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DST India invites Applications for participation in 3rd BRICS Young Scientist Conclave in South Africa

DST India invites Applications for participation in 3rd BRICS Young Scientist Conclave at Durban, South Africa.

Further Details

Call for Papers : Asian Biotechnology and Development Review (ABDR)

Call for Papers : Asian Biotechnology and Development Review (ABDR)

Asian Biotechnology and Development Review (ABDR) is published by RIS (Research and Information System for Developing Countries), New Delhi with three issues per year.  RIS is a policy research think tank based in New Delhi, India (www.ris.org.in). ABDR is an international, peer reviewed journal, published with support from UNESCO. Since its launch in 1997, 18 volumes have been published  and  19^th Volume is the current volume.  ABDR is published with support from UNESCO and is indexed or covered by CAB International, Scopus Elsevier Database and EBSCO host™ database.  ABDR has an international editorial advisory board. The journal's webpage is

http://ris.org.in/journals-n-newsletters/Asian-Biotechnology-Development-Review

ABDR publishes articles, book reviews and review articles, on socio-economic impacts/implications of biotechnology, broadly speaking ,and including (but not restricted to) economic impacts, regulation, ethical and legal issues, conservation, and, access and benefit sharing of genetic resources , policy, governance, socio-economic aspects and innovation related issues. We are open to consider contributions on emerging technologies such as nanobiotechnology, new plant breeding technologies, synthetic biology, genome editing and gene drives and also on technological convergence..

ABDR does not generally consider articles that are purely scientific and technical nature for publication unless they are invited/commissioned articles. Prospective contributors can have a look at the contents of the issues to get an idea about the scope and coverage of articles and book reviews published in ABDR.

ABDR invites articles, book reviews and review articles for consideration for publication. The articles are subjected to double bind peer review besides being assessed by the editorial group in RIS. Articles are accepted and considered on a rolling basis and all contributions are acknowledged as and when they are received.  Articles can be in the range of 5000-11000 words while articles with more 11,000 words can be considered in exceptional cases.  Shorter articles ranging from 2000 to 5000 words are also considered for publication. Book reviews in the range of 1000-2000 words and review articles of two or more books in a related theme/topic are also considered for publication.  The Guidelines for Contributors is given below.

We strive to get the articles reviewed and revised after the review and get published as early as possible. Publishers/author(s) who want to get the books reviewed by ABDR are requested to send the details regarding the book(s) by email. ABDR does not charge fees or does not accept any other monetary consideration for publication. It does not accept commercial advertisements nor publishes promotional material. Authors of published articles and book reviews are encouraged to share, disseminate and archive their work(s).

Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi is the editor of ABDR. Dr.Krishna Ravi Srinivas is the Managing Editor and Dr.Amit Kumar is the Assistant Editor.  For queries relating to ABDR, including, article/book review proposals and articles/reviews for consideration please write to the Managing Editor <ravisrinivas@ris.org.in >. Contributions can be sent by email as an attachment in MS-WORD format to the Managing Editor.

Guidelines for Contributors:

 

1. ABDR is a refereed multi-disciplinary international journal. Manuscripts can be sent, as email attachment, in MS-Word to the Managing Editor, Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Core 4B 4th Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003, India (Email: ravisrinivas@ris.org.in; Tel. +91-11-24682177-80; Fax: +91-11-24682173/74).

2. Manuscripts should be prepared using double spacing. The text of manuscripts should not ordinarily exceed 11,000 words.. Manuscripts should contain a 200 word abstract, and key words up to six.

3. Use 's' in '-ise' '-isation' words; e.g., 'civilise', 'organisation'. Use British spellings rather than American spellings. Thus, 'labour' not 'labor'.

(2 per cent, 3 km, 36 years old, etc.). In general descriptions, numbers below 10 should be spelt out in words. Use thousands, millions, billions, not lakhs and crores. Use fuller forms for numbers and dates— for example 1980-88, pp. 200-202 and pp. 178-84. for example 'the eighties', 'the twentieth century', etc.

 

References:

References should be appended at the end of the paper. References must in double space, and should be same author(s) is cited, then arrange them chronologically by year of publication.

All references should be embedded in the text in the anthropological style–for example '(Hirschman 1961)' or '(Lakshman 1989:125)' (Note: Page numbers in the text are necessary only if the cited More than one reference of the same date for one author should be cited as 'Shand 1999a, 1999b'.

The following examples illustrate the detailed style of referencing:

(a) Books:

Hirschman, A. O. 1961. Strategy of Economic Development. New Haven: Yale University Press.

(b) Edited volumes:

Shand, Ric (ed.). 1999. Economic Liberalisation in South Asia. Delhi: Macmillan.

(c) Articles from edited volumes:

Lakshman, W. D. 1989. "Lineages of Dependent Development: From State Control to the Open Economy in Sri Lanka" in Ponna Wignaraja and Akmal Hussain (eds) The Challenge in South Asia: Development, Democracy and Regional Cooperation, pp. 105-63. New Delhi: Sage.

(d) Articles from Journals:

Rao, M.G., K. P. Kalirajan and R. T. Shand. 1999. "Convergence of Income across Indian States: A Divergent View". Economic and Political Weekly, 34(13): pp. 769-78.

(e) Unpublished Work:

Sandee, H. 1995. "Innovations in Production". Unpublished Ph.D thesis. Amsterdam: Free University.

(f) Online Reference:

World Health Organisation. 2000. "Development of National Policy on Traditional Medicine ". http://www.wpro.who.int/sites/trm/documents/Development+of+National+Policy+on+Traditional+Medicine.htm (Last accessed on 12/11/2015)

Please go through the published articles in the journal to get an idea on these.

Tomorrow at CSSP | Farewell Function to felicitate Professor VV Krishna and Book Release

Farewell Function to felicitate Professor VV Krishna for his contribution to the Centre for Studies in Science Policy

&

The release of his book

Universities in the National Innovation Systems: Experiences from the Asia-Pacific. Edited by V.V. Krishna, Routledge, India. 2017.

Date: 06-04-18

Time: 10: 30 AM to 1:30 PM

Venue: 227, CSSP, School of Social Sciences 1,  JNU.

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10:30-11:00 AM

Tea and Snacks

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11:00-11:30 AM

Introductory Remarks:  Saradindu Bhaduri, Chairperson

Book Release: Sachin Chaturvedi

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11:30-1:00 PM

Panel Discussion on the book

About the Book: V. V. Krishna

   Panelist: Sachin Chaturvedi (Chair),  Deepak Kumar, Pranav N. Desai

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1:00-1:30PM

Felicitation and Farewell by CSSP

Farewell Note: Madhav Govind

Felicitation: Students and Staff

Farewell Note by Students

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1:30PM onwards

Lunch

 RSVP rajiv.csss@gmail.com

INSEE-TERI SAS Lecture by Joan Martinez-Alier | 4th April

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to announce a lecture by Joan Martinez-Alier titled 'Ecological Distribution Conflicts as Forces for Sustainability', coorganised with and at TERI School of Advanced Studies, on 4th April, 2018 at 1:45 pm.

This has been uploaded on the INSEE Facebook page.  

Kindly share for wider publicity.

sincerely

Nandan  | nnletter@gmail.com

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Nandan Nawn

Head, Department of Policy Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi

Secretary, Indian Society for Ecological Economics

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Global Change,Ecosystems, Sustainability

 (Sage, 2017)

Co-editor Review of Environment and Development, EPW​

Contact: +91-9013495212/+91-9711514813 (Cell); +91-11-71800222 (University)

CSSTIP CUG organized a Two-Day Workshop on Scientometric Analysis | March 27-28, 2018 | Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Centre for Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (CSSTIP),
Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar organized a 

Two-Day Workshop on Scientometric Analysis
on March 27-28, 2018
at CUG Campus, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Resource Persons: Prof. Bhaskar Mukherjee, Dr. Bidyarthi Dutta and Dr. Anup Kumar Das

Participants with Resource Persons, and Faculty Members. 

CfP: 3ie Delhi Evidence Week conference, 19-20 April 2018

3ie Delhi Evidence Week 2018  19-20 April Pushing the frontiers of evaluation effectiveness and excellence: 3ie's first decade Venue: Sheraton Hotel, District Centre, Saket, New Delhi 3ie is turning 10 in May. We have learned a lot about what it takes to produce high-quality evidence that is useful for decision-making. For us, there is no better way to celebrate our milestone anniversary than to host a conference that highlights how evidence makes a real difference in people's lives. We are pleased to invite you to a special anniversary conference on 19-20 April 2018 in New Delhi. The sessions will challenge us to remain on the frontiers of excellence in evaluation, as you can see in the agenda below.  Join us for these interesting conversations and celebrate our anniversary with us. We value your support and know that you will make important contributions to this dialogue. Conference agenda 19 April, 9:00am – 6:30pm   9:00 – 9:30 Registration   9:30 – 9:45 Keynote address Varun Gauri, senior economist, development economics vice presidency, World Bank Varun Gauri is the co-lead of the Mind, Behavior, and Development Unit (eMBeD), which integrates behavioural science into the design of anti-poverty policies worldwide. His research has appeared in journals spanning the fields of economics, philosophy, political science and law. 9:45 – 10:00 3ie Executive Director's address 10:00 – 11:30 Nudging and beyond: informing policy through behavioural science 11:30 – 11:45 Break 11:45 – 13:15 Using evidence gap maps to inform policy and research   13:15 – 14:15 Lunch 14:15 – 15:45 Technology in impact evaluations: making them bigger, better and faster 15:45 – 16:00 Break 16:00 – 17:30 Forging partnerships with government for evidence-informed decision-making 17:30 – 18:30 Reception and launch of 3ie's evidence synthesis study, Community-driven development: does it build social cohesion or infrastructure?   20 April, 9:00am – 2:30pm 9:00 – 10:15 A match made in evidence: pairing the right designs with the right questions 10:15 – 11:45 What are we learning from high-quality systematic reviews about the effectiveness of programmes to empower women? 11:45 – 12:00 Break 12:00 – 13:30 The role of researchers in promoting evidence use: what have we learned? 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch with closing keynote remarks by Ruth Levine, chair, 3ie Board of Commissioners Register here Click here to view a more detailed agenda, with a complete list of speakers. About 3ie Delhi Evidence Week 3ie Delhi Evidence Week is a five-day event dedicated to promoting conversations on increasing the production and use of high-quality evidence for informing policies and programmes to improve lives. Activities from April 16-18 will feature closed-door events with 3ie members and board members. The conference on 19-20 April is open to all. Share Tweet Forward Share Copyright © 2018 International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to the 3ie mailing list. Our mailing address is: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) 202-203, Rectangle One D-4, Saket District Center New Delhi 110017 India