Registration process is applicable only to selected paper for presentation and publication. 

REGISTRATION FEES & ONLINE PAYMENT* :

Industrialists :   INR. 7000/- (Foreign Delegates - 80.73$)

Academicians :   INR. 6500/- (Foreign Delegates - 74.96$)

PG & PhD Research Scholars :   INR.6500/- (Foreign Delegates - 74.96$)

UG Students :   INR.6000/- (Foreign Delegates - 69.20$)

Attendees :   INR. 2000/- (Foreign Delegates - 23.07$)

    * - Foreign authors need to pay an equivalent amount of INR to US$ on the day of registration.  

    # - To avail the benefits of AICTE GOC grant, authors (SC/ST) are requested to kindly connect with Dr. Hariram Chavan            (hariram@somaiya.edu, Mobile No.- 8454048354) 

ONLINE PAYMENT : 

Payment can be done only after acceptance mail from ICAST 2024-25

through NEFT / RTGS / Bank Transfer only (provide UTR details along with Account number and other detail) in the name of :

K. J. SOMAIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Bank information  :   Kotak Mahindra Bank

Account No. :   3411560811

IFSC :   KKBK0000658

Type :   Savings Bank Account

Branch :   Ghatkopar (East), Mumbai - 400 077

SUCCESSFUL REGISTRATION : 

For successful registration fill the registration form on conference website after the acceptance notification only.

Email the following on icast.kjsit@somaiya.edu

1. Filled copywrite form 

2. Online NEFT Payment Reference No. and Receipt

3. Transaction Photocopy Receipts generated by bank with remarks as ICAST 2024-25

Please Note - 

• Anyone other than the author who wants to attend the conference can register as Attendee.

• Payment can be done only after the notification of Acceptance of the paper.

• After receiving acceptance mail from ICAST 2024-25, make the payment to the above account.

• Details of payment should be entered in the form (provide UTR details along with Account number and other detail).

• Email NEFT Payment Reference No. and Transaction Photocopy Receipts generated by bank with remark as ‘ICAST 2024-25’ 

For Authors :

• It is obligatory for at least one author to register, attend the conference and present the paper. Accepted papers will be published only if at least one author registers for the conference at the full rate of the corresponding category, before the deadline. 

• If the team members wish only to participate, they may register as attendees. 

• Those who are presenting more than one paper will have to register separately for each paper.

• Only registered authors can present the paper. 

• The permissible length of the research paper is Six pages. Additional charges will be applicable if the number of pages exceeds the given limit. 

• A maximum of Two pages can be added at additional cost per page.  Taking extra pages into consideration, the length of the research paper should be a maximum of Eight pages. 

• Research papers with more than 8 pages will Not be the part of Review process.

• If the submitted paper plagiarism is more than a certain percentage, the paper will be desktop rejected.

• If any charges are levied by the journal or the publisher as Publication fee, it has to be borne by the author.

• Papers will be published in the ICAST 2024-25 conference proceeding publication with Taylor & Francis,  only if they meet all of the following criteria :

*   Accepted, Presented, and Copyright transferred.

*   Similarity index of less than 10%, verified using Turnitin.

*   No AI-generated content (0%), verified using Turnitin.

The publisher will submit the proceedings for Scopus indexing.

• Copyright Form : Every registered author needs to fill out the Copyright Form.

    (Copyright Form Link and additional details will be available after Registration and payment of fees)