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A
maximum of four authors per paper are allowed.
However, the number of participants permitted to
register for the programme would be limited to
two.
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There is
no limit on the number of entries from an
Institute/ Organization.
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Complete
copies of maximum 20 pages excluding appendices
(soft copy) of
the selected entries should reach us by 30th of
December, 2007.
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The
paper should start with Introduction and all
subsequent sections should be numbered. It
should end with the conclusion summarizing the
findings of the paper.
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To the
extent possible, tables and figures should
appear in the document near/after where they are
referenced in the text. Large tables or figures
should be put on pages by themselves.
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It is
the author’s obligation to provide complete
references with the necessary information. List
of references should be placed at the end of the
manuscript and follow the
MLA Handbook style of
Referencing.
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Papers
omitting a reference, appendix, using
plagiarized material, or failing to document
sources appropriately shall be disqualified
without appeal. Papers are accepted for
publication on the understanding that these
contain original unpublished work, not submitted
for publication anywhere else.
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Facts of
papers presented in the symposium must be
clearly mentioned at the bottom of the first
page of the manuscript and the author should
specify with whom the copyright rests.
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The
results of the second stage after the peer
review will be declared by the 7th of January,
2008. The authors of the selected entries will
be intimated and the results will also be
notified on the website.
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Authors
of the selected entries will be called for
presentations to be done at the ATHENAEUM on
15th and 16th of February, 2008.
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The
Institute reserves the right to publish the
proceedings of the conference with due mentions
being made about the contribution of the
authors. The Institute also reserves the right
to edit the proceedings accordingly to aid
publishing.
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A prize
of Rupees 5,000 will be given to the best paper
in each of the functional areas. The decision of
the judges will be final and binding.
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The hard copies of the papers are to be submitted after intimation to:
