SDVP 2023
International Conference
Sustainable Development – A Value Chain Perspective, SDVP-23
Management Development Institute (MDI). Murshidabad
3-4 February 2023
Background
The concept of sustainable development has received growing recognition and is need of the hour. For business enterprises, sustainable development means adopting business strategies and activities that meet the needs of the enterprise and its stakeholders today while protecting, sustaining and enhancing the human and natural resources that will be needed in the future. If sustainable development is to achieve its potential, it must be integrated into the planning and measurement systems of business enterprises, which will not only contribute to sustainable development but also add up to corporate sustainability.
The external and internal stakeholders are now pressurizing corporations to focus on economic, environment and social activities. Further corporate is also trying to apply the principles of sustainable development to their operations. It is challenging for corporate to translate the principles of sustainable development in their day to day business practices while safeguarding the other business objectives.
The aim of current conference is to share the information and knowledge related to strategies for incorporating sustainable development principles in the Eco System.
Objective
The objective of the conference is to provide opportunity for academicians, researchers, industry experts, practitioners, professional, social workers from different areas to engage in discussion based on issues related to sustainability development.
The conference would have the scope of following areas with an aim to sustainable development
Call for paper and suggested themes
The conference would have the scope of following areas with an aim to sustainable development
| TRACK NO | TRACKS | SUB THEMES |
| 1 | MARKETING SUSTAINABILTY | Sustainable marketing, Green marketing, Holistic Marketing, Sales Issues and Sustainability, Consumer Behavior related to Green Products, Green Distribution Channel & Networks, Products Disposal, Digital Marketing and Sustainability. |
| 2 | FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY | Finance & Investment, Cost Management, International Finance, Financial system and Working Capital Management, Risk Management, Micro Finance, Small and Medium Enterprise, Banking system and Financial Inclusion. |
| 3 | OPERATIONAL SUSTAINABILTY | Supply Chain Sustainability, Lean & Agile Systems, Optimization, Humanitarian Relief Logistics, Green Supply Chain, Supplier and Sustainable Development, Urban Transport and Environment. |
| 4 | HUMAN RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY | Knowledge Management, Cross Culture Management, Sustainable Development Commitments and performance, Ethics and Sustainable Development |
| 5 | ECONOMICS, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY | Applied Microeconomics for Sustainability, Economic Reforms and Growth, International Economics, Economic Development, Agriculture Economics, Environmental Economics, Socio- cultural Economics, and Financial Economics.
Sustainable Value Chain for SME’s, Entrepreneurship, Rural development, Education, Sustainable Tourism, Societal issues (like poverty, hunger, gender equality, empowerment etc), Law ( peace, Justice, and institution). |
| 6 | STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY | Value Chain Innovation, Governance in Value Chain, Infrastructure strategies, Technology Development, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development and public policy.
Environmental Sustainability, Pollution and Control, Global Environment Change, Ecosystem Management, Renewal Energy Management, Health and Environment, Biofuels, Green Energy System, Environment Restoration and Ecological Engineering. |
| 7 | IT AND TECHONOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILTY | E-Governance, Interactive IT systems, Green IT Initiatives, Advanced Energy Technologies, Clean Coal Technology, Technology and Sustainability. |
Target Audience
Industry Experts, Regulators, Financial Consultants, Academicians and Practitioners Research Scholars, NGOs and Registered, Rating Agencies & Law Societies/ Trusts Firms, Banks/ NBFCs/ Chartered Accountants, Microfinance Institutions, Cost Accountants, Economists, Company Secretaries, Importers/ Exporters.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
| Patron | Prof. (Dr.) Atmanand |
| Conference Chair | Dr. Sunil Giri (9800724096) Dr. Pinku Paul (9800079339) Dr. Paroma Mitra (8170057090) Dr. Neeraj Singhal (9871187500) |
IMPORTANT DEADLINES AND DATES
| Call for paper | 11th Aug,2022 |
| Submission of Full paper | 31st Dec 2022 |
| Notification of Full paper acceptance | 07th Jan 2023 |
| Submission of Camera-Ready Paper for publication | 14th Jan 2023 |
| Registration | 21st Jan 2023 |
| Conference Dates | 3-4 Feb, 2023 |
PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Submission of full paper(s) (in MS Word) by the corresponding author(s) should only be submitted on: sdvp@mdim.ac.in. Also mention the track number.
- Authors are advised to use the same submission account to upload their papers. Papers sent by any other mode will not be accepted.
- The notification of acceptance of extended abstract will be subjected to Conference committee decision.
- Corresponding author of the paper will be notified the acceptance/revision/rejection of their papers.
- It is mandatory to mention Paper ID will be communicating by the organizing committee through mail for all future communications.
- Every contributor will receive an acknowledgement of their submission.
- The receipt full-length papers will be subjected to blind review process by Review Committee.
- Reviewers’ decision shall be final regarding acceptance/ rejection of the paper.
- All the selected papers after recommendation by the Review Committee will be published as edited book by Reputed International Publisher with ISBN or (SCOPUS/ABDC) Journals having ISSN.
- Please adhere to the specific guidelines presented in Table 1 with due diligence while preparing your final paper/manuscript. In the case of non-adherence, submissions will not be considered for the peer review process and shall be rejected.
Table 1: Guidelines for preparing final manuscript/full pape
| 1 | Initial Abstract | Initially Abstract of 150 words. |
| 2 | Keywords | 5 keywords arranged in alphabetical order. A comma should separate each keyword. |
| 3 | Full paper Body | Divide the body of the text into headings like Introduction, Literature review, Objectives, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, and References or any other suitable headings as per the content blend. |
| 4 | Full paper length | 3000 to 6000 words (inclusive of tables and graphs) OR Minimum 5 -10 pages. Note: Papers less than 3 pages will not be reviewed and may be rejected outright! |
| 5 | Title of paper | The title of the paper should be in ‘Sentence case’, font size 14 point, bold and centered at the top of the first page. |
| 6 | Author(s) Affiliations Format | Name Affiliating Organization Email Id Mobile No |
| 7 | Headings | First-level headings should be left aligned, bold-faced and in “Capital Letters”. The font size should be 12 point. Second-level headings should be left aligned, bold-faced and in “Sentence case”. The font size should be 12 point. Third-level headings should be left aligned, bold-faced and in “Italics”. The font size should be 12 pt. font |
| 8 | Equations | All equations should appear on the separate lines, left aligned and numbered consecutively. Numbers of the equations should be mention in the parentheses and be right aligned. |
| 9 | Appendices, if any | Appendices should immediately follow the body of the paper and precede the references. |
| 10 | References (with help of Reference menu in MS Word ) | References in the text matter should be quoted as per the following: In one Author: (Granato, 1995) If two Authors: (Brown and Warner, 1985) If three or more Authors: (Moeller et al., 2005) If two or more references are to be quoted for a certain concept or text line: (Brown and Warner, 1985; Granato, 1995; Moeller et al., 2005) Details of the references quoted in the text should appear at the end of the paper in alphabetical order and be written in APA style. For website references, if any, it is mandatory to provide “Accessed on” |
| 11 | Foot notes | Footnotes strictly not allowed anywhere in the text. Endnotes, if any, should be placed at the end after references. |
| 12 | Exhibits/Tables and Figures/Graphs | Exhibits/tables must be typed using MS Word table format. All graphs should be prepared in MS Excel and then imported to MS Word. Insert the tables and figures as close as possible to the citations within the context. Headings should be aligned left, bold-faced and in sentence case above the exhibit. Size of the headings for each exhibit should be 11-point font. |
| 13 | Font | Times New Roman |
| 14 | Font size | 12 point |
| 15 | Margins | Select “Normal” |
| 16 | Paper | A4 size (Width 8.27” Height 11.69”) |
| 17 | Line spacing | Single |
| 18 | Electronic submission | Only DOC ( i.e. only word file) |
| 19 | Plagiarism Criteria | The authors should ensure that “Similarity Index (SI)” of their full paper/manuscript is ≤ 15%. In the case of SI >15%, the manuscript will be rejected. |
| 20 | Additional information | It is responsibility of the author(s) to check grammar, spellings, punctuation marks, etc. thoroughly before submission of the paper. |
| 21 | Copyright form | Submitted papers should be original and contain contributions of theoretical, experimental, application or be unique experience reports. |
Submission at: sdvp@mdim.ac.in
[NOTE: MENTION THE TRACK NUMBER]
Registration fees (exclusive 18% Service Tax)
| Indians (Rs) | Foreign (USD) | |
| Corporates | 3000 | 40 |
| Academician | 1500 | 20 |
| Research Scholars / Students | 1000 | 15 |
*All registration fees include conference proceedings, conference Bag, breakfast and meals on Conference Days.
*Registration fee does not include Accommodation Cost.
Download the registration form and send it with the payment receipt once you get the abstract/ paper acceptance mail.
Bank Details
A/c Name – Management Development Institute Murshidabad
Bank – State Bank of India
A/c No. – 33987582978
IFSC – SBIN0012355
Swift code: SBININBBFXD
Mode of Conference
The conference will be conducted in Hybrid mode.
GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTATION ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Oral presentations with Power Point Presentation invited talks that are often 15-30 minutes in length and leave just a short time, if any, for questions from the audience. The presenter will prepare a conference paper that will be present and is typically a more focused, narrower version of their overall project.
Benefits to Authors
- All the selected papers after recommendation by the Review Committee will be published as edited book by Reputed International Publisher with ISBN, SCOPUS Index/ABDC
- Discount for Multiple Paper registration by single Author
- Discount for Multiple Paper registration from single Institution.
- Best Paper Award (for each track)
- Best Student Paper Award
- Best Poster Presentation Award
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
| Dr. Nitin Seth Director, Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA), New Delhi. |
Dr. Murali Kanakasabai Senior Director-Carbon finance and Markets at Conservation International, USA |
Dr Sujit Basu Retd. Director, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Ex Director MDI Gurgaon, Ex VC Visva Bharati University, Professor- IIM Calcutta. |
| Dr. Nabin Das Pro Vice Chancellor ( Training, Placement and Corporate Relations) and Dean, School of Business and Economics), Adamas University. |
Shri KC Shakdwipee Deputy Development Commissioner for Handlooms, and General Manager, NHDC, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. |
Dr. Pranab Hazra Former Dean, Professor, Faculty of Horticulture, B.C.K.V., Mohanpur., West Bengal. |
| Dr. Partha Pratim Sengupta Ex-Professor Economics, NIT Durgapur. |
Dr Ashish Aggarwal Professor, Business Sustainability, IIM Lucknow. |
Dr Amar KJR Nayak Professor, Strategy and General Management, XIMB Bhubaneswar. |
| Dr Rajesh K Singh Professor, Operations, MDI Gurgaon. |
Dr. Sunil Ashra Professor, Economics, MDI Gurgaon |
Dr. Panchanan Das Professor Economics, University of Calcutta. |
| Dr. Saikat Banerjee Professor, Marketing , IIFT Kolkata. |
Dr. Bibek Ray Chaudhury Professor, Economics, IIFT Kolkata. |
Dr. Rajat Panwar University Professor (Sustainable Business Management)College of Forestry Oregon State University Corvallis, USA. |
| Dr. Moon Moon Haque Acting Dean and Associate Professor (Health Economics), College of Healthcare Management & Economics, Ajman, UAE. |
Dr. Anil Kumar Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) of Operations, Supply Chain and Business Analytics, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (UK). |
Dr. Goutam Saha Associate Professor, NIFT Bhubaneswar. |
| Dr. Satish Kumar Associate Professor, MNIT Jaipur. |
CONFERENCE VENUE
The conference will be held in a hybrid Mode both Online and Offline at MDI, Mushidabad, Sakim-Katni, Kulori, Post-Uttar Ramna, P.S. Raghunathganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal 742235.
