Call for Papers | National Conference on Conceptualising Legal Framework and Policies for Coastal Zones by NorthCap University: Submit by Feb 28

About the University

Established in 1996, formerly known as ITM University, The NorthCap University is a progressive multidisciplinary university located in the city centre of Gurugram, Haryana. The university’s rich heritage of 30 years, 13,000+ alumni and a robust academic infrastructure enables deep linkages with government, industry and research bodies. The university operates multiple schools and departments in its state-of-the-art urban campus and hosts a diverse student body of engineering, technology, management, liberal arts, law, media & entertainment, business and applied science aspirants.

About the School of Law

The NorthCap University’s School of Law (SOL) is amongst the premier law schools in North India and the preferred destination for every law aspirant. In the National Law Schools survey published in 2017, SOL was awarded 2nd rank in the Northern Region and 1st Rank in the Category of ‘Eminence by Global Human Resource Development Centre (GHRDC), New Delhi in the state of Haryana. The school of law is recognized as the best-emerging law school in India in the survey conducted by Careers 360 published in January 2017. The NCU is offering 5 years integrated BBA.LLB (Hons.) Degree Programme, 3 years LLB Programme, one-year LLM programme specialising in Human Rights, Corporate Law and IPR and PhD in law with an emphasis on clinical legal education.

About the Conference

The Centre for Studies in Environmental Law (CSEL) at School of Law, the NorthCap University (NCU), Gurugram, invites abstracts for the National Conference on “Conceptualising Legal Framework and Policies for Coastal Zones in India: Issues and Challenges” on 28th and 29th March 2025 at The NorthCap University, Gurugram. The conference will be conducted both physically as well as in an online mode.

Themes

The major themes for the proposed conference would include but are not limited to the following: —

• General Legal Framework on Coastal Zone Management
• Coastal Zone and Marine Waste
• Protection of Ecologically Sensitive Areas
• Improving the Lives of Coastal Communities
• Mitigating Impacts of Climate Change
• Balancing Development with Conservation of Coastal Environment
• Corporate Social Responsibility towards Coastal Zone Management
• Ecotourism and Sustainable Development
• Judicial Discourse on Coastal Zone Management

Who can submit

Students of law, academicians, practitioners

How to submit

Abstracts for the aforesaid conference should reach the following email: “[email protected]”, by 28th February 2025, 11:59 pm. Every author whose abstract gets selected should register for the conference after paying the fees through the link provided to them (via email) by 7th March 2025. An author who has not registered for the same, shall not be allowed to make a presentation under any circumstance.

Submission Guidelines

• The submissions will be adjudged and selected purely on the basis of merit and originality by a team of experts.
• Candidates will be informed by 3^rd March 2025, if their submissions have been selected for presentation.
• The selected papers, completed in every manner as informed below, should be sent to the aforesaid email by the 24th March 2025.
• Each submission should include the following:
• It should be between 5,000 and 6,000 words, excluding footnotes.
• The font used should be Times New Roman with sizes of 12 and 10 in the
• main content and footnotes respectively, and line spacing of 1.5.
• The citation provided should either be in that followed by the Indian Law
• Institute (ILI) as available at: https://www.ili.ac.in/cstyle.pdf or in the
• OSCOLA style.
• There should not be more than 10% similarity in the main content as well as
• less than 5% usage of Artificial Intelligence.
• The submission should be original and not simultaneously considered by any other seminar, conference, journal, chapter in a book, etc.

Important Dates

Fee structure

Single authors

• Academics: Rs. 1,200
• Practitioners: Rs. 1,500
• Students: Rs. 800
• Co-authored papers (up to 2 authors including the first author):
• Academics: 2,000
• Practitioners: 2,500
• Students: 1,000

Publication

The presentation of the selected papers will be both in physical as well as online modes. In case of papers that are co-authored, at least one of the authors should present their paper before the respective expert panel allotted for them. However, the presenters are encouraged to present their papers physically at the NorthCap University (NCU) campus. It should be noted that no travel or other allowances are to be provided by the university. The schedule of the conference including the respective sessions and their timings will be communicated to the authors at an appropriate date and time prior to the conference.

Last Date to Register

28th February 2025, 11:59 pm

Submission Procedure

Abstracts for the aforesaid conference should reach the following email: [email protected]

Contact Information

Email: [email protected]

Student Coordinators:

• Sareesha Chawla – 8447237783
• Prajul Mehta – 9111470170

The brochure is here.