"Pranjana: The Journal of Management Awareness" is intended to provide perspectives on topics relevant to research in the field of business and management. Through its publication the journal aims to contribute to the development of theory and practice. The journal will accept academically robust papers that contribute to the area of research in business and management. Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Aftab Alam Integrated Academy of Management and Technology, Ghaziabad, India Indexed and Abstracted with - Indian Citation Index, MIAR(ICDS - 6.3), Google Scholar, CNKI Scholar, EBSCO Discovery, Summon(ProQuest), Primo and Primo Central, I2OR, ESJI, DRJI and ISRA-JIF.
Aims and Scope
PRANJANA: The journal of Management Awareness is intended to provide perspectives on topics relevant to research in the field of business and management. Through its publication the journal aims to contribute to the development of theory and practice. The journal will accept academically robust papers that contribute to the area of research in business and management.
Patron
Dr Pankaj A Gupta
Chief Editor
Dr Aftab Alam
Professor Exec. MBA Program,
DOMS, Jamia Millia Islamia,
New Delhi, India
Editor
Dr Vinay Pratap Singh
Professor,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Associate Editors
Dr Mani Kansal
Professor,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Dr Mukta Makhija
Professor,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Managing Editor
Dr Rama Krushna Charan Patro
Librarian,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Assistant Managing Editor
Mr. Amit Kumar Gupta
Sr. Assistant Librarian,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Mr Gouri Shankar
Assistant Librarian,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Production Manager
Mr Jitender Sharma
Graphic Designer,
INMANTEC Institutions,
Ghaziabad, UP, India
Editorial Advisory Board
| Dr Amarjit Singh Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawai'I at Manoa, Hawaii, USA, Email: asingh@hawaii.edu | Dr Ankur Goel Professor, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET), Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India Email: drankur.goel@mitmeerut.ac.in |
| Dr Amit Kumar Gupta Associate Professor, Department of Computer Applications, KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, UP, India Email: amit.gupta@kiet.edu | Dr D M Pestonjee GSPL Chair Professor, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India Email: dmpestonjee@spm.pdpu.ac.in |
| Prof Jan Surya Sharma Professor, Visiting Faculty, JBS and IMS, Ghaziabad, UP, India Email: jansurya@gmail.com | Dr P K Agarwal Director Research, Motherhood University, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India Email: agarwalpk001@gmail.com |
| Dr Kamlesh Kumar Rana Director General, Bharat Institute of Technology, Meerut UP, India Email: drranakamlesh@gmail.com | Dr P K Jain Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT, Delhi, India Email: pkjain@dms.iitd.ac.in |
| Dr Kavita Saxena Professor & HOD, IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad, UP, India Email: saksena.kavita@gmail.com | Dr Parikshat Singh Manhas Director, SHTM, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Jammu, Jammu, India Email: psmanhas@hotmail.com |
| Dr Madhu Bala Sharma Associate Professor & Head of Department, Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, Meerut, UP, India Email: madhusharma2381@gmail.com | Dr Ranchay Bhateja Professor, KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, UP, India Email: ranchay.bhateja@kiet.edu |
| Prof M K Jha Dean, Faculty of Management, AKTU University, Lucknow, UP, India Email: mk_173@yahoo.in | Dr Santosh Singhal Professor, Sharda University, Greater Noida, UP, India Email: santoshsinghal2013@gmail.com |
| Dr Manjula Jain Director, School of Business Management, IFTM University, Moradabad, UP, India Email: manjulajain@iftmuniversity.ac.in | Dr Serajul Bhuiyan Professor, Journalism & Mass Comm., Savannah State Univ., 3219 College St., USA Email: bhuiyans@savannahstate.edu |
| Prof N K Sinha Vice Chancellor, Maharaja Agrasen Himalayan Garhwal University, Uttrakhand Email: drnksinha17@gmail.com | Prof Sushil Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT, Delhi, India Email: sushil@dms.iitd.ac.in |
| Dr Nishant Kumar Singh Assistant Professor, GNIOT Institute of Management Studies, Greater Noida, UP, India Email: nishantnks17@gmail.com | Dr Wan Muhd Aminuddin Wan Hussin Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia Email: cewan@usm.my |
| Dr Parameshwar P Iyer Principal Research Scientist, Management Studies, IISc, Bangalore, Karanataka, India Email: piyer@mgmt.iisc.ernet.in |
Reviewers Board
| Dr Aditya Tripathi Assistant Professor, Shyam Lal College (Evening), Delhi, India Email: draptripathidu@gmail.com | Dr Nirakar Nath Pandey Professor, INMANTEC Institutions, Ghaziabad, UP, India Email: nnp_9@yahoo.com |
| Mr Dinesh Bhasin COO, Berkeley Health Edu., New Delhi, India, Email: dineshbhasin1@gmail.com | Ms P Santha Devi Chartered Accountant, Shanta Shastry & Co., New Delhi, India Email: bhushans89@gmail.com |
| Dr Kanhaiya Singh Professor, GLA University, Mathura, UP, India, Email: dr_kanhaiyasingh@yahoo.com | Dr Ravi Tiwari Ex-Professor, NIILM CMS, Greater Noida, UP, India Email: arjav.ravi@rediffmail.com |
| Dr Leena Singh Associate Professor, Christ University, Delhi NCR, India Email: leenasinghrinku@gmail.com | Dr Vipin Khurana Professor, IBS, Gurgaon, Haryana, India Email: khuranavipin@ibsindia.org |
Please contact subscription@indianjournals.com for Archive prices
Guidelines for Contributors
A general guideline for contributors is listed below, which should be strictly adhered to:
Manuscripts should be sent along with the authorization letter in favor of the Editor-in-Chief that it may be published after necessary editing and the copyright shall remain with the Editor-in-Chief. Manuscript should also accompany a brief Resume of the author on separate sheet.
Manuscripts should normally be of around 10,000 words (To an extent of 20 to 40 A-4 size pages, typed double space). Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate with the cover page bearing only the title of the paper and authors’ names, designations, official addresses, phone/fax numbers and e-mail address.
Abstracts: All the manuscripts should include an abstract of about 100 to 200 words. No abstracts are required for review essays or case studies.
Footnotes: All footnotes should be indicated by serial numbers in the text and literature cited should be detailed under Notes at the end of the chapter bearing corresponding numbers.
Tables and Figures: Tables should approximate the appearance of printed tables and preferably submitted in a floppy disk. Tables/figures should be placed at the end of the text, after footnotes, appendices and references. Tables should contain a source and units of measurement.
References: Place the references at the end of the manuscript following the footnotes. The list should mention only those sources actually cited in the text or notes. Authors name should be same as in the original source. For more than one publication by the same author, list them in chronological order, with the older item first. For more than one publication in one year by the same author, use small lower case) letters to distinguish them (e.g. 1980a, 1980b). Following are some examples:
Books - Chakraborty, S.K. (1999) Managerial Effectiveness and Quality of worklife: Indian Insights. New Delhi Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.
Ph.D. Thesis - Maheshwari, RK (2000) ‘Accounting for Human Resources: Acquisition, Development and Retention’ Ph.D. thesis, University of Delhi, Delhi
Journal - Chakraborty, S. K. (Oct 2001) “The Giving Model and Corporate Excellence: A Field Report” Decision, pp 219-224. Manikutty, S. (2001) “Telecom Services in Urban and Corporate Segments: A Consumer Perspective” Vikalpa, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp 15-28
No stops after abbreviations (UK, USA, MBBS, MBA etc.). Use stops after initials (PK Gupta)
Use double quotes throughout. The use of single quotes to be restricted for use within double quotes e.g. “In the words of Churchill, ‘Any one can suggest you when you are right; friends are there to support you when you are wrong”’ Quotations in excess of 50 words should be separated from the text with a line space above and below and indented on the left. Quotes should be cited accurately from the original source, should not be edited, and should give the page numbers of the original publication.
Capitalization should be kept to the minimum and should be consistent.
An author will receive 10 off prints and a complementary copy of the issue in which his/her paper appears.
Book reviews must provide the following details, and in this order: Name of author/title of book reviewed/place of publication/publisher/year of publication/number of pages, in Roman and Arabic figures to include preliminary pages and price, with binding specifications such as paperback or hardbound. For example:
Ajay Kumar Singh, HRD: Vision and Directions for the 21st Century, Delhi: Society for Professional Development and Research, 1997, xxviii 254 pp. Rs. 500 hardbound.Manuscripts and all editorial correspondence should be addressed to:
Editor-in-Chief,
PRANJANA - Journal of Management Awareness’
INMANTEC
Delhi-Hapur Bypass (NH-24), Udyog Kunj,
Ghaziabad 201 009 (UP) INDIA
Tel: 2768951, 2765937 Fax: 91-120-2768952
E-mail: pranjana@inmantec.edu or info@inmantec.edu
Web site: http://www.inmantecpublishing.info
