International Literature, Culture Studies and Knowledge Resources (LLCSKR -2015)

International Literature, Culture Studies and Knowledge Resources (LLCSKR -2015)

Building a Global Village (VG) Through Inter Cultureal Dialogue and Knowledge Resources

Vignan's University, Vadlamudi, Guntur 

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Reading for the Graphic: A workshop University of Hyderabad 2015

Dept. of English
School of Humanities
The University of Hyderabad
Reading for the Graphic: A Workshop

Date: Early Feb. 2015 [TBC]

Abstracts Invited

This one‐day workshop is directed at students across the University, and neighbouring institutions. The aim is to demonstrate modes of reading the graphic narrative ‐ a medium that, since the last decades of the 20th century and the work of Frank Miller, Art Spiegelman, Joe Sacco, Marjane Satrapi, Appupen and others, is arguably one of the most popular in terms of readership and diverse in its thematic and formal features (not to mention its politics). 8‐10 students will be selected based on their abstract. Each student will be expected to make a 20 minute presentation on 1 text, with accompanying visual materials on a PPT slide. 10‐15 minutes will be allocated for discussion after every paper. Respondents will then give their feedback to the papers at the end of the session/s.  
Students are invited to send in their Abstracts (not exceeding 250 words) with a clear mention of the text to be examined and the focus of their presentation (theme, form, politics) by 1 Jan. 2015 to the undersigned/email IDs. Acceptance will be intimated by 7th Jan. 2015 so that they have sufficient time to work on their presentations. No late submissions please.  

Coordinators: Anna Kurian & Pramod K Nayar

Anna Kurian kurianna@gmail.com  
and  
Pramod K. Nayar pramodknayar@gmail.com  

Shakespeare's Hamlet Summary

Shakespeare's Hamlet Summary

                       

International Interdisciplinary Conference on Language, Literature, Cultural Studies and Knowledge Resources (LLCSKR-2015)

International Interdisciplinary Conference on Language, Literature, Cultural Studies and Knowledge Resources (LLCSKR-2015)

5-6 Feb, 2015

Vignan's University, Vadlamudi

Call for Papers
Tracks for Discussion and Presentation :
We invite submissions for an abstract of a research-based paper in any of the relevant fields, including but not limited to:
Language
1. Communicative Competence through Technology 6. Self Directed Learning Tools
2. Managing Change in Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) 7. Social Networks and Language Learning/ Teaching
3. Language as Social Action 8. Reflective Practices in English Classroom
4. English for Specific Purpose/Fieldwork 9. Case Studies in ELT
5. Innovative Practices in Language Teaching
Literature
1. Relevance of Humanities in the DigitalEra 6. New Wave Feminist Writers
2. Post Modern Narratives/Classics 7. Growing Visibility of IWE
3. Literature for Multicultural Classrooms 8. Subaltern Testimonies
4. Ecological Perspective in Global Literature 9. New Genres in Literature
5. Literature by South-Asian Diaspore
Cultural Studies
1. Intersection of Gender, Race and Religion 6. Basha Literatures in Translation
2. Cosmopolitanism Vs. Cultural Homogeneity 7.Intercultural Awareness through Language and Literature
3. Relocating Culture across Borders 8. Communication in Multi-Cultural Environment
4. Multiplicity of Identities in Contemporary Culture 9. Visual Cultural Studies
5. Immersion of Languageand Culture in Pedagogy
Knowledge Resources
1. Tracing Cultural Links through Knowledge Archives 6. Online Dissemination of Knowledge Resources
2. Maintenance of Digital Archives - Issues and Challenges 7. Role of Libraries & Librarians in the knowledge society
3. Knowledge Archives and Institutional Repositories 8. Information Discoveries and Security
4. Web technologies and Social networking in Education 9. Best Practices in Knowledge Management
5. Open Source Information Resources in Language & Literature

Important Dates

Abstract submission for Presentation / Publication 15 December, 2014
Abstract Acceptance for Conference 20 December, 2014
Full Paper submission for Publication 05 January, 2015
Intimation of Publication Acceptance 12 January, 2015
Last Date of Registration 19 January, 2015
Conference Dates 5-6 February, 2015

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Shakespeare's Othello summary

Shakespeare's Othello summary

Famous Writers & Their Works in English Literature

Famous Writers & Their Works in English Literature

William Shakespeare

(1564–1616), British dramatist. Total number of plays: 37,
including Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of
Venice, Hamlet, Macbeth, and The Tempest.

John Milton

(1608–74), British poet. Paradise Lost.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
(1797–1851), British novelist. Frankenstein.

James Joyce

(1882–1941), Irish novelist and short-story writer. Ulysses
and Dubliners.
 

Nathaniel Hawthorne

(1804–64), American novelist and short-story writer.
The Scarlet Letter.

Edgar Allan Poe

(1809–49), American poet and short-story writer. “The
Raven” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.”

Charles Dickens

(1812–70), British novelist. Oliver Twist, A Christmas
Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations.

Emily Dickinson

(1830–86), American poet. “When Roses Cease to
Bloom, Dear,” “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,”
and “There Is a Word”.

Mark Twain

(1835–1910; Samuel Clemens), American novelist and
short-story writer. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
Famous Writers & Their Works Famous Writing

Paul Laurence Dunbar

(1872–1906), American poet and novelist. Lyrics of Love
and Laughter and Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow.

Virginia Woolf

(1882–1941), British novelist, essayist, and short-story
writer. A Room of One’s Own, Mrs. Dalloway, and
To the Lighthouse.

Zora Neale Hurston

(1891–1960), American novelist.
Their Eyes Were Watching God and Mules and Men.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

(1896–1940), American novelist and short-story writer.
The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night.

Ernest Hemingway

(1899–1961), American novelist and short- story writer.
The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and
The Old Man and the Sea.

John Steinbeck

(1902–68), American novelist. Of Mice and Men and
The Grapes of Wrath.

Toni Morrison

(1931–present), American novelist. Beloved and
Song of Solomon.

Joyce Carol Oates

(1938–present), American novelist and short-story
writer. Them, Blonde, and Black Water.

Stephen King

(1947–present), American novelist, essayist, and shortstory
writer. The Shining, It, and The Stand.

Two-day National Seminar on Women Writings in India 2015

Two-day National Seminar on Women Writings in IndiaDepartment of EnglishP.B.Siddhartha College of arts and science, Vijayawada

21 & 22-02-2015

Department of English P.B.Siddhartha College of arts and science, P.G. Centre, Vijayawada. India, is organizing a Two-day National seminar on "Women writings in India" on 21 & 22-02-2015.

The proceedings of the seminar will be brought out with ISBN no. in the form of a Book.

Dates to remember
Submission of abstract                     : 15-12-2014
Submission of full papers                : 05-02-2015
Date of Seminar                               : 21 & 22-02-2015

Registration fee details:
Ø  Faculty                                               : Rs.700/-
Ø  Research Scholar                               : Rs.500/-
Ø  Students                                             : Rs.100/-

Contact:

Dr. G. Srilatha
+91 9030777264
pbsenglish@rediffmail.com

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Two Day National Seminar on Contemporary Literatures in English: Critical Perspectives 2015

Two Day National Seminar on Contemporary Literatures in English: Critical Perspectives
7-8 January 2015
Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati

Ten days Research Methodology Programme: Indian Institute of Education 2015

Ten days Research Methodology Programme: Indian Institute of Education

Applications Invited for Ten days Research Methodology Programme for Ph.D students

The Indian Institute of Education is inviting applications from research scholars in social sciences and education for the research methodology programme.

Date: 3-12 February 2015

Eligibility

Registered Ph.D students in any Social Science discipline, including Education and those who plan to engage in research are eligible to apply. The maximum capacity for this programme is 30 participants, 20 out-station and 10 local participants.

Procedure & Selection

Candidates are required to apply by filling the Application form, along with curriculum vitae and other documents forwarded by concerned authority. Filled-in form along with supporting documents may be sent via email to iiepune38@gmail.com / iiepune@vsnl.com or by post to the Programme Director in the following address:

Programme Director: Dr. Jyoti Bawane, Centre for Educational Studies Indian Institute of Education 128/2, J.P. Naik Path Kothrud, Pune 411 038 Maharashtra.

|Note|: Due to limited capacity, all applications will be scrutinized and only selected applicants shall be registered.

• Travelling allowances along with free boarding and lodging will be provided to the participants as per ICSSR guidelines.
• Out-station Participants shall be entitled to get 2nd class return railway fares/actual Bus fare.
• No registration fee will be charged from the participants

Last date for receiving applications: 15 December 2014

Notification of those selected:  22 December 2014

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Workshop on the use of Software Technology in Research 2015

Workshop on the use of Software Technology in Research

Workshop on the use of Software Technology for Ph.D/Post Doctoral Scholars/Research Scholars/Teaching Faculty

Date

16-22 January, 2015

Venue

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Participants

Ph.D Scholars

Post Doctoral Scholars

Research Scholars

Teaching Faculties

Contact Information

Phone 0183-2258961, Fax 0183-2258961

Website: www.ascgndu.org 

E.mail: ascgndu@yahoo.com, academicstaffcollegegndu@gmail.com

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Second International Conference on English Scholars Beyond Borders 2015

English Scholars Beyond Borders is happy to announce its second International Conference

February 5 -7, 2015

Hosted by: DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN LANGUAGES FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE FOR SUSTAINABILITY STUDIESSRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY, BANGKOK, THAILAND

*HOTEL RESERVATION FORMS AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE CONFERENCE MENU AND AT THE LINKS ABOVE.

English Scholars Beyond Borders is a non-profit circle of international academics. The aim of ESBB conferences is to assemble English teachers and scholars from across the globe to expand metaphorical and epistemological horizons. While the conference theme is English Beyond Borders, our intention is always to embrace diversity and to support teachers grappling with local EFL issues. Presenters wishing to discuss a very local issue with international specialists are most welcome.

Please send proposals in a word document attachment to:proposals@englishscholarsbeyondborders.org

Deadline: December 10, 2014.

Peer review will take 2 weeks after submission of the proposal

Proposals should include: brief bio data, a 50-75 word abstract and a one page summary of approximately 300 words.

Possible Themes include but are not limited to:

• crossing interdisciplinary borders;
• approaches to language and language teaching with relevance across borders and disciplines;
• new approaches to any applied linguistic discipline that expands horizons in fields such as materials design, approaches to assessment;
• making connections between different aspects of our field;
• a local EFL/ESL/EIL issue preferably but not obligatorily related by any of the themes above;
• Integrated curriculum including content and language integrated learning (CLIL)
• Registration fees payable to the local organizer after acceptance of the proposal :
• $200 for presenters, $50 for student presenters based in Thailand and for attending without presenting.
• (ESBB is a totally not-for-profit academic circle and as such neither any member nor the circle itself benefits in any way financially from the conference.)

11th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICON-2014)

11th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICON-2014)

18-21 December

Goa University, Goa India

For More information visit http://ltrc.iiit.ac.in/icon/2014/index.php

International Conference on Transitions: Literature, Language and Culture ENGCONF 2015

 4th International Conference on Transitions: Literature, Language and Culture (ENGCONF 2015)

6 & 7 February 2015

Garden City College, Bangalore

 For more details visit www.gardencitycollege.edu

Workshop on Writing Research Proposal / Thesis

2-Day Workshop on Writing Research Proposal / Thesis

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

29-30 November 2014

http://netenglishliterature.blogspot.in/2014/10/workshop-on-writing-research-proposal.html

International Seminar on INDIAN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURES” 2014

Osmania University Centre for International Programmes

International Seminar

on

“WHICH WAY THE HUMAN RIGHTS?: TREATMENT OF CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND OLD PEOPLE

IN

INDIAN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURES”

17 – 19 December 2014

Call for Papers

SEMINAR

“WHICH WAY THE HUMAN RIGHTS?: TREATMENT OF CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND OLD PEOPLE

IN

INDIAN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURES”

CONCEPT NOTE

The first half of the twentieth century was marked by conflicts, communist revolutions, and two wars. Millions of people died and many millions became homeless. There was rampant crime, violence, cruelty, torture-- perpetrated by the powerful over the powerless. Hunger, deprivation, destitution, fear death, murder, oppression and exploitation were the hallmarks of the times. None felt secure from the rampant inhuman misery inflicted upon humanity by human beings only. Man became the greatest enemy of man—the deadly beast devoid of sympathy, goodness, and grace—slouching over a vast terrain in search of the human blood. The basic human rights, especially of the old people, women, children and the poor, took a severe beating at the hands of such totalitarian perpetrators of random crime and violence. Man and women needed a guaranteed protection of their life, dignity, and integrity from the blood thirsty hounds of humanity. After the end of the Second World War and the creation of the United Nations, the international community strongly felt that the human rights to life, dignity, integrity, and to other necessary things for a meaningful survival needed to be preserved and propagated by rule of law. The world leaders came forward to “supplement the U.N. Charter with a map to guarantee the rights of every individual everywhere.”

The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly in an environment of perfect unity and amity on 10 December 1948. The existing Declaration contains a preamble and thirty points calling upon the Member States to publicize the Text and to “cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions without distinctions based on the political status of countries or territories.” The Preamble of the UNHRD opens with a revolutionary “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world.” The Declaration then goes on to enumerate the guarantee of the various rights of men and women irrespective of race, gender, country, class, political affiliations, and age etc. which could provide unhampered all round growth of men and women everywhere in the world. Significant among these constituencies are right to life, equality, liberty, dignity, profession, property, marriage, education, fairness, justice, privacy, safety, and equal access to public services and political affiliations, etc. It closes with a call to the beneficiaries to accord utmost importance to these rights and construe them in the right spirit for the total growth of humanity in the great march of Nature towards the ultimate goal of a perfect and ideal human being.
The Osmania Centre for International Programs (OUCIP) organising a three day International Seminar on the treatment of Human Rights in the Indian English and American Literatures. India and America are two great democracies of the world and both are signatories to the UNHRD. Both nations bear a special burden as torch bearers of human rights—for their protection, preservation, propagation in today’s world fraught with racial strife, cold war, power blocs, and nuclear rivalries. The very DNA of the two countries necessitates respect for human life, liberty, and dignity. The American nation was conceived of as a City on the Hill by the founding fathers—an ideal state which provided ideal material and spiritual conditions for a spontaneous growth of man and woman to an ideal condition free from evil. Hence, America played the key lead role in the formulation and declaration of the UNHRD. On the other hand, India is a land of Krishna, Buddha, Mahavir, Gandhi and Ambedkar who laid utmost premium on human life, equality, dignity, and freedom. Literature holds as mirror to a particular society at a given time. Writers offer a dispassionate critique of the prevalent social realities. These human concerns are therefore amply reflected in the life and literature of the two countries. The Seminar intends to deliberate upon such projections and reflections in the literatures of the two countries with special reference to the most vulnerable segments of the two societies, i.e. Children, Women, and Old People. It would help to have a comparative view of the issue and to gauge the state of human rights in the two largest democracies of the world. The writers’ critiques of the state of human rights in the two nations will help gauge the current state/ status of human rights in terms of their enforcement, problems in the enforcement, and the suggested remedies on the social, political, economic, professional, and other levels. The findings will be published in the form of an Anthology to make the findings/inferences of the Seminar to other scholars, teachers, and human rights activists. It might lead open up new avenues for further research in the field.

Papers are invited from scholars, teachers, human rights activists, legal luminaries, and others on the following key aspects and related areas of the human rights issues:

Children and Human Rights in American Literature / Indian English Literature.
Women and Human Rights in American Literature / Indian English Literature.
Old People and Human Rights in American Literature/Indian English Literature

Besides, the seminar will cover a host of other issues related to Human Rights amid the existing social, political, and economic conditions all over the world. The Seminar will be beneficial in taking a more practical and beneficial view of the Rights issue through its erudite findings and inferences of more than 100 eminent participants from all over the world. The best papers of the seminar will be published.

Paper Presentation

Abstract should reach on / before 01^st September 2014, to oucipprogrammes@gmail.com MS Word 97-2003 format with Times New Roman, 12 Font, along with Title, Authors names, Address, email.

Presentation facilities: Multimedia projectors for Power Point presentations (MS office) will be made available.

Conference Important Dates

1. Abstracts Confirmation               :           15^th September 2014

2. Registration                                  :           15^th October 2014

3. With Late Fee                               :           15^th November 2014

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

CHIEF PATRON                 SEMINAR DIRECTOR     SEMINAR CONVENOR

Prof. S. Satyanarayana         Prof. Sumita Roy                  Prof. A. Karunaker

Vice Chancellor                    Director, OUCIP                   Joint Director, OUCIP

Osmania University

Hyderabad

Registration Fee (Includes Boarding & Lodging and Conference Kit):    

           

S. No.	Category	On or before  (Registration fee)		On or before (with Late fees)		Spot Registration
		Institution	Individual	Institution	Individual
1	Osmania University Teachers & Scholars	2000/-	1500	3000/-	2000	2,500/-
	National Delegates & Research Scholars	5000/-	4000/-	5500/-	4500/-	5500/-
2	Foreign Delegates Accompanying delegate	USD $350 USD $200	USD $300 USD $180	USD$370 USD $250	USD$350 USD $200	USD$400 USD $300
3	Research Scholars**	2000/-	1,800/-	2500/-	2,100/-	2500/-
4	Accompanying person***	2,000/-	2,000/-	2,500/-	2,500/-	3,000/-

**Student or Research Scholar in Hyderabad should send a certificate duly signed by Head of the Institution and should carry valid ID proof. Student category conference material will be provided.

***Conference material will not be provided to Accompanying person.

Mode of Payment:

Bank draft in favor of “Director, Osmania University Centre for International Programmes” payable at Hyderabad, AP, India.

Visa

All overseas participants require a valid passport and entry visa for India. Please consult your travel agency or nearest Indian Embassy/ Consulate Office. Kindly intimate us once your travel plan is ready give us details to inform the Ministry of External affairs, Home ministry, Govt. of India, DST govt. of India, Home ministry, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and security agencies.

Insurance

The registration fees do not include insurance for the participants regarding accidents, sickness or loss of personal property. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements with respect to health and travel insurance.

Osmania University

With a sprawling campus of nearly 1600 acres and buildings of majestic beauty and architectural splendor, Osmania University, is perhaps, the largest higher education system in the Country. It is a home to nearly 300,000 students pursuing their higher studies in its Campus, Constituent, Affiliated Colleges and District Centres. Its faculty and staff number nearly 5000. It is a multi-faculty and multidisciplinary university, offering rich and varied courses in the fields of Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Engineering, Technology, Commerce and Business Management, Information Technology and Oriental Languages. The University’s strategic planning, teaching-and-learning policies and research direction have always emphasized respect for the concerns of the society and the need to address the issues that challenge it.

In recognition of its excellent academic achievements, Osmania University had the distinction of being awarded the 'A' Grade status by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission, Government of India in the year 2008.

OUCIP

Osmania University Centre for International Programmes came into existence in September 2006 after the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, handed over the management and administration of the American Studies Research Center (ASRC) to Osmania University. It is housed in the building complex of the ASRC and has inherited its academic and infrastructural strengths. However, OUCIP has broadened its scope and added new fields of study from humanities and social studies to American Studies. This was done with the realization that a single discipline Centre with a single source of funding was neither possible nor feasible in the context of the growing need for multi- and inter-disciplinarity within the academia. It was also felt that Osmania University located in the city of Hyderabad, needed to reflect the multi dimensional growth and reach of the city that has been evolving as a major hub for the new knowledge’s emerging in different fields. OUCIP was thus conceived to complement the special status of the City in which it is located while retaining its strength in the disciplines of American Studies and International Relations acquired over four decades.

General Information about Hyderabad

Hyderabad is the pearl city of India developed on the banks of Moosi River by the Nizam dynasty. This 400 year old city was named after Hyder Mahal wife of the ruler Quli Qutab Shah. Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana and is a cosmopolitan city on the fast track. The elegant buildings, marbled temples and monuments stand testimony to it. It shows cases a unique convergence of tradition with modernity. The city is dotted with various tourist attractions like Salarjung Museum, Charminar, Chowmahalla palace, Golconda Fort, Nehru Zoological Park, Birla Mandir, Birla Planetarium/Science Museum, Shilparamam, Hussain Sagar Lake, Lumbini Park, Ramoji Film City, Mount opera and Jalavihar etc. The city is sure to provide a myriad of experiences and delight to the visitors with its splendor and magnificent palaces that enchant past glory.

Time: GMT+5 hours 30 minutes

Electricity: 230 - 240V, 50HZ

Weights & Measures: Metric

Weather:

During the period of conference, the climate of Hyderabad will be cool and pleasant. The day temperatures range from 25 to 30°C and night temperatures from 8 to12°C with clear sky. Light winter clothing is required during month of December.

Currency Exchange:

Indian rupees is the currency used at Hyderabad and the exchange rate is approximately 57/- Indian Rupees for one US$. All countries major currency can be exchanged at Hyderabad. One can get the currency exchanged at Airport/ Star Hotel.

ATMs are Available for all major International and National banks.

Credit cards: Credit cards viz., American Express, Diners Club, Master Card and Visa are widely accepted.

Communication hub:

Prof. A. Karunaker,                                                                         Prof. Sumita Roy

Convenor,                                                                                          Director

Jt. Director, OUCIP                                                                          OUCIP

Osmania University                                                                        Osmania University

Hyderabad 500 007                                                                          Hyderabad 500 007

Andhra Pradesh, India.                                                                   Andhra Pradesh, India.

Contact Cell Phone No        +91- 9849302145                               +91- 9849259489

For General query                : oucipprogrammes@gmail.com

For Abstract submission     : oucipprogrammes@gmail.com

For Accommodation request         : oucipreservations@gmail.com

 

Registration Form

1.      Name In Block Letters

2.      Designation

3.      Country / Nationality

4.      Mailing Address with PIN Code and E-mail

(Entire correspondence will be through e-mail)

5.      Contact Number with country & local code

Mobile                                     :

Office                                      :          

Residence                                :

6.      Demand draft No.                  Amount                       Date:               Bank:

7.     Category                                 Indian Delegate                      Foreign Delegate Research Scholar                    Accompanying person

8.      Payable at (Name of the bank) 

9.      I am interested in contributing the paper                                           YES / NO

If Yes send the abstract to oucipprogrammes@gmail.com 

10.  Title of the paper

11.  I am interested in reserving accommodation for                                  YES / NO

which advance payment is made If Yes mail to oucipreservations@gmail.com

Payment Particulars            DD/ Cheque No                      Dated:                      

                                                             Amount:                                  Bank:

12.  I am accompanied by family and needs food and                                       YES / NO

accommodation on payment basis

If Yes Payment Particulars DD/Cheque NO                  Dt:                     Bank:                        Branch:                       Amount:

a.         Five star hotels

b.         Budget hotels

c.         Economy hotels

d.         Guest houses

(Very limited accommodation first come first serve basis)

Note: All the participants should send emails to the concerned sections along with print form of registration duly signed along with DD

Date                          

Place                                                                                         Signature of the Participant