Call for abstracts

The authors are invited to contribute original results of their work that has not either been presented and/or published elsewhere. Each author/co-author can contribute a maximum of two papers only. In the case of papers with multiple authors, they may indicate the name of the presenting author by an underline. The first author has to give an undertaking to the effect that his/her research paper is based on original work and that it has not been previously published. However, authors are free to publish the presented papers elsewhere after the Symposium.

• The extended abstract should not exceed 1,200 words inclusive of text, figures, graphs etc with 1.5 line space. Each A4 size page should have a margin of 30 mm at the top and 25 mm on other three sides. All pages of the extended abstract should be numbered consecutively starting from ‘1’, and the page numbers are to be right aligned at the bottom of each page.
   

• The extended abstract should be prepared as MS Word document file using “Times New Roman” characters for the text. All photographs and figures should be embedded in the MS Word document file in the appropriate location for completeness. However, they should be also submitted as separate jpeg or tiff format files for convenience of better reproduction, if found necessary.
   

• The title of the extended abstract and the name(s) and address(es) of the authors including e-mail ID should be placed in the top of the first page. The title should be upper case, bold, font size 13; the name(s) of the author(s) should be title case, bold, font size 12; and the addresses of the author(s) should be title case, regular, font size 12, all being horizontally centered.
   

• Kindly specify the themes/sessions, where you wish to include your abstract before the title.
   

• The extended abstract is to be organized under four sections; a) Introduction, b) Materials and Methods, c) Results and Conclusions and d) References. If necessary, a brief acknowledgement after the References. These four sub titles are to be title case, bold, font size 12 and horizontally left indented.
   

• Ideally, ‘Introduction’ can be about 150 words, ‘Materials and Methods’ can be about 300 words, ‘Results and Conclusions’ can be about 650 words (inclusive of all figures and tables) and ‘References’ can be about 100 words.
   

• SI units alone should be used, all symbols and abbreviations should be clearly defined; photographs, if any, will be printed in black and white.
   

• The style of citing ‘References’ should be author(s) name and year within brackets {example: (Prusty and Azeez 2007)}.
   

• The listing of the ‘References’ at the end of the extended abstract in alphabetical order should follow the example as below :

Allen SE (1989). Chemical Analysis of Ecological Materials (Ed.). 2nd Edition, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 368 pp.

Prusty BAK and Azeez PA (2007). Vertical distribution of alkali and alkaline earth metals in the soil profile of a wetland-terrestrial ecosystem complex in India. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 45 (7): 533-542.

The participants should submit Extended Abstract of the paper/papers to be presented, before the last date. The abstracts will be evaluated by a Technical Committee for their suitability for presentation. The Technical Committee will re-classify the papers, if necessary, for oral and poster presentation. However, if an author prefers Poster Presentation, it may be indicated on the top margin. The Decision of the Technical Committee in this regard will be final and irrevocable. Acceptance or rejection of the abstract will be communicated through
e-mail only.

Please note that for all oral presentations only Data Projection (PowerPoint) will be available for use by speakers.

Instructions on the preparation of poster displays will be sent to authors upon notification of the abstract’s acceptance.

The Proceedings of the symposium will contain Extended Abstracts of all accepted papers. Registered participants are eligible for a free copy of the Proceedings and a CD containing all the abstracts, which may be collected from the venue during the Symposium.

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