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Call for Papers | 23rd Skoch Summit, Financial Deepening, 17th-18th June 2010, Mumbai
 
The call for India decade is a call for action from all stakeholders in India's growth. Concerted action in this decade alone can help achieve an economic superpower India in the decade to follow. The 23rd Skoch Summit looks at the issues of reaching and sustaining near double-digit growth rates through the prism of financial inclusion, managing inflation, technology infusion, infrastructure development, improved governance and an enabling policy framework.
 
The 23rd Skoch Summit built around the central theme of "Financial Deepening," provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or practice. On behalf of the Program Advisory Board, we welcome both academics and practitioners to contribute papers on a wide range of topics and scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and research in practice are welcome approaches.The key topics are as follows:

Inclusion
  • 12th National Consultation on Financial Inclusion
  • Financial Access for all: Countdown to March 2012
  • Expanding Inclusion: The Micro-credit, Micro-Insurance and Micro Pension Troika
  • Commodity Trade and Inclusive Growth

Technology

  • Is Cloud Ready for India?
  • The Virtualization Paradigm
  • IT Enabling Regional Rural Banks
  • Pre-Paids and Mobility
  • Risk Management
  • Technology for Financial Inclusion

Governance

  • Goods and Services Tax: Implementation Challenges and Responses
  • Infrastructure Development for Growth with Jobs
  • Urbanization and Improved Civic Services
  • Security and Disaster Management

Policy

  • Financial Stability & Development Council
  • Banking Licenses
  • Monetary Policy & Inflation
  • New PPP Agenda : Low on Process, High on Outcome  
Besides the above contributions can also be made on an "Enabling Policy Framework for Reaching and Sustaining a Near Double Digit Growth."
 
Selected papers from the Summit will also be considered for publication in "Inclusion," a quarterly publication of Skoch Media or any other publication as deemed fit by the organizers.

Skoch Development Foundation is organizing a session titled "Thinkers and Writers Forum" that provides an opportunity to the authors the present their papers to an elite gathering of delegates.

All the authors whose final papers are selected for will get a complimentary invitation for attending the Summit. Authors residing in Mumbai region can avail of grant-in-aid of up to INR 2250 to participate and authors from outside Mumbai region can avail of a grant-in-aid of up to INR 6000 as per the registration form.

We also invite you to engage in the interactive discussions, participate in additional sessions, explore various exhibits and, most of all, cultivate partnerships for development. For registration, click here.

Paper Submission Details

The Abstract should be 500-600 words and should include the title of the paper with author’s full name, address, email and phone number of the author.  Authors are also requested to enclose a recent photo (300 dpi image) and a brief bio of not exceeding 200 words. Incomplete papers will not be accepted.

Abstract Submission: 30th April 2010 (No more than 500 words)
Notification of Acceptance of Abstract:  5th May 2010
Full Paper Submission: 30th May 2010 (3000-3500 words, to be submitted only after Notification of Acceptance)
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Format
File format - Word Document
Font style - Arial in single column format
Font size - 12 for paper
Font size -14 for the title and authors
Line spacing -1.5 lines
•    Accuracy for all material supplied is the responsibility of the author.
•    Figures, tables and images should follow the references.
•    Footnote References should be given only at the end of the paper.
Please note that only original papers that have not been published previously or submitted for publication elsewhere can be submitted. The authors of selected papers accept to grant the copyright of the papers to the Summit organizers for the use of papers or parts thereof in any of Skoch publications.

The author of selected paper must confirm his/her presence through the Summit and that the paper will be presented at the “Thinkers and Writers Forum”. At least one author of each accepted paper (in case of joint paper) must be registered for the Summit for that paper to be scheduled for presentation.

Apart from a review by a distinguished jury,  the paper(s) will also go through a peer review during the Forum. The author(s) may be asked to update the paper(s) and re-submit, if required. This would be followed by final selection of papers to be published in the Compendium.

The best adjudged paper will be rewarded with Best Paper Award of INR 10,000 which will be announced during Skoch Annual Summit scheduled for Feb-Mar 2011 at New Delhi.