ABSTRACT Submission Guidelines

• Abstracts should represent the original work.

• Informative abstracts and critical abstracts are accepted.

• The Abstract should be written in English.

• Please indicate one – three most relevant themes for your abstract from the conference tracks.

• Documents that do not conform to the guidelines will be asked to revise.

• Documents received after the given deadline, due to any reason will not be accepted unless the deadline is extended.

• The abstract should be submitted in the format of MS Word (.doc or .docx) document.

• An abstract is a compendious summary of a research paper’s substance including its background, purpose, methodology, results, and conclusion.

• It should be one paragraph with a word limit of 200-250.

• Keywords should be provided as a must (no more than 06 words).

• Keywords should be written in lowercase letters (Not applicable to names/scientific names) and should be separated with commas.

• Please do not include subheadings, bullets, lists and header/footer in the abstract.

• Abstract titles should be short, but descriptive. Informative titles, indicating key points are encouraged. Abbreviations should not be used in the title.

• Acronyms should be written in full the first time, mentioned in the text, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

• Always follow SI Units.

• Scientific names must be in Italic.

• Use a negative exponent (g. kgm^-3) and do not indicate units as divisions (e.g. kg/m 3).

• Chemical formulae should be written in a standard form such as “CaCO₃”, not as “CaCO3”. Use a zero before decimal points such as “0.45,” not “.45.”

• There shall be no citations or references in the abstract specifically. If there is a need to cite references, please provide the sources in brackets.

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• Title: Times New Roman, 12 points, Upper case, Centered text in bold

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