Paper submission
Abstract
Original Papers are invited on the theme and Sub-themes of the conference from Academicians and practitioners. Abstract should be in about 500 words including 5- 6 key words.
Full paper
The front page Tables and Figures should be in MS Word, Times New Roman 12 point, with 1.5 line spacing, fully justified and should not exceed 4500 words. of the Paper should provide details of Author’s Name, Affiliation, e-mail Address and Telephone Number.
All Tables and graphs should be numbered and should appear in the corresponding Text with Captions. Source should be explicitly mentioned at the bottom of the Table/Figure.
Footnote: The Superscript Numeral used to refer to a Footnote must appear in the text. Footnotes should appear at the bottom of the normal Text area, with a line of about 5cms set immediately above them.
Citation: APA citation style must be followed for References.
All correspondence will be addressed to the first Author only.
Review process and notification of acceptance:
All papers will undergo a Double Blind Review process and will be evaluated on different parameters like Originality, Relevance, Applicability and Contribution to Findings.
Note:
Papers received upto 31st October 2013 shall qualify for the “Best Business Academic of the Year Award (BBAY Award) and the Mannu Bhai M Shah Memorial (MMSM) Research Gold Medals. The detail rules of BBAY Award and MMSM Research Gold Medal Award are being published in the forthcoming issue of the Indian Journal of Commerce and can be seen on the website of the ICA.
Abstract Submission
All abstracts should be written in English and submitted on or before October 15, 2014 through on-line abstract system available in this site. You can use the EventM Document Maker available in the new submission to input your Abstract.
The title of the paper should be 16 pt Times New Roman and the Name and Address must be cantered with 14 pt Times New Roman.(This option is for those who use word /PDF and not for Online submission through EventM Document Maker)
The main text should be single-spaced, in 12 pt Times New Roman with Key words at the end. The number of words in the abstract should not exceed 400.
All submissions will be reviewed in terms of quality, impact and relevance to the Conference by subject experts. The notification will be directed to the corresponding author by............
Guidelines for paper Presentations
ORAL PRESENTATION
- Own laptops are not permitted in the conference Rooms.
- You are requested to send Power Point file to the Secretariat through e.mail or provide at the registration desk during the conference.
- The maximum speaking time for oral presentation is 15 minutes (including time for discussion). This time frame will be strictly adhered to by the session Organizer/Chair.
POSTER PRESENTATION
- Poster boards are located in Poster Room
- All posters will be displayed during the conference as per the scheduled programme. Mounting stickers will be available in the poster room or contact the information desk of the conference.
- Size of the poster board is 120 cm high and 90 cm wide.
Posters that have not been removed at the end of the day i.e. on November 21, 2014 by 16:30 hrs, will be removed and disposed of by the conference’s staff.
Important notice:
- Submission of abstract implies the willingness of at least one of the authors of the paper to register as delegate on or before October 15, 2014.
- Papers without, at least, one author registering by October 15 2014 will be automatically excluded from the conference programme and abstract book.
Call for Papers:
A Three-Day International Conference on Free Trade Opportunities and challenges (ftoc 2014) on 12-14 June 2014, organized by Andhra Mahila Sabha, Arts & Science College for Women. The Objective of the Conference is to create an international exposure to Researchers, Academicians, Entrepreneurs, Self-Help groups, Manufacturers, Industrialists, NGOs, Government Officials, Scientists, General Public by providing a platform for discussing opportunities and challenges and directions for new initiatives.
The Conference will include highly Selective technical program consisting of a set of keynotes, plenary lectures form well known eminent professionals in the field, Submitted Papers on Sub-themes, and a poster session.
A panel discussion will also be held on Free Trade-Emerging Economies, which will be open to the public for a lively exchange of ideas. An outstanding submitted paper for its contribution in each technical session will be awarded in the valedictory session of the Conference.
Papers not published earlier describing original research work and also work in progress, practical experiences/experimental results are solicited on topics of interest, listed session-wise as proposed for the Conference and also on related topics.
The Conference Theme
The theme chosen for the Conference is Higher Education: Special Emphasis on Management Education. The purpose of the fourth Conference is to bring together ideas of inclusive thinking, sustainability, balance of the cognitive and the effective, ideals of student-professor interaction as mentors-mentees, reverse mentoring, balance of professionalism and relationship orientation, impact of pedagogy in the way we see things around us, recent advances in positive psychology and management education, recent neuroscience findings and higher education, and related issues in academic administration, technology, accreditation, admission process for MBA education etc.
Sub-themes
Innovative Pedagogies
Now pedagogy is to be reoriented to fulfill the aspirations of young students who are indeed the real stakeholders. The expectations of these stakeholders keep on changing with the change in business environments. Maximum possible use of modern technology and open source learning resources should be the ingredients of the innovative pedagogy. Teaching should be creative which besides preparing stakeholders for challenges of business environment would help them to take up research as well in the new and emerging areas.
Learner-centered Management Education
Learner-centered education refers to a system that pays careful attention to the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs that learners bring to the educational setting. This term includes teaching practices that have been called "culturally responsive," "culturally appropriate," "culturally compatible," and "culturally relevant". Management pedagogy needs to move towards this goal of learner-centered education.
Employability: Short Term and Long Term
The debate on academic excellence versus employability is going on since a long period of time. It’s now the time to reduce the divergence between the two by converging the academic excellence with employability. This can be successfully done with dynamic curriculum, pedagogy and by innovation.
Mentoring and Reverse Mentoring
The teacher student relationship has much to do with the quality of management education. Right now many management Institutes have failed to realize that the teachers must be both mentors and mentees. Unless they are ready to get rid of their reluctance to learn in the process of teaching, mentoring can become both one sided and lop sided. Training for development through change in the student relationship should be one of the goals of the higher education in general and management education in particular.
Innovations in Evaluation
Increasing span of attention, quick solutions to problems at hand, reviewing education and scope for peer to peer learning should be the main steps for evaluations of both learners and teachers. Innovative evaluation therefore has to become open ended.
Distance Learning
Distance learning is rapidly becoming an alternative to traditional classrooms. Learners are attracted by distance learning due to flexibility that comes with distance learning. Technology has been a major contributor for the success of this. The experiences across the world can be shared to assess the current status of distance learning and redefine the same if necessary.
Hybrid Learning: Conventional and Distance Education
The reduction of the in class learning and replacing that with more online, out-of-class learning is a new trend in higher education in the developed countries, but not so in emerging countries.
Reforms in Management Education
Reforms in management education should center round ability to learn in teams, converting the recipients of management education into flexible citizens of the globe, imparting the necessary skill to learners face different cultures and appreciate the nature of present knowledge centered society.
Role of Accreditation in Management Education
The accreditation for education should be purely a voluntary and non-governmental process that includes an external review of a school’s ability to provide quality programs. It should help the Institutions in many fronts, starting from ensuring that students are learning relevant material to get a special status for regulatory purpose.
Regulations on Higher Education and Role of the University System The regulatory framework should be basically different. Emphasis needs to be shifted from the control mode to development mode. In this context the advantages as well as disadvantages of the present affiliation system must be looked into. The university system should have a built-in-mechanism for giving autonomy to the institutions of the management education with adequate safeguards.
Any Other Topic
Any other topics may cover addressing the issues of absenteeism, pluralism, cross border movement of students and faculty, content development in new courses, inter-disciplinary dimensions of management education and any such related topics.
Guidelines for Abstract submission
All abstracts should be written in English
The abstract must be in the Microsoft Word format. The title of the paper should be 16 pt Times New Roman and the Name and Address must be cantered with 14 pt Times New Roman. The main text should be single-spaced, in 12 pt Times New Roman with Key words at the end. The number of words in the abstract should be maximum 400.
Review of Abstracts
All submissions will be reviewed in terms of quality, impact and relevance to the Conference by subject experts. The notification will be directed to the corresponding author by September 15, 2014
Guidelines for paper Presentations
ORAL PRESENTATION
- You are requested to send Power Point file to the Secretariat through on-line within the time fixed.
- The maximum speaking time for oral presentation is 15 minutes (including time for discussion). This time frame will be strictly adhered to by the session Organizer/Chair.
POSTER PRESENTATION
- Poster boards are located in Poster Room
- All posters will be displayed during the conference days and should be mounted by the presenter Mounting stickers will be available in the poster room or contact the information desk of the conference.
- Standard poster size may be prepared for presentation.
Delegates may present the Research/ Working/ Theoretical Papers on the seminar theme and sub themes. The selected papers will .be published in the Seminar Proceedings Souvenir with ISSN Numbers. The paper presenters are requested to adopt the following guidelines:
An Abstract of 250-300 words and Full Paper not exceeding 3000 words excluding cover page and references.
Margin: 2.5 cm or 1 inch. Font: Times New Roman Font Size: 12. Single Spacing, Reference: APA Style
Paper may be authored by one author or more than one author
The soft copy of Abstract and the Full Paper should be sent only through email; however hard copy may be submitted during the seminar.
The Abstract and the Full Paper of e-copy should be submitted to the following email: sureshmayya@hotmail.com on before 30th Nov 2014.
This seminar intends to provide the participants an excellent platform to share their views, experiences and research results on various aspects of cyber security.
SUB.THEMES OF THE SEMINAR
1. Cyber Crimes
2. Cyber Security
3. Cyber security and laws of India and other countries
4. Data protection
5. Privacy concerns on cyber space.
6. Crimes on social media.
7. Protection of children and women on cyber space.
8. Investigation of cybercrimes– issues and concerns
9. Judiciary on cyber security
10. Laws and concerns in relation to any -Selected/ Specific forms of cyber-crimes [such as hacking, cyber pornography, identity theft, spoofing, cyber stalking, software piracy, etc. Any one form of cyber crime can be selected as the focal theme of the paper]
11. E-security in banking system.
12. E- Commerce and cyber security concerns
13. E-Governance and cyber security concerns.
14. Providing / developing an alternative law / policy framework