This section will help M.Sc. 2nd year and Ph.D. students with their project work and thesis writing. Most of us are pretty comfortable with 'Microsoft Office Suite'. We can write our project work/thesis in plain 'Word'. But when there are many mathematical expressions in your work, the best way to make your project look beautiful is to use Latex. The benefit of Latex is that you don't need to worry about handling the position of text and mathematical expressions i.e. you don't need to move/adjust everything if you insert something new. This consumes less time and gives an elegant output in different formats like .pdf, .dvi and so on. Besides, there are many other benefits of Latex. We will tell you about those advantages later.
Every software/editor has its ups and downs. In WORD, what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG), but in Latex the thing is totally different. It has some rules. But we will tell you only the amount of information you need. Don't get panicked and check whether you need it or not. the pictures below are some examples.
Latex for M.Sc. Project work
If you have a PC (Desktop/Laptop) then you are fine. Install the following softwares.
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Download and install Texmaker (recommended) or TeXstudio. [How to install tutorial]
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Download and install Miktex.
Now you are done with pc setup.
Writing Your Document (Texmaker):
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open Texmaker and create a new file with CTRL+N.
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write your codes (what is it ?).
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save it in some folder by CTRL+S. (tutorial).
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click on Quick Build. You will get the output file in the same folder where you saved the latex file (.tex at the end ). There will be some extra intermediate/auxiliary files. You don't need to delete them.
Important Links:
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Sharelatex Tutorials. (This site provides online latex editor. you can use in your smartphone too. For that, you need to register(sign up). PC users can also try. There is online collaboration facility here i.e. you and your friend(s) can work together on a same file/project from different places over internet.)
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Templates for project work/thesis. (recommended for final submission). We used this one. [MIT]

