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• Keep all the tables and figures at the end of the paper citing appropriate locations in the text.
• Maps & Photographs to be given in jpeg format. These will be presented in black & white.
• Notes must be endnotes and numbered serially at the end of the article and not at the bottom of the page.
• Provide references in the text with author, year and page number in parenthesis. Example: (Srinivas,1966:170).
• Accurate bibliography, not numbered, to be placed at end of text, max. of 3 pages.

Examples:

Books:
Srinivas, M. N. 1996.Social Change in Modern India.Berkely: University of California Press.
Journal Articles:
Pettigrew, T.F. 2008. “Future Directions for Intergroup Contact : Theory and Research.” International Journal of Intercultural Relations 32 (3): 187-99.
Edited Volumes:
Curson, P. 1989. ‘Paradise Delayed: Epidemics of Infectious Disease in the Industrialized World.’ In: J. Clarke , P. Curson, S.L. Kayastha, and P. Nag (eds). Population and Disaster (159-79). Oxford: Blackwell.
Internet Sources:
Apart from the details of the source it should have the correct URL, and the date the source accessed.
Font:
Univers 10 pt for the main text, 8 pt for notes, acknowledgements, and references.
Tables:
Should be numbered and show the exact location in the text, use the table function of the MS Word, no column lines but hide them, only row lines for row titles and a line at the bottom. Both column and row titles italicized. Digits in the table are right aligned, rounded up to two decimals.
Figures:
Editable figures, figure number and title outside the figure box, inside text in universe 8 pt or less

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