Important Notice
Important Date
Last date for submission of Abstract Nov. 30, 2016
Acceptance of short-listed abstracts Dec. 10, 2016
Full paper submission Jan. 31, 2017
Last date for registration Feb. 20, 2017

Guidelines

Submission and Selection of Papers

Abstracts of papers on the conference theme must be submitted to the Conference Secretariat by 30 November, 2016. Full papers will be invited on the basis of abstracts submitted by the authors. The abstract should not exceed 400 words and should summarize the objectives, methodology and main results of the study.

Review and Selection for Presentation

Submitted research papers will be subjected to blind review by experts and the short listed papers will be accepted for presentation in the technical sessions.

Guidelines for Contributors

The abstracts as well as the accepted papers should provide on the cover page, the title of the paper, name of author (s), institutional/professional affiliation, address, contact number and email Id for communication. The full paper, not exceeding 5000 words, adhering to APA style, should be submitted in duplicate along with a CD to the Conference Secretariat. Papers should be typed on A–4 format with 1.5 spacing, left-aligned, with a one and a half inch margin and typed in 12–point font (Times New Roman) in MS Word. PDF format would not be accepted. Graphs or pictures should be in JPEG format or compatible with MS Office formats such as Excel or Word. Abstracts/papers can also be submitted as email attachments.

Besides the contributors of research papers and guests, the participants/audience will include industry delegates, academicians, research scholars and management/engineering students.

Academic Output

The abstracts of papers will be included in the Conference Souvenir. Selected papers shall be published in an edited book/journal with an ISBN/ISSN number.