 Visit to village {Korangi}
We found basic
information and
village route

Day - 2 Visit to sachivalayam
We take the
permission to do
survey in that
village


Day – 3 Visit to fields
We observed the
surrounding fields
and fish ponds

Day – 4 Consulted farmers
We asked the
farmers about the
fish ponds and
cultivation

Day – 5 Conducted survey
We raise some
more questions
about the village

Day - 6 Conducted survey
We raised some
more questions
about ponds

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WEEKLY REPORT

WEEK – 1 (from to date )








Objectives of the Activity Done
Detailed Report
We visited a village [Korangi] and observed all the schools
,health centers ,Markets, sachivalayam organizations etc.
We went to village sachivalayam and approached the officers
to get the permission to do survey in their village.
We also asked the permission from the farmers to do survey in
their fields and we observed that paddy, and aquaculture is most
commonly grown.
We asked many questions about their village and the
problems occurring in their village. It took nearly 2 days’ time
period to finish the survey of whole Village we meet met many
farmers and asked many questions about their fields also.

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ACTIVITY LOG


Day
&
Date
Brief description of the
daily activity
Learning
Outcome
Person In
Charge
Signature
Day – 1
Prepared mobility map of
village [Korangi]
Learned the
possible route
ways for village

Day - 2
Prepared daily routine
map of village
We observed the
daily activities of
village people

Day – 3
Prepared over view of
village
observed schools,
organizations,
sachivalayam etc.

Day – 4
Prepared map of
problems identification
Identified
problems in village

Day – 5
Prepared transact map of
village
Collected the
information on
village grouping

Day –6
Prepared a chart about
transplanter to create
awareness
Awareness created
about rice
transplanter

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AQUACULTURE

What is aquaculture?

▪ Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture, also
known as aqua farming, is the controlled cultivation
of aquaticorganisms suchas fish, crustaceans, mollusc’s,
algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic
plants (e.g. lotus).

▪ Aquaculture can also be defined as the breeding,
growing and harvesting of fish and other aquatic plants,
also known as farming in water.

▪ It is an environmental source of food and commercial
product which help to improve healthier habitats and
used to reconstruct population of endangered aquatic
species. Technology has increased the growth of fish in
coastal marine waters and open oceans due to the
increased demand for seafood.

There are various types of aqua farming .
 Fish farming
 Crustaceans farming
 Mollusks farming
 Aquatic plants, algae, and other organisms.

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ISH FARMING:

o The farming of fish is the most common form of
aquaculture. It involves raising fish commercially in
tanks, fishponds, or ocean enclosures, usually for
food.
o It involves the selective breeding of fish, either in
freshwater or seawater, with the purpose of
producing a food source for consumption. Fish
farming is highly exploited as it allows for the
production of a cheap source of prot xein.
Fig: Catching fishes in pond

‘’Steps involved in fish farming “

 Preparation of fish pond
 Growing baby fishes
 Feeding the fish in nursery pond
 Putting baby fish into big pond
 Harvesting fish
F

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 FISH POND

1. Built the new bigger pond
2. Before letting the water into the pond make sure the
screens on the inlet, and overflow are in place and
tight
3. Make sure the outlet is tightly closed.
4. Wrap a wood plug with old cloth put it in the outlet
pipe on the outside of the pond

Fill pond with water:

 Dig a small ditch from the water source to the inlet to
bring the water to pond.
 Let the water run into pond until it reaches the level of
the overflow pipe on the inside of the pond
 Now you are ready to fertilize the water in to the pond
 Build a crib from bamboo or wood to hold the fertilizer

Fertilizing the water in pond:

You can fertilize the water in pond with
 Compost made with animal manure
 Compost made with plant manure
 Animal manure
 Plant manure
 You can use the manure of chickens, pigs and cows
to fertilizer pond or you can make a mixture of tow
or more kinds of manure
 Fishes will grow better in fertilized pond

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When is pond ready?

o The water will starts to turn green in to two or three
days
o When the water begins to turn in to green you will
know that natural food is growing in pond. It will take a
week to become green enough

The bigger baby fishes grown the more food they will need

 500 grams of food every day during the first month
 1000 grams of food every day during the second month
 1500 grams of food every day during the next months

If you see that the fish eat all their food very quickly give
them a little more the next day

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FEED OF FISH:

Fish need to feed on organic materials such as plants,
other animals, or prepared feeds containing plant
and/or animal material. It is therefore most important
for you to ensure that your fish get the food they
require, both in quality and in quantity

Fig: giving the feed to the fishes

There are three types of food used in fish ponds:
natural food
supplementary feeds
Complete feeds.
 Natural food is found naturally in the pond. It may
include detritus*, bacteria*, plankton*, worms,
insects, snails, aquatic plants and fish.
Their abundance greatly depends on water
quality..
 Supplementary feeds are feeds regularly
distributed to the fish in the pond. They usually
consist of cheap materials locally available such as

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terrestrial plants, kitchen wastes or agricultural by-
products.

 Complete feeds may also be regularly distributed.
They are made from a mixture of carefully selected
ingredients to provide all the nutrients necessary
for the fish to grow well.

They must be made in a form which the fish find
easy to eat and digest. These feeds are quite
difficult to make on the farm and are usually quite
expensive to buy.

Which natural food do fish prefer?
o The food preferred by fish varies considerably,
depending on species and development stage.
o Fish larvae do not actively feed but survive on reserve
food in their yolk sac.

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 A short time before the yolk sac is absorbed, early
fry start eating natural foods, which usually consist first
of the smallest plankton such as microscopic algae and
rotifers.
 As their mouth size increases, the fry eat increasingly
larger plankton (cladoceres/copepods) and insect
larvae/pupae. Little by little, as the fry grow older, food
preferences change to resemble more and more those of
adult fish.

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STORAGE AND HANDLING OF FEEDS
FOR FISH
o The general rule for preservation of these feeds is
to store them in a dry, well-ventilated area that
affords some protection from rapid changes in
temperature.
o Cooler temperatures are best, although actual
ambient temperature is less important than
minimizing extreme changes.

Fig: feed stored in a hut

o Rather than roll up the bag and toss it in the corner
all fish food should be kept in an airtight, opaque
storage container in cooler temperatures of a
pantry.

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o Bags that allow storing bigger volumes of feed,
starting by 500 kg and therefore are ideal for
intensive farming.
o Unlike the bags, it is necessary to use a forklift for
its further transportation within the farm.
o Trucks used for fish feed transport


Fig: feed bag that used as the feed to fishes

1. It is important to provide a housing/building for the
feed storage which is waterproof, secured and can be
adequately locked up.
2. The facility should not be used for storing any other
items/junk or used for sleeping.
3. The area around the feed storage should be free of
debris, weeds and runoffs.

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Major problem faced in fish farming:

 The health and subsequent growth of fish are directly
related to the quality of water in which the fish are
raised.
 In general, factors affecting fish growth and
production in freshwater aquatic systems can be
classified as physical, chemical/biochemical, or a
combination.
 The physical properties of water that are important to
fish production and growth include temperature and
the concentrations of suspended and settle able solids;
important chemical parameters include pH, alkalinity,
hardness, and metals.

Fig: asking the problems that they have been facing

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Equipment for maintenance and repairs:

Digging tools
Levelling tools
Nets and traps
Fingerling suspension net
Gillnet seine

DIGGING TOOLS:
 Most of the maintenance and repair works in fish
farms are devoted to dikes. Practically, the same
implements in manual construction work are also
being used in making repairs of dikes.
 Digging tools, flatboats, wooden dugouts and rafts
as previously mentioned are most appropriate for
work like digging out trenches and backfilling
them with puddled soil to repair leakage/seepage,
and for deepening canals and other similar jobs.

LEVELLING TOOLS :
 Practical and simple equipment have also been
devised for leveling fishpond bottoms. The simple
manual mud rake is a good example while in
Indonesia, a leveling board manned by four or
more men is also used
 For manual removal of silt in fishpond bottoms or
canals, a simple metallic or wooden shovel has
been
devised and used in Thailand and Indonesia.
 If the area to be delisted is extensive, a type of silt
or sludge pump can be used.

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NETS AND TRAPS:
o The industry has designed various types of nets for use
in fishpond operations. The fingerling seine, which is
used for catching milkfish fingerlings and shrimps
juveniles, is a fine-meshed rectangular net, about two to
four meters long by one meter wide.

FINGERLING SUSPENSION NET:

o It is supported by two poles at both ends with floats of
wood, rubber or synthetic material on the upper side
and sinkers of lead on the opposite side.
GILLNET SEINE:
This is a harvesting net of about 1.5 to 2.0 m wide by 30 to 50
m long.
HARVESTING AND MARKETING:
• At the time of harvesting the weight of the fish is about
1kg or 1200 gms
• Per month fish increases the weight by 150 – 200 gms
• They exported the harvested fishes to other states like
uttarpradesh ,Bihar Assam, Delhi

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• They selected these states because the people in those
areas takes fish as the major food
PROBLEMS FACED BY FARM ERS:
o Improper working of labor’s
o Feed problems
o Threat from cranes, snakes, crows, and tortoise etc.
o Market demand
o Weather conditions
o Diseases or viruses
o Aquatic weeds [increases co2 %during nights which
cause lack of o2 ]
o Pollution
o Pesticide usage

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FISH HARVESTING FROM PONDS

 To harvest your fish by draining the water completely,
usually you need to have a drainable pond.
 In such case, all the fish present are removed from it,
being harvested either inside the pond or outside

 The way to harvest a pond also greatly depends on
the kind of fish it should yield.
 During harvest, stress to the fish should be reduced
to a minimum, and
 After harvest, fish should be transferred to good
water as soon as possible, for transport and, if
necessary, for storage.
 If the fish are not to be kept alive, as in the case of
most table fish, local marketing considerations
become important. Even then, a good harvesting
technique will make it easier to produce good
quality fish.

Fig: harvesting the fishes from fish ponds

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HARVEST FISH WITHOUT TOTAL DRAIN

1. You can harvest fish without totally draining a pond in
one of two ways:
 by treating the pond water with chemicals; or
 by using fishing gear.
2. Select the best way according to your needs:
 If you need fish alive you will have to use fishing
gear;
 If the fish do not need to be harvested alive, you
may also use chemicals.
 You may use a similar method to stun your fish.
 You can easily harvest them as they come up to the
water surface, for example using long-handled dip
nets. Rinse the fish well in clean water before using
them for food.
3. Seine nets, lift nets, cast nets and traps that you can use
to harvest live fish.
4. You can also use gill nets and hook and line to catch
fish for food.
5. Remember that in some cases, it will be easier to harvest
the fish when they are concentrated in a smaller area of
the pond, for example within a seine or another type of
mobile barrier
Improving your harvesting:
a) To produce live fish from your pond, such as brood
stock or fry/fingerlings for stocking, you should
endeavour to keep them in good health by reducing
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whole harvesting process. There are several ways to
improve conditions.
b) You can provide an ample supply of good water from
a source outside the pond being drained.
c) This is especially useful towards the end of the pond
draining phase, when the fish begin to be crowded in
the harvesting basin, and the water quality deteriorates.
You may bring additional clean water:
o From a neighboring pond if the harvesting basin is
common to more than one pond;
o By pumping fresh water from any conveniently
available source, using for example a small
portable pump;
o From upstream ponds, if the basin is built in a
drainage canal;
o From a special water canal or pipeline, branched
on one of the feeding canals, which brings fresh
water to the harvesting basin as required, using a
three-way box in the feeding canal.

Fig: draining all the water

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SOLUTIONS FOR FISH FARMING:

o All ponds are unique, including the management
strategies and overall goal of the pond owner.
o For some pond owners, management for increased fish
production is at the top of their list.
o Common management strategies implemented to
increase fish production include liming, fertilizing, and
supplemental feeding.



o Within fish farms, large numbers of fish are kept in
freshwater or seawater enclosures and are carefully
monitored and controlled in many different ways
This helps to ensure high yields (fast growth of healthy
fish)

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The methods used include:
o The control (and maintenance) of water quality
o The control of intraspecific predation
o The control of interspecific predation
o The control of disease
o The control (and removal) of waste products
o The control of the quality and frequency of feeding
o The use of selective breeding

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Student Self-Evaluation for the Community Service
Project
Student Name: ALLADUPALLE HARSHA VARDHAN
Registration No: 216T5A3556
Period of CSP: From: To: 15-10-2022 to 05-12-2022
Date of Evaluation:
Please rate your performance in the following areas
Rating Scale: Letter grade of CGPA calculation to be
provided

Date:
Signature of the Student
1 Oral communication 1 2 3 4 5
2 Written communication 1 2 3 4 5
3 Proactiveness 1 2 3 4 5
4 Interaction ability with community 1 2 3 4 5
5 Positive Attitude 1 2 3 4 5
6 Self-confidence 1 2 3 4 5
7 Ability to learn 1 2 3 4 5
8 Work Plan and organization 1 2 3 4 5
9 Professionalism 1 2 3 4 5
10 Creativity 1 2 3 4 5
11 Quality of work done 1 2 3 4 5
12 Time Management 1 2 3 4 5
13 Understanding the Community 1 2 3 4 5
14 Achievement of Desired
Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
15 OVERALL PERFORMANCE 1 2 3 4 5

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Evaluation by the Person in-charge in the Community /
Habitation
Student Name: ALLADUPALLE HARSHA VARDHAN
Registration No: 216T5A3556
Period of CSP: From: To: 15-10-2022 to 05-12-2022
Date of Evaluation:
Name of the Person in-charge:
Address with mobile number:
Please rate the student’s performance in the following areas:
Rating Scale: 1 is lowest and 5 is highest rank
Date: Signature of the Supervisor
1 Oral communication 1 2 3 4 5
2 Written communication 1 2 3 4 5
3 Proactiveness 1 2 3 4 5
4 Interaction ability with community 1 2 3 4 5
5 Positive Attitude 1 2 3 4 5
6 Self-confidence 1 2 3 4 5
7 Ability to learn 1 2 3 4 5
8 Work Plan and organization 1 2 3 4 5
9 Professionalism 1 2 3 4 5
10 Creativity 1 2 3 4 5
11 Quality of work done 1 2 3 4 5
12 Time Management 1 2 3 4 5
13 Understanding the Community 1 2 3 4 5
14 Achievement of DesiredOutcomes 1 2 3 4 5
15 OVERALL PERFORMANCE 1 2 3 4 5

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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT STATEMENT

Name of the Student: ALLADUPALLE HARSHAVARDHAN
Programme of Study:
Year of Study: 2021-2024
Group:
Register No / H.T.No: 216T5A3556
Name of the College: PYDAH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
University: JNTUK


Sl.No Evaluation Criterion
Maximum
Marks
Marks
Awarded
1. Activity Log 20
2.
Community Service Project
Implementation 30
3. Mini Project Work 25
4. Oral Presentation 25
GRAND TOTAL 100



Date: Signature of the Faculty Guide:

Certified by:

Date: Signature of the Head of the Department/Principal:


Seal:

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