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Papers may be submitted on topics related to the following themes:

  1. Business Education: Current Status and Concerns
  2. Challenges for Business and Commerce in a Globalised World
  3. Changing Face of Business Leadership
  4. Role of Institutions and Industry in Business Education:
  5. Role of Government and Regulatory Bodies in Business Education:
  6. Strategic Approaches to Business Education
  7. Strategies for Excellence in Business Education

All papers must be submitted electronically via email addressed to the Coordinator of the Editorial Committee.

Process Steps for Paper Submission

Step No. 1 – Submission of Extended Abstract (Deadline – 30th May 2009 )

The extended abstract should not be longer than 1000 words, in Times New Roman 12-point font size, single line spacing. While writing the extended abstract, ensure that your ideas are well thought out and follow a logical, coherent flow. State the issue to be discussed; give a brief background to the issue; brief description of what you are doing about it; state the implications/outcomes of why is what you’ve done important.

Ensure that the extended abstract relates to the conference theme in a ‘real’ and not contrived way; an interesting and catchy title helps; limit amount of references cited in extended abstract; use only if essential to support your argument. Ensure you include your name, title, organisation and contact details, including phone, fax, street address and e-mail.

Finally, remember that your extended abstract serves two purposes. To interest and intrigue the committee so they will select it; to introduce/outline your topic for the conference compendium.

Step No. 2 – Review / Recommendation (Deadline – 31st Jul 2009)

The Editorial Committee will arrange to have the extended abstracts reviewed by an expert team of advisors. The recommendations made by the expert team will be advised to the author for carrying out necessary changes to the paper and requesting submission of the full paper. Some papers that are judged to have limited merit may be accepted as short papers or “poster papers”, with up to four pages in the proceedings.

Step No. 3 – Submission of Full Paper (Deadline – 30th Sep 2009 )

Authors are required to submit the full, revised and corrected papers to the Coordinator of the Editorial Committee. Authors not interested in submitting full papers after revision may advice the Editorial Committee to publish only their reviewed and corrected extended abstracts.

Submitted papers should report on original, previously unpublished work not being concurrently considered elsewhere for publication in a journal or conference. Every author is responsible for his/her paper. He/she should therefore ensure that the correct procedures for authorisation of publication or for the use of any material possibly protected by authors’ rights have been followed.

Selected papers will be assigned an ISBN Number and published in the conference compendium to be released at the inauguration. At least one author of each accepted paper must register, attend the conference and present the paper.

Step No.4 - Submission of Poster Paper (Deadline – 31st Oct 2009 )

A poster shoud be informative, attractive, well organised and self explanatory. Present a few major findings, its significance and implication; do not overwhelm the audience with data or explanations. The discussion should give the interpretation and significance of the results. Try to give the viewer one or two important conclusions to take away from the session. The following specific points may help you in your planning.

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Size : Use standard 30" x 40" (76 cm x 102 cm) posterboard, with the 30" (76 cm) edge along the top and bottom.
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Text lettering : Use type or hand-printed letter that are atleast 4' (0.6 cm) high. in typesetting the text, choose a sans-serif (simple) type face. Use capitals and lower case standard type. Do not use all capital letters.
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Text : Give a brief (50 words) introduction stating very clearly the purpose of the study followed by materials and results. Minimize words while maximizing visuals. End with a brief (50 words) conclusion clearly highlighting the major findings, its significance and implications.
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Colours : Use no more than three. Good two-colour combinations are, black on white, black or yellow, black on pink, dark blue on white and dark blue on yellow. Dark colours on a light background is easiest to read.
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Illustrations : Photographs and graphics should be 5" x 7" (13 cm x 18 cm). Captions and labels on diagram and graphs should be readable from 2 metres distance and not be cluttered with unnecessary details. Diagrams and graphs should have no more than two lines in contrasting colours. Use of only one vertical scale per graph is preferable to tables.
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Organization : The design should be sequentially from one part to the next. Number of arrows may be used to help the eye move from item to item in the correct order : left to right, top to bottom. Do not clutter with either text or artwork.

Writing Style and Format

All papers should be submitted in A4 size page, Times New Roman 12-point font size, justified, 2.54 cm (1 inch) margin on the left and right, and 3.17 cm (1.25 inches) on the top and bottom, single line spacing, single-column layout, one clear line between paragraphs. Do not use additional footers or headers.

Paper title should be in 14-point bold, author names in 12-point bold after three clear lines below the title, affiliations 12-point regular (do not include any logos) after one clear line below the authors. All these should be centred.

Headings Level One should be in 12-point bold in capital letters, headings Level Two in 12-point bold – all of these left aligned.

Bibliographic references must be listed at the end of the paper in Times New Roman 10-point and in alphabetical order of the main author’s surname. E.g.: “Family Name, Initials (Year) Title. Journal, Volume, Issue Number, Page numbers (i.e. pp xxx-yyy)”

Please do not include footnotes, but rather endnotes, i.e. all on the last page of your paper – in Times New Roman 10-point.

Maximum length for a final paper for inclusion in conference or workshop proceedings will be 10 pages for a presentation. Maximum file size is 8MB – please respect font sizes and layout specified.

Authors may contact the Coordinator of the Editorial Committee for assistance.

Dr. Mrs. Rameshwari Ramchandra at rameshwariramchandra@gmail.com or on +91 422 257 222 Extn.153