| Font |
Arial |
| Font size |
10 point |
| Paper |
A4 size (Width 8.27” Height 11.69”) |
| Margins |
Left: 1.5” Right: 1” Top: 1” Bottom: 1” |
| Paragraphs |
No paragraph should be indented. Leave one line space between each paragraph. |
| Line spacing |
1.5 space in the entire body of the paper |
| Page numbers |
Except first page, all the other pages should be numbered serially. |
| Title of paper |
The title of the paper should be in ‘Sentence case’, font size 14 point, bold and centered at the top of the first page. |
| Authors and affiliations |
Authors and affiliations should be followed after the title of paper. The author(s) name should be of font size 11 point and bold. Corresponding author should be marked with asterisk (*).Affiliation(s) of the author(s) along with their full address(es) of organization(s) followed with phone, fax and email should be of font size 10 point, centeredand single lined-spaced.
If there are two or more authors for the same paper but are from different organizations then in this case the authors name and address should be superscripted by numerically 1, 2, etc. |
| Abstract and keywords |
Begin the paper with an abstract of approximately 300 words. The text of the abstract should be in italic font. The abstract should be followed by 3-5 keywords arranged in alphabetical order. Each keyword should be separated by a semi-colon. |
| Headings |
First-level headings should be left aligned, bold-faced and in “Capital Letters”. The font size should be 11 point.
Second-level headings should be left aligned, bold-faced and in “Sentence case”. The fond size should be 11 point.
Third-level headings should be left aligned, bold-faced and in“Italics”. The font size should be 11 pt. font |
| Body |
The body of the paper should follow the abstract. The body of the text should be divided into headings like Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement (if any) and References or any other suitable headings as per the content blend.
The body should be 1.5 lines spacedandjustified. Ensure to use a first level heading of some type after the abstract and before the first paragraph of the body of the paper to clearly separate the two. |
| Equations |
All equations should appear on the separate lines, left aligned and numbered consecutively. Numbers of the equations should be mentioned in the parentheses and be right aligned. |
| Appendices, if any |
Appendices should immediately follow the body of the paper and precede the references. |
| References |
References in the text matter should be quoted as per the following:
In one author: (Granato 1995)
If two authors: (Brown and Warner 1985)
If three or more authors: (Moeller et al 2005)
If two or more references are to be quoted for a certain concept or text line:
(Brown and Warner 1985; Granato 1995; Moeller et al 2005)
Details of the references quoted in the text should appear at the end of the paperin alphabetical order and be written according to the following model.References should be single lined spaced with font size 9 point.
Brown SJ and Warner JB (1985) Using daily stock returns: the case of event studies. Journal of Financial Economics 14(1):3-31.
Granato M (1995) Evaluation of potential use of water hyacinths in treatment of cyanide-containing effluents. In: Biohydrometallurgical Processing (Edited by Jerez CA, Vargas T, Toledo H and Wiertz JV) Volume II, pp. 211-217, University of Chile, Chile.
Moeller SB, Schlingemann FP and Stulz RM (2005) Wealth destruction on a massive scale? A study of acquiring-firm returns in the recent merger wave. Journal of Finance 60(2): 757-782.
Weston J, Juan S and Brian J (2001) Takeovers, Restructuring and Corporate Governance, 3rdEdn,Pearson Publications, New Delhi. |
| Foot notes |
Footnotes should not be used anywhere in the text. You may use endnotes instead and place them after references. |
| Exhibits and Figures |
Exhibits and tables must be typed using MS Word table format. Insert the tables and figures as close as possible to the citations within the context. Headings should be aligned left, bold-faced and in sentence case above the exhibit. Size of the headings for each exhibit should be 11 point font. |
| Additional information |
It is responsibility of the author(s) to check grammar, spellings, punctuation marks, etc. thoroughly before submission of the paper. |