The language of the Journal is English. The mode of presentation should be in third
SI units should be used wherever possible. Other units, if used, should be given
only in parentheses preceded by SI units.
Mathematical symbols should be typed or neatly handwritten and care should be taken
to differentiate between similar characters (e.g. 1 and I), upper and lower case
letters and superscripts and subscripts. Manuscripts should be neatly typed with
double-spacing throughout the paper (including references) on A-4 size paper, leaving
ample margins. A list of captions for the illustrations and tables should be typed
Lengthy mathematical proofs and derivations and extensive test data are discouraged.
If absolutely essential, they should be given as an appendix.
The preferred order of contents should be as follows :
Title of the paper
Author (s)' name (s), and Institution membership category, if applicable
Synopsis of the paper in not more than 150 words, covering the objectives of the
work, methods used, results obtained and conclusions reached
List of notations wherever applicable
Author (s)' business address as a footnote on the first page
Body of the paper well organized into logical sections, sequentially numbered with
all the sub-headings Acknowledgment
A list of references to already published work should be numbered sequentially in
order of their citation in the text in the form of a superscript numeral, and should
be given at the end of the paper. The list should give name (s) with initials of
the author (s) and the exact title of the paper or book. In case of journals, these
should be followed by the volume number, month and year of the issue and initial
page number of the article. In case of books, these should be followed by the name
(s) of the editor (s), if appropriate, the name of the publisher and the place and
the year of publication. In case of conference proceedings, the exact theme of the
conference along with the date should be given. All references appearing in the
list should be indicated in the text. Unpublished articles or private communications
should not be given in the reference list.
The tables should be numbered and indicated throughout the text.
The list of captions for both the line drawings and photographs should also be numbered
and indicated throughout the text.