CALL FOR PAPERS

Chitkara University Doctoral Consortium - CUDC 2017

Submission of Extended Abstracts: February 15, 2017 March 13, 2017

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CALL FOR PAPERS

In line with UGC Notification No. F. 1-2/2009(EC/PS)V(I) Vol. II (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.PHIL./PH.D Degrees, Regulations, 2016) Ph.D. scholars must publish at least one (1) research paper in refereed journal and make two paper presentations in conferences/seminars before the submission of the dissertation/thesis (Clause 9.4, pp 11). Taking in to consideration the UGC guidelines, CUDC 2017 provides an opportunity for the PhD scholars to present/publish their research work and fulfil above mentioned requirement before the submission of the thesis. Please refer to the guidelines and template before submitting the paper.

Click here for latest UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.PHIL./PH.D Degrees) Regulations, 2016).

REVIEW PROCESS

The doctoral consortium will follow a review process in which submissions will be evaluated by a number of factors including (1) the quality of the submission (2) the expected benefits of the consortium to the student's PhD research.

GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

We invite extended abstracts from doctoral scholars. Selection of papers for presentation in the consortium will be based on extended abstracts of up to 2,500 words (including tables, Figures and key references). The extended abstract should be in Times New Roman 10-point font, single spacing and with one inch margin on all sides and include personal particulars like name, title of paper, affiliation (Department and Institute), e-mail, telephone and postal address. The author(s) should clearly mention under what area of interest (Track) of the conference the abstract is to be included. The extended abstracts will be blind reviewed and only those abstracts approved by the reviewers will be selected for presentation.

The extended abstract should cover:

• Introduction
• Review of Literature &Theoretical Framework
• Methodology (Research questions and hypotheses: Sampling and Research Techniques )
• Expected Contributions of your PhD Work
• Major Findings and Conclusion/ Description of Remaining Work
• Key References

Click here to download the template for manuscript submission.
(For Management, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Health Sciences Tracks)

Click here to download the template for manuscript submission.
(For Engineering, Technology and Sciences Tracks)

Note*: All tables & figures (JPEG) shall be included in manuscript, however tables and figures also need to be attached separately.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY

All selected manuscripts/extended abstracts shall be published in the form of consortium proceedings with ISBN. The authors of shortlisted manuscript shall be invited to submit full length paper to be published in Scopus Indexed Journal as per the journal review policy.

We have identified following Scopus Indexed Journals for Publication.

• International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research (For Management Track )
• International Journal of Control Theory and Application (For Engineering, Technology & Sciences Track)
• Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (For Pharmaceutical Sciences Track)

PAPER SUBMISSION & IMPORTANT DATES

We use Conference Management Toolkit (CMT) from Microsoft for Paper Submission. Click here and make an account for yourself and upload your manuscript. We accept paper in PDF, DOC (DOCX) format.