Author’s Guidelines for Publication

• No manuscript will be accepted without the Required Format. All manuscripts should be professionally proofread before the submission
• Manuscript should be written in English and should be submitted as e-mail attachment to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Manuscripts are to be submitted as MS Word documents. Other formats will not be accepted.
• The acceptable lengths for different types of articles published are as indicated below:
•  Research Paper (Empirical or Conceptual): 8000 to 10000 words.
• Case Study or Research Note: 6000 to 8000 words.
• Book Review: 1200 to 1500 words.

• Margin: Set the paper size to A4 with One (1) inch on all sides (Top, bottom, left, right)
• Font size and type: The fonts to be used are Book Antiqua in 12 point pitch.
• Main headings-14 and subheadings-12. Please use BOLD for paper title.
• Major and secondary headings must be BOLD, left-justified and in lower case.
• Spacing and punctuation: Space once after commas, colons and semicolons within sentences. The body of the papers should be single spaced.
• Line spacing: Single spaced throughout the paper, including the title page, abstract, body of the document, tables, figures, diagrams, pictures, references and appendices.
• Length of the Paper: The paper length should not exceed 7000 words including figures, tables, references and appendices.
• Paragraphing: A blank line between paragraphs should be left without indent.

Structure of the Manuscript

• Cover page
• The front page of the manuscript must be organized as follows:
• Title of the Article – Paper title to be centered on the page, uppercase and lowercase letters, Font size 14, bold
• Author (s) name (s): Uppercase and lowercase letters, centered on the line following the title, font size 12, bold
• Institutional affiliation: name of the institute and country, Uppercase and lowercase letters, centered on the line following the author(s) name, font size 12
• Authors note: Provide information about the author`s departmental affiliation, acknowledgment for any financial and non-financial assistance, mailing address for correspondence, email addresses for all co-authors
• Key words: Maximum 6 key words, font size 11