Note to Contributors

  · Manuscripts to be submitted in English.

· Paper length is required to be between 4000-5000 Words

· The line spacing requirement is 1.5

· Font size -12 and to be in Times New Roman

· A title page is to be provided and should include the title of the article, author's name (no degrees), author's affiliation, and suggested running head. The affiliation should comprise the department, institution (for example; university or company), city, and state (or nation) and should be typed as a footnote to the author's name. For office purposes, the title page should include the complete mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the one author designated to review proofs.

·  An abstract is to be provided, preferably no longer than 100-150 words.

·  In, In-text citation, author’s name and year in the text to be used (Lyons, 2001)

·  Where authors of different citations have the same family name        and year, please include the author’s initials (eg. Huntington, SP, 1991).

·  If there are two or more citations at one point in the text, all should be included in the same parenthesis, separated by a e.g. (Huntington, 1991; Rose and Shin, 2001)- presented alphabetically by author.

·  When directly quoting from a source, please use double quotation marks and provide the relevant page number. The authors are directly responsible to seek the permission of the authors/publishers to use the material.

·  When paraphrasing or referring to an idea from a book or lengthy text, please include the relevant page number.

·  All acknowledgments (including those for grant and financial support) should be typed in one paragraph (so-headed) on a separate page that directly precedes the References section.

· Tables should be numbered (with Roman numerals) and referred to by number in the text. Each table should be typed on a separate sheet of paper. Center the title above the table, and type explanatory footnotes (indicated by superscript lowercase letters) below the table.

1. Bibliography Pattern  

1. Single author reference : Tumin. Melvin M., 1994. ‘Social Stratification: The Forms and Functions of Inequality’, Prentice     Hall of India Private Ltd.: New Delhi.

2. Two Authors reference: Fernandes. Walter, & Geeta Menon,  1988. ‘Forests, Environment and Tribal

    Economy: Deforestation, Impoverishment and Marginalisation in Orisa’, Indian Social Institute:New Delhi.

3. In case more than two authors: Dongre, Yashawanth, et.al. 2005. ‘TSO Governance in India: Internal

    Governance Practices and Issues for Capacity Building’, VANI: New Delhi.

4. In case of a quote drawn from an article in a Periodical:  Kohli. Kanchi and Menon Manju. 2007.

    ‘Project Growth’, in Frontline. January.12.2007. pp:19-22

5.  In case of a quote drawn from a Journal: Srivastava & Rajesh Tandon, 2005. ‘How large is India’s

     Third Sector?’ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XL, No.19, pp: 1948-1952.