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% Original Authors: Akshay Kumar, Aman Thakur, Aniket Kumar, Prashant Yelpale, Sonu Aswar, Rakesh Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Jayaprakash Katual
% Department of Electrical Engineering NIT Hamirpur
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% Set main font (Times)
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%---------------------------- Contents Text Size Changer and Underline-----
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% Document begin
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% Cover, title, certificate etc. (keep your files)
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% Watermark for certificate page only:
% ===== Certificate page with correct hyperlink anchor =====
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% Begin main chapters
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\input{chapters/chapter2.tex}\cleardoublepage
\input{chapters/chapter3.tex}\cleardoublepage
\input{chapters/chapter4.tex}\cleardoublepage
\input{chapters/chapter5.tex}\cleardoublepage
% List of publications & references (kept similar to yours)
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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Publications}
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% ---------- REFERENCES (single heading, no duplicate "Bibliography") ----------
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% Print a single, right-aligned numberless chapter title (uses numberless titleformat)
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% Optional rule under heading (remove if you already have one)
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