Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The articles must be relevant to the economy, society and the nation.
- The articles should be around 1500 to 2500 words and must be an exclusive contribution for the Journal.
- The cover page should contain the title of the paper, author's name, designation, official address, contact phone numbers, e-mail address and an abstract of not more than 150 words.
- References should be given at the end of the manuscript and should contain only those cited in the text of the manuscript.
- The contribution must be original in nature and has neither been published nor under consideration for publication anywhere else. When you upload an article for this journal publication, it is understood that you abide by the said statement.
- A scanned passport size photograph (at least, 600 dpi) of the author and in case of joint authorship of all the authors should also be mailed along with the soft copy of the article.
- Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively and should appear near the text where they are first cited. The figures must be in editable format. Captions of the figures and tables are to be given at the bottom and at the top respectively. Headlines of the sections sand sub-sections should start from the left-hand margin.
- The final decision on the acceptances or otherwise of the paper rests with the competent authority / editorial board and it depends entirely on its standard and relevance. The final draft may be subjected to editorial amendment to suit the Journal’s requirements.
- If an article is not published within 4 months from the date of submission, the author(s) may withdraw the article with prior permission from the Editor OR keep the article with the Institute for future publication, unless it is rejected
- The copyright of the contributions published in the Journal lie with the publishers of the Journal.
- The Editor has the right to modify / edit any content / title of the submitted article to suit the need of the Journal, without affecting the spirit of the article.