Indore Institute of Law
(Affiliated to D.A.V.V. and Bar Council of India, New Delhi)
Submission guidelines for students
Udgam Vigyati – The origin of knowledge is the quarterly intersdisciplinary journal of Indore Institute of Law, the journal is open to submission relating to area of law, management or an inter-disciplinary study. The present issue of Udgam Vigyati shall focus on Legal as well as Management & Policy matters, preference shall be given to recent developments and trends in the said research domains. All the submissions made must be original, unpublished and up to date.
Udgam Vigyati – the origin of knowledge requests the authors to comply with the following guidelines:
1. Submission Heads and Word Limit:
Long Articles: 5,000-7,000 words
Short Articles: 3,000-4,500 words
Case Notes: 1,000-2,500 words
2. Originality of Manuscripts:
All the contributions should be the original work of the contributors and should not have been submitted for consideration in any other Journal. Any plagiarized work will be out-rightly rejected.
3. Covering Letter:
A covering letter must be attached with manuscript with the name(s) of the author(s) and address, designation, institution/affiliation, the title of the manuscript and contact information (email, phone, etc.).
4. Fonts and Headings
· Articles should be in Times New Roman 12-point font and double-spaced.
· Main Title should be in full capitals, bold and centre aligned 16-point font.
· Sub-titles should be in sentence case, bold and 12-point font.
· Author’s names should be in small capitals and centre aligned 14-point font.
· Footnotes should be in Times New Roman 10-point font.5. Abstract Submission:
All submissions must contain an abstract of not more than 350 words.
6. Anonymous Review:
To facilitate our anonymous review process, please confine your name, affiliation and biographical information to a separate cover page. Please include the manuscript’s title on the first text page.
7. Citation Format:
Please use footnotes rather than endnotes. Footnotes should conform to the 20th Edition Bluebook Citation Style.
8. Copyright:
The contributions presented to and accepted for publication and the copyrights therein shall be the intellectual property of Indore Institute of Law.
9. How to Submit:
All submissions are to be made via e-mail as MS Word Documents (.doc/.docx extension). Authors must submit their manuscripts to Managing Editor at publications@indoreinstituteoflaw.org
Authors who do not follow these guidelines may have their submission returned to them without being reviewed.
Contact us:
For any further details about the conference, please feel free to contact us at publications@indoreinstituteoflaw.org