National Research Paper Writing Competition on Contemporary Developments and Issues in IPR by Vivekananda School of Law: Register by Oct 15

About Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies

Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies (VSLLS) of Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS) is committed to realizing the words of Swami Vivekananda: “Man Making, Character Building and Nation Building”. Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies is affiliated with Guru Gobind Indraprastha University, recognized by Bar Council of India and UGC under section 2(f), with NAAC ‘A++’ accreditation, is well known for its robust efforts in legal education. Dr. S.C. Vats, Chairman, of VIPS, a great philanthropist and educationist believes in perfection.

About The Centre for Intellectual Property Rights

The Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (“CIPR”) was established with the objective of enhancing the Intellectual Property knowledge base. It attempts to disseminate information about intellectual property rights with a view to create awareness amongst the general public about the regime of Intellectual Property Right laws.

About the Competition

The National Research Paper Writing competition aims to offer young scholars a platform to demonstrate their research, comprehension skills, analytical and critical thinking to explore a broad spectrum of complex and intriguing questions beyond the standard academic curriculum. CIPR seeks to promote research, comprehension, writing and other critical skills by this competition.

Eligibility

This competition is open to students, academicians, and researchers from all disciplines nationwide and the competition will be conducted in the Virtual/ Online Mode.

Location

The Mode of Submission for the competition is Online.

Registration Fee

• Single Authorship: Rs. 400/- (Rupees Four-hundred only)
• Co-authorship: Rs. 600/- (Rupees Six-hundred only)

      Note: Co-authorship is permitted upto two authors only.

Submission Guidelines

• The research article should include an abstract of 250-300 words.
• The word limit of the paper shall be 3000-4000 words (exclusive of footnotes).
• The font style of the paper should be Times New Roman with font size being 12 for the main text and 10 for the footnotes.
• The line spacing for the main text and footnotes should be 1.5 and 1 respectively (Endnotes are not permitted).
• The citation format to be followed is Bluebook Citation 20th edition citation/Format shall be followed for the same. It has been annexed for reference.
• The paper must be submitted in .pdf format.
• A maximum of 20% plagiarism is permitted. Any paraphrasing or verbatim content without proper citation will be considered plagiarism. The use of Al tools like ChatGPT must be justified with appropriate referencing.

Prize

The winners of the competition will be eligible for attractive prize money and e-certificates of merit. Additionally, all participants will receive e-certificates of participation.

Important Dates

• Registration Opens: 30^th September, 2024
• Registration Closes: 15^th October, 2024
• Last Date to Submit Research Articles: 15^th November, 2024
• Announcement of Results: 25^th November, 2024

Registration Procedure

Click Here to Register.

Contact Information

For any queries with respect to the competition, feel free to contact [email protected]

Vasavi Mahajan – +91 9773954333

Ishita Singh Tomar – +91 9717256607

For more details about the competition, please access the brochure here.