iitm-thesis

This is a LaTeX class for preparing PhD, MS, M.Tech and B.Tech thesis according to the IIT Madras guidelines. The original class, which can be found here, was last updated in March 2005 and passes some obsolete options to certain packages. In addition, it does not adhere to certain guidelines like "chapters should start on odd-numbered pages". This version of the class aims to fix these issues. In order to do so, the following changes have been made to the original class:

• Removed the obsolete compat2 option from the geometry package.
• Added emptypage package to disable page numbering in blank pages.
• Added twoside option to article (synopsis) and report (thesis) classes for left-margin adjustment during two-sided printing. Also, you can now use \cleardoublepage to start a new page on the right hand side.
• Added openright option to report (thesis) class to ensure chapters start on the right hand side (odd page numbers)
• Added \pagenumbering{gobble} to "Title", "Quotation", "Dedication", and "Thesis Certificate" pages to ensure they start on the right hand side (odd page numbers)
• Roman page numbering now starts from the "Acknowledgements" page.

This class was tested on TeX Live 2016. Please do not use an older distribution.

Files included

• iitmdiss.cls - main class file
• iitm.bst - bibliography style
• atbeginend.sty - for removing space around and within environments [1]
• iitm.pdf - IIT Madras logo
• synposis.tex - sample synopsis
• thesis.tex - sample thesis
• refs.bib - sample bibliography file

LaTeX packages required

• geometry
• setspace
• caption
• natbib
• emptypage

For compiling the sample synopsis and thesis

• hyperref
• amsmath
• graphicx

The original LaTeX class

The original LaTeX class, created by Prabhu Ramachandran, can be found here.

Footnotes

[1]	Squeezing Space in LaTeX