Length
The full length contribution should be in around 3000-5000 words in single space, 11 point,  Times New Roman.

Settings
1.0" top, bottom, right and left margins. Paper size should be set for A4.

Headings

Title
It should be in upper and lower case letters, 16 point Times New Roman, bold and flush to the left margin. Titles that fill more than one line should be single-spaced, and each line is left-justified.

Authors
The name of the first author should be flush-left, single-spaced, and typed in the beginning on the second line below the title in  12 point Times new Roman, italics, bold face. Do not use titles such as "Dr." or "Professor." Additional authors should be stacked under the first author with no space in between.

Affiliation of authors:

Superscribe asterisk at the end of the first author’s name and provide affiliation in 10 point Times New Roman, italics at the bottom of the first page.

Affiliations of second / third author should be similarly by superscribing with two / three asterisks marks.

Abstract
All papers begin with an abstract of 250 words or less single-spaced in 10 point Times New Roman, italics.  
Abstract shall be continuous text without any paragraphs / sections.  No references will be included.
Keywords
Please include five to seven words which form the theme of discussion in the contribution. Use 10 point Times New Roman, bold face.

Sub-headings within the body
First level subheading should be left-justified, in upper and lower case, and printed in 14-point Times New Roman, boldface.
Second level subheadings should be left-justified, in upper and lower case, in 12-point Times New Roman italics bold face.
Third level sub-headings, if necessary, are indented, in upper case on the first word in 10 point Times New Roman italics bold face with no punctuation at the end. The paragraph begins right after the sub-heading.
Headings and sub-headings will not carry any numbering.
New paragraphs shall be left-justified.

Body
The body of the paper should follow immediately the Abstract in single space in 12 point Times New Roman. Indent every paragraph.

Spacing
Use single space for the body of the text. Use double space before first or second level sub-headings (in other words, leave one blank line). Sub-headings that take more than one line should be single-spaced. Do not use double space between paragraphs.

Figures and Tables
Figures and Tables should appear as Appendices and should be numbered consecutively. The figure or table numbers and description should appear left-justified in 10 point Times New Roman, bold face at the top of Illustrations, symbols, or parts of a figure should be produced graphically.

Citing References
Cross reference must exist between all references cited in the text and provided under References. Bibliography or ‘material for further study’ is not to be included in the paper unless cross reference of the same appears in the text.

Citations in the text should list the author's last name followed punctuation, comma, and publication date, all enclosed by parentheses, i.e., (Ali Anwar, Stough, R., & Roy, Shantanu (2009)). If the author's name is used in the sentence, there is no need to repeat the name in the citation; just use the year of publication in parentheses. Note that an ampersand (&) is used with multiple authors only when they appear in parentheses. The references section, including all citations used must be included in the contribution.

Please follow guidelines to provide references as detailed in ‘References’

End Notes (if any)
All the end notes should be consolidated and provided before the references in 10 point Times New Roman

References

Provide single space between each listing in the reference section.
The word "References" should appear as a first-level heading. Entries must appear in alphabetical order, with an indent of 0.25". If several works are cited for any given author, write the name of the author each time the name appears. Do not use a dash or line. The format to be used for books is shown at the end of these instructions.

For books
Simchi-Levi, David, Kaminsky, Philip and Simchi-Levi, (2003), Design and Managing the Supply Chain, Irwin McGraw-Hill, New York.

For edited books
Bessley, M. and Wilson, P. (1984), “Public policy and small firms in Britain”, in Levicki, C. (Ed.), Small Business Theory and Policy, Croom Helm, London, pp. 111-126.

For single author papers-
Fox, S. (1984) “Empowerment as a catalyst for change: an example from the food industry”, Supply Chain Management, Vol 2 No 3, pp. 29-33.

For Multiple Authors papers
Khan Mizanur Rahman, Islam AFM Monirul, and Das Debobroto (1986). A Factor Analytic Study on the Validity of a Union Commitment Scale. Journal of Applied Psychology 12(1): 129–136.

For conference proceedings
Mittal KC, Singh Gurdip, Kaur Narinder, and Dangwal RC (2004). Globalization and Firm Competitiveness – Selected Case Studies of Local Exporting Companies in Malaysia. Proceedings of the 8th South Asian Management Forum. Lahore: Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia. pp. 330-340.

Electronic sources should include the URL of the website at which they may be found, as follows:
Neuman, B.C. (1995), “Security, payment, and privacy for network commerce”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 13 No.8, October, pp.1523-31. Available  (IEEE September) http://www.research.att.com/jsac/

For unpublished dissertation/Paper
Uddin Kamal (2000). A Study of Corporate Governance in A Developing Country: A Case of Bangladesh (Unpublished Dissertation). Hong Kong: Lingnan University.

Newspapers
Yunus Mohammad (2005). Micro Credit and Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Observer, 23 March, p. 9.

Website
Central Bank of India. (July 14, 2004)  Income Recognition Norms – Definition of NPA. Retrieved August 10, 2005, from  http://www.centralbankofindia.co.in/home/index1.htm

Appendices
Appendices, if used, should follow the references. The word "Appendix" should be at the top of each appendix as a first-level heading. If there is more than one appendix, number each consecutively.

Page Numbering: Print all page numbers.

All manuscripts should be addressed to:

Santanu Roy
Editor, Paradigm
Institute of Management Technology,
Raj Nagar,
Ghaziabad 201 001
India
editor.paradigm@imt.edu