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Instructions for abstract preparation

• Abstracts should be in a single page A4 format and Arial Narrow font

• The title should be in bold with font size 12 followed by authors name(s) in the next line, with the presenting author name underlined

• List the authors with their first name followed by their last name in Arial Narrow 12-point font and centered

• Author affiliations should be written in Arial Narrow 12-point font, italics in the subsequent line(s) with central alignment

• Author affiliation should be followed by the Email ID of the presenting and corresponding author

• The abstract contents in single spaced Arial Narrow font should be limited to 500 words (including title, author names, affiliations, abstract body and references). The abstract body should be single spaced font size 11.

• References relevant to the abstract if any should be placed at the bottom. References should not be cited in the text

• The format may be obtained from the Abstract template below (kindly download and edit. Do not make changes on the original template.) and can have maximum one figure/scheme/flow chart of 1.5”x 6.0” or 3”x3” which will be equivalent to 120 words.

• Do not include paragraph headings such as Aims, Materials & Methods, Results, etc.

• Submit abstract using the given template as doc/word file only. No pdf files will be accepted