Manuscript Preparation

  • Manuscripts must be in English. 

  • Manuscripts should not exceed 10,000 words (10 to 30 A4 size pages). 

  • Authors must include the following in the manuscript to ensure proper indexing, retrieval and classification: 

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    • Descriptive Title: The title should accurately and clearly tell what the paper is about. The title terms must be specific to the content and emphasis of the paper. Please avoid special symbols and formulas in titles, unless absolutely essential. 

    • Author Names and Affiliations: All details of the author/s should be on a separate cover page. The main article or paper should not contain any reference to the author/s to facilitate a blind review process. Authors' names should be without titles or degrees and must include the name and address of his/her organization. 

    • Abstract: The length of the abstract should not exceed 200 words and preferably consist of short, direct sentences. It should state the objectives of the work, summarize the results, and present the principal conclusion/s. The title need not be repeated. Since, abstracts are extracted and used separately, do not use the first person and citation reference numbers. Avoid starting with the words ``This paper ...'' 

  • Footnotes must be kept to the minimum and should be serially numbered throughout the manuscript. 

  • British spellings to be used throughout (programme, centre, computerised etc.) 

  • References should be complete in all respects and arranged in alphabetical order. 

  • References within the body of the article should appear as follows: Shyam(2000) has observed Or As already commented by (Gopal, 1987; Lakshman 1999) 

  • All other publications, journals should be listed as follows: Damodar, KN (1997). "Asset Liability Management in Banks" The Banker, Vol 10, No 5, pp 65-71. 

  • The Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.press.uchicago.edu) may be referred to for all general purposes of style except the spelling format.

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